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 | |  | | How can we protect our infrastructure, and make it more resilient against the many hazards of the 21st Century? In this National Conversation, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and a panel of experts from the public and private sector discuss ways to make policy and partnerships more effective. | |  | Raila Odinga on African Achievements and Challenges Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya, The Honorable Raila A. Odinga, discussed the past 50 years of achievements and challenges on the continent and laid out a vision of the next 50 with a particular focus on Africa's future engagements with China and the United States.
Video | Speech | | |  | What's Behind the Protests in Brazil? Brazil Institute Director Paulo Sotero discussed the motivation behind the Brazilian protests on Bloomberg Television's "Taking Stock". | | | | |  | This Week's Issues: Africa Roundtable: Development through Technology
We convene our Africa Roundtable for a discussion of the ways in which technology is stimulating impressive economic development on the African continent with Steven McDonald, Tim Kelly, and Nmachi Jidenma. | | | | | | | | Jane Harman Appears on Fox News Sunday (Fox News) Jane Harman was featured on Fox News Sunday's Sunday Group to discuss America's involvement in the Syrian conflict. Harman's appearance begins around the thirty minute mark. | | Change May Be Greater Than Anyone Expected (The New York Times) Haleh Esfandiari authored a piece on the Iranian elections and the country's new president, Hassan Rowhani, for The New York Times' Room For Debate. Esfandiari writes, "In Rowhani the people found a man willing to be outspoken about the grave problems of rampant unemployment, a depreciating currency, and lack of government accountability." | | Our Genes, Their Secrets (The New York Times) Eleonore Pauwels authored a piece in The New York Times on last week's Supreme Court ruling banning patents on human genes, and how the biotech industry must find a way to "keep a competitive advantage without endangering the welfare of patients and slowing medication innovation." | | The Struggle for Power in Saudi Arabia (Foreign Policy) David Ottaway authored a piece in Foreign Policy on the future of Saudi Arabia's ruling al-Saud brotherhood in the face of the crisis in Syria, Iran's nuclear program, and the decrease in American leadership in the Middle East. | | | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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