VPR Presents Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who spoke recently about the importance of understanding how the judiciary works, if the courts are to effectively protect unpopular
individuals and ideas.
VPR presents a recent talk by New York Times Bureau Chief, Neil MacFarquhar, on the obstacles to democratic change in the Arab world. Fresh out of Cairo, he recently spoke in South Burlington and was part of the Elder Education Enrichment program.
Iran and Egypt have witnessed massive protests in recent years. In Iran, those protests did not change the government, but in Egypt, they did. New York Times correspondent Nazila Fathi explains why.
Intelligence Squared pits experts against one another in energetic and civil Oxford-style debates. This debate features Peter Galbraith, Vermont State Senator and former diplomat.
In speech Monday night in Colchester, Iraq’s ambassador to the U.S. discussed Iraq’s
effort to build democratic institutions in the country as violence has ebbed in the past few
year.