The Voting Rights War
The Kleptocracy Curse
The Next President's Fight Against Terror
The McCain Institute - Washington, DC October 2016
Slightly after 1hr 7min mark on video, Fred Boenig, The Daily Ripple, asks a question:
Public Art in Tehran
Atlantic Council - Washington, DC October 2016
Public Art in Tehran: Painting One Wall at a Time
Part of Iran’s burgeoning contemporary art scene is the transformation of public spaces through murals. The Future of Iran Initiative and Epicenter, a new initiative of the Institute for Policy Studies, invites you to meet Mehdi Ghadyanloo, the most famous public artist in Iran, whose fanciful murals appear all over Tehran as well as in other major cities around the world. This will be his first visit to Washington, DC, and a unique opportunity to meet and talk to the man who literally changed the face of Tehran. More ...
Able Archer 83
Woodrow Wilson Center - Washington, DC October 2016
Able Archer 83: The Secret History
The secret history of the NATO exercise that almost triggered nuclear war
In November 1983, Soviet nuclear forces went on high alert. After months nervously watching increasingly assertive NATO military posturing, Soviet intelligence agencies in Western Europe received flash telegrams reporting alarming activity on U.S. bases. In response, the Soviets began readying their nulclear forces in preparation for a western nuclear attack. Just as nuclear tensions escalated, the threat of war abruptly ended as the buildup was revealed to be a vast NATO conflict simulation named Able Archer 83. More ...
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