Q&A with Victor Chan of the Dalai Lama Center, host of the Vancouver Peace...
Tomorrow at 1pm PDT, watch Karen Armstrong talk with the Dalai Lama and other Nobelists in a live webcast from the Vancouver Peace Summit. To learn more about the summit, and the extraordinary group...
View ArticleIran's nuclear program: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita predicts no nuclear weapons...
Only on the TED Blog: In The TED Lens, each Sunday a TED speaker offers a new look at the week’s big news stories. This week, political scientist Bruce Bueno de Mesquita explains the negotiations...
View Article8 great talks on war and peace
“Walls don’t work,” James Stavridis declared at TEDGlobal 2012. A highly accomplished Navy Admiral, Stavridis recalls 20th-century phenomena like trench warfare and the Berlin Wall. “Instead of...
View ArticlePlaylist: 12 powerful talks on terrorism
With just over a month to go before the 2012 presidential election, eyes around the world are on the United States. Will Americans vote to give Barack Obama another four years in the White House, or...
View ArticleVideo: ‘Why I organized a TEDx in Baghdad’
. In this exclusive (unedited) video from TEDxSummit this spring, Yahay Alabdeli tells a moving, personal story of returning to his home country, Iraq — and throwing a TEDx. In a city still...
View ArticleX marks the spot: This week’s TEDx Talks
Some Play-doh at TEDxDesMoines. Photo: Holly Baumgartel The paradox of finding peace in a war zone, and a way to make aid more effective — by decentralizing it and thus speeding it up. Each week, TEDx...
View ArticleMaking peace is a marathon: May El-Khalil at TEDGlobal 2013
Photo: James Duncan Davidson The founder of the Beirut Marathon, May El-Khalil tells us how personal tragedy led her to create a peaceful haven in her all-too-often war-torn country. When the former...
View ArticleBefriending foes: Talks on setting aside traditional hostilities
Eli Beer stands beside one of the “ambucycles” that he and other United Hatzalah EMTs ride. These Israeli volunteers are both Jewish and Muslim and provide medical care no matter what the ethnicity or...
View ArticleHow marathons can heal communities: 5 incredible stories
May El-Khalil, the founder of the Beirut Marathon, speaks at TED2013 about the power of the road race. Photo: James Duncan Davidson Yes, a marathon is about running 26.2 miles. But as May El-Khalil...
View ArticleAn audition tape leads to one of our most powerful talks of all time. And our...
Zak Ebrahim stands before an photo snapped of him and his father when he was a child. Zak spoke so eloquently at our audition event in New York City that we invited him to speak at the main TED...
View Article“I’m urging you to be angry”: Kailash Satyarthi live at TED2015
Kailash Satyarthi was awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Malala Yousafzai, for his work helping children. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED “All my best ideas were born of anger,” says children’s...
View ArticleTED Talks Live: War and Peace, Nov. 3 and 4
Can we build a future without war? What does it take to bring peace? Join those who have experienced every aspect of war — fighters, journalists, psychologists, and more — for a look at the impact of...
View ArticleTEDWomen update: Black Lives Matter wins Sydney Peace Prize
Founders of the Black Lives Matter movement — from left, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi, interviewed onstage by TEDWomen cohost Mia Birdsong at TEDWomen 2016 in San Francisco. Photo:...
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