In this all-new collection of conversations, conducted in 2006 and 2007. Noam Chomsky explores immediate and urgent international concerns including Irans challenge to the US. the deterioration of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the ongoing occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, the rise of China, and the growing power of the left in Latin America, as well as the Democratic victory in the US midterm elections and its ramifications for the future. As always, Chomsky presents his ideas vividly and accessibly, with uncompromising principle and revealing insight. These interviews will inspire a new generation of readers, and grip long-time Chomsky fans eager for his latest thinking on the many crises the world now confronts.