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Interview Archives: International Affairs
Wednesday June 06, 2012, 11:06 AM
The European Union
John McCormick, Ph.D., Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Politics, Department of Political Science; Director of Graduate Studies, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Host: David Inge
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Categories: International Affairs • Politics • Europe
Monday June 04, 2012, 10:06 AM
Sandstorm: Libya in the Time of Revolution
Lindsey Hilsum, Journalist; Channel 4 (United Kingdom) News' International Editor
Host: David Inge
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Categories: International Affairs • Africa • Libya
Tuesday March 27, 2012, 10:06 AM
The European Union
João Vale de Almeida, Ambassador, Head of Delegation Delegation of the European Union to the United States
Kostas Kourtikakis, Ph.D., Lecturer & Research Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
Proponents of unification in Europe have long argued that closer ties across national borders would lead to peace and prosperity. Certainly one part has been achieved, but there are questions about the other. Our guest will be the European Union Ambassador to the U.S., Joao Vale de Almeida. We’ll talk about the current economic crisis in the EU, the state of EU-U.S. relations, and get his thoughts on the long-term future of the EU project.
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Categories: Economics • Government • History • International Affairs • Military • Peace and Nonviolence • Politics • United Nations • Europe
Tuesday February 21, 2012, 10:06 AM
The Invisible Arab: The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolution
Marwan Bishara, Senior Political Analyst, Al Jazeera English; Editor and Host of "Empire", Al Jazeera Network
Host: David Inge
Over the past year, governments around the Middle East have been rocked by political protest. To much of the world, it seemed that people who had long suffered in silence suddenly decided that they would take no more, rising up to claim their freedom. In fact, says Marwan Bishara, these events were the result of a long social and political struggle. Marwan Bishara, senior political analyst for Al Jazeera English, explains the history behind the Arab Spring, a history that he says the West has largely ignored.
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Categories: History • International Affairs • Politics • Middle East • Israel • Palestine
Monday January 30, 2012, 10:06 AM
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
Ezra F. Vogel, Ph.D., Henry Ford II Research Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University
Host: David Inge
This interview was recorded on January 26, 2012
We’ll bring you a conversation with one of America’s leading scholars of East Asia, Ezra Vogel, emeritus professor of social sciences at Harvard. His 1979 best-selling book "Japan as Number One," predicted the rise of Japan as an economic powerhouse. His most recent book looks at China’s development and role Deng Xiaoping played in that country’s modernization. The first book, he says, played a role in educating America about Japan. His hope is that the new book will do the same for China.
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Categories: Economics • History • International Affairs • Politics • Asia • China • Japan
Wednesday January 18, 2012, 11:06 AM
Current Events in Pakistan
Stephen P. Cohen, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, 21st Century Defense Initiative
Host: David Inge
We'll talk about current events in Pakistan with Stephen Cohen, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Concerns about stability, nuclear weapons and the presence of anti-Western militant groups within the country have all come together to make Pakistan a continuing worry for the Obama administration. We'll look at tensions between the Zardari government and Pakistan's military, and talk about relations between Pakistan and the U.S.
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Categories: International Affairs • Middle East
Monday January 09, 2012, 11:06 AM
Current Events in North Korea
Bruce Cumings, Ph.D., Department of History Chairperson; the Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in History and the College, University of Chicago
Host: David Inge
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Categories: History • International Affairs • Asia • Korea • North Korea • South Korea
Tuesday December 20, 2011, 10:06 AM
Current Events in Syria
Joshua M. Landis, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oklahoma
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Government • International Affairs • Middle East • Syria
Thursday December 08, 2011, 11:06 AM
The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square
Steven A. Cook, Ph.D., Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Government • International Affairs • Politics • Africa • Egypt
Thursday September 08, 2011, 10:06 AM
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Lawrence Wright, 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winner for General Nonfiction; Staff Writer for The New Yorker; Screenwriter; Playwright; Musician
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Biography • History • International Affairs • Military • Terrorism
