The Aspen Institute In the News 2004

• Washington Post, December 13, 2004
  The ASG-affiliated Aspen Atlantic Group proposes stronger US-EU cooperation to contain Iranian nuclear ambitions. (Washington Post op-ed, Dec 13)

• Financial Times, December 8, 2004
  Aspen Berlin's Jeffrey Gedmin examines the politics of trade with China in The Financial Times

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 21, 2004
  Robert Shireman, Senior Fellow with the Education and Society Program, speaks to the ability of low-income students to attain the American ideal through attendance at top universities and colleges in "Number of needy students drops at top universities" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 21, 2004)

• New York Times, November 16, 2004
  Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson assesses Colin Powell's tenure as Secretary of State in a Nov 16 New York Times op-ed.

• Aspen Daily News, Aspen Times, November, 2004
  The Aspen Daily News article, "Big Name Conference Coming" and the Aspen Times article, "The big idea: Global movers and shakers to attend Ideas Festival" describe next summer's Ideas Festival.

• Financial Times, October 29, 2004
  Aspen Strategy Group director Kurt Campbell suggests "Asia's Anxieties are a Warning to America" in the Financial Times (London, England)

• Washington Times, October 29, 2004
  The Washington Times article, "Shakespeare Topic is Genius, Morality," describes a panel discussion on "Genius - Are Moral Values Relevant?" co-sponsored by The Aspen Institute and The Shakespeare Theatre's National Council.

• The Aspen Times, October 21, 2004
  Statesman and Aspen Institute co-founder Paul H. Nitze died October 19 at the age of 97. The Aspen Times provides an appreciation of his contributions to US foreign policy.

• Aspen Times October 11, 2004
  An Aspen Times article, "Hey, What's the Big Idea?" describes the "world of ideas" the October Community Great Ideas Seminar will examine.

• National Journal, September 18, 2004
  A recent Aspen Strategy Group meeting of arms control specialists is the subject of an article in Bruce Stokes' National Journal column that reports, "On the cusp of a new era of nuclear threat, the next US president may have no higher international priority." ("A New Nuclear Bargain," September 18, 2004)

• The New York Times and The Aspen Times, August 27, 2004
  David T. McLaughlin, former Aspen Institute president and CEO, is remembered for his vision, leadership, and business acumen in the New York Times (David McLaughlin, 72, Ex-President of Dartmouth, Dies; August 27, 2004) and in the Aspen Times (City, Institute Lose a Leader; August 27, 2004)

• Aspen Daily News, August 12, 2004
  The August 12 Aspen Daily News column, "Time Zero for Uncle Albert," describes the recent Aspen Institute/Aspen Center for Physics collaboration, Einstein: A Celebration, as a scene where "some of the greatest minds in the universe" came together to discuss and debate Einstein's life and legacy.

• USC Online Journalism Review August 12, 2004
  In Transparency Begets Trust in the Ever-Expanding Blogosphere (August 12) the Online Journalism Review of the University of Southern California discusses trust in online media today and the effect blogs are having on mainstream journalism, as explored at the recent Communications & Society Conference on Journalism and Society.

• New York Times, August 11, 2004
  New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof cites the recent Aspen Strategy Group meeting that focused on the real risks of nuclear terrorism in an Aug. 11 op-ed, An American Hiroshima and Aug. 14 follow-up, The Nuclear Shadow (The New York Times website requires free registration)

• Fortune, August 10, 2004
  Fortune Magazine/Aspen Institute Brainstorm 2004 conference online photo album

• Fortune July 21, 2004
  Fortune highlights the Fortune Magazine/Aspen Institute Brainstorm 2004 conference in the July 21 article, Brainstorm 2004: Seeking Answers for a World in Turmoil

• Aspen Daily News, July 14, 2004
  Gary Hart discussed the need for a "grand strategy" in U.S. foreign policy at an overflowing auditorium as part of the Institute's Summer Speaker Series (Aspen Daily News, Hart: U.S. needs plan, July 14, 2004)

• New York Times July 6, 2004
  Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson's op-ed, A Declaration of Mutual Dependence, appeared in the July 4 New York Times.

