Audio and Video from FPRI Events
FPRI periodically makes recordings of lectures, forums, and other events available online in streaming formats and as file downloads.
A selection of audio and video is available below. Your computer may require additional multimedia software in order to receive the streaming media.
- Materials from U.S. Foreign Policy and the Modern Middle East: A History Institute for Teachers, June 25–27, 2009
- A|V - U.S. Foreign Policy in the 20th Century, Walter McDougall
- A|V - Multimedia: American Policy and the Making of the Modern Middle East, Harvey Sicherman
- A|V - The US and Saudi Arabia Since the 1930s, David Ottaway
- A|V - The US and Iran from Mossadegh to Khamenei, Shaul Bakhash
- A|V - The U.S., Zionism, and Israel, Adam Garfinkle
- A|V - The U.S. and Egypt Since the Suez Crisis, Steven A. Cook
- A|V - The U.S. and Iraq: From the First Gulf War to the Present, Mary Habeck
- A|V - The U.S. and Iraq: From the First Gulf War to the Present, Kenneth Pollack
- A - China’s Toxic Exports, Jacques deLisle, 6/22/2009
- A - Pakistan and Afghanistan: A Trip Report, Trudy Rubin, 5/21/2009
- A - Cross-Strait Relations One Year into the Ma Administration, 5/11/2009
- Materials from What Students Need To Know About America’s Wars, Part II— 1920–Present: A History Institute for Teachers, May 2–3, 2009
- A|V - The Gathering Storm: From World War I to World War II, Williamson Murray, 5/2/2009
- A|V - The US Army in World War II, Rick Atkinson, 5/2/2009
- A|V - The US Navy in World War II, James Kurth, 5/2/2009
- A|V - The Korean War, Allan Millett, 5/2/2009
- A|V - Vietnam, Ronald Spector, 5/2/2009
- A|V - Gulf War I, LTG (Ret) Bernard Trainor, 5/3/2009
- A|V - The Global War on Terrorism, Frank Hoffman, 5/3/2009
- A|V - The American Culture of War, Adrian Lewis, 5/3/2009
- A - China: Rethinking Economic Reforms after 30 Years, Yasheng Huang, 4/23/2009
- A - A Look Back at the Surge in Iraq and a Look Ahead to the War in Afghanistan, Thomas E. Ricks, 4/19/2009
- Materials from Teaching the Nuclear Age: A History Institute for Teachers, March 28–29, 2009
- A - The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, Niall Ferguson, 3/16/2009
- A - Mexico’s Struggle with Drugs and Thugs on WHYY Radio, George Grayson, 3/16/2009
- A - Diplomacy and Nonproliferation: Keynote Address, Max M. Kampelman, 3/12/2009
- A - Diplomacy and Nonproliferation: Panel Discussion, 3/12/2009
- A - Innovation and Economic Growth: Lessons from the Story of ENIAC, Rocco L. Martino, 3/9/2009
- A - The US and Europe in 2009, Jeremy Black, 2/25/2009
- What Students Need to Know About War, and Why, Jeremy Black, 2/25/2009
- Materials from Defense Showstoppers: National Security Challenges for the Obama Administration, February 12, 2009
- A|V - How Will We Fight? T. X. Hammes, Stephen Biddle, Roger Carstens, Michael Horowitz
- A|V - At What Cost?, Frank Hoffman, Mackenzie Eaglen, Christopher Preble, Michael P. Noonan
- A|V - Joint Warfare in the 21st Century, Gen. James Mattis
- A|V - Who Will Fight For Us? Michael O’Hanlon, Thomas L. McNaugher, Frederick W. Kagan, Mackubin T. Owens
- A|V - Brother, do you have a DIME? Janine Davidson, Ralph Peters, Hon. Thomas A. Schweich, Frank Hoffman
- A|V - U.S. Policy Toward the Middle East, Harvey Sicherman, 12/11/2008
- A|V - Where is Egypt Headed? Daniel C. Kurtzer, 11/20/2008
- A - The U.S. Elections and America’s Role in East Asia: Views from the Region, Panel, 11/19/2008
- A|V - From Stone to Silicon: A Brief Survey of Technology and Inventions, Lawrence Husick, 11/18/2008
