December 31, 1999

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Leon Arron, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and author of forthcoming book Boris Yeltsin a Revolutionary Life, about Yeltsin's resignation. Then, part five of the BBC series, Pushing Back the Curtain. Today, Misha Glenny returns to his native Czechoslovakia, the site of the Velvet Revolution.

Host Jerome McDonnell checks in with Russ Watson, senior editor for Newsweek Magazine. And we continue the BBC documentary series, Pushing Back the Curtain. Today, Misha Glenny looks at the drama of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Dr Christopher Fomunyoh, Central, East and West Africa director for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. And in part three of the BBC series on the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, journalist Misha Glenny focuses on the perilous turning point in 1989 when Poles voted for freedom and Hungary betrayed its East German allies by tearing down the iron curtain.

Host Jerome McDonnel talks with Hugh Byrne, Senior Associate at the Washington Office on Latin America about the presidential run-off in Guatamala.

Host Jerome McDonnel talks with Steven Solnick, Professor of Political Science at Columbia University about the Russian Parlimentary elections. Then, part one in the BBC series Pushing Back the Curtain. In 1989, the BBC's Misha Glenny covered the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Ten years later, he returned to the region to find out what was really happening behind the scenes.

Today, Worldview airs a panel discussion with the Dali Lama of Tibet. The conversation was moderated by Bill Curtis, includes:
Daniel Goldman author of Emotional Intelligence.
Michael Turner, professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Gary Wills, Pulitzer Prize winning author and adjunct professor of History at Northwestern Univesity.

Ambassador Terje Roed Larsen was recently appointed UN Special Co-ordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the Personal Representative to the PLO and the Palestinian Authority. Today on Worldview, he tells stories of his personal involvement in the 1993 Oslo Accords in a speech to North Park College's Mid East Center.

Today Worldview brings you excerpts from a recent conference, sponsored by Council on Foreign Relations, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, and the Center for International Human Rights of Northwestern University School of Law.
Speakers include:
John Bolton, the senior vice president of the American Enterprise Institute, former member of Bush and Reagan administration.
Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.

Controversial Palestinian activist and intellectual, Edward Said discusses and reads excerpts from his new memoir, Out of Place, at a speech this fall at the University of Chicago. Said, who is battling leukemia, tells stories about his childhood struggles to come to terms with his identity as his family straddled Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, and the United States.

Guest host Edie Rubinowitz talks with Roberto Eisenman, of the Foundation for Citizen Participation, Panama unit for Transparency International about the handover of the Panama Canal. Then, Ten years after the Berlin Wall fell, there is a curious phenomena visible in today's unified Germany. Some former easterners have developed a misty-eyed nostalgia for some aspects of life in the old GDR. Radio Netherlands' Kyle James tells us of one man who is hoping to cash in on this fond remembrance of Some of the things past. Then, journalist Alan Weisman talks about his new book, An Echo in My Blood: The Search for a Family's Hidden Past. And Worldview film commentator, Milos Stehlik looks at Chen Kaige's elaborate historical epic, The Emperor and the Assassin.

Russ Watson senior editor of Newsweek Magazine joins Worldview host Jerome McDonnell for the International news of the Week. Susan Stokes, professor of Political Science at University of Chicago on Venezuela's vote in a new constitution. And statements on Israeli-Syrian peace talks with president Clinton, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Syrian foreign minister Faouk al-Shara.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Ana Lucía Restrepo, reconstruction program coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. And Doug Cassel of Northwestern's Center for International Human Rights examines the disparity between the quality of people's lives in rich and poor parts of the world.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with human rights attorney, Allegra Pacheco, about torture in Israel. Then politics in India with Dr. Ved Pratap Vaidik, chairman of the Indian Council of Foreign Relations and member of the recent Indian delegation to the UN.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with John Lampe, Professor of History at the University of Maryland about the death of Croatian president Franjo Tudjman. Bob Pierce, Counsellor, of Political and Public Affairs for the British Embassy in Washington speaks with Jerome about policing for Northern Ireland. Then, Samuel Valenzuela, professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame about the possibility of a runoff election in Chile.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with writer Anatole Lieven of the International Institute of Strategic Studies about Chechnya. Then, Dijana Plestina, professor of Political Science at College of Wooster talks about Croatia without Tudjman. And Milos Stehlik on the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival.

For people who dread looking for a new calendar every year, The World Calendar may be the answer. Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Molly Kalkstine about calendar reform as part of this week's WBEZ series on Time.... And, Newsweek's Russ Watson reviews the international news of the week.

Steve Schwartz of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists discusses how to use time to prevent nuclear warfare -- that is with his organization's Doomsday Clock that monitors how close the world is to a nuclear "midnight" as part of this week's WBEZ series on Time.

Adotei Akwei of Amnesty International looks at Richard Holbrooke's tour of Africa... WBEZ's Andrea Wenzel looks at the role of time in Japanese politics as part of this week's WBEZ series on Time.

As part of this week's WBEZ series on Time host Jerome McDonnell talks with Paul Sprouse about his financial calendar that lets interested businesspeople access holiday schedules for financial centers around the world for up to 100 years in the future.

Host Jerome McDonnell looks at the environmental cases against the World Trade Organization with Martin Wagner, director of International Program for Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund. Then, Chicago conference on women, Women's Rights are Human Rights: Exploring the Local-Global Linkages with Linda Tarr-Whelan, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

Host Jerome McDonnell looks at the international news of the week with Russ Watson, senior editor at Newsweek Magazine. Then, a look at relations between East Timor and Indonesia with Allen Nair. And we get your opinion on the WTO.

Host Jerome McDonnell looks at the World Trade Organization. First, Worldview commentator Doug Cassel of Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights, lauds protestor's efforts to bring previously neglected trade issues into the public eye. Then an economic view with Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics. And Lori Wallach, director of Trade, Public Citizen.

Jerome McDonnell talks with Shawqi Issa of LAW Society, currently conducting research at Harvard Law School's Human Rights Program about Arrafat's detension of Palestinian critics. Jeffrey Winters, professor of Political Economy at Northwestern University on the beginning of WTO's meeting in Seattle. And Chaim Shacham, Israel representative in the Plenary of the 1999 UN General Assembly, and deputy director of the Israeli Foreign Minstry's Information Division about Israel and the international communtiy.

