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Feature Story Archive 2008
Looking Ahead to Election Day
Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Republican and Democratic presidential nominees have both visited the Aspen Institute. Here, Senator Obama discusses in 2005 the sense that in America, our "destiny isn't determined by someone else." In this clip from a wide-ranging discussion with David Gergen from 2006, Senator McCain talks about what it takes to overcome the insurgency in Iraq.
 The Candidates on Health Care: John McCain and Barack Obama have completed questionnaires for the Aspen Health Stewardship Project on how they would seek to transform health care in the United States. To read the candidates' responses, visit the project web page.
Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier Discuss "America Between the Wars." Renowned foreign policy analysts Chollet and Goldgeier explained the importance of the "lost decade" of foreign policy as told in their new book, America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11 (Public Affairs), at the latest Aspen Strategy Group book talk. Read more. Watch the video: quicktime, windows media. Listen to the mp3.
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Louisiana Lt. Gov.
Mitch Landrieu
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New Report Released: Recommendations for Policy Makers and Government Agencies on Advancing Social Entrepreneurship. This report explores how government leaders can address major community challenges through partnerships with social entrepreneurs. Read more. Read the press release and download the full report. Watch video clips from a panel discussion of the report and the challenges government leaders face in supporting social entrepreneurship.
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Robin Wright
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Journalist/Author Robin Wright Describes Tomorrow's Middle East. Washington Post diplomatic correspondent Robin Wright examined the changing region in a discussion about her new book, Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East (Penguin Press HC), in the June installment of the Aspen Roundtable Series. Read more. Watch the video: quicktime, windows media.
What Makes a Successful President? May 19 marked the fourth installment of the discussion series "Conversations on Presidential Leadership." The discussion, called "What Makes a Successful President?", was a conversation with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and former presidential advisor David Gergen, moderated by NBC Nightly News anchor and managing editor Brian Williams. Watch the video: quicktime, windows media.
Where Will They Lead? 2008 summarizes the results of the Business and Society Program's third survey of MBA students on their attitudes toward the role of business in society. Highlights include students' attitudes toward the role of companies in society and their definitions of a well-run company. More. Download the Executive Summary. Order the full report.
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Sean Wilentz
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Historian Sean Wilentz Details the Rise of Reagan. Princeton University Professor Wilentz shared his views on Ronald Reagan's legacy as explored in his new book, The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008 (Harper), in the May installment of the Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series. Read more. Watch the video: Quicktime, Windows Media.
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Madeleine
Albright
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Secretary Madeleine K. Albright Offers Advice to the Next President. Former US Secretary of State and Aspen Institute Trustee Albright sat down to discuss her recent book, Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America’s Reputation and Leadership (Harper) at the May installment of the Aspen Roundtable Series. Read more.
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UPP Leaders with Sec. of
State Condoleezza Rice
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U.S.-Palestinian Partnership (About the U.S.-Palestinian Partnership)
U.S. Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice met with U.S.-Palestinian Partnership (UPP) chairman Walter Isaacson and co-chairs Jean Case and Ziad Asali on April 29 for a joint press availability. Read the complete text of the remarks by Secretary Rice and Walter Isaacson. Dept. of State Press Release. Photos. Video.
Aspen Environment Forum, March 26-30. In partnership with National Geographic Magazine, the Aspen Institute hosted an innovative forum on the future of our shared environment. Video showing the best sessions from the Forum, National Geographic's blog and video interviews, Be Heard! interviews, press coverage, and more all at www.aspenenvironment.org.
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HRH Princess
Rym Ali of Jordan
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The 2008 Arab-US Media Forum, Dead Sea, Jordan. Thirty US and Arab media leaders explored the opportunities presented by new technologies and personal networks to promote greater understanding between Arab and US cultures at a forum convened by the Communications and Society Program on "The New Media Environment: Paths to Understanding." Read more.
 Aspen Institute Names Emerging Leaders As 2008 Henry Crown Fellows. The Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellowship Program has announced its 2008 Class of Henry Crown Fellows. News release. Names and photos of the 2008 Henry Crown Fellows.
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David Rothkopf
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David Rothkopf Reveals the Inner Workings of the Global Power Elite. In the April installment of the Aspen Roundtable Series, David Rothkopf, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, unveiled the world of the most powerful in a conversation about his latest book, Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). Read more.
