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Rob Steiner, Director, Fellowships In Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs, interviews authors from the 2012 Lionel Gelber Prize longlist --- download the podcasts now:

•	Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty

George Russell, Jury Chair for the 2012 Lionel Gelber Prize

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•	Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty

Mustafa Akyol, interviewed by Rob Steiner on Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty (a book published by W. W. Norton & Company)

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•	Civilization: The West and the Rest

Niall Ferguson interviewed by Rob Steiner on Civilization: The West and the Rest (a book published by The Penguin Press)

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A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War

Amanda Foreman interviewed by Rob Steiner on A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War (a book published by Random House)

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•	The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution

Francis Fukuyama interviewed by Rob Steiner on The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution (a book published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

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•	George F. Kennan: An American Life

John Lewis Gaddis interviewed by Rob Steiner on George F. Kennan: An American Life (a book published by The Penguin Press)

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•	Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth

Frederick Kempe interviewed by Rob Steiner on Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth (a book published by Putnam)

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On China

Henry Kissinger interviewed by Rob Steiner on On China (a book published by Allen Lane Canada/The Penguin Press)

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•	The Russian Origins of the First World War

Sean McMeekin interviewed by Rob Steiner on The Russian Origins of the First World War (a book published by Harvard University Press)

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The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures Of Great Powers

Peter Tomsen interviewed by Rob Steiner on The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures Of Great Powers (a book published by Perseus Books Group)

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•	Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

Ezra F. Vogel interviewed by Rob Steiner on Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China (a book published by Belknap Press/Harvard University Press)     

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•	Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

Interviewer:
Robert Steiner is Director of the Fellowships In Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.

 

 

 

Watch our previous Lionel Gelber Prize Lecture webcasts:

 

Ezra F. Vogel for his book Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China published by Harvard University Press
--2012 Lionel Gelber Prize Lecture

 

 

Ezra F. Vogel: The Transformation of China on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin
--March 19, 2012

 

 

Shelagh D. Grant for her book Polar Imperative: A History of Arctic Sovereignty in North America published by Douglas & McIntyre
--2011 Lionel Gelber Prize Lecture

 

Jay Taylor, U.S. Foreign Service specialist and Harvard University researcher on China, won the 2010 Lionel Gelber Prize for The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China.
--2010 Lionel Gelber Prize Lecture

 

Sir Lawrence Freedman, King's College London, won the 2009 Lionel Gelber Prize for A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East.
--2009 Lionel Gelber Prize Lecture

 

Paul Collier, University of Oxford, won the 2008 Lionel Gelber Prize for The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It.
--2008 Lionel Gelber Prize Lecture

Media Coverage of the 2010 Lionel Gelber Prize:

Ezra Vogel: Why China should still follow Deng Xiaoping's path
Globe & Mail
March 13, 2012
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China everlasting
National Post
February 23, 2012
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Frederick Kempe: The last Berlin showdown
National Post
February 23, 2012
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Announcing the 2012 Gelber Prize finalists

Foreign Policy
February 13, 2012
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Kissinger in running for Lionel Gelber Prize
CBC News
February 13, 2012
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Lionel Gelber Prize unveils shortlist
National Post
February 13, 2012
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Henry Kissinger shortlisted for Lionel Gelber Prize
Globe & Mail
February 13, 2012
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Lionel Gelber Prize shortlist announced
Quill & Quire
February 13, 2012
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Book shortlisted for Gelber Prize
Harvard Gazette
February 14, 2012
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Book shortlisted for Gelber Prize
e! Science News
February 14, 2012
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