Host Jerome McDonnel talks about Chechnya with Steven Solnick, associate professor of Political Science at Columbia University. Then, protestors are gearing up for the World Trade Organization's meeting in Seattle. Jerome talks with Charles Kenningan of the National Labor Committee.

Its international news and analysis on Worldview with Jerome McDonnell.

Host Jerome McDonnell looks at Globalization as Americanization with Marvin Zonis, professor at the University of Chicago School of Bussiness. Then, Peruvian Justice with Mark Wojak, professor at John Marshall School of Law.

Host Jerome McDonnell discusses president Clinton's trip to Kosovo and Bulgaria with John Lampe, professor of History at University of Maryland. Then an interview with Dr Riad Jarjour, general secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with writer and journalist Julie Sell about her new book, Whispers at The Pagoda: Portraits of Modern Burma.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Paul Goble, director of Communications for Radio Free Europe about news throughout Europe. Then For nearly a century, cinematographers depended on photographic film to produce good pictures. But with the latest innovations in computer and video technology, the old standard is being challenged. Film contributor Milos Stehlik explains why the new digital movie format is limiting experimental film-makers and threatening the preservation of older movies. Jerome then talks with Olara Otunnu, UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict about the 10th anniversary of the convention on Rights of the Child. And Radio Deutschewelle's Steven Beard reports on unaccompanied child refugees.

Jerome McDonnell talks with Russ Watson, senior editor of Newsweek Magazine about the international news of the week. Then, Jerome talks with Kurt-Jurgen Maass, secretary general at the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Stuttgart about a conference being held in Chicago. And Milos Stehlik, film critic for Facets Multimedia, describes the evolution of Iranian films. Speaking with a panel of Iranian film critics and the director of the Iranian Film Festival, he explores how the film industry has changed before and after the revolution in Iran, how strict isolation from foreign films has contributed to a unique Iranian film style, and what the future prospects are for this rapidly developing film industry.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Marshall Goldman, professor of Russian Economics at Wellesley College and Associate Director of Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard about current events in Chechnya. Then, leaders of 14 Latin American countries, along with those of Spain and Portugal, have gathered in Havana for the annual Ibero-American Summit. This week in his regular human rights commentary, Doug Cassel of Northwestern's Center for International Human Rights warns that excessive enthusiasm for economic reform may pose a greater threat to human rights than do the existing regimes. And Eamonn Fingleton on Japan and heavy industries.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Ray O'Hanlon, senior editor of Irish Echo. Then, Jerome talks with Bulent Aliriza, senior associate at the Center of Strategic and International Studies. And Theologian, Bishop Kenneth Gragg talks about Jerusalem and Muslims in the West.

Jerome McDonnel discusses the pros and cons of the United States and China's agreement for admittance into the World Trade Organization with Dali Yang, associate professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, and Doris Long, associate professor at John Marshall Law School. The Author Richard Chesnoff talks about his new book, Pack of Thieves.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Lake Forest College, professor of Sociology, Ahmed Sadri about Iran. Film contributor Milos Stehlik on movie ads. Then, the final installment in the BBC series A World for Children. Today, Nigel Rensch reviews the concerns of the children he spoke to throughout the series.

Host Jerome McDonnell checks in with Newsweek's Russ Watson for the international news of the week. Commentator Doug Cassel of the Center for International Human Rights of Northwestern University's School of Law on the U.S. Court system's inability to prosecute international criminals. Then the fourth installment in the BBC series, A World for Children. Today, Nigel Wrench takes us to the Philippines, where children are being sold into the sex industry.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Financial Times Reporter, Stephen Fidler about new leadership at the IMF. Then Nick Aarons of Voices in the Wilderness about Iraq. And Part 3 of the BBC series, A World for Children. Today the BBC's Nigel Rensch travels to Germany to discover how children are benefiting from the Convention on the Rights of the Child's Articles on Education.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Jeffrey Winters, professor of Political Economy at Northwestern University about the tenth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Then, As the Convention on the Rights of the Child nears its 10th Anniversary, hundreds of thousands of children around the world still suffer from abuse and desertion. In the second segment of the six part series, World for Children, BBC's Nigel Rensch travels to Rio de Janeiro where hundreds of children are abandoned each year, and left to struggle alone on the city streets

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with UNICEF's Carol Bellamy about the Convention on the Rights of Children. Today, Worldview begins a six part BBC series, World for Children. Today, the BBC's Nigel Rensch goes to Northern Uganda, where the Lord's Resistance Army, a Sudanese rebel force, has been kidnapping Ugandan children and using them as human shields against their own countrymen.

Worldview begins with the final installment of the BBC's series, China's Long March. Since Mao's death in 1976, Communist ideology has lost much of its grip on the Chinese public. In its absense, many Chinese have been searching for alternatives to provide national cohesion. The BBC's Philip Short looks at how Chinese identity may shift in the next century. Then Worldview's film commentator Milos Stehlik looks back with Jiri Menzel, one of the leading directors of the Czech New Wave in the Sixties.

Host Jerome McDonnell checks in with Newsweek's Russ Watson for the international news of the week. Journalist Frank Contreras on the Mexican Primaries. Then Wayne Burns, national communications director for the Austrailian Republican Movement on the British Monarchy referendum.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with D.C. based writer, George Kenney about Yugoslavia. Then, 10 years after the fall of communism in Romania, the shadow of Nicholae Ceausescu's ruthless secret police organization the Securitate still hangs omniously over the country. Now, moves are underway in the Romanian Parliament to revive a draft law which would provide for a parliamentary commission to scrutinise some of the files collected by the Securitate. Stephen Beard reports. Then Holbrooke's address to the National Press Club. And, While the response to David Russell's new film Three Kings has been overwhelmingly positive. Film contributor Milos Stehlik finds some substantial problems with the movie's politics.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Steven Cohenof the Brookings Institute about Pakistan. Then with Arundhati Roy, author of bestselling, Booker Prize-winning novel The God of Small Things and The Cost of Living, about the development of dams and nuclear weapons in India.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks about current sanctions against Iraq with UNICEF's Carol Bellamy. Then, Beth Jones, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Followed by an interview with Rania Masr, Iraqi Action Council Then Albert Yalda, founding member of the Iraqi National Congress and Assyrian representative in the Iraqi people's delegation to the United Nations in New York. Then Jerome continues the topic with Richard Perle, resident fellow, American Enterprise Instistute. And an Interview with Francois Bujon de l'Estang, French Ambassador to the United States.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with former president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Then the fifth segment of the six-part BBC series China's Long March, Philip Short looks at the isolated rural city of Bao Lun where Mao's Red Army established their home base and his brand of radical utilitarian socialism 65 years ago.

