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Tribute to Jafar Panahi (Complete)
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Tribute to Jafar Panahi (Complete)

Hamid Dabashi, Hadi Ghaemi, Negar Mottahedeh, and Richard Peña assess the plight of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi.
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China, Eyeing Mideast Revolts, Halts Even Minor Protests
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China, Eyeing Mideast Revolts, Halts Even Minor Protests

NEW YORK, February 28, 2011 - Arthur Ross Director of the Center on US-China Relations Orville Schell explains how China is cracking down on protests while the government is dealing with grievances. (3 min., 26 sec.)

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Film, Football, and Jafar Panahi's 'Offside'
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Film, Football, and Jafar Panahi's 'Offside'

Duke University literature professor Negar Mottahedeh unravels the metaphor of Jafar Panahi's 2006 film Offside.
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Art, Allegory, and Iran
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Art, Allegory, and Iran

Hamid Dabashi, Shahram Karimi, and La France Hui discuss Iranian director Jafar Panahi and the 2009 film The White Meadows.
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Admiral Robert F. Willard on Asia-Pacific Security (Complete)
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Admiral Robert F. Willard on Asia-Pacific Security (Complete)

WASHINGTON DC, February 17, 2011 - Commander of the US Pacific Command, Adm. Robert F. Willard addresses strategic challenges and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region. (12 min., 18 sec.)

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Hillary Clinton Remembers Richard Holbrooke
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Hillary Clinton Remembers Richard Holbrooke

NEW YORK, Feb 18, 2011 - Sec. Hillary Rodham Clinton remembers former Asia Society Chairman Richard C. Holbrooke during a foreign policy speech at Asia Society HQ. (3 min., 29 sec.)

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Hillary Clinton: Holbrooke Memorial Address (Complete)

Hillary Clinton: Holbrooke Memorial Address (Complete)

NEW YORK, February 18, 2011 - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton outlines current US policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the inaugural Richard C. Holbrooke Memorial Address. (57 min.)

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The Iran Challenge (Complete)
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The Iran Challenge (Complete)

Kevan Harris, Alireza Nader, Gary Sick, and Robin Wright assess the future of U.S.-Iran relations with Asia Society's Suzanne DiMaggio.
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A Manuscript with a History (Complete)
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A Manuscript with a History (Complete)

NEW YORK, February 9, 2011 - Art historian Barbara Brend lectures on Muhammad Juki's Shahnamah of Firdausi, the 15th-century Persian illuminated manuscript. (54 min.)

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Anwar Ibrahim: 'Inalienable Rights'... and Compromises
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Anwar Ibrahim: 'Inalienable Rights'... and Compromises

NEW YORK, February 8, 2011 - Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim challenges the West to live up to its rhetoric about democracy. (1 min., 21 sec.)

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Iran: Power, Politics, and US Policy
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Iran: Power, Politics, and US Policy

Highlights from Asia Society's Iran panel with Suzanne DiMaggio, Alireza Nader, Gary Sick, and Kevan Harris.
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Anwar Ibrahim on Egypt and Tunisia (Complete)
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Anwar Ibrahim on Egypt and Tunisia (Complete)

NEW YORK, February 8, 2011 - Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim discusses whether popular uprisings in the Middle East hold any implications for Asian societies. (1 hr., 25 min.)

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