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Interview Archives: Europe
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
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
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
Saturday February 04, 2012, 10:06 AM
The Russian Presidential Elections
Andrew C. Kuchins, Ph.D., Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Host: David Inge
In March, voters in Russia will elect a new president, and it is widely expected that the winner will be former president and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Although his victory seems assured, he is not as popular as he once was, and his party suffered serious losses in Parliamentary elections held in December. Our guest will be Andrew Kuchins from the Center for Strategic and international Studies in Washington D.C. He will talk with us about Russian politics and U.S.-Russian relations.
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Thursday September 15, 2011, 11:06 AM
Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train
Ina Caro, Historian and Writer
Host: Carol Spindel
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Categories: Cultural Studies • History • Travel • Europe • France
Thursday September 15, 2011, 10:06 AM
My Perestroika
Robin Hessman, Director and Creator of the documentary
Host: Alisha Kirchoff
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Thursday August 11, 2011, 10:06 AM
The Greek Economic Crisis and the European Union
Kostas Kourtikakis, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Bonus video: Kostas Kourtikakis talks about the relationship between Greece's economic problems and the United States.
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Categories: Government • Politics • Public Policy • Europe • Greece
Thursday June 09, 2011, 11:06 AM
Current Events in the Balkans
Ambassador John K. Menzies, Dean of the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University; Chief of Mission to Kosovo, 2001-2002; Senior Advisor on Balkan policy for the Clinton and Bush Administrations
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Politics • Europe • Bosnia • Kosovo
Thursday April 28, 2011, 10:06 AM
The European Union
Jolyon Howorth, Ph.D., the Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics ad personam, Yale University; and Emeritus Professor of European Studies, University of Bath
Host: David Inge
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Categories: International Affairs • Europe
Wednesday January 19, 2011, 11:06 AM
Turkey, Islam, Nationalism, and Modernity: A History, 1789-2007
Carter Vaughn Findley, Ph.D., the Humanities Distinguished Professor of History, The Ohio State University
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Geography • International Affairs • Politics • Europe • Turkey
