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Three leading political scientists discuss prospects for Palestinians after the United Nations statehood bid.

In a speech entitled "Beyond Aid", World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick said the world needs to recognize the new realities, unimaginable in 1944 when the World Bank was created, and move to a global system that integrates developed and developing countries, innovation, private investment, and the 50 percent of the world's population too often kept behind—women.

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer delivers the James P. Grant Lecture, discussing the relationship between gender, diplomacy, and development issues globally.

GW faculty members Henry E. Hale, Deepa Ollapally, and David Shambaugh discuss U.S. relations with China, India, and Russia.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton calls for freer and wider Internet access especially in the world’s most politically-charged territories.