For two centuries Asians have largely been bystanders in world history, reacting to surges of Western commerce, thought, and power.
Now former United Nations Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani -- whom Foreign Policy magazine ranked as one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world -- declares that era is over and the West must embrace rather than resist this structural shift.
Former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) discusses his candid and smart political memoir, which calls on Republicans to return to their traditional principles of fiscal conservatism, respect for the environment and aversion to foreign entanglements.
This in-depth discussion of U.S. fiscal policy and Americans' wherewithal to reinvest in the nation was held Nov. 30 at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., and was a joint project of New America's Economic Growth and American Strategy Programs.
This clip: Steve Clemons' intro and Bernard L. Schwartz's speech.
