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Lectures & Conversations: Politics & Current Events


Jon Meacham and Fareed Zakaria: America and World Affairs    
Wed, Mar 17, 2010, 8:00pm & 9:15pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
The event is copresented with Newsweek.
Time Is Running Out: What Now for the US and Iran?  
Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations moderates.
Mon, Nov 23, 2009, 8:15pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
This event is co-presented with the Bipartisan Policy Center and United Against Nuclear Iran.
Mayor Cory Booker  
Budd Mishkin will interview.
Thu, Dec 3, 2009, 8:15pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
A Special Celebration of the Life of Senator Edward M. Kennedy with Vicki Reggie Kennedy and Ted Kennedy Jr.  
Katie Couric, moderates

Vicki Kennedy and Ted Kennedy Jr. will be signing copies of True Compass in memory of Edward M. Kennedy. Copies of this book will be available for sale at this event.
Thu, Dec 10, 2009, 8:00pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
2 Event Package: Thomas Friedman with Dov Seidman + Madeline Albright on World of Affairs 

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on World Affairs  
Book selling and signing to follow the event
Sun, Dec 13, 2009, 4:00pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Above The Law: VIPs and Accountability  
Vincent Bugliosi, Charlotte Dennett and Naomi Wolf
Thu, Jan 21, 2010, 8:15pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Governor Mario Cuomo: Lecture of My Life™    
Mon, Jan 25, 2010, 8:00pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Garry Trudeau, David Levinthal and David Stanford: War in Afghanistan and Iraq  
Roger Rosenblatt, moderator
Mon, Jan 25, 2010, 8:15pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
David Brooks    
Tue, Feb 9, 2010, 8:00pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Ted Koppel    
Sun, Mar 7, 2010, 8:00pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
United Nations: History, Challenges and Reforms Suited for the 21st Century  
Thu, Apr 15, 2010, 7:00pm
In the News with Jeff Greenfield
Examine the challenges and opportunities of the new president's first term with CBS's political analyst Jeff Greenfield and leading media analysts and policy makers.
In the News with Jeff Greenfield—Series Subscription 

In the News with Jeff Greenfield—Guest To Be Announced    
Sun, Apr 18, 2010, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
In the News with Jeff Greenfield—Guest To Be Announced    
Sun, Apr 25, 2010, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
In the News with Jeff Greenfield—Guest To Be Announced    
Sun, May 2, 2010, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Great Decisions 2009
Great Decisions 2009  
Multiple dates/times are listed, click to see more information
On Diplomacy
The Rothschild Lecture: Richard C. Holbrooke, Kati Marton and Moderator Jim Hoge  
Book signing for Kati Marton's Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America to follow this event. Copies of this book will be available for purchase.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
The Dershowitz Debates
Alan Dershowitz vs. Jeremy Ben-Ami: American Foreign Policy and Israel  sold out
Eliot Spitzer will interview.
Sat, Nov 21, 2009, 8:00pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Islam and the Arab World: What the Future Holds
The Coming Commercial Revolution in the Muslim World  
Vali Nasr
Mon, Dec 7, 2009, 8:15pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
The Future of Islam  
John L. Esposito and Mahmoud Mamdani
Tue, Jan 26, 2010, 8:15pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Islam and Christianity  
Eliza Griswold and Steve Coll
Thu, May 6, 2010, 8:15pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
A World Without Islam  cancelled
Graham E. Fuller
Wed, Mar 3, 2010, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Elie Wiesel
Anniversary of the Tragedy of the St. Louis with Elie Wiesel  
 Thu, Apr 8, 2010, 8:00pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
A World in Crisis: What Are Our Moral Obligations? with Elie Wiesel  
 Thu, Apr 15, 2010, 8:00pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Jewish History Re-Examined
America’s Prophet: Moses and the American Story  
Bruce Feiler
Wed, Jan 13, 2010, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Annual Aaron Friedberg, JD Chair in Bible Studies Lecture
A Jewish Family’s Journey from Lithuania to America  
Elisa New, Introduced by Lawrence Summers
Tue, Mar 23, 2010, 8:15pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Understanding Our World
Bruce Bruno de Mesquita: The Predictioneer’s Game  
 Sun, Jan 17, 2010, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Philip Gourevitch and Jan Gross: Those Who Trespass Against Us: A Dialogue on Murderous Neighbors  
 Tue, Feb 9, 2010, 8:15pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Adam Gopnik and Malcolm Gladwell: "Surveying Mankind from China to Peru"  
 Tue, Feb 16, 2010, 8:00pm
Copresented with the Canadian Institute.
Curtis Roosevelt: Roosevelt’s Lessons for Our Time  
 Sun, Feb 21, 2010, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Eve Ensler: I Am an Emotional Creature  
 Tue, Feb 23, 2010, 8:15pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Sheila Nevins: Why Documentaries Matter  
 Thu, Mar 18, 2010, 8:15pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
War Is [Funny as] Hell: Stories from a Year in the Israeli Army  
Joel Chasnoff and Anthony Swofford / A. J. Jacobs, moderator
Wed, Apr 14, 2010, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
World Politics With Ralph Buultjens
Ralph Buultjens, a leading analyst of world affairs, examines key foreign policy issues that could alter the global balance of power. Buultjens, a professor at New York University and Cambridge University, is the author of 10 books. Due to the fast-changing nature of global politics, topics may change.
The Crisis Next Door: Latin America with Ralph Buultjens    
Sun, Nov 22, 2009, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
World Politics with Ralph Buultjens Spring Subscription 

The State of the World: Politics and Economics in 2010 with Ralph Buultjens    
Sun, Feb 7, 2010, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Afghanistan, Pakistan and India with Ralph Buultjens    
Sun, Mar 14, 2010, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
The Middle East: A Year of Netanyahu with Ralph Buultjens    
Sun, Apr 11, 2010, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
The Middle East Struggle
Israel: Obstacle or Opportunity for Jews and Christians?  
Rabbi Eugene Korn, Reverend Dr. Bruce Chilton and Father James Loughran
Wed, Dec 2, 2009, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Israel and the United Nations: David vs. Goliath?  
Warren Kozak and Claudia Rosett
Tue, Jan 19, 2010, 8:15pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
The Return of Genocidal Anti-Semitism  
Robert Wistrich
Thu, Jan 21, 2010, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Does Judaism Equal Israel?: Zionism, Anti-Zionism and Jewish Identity  
Marc H. Ellis, Roger Cohen and Hannah Mermelstein / Adam Horowitz, moderator
Wed, Feb 24, 2010, 7:30pm
Love, Hate and the Israel Debate  
Daniel Sokatch, Shifra Bronznick, Wayne Firestone and Margie Klein
Wed, Mar 10, 2010, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Presented in cooperation with the New Israel Fund.
The Middle East: A Year of Netanyahu with Ralph Buultjens  
 Sun, Apr 11, 2010, 7:30pm, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
 
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