Today on Worldview, host Jerome McDonnell talks with Ahmed Sadri, professor of Sociology at Lake Forest College about Khatami In France. U.S. ambassador to France Press Club Address. And Guatamalan Antonia Buch Ben.

The premier of Armenia was shot while addressing Parliament today, Paul Gobel of Radio Free Europe reports. Jeffrey Winters, professor of Political Economy at Northwestern University, speaks about the new Indonesian cabinet. Doug Cassel, Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights. Hans-Ulrich Klose, former governor of the State and City of Hamburg and now Member of the Bundestag and chairman of its Commission for Foreign Relations discusses Germany's relations with Europe.

Frank Vogl with Transparency International in Washington, DC talks with host Jerome McDonnell about the release of a corruption index. Then WBEZ's Andrea Wenzel takes a look at the controversial meditation group, Falun Gong. Andrew Wachtel, professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Northwestern University on a poetry conference.

Host Jerome McDonnell tries to get a perspective on Europe. First with German based journalist, Elizabeth Pond of the Washington Quarterly. Then wtih M. Francois Bujon de l'Estan, French Ambassador to US.

Today Worldview continues with part four of the BBC series "China's Long March." In this part Phillip Short travels 6,000 miles across China, reporting on the Red Army's epic journey of the 1930s as history and as metaphor.

Host Jerome McDonnell and Russ Watson, senior editor, Newsweek Magazine on the International News of the Week. Then filmmaker Shari Robertson, on her film Well Founded Fear, a film on asylum law and establishing a fear of persecution.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Jeffrey Winters, professor of Political Economy about Indonesia's new president Abdurrahman Wahid. Plus William Burr, on U.S. weapons deployment.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Thomas Keneally, author of The Great Shame; And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World, and Schindler's List.

As Madeline Albright goes to Africa, Worldview host Jerome McDonnell talks with Adotei Akwei, Amnesty International' director of Advocacy for Africa. Jerome then talks with Wei Jingsheng, Chinese Dissident and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee.

Host Jerome McDonnell looks at the political turmoil in Indonesia with Jeffrey Winters of Northwestern University. And the next installment of the BBC's documentary on China. The legendary French martyr, Joan of Arc, has been the subject of many movies throughout the century. This week in his regular film commentary, Facets Multimedia's Milos Stehlik looks at a recently discovered print of Carl Theodor Dreyer's silent feature, The Passion of Joan of Arc, which 72 years later has lost none of its awe.

Host Jerome McDonnel checks in with Russ Watson, Senior Editor, Newsweek Magazine for the International news of the week.

Join host Jerome McDonnell as he talks with Pakistani Ambassador Teresita Schaffer about the military take over. Last month, Secretary General Kofi Annan laied out 40 recommendations on protecting civilians in armed conflicts to the security council. This week in his regular human rights commentary, Doug Cassel of Northwestern's Center for International Human Rights looks at the politics of these recommendations and how they might be acted upon. Plus, Yaron Ezrahi, professor of Political Science at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Then Desko Nitkitovic, President of the Illinois chapter of the Serbian Unity Congress.

Join Host Jerome McDonnell for a discussion with Howard Schaffer, director of Studies for the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University and Charles Kennedy, Wake Forest University about the military take over in Pakistan. Rodney Barker, London School of Economics talks about the British Cabinet shapeup and former prime minister, Margaret Thatcher's outspokeness. And, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty with Jack Mendelson, vice president and executive director for Lawyers Alliance for World Security.

Join Host Jerome McDonnell as he talks with Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy about the Test Ban Treaty. Suzanne Spaulding, executive director of the U.S. Commission on Combating Proliferations of Weapons of Mass Destruction, continues the discussion. Then, a look at the trial and fallout of the Pinochet trial in Chile. Jerome is joined bye Viterbo Acevero, member of the Permanent Committee on Chile.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Lloyd Rudolph, professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago about results of recent elections in India. Then Part Two of the 6 part BBC series on China. And Facet's Multimedia's Milos Stehlik on the French murdher mystery L'Humanite.

Host Jerome McDonnel talks with Kevin Martin, director of Abolition for the Ford Freedom Forum, about the Test Ban Treaty. And New York Times Berlin bureau chief, Roger Cohen.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Steven Solnick, associate professor of Political Science at Columbia University about the political climate in Russia. And Northwestern University Political Economy professor, Jeffrey Winters, gives insight into politics in Indonesia.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Dimitri A. Dimitroyannis, Nuclear physicist, Northwestern University about last weeks nuclear accident in Japan. Then, Ghana's New Patriotic Party's Presidential Candidate, John Kufuor.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Jack Mendelsohn, vice president and executive director for Lawyers Alliance for World Security about the Arms Control - Test Ban Treaty. Then British Ambassador to US, Sir Christopher Myer talks about the U.K.-Northern Ireland relationship. And Rene Lemarchand, visiting professor at Brown University, professor emeritus at the University of Florida, talks about politics in Burundi.

It's international news and analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Mexico City based reporter Frank Contreras about oposition in the upcoming election. Then Doug Cassel of Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights talks about the East Timor Commission of Inquiry. And Ambassador Teresita Schaffer, CSIS talks about India-Pakistan Relations. Plus. an update in Africa with Adotei Akwei, program officer for Africa at Amnesty International in DC.

Host Jerome McDonnell looks at genocide prevention and early warnings with Barbara Harff, professor at the US Naval Academy and Helen Fein, chair of the Institute for the Study of Genocide. Then Jerome looks at educating the world to genocide with Joyce Apsel of the Anne Frank Center and vice president Association of Genocide Scholars. And Peter Novick, professor of History at the University of Chicago and author of The Holocaust in American Life.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Paul Gobel, assistant director for Broadcasting at Radio Free Europe about the situation with Russia and Chechnya. It is Banned Books Week. Jerome talks with Ursula Owen, editor-in-chief of Index on Censorship and Calgary based writerAlberto Manguel.

