Frank Hoffman of the Foreign Policy Research Institute; Peter Feaver of Duke University; Richard H. Kohn of the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill; and Michael Noonan, Director of the FPRI Program on National Security, discuss the question, "What impact has Operations OEF or OIF had on civil-military relations?"
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Ike Skelton of Chair of the House Armed Services Committee discusses the civilian-military relationship in the U.S., and expresses concern over the current relationship between military officers and Congress, in which pressure is placed on officers to express opinions that may be acted on politically.
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Bernard Carreau of the National Defense University, Nadia Schadlow of the Smith Richardson Foundation, Heather A. Coyne of the United States Institute for Peace, and Frank Offman of the Foreign Policy Research Institute discuss several questions related to international interagency policy: "Who has the lead on the ground overseas?," "Is the military the supporting or supported actor?," "What are the implications?," "How can the interagency process contribute to complex operations?," "Should the military prepare to take on more state-building functions?," and "What are the possible problems?"
John Allen Williams of Loyola University Chicago, Thomas E. Ricks of the Washington Post, Elizabeth Stanley of Georgetown University, and Mackubin T. of the Naval War College discuss several questions: "What is the current state of relations between the military and society?," "How representative is the military of civil society?," and "What effect is the War on Terrorism having on military-societal relations?"
Zuhdi Jasser of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy discusses the modern U.S. relationship with Islam, both internally and in foreign relations, and critiques the institutions and viewpoints, both within the U.S. and within Islam, that he believes need to change before a peaceful, democratic balance can be reached between Islam and U.S. democracy.
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This mini documentary, produced by NBC, describes Thomas Paine's anonymous pamphlet, "Common Sense"—published shortly after the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775—that helped persuade Americans to push for full independence from Britain.
Philip Zelikow of the University of Virginia examines the U.S.'s role in a globalizing world, arguing that the nation needs to actively discuss its place in the world, instead of "talking around" it.
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Harvey Sicherman of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, Walter A. McDougall of the University of Pennsylvania, Lowell Dittmer of the University of California at Berkeley, and Robert G. Sutter of Georgetown University examine U.S. policy toward East Asia during the George W. Bush administration; and consider the impact which the 2008 presidential campaign and the upcoming change in leadership might have on policy.
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Aaron David Miller of the Woodrow Wilson Center discusses his book The Much Too Promised Land, focusing on his own experiences and intentions in writing the book and on the history and current state of the United States' foreign policy towards the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
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Don Oberdorfer of Jon Hopkins University outlines the history of U.S. foreign relations with Korea, from World War II and its division into North and South Korea, through the Korean War, up to the present day and the President George W. Bush's inclusion of North Korea in his "Axis of Evil." Oberdorfer looks particularly at North Korean nuclear production and U.S. and global reactions (and possible future reactions) to this development.
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