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Interview Archives: Afghanistan
Monday April 02, 2012, 11:06 AM
"The Power Geometry of Globalized Parenting: The Case of Taiwan"
Pei-Chia Lan, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University; Radcliffe-Harvard Yenching Institute Fellow
Host: David Inge
2nd Biennial Symposium on Vulnerable Families
Author Amy Chua caused a stir in this country last year with her book on the parenting styles of Chinese mothers. But sociologist Pei-Chia Lan says when the book was published in China, it clearly identified the author as “American.” How does culture shape ideas about parenting? How do ideas about parenting travel in a globalized world?
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Categories: Family • Asia • Afghanistan
Monday April 02, 2012, 10:06 AM
The Afghan Solution: The Inside Story of Abdul Haq, the CIA and How Western Hubris Lost Afghanistan
Lucy Morgan Edwards, Former Political Advisor to the EU Ambassador in Kabul; Writer
Host: David Inge
In 2001, a group of Afghan tribal leaders agreed to work together to overthrow the Taliban. They would be led by Abdul Haq, a famous leader of the war against the Soviets. The U.S. didn’t believe in this approach. It failed to support Abdul Haq, and he was assassinated by the Taliban. We’ll get the story from Lucy Edwards. In her book "The Afghan Solution," she examines the Afghan policy of the West after 9-11, and argues that it failed because it was imposed from outside.
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Categories: Asia • Afghanistan
Wednesday February 22, 2012, 10:06 AM
The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838-1842
Diana Preston, Historian, Writer, Broadcaster
Host: David Inge
In 1838, the government of Britain became convinced that its empire in India was threatened. To secure a potential invasion route, troops were sent into Afghanistan to remove one ruler and install another. The British expected a quick campaign, but the result was a military disaster. Historian Diana Preston tells the story of the First Afghan War ... what it meant for Afghanistan and for European politics.
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Categories: History • Asia • Afghanistan • Europe • United Kingdom
Tuesday August 30, 2011, 10:06 AM
Killing the Cranes: A Reporter's Journey Through Three Decades of War in Afghanistan
Edward Girardet, Journalist, Writer, Editor, and Producer; Founding Director, Institute for Media and Global Governance, Geneva, Switzerland
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Biography • History • International Affairs • Asia • Afghanistan
Friday July 15, 2011, 11:06 AM
The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers
Ambassador Peter Tomsen, Ambassador in Residence at the University of Nebraska, Omaha; Special Envoy to the Afghan Mujahideen with the rank of ambassador during the Bush administration; U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia between 1995 and 1998
Host: David Inge
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Categories: History • War • Asia • Afghanistan
Tuesday November 23, 2010, 11:06 AM
Restrepo: A Film by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington
Sebastian Junger, Award-Winning Writer and Journalist; Film's Producer, Director and a Cameraman; Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair magazine
Tim Hetherington, Award-Winning Photographer and Filmmaker; Contributing Photographer to Vanity Fair magazine
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Film/Movies • Military • War • Asia • Afghanistan
Tuesday November 16, 2010, 11:06 AM
Current Events in Afghanistan
Nushin Arbabzadah, Journalist; Visiting Scholar, Center for India and South Asia, International Institute, University of California Los Angeles
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Asia • Afghanistan
Friday August 13, 2010, 10:06 AM
The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army
David Cloud, National Security Journalist with the Los Angeles Times
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Biography • History • Military • Asia • Afghanistan • Middle East • Iraq
Friday April 23, 2010, 10:06 AM
Current Developments in Afghanistan
Devin T. Hagerty, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Foreign Policy-U.S. • International Affairs • Politics • Asia • Afghanistan • India • Pakistan • Middle East • Iran
Thursday October 15, 2009, 10:06 AM
Current Developments in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Stephen P. Cohen, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Foreign Policy-U.S. • International Affairs • Asia • Afghanistan • India • Pakistan