Host Jerome McDonnell looks at Argentina with Edward Gibson of Northwestern University. Then Hugh Byrne talks about Guatemala's killer candidate frontrunner in upcoming elections. And Milos Stehlik of Facets Multimedia gives ups a lesson on movie-theater etiquette and a review of French filmmaker, Olivier Assaya latest work, Late August, Early September.

Russ Watson, senior editor of Newsweek Magazine joins host Jerome McDonnell for the international news of the week. Then Radio Deutch Welles, Geert Groot Koerkamp looks at the appeal of facism and antisemitism to youth in Russian. And Radio Netherlands' Louise Potterton toured the exhibit The Story of Berlin which recounts the tale of the city from its origins as a little village to its current status as the reborn capital of Germany and the center of Europe.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Doug Cassel of Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights about the United Nations General Assembly meeting this week on the question of humanitarian intervention. Then Patrick Tyler, veteran correspondent for New York Times and Washington Post, current New York Times Bureau chief about U.S. China Relations.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks KLA Disarmament with D.C. writer George Kenny. Journalist Allan Nairn, has been recently deported from East Timor. He talks with Jerome about Militia-Military Collusion and more… Then Rodney Barker, professor of political science at London School of Economics.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Nobel Prize winning economist Dr. Amartya Sen about his lastest book, Development As Freedom. Then Politics in Austria, Kerry Skyring of Radio Deutch Welles reports of the Far Right making gains.

Host Jerome McDonnell and Lake Forest College's Ahmed Sadri, professor of Sociology, Lake Forest College look at the political environment of Iran where several dissident leaders have been sentenced to death... Frank Contreras, Journalist based in Mexico City talks about the Mario Ruiz Massieu suicide note scandal. Also, Facets Multimedia's Milos Stehlik reviews the films of Danish filmmaker, Lars Trier and his Dogma films.

Jerome McDonnel checks in with Russ Watson, senior editor Newsweek Magazine about the international news of the week. Geer Groot Koerkamp of Radio Netherlands reports on facism in Russia.

Today, host Jerome McDonnell talks with Doug Cassel of Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights about UN authorizes peacekeeping force for East Timor. Then Claude Barfeld resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute discusses China's prospects for entrance into the World Trade Organization. And Helen Womack hosts the BBC documentary, "Moscow and the Mercedes."

John Thornhill, Financial Times correspondent in Moscow talks with host Jerome McDonnell about recent explosions in Russia. Then Jerome and Constancio Pinto, East Timorese Resistance Representative to the UN continue to look at events in East Timor. Doug Cassel, Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights calls for war crimes tribunal in East Timor. Plus Congressman Henry Hyde at a press conference Monday following a congressional hearing held in Chicago at the Chicago's INS office. And Russell Crandall of Johns Hopkins University discusses the political situation in Colombia.

It's international news and analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell. Today Jerome talks with Jeffrey Winters, professor of Political Economy at Northwestern University, reports from Bankok about Indonesia's decision to allow international peacekeepers into East Timor. Also, Jerome talks about the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process with Ambassador Terje Roed Larsen, Norway's minister of planning and the architect of the Oslo Accords.

Host Jerome McDonnell and guests continue coverage of the worsening situation in East Timor and examine what the international community is and is not doing to resolve it. Jerome is joined by Allan Nairn, journalist, Nation contributor…lone US journalist in E. Timor. Then John Bresnan, Indonesia expert at Columbia University's East Asian Institute. Bruce Cummings, Professor of History at the University of Chicago, talks about U.S. Policy in North Korea. And Facets Multimedia's Milos Stehlik attended the 25th annual Teluride Film Festival in Teluride, Colorado. This week in his regular film commentary, he reviews some of the festival's discoveries of both new and old films.

Host Jerome McDonnell discusses U-S -- China relations with William Kirby, Harvard University history professor and Director of Harvard's Asia Center.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Kristin Sundell who was recently evacuated from East Timor where she observed the recent referendum on independence.

Host Jerome McDonnell looks at world health issues... with Rep. Danny Davis, just back from Cuba. And Global Alliance for Africa's Thomas Derdak, recently returning from a trip to Africa.

Today, Jerome looks at the international face of labor in an era of globalization, with Liz McKeon of the UNA...And, child labor issues with author and development expert Neera Burra.

Host Jerome McDonnell and Ray O'Hanlon of the Irish Echo look at the latest developments in Northern Ireland... Also, the Kurdistan Workers' Party announce they will lay down their arms in Turkey.

Host Jerome McDonnell and Newsweek's Russ Watson review the international news stories of the week... And, Tod Robberson reports from Panama on the presidential innaugeration and the the U.S.'s controversial use of Agent Orange.

Join host Jerome McDonnell for a look at the latest developments in the Mideast peace process...Also, the International Institute of Economics' Adam Posen discusses the Japanese economy... And, Marshall Goldman examines the implications of the Russian money-laundering scandal.

As rebel groups in Central Africa prepare to sign a peace agreement, host Jerome McDonnell looks at the possibility of bringing the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo to a close.

Today we hear excepts from the Dalai Lama's speech on Saturday at Chicago's Field Museum.

Host Jerome McDonnell examines two different views of the future of Jerusalem with Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert and Hassan Abdel Rahman, of the Palestine Liberation Organization in DC.

Join host Jerome McDonnell as he talks with Russ Watson, Senior Editor, Newsweek Magazine about the International news of the week. Plus Imogene Foulkes about Buddhists in Switzerland. Fernando Coronil, associate professor of History and Anthropology at the University of Michcigan. And Radio Netherland's report on the Burundi radio station Studio Ujambo and its head Francis Rult from Bujambura, Burundi.

Host Jerome McDonnell and Frank Contreras examine the escalating Mexican student strike...Also, Allie Epstein returns from East Timor where violence threatens the upcoming referendum...And Northwestern's Doug Cassel has his regular human rights commentary.

