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Jun 29 2012

Influencing Development in the Arab World

Amid the constant stream of news coming from the Arab revolutions, Harvard Kennedy School professor Nicholas Burns, Foreign Policy Editor-in-Chief David Rothkopf, and Chairman of the Institute’s Middle East Programs Toni Verstandig stepped back at the Ideas Festival to examine how far the region has come in the 18months sin

Filed in Blog Topics: Middle East, Diplomacy, Arab Spring, 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival

Jun 28 2012

Big Ideas in Aspen

By Elizabeth Nicholas

Playing preview to the week ahead, fifteen speakers took to the stage at the opening of the Institute’s 2012 Ideas Festival to share their big ideas on everything from developing moral imaginations to rewarding political risk.

Filed in Blog Topics: Journalism, Democracy, bipartisanship, 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival

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The Aspen Idea—the magazine and blog of the Aspen Institute — covers the people, programs, and pursuits that embody the work of the Institute. From articles that address pressing issues facing our society to features that spotlight the fascinating and high-profile people connected to the Institute to highlighting video from across the Institute, The Aspen Idea provides its readers with insights and ideas like no other.