Eight episodes dedicated to international
affairs and foreign policy. Topics
include: Exiting Iraq,
Philanthropy & Global Giving,
U.S.-China
Trade and Talking with the Enemy.
“In
foreign policy lies the future.” Indeed, in an era when only 1 in 10
young Americans can find Afghanistan on a map, global affairs education has never
mattered more. (Walter Cronkite)
Series Host: Ralph J. Begleiter (Former CNN World Affairs
Correspondent)
Producer: Foreign Policy
Association
Presenter: KET
NOLA Code:
GCIS 2000K1 NETASD Feed: Thursdays,
beginning January 3, 2008, 1730 -1800ET/513 *Feed-For-Record* HD Feed: TBA
Unlimited Releases in
3 Years, January 3, 2008
– January 2, 2011 VOD: One Month SD 4 x 3 & HD
Suggested Scheduling: Weekend political block
Program Available on www.reisenbergpresents.com (* see
note below) Program DVD’s will be mailed to
stations in late October
Dear colleague:
I am pleased to announce the availability of Great
Decisions: 2001-2008for
public television broadcast via NETA starting January 3, 2008. Now in its 22nd season, Great Decisions is the longest running
television series devoted solely to international affairs and foreign policy.
Each show brings together experts on a specific topic in order to examine all
sides of the issue. Providing tools that support
the critical analysis of some of the most difficult issues currently facing American
viewers, the eight half-hour programs would be important in any year. Since 2008 is a presidential election year, their
significance at this time to American public television viewers for the sustenance
of a democracy cannot be overstated.
What follows are the Great Decisions 2008: 2001-2008 program
descriptions:
Great Decisions: 2001 - Exiting Iraq: Deadline for Democracy As bombs and bloodshed continue to dominate news in Iraq, the U.S. commitment continues with no end in sight. Some of the best minds in Washington and Baghdad examine the way forward. Guests: Michael Meese, Colonel, U.S. Army, Advisor to General David Petreaus in
Iraq
Leslie Gelb, President Emeritus, Council on Foreign
Relations
Lee Hamilton, President, Woodrow Wilson Center, Co-Chair, Iraq Study
Group
General Wesley Clark (ret.), Former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO
General Barry McCaffrey (ret.), Chairman, McCaffrey Associates
Great Decisions: 2002 - The European Union at 50 It’s the world’s largest economy, but fiercely shuns the use of force to project power. Fifty years after its creation in the aftermath of World War II, has the European Union finally reached “superpower” status? Guests: Charles Kupchan, Professor of Foreign Affairs, Georgetown University
T.R. Reid, Author, The United States of Europe: The New Superpower John Bruton, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States Strobe Talbot, President, The Brookings Institution General Wesley Clark (ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO
Great Decisions: 2003 -Dangerous Dialog: Talking with the Enemy Iran. North Korea. Hamas. The U.S. has no shortage of enemies worldwide. Should American diplomats engage with the enemy in an age of terrorism and nuclear proliferation? Guests: John Whitehead, former Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State Donald Gregg, former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, Chairman, Korea Society Lee Hamilton, President, Woodrow Wilson Center, Co-Chairman, Iraq Study Group Jessica Matthews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Great Decisions: 2004 - Reexamining Russia From espionage to oil-blackmail, critics of Russia claim the Kremlin is centralizing power and distorting democracy. Are such charges justified, and what should the world expect in the post-Putin era? Guests: Dimitri Simes, President, The Nixon Center Steven Sestanovich, Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Strobe Talbot, President, The Brookings Institution Jessica Matthews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace John Burton, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States
Great Decisions: 2005 - Waning War Machine? The State of the U.S. Military Counterterrorism. Reconstruction. Nation-building. Are America’s armed forces prepared to fight today’s battles and simultaneously protect the homeland, or is the U.S. military dangerously overstretched? Guests: Lawrence Korb, Senior