Join host Jerome McDonnell as he talks with Bulent Aliriza, Director of the Turkish Studies Program at the Center for Strategic International Studies about the political and economic ramifications of the earthquake in Turkey. Plus a look at the future of U.S. military interests in Europe with Major General Robert H. Scales, Jr., Commandant, U.S. Army War College and John Mearsheimer, professor, head of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago.

Host Jerome McDonnell and guests discusses two perspectives on the complex relationship between feminism and Islam.

Host Jerome McDonnell looks at America's invasion of Haiti with author Bob Shacochis.

Host Jerome McDonnell explores Zionism with Edith Zertal, an Israeli historian and author of From Catastrophe to Power: Holocaust Survivors and the Emergence of Israel.

Guest host Doug Cassel reviews the international news of the week with Newsweek's Russ Watson...Also, a panel of guests discuss debt relief for the world's poorest countries.

Edie Rubinowitz guest hosts a conversation about Peru's Shining Path with Human Rights Watch's Robin Cook, author of The Monkey's Paw.

Tune in for the 5th Annual Sandra Gair Memorial Lecture by CNN's Garrick Utley...Also, Host Jerome McDonnell continues Utley's discussion of trends in the mass media with media scholar Timothy Cook.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with economist Paul Krugman about his new book, The Return of Depression Era Economies...Also, Milos Stehlik has his regular film commentary.

Host Jerome McDonnell reviews the world news of the week with Newsweek's Russ Watson... Also, University of Chicago's Lloyd Rudolph looks at the lastest explosive developments in South East Asia.

Until yesterday, Japan had been without a flag or a national anthem. By making the "Rising Sun" flag official, the Japanese congress has re-ignited a national debate on Japan's role as an aggressor in the 30's and 40's. Join host Jerome McDonnell as he talks with University of Chicago's Norma Field about past and present nationalism in Japan.

Host Jerome McDonnell marks World's Indigenous People Day with anthropologist and guest editor of the Index on Censorship Hugh Brody...General Abubakan, the former military leader of Nigeria, speaks about his role in Nigeria's transition to democracy. Also, Columbia's Steve Solnick looks at Yeltsin's latest moves to dismiss his government and (literally) bury Lenin.

It's international news and analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

Join host Jerome McDonnell and guests in discussions of arms control, Mexican and North African politics...Also, Facets Multimedia's Milos Stehlick has his regular film commentary.

Host Jerome McDonnell and Newsweek's Russ Watson discuss the international news of the week... Also, University of Chicago's Charles Glaser discuss U.S. military interests in Europe.

Host Jerome McDonnell discusses East Asia's reaction to North Korea's missile tests with James Lilly of the American Enterprise Institute.

Host Jerome McDonnell speaks with Mohammed Abdullah about the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan and what role the U.S. should be playing.

Host Jerome McDonnell and Amad Sadri of Lake Forest College examine the latest in Iranian politics.

Host Jerome McDonnell and Alex Ekwueme, former Nigerian presidential candidate, discuss events in Nigeria since the elections...Facets Multimedia's Milos Stehlik has his regular film commentary.

It's international news and analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

It's international news and analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

It's international news and analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

Host Jerome McDonnell discusses the activities of Serbian opposition groups with Desko Nitkitovic of the Serbian Unity Congress.

Guest host Jackie Northam talks with a practitioner of the controversial Chinese sect Falun Gong... Also, writer Yvonne Conde discusses her book Operation Pedro Pan-The Untold Exodus of 14,048 Cuban Children.

Join Host Jerome McDonnell and University of Chicago's Dali Yang as they examine China and Taiwan's latest war of words... Also, Rend Francke, Director of the Iraq Foundation discusses the latest developments in international policy towards Iraq.

It's international news and analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

It's international news and analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

Host Jerome McDonnell discusses the prospects of an Israeli-Syrian peace with Patrick Seale, a British writer and biographer of Syrian president Hafez Al-Assad...also, Milos Stehlick of Facets Multimedia comments on the work of Egyptian Filmmaker "YOU-sef SHY-een".

In the second of her three part series "Panama in Transition," WBEZ's Edie Rubinowitz looks at government suppression of the press in Panama...also, Seamus ("shay-muss") Dunn at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland discusses recent setbacks in the peace process.

Host Jerome McDonnell reviews developments in Iran where hard-liners have held protests in response to recent pro-reform demonstrations... Also, Edie Rubinowitz and Ric Stauber take a look at Panama.

Host Jerome McDonnell covers the latest political tensions between China and Taiwan with Merle Goldman, professor of Chinese History at Boston University. Also, human rights in Colombia with Robin Kirk, researcher for the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch.

It's international news and analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

Host Jerome McDonnell explores human rights issues, including torture, facing Palestinians in Israel and under the Palestinian Authority.

Host Jerome McDonnell speaks with Tibetan Buddhist monk and Columbia University professor Robert Thurman, a friend of the Dalai Lama... Also, Newsweek's Russ Watson reviews the international news of the week... And, Facets Multimedia's Milos Stehlik reports from the Khalivivari International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.

It's International News and Analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

It's International News and Analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

It's International News and Analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

Host Jerome McDonnell takes a look at a press conference where President Clinton made some controversial remarks on the Mideast Peace Process... Also, George Kenny gives an update on the situation in Kosovo... And, Facets Multimedia's Milos Stehlik has his regular film commentary.

Host Jerome McDonnell and Newsweek's Russ Watson review the international stories of the week... Also, the International Labor Organization's John Doohan discusses child labor and related issues.

Host Jerome McDonnell speaks to Charles Costello of the Carter Center about developments in Indonesia and East Timor... Also, Doug Cassell has his regular human rights commentary... And, Dr. Haider Abdul Shafi discusses Palestinian politics.

Join Host Jerome McDonnell as he analyzes the verdict of Kurdish Rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan with Professor Michael Gunter of the Washington Kurdish Institute...and the deadline approaches for the Irish Peace Accord Compromise. Jerome covers the possibilities with Ray O'Hanlon, senior editor of Irish Echo...also curent events in Indonesia with Charles Costello of the Carter Center.

Host Jerome McDonnell discusses the current dilemma in Cyprus from both the Greek and Turkish perspectives with Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis...Cypriot ambassador to the U.S. and also with Aygtol Plumer...Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus representative to the U.N.

