reforms at Brave New Films

The New Left in China

2008-09-06T08:48:02Z

http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=08081YT
Minqi Li : Chinese left critical of market reforms

Watch the video

What Kind of Superpower Will China Be? - Francis Fukuyama

2008-08-22T12:50:31Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Author and political scientist forecasts China's image as a future world superpower.

-----

About 400 hundred people attended the Centre's event in Sydney with the renowned American political scientist, thinker and author Professor Francis Fukuyama on 28 May.

Chief Executive Professor Geoffrey Garrett conversed with Professor Fukuyama on a wide range of issues from the new administration's foreign policy, to the rise of China, the use of hard and soft power and the impact of climate change.

The conversation was followed by a Q & A session - The University of Sydney

Professor Francis Fukuyama has worked at several prominent think tanks and public policy organizations, he has served the U.S. Department of State in posts related to Middle East affairs, and is a 2002 appointee to the President's Council on Bioethics.

Francis Fukuyama is Bernard Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and Director of its International Development Program.He is the author of The End of History and the Last Man.

Watch the video

Struggles for Democratic Reform in China - Mark Leonard

2008-07-30T12:48:30Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Mark Leonard, Executive Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the current state of democratic reforms in China, arguing that experimentation with democracy may have the result of making the Chinese one-party state stronger rather than weaker.

-----

The extraordinary economic growth and reemergence of China on the world stage has underscored how little is really known about this rising power. China is clearly a global player that will impact international relations throughout the twenty-first century.

Mark Leonard's What Does China Think? explores Chinese politics and society and analyzes their possible effects on the world at large - World Affairs Council of Washington, DC

Mark Leonard is the Executive Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations. He is also an adviser to companies and governments on China as well as Middle East reform.
Previously, Mark Leonard was the Director of Foreign Policy at the London-based Centre for European Reform, and was a transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund in the United States.

Mr. Leonard has authored two books and has written several articles on international affairs in periodicals including The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and The International Herald Tribune.

Watch the video

How to Stimulate an Economic Recovery? - Laura Tyson

2008-07-24T18:25:34Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Laura Tyson, former National Economic Advisor to President Clinton, argues that infrastructure spending and health care reform should be two policies at the heart of the next President's economic recovery plan.

-----

As debate on the recession moves from "if" to "when" to "how long," The New School's Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) and the New America Foundation host a panel entitled "It's the Economic Recovery Plan, Stupid," with top economists and business executives.

The panel will discuss the economic and political realities behind the debate on how best to stimulate the economy, including how a major public infrastructure investment might serve as a centerpiece of a longer-term recovery program.

SCEPA will also present a new publication, The Promise of Public Investment, based on its year-long series of forums designed to question conventional wisdom on U.S. economic policy - The New School

Laura D'Andrea Tyson is a professor and former Dean of the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Tyson served in the Clinton Administration from January 1993 through December 1996. Between February 1995 and December 1996 she served as the President's National Economic Adviser and was the highest ranking woman in the Clinton White House.

Prior to her appointment as National Economic Adviser, Dr. Tyson served as the sixteenth Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, the first woman to hold that post. In that capacity, she was responsible for providing the president and his National Economic Council with advice and analysis on all economic policy matters, for preparing the administration's economic forecasts and for the annual Economic Report of the President.

From 2002 to 2006, Tyson was the first female dean of the London Business School. From 1998 to 2001, she was dean of the Haas School of Business. Tyson has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 1987, a Director of ATT Inc. since 1999, and a Director of Eastman Kodak.

Watch the video

Robin Wright - Challenges for Reform in the Islamic World

2008-07-09T16:25:53Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Award-winning Washington Post correspondent Robin Wright discusses challenges for democratic and Islamic reforms in the Middle East.

-----

Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East with journalist Robin Wright in conversation with KCRW's Warren Olney. This program is part of the Los Angeles Public Library's ALOUD speakers and authors program.

Drawing on 35 years of reporting - through wars, revolutions and uprisings - one of America's most prescient journalists offers an insightful reckoning of the changes wracking the Middle East and their impact on its and America's future - Los Angeles Public Library

Robin Wright, who covers foreign policy for The Washington Post, has reported from over 140 countries for The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, CBS News, The New Yorker, The Sunday Times and others. She has covered a dozen wars and revolutions in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

Warren Olney IV is the host and executive producer of the nationally syndicated PRI program To the Point as well as the long-running local affairs show Which Way, L.A.?, both of which originate at Santa Monica public radio station KCRW.

Watch the video

Inside Story - Syria's economic reforms - 13 Apr 08 - Part 2

2008-06-15T09:36:10Z

It has been 8 years since Bashar al-Assad, Syria's president, promised economic reforms. In this special episode of Inside Story from Damascus, we ask what impact the reforms have had and if they have created more opportunities for young Syrians.

Watch the video

Inside Story - Syria's economic reforms - 13 Apr 08 - Part 1

2008-06-15T21:29:56Z

Watch the video

Charter Schools vs. Public Schools

2008-06-14T15:32:38Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Harvard economics professor Caroline Hoxby discusses several differences between charter and public schools.

-----

The Promise and Performance of Charter Schools: Agents of School Reform with Caroline M. Hoxby

Harvard economics Professor and Hoover Fellow Caroline Hoxby discusses her research on New York City charter schools in two city neighborhoods, Harlem and the Bronx, and how they compare with other public schools in the same neighborhoods.

Caroline M. Hoxby is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education. She is the Allie S. Freed Professor of Economics at Harvard University and the director of the Economics of Education Program for the National Bureau of Economic Research. She also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences.

Watch the video

Pressure mounts for Gulf labour reform - 24 Jan 08

2008-06-10T15:31:03Z

Their living and working conditions are described by rights groups as atrocious. An estimated six million migrant workers , mostly from Asia, who are helping to build the rich Gulf economies.

But international pressure for an end to what some term slavery appears to be having an impact .

Officials from GCC states and their Asian counterparts, have been meeting in Abu Dhabi to discuss migrant workers. Hashem Ahelbarra reports.

Watch the video

Chavezistas troubled by Chavez reforms 2-Dec-07

2008-06-14T03:31:11Z

Concerns over the proposed reforms of Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, have left some traditional Chavez voters uncertain whether to back him this time.

Al Jazeera's Mariana Sanchez reports from Caracas on one family's misgivings.

Watch the video

Frost over the World-Venezuela & Russian elections-30 Nov 07

2008-06-14T03:31:29Z

As Venezuelans prepare to vote on constitutional reforms proposed by Hugo Chavez, the country's president, Sir David talks to American-Venezuelan attorney Eva Golinger and Jose Miguel Vivanco from Human Rights Watch about what these reforms may mean for Venezuela. Russians are also due to vote in parliamentary elections and Oksana Antonenko, a Russian analyst, joins the show to reflect upon what these mean for the Vladimir Putin, the Russian president.

Watch the video

Inside Story - Nigeria's new president - 29 May 07 - Part 2

2008-06-06T21:30:15Z

Nigeria inaugurated its new president, Umar Ya'Aruda, on Tuesday and he has promised reforms within 100 days.

Watch the video

Inside Story - Nigeria's new president - 29 May 07 - Part 1

2008-06-06T21:30:14Z

Nigeria inaugurated its new president, Umar Ya'Aruda, on Tuesday and he has promised reforms within 100 days.

Watch the video