- A|V - Foreign Policy Challenges for the New Administration, John R. Bolton, 11/13/2008
- A|V - What are We Fightin’ For? Western Civilization in the 21st Century, James Kurth, 10/27/2008
- Materials from Teaching the History of Innovation: A History Institute for Teachers, October 18-19, 2008
- A|V - Ideas: A History of Thought from Fire to Freud, Peter Watson
- A|V - From Stone to Silicon: A Brief Survey of Technology and Inventions, Lawrence Husick
- A|V - The Relationship Between Social and Technological Change in American and Western History, Alex Wright
- A|V - Teaching Innovation –A Panel Discussion, Lawrence Husick, Paul Dickler, Joy Hakim, Dennis Shasha
- A|V - Innovation and Invention: The Computer as a Case History, Rocco Martino and Dennis Shasha
- A|V - War and Technology, Alex Roland
- A|V - Innovation and the Growth of the American Economy: Lessons for Today, David Hounshell
- A|V - Will Saudi Arabia Survive?, Rachel Bronson, 10/16/2008
- A - The Border: Exploring the US-Mexican Divide, David Danelo, 10/3/2008
- A - Russia, Georgia, Moldova, and Beyond, Vladimir Socor, 9/19/2008
- A|V - The Future of Iran, Ken Pollack, 9/17/2008
- A|V - What Students Should Know About 9/11 and the War on Terrorism, Lawrence Husick, 9/11/2008
- A|V - What Students Should Know About 9/11 and the War on Terrorism, Adam Garfinkle, 9/11/2008
- A - Briefing on the Beijing Olympics, Monroe Price, Amy E. Gadsden, and Jacques deLisle, 8/7/2008
- Materials from What Students Need To Know About America’s Wars, Part I: 1622–1919: A History Institute for Teachers, July 26–27, 2008
- A - Inside Pakistan: A Trip Report, Nicholas Schmidle. 7/9/2008
- A - The History of Suicide Terrorism, Michael Horowitz, 6/25/2008
- A - De-funding Terrorism, Jonathan Weinberger, 5/21/2008
- Materials from America in the Civil War Era, 1829–77: A History Institute for Teachers, May 17–18, 2008
- A|V - Throes of Democracy: America in the Civil War Era, 1829-1877, Walter A. McDougall
- A|V - What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, Daniel Walker Howe
- A|V - Teaching about Slavery, Michael Johnson
- A|V - The Technological Revolution, Maury Klein
- A|V - Honest Abe: Abraham Lincoln and the Moral Character, Daniel Walker Howe
- A|V - Women in the Civil War, Jane Schultz
- A|V - Teaching Military History: The Civil War as Case Study, Karl Walling
- A|V - Postwar Reconstruction, Herman Belz
- A|V - Technological Innovation and National Security, Paul Bracken, 5/12/2008
- A|V - The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace, Aaron David Miller, 4/28/2008
- Materials from Elections, Political Transitions and Foreign Policy in East Asia, 4/14/2008
- A|V - Throes of Democracy: America in the Civil War Era, 1829–1877, Walter A. McDougall, 3/13/2008
- Materials from China’s Encounter with the West: A History Institute for Teachers, 3/1–2/2008
- China’s Early Encounters with the West, Andrew Wilson
- Political Ideas in China’s Encounter with the West, Edward Friedman
- Economic Influence in China’s Relations with the West, Thomas G. Rawski
- Teaching about China and the West, Lucien Ellington and Paul Dickler
- China and the West in Historical Perspective, Warren I. Cohen
- Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China’s Relations with the West, Nancy Bernkopf Tucker
- China’s Legal Learning from the West, Jacques deLisle
- The 2008 Olympics and China's Encounter with the West, Panel discussion
- A - The Iranian Nuclear Challenge, Efraim Inbar, 2/13/2008
