The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues.
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Displaying What We Do: Security & Global Affairs
Video | March 20, 2013
A conversation with army combat veteran, businessman and youth advocate Wes Moore. He is author of "The Other Wes Moore."ModeratorWillie Geist, Co-host, NBC's TODAY, MSNBC's Morning Joe.
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Communications and Society Program
The 2012 Forum on Communications and Society (FOCAS) convened August 5-8 in Aspen, Colorado to discuss the movement towards open and innovative governance and develop tangible proposals and...
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Publication | October 1, 2012 | Amy Garmer
Communications and Society Program
This report addresses critical deficits in connectivity and the freedom to communicate in the Western Hemisphere. The report highlights connectivity, competition, censorship and protection of...
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Publication | September 24, 2012 | Vanessa Zuabi, Tara Shallal
Middle East Programs
From June 2nd to 9th, 2012 the Partners for a New Beginning’s North Africa Partnership for Economic Opportunity Secretariat at the Aspen Institute (PNB-NAPEO) led a Higher Education delegation to the...
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The Homeland Security Program works to heighten public awareness as to the nation's continued vulnerability to terrorism, and to persuade the nation to take the necessary steps to close the gap...
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Video | February 26, 2013
Interviewed by Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, The Aspen Institute
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Video | February 4, 2013
Roundtable featuring the Honorable Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs, in conversation with New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger
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Communications and Society Program
Libertad y Conectividad: Fomento a la libertad para comunicar en las Américas se refiere a los déficits críticos en la conectividad y la libertad de comunicarse en el hemisferio...
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