• Aspen Times June 30, 2004
  Former Clinton Pentagon official Philip Coyle opened the Institute's Summer Speaker Series before a packed auditorium by challenging government warnings about the threat of weapons of mass destruction (Aspen Times, Expert: WMDs threat full of hot air, June 30, 2004)

• New York Times, June 14, 2004
  Robert Shireman, senior fellow with the Institute's Program on Education and Society, concludes that "the direct [student] loan program is cheaper" than loans guaranteed through banks. New York Times op-ed, What School Loan Scandal?, June 14, 2004 (The New York Times site requires free registration)

• Weekly Standard, May 24, 2004
  Jeffrey Gedmin, director of Aspen Institute Berlin, describes the strength of anti-American sentiment in Europe in a May 24 Weekly Standard article, "An Orgy of Anti-Americanism"

• Boston Globe, May 24, 2004
  Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson delivered an address at Tufts University's commencement ceremony, sharing lessons from Benjamin Franklin, including the need for increased humility as America pursues its interests in the world. Read more in the May 24 Boston Globe article: "Speaker at Tufts calls for humility in US diplomacy"

• Washington Post, May 18, 2004
  Aspen Institute helps Shakespeare Theatre in lively debate likening George W. Bush to Shakespeare's Henry V. Read the May 18 Washington Post article, "The King and We: Henry V's War Cabinet, Mock Debate at Shakespeare Theatre Has Familiar Ring"

• Education Week, May 12, 2004
  Robert Shireman, senior fellow of the Institute's Education and Society Program, writes about multiple pathways, the "new catchphrase in high school reform" in the Education Week article, "Where Do ‘Multiple Pathways’ Take Us?"

• Center for American Progress, April 30, 2004
  Education and Society Program senior fellow Robert Shireman critiques student loan programs developed to improve access to college and their costs to taxpayers in "Bank Profits Shortchange Students."

• Washington Post, April 19, 2004
  The Institute's recent tribute to foreign policy "wise man" Paul H. Nitze is featured in the Washington Post's April 19 Out and About column, "In Praise Of Patriotism And Service."  Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz's lunchtime keynote speech is covered in the April 15 American Forces Information Service article, "Wolfowitz: U.S. at Crossroads, But Signs Say 'We Will Win'", and in the April 16 Financial Times article "US to boost Iraq troops by 20,000"

• CNN.com, April 13, 2004
  Nancy McGaw, deputy director of the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program, is quoted in "Meaning over money for business students: Corporate social responsibility a growing interest for MBAs" (cnn.com, 4/13/2004). "Our data suggests that the students are more interested in thinking about the role of business in society ... and as a generation, are saying "we want to do a better job"

• The Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 2004
  Kirsten Moy, director of the Economic Opportunities Program, suggests how foundations can provide financial skills education to low-income workers and ways banks can be "part of the solution to high-fee financial services" in "A New Way to Curb Poverty," in The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

• AGI Online, March 22, 2004
  AGI Online, the Italian news service, reports on the appointment of Umberto Agnelli as vice president of Aspen Institute Italia.

• Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 20, 2004
  The Atlanta Journal Constitution article, Mixed effects as global warming treaty turns 10, refers to a recent report, A Climate Policy Framework: Balancing Policy and Politics, published jointly by The Pew Center and the Aspen Institute Program on Energy, the Environment, and the Economy, in which energy and auto executives agreed that a mandatory greenhouse gas reduction program could be effective.

• The Washington Post, March 21, 2004
  Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy comments on the recent book, "America Behind the Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans," authored by Institute Trustee Henry Louis Gates, Jr., renowned Harvard scholar on African American studies on March 21, March 22, and March 24, 2004. (The Washington Post site now requires free registration.)

• WNYC, March 19, 2004
  Mary Robinson, director of the Ethical Globalization Initiative, discusses a human rights- and gender-based approach to globalization, international migration, and the human right to health on the Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC Public Radio (requires RealPlayer), New York (March 19, 2004)

• Washington Post, March 10, 2004
  NSPP Director Alan Abramson comments on the Bush administration's efforts to support religious charities in "Grants to Religious Groups Top $1.1 Billion" (Washington Post, March 10, 2004)

• Alice Young, Justice in Action Honoree, February 19, 2004
  Institute trustee Alice Young, Esq., will receive a 2004 Justice in Action Award from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) on March 25, 2004 in New York. Full story

• The Aspen Times, February 2, 2004
  Paul Andersen of the Aspen Times recounts his experiences of the philosophy and discussions of the Great Ideas seminar "The Good Life, The Good Society" in a recent article

• Aspen Times January 23, 2004
  Aspen, CO high school students participated in the Aspen Institute seminar 'The Good Life and the Good Society.' Read the Aspen Times article, "Teens have more questions than ideas after Great Ideas seminar".

• piquenewsmagazine.com January 22, 2004
  Read a piquenewsmagazine.com article about the development of the Whistler Foum, "Whistler Learns from Aspen Institute".