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- Deciphering the Middle East and Trump's National Security Stategy, with Asha Castleberry
01/10/2018
Asha Castleberry, Fordham professor and U.S. Army veteran, describes her "mixed reaction" to Trump's National Security Strategy--touching on China and Russia, cybersecurity, and climate change--and what effect it will actually have on the military's operations. Plus, she details an increasingly complicated Middle East, with the Saudi crown prince on a warpath and a dangerous transitional period in Syria and Iraq after major victories against ISIS.
01/10/18 - Waleed Alhariri on the U.S. Covert Use of Lethal Force, and the Crisis in Yemen
06/21/2017
Waleed Alhariri of the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies discusses the Center's new report on U.S. covert attacks against al Qaeda and other radical groups in Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen. He then focuses on Yemen, a nation suffering from internal conflict, intervention by a Saudi-led coalition, and a cholera epidemic. Humanitarian assistance is sorely needed, says Alhariri and explains what the general public can do to help.
06/21/17 - Foreign Fighters, Homegrown Terrorism, and the Prevention of Violent Extremism
12/12/2016
What are the driving forces behind the increase in homegrown terrorism and what can be done to stop it? Ali Soufan and Seamus Hughes, veterans in preventing violent extremism, explain the complexities and challenges of this global threat.
12/12/16 - What Went Wrong in the Arab Spring?
02/15/2016
In the early days of the Arab Spring, non-violent civil resistance helped topple authoritarian governments in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen. Yet these apparent triumphs were followed by disasters. What went wrong? Was the problem rooted in the popular movements themselves, or in their societies? And what's the best way forward now?
02/15/16 - Iraqi Unity & the Fight Against ISIL with U.S. Army Veteran Asha Castleberry
07/16/2015
"The most important thing right now is that the Iraqis have to defeat ISIL, and in order to do that, they have to achieve national unity," says Castleberry, who recently returned from the Middle East. She also discusses the roles of Egypt, Jordan, and the Gulf Cooperation Council in this important and complex mission.
07/16/15 - Innocents Abroad? Liberal Educators in Illiberal Societies
06/15/2015
Is anything in liberal education nonnegotiable? With numerous expansions abroad, American universities are testing these limits.
06/15/15 - Forced Evictions Defeat the Spirit of Big Sporting Events
03/19/2014
The evicted residents of Rio demand to be included in the benefits and the legacies of big tournaments like the World Cup and Olympics.
03/19/14 - The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East
06/10/2013
While domestic injustices and the information revolution were key factors, Dr. Telhami argues it's impossible to understand the Arab uprisings without also referring to foreign policy. "The dignity that they sought to restore in these uprisings was not only about their relationship with the rulers, but was about their relationship with the rest of the world."
06/10/13 - Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad
10/23/2012
David W. Lesch has traveled to Syria repeatedly since 1989 and met President Bashar al-Assad several times in the mid-2000s. He discusses the conflict in the influential Middle Eastern nation, why an American intervention is a dangerous idea, and why Assad has cracked down so absolutely.
10/23/12 - Syria and the Arab Spring: Unintended Consequences?
08/30/2012
It is easy to seek to add Assad to the list of toppled despots, from Tunisia to Egypt to Yemen to Libya. But it would be advisable to take a cautionary look at some recent developments, both directly linked to the crisis in Syria, and/or fallout from the earlier regime changes in the Arab world.
08/30/12 - Principle vs. Practicality: A Closer Look at the Ethics of Climate Change Adaptation Finance
06/01/2012
Mixing the principles of causality, vulnerability, and ability to pay into the negotiations over climate change adaptation is unnecessarily complicated. There are moral and political reasons to opt for a simpler approach.
06/01/12 - Innovating Sovereign Wealth Funds
02/17/2011
As we struggle to tackle financial and ecological sustainability, sovereign wealth funds such as in Alaska deserve far greater attention for positive adoption.
02/17/11 - The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World
05/11/2010
Ben Wildavsky shows how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education, and why this revolution should be welcomed, not feared.
05/11/10 - Freedom of the Press in the Arab World: Al Jazeera's Contribution
03/10/2010
Al Jazeera correspondent Khaled Dawoud reviews the history behind Al Jazeera and discusses some of the issues he has confronted regarding the channel and its coverage of events in the Middle East.
03/10/10