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June 29, 2001 |
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Perspectives on the
changing face of Japan on the eve of the Bush-Koizumi summit |
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Koizumi Effect Blinds
Public Opinion
Kyoko Yamaguchi, independent journalist living in Tokyo |
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Japan's 'Furitas': A
New (Socio-Economic) Class of Non-Conformist Nomads?
Grace Ho, Graduate Student at the University of Chicago |
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Life on the Thai-Burma
Border
Gary Dahl, American Refugee Committee’s (ARC) country director
for Thailand and representative for Southeast Asia, directed ARC's
West Timor program until it evacuated due to security problems |
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June 28, 2001 |
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Reconstructing Nationalist
Pasts
Erna Paris, author of Long Shadows: Truth, Lies and History |
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June 27, 2001 |
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Eastward to Tartary:
Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
Robert Kaplan, correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, author of
the above book as well as the bestseller Balkan Ghosts, and
The Coming Anarchy |
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June 26, 2001 |
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Confronting Bombay's
Slums
Sheela Patel, founder of Society for Promotion of Area Resource
Center (SPARC) and Mahila Milan (Women Together), long time activist
for social justice in slums in Bombay and worldwide |
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June 25, 2001 |
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The Ingenuity Gap: How
Will We Solve
the Problems of the Future?
Thomas Homer-Dixon, director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program
and associate professor in the department of political science at
the University of Toronto, author of above book and Environment,
Scarcity and Violence |
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June 22, 2001 |
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Macedonia: Response
of International Community
to Worsening Situation
Richard Longworth, Senior writer at the Chicago Tribune |
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Global Persecution Based
on Sexual Identity
Adam Ortiz, Amnesty International's Midwest Region Deputy Director.
You can find the report on the Amnesty International USA website:
www.amnestyusa.org |
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UN Holds First Special
Session on HIV/AIDS
Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director of UNIFEM and Saving Women's
Lives Spokesperson For more info on the role of women in fighting
HIV/AIDS, visit www.unifem.undp.org |
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June 21, 2001 |
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Troubled Macedonia Peace
Process
Eran Fraenkel, Executive Director of the Search for Common Ground
in Macedonia |
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Empowering Women in
Ugandan Politics
Kitty Kurth and Kevin Lampe, Directors of Kurth-Lampe--public relations
and political consulting group |
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Garden Tour in Chicago
Suburbs
Benefits Rwandan Women
Vicky Wauterlek, founder of Hands of Hope
www.handsofhopeonline.org |
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June 20, 2001 |
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Bush Administration
Shifts North Korea Strategy
Donald Gregg, President and Chair of the Board of the Korea Society
www.koreasociety.org |
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Crossing Borders in
Cyprus
Tabitha Morgan, Radio Deutsche Welle |
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Ariel Dorfman's Take
on Globalization
Ariel Dorfman, playwright, novelist, human rights activist, professor
at Duke University. His new novel is Blake's Therapy |
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June 19, 2001 |
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Report Claims Iraq is
in the Market for Weapons
Kelly Motz, Project Researcher and co-author of report by the
Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control in Washington |
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Catching up with Emmanuel
Constant: Haitian war criminal living in New York
David Grann, writer for The Atlantic Monthly, his article "Giving
'The Devil' His Due" appears in The Atlantic Monthly's June
issue. |
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Kenyan case forces British
military clean up
Stephen Beard, Radio Deutsche Welle |
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June 18, 2001
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Is Henry Kissenger a
War Criminal?
Doug Cassel, Worldview human rights commentator, Northwestern University's
Center for International Human Rights
Christopher Hitchens, writer, author of The Trial of Henry Kissenger,
columnist for Vanity Fair and The Nation, Professor
of Liberal Studies at the New School in New York |
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June 15, 2001
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Perspectives on Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict |
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David Ivry, Ambassador of Israel to the
United States
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Farouk Kaddoumi, Foreign Minister
for the Palestinian Authority
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June 14, 2001
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International News of
the Week
Russ Watson, Senior Editor, Newsweek Magazine |
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Turkey’s Opposition
to the European Strategic Defense Initiative
Dorian Jones, Radio Deutsche Welle |
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Bush Meets Putin
Steven Solnick, Professor of Political Science at Columbia University |
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Xenophobia Surge in
Ireland?
