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2000 Audio On-Demand & Program Descriptions
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June 30, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

Globalization:
John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, authors of A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalization.

June 29, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

Life in Burma:
Julie Sell, author of Whispers at the Pagoda: Portraits of Modern Burma.

June 28, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

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

June 27, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

International Criminal Court Debate:
Excerpts from a recent conference, "Towards an International Criminal Court" (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.
Moderated by John Schmidt.

June 26, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission:
Martin Meredith, author of Coming to Terms: South Africa's Search for Truth.
Additional information is available at the official Truth and Reconciliation website.

June 23, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

Zimbabwe's Elections:
Brian Kagoro, attorney and spokesperson for the National Constitutional Assembly

French Exuberance and the Demise of Film:
This week in his regular film commentary, Facets Multimedia's Milos Stehlik describes the hazards of the latest partnership of digital technology and corporate expansion.
Japan's Elections:
Michael Green, Council on Foreign Relations, Olin Senior Fellow in Asian Security Studies at John Hopkins SAIS
Diplomatic Language: Rogue State V. State of Concern:
Call-Ins and WBEZ Staff Input
June 22, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

Israel Update:
Yossi Olmert

Sudan Makes a Bid for International Legitimacy:
Francis Deng, Senior Fellow at Brookings Institute
Caste Warfare and Politics in India:
Lloyd Rudolph, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
June 21, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

Indonesia Update:
Allan Nairn, journalist, contributor to the Nation

Supreme Court Burma Decision:
Doug Cassel, Northwestern University's Center for International Human Rights
U.S. Participation in UN Peacekeeping-Congo:
Nancy E. Soderberg, Alternate United States Representative for Special Political Affairs, represents the United States in the Security Council Ambassador Soderberg was in town today to speak with Chicago's United Nations Association
June 20, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

China-Taiwan Summit Prospects?
Shelly Rigger, Associate Professor of Political Science at Davidson College, author of Politics in Taiwan

Perspectives on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Against State's Right to Impose International Trade Restrictions:
Greg Costanias, National Foreign Trade Council
Simon Billiness, Coalition for Corporate Withdrawal from Burma, Senior Analyst at Franklin Reasearch and Development
Jack Goldsmith, Professor of Law at the University of Chicago
Fair Elections for Zimbabwe?
Peter Manikas, Senior Associate and Director of the Zimbabwe project for the National Democratic Institute
June 19, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

Ethiopia-Eritrea Cease-fire:
Dan Connell, author of Against All Odds: A Chronicle of the Eritrean Revolution.

NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) Review Conference:
Jayantha Dhanapala, Undersecretary General for Disarmament Affairs.
June 16, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

Putin in Germany:
Jackson Janes, Johns Hopkins University

Preserving a Multiethnic Tuzla:
Selim Beslagic, Mayor of Tuzla, Bosnia
"Lea":
Milos Stehlik
June 15, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

International News of the Week:
Russ Watson, Senior Editor, Newsweek Magazine.

International Women's Conferences at the UN:
Beijing plus Five and CEDAW (Convention to Eliminate All forms of Discrimination Against Women)
Angela King, Assistant Secretary-General and special advisor on gender issues at the United Nations.
Helms Critique of CEDAW:
Mark Theissen, Senator Jesse Helm's spokesman.
UN Response
June 14, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

North and South Korea Summit:
Bruce Cummings, professor at the University of Chicago.

June 13, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

Richard Butler, former director of UNSCOM, author of new book The Greatest Threat: Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Crisis of Global Security.

June 12, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

Death of Syrian President Hafez Assad:
Patrick Seale, Middle East International (in London)

Assad - Part Two:
Yossi Olmert, Senior Israeli Likud Official
Burundi/Rwanda/Congo:
Allison Deforges, Consultant for Human Rights Watch's Africa Division
WBEZ remembers friend and CNN journalist Judd Rose.
June 9, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

Nigeria:
Student Activist

Turkey and Greece
Doria Jones
Iranian films at Cannes:
Milos Stehlik
Russia:
Marshall Goldman
June 8, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

International News of the Week:
Russ Watson, Senior Editor, Newsweek Magazine

So Much Land, So Much Hope - Part 2:
The BBC’s Jan Rocha follows up on the grassroots efforts of the Brazilian Landless Movement to reclaim farmland for poor peasant communities in north-eastern Brazil.
June 7, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

Update on Japan and Korea:
Bruce Cummings, Professor at the University of Chicago.

Peru and the Organization of American States:
Doug Cassel
So Much Land, So Much Hope: Brazil's Landless People, Part 1:
The BBC’s Jan Rocha examines the grassroots efforts of Sem-Terra, the Brazilian Landless Movement, as it works to reclaim farmland for the poorest communities.
June 6, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

World Bank Sponsors Chad/Cameroon Pipeline:
Korrina Horta, Economist, Environmental Defense

The Brazilian Dream, Part 2:
The BBC's Jan Rocha unravels the Brazilian dream of modernity in the face of underdevelopment.
June 5, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

Clinton in Russia:
Paul Goble, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Scholars at Risk:
Robert Quinn, Director, Scholars at Risk Network at University of Chicago
The Brazilian Dream, Part 1:
The BBC's Jan Rocha examines the Brazilian dream of racial democracy.
June 2, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

Arms control
Jack Mendelsohn.

Beau Travail
Film contributor Milos Stehlik
Rresidential Race in Mexico
Journalist Frank Contreras
June 1, 2000
hosted by Jerome McDonnell

International News of the Week:
Russ Watson, Senior Editor, Newsweek Magazine

Scotland and the European Convention on Human Rights
Helen Ross, Radio Netherlands
Religious Freedom in Israel
Rabbi Uri Regev, director of the Israel Religious Action Center in Jerusalem

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