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As part of the Legatum Institute's Salon Series, author and editor of 'Humanities' magazine, David Skinner, discussed his book 'The Story of Ain't', which looks at the spread of American English in cultural history.

Has the nation state, a political unit with internationally recognised boundaries, had its day? Does it matter if it disappears? A discussion with author, journalist and broadcaster Michael Goldfarb as part of the Legatum Institute's Salon Series.

Carl Gershman, President of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), visited the Legatum Institute (LI) to discuss current democracy challenges with a group of invited attendees.

The Legatum Institute hosted a live webcast and panel discussion with Dr Ashraf Ghani, former finance minister of Afghanistan and Clare Lockhart, who worked with him on the 2001 Bonn Agreement and later on the Afghan transition. The panel discussed their new paper on Syria - Preparing for a Syrian Transition - which sought lessons from the global experience of transition in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. The discussion was moderated by the Legatum Institute's Director of Political Studies, Anne Applebaum

B.H. Fraser reads "Observation" which reflects of the build-up to the financial crisis. The reading took place as part of the Legatum Institute's 'Salon Series'.

Grey Gowrie discusses the parallels between poetry and music, in his poetic tribute to Billie Holliday, "Lady Day" as part of the Legatum Institute's 'Salon Series'

LI's Director of Political Studies participates in Radio 4's Broadcasting House review of the Sunday papers, discussing Obama, Syria, education and the EU.

In a conversation at the Legatum Institute, Rutgers University Professor of Philosophy Larry Temkin discusses his original and unsettling works of sceptical philosophy that mounts an important new challenge to contemporary ethics.

LI's Anne Applebaum discusses internationalism from a post-1945 Eastern European perspective (BBC Radio 4's Start the Week with Andrew Marr)

A new survey published in the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily showed that 63 per cent of Germans were more concerned about inflation than any other national issue or threat. In a discussion with Radio 4's Today programme, LI's Anne Applebaum shares her views on what causes such preoccupations and psychoses among citizens.

Leading Indian writer, commentator, and former CEO of Procter & Gamble in India Gurcharan Das introduces his new book at the Legatum Institute.

Democracy Lab editor, Christian Caryl, discusses the 11 September US embassy attack in Benghazi and protests in Cairo over a US-made film that mocks the Prophet Mohammed. The interview was broadcast on Southern California Public Radio.

Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Greg Barker, discusses the possible future evolution of environmental policies in an age of economic austerity. The conversation took place as part of the Legatum Institute's 'Salon Series', a host of lectures which promote a discourse between cultural, philosophical, economic and political modes of enquiry.

Gus O'Donell, former UK Cabinet Secretary and Chair of LI's new 'Commission on Wellbeing Policy' appeared on BBC Radio 3's Night Waves programme to discuss the value of happiness as a measure of our quality of life, and overall prosperity.

LI's Director of Political Studies, Anne Applebaum, joined a discussion to mark the one year anniversary of the liberation of Libya (BBC Radio 4, World at One, 21 August 2012)