ASPEN, Colo., June 29, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
WHAT: The Aspen Ideas Festival, presented by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, continues today, June 29, to imagine what the next ten years will bring. The upcoming live video for June 29 is:
- 9:00am MDT / 11:00am EDT - Balancing Instruments of Power in a Multi-Power World
Jeffrey Goldberg, National Correspondent, The Atlantic
Mike Mullen, Retired US Navy Admiral; Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
http://youtu.be/jMmtzUd2G-M
- 1:20pm MDT / 3:20pm EDT - Arab Spring or Middle East Chaos?
Will Syria resolve itself? Might Egypt erupt yet again into bloody conflict? Might 2024 see a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, now 66 years old? Will diplomacy avert a military conflict with Iran over nuclear weapons?
Steve Clemons, Washington Editor at Large, The Atlantic
Marwan Muasher, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO, New America Foundation
George Mitchell, Chairman Emeritus, DLA Piper; Former Majority Leader, US Senate (D-ME)
http://youtu.be/aWn2vFVB4vQ
- 2:40pm MDT / 4:40pm EDT - Who Will "Us" Be?
For much of our history, whiteness and Americanness were treated as the same. But now they are becoming delinked: being white is no longer the default for being American.
Anand Giridharadas, Columnist, The New York Times; Author, The True American
Eric Liu, Founder, Citizen University; Author, A Chinaman's Chance
Monica Lozano, Chair of the Board, US Hispanic Media Inc.
Michele Norris, Host and Special Correspondent, NPR
Paul Taylor, Executive Vice President, Special Projects, Pew Research Center; Author, The Next America
http://youtu.be/IXSYDGEt-O0
- 5:00pm MDT / 7:00pm EDT - How is Our Economy Doing? A Conversation with Jason Furman and David Rubenstein
David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group
Jason Furman, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
Gillian Tett, Columnist, Financial Times
http://youtu.be/VrBAhPuQP_o
Transcripts from conversations earlier this week are available at http://www.aspenideas.org/content/2014-transcripts.
WHERE: Throughout the week of the festival, which runs to July 3, live video will be streamed at www.aspenideas.org/live, www.youtube.com/aspeninstitute, and www.theatlantic.com/live. After the conclusion of live streams, video will be available for viewing at http://www.aspenideas.org/.
Additionally, on Twitter, follow @AspenIdeas, @TheAtlantic, and @Atlantic_LIVE, tweet your thoughts using AspenIdeas, and follow our speakers at http://as.pn/ideasspkrs14. Like us at Facebook.com/AspenIdeas and Facebook.com/TheAtlantic, follow Facebook.com/AtlanticLIVE for inside looks at the Festival, and participate in Facebook Q&As with Festival speakers throughout the week. See our behind-the-scenes photos and show us your point of view using AspenIdeas, Instagram.com/AspenInstitute and Instagram.com/AtlanticLive.
WHEN: Live video will be featured each day of the festival, which runs June 24 to July 3, 2014.
About The Atlantic
Since its founding in 1857 as a magazine about "the American Idea" that would be of "no party or clique," The Atlantic has been at the forefront of brave thinking in journalism. One of the first magazines to launch on the Web in the early 1990s, The Atlantic has continued to help shape the national debate across print, digital, and event platforms. With the addition of its news- and opinion-tracking site, The Wire, and CityLab.com on global cities, The Atlantic is a multimedia forum on the most critical issues of our times-from politics, business, urban affairs, and the economy, to technology, arts, and culture. The Atlantic is the flagship property of Washington, D.C.-based publisher Atlantic Media.
About the Aspen Institute
The Aspen Instituteis an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues. The Institute is based in Washington, DC; Aspen, Colorado; and on the Wye River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. It also has offices in New York City and an international network of partners. For more information, visitwww.aspeninstitute.org.
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