E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues: E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues
Chuck Hagel served two terms in the United States Senate, from 1997-2009, representing the state of Nebraska. He served as chairman of the Congression...
E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues
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A cooperative project of the Cooper Foundation and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues began in 1988 as part of a mission to promote better understanding of world events and issues by Nebraskans. This (audio-only) podcast is updated the day after a lecture in the series is given.
E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues: E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues
Christine Todd Whitman is president of the Whitman Strategy Group, a consulting firm specializing in energy and environmental issues. She is also the ...
E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues: E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues
E. Benjamin Skinner is the first person in history to witness negotiations for the sale of human beings on four continents. In his book "A Crime so Mo...
E.N. Thompson Forum: E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues
Rob Gifford first went to China in 1987, as a 20-year-old undergraduate, to study the Chinese language. He has spent much of the last twenty years liv...
E.N. Thompson Forum: E. N. Thompson Forum on World Issues
Europe's rapid colonization of Africa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries came to be known as the "Scramble for Africa." Is China's increasing i...
E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues: E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues
Once a sleeping giant, today China is the world's fastest growing economy--a dramatic turn-around that alarms many Westerners. Shirk's 2007 book, "Chi...
E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues: E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues
The year 2008 offered unprecedented opportunities for Chinese and Anglophone Internet users to communicate. They were standing nose to virtual nose, b...
E.N. Thompson Forum: E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues
"The persistent issue of the United States' trade deficit with China is becoming more controversial as more American manufacturing jobs are lost. With...
E.N. Thompson Forum: E. N. Thompson Forum on World Issues
Bruce Babbitt was Governor of Arizona from 1978-87 and Attorney General of Arizona from 1975-78. As governor, he brought environmental and resource ma...
E.N. Thompson Forum: E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues
Known as "The Green Evangelist," Reverend Richard Cizik calls climate change a crisis of "biblical proportions." Cizik is vice president for governmen...