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Salon-style Goldman Dialogues
As part of a new series of Goldman Dialogues, several respected journalists and other thought leaders came to the campus this year for salon-style events at the Journalism School.
Gerald Marzorati, editorial director of the New York Times Magazine, and Danner tackled vexing questions about how The Times handles the challenges of covering terrorism during a conversation on "The New York Times Goes to War: Terror, Truth and the American Way of Journalism." Marzorati was previously an editor at the SoHo News, a New York alternative paper in the 1970s, Harper's Magazine and the New Yorker. His book, "A Painter of Darkness," won the PEN/Martha Albrand award for a first book of non-fiction. He writes frequently on popular music for the Times Magazine and the on-line magazine Slate.
Prof. Danner and David L. Goldwyn, founder and president of Goldwyn International Strategies LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in offering advice in the energy business, and an Adjunct Professor at Colombia University's School of Public and International Affairs and Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, turned their attention to war and oil, in a talk called "Spoils of War? Deciding the Future of Iraqi." Goldwyn has held many senior positions in government, including Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs in the Clinton Administration. At the Department of Energy, Goldwyn was the principal advisor to Secretary Bill Richardson on international energy policy, international science and technology policy, and trade and investment issues. Goldwyn has been a commentator on energy issues on the BBC, NPR's Marketplace and All Things Considered, the Washington Post and CNN'S Financial News Network.
Chris Hedges, David Rieff and Rone Tempest and Danner took on conflict, human rights and suffering in their panel, "War: What is it Good For?" Hedges has covered many wars for the New York Times; Rieff is a Journalism School professor who writes frequently about the role of aid/relief work in crises, and Tempest is another Journalism School professor who has covered many conflicts for the Los Angeles Times.
A third Goldman Dialogue was hosted with John Arquilla, author (with David Ronfeldt) of Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime and Militancy, and associate professor of defense analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, on Why We Can't Win the War on Terror (and how we might still avoid losing. Arquilla's other books include Lessons from the War with Saddam Hussein, Dubious Battles, From Troy to Entebbe, and (also with Ronfeldt) Swarming and the Future of Conflict.
Goldman Forum director Mark Danner hosted a conversation with energy expert David Goldwyn on "At the Mercy of the Saudis: Bush's Failed Energy Policy." Goldwyn is founder and president of Goldwyn International Strategies LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in offering advice in the energy business, and an Adjunct Professor at Colombia University's School of Public and International Affairs and Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He was Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs in the Clinton Administration. At the Department of Energy, Goldwyn was the principal advisor to Secretary Bill Richardson on international energy policy, international science and technology policy, and trade and investment issues. Goldwyn has been a commentator on energy issues on the BBC, NPR's Marketplace and All Things Considered, the Washington Post and CNN'S Financial News Network.
In the second Goldman Dialogue, author John Arquilla tackled terrorism, in a talk titled, "Our Own Worst Enemy: Seeking A Better Way to Fight the War on Terror." Arquilla is the author (with David Ronfeldt) of Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime and Militancy, and associate professor of defense analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, on Why We Can't Win the War on Terror (and how we might still avoid losing.) Arquilla's other books include Lessons from the War with Saddam Hussein, Dubious Battles, From Troy to Entebbe and (also with Ronfeldt) Swarming and the Future of Conflict. The Goldman Forum also hosted a conversation with David Edgar, the internationally renowned British playwright who received a Tony in 1982 for his play The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Edgar has worked in every genre including television, film, radio, books, and theatre. He founded and directs Britain's first post-graduate course in playwrighting at the University of Birmingham.
In conjunction with the opening of his acclaimed political tour de force, Continental Divide at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Edgar gave a fascinating talk on politics and theatre. He also conducted a mini-workshop for students on "Politics as Theatre, Theatre as Politics."
Goldman Forum Director and Professor Mark Danner returned from several weeks in Iraq in February and gave a first person account of the election process and what the post-election future means for this country. The public event was titled “Report From Baghdad: What Really Happened in the Iraqi Election -- and what does it mean?”
We also sponsored a fascinating panel, "Covering Iraq: J-School Alumni Report from the Field," with reporters Jackie Spinner, Theola Labbe and Omar Fekeiki of the Washington Post; reporter Ed Wong and Foreign Desk Assignment Editor Rick Gladstone of the New York Times. The panel was moderated by Dean Orville Schell.
Acclaimed author and war correspondent David Rieff gave a public lecture on, "At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention." Rieff contends in a new book that the use of military force to protect human rights or alleviate human suffering in the post-Cold War world has largely failed. He is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and author of six previous books, including A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis and Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West. He has written regularly for many other magazines, including The New Yorker and The New Republic.More about the program:
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