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NEW YORK, September 24, 2009 - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake addresses the Asia Society during UN General Assembly week. (56 min., 50 sec.)
Iranian human rights advocate and Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi shares her thoughts on political Islam and her country's future with Asia Society President Vishakha Desai.
Cautioning against what he calls "knee-jerk" parallels, military historian Max Boot offers a list of reasons why America's involvement in Afghanistan isn't doomed to become another Vietnam.
Panelists Max Boot, Gordon Goldstein, George Packer, and Rufus Phillips debate whether parallels between the Vietnam War and present-day Afghanistan are valid.
Center on US-China Relations Director Orville Schell on how a "largely dysfunctional" US government is impeding collaboration with China on key issues.
India's Ambassador to the United States Meera Shankar discusses current relations between the two nations, and what's likely to change in the near future.
Arguing against "market fundamentalism," HSBC Chairman Stephen Green shares his ideas on corporate social responsibility with Asia Society President Vishakha Desai.
Damien Ounouri's documentary Xiao Jia Going Home (2008) follows acclaimed director Jia Zhangke as he revisits old haunts in his hometown of Fenyang in Shanxi province.
NEW YORK, February 16, 2010 - Asia Society Fellow Hassan Abbas discusses the capture of Mullah Baradar and US-Pakistan cooperation against the Taliban. (Video from Worldfocus, 3 min. 31 sec.)