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Posted in Middle East, Politics, United States on Aug 11th, 2010
Last night”s guest on the Colbert Report, author David Finkel, will be speaking at the Council on Thursday, September 9. Finkel spent eight months embedded with the 2-16 infantry battalion deployed on the outskirts of Baghdad and his newest book, The Good Soldiers, details the successes, struggles and psychological traumas of those soldiers serving on [...]
Posted in North America, Politics, United States on Jun 8th, 2010
Jonathan Alter, author of the new book The Promise: President Obama, Year One, will be at the Council on Wednesday, June 16. He will present an inside account of President Obama and his administration in action, and provide an assessment of Obama’s foreign policy performance so far. Learn about other June programs on our online [...]
Posted in Economy, Policy, United States on Jan 11th, 2010
Raj Patel, recent author of The Value of Nothing: How To Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy, will join the Council on January 26 for the program “Rethinking the World’s Worth.” In advance of this event, watch Patel’s interview on The Colbert Report from Tuesday night. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.4464452&w=425&h=350&fv=autoPlay%3Dfalse]