- A|V - Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism, George Weigel, 2/4/2008
- A|V - Energy Security in Pennsylvania and the Nation, Gov. Ed Rendell, 12/3/2007
- A|V - America’s Role in the World and Presentation of the Third Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Service, Philip Zelikow, 11/15/2007
- A|V - Americanism vs. Islamism: A Personal Perspective, Zuhdi Jasser, 10/29/2007
- Materials from “Mind the Gap”: Post-Iraq Civil-Military Relations in America, 10/15/2007
- Materials from Teaching Military History, Why and How: A History Institute for Teachers, 9/29-30/2007
- A|V - What Students Should Know About 9/11 and the War on Terrorism Webcast, 9/11/2007
- A|V - Robert D. Kaplan on Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts: The American Military in the Air, at Sea, and on the Ground, 9/11/2007
- Materials from Living Without Freedom: A History Institute for Teachers, 5/5-6/2007
- Materials from Teaching about the Military in American History: A History Institute for Teachers
- A - Adrian Basora on Democratic Transitions on Radio Times (on NPR-affiliate WHYY), 3/16/2007
- Materials from China Rising: Assessing China’s Economic and Military Power, FPRI Asia Program Conference
- A|V - What Is the Role of Diplomacy in the War on Terrorism?, panel discussion, 1/24/2007
- A - Briefing on Iraq Study Group Report, Harvey Sicherman, Andrew Garfield, and Edward A. Turzanski, 12/7/2006
- A|V - Five Years After 9/11, Lowell E. “Jake” Jacoby, 12/4/2006
- A|V - Benjamin Franklin and the Traditions of American Diplomacy, Harvey Sicherman, 11/25/2006
- A|V - Past the Apogee: America Under Pressure, Charles Krauthammer, 11/14/2006
- Materials from Understanding China: A History Institute for Teachers
- V - Classical Chinese Thought and Culture and Early Chinese History, Victor Mair
- V - State and Society in Late Imperial China, Matthew Sommer
- V - China’s Long Revolution(s) — from Mao to Deng and Beyond, Melanie Frances Manion
- V - China’s Democratic Prospects, Edward Friedman
- V - China and the World, Jacques deLisle, June Teufel Dreyer, Walter A. McDougall
- V - What Every American Needs to Know about Taiwan, Shelley Rigger
- V - China’s Economy: Problems and Prospects, Nicholas Lard
- V - A Taste of China: The Language, Mimi Yang
- A|V - Media and Religion in the Arab/Islamic World, S. Abdallah Schleifer, 9/26/2006
- A|V - Post-Conflict Stability and Reconstruction: The Lessons of Iraq, Andrew Garfield and Frank G. Hoffman
- A - 9/11 Five Years Later, a Situation Report on the War on Terrorism, Stephen Gale and Michael Radu, 9/11/2006
- A - Harvey Sicherman on the Mideast Crisis, 7/19/2006
- A|V - What Every American Needs to Know About Iran, Patrick Clawson, 6/21/2006
- Materials from Islam, Islamism, and Democratic Values: A History Institute for Teachers
- A|V - Islam, Law, and Human Rights, David Forte, 5/7/2006
- A|V - Iraq’s Democratic Prospects, Kanan Makiya, 5/6/2006
- A|V - Asian Islam and Arab Islam: Is There a Difference?, Robert Hefner, 5/6/2006
- A|V - Islam, Democracy, and the West, panel discussion, 5/7/2006
- A|V - Islam and Islamism, S. Abdallah Schleifer, 5/6/2006
- A|V - Islam in Europe, panel discussion, 5/6/2006
- A|V - Islam and Politics in Historical Perspective, David Cook, 5/6/2006
- Materials from Teaching India: A History Institute for Teachers
- A|V - Teaching about India and South Asia, panel discussion
- A|V - Davis on "Early Indian History, Richard H. Davis, 3/11/2007
- A|V - Why It’s Important for Americans to Know about India, Ainslie T. Embree, 3/11/2007