Host Jerome McDonnell and University of Chicago's Rasheid Khalidi discuss Israel's bombings of Lebanon... Also, Berkley's Orville Schell examines the World Bank's loan that would rattle Chinese farmers on Tibetan lands... And, Cyril Ibe recalls his recent trip to Nigeria to observe the democratic hand over.

International News and Analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell...Senator Paul Sarbanes talks about his position on the recent U.N. arrears vote... Also, the U.N. High Commissioner on Refugees, Karen Koning Abuzayd, discusses the refugee debacle in the Balkans... And Russ Watson reviews the news of the week.

Today on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell, British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks on the situation in Northern Ireland...Also, Eric Beauchemin reports on child warriors in Liberia... And, Doug Cassel and Milos Stehlik give their regular human rights and film commentaries.

It's International News and Analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

Host Jerome McDonnell discusses the politics of Honduras and disaster relief with Dan Dale, a campus minister at UIC returning from his annual trip to Honduras leading a student delegation.

Host Jerome McDonnell interviews New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman about his new book on globalization, The Lexus and The Olive Tree... And, David Birenbaum discusses U.N. reform.

Host Jerome McDonnell interviews the Israeli ambassador to the U.S., Zalman Shoval...and Newsweek's Russ Watson discusses the international news of the week.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with NPR's David Welna, who's just back from Slovakia, joins Jerome to discuss one of the requirements for entering the European Union that's giving the Slovaks pause: minority language rights...also, Marshall Goldman will discuss developments with Russia...and Doug Cassel protests Northwestern's awarding Adeline Albright a law degree.

International news and analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

Host Jerome McDonnell interviews Marc Nathanson, Chairman of the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors about American International Broadcasts such as Voice of America and Radio Marti... Also, Entrepreneur George Cohon talks about his experiences bringing the first McDonald's to Russia. (Two Men trying to change the world....One with cheeseburgers, One with broadcasting !)

Host Jerome McDonnell takes listeners' calls on the Kosovo peace plan. Plus Allan Nairn, a correspondent for the Nation, reports from Jakharta on Indonesia's elections. And Milos Stehlik of Facets Multimedia gives his regular film commentary.

Host Jerome McDonnell and Newsweek's Russ Watson review the international news of the week...and, author and Atlantic Monthly Correspondent, William "lan-ga-veesh-a" discusses the troubled efforts of Douglas Tompkins. Tompkins, a Californian environmentalist and former owner of north face and esprit, purchased a large strip of Patagonia, Chile and is attempting to give the Chileans a nature reserve and organic farming skills--but with little success.

Paul Beaver of Jane's Defence reports from Skopia, Macedonia on the Kosovo peace plan...Also, host Jerome McDonnell interviews the U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, "Pete" Peterson...And Northwestern's Doug Cassel gives his regular human rights commentary.

International news and analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Andra Medea about a conflict resolution model she has designed and how it can be applied to international situations... Listener's calls will be welcome.

Today, host Jerome McDonnell marks the 10th Anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Movement by talking with veteran China hand Orville Schell about what "democracy" meant to the protestors and how the movement was misrepresented in the Western media...Also Jerome will talk with Chicago Tribune's Dick Longworth about the Kosovo deal and Milos Stehlik comments on the aftermath of Cannes.

International news and analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

Host Jerome McDonnell continues a week-long look at the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China by examining the dynamics of the movement and its escalation. Also Jonathan Sugden of Human Rights Watch reports from Turkey on the trial of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan...and Doug Cassell discusses Milosevic, NATO, and genocide.

Host Jerome McDonnell begins a week-long series examining the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China, leading up to the 10th Anniversary of the crackdown on Friday. Today, Jonathan Spence of Yale puts the protests into historical context. Also, University of Maryland's John Lampe discusses the latest developments in Kosovo.

Host Jerome McDonnell speaks with University of Chicago's Bruce Cummings about the U.S. delegation's trip to North Korea. Also, Cyril "Eee-bay" reports from Nigeria on tommorrows transition to democracy. PlusAnd John Harbeson of the U.S. Institute for Peace gives an update on the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

International news and analysis on worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

Host Jerome McDonnell and regular contributer Russ Watson of Newsweek in an overview of key international news stories of the week. Also, U.S. special envoy Dennis Ross examines prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations... Plus, Edward Gibson of Northwestern reports from Mexico City on developments in the Mexican presidential campaign.

It's International News and analysis with Jerome McDonnell.

Jerome McDonnell talks with Northwestern's Andrew Wachtel about the latest in Kosovo... Also, Austrian scholar Anton Pelinka discusses Austrian politics and xenophobia in Europe.

Host Jerome McDonnell covers the upcoming South African elections and other issues with Sheila Sisulu, South African ambassador to the U.S. Also, Northwestern's Jeffrey Winters examines Indonesian politics. And Milos Stehlik wraps up his coverage of the Canne International Film Festival.

Join host Jerome McDonnell and regular contributer Russ Watson of Newsweek in an overview of key international news stories of the week... Also, U.S. Special Envoy Dennis Ross examines prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations... And Edward Gibson of Northwestern reports from Mexico City on developments in the Mexican presidential campaign.

Host Jerome McDonnell discusses how Russia avoided a constitutional crisis with Leon Arron of the American Enterprise Institute... Also, Jerome and guests explore the origins of Pakistan and its first Prime Minister Jinnah ... And Milos Stehlik reports from Canne and Doug Cassel gives his regular human rights commentary.

It's International news and analysis on Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell.

Host Jerome McDonnell and guests will discuss todays elections in Israel. Also, Milos Stehlik reports from Canne. And Neera Burra, a visiting fellow at the University of Chicago, discusses international child labor.

May 14, 1999

Host Jerome McDonnell discusses lessons learned and not learned from Vietnam with Robert McNamara, former Secretary of Defense for Presidents Kennedy & Johnson and co-author of Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy...Also College of Samaria and Judea Professor Alexander Bly covers Monday's Israeli elections.

Host Jerome McDonnell discusses the shake-up in the Russian government with Columbia University's Steve Solnick Also, Worldview takes a look at Chiapas, Mexico, looking at a recent asylum case for a Mexican Army Captain who refused to kill Zapatista rebels. And, Nettie Wild, director of the documentary "A Place Called Chiapas" joins the conversation.