Laura Haydon, Radio Deutsche Welle |
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June 13, 2001
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Macedonia Conflict Update/
Bulgarian Election Preview
John Lampe, Professor of History at the University of Maryland |
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European Perspectives
on American Death Penalty
Megan Williams, Radio Deutsche Welle |
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The Federal Death Penalty
Case of Juan Raul Garza
Doug Cassel, Northwestern University's Center for International
Human Rights |
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The Art and Politics
of Arnost Lustig
Milos Stehlik, Worldview film commentator, talks with Czech writer
Arnost Lustig |
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June 12, 2001
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Going to Jail for Your
Cause:
School of the Americas Watch
David Corcoran, Chaplain at Loyola University Medical Center, arrested
at a protest of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
(formerly named the School of the Americas) at Fort Benning, GA,
about to serve a 6 month prison term |
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Perspectives of Prisoners
of Conscience: Burmese pro-democracy movement
James Mawdsley, British human rights activist, was sentenced to
17 years in jail last year for distributing pro-democracy leaflets
in Burma, spent 415 days in solitary confinement before international
intervention resulted in his release |
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June 11, 2001
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Iran: Khatami Sweeps
Presidential Elections
Ahmed Sadri, Professor of Sociology at Lake Forest College |
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Dealing with the UN
Commission on Human Rights
David Weissbrodt, professor of law at the University of Minnesota
and an expert on international human rights law, member of the UN
Subcommission on Human Rights |
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June 8, 2001
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Argentina: Former
President Carlos Menem arrested over arms sales scandal
Edward Gibson, Northwestern University |
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Colombia: Deconstructing
the ELN
Gabriel Izquierdo, Colombian Jesuit priest, member of the Facilitation
Commission for the talks between the National Liberation Army (ELN)
and the Colombian government, the National Peace Council, and the
Permanent Assembly for Peace, author of the book Prophets, Land
and Capitalism |
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The Surreal World of
Jan Svankmajer
Czech animator and filmmaker Jan Svankmajer has made some of the
most unusual films you may ever see. Milos Stehlik examines the
unique realm which Svankmajer shares with his viewers |
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June 7, 2001
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International News of
the Week
Russ Watson, Senior Editor, Newsweek Magazine |
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Giving Away Money for
Global Health, Education, and Security Issues
Tim Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation and the Better
World Fund |
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UN Foundation website
Chicago
United Nations Association |
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June 6, 2001
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Mideast: International
Law and Terrorism
Doug Cassel, Northwestern University's Center for International
Human Rights |
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Four Perspectives on
Bush's Strategic Policy in East Asia |
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James
Lilly, Director of Asian Studies at the American Enterprise
Institute |
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Chalmers
Johnson, President of the Japan Policy Research Institute,
author of Blowback |
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David
Shambaugh, Director of the China Policy Program, and
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George
Washington University, non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings
Institute |
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Shelly
Rigger, Associate Professor of Political Science at Davidson
College, author of Politics in Taiwan |
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June 5, 2001
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Israeli-Palestinian
Stand-off |
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Perspective One:
Hassan Abdul Rahkman, Palestinian Authority representative to Washington
DC |
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Perspective Two:
Tzipora Rimon, Consul General of Israel to the Midwest |
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Nepal: Putting the Royal
Tradgedy into Context
David Gellner, Brunel University, author of Nationalism and Ethnicity
in a Hindu Kingdom: The Politics of Culture in Contemporary Nepal
Frank Hutchins, former tutor of deceased king |
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Missile Defense
Kevin Martin, Director of Project Abolition for the Ford Freedom
Forum |
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June 4, 2001
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Peru Elects Alejandro
Toledo as President
Coletta Youngers, Senior Associate for the Washington Office on
Latin America |
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China's Bid for the
2008 Olympics:
Multiple Perspective Mix-master |
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Introduction:
Jerome McDonell discusses China's recent human rights record, and
reads from the recent IOC report on China's bid for the Olympics
More information is available at Olympic.org |
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David
Shambaugh, Director of the China Policy Program, and
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George
Washington University, Non resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings
Institute |
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Matt
Gobush (press secretary for Rep. Tom Lantos - sponsor
of House Resolution #73 - expressing the sense of Congress that
2008 Olympics should not be held in China) |
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James
Lilly, Director of Asian Studies at the American Enterprise
Institute |
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Chalmers
Johnson, President of the Japan Policy Research Institute,
author of Blowback |
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Robert
Bernstein, co-chairman of Human Rights in China |
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Shelly
Rigger, Associate Professor of Political Science at Davidson
College, author of Politics in Taiwan |
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June 1, 2001
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Indonesia's Leadership Debacle
Jeffrey Winters, Professor of Political Economy at Northwestern
University, live from Jakarta
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World
of Entertainment "News"
Facets Multimedia's Milos Stehlik shares his observations on the
place where cinema and reality meet. |
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South
Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission Nears End
Martin Meredith, author of Coming to Terms: South Africa's Search
for Truth |
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