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Asia Forum 2006 President Abdul Kalam

Recorded on: 7 December 2006

Speaker(s): Dr APJ Abdul Kalam President of India

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India, delivered the closing speech at the forum's banquet dinner. The dinner was held...

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Asia Forum 2006 Welcome Dinner

Recorded on: 7 December 2006

Speaker(s): Sir Nicholas Stern, Neville Tuli

Indian Alumni and alumni from across Asia attended an alumni reception the evening before the Asia Forum. LSE director...

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Asia Forum 2006 Session Three : Society

Recorded on: 7 December 2006

Speaker(s): Professor Robert Wade, HE Sun Yuxi; Dr Purna Sen; Professor Lord Meghnad Desai

Discussions were led by LSE academics: Professor Danny Quah, Head of Economics Department; Dr Razeen Sally, senior...

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Asia Forum 2006 Session Two : Governance

Recorded on: 7 December 2006

Speaker(s): Dr Razeen Sally, Montek Singh Ahluwalia; Dr Mohammed Munir Abdul Majid; Kiran Karnik

Discussions were led by LSE academics: Professor Danny Quah, Head of Economics Department; Dr Razeen Sally, senior...

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Asia Forum 2006 Session One : Reform

Recorded on: 7 December 2006

Speaker(s): Professor Danny Quah, Sheila Dikshit; Nandan Nilekani; Turan Das; Professor Kishore Mahbubani

Discussions were led by LSE academics: Professor Danny Quah, Head of Economics Department; Dr Razeen Sally, senior...

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Asia Forum 2006 Opening Session

Recorded on: 7 December 2006

Speaker(s): Howard Davies, Professor Amartya Sen; Mervyn King; Professor William Cornish; Sir Nicholas Stern; Dr Manmohan Singh; Dr Y V Reddy

Discussions were led by LSE academics: Professor Danny Quah, Head of Economics Department; Dr Razeen Sally, senior...

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Collapse of the Soviet empire - reflections from an insider

Recorded on: 9 November 2006

Speaker(s): Andrei Grachev

Andrei Grachev official spokesman for the last president of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, explores the unexpected...

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When Values Conflict: How citizens stakeholders and experts contributed to formulating policy for managing the UK's radioactive waste

Recorded on: 18 October 2006

Speaker(s): Professor Lawrence Phillips

For over 40 years the UK Government has avoided the question of what to do with its radioactive waste. Sufficient...

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Financial Reform in China: what next?

Recorded on: 17 October 2006

Speaker(s): Howard Davies

Three of China's big four banks are now quoted on the Hong Kong exchange. Full World Trade Organisation membership is...

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Morality and Media in the 21st Century - a panel in celebration of the work of Professor Roger Silverstone

Recorded on: 16 October 2006

Speaker(s): Professor Stan Cohen, Richard Sambrook; Charlie Beckett; Robin Mansell; Professor Daniel Dayan; Professor Lilie Chouliaraki

This event will discuss the moral implications of the increasing globalisation of the media and our increasing...

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The European Union and the Challenge of Globalisation

Recorded on: 5 October 2006

Speaker(s): Matti Vanhanen

Matti Vanhanen is prime minister of Finland. Prior to this served as defence minister and he has been a member of the...

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Will the Global 'War on Terrorism' be the New Cold War?

Recorded on: 4 October 2006

Speaker(s): Professor Barry Buzan

Many have talked of the 'war on terror' as if it were a new Cold War. This simplistic and misleading understanding is...

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