Video
2011
World Affairs TODAY - Every Sunday at 8am on MHz Worldview - www.worldaffairstoday.org
Episode 13: Dr. Anatol Lieven discusses his latest book, Pakistan: A Hard Country
Episode 11: Ambassador Chas Freeman and Frank Anderson discuss America's Misadventures in the Middle East in the context of the uprisings in the Middle East/North Africa
Episode 10: Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA’s Osama bin Laden unit, discusses the U.S. pursuit of the al-Qaeda leader post 9/11 and prospects for catching him in the near future.
2010
April 2010: National Webcast with Libyan Brother Leader Muammar al-Gaddafi
Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qaddafi spoke live video feed to World Affairs Council - DC members and guests at the National Press Club; the event was broadcast to fourteen World Affairs Councils across the country. Gaddafi took questions from the local audience as well as members of participating councils through the internet. The discussion was moderated by Ambassador Herman J. Cohen, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.
April 6, 2010: Simon Johnson - 13 Bankers
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/id/221826
Simon Johnson (MIT professor; former chief economist at the IMF) talked
about the power of Wall Street banks since the 2008 financial collapse.
In March 2009, the heads of the 13 largest banks in the U.S. visited
President Obama in the White House to ask for help. That help, which
came in the form of bailouts, loans, and credits from the federal
government, resulted in a further concentration of power within the
banking sector, leading to what we have today - six megabanks that
control a vast portion of our economy. Mr. Johnson argued that these
banks, which are still too big to fail, continue to take excessive risks
and could lead us to another collapse.
March 10, 2010: WAC-DC 30th Anniversary Global Education Gala, Keynote by Hon. Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education
http://www.youtube.com/user/worldaffairsdc?feature=mhw5#p/a/u/0/pGt7SEFII1M
Each year, the World Affairs Council - Washington, DC hosts its annual Global Education Dinner, on March 10th of this year we celebrated the 30th Anniversary of this tradition. The dinner is a high-profile forum to recognize the council's achievements over the previous year. It is also a time for the council to honor the work of citizens, teachers, government officials, diplomatic corps members, and council supporters for their commitment to educating the national capital area community about issues of international importance. Each year the council honors individuals and organizations for their contributions to the promotion of global education and public awareness of global issues. The Global Education Dinner is a crucial source of support for the council's public and educational programs for area citizens, teachers, and students.
January 10, 2010: Led Colodny and Tom Shachtman - Forty Years War
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291579-1
Len Colodny and Tom Shachtman talk about the impact of the
neoconservative movement on presidential foreign policy decisions going
back to the Nixon administration. They say that neoconservatives have
successfully influenced U.S. presidents from both political parties,
reaching the height of their influence during George W. Bush's two terms
in office.







