The Freedom Agenda and the Arab Spring
Liberal internationalists on the left and neoconservatives on the right agree that freedom and democracy are worth fighting for, from Afghanistan to the Arab Spring. But the pathways are many, complex and uncertain. Three experts debate the past, present and future of the freedom agenda.
Speakers:
- Adam Garfinkle, Editor of The American Interest; and former speechwriter for both of George W. Bush's Secretaries of State, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice
- Stephen Krasner, Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Studies, Stanford University; and former Director of Policy Planning, United States Department of State (2005 to 2007)
- Amin Saikal AM, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University; and author of The Rise and Fall of the Shah: Iran from Autocracy to Religious Rule
Moderator:
- Eleanor Hall, presenter of ABC Radio's lunchtime current affairs program, The World Today; and former Washington Correspondent for the ABC
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