Smart Women, Smart Power - Audio
by Center for Strategic and International Studies
CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power is a speaker series on women in international business and global affairs. The weekly podcast features leading women from the corporate, government, and national security worlds discussing top international issues. This podcast series is made possible with support from Citigroup.
Episodes
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Iran Nuclear Talks – Deal or No Deal?
The Nov. 24th deadline is fast approaching, and the Iran nuclear talks are going down to the wire. Host Nina Easton talks with Danielle Pletka, Senior Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) about the negotiations and whether an agreement is...
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GOP Midterm Sweep – Foreign Policy Implications
Republicans will take charge of the House and Senate in January. Dr. Kathleen Hicks, CSIS Senior Vice President, Henry Kissinger Chair, and Director of the International Security Program, and Dr. Elaine Kamarck, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies Program at Brookings and Founding Director of the...
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Rousseff Re-elected - Can She Turn Brazil's Economy Around?
Brazil’s president gets a second term but faces a politically divided country that’s now technically in recession. Cassia Carvalho, Brazil-U.S. Business Council Executive Director and CSIS Americas Program Senior Associate, and Dr. Julia Sweig, Director of Latin America studies and the Global...
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Modern Day Slavery
According to the UN, sexual exploitation and forced labor are the most common forms of human trafficking. Dr. Sarah Mendelson, director of the CSIS Human Rights Initiative and Holly Burkhalter of the International Justice Mission discuss this global problem and the policies needed to address it.
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State Dept.'s Ebola Chief Weighs In
State Dept. Ebola Coordinator Amb. Nancy Powell discusses calls for a travel ban, training for U.S. military troops heading to West Africa, and why the end of the rainy season in Ebola-affected regions may mean even more cases.
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Power Politics in Putin's Russia
What really drives this 21st century czar? Our experts weigh in on the history and personality of a man intent on defying the West.
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On Commercial Diplomacy with Sec. of Commerce Penny Pritzker
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker discusses her recent trade and investment trip to Ukraine, Poland, and Turkey with members of President’s Export Council and how “commercial diplomacy” can be an effective and strategic tool for the U.S. government. She talks about Ukraine’s struggle to...
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On ISIS, Sexual Slavery, and Radical Islam
Nina Easton, Fortune Magazine Senior Editor and Washington Columnist, Chair, Fortune Most Powerful Women International Summit, and CSIS Senior Fellow, moderates a discussion of ISIS and the U.S. military strikes on Iraq and Syria. The roundtable includes Dr. Kathleen Hicks, Senior Vice President,...
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CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power is a speaker series on women in international business and global affairs. The weekly podcast features leading women from the corporate, government, and national security worlds discussing top international issues. This podcast series is made possible with support from Citigroup.
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