What is IQ²U.S.

IQ²U.S. (Intelligence Squared US) is an annual series of eight provocative and informative live debates on the hot-button concerns of the day. The debates reach a wide audience and attract as speakers the top experts, specialists and passionate advocates for both sides of each issue.

The purpose of the series is to raise the level of public discourse on our most challenging issues and to provide a new forum for intelligent discussion, grounded in facts and informed by reasoned analysis.

" Beware the dragon: A Booming China Spells Trouble for America"

Friday, May 25, 2007 at 2PM on AM 820
Speaking for the motion: Bill Gertz, John J. Mearsheimer, Michael Pillsbury
Speaking against the motion: Daniel H. Rosen, James McGregor, J. Stapleton Roy
Moderator: Robert Thomson

"Global Warming Is Not a Crisis"

Friday, March 23, 2007 at 2PM on AM 820
Speaking for the motion: Michael Crichton, Richard S. Lindzen, Philip Stott
Speaking against the motion: Brenda Ekwurzel, Gavin Schmidt, Richard C.J. Somerville
Moderator: Brian Lehrer

" Better More Domestic Surveillance Than Another 9/11"

Friday, April 27, 2007 at 2PM on AM 820
Speaking for the motion: David Frum, Andrew C. McCarthy, John Yoo
Speaking against the motion: Bob Barr, Jeffrey Rosen, Nadine Strossen
Moderator: Chris Bury

"America Is Too Damn Religious"

Friday, February 23, 2007 at 2PM on AM 820
Speaking for the motion: Susan Jacoby, Barry W. Lynn, Alan Wolfe
Speaking against the motion: Jean Bethke Elshtain, William Galston, Albert Raboteau
Moderator: Peter Steinfels