- A|V - India-Pakistan Relations, Sumit Ganguly, 3/11/2007
- A|V - Modern Indian History, Marc Jason Gilbert, 3/11/2007
- A|V - Domestic Indian Politics, Philip Oldenburg, 3/11/2007
- A|V - Indian Religions, Guy Welbon, 3/11/2007
- A|V - The Rise of the Indian Economy, John Williamson, 3/11/2007
- A - Development of Think Tanks and Their Role as Catalysts for Ideas and Actions in the U.S. Political System, James McGann, 2/28/2006
- A|V - Preemption: A Knife That Cuts Both Ways, Alan Dershowitz, 2/7/2006
- A|V - Special Operations Forces and the War on Terrorism, Michael Vickers, 1/12/2006
- A|V - Defense Strategy in the Post-Saddam Era, Michael O’Hanlon, 12/6/2005
- V - The European Question, Jeremy Black, 12/1/2005
- Materials from Teaching 9/11 and the War on Terror: A History Institute for Teachers
- A|V - Presidential Leadership in Times of Crisis, David Eisenhower, 10/15/2005
- A|V - Terrorism in Historical and Comparative Perspective, Michael Radu, 10/15/2005
- A|V - Understanding Terror Networks, Marc Sageman, 10/15/2005
- A|V - Understanding Jihadism, Mary Habeck, 10/15/2005
- A|V - The Question of Homeland Security, Stephen Gale, 10/15/2005
- A|V - What’s Iraq Got to Do With It?, Harvey Sicherman, 10/16/2005
- A|V - What Every Student Should Know About the War on Terrorism, Edward Turzanski, 10/16/2005
- A|V - Final Thoughts for Your Classroom, Paul Dickler, 10/16/2005
- A|V - Private Military Companies and the Future of War, Deborah Avant, 10/7/2005
- A|V - The Future of the US Army, Sherwood Goldberg, 11/11/2005
- A|V - Imperial Grunts, Robert Kaplan, 9/29/2005
- A|V - Religion, Identity and Mideast Peace, Rabbi David Rosen, 9/20/2005
- A|V - Toward a New American Strategy, Harvey Sicherman, 6/9/2005
- A|V - An Economic Toolkit for National Security, Adam S. Posen, 5/10/2005
- A - Foreign Perspectives on U.S. Counter-Insurgency Efforts, Andrew Garfield, 4/14/2005
- Materials from Understanding the Koreas: A History Institute for Teachers
- A|V - Korean Religion, Donald Baker, 4/9/2005
- A|V - Early Korean History, Milan Hejtmanek, 4/9/2005
- A|V - Modern Korean History, G. Cameron Hurst III, 4/9/2005
- A|V - Dealing with the North Korean Nuclear Threat, Don Oberdorfer, 4/9/2005
- A|V - Why Americans Need to Know About the Koreas, Ned Schultz, 4/9/2005
- A|V - American Grand Strategy in a World at Risk, Walter Russell Mead, 4/5/2005
- V - Strategy and the Historical Mind, Eliot Cohen, 3/1/2005
- A - Situation Report #9 on the War on Terrorism, Michael Radu, Stephen Gale, and Edward Turzanski, 2/9/2005
- V - The American Way of War: A History of Strategic Transformations, James Kurth, 2/3/2005
- V - Taiwan and Hong Kong, Panel from FPRI’s Asia Conference, 1/27/2005
- V - A “War of a Different Kind” and the Reconstruction of U.S. Reserve Forces, Stephen M. Duncan, 12/6/2004
- V - America After 9/11, John F. Lehman, 11/9/2004
- V - The Democratic Prospect in the Middle East, Harvey Sicherman, 10/19/2004
- Materials from A New Middle East? The War on Terror and Its Regional Impact: A History Institute for Teachers
- A - What Makes Alliances Tick?, Dov Zakheim, 9/27/2004
- V - Situation Report #6 on the War on Terrorism, Michael Radu and Stephen Gale, 8/4/2004
- V - The Origins of American Identity, Walter McDougall, 6/5/2004
- A - Radio Interview with Jan Ting, 5/3/2004
- A - Radio Interview with Walter McDougall, 4/28/2004
- A - Radio Interview with Robert Kaplan, 4/27/2004
- A - How Secure Are We, Really?, Lawrence Husick, 2/11/2004