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Cokie Roberts
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Author Cokie Roberts Shares Insights into the Women Who Helped Shape the US. Cokie Roberts, commentator for ABC News and National Public Radio, spoke to an overflow audience about Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation (William Morrow) in the April installment of the Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series. Read more. Watch the video: Quicktime, Windows Media.
Aspen Public Diplomacy Roundtable, April 2. The Aspen Institute hosted this roundtable to reflect on the impact of the arts and culture in the strengthening of international relations, and to highlight agenda issues for its upcoming World Forum on Cultural Diplomacy in Paris. Read more.
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John Molinaro
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John Molinaro Keynotes Poverty Event. Assoc. Director of the Community Strategies Group John Molinaro was keynote and led a working session at Rooting Out Poverty -- Rural Family Economic Success, an annual event for more than 400 staff and partners of community action organizations.
 Judith Samuelson Blogs for the Harvard Business Review. Judith Samuelson, Executive Director of the Business and Society Program, is the featured blogger in Harvard Business Review's Green blog. See Green Stakeholders: Pesky Activists or Productive Allies? (March 18, 2008)
Entrepreneurship Education in High Schools a Goal for YESG. The Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group seeks to ensure "entrepreneurship education" for students in Title 1 high schools as policymakers grappling with the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind are considering high schools part of a long-term strategy to create greater economic opportunity in the US. Read more in Education Daily.
 John P. McNulty Prize Guidelines Announced; Deadline April 15. The John P. McNulty Prize for extraordinary young leaders making creative, effective and lasting contributions to their communities will be awarded to an Aspen Global Leadership Fellow in November 2008. Visit www.mcnultyprize.org for information about John McNulty's legacy of leadership and the online application and guidelines.
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Vietnamese
Ambassador
H.E. Le Cong Phung
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Program on Agent Orange/Dioxin Panel Assesses US Response to the Impact of Dioxin in Vietnam. Moderated by Walter Isaacson, the panel discussed environmental work in Danang and other Vietnam hot spots and the first Congressional appropriation of funds to help contain dioxin remaining in the soil and water around former US bases in Vietnam. Read more.
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Mickey Edwards
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Aspen Institute VP Mickey Edwards Critiques Today's Conservative Movement. Former US Congressman Mickey Edwards (R-OK), author of Reclaiming Conservatism: How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost – And How It Can Find Its Way Back (Oxford University Press), laments the state of the conservative movement today. Read more. Watch the video: Quicktime, Windows Media. Listen: MP3.
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USAID Administrator
Henrietta H. Fore
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USAID Chief Henrietta H. Fore Discusses the Future of Foreign Assistance. USAID Administrator Fore sat down with Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson to discuss foreign assistance in the 21st century and the transformation of the USAID business model. Read more.
Inaugural India Leadership Initiative (ILI) Celebrates Commencement. From February 16-20, 2008 the inaugural class of ILI Fellows convened in Kovalam, India for their final seminar -- The Promise of Leadership, where they celebrated the completion of the formal program and the commencement of the next phase of their lives as values-based leaders with renewed commitment. Read more.
New York City Book Series Features Sarah Murray. The Spring 2008 New York City Book Series debuted with Financial Times reporter Sarah Murray, author of Moveable Feasts: From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat (St. Martin's Press, November 2007). Joined by Ken Bloom, CEO of shipping company Inttra, Murray shared her global adventures -- from Nigeria to Mumbai to Memphis -- tracking the far-flung movements of food. Read more.
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DC Mayor
Adrian Fenty
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DC Mayor Adrian Fenty Speaks about Public Education. The Washington Leadership Series launched with a roundtable discussion on public education and the future of the nation’s capital, featuring the Honorable Adrian M. Fenty, Mayor of the District of Columbia. Read more.
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Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwahlia
receives recommendations
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Recommendations from the Joint Conference on Communications Policy. In February 2008, industry executives from the US, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka met with government officials, researchers and other policy-makers in the third annual Joint Conference on Communications Policy between Aspen India and the Institute’s Communications and Society Program. Read about the recommendations, including those for m-governance.
 The US-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin announced at a February press conference in Hanoi that the first round of dioxin containment measures are now in place in and around the Danang airport, one of Vietnam's largest hot spots of dioxin contamination. After a week of visits across the country, the joint high-level group announced progress on this and a number of other priority issues, including the expansion of services to people with disabilities and key steps toward establishing a high-resolution dioxin testing lab. More information.
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Fred Kaplan
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Slate Columnist Fred Kaplan Reflects on the State of US Foreign Policy. Prominent international affairs journalist Fred Kaplan explored the assessments made in his new book, Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power (Wiley & Sons). Read more.
