Reidar Visser on Iraq's Fledgling Democracy, Iranian Influence and Regional Implications
Visser talks from Norway about what led the U.S. democratization project in Iraq to fail, and how Iraq is NOT a model for activists in the current pro-democracy movements in the Middle East.Support th...
15 Mar 201124min
Laila El-Haddad - The Earth is Closing in on Us
Laila El-Haddad reads an excerpt from her book, Gaza Mom, during an event at Westmont College. Full video of the event can be seen at http://bit.ly/dPjK7D Support the show
14 Feb 20112min
Amb. Chas Freeman on the rise of China and US Hegemeny
Excerpt from a discussion between Ambassador Chas W. Freeman Jr. and Steve Clemons at a New America Foundation event. Freeman discusses what the rise of China as an economic and military power means ...
26 Jan 20118min
Amb. Chas Freeman Jr. - The US is no Longer Qualified to Broker Mideast Peace
In a discussion with the New America Foundation's Steve Clemons, Ambassador Chas W. Freeman Jr. argues that the US is no longer a qualified broker of peace between Israel and the Palestinians and that...
26 Jan 20115min
Reidar Visser on Iraq's Power Sharing Government
In a discussion at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC, Reidar Visser speaks about the 2010 national elections and criticizes the US approach to Iraqi governance and the risk of sectarian imba...
7 Des 20106min
Amb. Chas Freeman Jr: Failed Interventions and What They Teach
Remarks by Chas W. Freeman Jr. to the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations on October 21, 2010. Transcript: http://bit.ly/8ZVVrPSupport the show
22 Okt 201039min
JWB author Josh Foust discusses the war in Afghanistan and his upcoming book "Afghanistan Journal" with Helena Cobban
JWB author and Registan.net blogger Josh Foust discusses the Obama Administration's leadership of the war in Afghanistan, the resignation of National Security Advisor General Jim Jones and the impact ...
11 Okt 201022min
'Gaza Mom' author Laila el-Haddad on Uprising radio program
Just World Books author Laila El-Haddad describes why people in Gaza feel left out of the current round of U.S. peace diplomacy amidst continued Israeli attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank and Ga...
30 Sep 201017min
