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(S.3 Ep.2) Keeping the Faith: Religion and Immigration Mar 09, 2018

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Carnegie Corporation of New York visiting media fellow Gail Ablow speaks with religious leaders from three different faiths to discuss core values and immigration in the United States. Her guests are Reverend Jennifer Butler, founder and executive director of Faith in Public Life and former chair of the White House Council on Faith and Neighborhood Partnerships; Pastor Rich Nathan, senior pastor of Vineyard Columbus, a multicultural megachurch in Columbus, Ohio; and Rabbi Renee Bauer, director of chaplaincy and outreach at the Jewish Social Services of Madison, Wisconsin.

(S.3 Ep.1) Our Town, Your Town: Welcome Jan 26, 2018

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Badges, Bibles, and Business is a series that offers sharp insight and thoughtful conversation about immigration policy, and the social and economic integration of immigrants in the United States. We will share the unique perspectives of experts who research best practices in policing; provide guidance to faith communities; and who bring business leaders and mayors together to understand how immigration reform will bolster the U.S. economy.

In this episode, host Gail Ablow speaks with Chuck Wexler, Executive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), about PERF's community policing initiatives around the country.

(S.2 Ep.7) China's Dramatic Pivot Towards Global Leadership Sep 14, 2017

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Paul Haenle, founder of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Cetner for Global Policy, and a former advisor to President George W. Bush and Barack Obama on U.S.-China, speaks about China's trajectory on the world stage.

(S.2 Ep.6) China Beyond the Asia Pacific: Afghanistan and Pakistan Aug 23, 2017

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This week, the U.S. outlined an updated policy on the war in Afghanistan, sending more troops to assist Afghan forces. What role has China played in protecting its own interests in South Asia, particularly vis–à–vis Afghanistan and Pakistan? Sarwar Kashmeri speaks with Barnett Rubin, director of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Regional Project at NYU's Center on International Cooperation.

(S.2 Ep.5) Is China Winning African Hearts & Minds? Jul 24, 2017

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China continues to expand its economic and infrastructure partnerships on the continent, but is the strategy working? China in Focus host Sarwar Kashmeri speaks with Yunnan Chen of the China Africa Research Initiative at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies about the successes—and controversies—of the China/Africa relationship.

(S.2 Ep.4) China's $9 Billion New 'Silk Road' Jun 20, 2017

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China in Focus host Sarwar Kashmeri speaks with Matthew Goodman of the Center for International and Strategic Studies about China's $9 billion "One Belt, One Road" initiative, a project some refer to as the new "silk road."

(S.2 Ep.3) China Power: Is the U.S. Ceding Leadership? Jun 07, 2017

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Have China's security capabilities and changes in American foreign policy given Beijing a more influential role on the world stage?

(S.2 Ep.2) Pressure Point: Can China Really Help on North Korea? May 16, 2017

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As North Korea continues to provoke the U.S. and East Asia with missile tests and nuclear proliferation, Leon Sigal, director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council, discusses the current state of security in the region and North Korea's new nuclear device.

(S.1 Ep.12) Sweet or Sour? Recapping U.S.-Russia Relations Apr 20, 2017

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Visiting Media Fellow Michael Moran hosts this final episode of our series, Diffusion: Russia in Focus. Over the course of this series, we've explored the historical context of the relationship, its development since the end of the Cold War, and the economic, military and political rivalry between the two. We've examined Russia's domestic politics, global energy politics, the crisis sparked by its invasion of Ukraine, it's fraught ties with NATO and intervention in Syria. Now it's time to sum up what we've learned in conversations with two dozen of the world's preeminent experts on Russian affairs, many of them Carnegie grantees, and how their insights might guide US policy in the Trump era.

(S.2 Ep.1) Xi and Trump: What's the Big Deal? Apr 05, 2017

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Host Sarwar Kashmeri speaks with Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society, and Susan Shirk, Chair of the 21st Century China Center and Research Professor at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy, as President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare to meet at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Schell and Shirk are co-chairs of the Asia Society report "U.S. Policy Toward China: Recommendations for a New Administration."

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