World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

As a child, William Shawcross listened to recordings of his father, Hartley Shawcross, the chief British prosecutor at the Nuremberg Tribunal, speaking to the court about the atrocities of the Holocaust.

Listen as Council President Jim Falk and Daniel Franklin, executive editor of The Economist, explore The World in 2012 as part of Global I.Q. with The Economist and give an in depth analysis on what to expect in the upcoming year.

An unprecedented discussion with Secretaries of State James A. Baker, III, and Condoleezza Rice.

How concerned should the U.S. be about a nuclear Iran? Is the war in Afghanistan still in our national interest? Listen to this special Global I.Q. Minute with Dr. Condoleezza Rice to hear her insightful perspective on these questions and more.

Jerry P. Lanier is a career diplomat with 26 years of service in the Department of State.

This clever book shows that the difference between tyrants and democrats is just a convenient fiction. Governments do not differ in kind but only in the number of essential supporters, or backs that need scratching. The size of this group determines almost everything about politics: what leaders can get away with, and the quality of life or misery under them.

In his new book, Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power, Robert Kaplan examines the countries known as “Monsoon Asia” — India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Burma, Oman, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Tanzania.

What is the biggest challenge facing the United States? Listen to this Global I.Q. Minute with Thomas Friedman to hear his opinion and find out what the U.S. can do to overcome this challenge. Thomas Friedman is a New York Times columnist and three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. He was in Dallas on September 22 to discuss his new bestselling book, That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back.

Listen as John Bowler, director of the Economist Intelligence Unit's Country Risk Service, and Jim Falk, president and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, for Global I.Q. with The Economist as they discuss business risks and opportunities around the world.

Listen as David Butter, Middle East regional director for the Economist Intelligence Unit, and Jim Falk discuss the new challenges and opportunities in the Arab world following unrest.