International news and analysis on Worldview with host Jerome Mcdonnell

Join host Jerome McDonnell and guests in a discussion of the latest developments in Kosovo and Sino-US relations since the accidental bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.

Host Jerome McDonnell is joined by local theorist Andra Medea to discuss how conflict resolution theory can be applied to the situation in Kosovo...Also, journalist Gustavo Gorriti talks about the outcome and implications of recent elections in Panama.

Andra Medea's conflict resolution theory.

Jerome talks about the race for prime minster in Israel... Also, decommissioning and Northern Ireland... And Doug Cassel from Northwestern University will have a human rights commentary.

Host Jerome McDonnell and guests discuss the latest developments in the NATO bombings as well as Japanese Prime Minister Obuchi's visit to the U.S.

Host Jerome McDonnell re-caps the week in international news and the developments in Kosovo with Newsweek magazine senior editor Russ Watson and takes listener calls on the NATO action. In addition, Bruce Dickson of George Washington University will discuss the latest developments in U.S.-China policy and Worldview contributor and Facets Multimedia director Milos Stehlik gives his weekly international film commentary.

Host Jerome McDonnell and his guest, UN rapporteur Nigel Rodley, take a break from the events in Kosovo to examine an equally grisley issue -- how to enforce international torture prohibitions.

Host Jerome McDonnell discusses NATO's campaign with Chicago Serbian Unity Council president Desko Nikitic. Also, University of Chicago's Rasheid Khalidi joins the program to discuss the lastest developments in Palestinian-Israeli politics and Doug Cassel gives his regular human rights commentary.

April 23, 1999

Host Jerome McDonnell is joined by the Chicago Tribune's Dick Longworth from Greece to put the Balkans conflict into perspective. Also, Milos Stehlik of Facets Multimedia reviews the Icelandic film Devil's Island in his regular commentary.

Today, host Jerome McDonnell and regular contributer Russ Watson of Newsweek in a discussion of the top international stories fo the week. Also, Jeffrey Winters joins the program to discuss the latest turmoil in East Timor.

Host Jerome McDonnell and guests talk about the role of NATO after 50 years and Worldview's human rights commentator Doug Cassell addresses Kosovo in the context of international law. Also, Jerome McDonnell talks to representatives of the Chiapas Media Project.

Join host Jerome McDonnell in a review of election results from Turkey with guest Bulent Aliriza of the Center for Strategic International Studies. Also, Richard Sobel...senior research associate, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research and author of Public Opinion in U.S. Foreign Policy, discusses public and political opnion on Kosovo

Today, host Jerome McDonnell talks with Washington writer George Kenny about the on-going situation in Kosovo. University of Chicago professor of Political Science, Lloyd Rudolph, also joins the program to discuss recent shake-ups in Indian politics.

Host Jerome McDonnell covers international news of the week with Russ Watson, senior editor of Newsweek also..the United Nations and it's role and relationship to U.S. Affairs with William H. Luers, chairman and president of the United Nations Association of the USA and former U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia and Venezuela

Today, host Jerome McDonnell discusses what responsibility ordinary Serbians share in the Kosovo genocide. Daniel Goldhagen, professor at Harvard and author of Hitler's Willing Executioners joins the coversation; as does Vamik Volkan of University of Virginia, and Matthew Lippman of the University of Illinois.

Host Jerome McDonnell discusses ground troops in Kosovo with Rod Blagojevich, U.S. congressman from Illinois ...and he presents the final installment of "Watershed"...In the fourth and final installment of this BBC series on the global water crisis, Andy Kirshell examines the differences in philosophy and use of dams in India and the United States.

Host Jerome McDonnell continues coverage of the lastest in Kosovo with the Brookings Institute's Ivo Daalder. Also, Roula Khalaf, Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times, joins the discussion to review upcoming elections in Algeria.

Host Jerome McDonnell speaks with Andrew Wachtel from Northwestern University about the latest developments in Kosovo. Also, Merle Goldman of Boston University joins Worldview to discuss the visit of Chinese Premier Zhu Rongi and issues shaping Sino-U.S. relations.

Host Jerome McDonnell continues to cover developments in Kosovo and is joined by Russ Watson, senior editor of Newsweek, and Peter Bell, president of the refugee relief agency CARE.

Host Jerome McDonnell discusses how the Kosovo conflict could be resolved with Michael Mandelbaum of John Hopkins and the Boston Globe and takes a look at the situation in East Timor through the vantage point of Bella Galhos, an activist in the underground resistance.

In addition to continuing coverage of the situation in Kosovo, Host Jerome McDonnell will examine the lessons potential Kosovar refugees to the U.S. can draw from the past experiences of Haitian refugees in Guatanomo Bay. The upcoming trial of Lockerbie bombing suspects will also be discussed and the third installment of the BBC's four part series on the international water crisis will focus on Bangledesh.

Host Jerome McDonnell re-caps the week in international news and the developments in Kosovo with Newsweek magazine senior editor Russ Watson, and takes listener calls on the NATO action. In addition, Bruce Dickson of George Washington University discusses the latest developments in US-China policy and contributer and Facets Multimedia director Milos Stehlik gives his weekly international film commentary.

Today, host Jerome McDonnell speaks with University of Maryland History professor, John Lampe about the latest developments in Kosovo. In addition, Jerome discusses the crisis in Paraguay with Northwestern's Edward Gibson, and Worldview's Doug Cassel (human rights) and Milos Stehlik (international film) give their weekly commentaries.

Film contributor Milos Stehlick (shtay-lik), checks in from the Berlin International Film Festival, where under high security circumstances, he reviews a Turkish film.

