Forums Archive
Below is an archival listing of all Cape Ann Forum forums. Audio and/or video may be available for some of the forums. Please click on the forum's title or the "read more" link to see more details about the forum.
This forums archive is updated frequently and past forums are added on a regular basis. This archive is a work-in-progress.
Life, Death and the Taliban
At this crucial time in the U.S.-led war against the Taliban, Charlie Sennott recaps the group’s rise to power and looks at current political and counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan, which he visited this summer. “What we don’t know is killing us,” he says. Through nearly 25 years as a reporter and on-air analyst, award-winning journalist and author, Sennott has been on the front lines of wars and insurgencies in 15 countries, from the jungles of Colombia to the deserts of Iraq. read more »
Thailand’s Regime: Urban and Rural Threats
Dr. Zachary Abuza, an expert in Southeast Asian politics and security issues and a resident of Ipswich, will speak on the twin threats to one of America’s closest Asian allies, Thailand, by an uprising in the capital and a growing but largely unreported Islamist insurgency in the rural south. read more »
The Economic Crisis and the Limits of American Power
Andrew Bacevich — a retired U.S. Army colonel whose latest book, The Limits to American Power, reached #4 on the New York Times bestseller list — will assess the implications of the global economic crisis for our country and the world. Books will be available for sale and signing.
From The Boston Globe, July 1, 2008:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/0...
About his new book:
"The Limits to Power: The End of American Exceptionalism" read more »
Obama and Iraq: Designing a Workable Exit Strategy
With Washington’s leverage over Iraq waning, the window for the Obama administration to help stabilize the country while accelerating our exit is a small one. Middle East analyst Joost Hiltermann warns there is little time to waste if we are to avoid leaving behind a “fragmented polity governed by chaos and fear.” read more »
Hot Topics in the Melting Arctic
“The melting Arctic is the proverbial canary in the coal mine of planetary health and a harbinger of how the warming planet will profoundly affect U.S. national security.“ Thanks to global warming, the Arctic icecap is rapidly melting and melting fast. Last summer, the area covered by sea ice shrank by more than one million square miles, reducing the Arctic icecap to only half the size it was 50 years ago. This process—unstoppable by now—will open up access to massive natural resources and create shipping shortcuts that could save billions of dollars a year. read more »