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NEW YORK, September 30, 2009 - Morgan Stanley Asia Chairman Stephen Roach illiustrates the state of today's Asian economies with a stark visual aid. (41 sec.)
Video Excerpt:Morgan Stanley Asia Chairman Stephen Roach on why it would be a mistake for US to impose trade sanctions on China, at a talk in Hong Kong, January 15, 2009. (3 min., 55 sec.)
NEW YORK, December
17, 2008 - Authors Salman Rushdie, Mira Kamdar, and Suketu Mehta discuss
the November 2008 Mumbai, India terror attacks. Moderated by Rome Hartman of BBC World
News America. (1 hr., 33 min.)
Video Excerpt:Salman Rushdie
discusses the "placement of the roots [of the attacks] in the concept
of justice" and the condition of Kashmir, during a discussion at the Asia Society, Dec. 17, 2008. (3 min., 19 sec.)
NEW YORK, December 16, 2008 - Islamic art scholars
Oleg Grabar of the Institute for Advanced Study,
and Glenn D. Lowry of the Museum of Modern Art, discuss what
makes calligraphy art. (1 hr., 11 min.)
NEW YORK, December 16, 2008 - Undersecretary of
the Treasury for International Affairs David McCormick on the
threat posed by the financial crisis and how
countries have begun cooperating to counter its effects. (1 hr., 4 min.)
Video excerpt: US Asst. Sec. of State Christopher Hill explains how North Korea can
benefit from "giving up its 30 kilos" of plutonium during his talk at
the Asia Society Washington Center, Dec. 16, 2008. (1 min., 39 sec.)
NEW YORK, December 15, 2008 - Novelist Amitav Ghosh and philosopher and cultural theorist Kwame Anthony Appiah discuss Ghosh's new historical novel Sea of Poppies. (1 hr., 23 min.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2008 — Sea of Poppies author Amitav Ghosh discusses the origins of Great Britain's 19th-century opium trade between India and China. (2 min.)
NEW YORK, December 10, 2008 - Barnett R. Rubin and
Imtiaz Ali review the failings that have led to the Taliban's
resurgence in Afghanistan and western Pakistan. (1 hr.,
1 min.)
HOUSTON, November 21, 2008 - Andrew Lam, Chloe Dao, Dai Huynh, and Lan Tran
talk about how the Vietnamese American experience shapes their
creativity. (9 min., 31 sec.)
