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AhmedKhaled Ahmed; Consulting Editor, The Friday Times, Lahore, Pakistan: "Pakistan and Islamic Fundamentalism," 2/19/02
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AliTariq Ali; Editor, New Left Review: "Islam, Empire, and the Left," 5/8/03
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KritayaKritaya Archavanitkul; Demographer and Human Rights Activist: "Emerging Issues in Human Rights in Southeast Asia," 10/26/96

ChanAnson Chan; Chief Secretary of Hong Kong: "Shaping Hong Kong's Future," 1/27/97
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ChandaNayan Chanda; Director of Publications at the Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale University: "Great Power Intervention and Regional Stability in Asia," 11/8/01; and, "How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization," 5/16/07
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ChoSoon Cho; Mayer of Seoul, Republic of Korea: "Governing a Global City," 5/25/96

ChuSteven Chu; Nobel Laureate in Physics and Geballe Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University: "A Scientist's Random Walk," 2/13/04
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Chua Amy Chua; Professor of Law, Yale University; Author of World on Fire: "The Myths of Globalization: Markets, Democracy, and Ethnic Hatred," 1/22/04
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HanSung-Joo Han; Ambassador of the Republic of Korea: "Diplomacy and International Politics," 11/30/03
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IwashimaShima Iwashita; actress (with her husband, film director Masahiro Shinoda): "The Movie Experience," 2/27/99

Khanna Parag Khanna; Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation: "Global Competition and the Rise of the Second World,” 03/21/08
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KohHarold Hongju Koh; Professor of International Law, Yale University: "Transnational Legal Process and World Order," 10/3/03
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MahbubaniKishore Mahbubani; Dean, Lee Kuan Yee School of Public Policy, Singapore: "America and the World," 3/12/05; "The Rise of Asia and the Decline of the West,” 2/22/08
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ObeyesekereGananath Obeyesekere; Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Princeton University: "Understanding Culture," 3/19/03
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OeKenzaburo Oe; 1994 Nobel Laureate in Literature: "Art and Healing," 4/16/99
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OgataSadako Ogata; UN High Commissioner for Refugees: "Refugees: a Multilateral Approach to Humanitarian Crises," 4/1/92; and "Humanitarian Assistance," 3/17/99
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RashidAhmed Rashid; Author and Journalist: "The Rise of Militant Islam," 3/26/02
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RichieDonald Richie; writer and film critic: "Writing, Film, and Japan: An Expatriate's View," 9/21/01

RuanZongze Ruan; Vice President, Chinese Institute of International Studies, Beijing: "China, the United States, and World Order," 9/23/03
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SenAmartya Sen; Lamont University Professor, Harvard University and 1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics: "Reflectons on Theory in the Social Sciences," 3/4/05
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ShinodaMasahiro Shinoda; film director (with his wife, actress Shima Iwashita): "The Movie Experience," 2/27/99

TharoorShashi Tharoor; writer and Director of Communications and Special Projects for the Secretary-General of the UN: "The Art of Writing; The Work of Diplomacy," 2/8/99
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WeiJingsheng Wei; Human Rights Activist: "The Political Education of a Chinese Dissident," 11/18/98
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