World Affairs Council Audio & Video

For three decades, Joseph Biden has served on the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee. When he became Chairman in January, he immediately held high-profile hearings on Iraq, and the Committee passed a resolution to stop George Bush from sending more American troops to Iraq.

For five long years in the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy and his anti-Communist crusade dominated the American scene, terrified politicians, and destroyed the lives of thousands of our citizens.

The Axis of Information is Changing: News from the Middle East featuring David Marash, Chief Washington Anchor for Al-Jazeera English.

Alan Dershowitz discusses the balance between costs and benefits that he believes the United States must strive for and how it relates to the wartime strategies of prevention and preemption.

Stephen Kinzer presents his most recent book Overthrow, America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq.

Alvin Toffler, Author of Future Shock and The Third Wave; and, an adviser to military and intelligence communities, corporations, and governments worldwide on advances in technology, politics, economics, and society.

The American Military 'Fiasco' in Iraq with Thomas Ricks speaking at the World Affairs Council of Northern California.

Acclaimed author and security expert Max Boot explores how innovations in weaponry and tactics have not only transformed how wars are fought and won but also have guided the course of human events, from the formation of the first modern states 500 years ago, to the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the coming of al-Qaeda.

The Global Philanthropy Forum presents A Conversation with Ted Turner.

A conversation with U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer about U.S. policy on Iraq.