Rely on Angela Merkel; Don’t Rely on the Fed

New York Times Columnist Roger Cohen on Germany’s Election and A Discussion of What’s Next for the U.S. Economy

New York Times columnist Roger Cohen—formerly a Berlin-based correspondent—talks with Anne-Marie Slaughter about Angela Merkel’s victory in Germany and how it will affect the nation’s place on the world stage. New America Foundation economic growth program director Sherle R. Schwenninger and Washington Post financial reporter Ylan Q. Mui talk with Slaughter about what the U.S. Federal Reserve’s announcement that it will continue pushing cash into the economy (rather than “tapering” the stimulus) means for the country.

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The Present and Future of Global Unrest

Francis Fukuyama and Charles Kenny on Dystopia Onscreen and Riots Around the World

Stanford University political scientist Francis Fukuyama joins host Anne-Marie Slaughter to discuss what his favorite movie, the dystopian Blade Runner, tells us about what it means to be a human being. …

Getting Schooled by Poland and Russia

Amanda Ripley, Joshua Tucker, and Steve LeVine on Global Education and U.S.-Russia Relations

Host Anne-Marie Slaughter is joined by Amanda Ripley, author of The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way, to talk about why American students would choose to …

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Talking Syria and a Political Center With General Wesley Clark, Public Intellectual Michael Lind, and Journalist Peter Beinart

Host Anne-Marie Slaughter is joined by General Wesley Clark, who oversaw the Kosovo campaign in the late ’90s, and shares his thoughts on what the Balkans can teach us about …