E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues
Summary: 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.
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The year 2008 offered unprecedented opportunities for Chinese and Anglophone Internet users to communicate. They were standing nose to virtual nose, but they were not by any means seeing eye-to-eye. Using the Internet as a starting point, Kaiser Kuo delves into a number of issues at the heart of dis...
"The persistent issue of the United States' trade deficit with China is becoming more controversial as more American manufacturing jobs are lost. Within that controversy lies the less-examined issue of the role of foreign investment in, and the contribution of, China's Asian neighbors to Chinese exp...
"The persistent issue of the United States' trade deficit with China is becoming more controversial as more American manufacturing jobs are lost. Within that controversy lies the less-examined issue of the role of foreign investment in, and the contribution of, China's Asian neighbors to Chinese exp...
Bruce Babbitt was Governor of Arizona from 1978-87 and Attorney General of Arizona from 1975-78. As governor, he brought environmental and resource management to the forefront in the state. He negotiated and steered to passage the Arizona Groundwater Management Act of 1980, which remains the most co...
Bruce Babbitt was Governor of Arizona from 1978-87 and Attorney General of Arizona from 1975-78. As governor, he brought environmental and resource management to the forefront in the state. He negotiated and steered to passage the Arizona Groundwater Management Act of 1980, which remains the most co...
Known as "The Green Evangelist," Reverend Richard Cizik calls climate change a crisis of "biblical proportions." Cizik is vice president for governmental affairs of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE). His responsibilities include setting NAE's policy direction on issues before Congress,...
Known as "The Green Evangelist," Reverend Richard Cizik calls climate change a crisis of "biblical proportions." Cizik is vice president for governmental affairs of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE). His responsibilities include setting NAE's policy direction on issues before Congress,...
Physicist Amory Lovins is the Co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, RMI, an independent think-and-do-tank that creates abundance by design. RMI works with individuals and organizations of every kind to help them use energy and resources efficiently while being ev...
Physicist Amory Lovins is the Co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, RMI, an independent think-and-do-tank that creates abundance by design. RMI works with individuals and organizations of every kind to help them use energy and resources efficiently while being ev...
Douglas Durante has worked in the fields of energy, transportation, and the environment since 1977. He was the Director of Public Affairs for the National Alcohol Fuels Commission and served as a Special Assistant in the Office of Alcohol Fuels at the US Department of Energy. Durante has served on n...
Douglas Durante has worked in the fields of energy, transportation, and the environment since 1977. He was the Director of Public Affairs for the National Alcohol Fuels Commission and served as a Special Assistant in the Office of Alcohol Fuels at the US Department of Energy. Durante has served on n...
