Eight episodes dedicated
to international affairs and foreign policy at a time when many Americans have
an increased appetite for global matters. Topics include: Off the Grid: Energy
and the U.S. Economy; Race for the Arctic; Running Out: The Global Food Crisis;
and Egypt Rising: Pharos to Facebook.
Great Decisions in 2009: 2100 Series
Producer: Foreign Policy Association
Presenter: KETDistributor: NETA
NOLA Codes: GCIS 2100K1 GCIS 2100H1
SD Feed: Thu., beginning January 1, 2009,
1800-1830ET/SD 07 (513) HD Feed: Thu., beginning January 1, 2009,
1700-1730ET/HD 03 (DT3A)
Video: SD Base Letterbox
HD Base 16:9
SD & HD Rights: Unlimited Releases in 3 Years
Episodes/Length: 8/30
Host: Ralph J. Begleiter (Former CNN World Affairs
Correspondent)
Suggested Scheduling: Weekend political block
Program DVD’s will be mailed to stations in late OctoberProgram Also Available on www.reisenbergpresents.com
Dear colleague:
Great Decisions in
2009: 2101-2108returns to public television via Kentucky public television and NETA starting
January 1, 2009. If you haven’t checked the series out recently, we hope
you will take a look at this revitalized series that is being released with its
polished look and contemporary graphics. It is available at a time when
global issues and America’s
role in today’s world dominate conversations and the media. Each
show brings together experts on a specific topic to examine many sides of a
prominent issue. As Craig Cornwell,
program director of presenting stations KET puts it:
Great Decisions is
one of those little known gems: an insightful, thought-provoking public affairs
program that easily equals or exceeds most of the news fare you'll see on CNN
or MSNBC. Illuminating opening features set the stage and host Ralph Begleiter
engages experts to provide the context of the issue at hand. Great Decisions has been a great addition
to our Sunday morning public affairs block.
The eight half-hour TV programs,
available beginning January 1, 2009), are supported by enhanced outreach and
educational tools that support the critical analysis of some of the most
difficult issues currently facing our audiences.
Did you know that Great Decisions is just one
component of America’s
oldest national educational discussion program on international affairs?
Each year, tens of thousands of participants meet in high school and university
classrooms, libraries and community centers to discuss the global issues
covered in each program. Participants receive an in-depth briefing book
on each of the eight topics, a DVD of the television series and access to
online resources, in addition to opinion ballots that are sent to the U.S.
Department of State, the White House and Congress. The findings of the
ballots are officially presented to the U.S. Secretary of State, assuring that
the views of Great Decisions participants are heard by our elected
leaders. This is summed up by the Great
Decisions theme: Discover. Discuss. Decide.
Find a local Great Decisions group today at www.greatdecisions.org.
Here are the program descriptions:
#2101: Running Out: The Global Food
Crisis In Egypt,
army units are baking bread for the poor. In Mexico, office workers are cutting
back on tortillas. Even in New
York City, gourmet shops are no longer stocking
certain items. What’s behind the global food crisis?
Guests:
Henrietta Fore, Administrator, USAID
Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute
Nancy BirdNormalsall, President, Center for Global Development
Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute
Joachim Von Braun, Director General, International Food Policy Research
Institute
Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, World Food Program
#2102: Off the Grid: Energy & the U.S.
Economy
Drill baby drill. Are there any realistic
alternative energy scenarios on the horizon? While domestic production is one
solution, much more will be needed to break America’s dependence on oil.
Guests:
Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican from Alaska
John Hoffmeister, Former U.S. President, Shell Oil
Company
Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Energy Reporter, The Economist John Ghazvinian, Author, The Scramble for Africa's Oil
Daniel Esty, Director, Center for Business and the Environment, Yale University
#2103: Rising Giants: The World’s Fastest Growing
Countries
High oil prices. The crisis on Wall
Street. Wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan.
As Americans face these and other challenges, a number of fast-growing
countries, Brazil, Russia, China
and India,
are poised to compete in the global economy. Are they a real threat to U.S.
dominance?
Guests:
Bob Kerry, President, The New School
Kishore Mahbubani, Author, The New Asian Hemisphere
Susan Segal, President and CEO, Council of the Americas
Parag Khanna, Author, The Second World
John Wolf, President, Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships
Michael Schiffer, Program Officer, The Stanley
Foundation
#2104: Race for the Arctic
As Arctic ice melts, the opening of the North West
Passage could be the definitive event of our time. Is the U.S. poised to take advantage of this new trade
route and its vast resources, or is Russia edging it out? What are the
ramifications of the great melt?
Guests:
Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican from Alaska
Scott Borgerson, International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Ed Struzik, Reporter and Author, The Big
Thaw
Caitlyn Antrim, President, Rule of Law Committee for the Oceans
Harlan Cohen, Advisor, International Union for
Conservation of Nature
#2105: Cuba After Castro With Fidel Castro cast out of power due to illness,
his brother Raul has initiated unprecedented reforms in Cuba. But what happens when a
Castro no longer controls Cuba?
