Great Decisions on PBS examines eight global affairs issues. Each episode of the series, recently dubbed “must watch television” by the New York Times, brings together a wide range of expert analysis so that you – the viewer – can make a great decision of your own when it comes to U.S. foreign policy.
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The voice of Great Decisions, Walter Cronkite, once said that, “In foreign policy lies the future.” Each of the eight half-hour episodes of the Great Decisions Television Series is designed to prepare Great Decisions discussion participants.This award-winning series – recently recommended by the New York Times – frames the most important foreign policy question of the year ahead.It then turns to the experts, and Americans in discussion groups at world affairs councils in four cities, to answer them.Set contains two DVD's.2011 Experts Include: Charles King Professor of International Affairs and Government, Georgetown University David Kramer Executive Director, Freedom House Peter Wallison Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Dean Baker Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research Gary Hufbauer Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics Mark Dubowitz Executive Director, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Malou Innocent Foreign Policy Analyst, Cato Institute Marc Lynch Director, Institute for Middle East Studies, George Washington University Michael Shifter President, Inter-American Dialogue Ray Walser, Ph.D. Senior Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation Ambassador Daniel Simpson Former U.S. Ambassador and Special Envoy to Somalia Terrence Lyons Associate Professor, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution Daniel Hamilton Executive Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations, John Hopkins University Charles Kupchan Professor of International Affairs, Georgetown University David Shorr Program Officer, The Stanley Foundation Richard Gowan Associate Director, Center on International Cooperation
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