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WORLDLY PERSPECTIVES WITH CLYDE HABERMAN

Events Archive: Worldly Perspectives
	February 6, 2008: Featuring James Hoge
	April 11, 2007: Featuring Warren Hoge

In this popular and candid series that cuts to the heart of world affairs, Clyde Haberman, New York City columnist for the New York Times and veteran foreign correspondent, talks with renowned journalists. Avoiding sound bites and the clichés of studio-bound pundits, Haberman’s more leisurely approach consistently yields thoughtful conversation and insightful observations from many corners of the world.

Pre-registration is required for these events. Please e-mail your details to scps.global.affairs@nyu.edu.
 

Neil MacFarquhar

UN bureau chief and former Cairo bureau chief, New York Times

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.

Neil MacFarquhar has spent over 25 years in the Middle East, including five years based in Cairo as the bureau chief for the New York Times, and seven years as a correspondent for the Associated Press, during which time he lived in Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Cyprus. After leaving Cairo in June 2008, he took up his current post as the Times bureau chief at the United Nations. MacFarquhar is the author of The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East, which captures the underexposed side of the Middle East; and a novel, The Sand Cafe.

Jackson Diehl

deputy editorial page editor, Washington Post

Wednesday, October 14, 2009
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.

Jackson Diehl joined the Post in June 1978 as a reporter on the metropolitan staff. He joined the foreign desk in 1981, working as a correspondent in three of the Post’s bureaus: Buenos Aires, Warsaw, and Jerusalem. From October 1992 until November 2000, Diehl worked in several newsroom management positions, including assistant managing editor/foreign and assistant managing editor/national. Diehl was awarded the Inter-American Press Association Award for Interpretive Journalism in 1984 for his coverage of South America, and the Bob Considine Award of the Overseas Press Association in 1990 for his coverage of the 1989 revolution in Eastern Europe.

James Fallows

national correspondent, The Atlantic

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.

James Fallows has written for The Atlantic on national security policy and American politics; the development and impact of technology, economic trends, and patterns; and U.S. foreign relations. He served as President Jimmy Carter’s chief speechwriter from 1977 to 1979. In the five years after the 9/11 attacks, Fallows was based in Washington and wrote about the evolution of U.S. policies on dealing with terrorism and the war in Iraq. His first book, National Defense, won the American Book Award in 1981. Other books include Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy; Blind Into Baghdad: America’s War in Iraq; and Postcards From Tomorrow Square: Reports From China.