Guests:
Senator Christopher Dodd, Democrat, Connecticut
Sarah Stephens, Director, Center for Democracy in the Americas
Peter DeShazo, Director, Americas
Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Brian Latell, Author, After Fidel: The
Inside Story of Castro’s Regime and Cuba’s Next Leader
#2106: Border Patrol: Pakistan
and Afghanistan
Eight years after 9/11, the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is as lawless as ever
and Osama bin Laden is still on the loose. Should the U.S. move to secure this region,
home to ranks of Taliban and al Qaeda leaders?
Guests:
Christiane Amanpour, CNN world affairs correspondent
Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State
Richard Armitage, former Undersecretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Ashraf Ghani, former Finance Minister, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Pamela Constable, Deputy Foreign Editor, Washington
Post
Peter Bergen, Author, The Osama bin Laden I
know
#2107: Human Rights: ‘Never Again,’ Again and
Again
Libya.
Zimbabwe.
North Korea.
These countries aren’t just human rights violators; some of them have had seats
on the UN Human Rights Council. How can the U.S., itself accused of violations
in the past, help move the issue forward worldwide?
Guests:
Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States of America
David Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for
Democracy, Human Rights and Labor,
U.S. Department
of State
Kenneth Roth, President, Human Rights Watch
Brett Schaefer, Fellow, International Regulatory
Affairs, Heritage Foundation
#2108: Egypt
Rising: From Pharos to Facebook
It has been said that Egypt is not a country, it’s a
civilization. Rooted deeply in tradition, Egypt today is in a state of
transition. As the government seeks to reform and maintain control and
the economy grows steadily, what does the future hold? An on-location Great
Decisions special report.
Guests:
Ambassador Francis Ricciardone, Jr.,
former U.S. Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt
Ahmet Abul Gheit , Foreign Minister, Arab Republic
of Egypt
Dr. Gamal Abdel Gawad, Director, Al-Ahram Center
for Political and Strategic Studies
Rachid Mohamed Rachid , Minister of Trade, Arab Republic
of Egypt
Amin Abaza, Minister of Agriculture, Arab Republic
of Egypt
Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and
Development, University
of Maryland
GAdel Iskandar, Author, Al-Jazeera James Zogy, President, Arab-American Institute
Mona
Eltahawy, freelance Egyptian reporter
Maha Azzazm, Associate Fellow, Chatham House
Great Decisions in
2009: 2101-2108 is produced by Foreign Policy
Association, presented by KET and distributed to public television stations by
NETA. It is underwritten by Starr Foundation, University of Delaware,
Orascom. Local
underwriting is permitted.
Please contact me if you have questions. A fact
sheet follows.
*Note: Program will be available for internal
use by PTV professionals on www.reisenbergpresents.com after
October 22nd 2008. Please contact me for the password).
Very truly yours,
Regina
Regina Eisenberg
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CA 94608
About the Series:
Eight episodes dedicated to international affairs
and foreign policy at a time when Americans are eager to learn more about
global matters.
Host:
Ralph J. Begleiter, former CNN World Affairs
Correspondent
Praise:
“In foreign policy lies the
future.” Indeed, in an era when only 1 in 10 young Americans can find Afghanistan
on a map, global affairs education has never mattered more. (Walter Cronkite)”
Episodes/Length:
8/30
NOLA Codes:
GCIS 2100K1
GCIS
2100H1
Feed:
SD Feed: Thursdays,
beginning January 1, 2009 @ 1800 – 1830ET/SD 07 (513)
HD Feed: Thursdays,
beginning January 1, 2009 @ 1700 – 1730ET/HD 03 (DT3A)
*Feeds-For-Record*
Rights:
SD & HD: Unlimited/3 years
(January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2012)
VOD: One Month
Non-Commercial Cable: Unlimited during License period
School Record: 1 Year
Video:
SD Base Letterbox
HD Base 16:9
Audio/Visual:
SAP:
No
Suggested Rating:
TV-G
Flags:
None
Producer:
Foreign Policy Association
Presenter:
KET
Distributor:
NETA
Educational/Outreach: Great Decisions Briefing Book
Great Decisions Discussion Group,
Contact The Foreign Policy
Association
470 Park Avenue South
New York, NY
10016-6819
(212) 481 8100 x 233,
www.fpa.org
Suggested Scheduling:
Weekend political block
Broadcast History:
23 years on Public Television
Underwriters:
Starr Foundation University of Delaware Orascom
Local
Underwriting:
Local underwriting is permitted
Episode Titles:
Great Decisions in 2009 #2101: Running Out: The Global Food
Crisis
#2102: Off the Grid: Energy
& the U.S.
Economy
#2103: Rising Giants: The
World’s Fastest Growing Countries
#2105: Cuba After Castro
#2106: Border Patrol: Pakistan and Afghanistan
#2107: Human Rights: ‘Never
Again,’ Again and Again
#2108: Egypt Rising: From Pharos to
Facebook
Eight episodes dedicated
to international affairs and foreign policy at a time when many Americans have
an increased appetite for global matters. Topics include: Off the Grid: Energy
and the U.S. Economy; Race for the Arctic; Running Out: The Global Food Crisis;
and Egypt Rising: Pharos to Facebook. 