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Jane Wales
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World Affairs Council CEO Jane Wales Joins Aspen Institute. Following a nationwide search, the Institute announced the appointment of World Affairs Council of Northern California CEO Jane Wales as Vice President, Philanthropy and Society, and Executive Director of the Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program. Read more.
 Aspen Health Stewardship Project. With the electorate calling for health care reform and the presidential candidates crafting proposed improvements, the Aspen Institute has named the leadership of its new effort to help transform our nation’s health care system. Read the news release.
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Salaam Fayyad
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US-Palestinian Partnership: The Role of the Private Sector in Support of Peace. The Honorable Salaam Fayyad, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, joined Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson for a dialogue about the recently launched US-Palestinian Public-Private Partnership and the status of efforts to secure peace. The Partnership is chaired by Isaacson together with Jean Case, CEO of the Case Foundation; Lester Crown, Aspen Board Member; Sandy Weill, Chairman Emeritus of Citigroup; and Ziad Asali, President of the American Task Force on Palestine. Read more. Photos.
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Walter Isaacson speaking
with Secretary Rice
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U.S.-Palestinian Partnership. U.S.-Palestinian Partnership chairman Walter Isaacson and co-chairs Jean Case and Ziad Asali meet with U.S. Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice. More information about the Institute's US-Palestinian Public-Private Partnership Program. Photos. Video.
The Aspen Institute mourns the loss of former trustee and Institute President and CEO Elmer Johnson, who passed away at his winter home in Arizona on Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Johnson, a Chicago native, had an illustrious career as an attorney, serving as managing partner of the national law firm Kirkland & Ellis for nearly two decades and executive vice president, director, and general counsel of General Motors Corporation. He joined the Institute’s Board of Trustees in 1988 and had moderated numerous seminars over the years. As President and CEO from 1999 to 2002, he dedicated himself to strengthening the Institute’s programs and outreach. Read more. Read his obituary in the Chicago Tribune.
 Atlantic Media Political Director Ronald Brownstein Explores the Causes of Today’s Political Partisanship. Noted journalist and American politics expert Ron Brownstein discussed his new book, The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America (Penguin). Read more. Watch the video: Quicktime, Windows Media. Listen: MP3
Aspen Institute Begins Presidential Series in New York. The Aspen Institute and the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY) recently kicked off a series of conversations on presidential leadership as part of a new area of programming called "Aspen at Roosevelt House." Read more. Watch the video: Quicktime, windows media video.
 Aspen Forum on Innovation in Bangladesh. Thirty Bangladeshi and American leaders gathered at BARC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh on January 6, 2008, for a roundtable discussion exploring innovation for social and economic benefit. The dialogue was organized by the Aspen Institute Communications and Society (C&S) Program as part of a larger conference sponsored by the Anwarul Quadir Foundation (AQR). Read more.
 New York Times Correspondent Elisabeth Bumiller Examines the Life of Condoleezza Rice. In the first of the year's Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series events, Elisabeth Bumiller spoke candidly about her discoveries in Condoleezza Rice: An American Life: A Biography (Random House). Read more. Watch the video: Quicktime, Windows Media Player. Listen: mp3
Communications & Society launched its report Media, Creativity and the Public Good, at the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) conference. At the conference, C&S Executive Director Charlie Firestone moderated a panel that addressed the challenges of regulating Internet content for child protection with top-level regulators from the US, United Kingdom, and Australia. Read more.
There Ought to Be a Law." At a recent panel addressing the challenges of regulating Internet content for child protection with top-level regulators from the U.S., United Kingdom, and Australia, Federal Communications Commissioner Debora Tate proposed that the e-rate be used to fund local media literacy programs across the country. The session was run by Charlie Firestone of the Aspen Institute and The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI). Read more at Huffington Post.
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Mary Robinson
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Health Worker Migration Solutions Sought by Global Advisory Council. The Health Worker Migration Global Advisory Council met recently in Washington to identify solutions to the migration of health workers, one of the most visible causes of the global health workforce crisis. Read more.
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Sally Bedell Smith
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Bestselling Biographer Sally Bedell Smith Reveals New Insights into Clintons. The Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series finished the year with Sally Bedell Smith, who visited the Institute to discuss her latest book, For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years (Random House), in a conversation moderated by Terence Smith, Special Correspondent, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Read more. Watch the video: Quicktime, Windows Media Player.
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