World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

Council President Jim Falk and Dr. Emile Sahliyeh, professor of international studies at the University of North Texas, discuss the turmoil in the Middle East and more.

The Internet has accelerated the spread of news and ideas around the world, in large part because of the breadth of information available online and people connecting globally through social media. But are whistleblower sites like Wikileaks a catalyst for openness and transparency or damage and distrust?

Listen to Council President Jim Falk’s Global I.Q. Minute phone interview with the Professor and Director of the American Studies Center at the American University in Cairo, Dr. Jerry Leach, as it was announced live that Mubarak had resigned.

Has the world entered a new dark age or is it on the verge of a Renaissance? How can Asian empires, Western militaries and wealthy multinational corporations co-exist for a stable and resilient planet? In How to Run the World, bestselling author and geopolitical expert Parag Khanna provides an answer to these questions.

Listen to Council President Jim Falk’s Global I.Q. Minute phone interview with University of Tunisia professor, Akram Khelifa and get exclusive insight from someone on the frontlines of the uprising in Tunisia.

Robert Guest, business editor for The Economist, and Council President Jim Falk take a look at Davos’ global leaders

Council President Jim Falk and Daniel Franklin, executive editor of The Economist, explore The World in 2011 as part of Global I.Q. with The Economist and give an in depth analysis on what to expect in the upcoming year. Join the conversation and submit questions live as Falk and Franklin discuss predictions for the world economy, foreign relations and innovation, as well as trends to watch in technology, business and pop culture.

In Going Home to Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969, David Eisenhower vividly recalls his grandfather’s graceful return to private life after commanding the U.S. army and serving two terms as president of the United States.

Canada serves as the United States' leading foreign oil supplier, which makes up 99 percent of its annual oil exports and 16 percent of the total trade between the two nations. More than eight million U.S. jobs depend on Canada – U.S. trade, and nearly 12 million trucks cross the border every year, partly due to the North American Free Trade Agreement. On November 29, His Excellency Gary Doer, Ambassador of Canada to the United States, spoke on these topics and more.

New York Times bestselling biographer Barbara Leaming has written a riveting political drama of the last ten years of Winston Churchill's public life. In Churchill Defiant, Leaming tells the tumultuous behind-the-scenes story of Churchill's refusal to retire after his 1945 electoral defeat, and the bare-knuckled political and personal battles that ensued.