Pakistan – Politics for Peace

From FRANCE24 comes a debate discussing Musharraf, the Seige of Red Mosque, and in general peace in Pakistan.

Conversations – Economic Theory: Robert Ashford and Dr. Edward Wolff

From 2000, well after Bill Clinton declared the end of the Old Left. From the description:

The Guests talk about economic theory in a Paradigm sense. The raise the idea that it ultimatly is the basic source which informs all National & International Political decison making at a policy leval. They (particurly Ashford) strongly question the “Labor Theory of Value” which informs in a fundemental sense virutlaly all Economic Theory from from the far Left to the far Right as outdated in an era when economic production (and the trends therein) is increasingly the result of capital assets which are overwhelmingly owned by a very narrow owership class.

Securing the International Oil Supply

From the comments:

It took me two days to get through this, but it was a really good watch. It was interesting to see different sides explained, but it is hard to deny the consequences that Mr Klare outlines.

Intelligence Squared – A Booming China Spells Trouble

This past year was the first year for this Oxford-style debate series on NPR, Intelligence Squared, and I thought that every debate was thoughtful and provoking. This debate on the rise of China is my favorite from an American viewpoint, split up into an annoying 11 parts of youtube.

George Galloway v. Christopher Hitchens

An interesting debate between George Galloway and Christopher Hitchens on Iraq presented by Democracy Now at Baruch College in the fall of 2005.

William Kristol and Richard Holbrooke

A Charlie Rose debate about Iran, Iraq and the crisis in the Middle East with former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Richard Holbrooke and William Kristol, Editor of The Weekly Standard. August 24th, 2007.