TVO Foreign Affairs specialist Janice Stein on Obama's handling of the foreign file.

Janice Stein is TVO's Foreign Affairs analyst, the Belzberg professor of Conflict Management in the Department of Political Science and the director of the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto.

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Dan Dunsky is the executive producer of The Agenda with Steve Paikin. He was the co-creator and producer of Diplomatic Immunity, senior producer on Studio 2, and series producer of Big Ideas. His writing has appeared in The Globe and Mail, the National Interest, the Toronto Star, the National Post, the Weekly Standard, the National Review, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Prior to joining TVO, he was a marketing and communications consultant in Toronto.

Dan Dunsky is the executive producer of The Agenda with Steve Paikin. He was the co-creator and producer of Diplomatic Immunity, senior producer on Studio 2, and series producer of Big Ideas. His writing has appeared in The Globe and Mail, the National Interest, the Toronto Star, the National Post, the Weekly Standard, the National Review, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Prior to joining TVO, he was a marketing and communications consultant in Toronto.

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From Shakespeare to Twitter: The Magic of Reading. Part I of our look at "The Empire of the Word."

Tish Cohen is author of Inside Out Girl, Town House and middle-grade novels, The Invisible Rules of Zoe Lama and The One and Only Zoe Lama. She's also contributed articles to some of Canada’s largest newspapers, including The Globe and Mail and The National Post. For more information see tishcohen.com.

Arlene Perly Rae is author of Everybody's Favourites: Canadians Talk about Books that Changed their Lives, a children’s advocate, and a board member of World Literacy of Canada.

Trudy Lothian has worked in adult literacy education for over 15 years, currently as Intake and Assessment Officer for the adult high school at St. Nicholas Adult High School. She has a Masters Degree in Applied Language Studies and is a recipient of both the Canada Post Educators Award for Ontario and the Ottawa Citizen Literacy Foundation Award.

Arjun Basu is author of Squishy, a collection of short stories, and short short stories on Twitter he calls Twisters. He is also the Editorial Director for Spafax, one of the world's leading providers of in-flight media. For more information go to goodreads.com.

John Bemrose is author of The Last Woman and The Island Walkers. He's also an arts journalist and contributing editor at Maclean’s. He has written for CBC Radio, the National Film Board and the Globe and Mail, and has also written a play, Mother Moon, and two poetry collections.

Tish Cohen is author of Inside Out Girl, Town House and middle-grade novels, The Invisible Rules of Zoe Lama and The One and Only Zoe Lama. She's also contributed articles to some of Canada’s largest newspapers, including The Globe and Mail and The National Post. For more information see tishcohen.com.

Trudy Lothian has worked in adult literacy education for over 15 years, currently as Intake and Assessment Officer for the adult high school at St. Nicholas Adult High School. She has a Masters Degree in Applied Language Studies and is a recipient of both the Canada Post Educators Award for Ontario and the Ottawa Citizen Literacy Foundation Award.

John Bemrose is author of The Last Woman and The Island Walkers. He's also an arts journalist and contributing editor at Maclean’s. He has written for CBC Radio, the National Film Board and the Globe and Mail, and has also written a play, Mother Moon, and two poetry collections.

Arjun Basu is author of Squishy, a collection of short stories, and short short stories on Twitter he calls Twisters. He is also the Editorial Director for Spafax, one of the world's leading providers of in-flight media. For more information go to goodreads.com.

Alan Echenberg is a senior producer for the Agenda with Steve Paikin and has been TVO's Ottawa bureau chief since 1998. In his fifteen seasons in the Parliament Hill bureau of TVO, he has produced dozens of field documentaries and hundreds of studio interviews and discussions. He's covered five federal elections, one referendum, one ice storm, one Grey Cup, one Alanis Morissette concert, one hot-air balloon festival, several playoff collapses by the Ottawa Senators, and many other stories. Somewhere in there, his efforts on one particular show helped win TVO a Gemini Award. Follow Alan on Twitter.

Alan Echenberg is a senior producer for the Agenda with Steve Paikin and has been TVO's Ottawa bureau chief since 1998. In his fifteen seasons in the Parliament Hill bureau of TVO, he has produced dozens of field documentaries and hundreds of studio interviews and discussions. He's covered five federal elections, one referendum, one ice storm, one Grey Cup, one Alanis Morissette concert, one hot-air balloon festival, several playoff collapses by the Ottawa Senators, and many other stories. Somewhere in there, his efforts on one particular show helped win TVO a Gemini Award. Follow Alan on Twitter.

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