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Global Issues


Talks to restore your faith in humanity:

Alberto Cairo: There are no scraps of men


Hannah Brencher: Love letters to strangers


Kimberley Motley: How I defend the rule of law


Andrew Solomon: Love, no matter what


Hugh Herr: The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance


Zainab Salbi: Women, wartime and the dream of peace


Rick Smolan: The story of a girl


Scilla Elworthy: Fighting with nonviolence


Mark Bezos: A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter


Inge Missmahl: Bringing peace to the minds of Afghanistan


Joseph Kim: The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained.


May El Khalil: Making peace is a marathon


The global power shift:

Paddy Ashdown The global power shift


Ivan Krastev Can democracy exist without trust?


Dambisa Moyo Is China the new idol for emerging economies?


Martin Jacques Understanding the rise of China


Michael Anti Behind the Great Firewall of China


Eric Liu Why ordinary people need to understand power


George Ayittey Africa's cheetahs versus hippos


Wael Ghonim Inside the Egyptian revolution


Gordon Brown Global ethic vs. national interest


Samantha Power A complicated hero in the war on dictatorship


Shashi Tharoor Why nations should pursue soft power


War stories:

Thomas Barnett Let's rethink America's military strategy


Janine di Giovanni What I saw in the war


Wes Moore How to talk to veterans about the war


James Stavridis A Navy Admiral's thoughts on global security


Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Inside a school for suicide bombers


Bobby Ghosh Why global jihad is losing


Alberto Cairo There are no scraps of men


P.W. Singer Military robots and the future of war


Sebastian Junger Why veterans miss war


Peter van Uhm Why I chose a gun


Zainab Salbi Women, wartime and the dream of peace


Rory Stewart Time to end the war in Afghanistan


The quest to end poverty:

Jacqueline Novogratz An escape from poverty


Paul Collier The "bottom billion"


Richard Wilkinson How economic inequality harms societies


Esther Duflo Social experiments to fight poverty


Nick Hanauer Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming


Niall Ferguson The 6 killer apps of prosperity


Jessica Jackley Poverty, money and love


Josette Sheeran Ending hunger now


Gordon Brown Wiring a web for global good


Teddy Cruz How architectural innovations migrate across borders


Michael Metcalfe We need money for aid. So let’s print it.


Hans Rosling: 5 talks on global issues:

Ngozi Okonjo Iweala Want to help Africa? Do business here


Nandan Nilekani Ideas for India's future


Yang Lan The generation that's remaking China


Melinda Gates Let's put birth control back on the agenda


Dalia Mogahed The attitudes that sparked Arab Spring


The pursuit of justice:

Bryan Stevenson We need to talk about an injustice


Sunitha Krishnan The fight against sex slavery


Bahia Shehab A thousand times no


Aaron Huey America's native prisoners of war


IO Tillett Wright Fifty shades of gay


Leymah Gbowee Unlock the intelligence, passion, greatness of girls


Anand Giridharadas A tale of two Americas. And the mini mart where they collided


Karen Tse How to stop torture


Kevin Bales How to combat modern slavery


Bono: 8 talks that give me hope:

Seth Godin How to get your ideas to spread


Bill Gates Innovating to zero!


Wael Ghonim Inside the Egyptian revolution


Sheryl Sandberg Why we have too few women leaders


Ken Robinson How schools kill creativity


Sanjay Pradhan How open data is changing international aid


Stephen Hawking Questioning the universe


Melinda Gates Let's put birth control back on the agenda