Tony Smith – A Pact with the Devil

Tony Smith at the New America Foundation, discussing some large changes in the way policy is made. The sound quality is pretty bad, you’d think the NAF could get it right. From the description:

Many liberals as well as conservatives supported the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. In his provocative new book A Pact with the Devil: Washington’s Bid for World Supremacy, Tony Smith, professor of political science at Tufts University, criticizes liberal hawks as well as neocons for sharing a common project of American world supremacy.

David Brooks at the World Affairs Council

David Brooks, a “Nancy Pelosi-Democrat”, talks with Jane Wales at the World Affairs council, describing his “Arethra Franklin policy”. Mr. Brooks is smart, pragmatic and engaging and seems to think that there’s been a shift away from economics and towards identity politics across the globe, specifically in Iraq, and in the US.

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.

Christopher Hitchens on Iraq

An interview with Christopher Hitchens on Iraq at the Hoover Institutition, August 24th 2007.