Fellow, Center for American Progress
Thomas Donnelly, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise
Institute
General Wesley Clark (ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO
General Barry McCaffrey (ret.), Chairman, McCaffrey Associates
Great Decisions: 2006 - The Latin American Left Though oil-rich Venezuela’s radical President Hugo Chavez continues to agitate American policymakers, strong economic performances in Brazil and Chile are causing many to rethink relations with the region. Guests: Jorge Castañeda, former Foreign Minister of Mexico
Hernando de
Soto, President, Institute
for Liberty and Democracy
Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Ambassador of Venezuela to the United States
Mariano Fernandez, Ambassador of Chile to the United States
Antonio Patriota, Ambassador of Brazil to the United States
Great Decisions: 2007 - Out of Balance: U.S.-China Trade When Chinese President Hu Jintao came to the U.S., his agenda placed visits to Microsoft and Boeing ahead of a trip to the White House. Where do trade relations between the U.S. and China stand today? Guests: Carla Hills, former U.S. Trade Representative
David Lampton, Professor of China Studies, Johns Hopkins
School of Advanced International Studies
Nicolas Lardy, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International
Economics
Great Decisions: 2008
- Philanthropy and the Rise of Global
Giving Bill Gates, Warren
Buffet and a slew of celebrities have given billions towards alleviating
poverty and improving health conditions the world over. But do such efforts provide more than good
publicity?
Guests: Carol Adelman, Director of the Center for Global
Prosperity, Hudson Institute
Kathy Bushkin Calvin, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer, United Nations Foundation
Jessica Mathews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Great Decisions: 2001-2008 is produced by Foreign Policy
Association, presented by KET and distributed to public television stations by
NETA. It is underwritten by Starr Foundation and US Trust. Local underwriting is permitted.
Please
contact me if you have questions. A fact
sheet follows.
*Note:
Program will be available for internal use by PTV
professionals on www.reisenbergpresents.com after October 22nd 2008. Please contact me for password).
Very truly yours,
Regina
Eisenberg
R Eisenberg Presents, Inc.regina@reisenbergpresents.com
▪ 510.550.1706 ▪ 2340 Powell
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About the Series:
The
eight episodes are dedicated to international affairs and foreign policy. Topics include,
Exiting Iraq, Philanthropy & Global Giving, U.S.-China Trade and Talking
with the Enemy.
Praise:
“In foreign policy lies the
future.” Indeed, in an era when only 1 in 10 young Americans can find Afghanistan on a map, global affairs education has never mattered more. (Walter
Cronkite) ”
Episodes/Length:
8/30
Episode Titles:
Great Decisions 2001: Exiting Iraq: Deadline for Democracy 2002: The European Union at 50 2003: Dangerous Dialog: Talking with the Enemy 2004: Reexamining Russia 2005: Waning War Machine? The State of the U.S. Military 2006: The Latin American Left 2007: Out of Balance: U.S.-China Trade 2008: Philanthropy and the Rise of Global Giving
Rights:
Broadcast:
Unlimited/3 years
(January 3, 2008 – January 2, 2011)
HD: Unlimited (Release date and feed TBA)
VOD: One Month
Non-Commercial Cable: Unlimited during License period
School Record: 1 Year
Video:
SD 4x3
HD
NOLA Code:
GCIS 2000K1
Feed:
Thursdays, beginning January
3, 2008 @ 1730 -1800ET/513.
*Feed-For-Record*
Audio/Visual:
SAP:
No
Suggested Rating:
TV-G
Flags:
None
Host:
Ralph J.
Begleiter, former CNN World Affairs Correspondent
Producer:
Foreign Policy
Association
Presenter:
KET
Distributor: NETA
Suggested Scheduling:
Weekend political
block
Broadcast History:
22 years on Public
Television
Underwriters:
Starr Foundation
US Trust
Local Underwriting:
Local underwriting is permitted
“In
foreign policy lies the future.” Indeed, in an era when only 1 in 10
young Americans can find Afghanistan on a map, global affairs education has never
mattered more. (Walter Cronkite)
R Eisenberg Presents, Inc.
