Americans and the World - Narrated by David Strathairn - Full Episode

In a democracy, foreign policy and diplomacy must be directed by the people, but survey after survey reveals dire statistics about Americans' knowledge of the world. Great Decisions investigates the roots of this knowledge deficit and asks what can be done to reverse it in today’s increasingly global economy.
Executive Producer: MacDara King
Narrator: David Strathairn
Producer/Supervising Editor: David Heidelberger
Producer: Kyle Haddad-Fonda
Associate Producer: Dutton Crowley
Editor: Christina Choriatis
Guests:
David Allen, Fellow, MIT Security Studies Program
James Baker, U.S. Secretary of State (1989-1992)
Bill Clifford, President, World Affairs Councils of America
Vishakha Desai, Senior Adviser for Global Affairs, Columbia University
Michael Doyle, Professor, Columbia University
Ronan Farrow, Contributing Writer, The New Yorker
Beverly Gage, Professor of History & American Studies, Yale University
Mary Kane, Director, National Museum of American Diplomacy
Amb. Kristie Kenney, Former U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador, Thailand, and the Philippines
Amb. Deborah McCarthy, Former U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania
Eliza McClelland, Director, Great Decisions Teacher Training Institute
David Miliband, Former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)
Amb. Ronald Neumann, President, American Academy of Diplomacy
Ben Rhodes, Dep. U.S. National Security Advisor (2009-2017)
Mark Ritchie, President, Global Minnesota
Amb. Eric Rubin, President, American Foreign Service Association
Amb. Harry Thomas, Former U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Zimbabwe
A. Trevor Thrall, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Stephen Wertheim, Deputy Director of Research and Policy, Quincy Institute
Amb. Frank Wisner, Former U.S. Ambassador to India, Egypt, the Philippines, and Zambia
Amb. Susan Ziadeh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs (2016)

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