• International News of the Week
  Russ Watson, senior editor, Newsweek
• International Human Rights/Impeachment/
  Sir Thomas Moore
  Doug Cassel, Center for Human Rights at Northwestern University School of Law
• 20th Anniversary of Iranian Revolution --
  Past and Future
  Marvin Zonis, professor & consultant, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

• Clinton Travels to Mexico for a Working Visit with Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo
  Host Jerome McDonnell speaks with Edward Gibson, associate professor of Political Science at Northwestern University who is currently in Mexico.
• Presidential Primary Elections in Nigeria
  Jerome talks with Hasvat Abiola about the results of Nigerian primaries, including front-runner General Obasanjo's candidacy for the Peoples Democratic Party.
• China Aims More Missiles at Taiwan Raising Regional and U.S.-China Tensions
  Bruce Cummings, Professor of History, University of Chicago

• International News of the Week
  Host Jerome McDonnell speaks with Russ Watson, senior editor, Newsweek
• FAJ Film Festival in Tehran, Iran
  Milos Stehlik of Facets Multimedia reports from Tehran, Iran, with film reviews from this year's FAJ Film Festival
• Currency Change: Argentina Considers Adopting the Dollar
  Jerome talks with Allen Taylor, assistant professor of Economics at Northwestern University · Inside Europe/Constitutional Crisis Pits Serbia Against Montenegro in Yugoslavia

• Iranian Intelligence Official Whose Ministry was Connected to the Killings of Dissidents Resigns
  Host Jerome McDonnell speaks with Shaul Bakash, professor of History at George Mason University
• The Anthony Porter Case and International Standards on the Death Penalty
  Doug Cassell, Center for Human Rights at Northwestern University School of Law
• Death of Hussein King of Jordan
  Jerome speaks to Rasheid Khalidi, professor of History and director of the Center for International Studies, University of Chicago

• International News of the Week
  Host Jerome McDonnell speaks with Russ Watson, senior editor, Newsweek
• U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
  Doug Cassell, Center for Human Rights at Northwestern University School of Law
• Zimbabwe Journalists Tortured by Military
  Jerome talks to Shona Chavanduka Burunda, sister of tortured newspaper editor Mark Chavanduka.
• Islamic Cinema
  Milos Stehlik, director of Facets Multimedia, reports from the 17th Annual FAJ Film Festival of International Islamic Cinema in Tehran, Iran.

• World Environmental Issues
  Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Mark Hertsgaard, author of Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of our Environmental Future.

• Defense Budget
  Host Jerome McDonnell speaks to Bill Hartung at the World Policy Institute.
• Adam Michnik
  Jerome interviews Adam Michnik, a former Polish dissident and Parliment member-turned newspaper man about Polish politics and democracy movements of the past and present.

• Kosovo Update: NATO vs. Milosovic; Serbian Police and Ethnic Albanians
  Host Jerome McDonnell speaks with John Lampe, professor of History at the University of Maryland.
• Chilean Writer Ariel Dorfman Reflects on Reconciliation and Pinochet
  Jerome interviews Dorman, author of Death and the Maiden and professor of Literature and Latin American Studies at Duke University.
• Russia and Arms Control
  Jerome talks to Jack Mendelsohn, John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval Academy.

• The Next Step for NATO in Kosovo; Serb Police Attacking Rackak; U.N. War Crimes Prosecuter Denied Access
  Host Jerome McDonnell speaks to Andrew Wachtel, professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Northwestern University.
• Brazil's Devaluation and the Global Economy
  Steven Fidler, U.S. Diplomacy Editor for the Financial Times, speaks to Jerome.
• Village Elections in China
  Jerome talks to Bob Pastor, professor of Political Science at Emory University and founder and former director of the Carter Center's China Project, about elections taking place at the local level in China and their implications.

• Brazil Devalues Its Currency & the Resignation of the Head of their Central Bank
  Host Jerome McDonnell talks with Jordan Young, director of the Brazilian Institute and professor of Brazilian History at Pace University and Carlos Leal, a Brazilian economist.
• Human Rights Commentary on Cuba
  Doug Cassel, executive director of the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University School of Law
• Human Rights in Nigeria and Sierra Leone
  Jerome speaks with Adotei Akwei, Amnesty International's government program officer for Africa about the current situation in Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
• Cambodia -- The Khmer Rouge
  Jerome talks to Craig Etcheson, program director at the International Monitoring Institute.

• Israel
  Host Jerome McDonnell speaks to the associate editor of the Jerusalem Post, Amotz Asa-El about the Likud Shakeup and Moshe Arens, Prime Minister Netanyahu's former mentor who has announced his bid for office.
• Russian Institutions Sanctioned for Allegedly Giving Nuclear Information and Technology
  to Iran
  Jerome talks to Todd Perry, an Arms Control specialist at the Union of Concerned Scientists who has visited Russian sites.
• International State of Disability Movements
  Edie Rubinowitz interviews Jim Charlton, author of Nothing about Us Without Us: Disability, Empowerment, and Oppression.

• Indonesia Update
  Host Jerome McDonnell speaks to Northwestern professor of Political Economy, Jeffrey Winters.
• Film Commentary
  This week Milos Stehlik of Facets Multimedia reviews a provocative film by new director Bruce Dumont set on the French/Belgium border.
• Iraq Update
  Jerome talks to activist Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness.

• U.S. Spies on Iraq/Arab World Split on
  Iraq's Call for Revolt
  Host Jerome McDonnell speaks with Rashid Khalidi, author of Palestinian Identity and director for International Studies at the University of Chicago.
• Iran: "Rogue" Officers may be behind the
  Killings of Dissidents
  Jerome has a conversation with Shual Bakash, professor at George Mason University.
• The Latest on Kosovo
  Charles Rudnick, assistant dean at the Chicago Kent School of Law and co-coordinator of Project Bosnia and Operation Kosovo, talks to Jerome.

• Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Trial and King Sihanouk Offers Himself Up for Prosecution
  Host Jerome McDonnell speaks to Ken Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.
• Small Arms Sales Around the World
  Jerome talks to Michael Klare, professor of Peace and World Securities Studies at Hampshire College, Massachusetts, board member of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and co-editor of the forthcoming Light Weapons and Civic Conflict, Confronting the Tools of Violence.
• Inside Europe
  Laura Comiteau reports on the problems surrounding the investigation of an Israeli airplane that went down in Amsterdam six years ago.

• Euro Launched
  Host Jerome McDonnell speaks with Richard Longworth, senior writer at the Chicago Tribune and author of The Global Squeeze.
• Cuba: Fidel Castro's 40th Anniversary &
  Cuba Celebrates Christmas
  Jerome speaks to Wayne Smith, visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University.
• Speech by Hungarian Entrepreneur/Philanthropist George Soros, Founder of the Open Society Institute