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Pakistan Roundtable

April 30, 2009 in Afghanistan, Asif Ali Zadari, Barack Obama, Charlie Rose, China, General Kayani, Hussain Haqqani, Imtiaz Ali, India, Joe Klein, Kashmir, Lawyers Movement, Nawaz Sharif, NWFP, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Steve Coll, U.S. Institute for Peace, Yusef Raza Gilani | Tags: Afghanistan, Aid, Al Qaeda, Asif Ali Zadari, Barack Obama, Charlie Rose, China, Democracy, Economy, General Kayani, Hussain Haqqani, IMF, Imtiaz Ali, India, Joe Klein, Kashmir, Kerry-Lugar Bill, Lawyers Movement, Nawaz Sharif, NWFP, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Steve Coll, Taliban, U.S. Institute for Peace, Yusef Raza Gilani | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Imtiaz Ali currently works at the U.S. Institute for Peace

Network 20/20 member Imtiaz Ali appears on a Charlie Rose roundtable with Hussain Haqqani, Joe Klein, and Steve Coll.

See it here

American Banks Dominate

April 30, 2009 in Ann Lee, Banking, Barclays Capital, Ben Bernake, China, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Economic Crisis, Economy, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Latin America, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, RBS, Regulation, Tim Geithner, U.S., UBS | Tags: Ann Lee, Banking, Barclays Capital, Ben Bernake, China, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Economic Crisis, Economy, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Latin America, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, RBS, Regulation, Tim Geithner, U.S., UBS | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Ann Lee

“The conventional wisdom these days is that American banks, on government life support, are destined to lose their dominant place in the global financial universe. Nothing could be further from the truth.”

So argues Network 20/20 member Ann Lee in this Newsweek column. Read It here

Aslan’s Cosmic War

April 30, 2009 in 9/11, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Bloggingheads, Caliphate, Failed States, George W. Bush, GWOT, How to Win a Cosmic War, Islam, Jihadism, New York Times, Reihan Salam, Religion, Reza Aslan, Terrorism, War, War on Terror | Tags: 9/11, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Bloggingheads, Caliphate, Failed States, George W. Bush, GWOT, How to Win a Cosmic War, Islam, Jihadism, New York Times, Reihan Salam, Religion, Reza Aslan, Terrorism, War, War on Terror | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Reza Aslan

Network 20/20 member Reza Aslan, author of the just released “How to Win a Cosmic War”, and Reihan Salam discuss the “War on Terror”. Watch them here.

Nuclear Terrorism – A World of Three No’s

April 30, 2009 in Belfer Center, George Billard, Graham Allison, Harvard, Iran, Miltary, Missiles, North Korea, Nuclear Terrorism, Proliferation | Tags: Belfer Center, George Billard, Graham Allison, Harvard, Iran, Miltary, Missiles, North Korea, Nuclear Terrorism, Proliferation | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Network 20/20 member George Billard’s video (one of a series) on preventing nuclear terrorism. Based upon Graham Allison’s Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe. Watch the whole series here.

Pakistan – Chaos Theory

April 29, 2009 in David Kilcullen, Dr. Awab Alvi, General David Petraeus, LUMS, Madiha Tahir, Manan Ahmed, Media, Network 2020, New York Times, Osama Siddique, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, The Atlantic Council, U.S., Yusef Raza Gilani | Tags: David Kilcullen, Dr. Awab Alvi, General David Petraeus, LUMS, Madiha Tahir, Manan Ahmed, Media, Network 2020, New York Times, Osama Siddique, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, The Atlantic Council, U.S., Yusef Raza Gilani | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Madiha Tahir in Lahore, Pakistan

Network 20/20 member Madiha Tahir opines about Pakistan’s image in the media. Read her Columbia Journalism Review piece here.

Children of the Taliban

April 15, 2009 in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Frontline World, military, Pakistan, Peshawar, Poverty, Sharia, Suicide Bombing, Swat, Taliban, Terrorism, Women's Education | Tags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Frontline World, military, Pakistan, Peshawar, Poverty, Sharia, Suicide Bombing, Swat, Taliban, Terrorism, Women's Education | by network2020 | Leave a comment

This heartbreaking video from Frontline World chronicles the spread of the Taliban in Pakistan. Watch it here.