The World Beyond the Headlines Series - Additional Lectures
by The University of Chicago
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Description
The World Beyond the Headlines series is a collaborative project of the University of Chicago Center for International Studies, the International House Global Voices Program, the Seminary Co-op Bookstores and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and is funded in part by the McCormick Tribune Foundation. Its aim is to bring scholars and journalists together to consider major international issues and how they are covered in the media. Speakers at past World Beyond the Headlines events include former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, journalists William Langewiesche and James Fallows, economist Jeffrey Sachs, and South African AIDS activist Zackie Achmat.
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| 1 | VideoFood (In)Security: Why the 2012 Farm Bill Matters | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Ken Cook, president and co-founder of the Environmental Working Group, discusses the enormous challenges as Congress begins work to reauthorize the omnibus Farm Bill. He touches on issues such as protecting land and water, spending taxpayer dollars on environmental programs, improving the quality of food, and enhancing federal nutrition programs. | 5/15/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Food (In)Security: Why the 2012 Farm Bill Matters (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Ken Cook, president and co-founder of the Environmental Working Group, discusses the enormous challenges as Congress begins work to reauthorize the omnibus Farm Bill. He touches on issues such as protecting land and water, spending taxpayer dollars on environmental programs, improving the quality of food, and enhancing federal nutrition programs. | 5/15/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Iran, the West, and Israel: Moving Toward a Decision (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Uzi Rabi, professor at Tel Aviv University, discusses Iran's efforts toward regional hegemony and provides insight into the various scenarios the Israeli government is considering in response. | 4/20/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 4 | VideoIran, the West, and Israel: Moving Toward a Decision | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Uzi Rabi, professor at Tel Aviv University, discusses Iran's efforts toward regional hegemony and provides insight into the various scenarios the Israeli government is considering in response. | 4/18/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | VideoNo One's World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Charles Kupchan, professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University, predicts the 21st century will not belong to America, China, Asia, or anyone else. | 4/10/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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No One's World: The West, the Rising Rest, and the Coming Global Turn (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Charles Kupchan, professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University, predicts the 21st century will not belong to America, China, Asia, or anyone else. | 4/10/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | VideoHuman History and Its Geographic Routes | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Stewart Gordon, Senior Research Scholar of South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan, traces the evolution of human history along the geographic routes that traversed it. Gordon discusses the physical and mental aspects of some of the great routes of human history, which were conduits for ideas, religions, art, technology, magic, and cuisine. He uses mental mapping from the field of cognitive geography, network analysis, and the use of memoirs to humanize large-scale history. | 4/9/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | VideoThe Future of the Eurozone | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Austrian Consul General Thomas Schnöll assesses the effects of the monetary union's biggest monetary crisis since its 1999 formation and the future consequences of current debt crises. The outcome will determine the EU's role on the world stage. | 4/9/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | VideoClimate Change & International Negotiations | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Jonathan Pershing, the State Department's Special Envoy for Climate Change, discusses the progress made on international climate policy and prospects for future agreement. Since the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was established in 1994, efforts to secure international agreement on climate policy have gained increasing attention, but compromise has not been easy to achieve. | 3/5/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Climate Change & International Negotiations (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Jonathan Pershing, the State Department's Special Envoy for Climate Change, discusses the progress made on international climate policy and prospects for future agreement. Since the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was established in 1994, efforts to secure international agreement on climate policy have gained increasing attention, but compromise has not been easy to achieve. | 3/5/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | VideoHow South America Stopped Listening to the U.S. and Started Prospering | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Journalist Hal Weitzman discusses South America's independence from the U.S. and the region's economic future. Weitzman analyzes the questions: Will the U.S. continue losing influence in Latin America? Will China soon dominate the area both commercially and strategically? Can the U.S. do business with countries from Mexico to Argentina without interfering in their internal affairs? | 3/5/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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How South America Stopped Listening to the U.S. and Started Prospering (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Journalist Hal Weitzman discusses South America's independence from the U.S. and the region's economic future. Weitzman analyzes the questions: Will the U.S. continue losing influence in Latin America? Will China soon dominate the area both commercially and strategically? Can the U.S. do business with countries from Mexico to Argentina without interfering in their internal affairs? | 3/5/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | VideoA Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Human rights lawyer and diplomat David Scheffer provides new insights into the continuing struggle for international justice. His book "All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals" details the international gamble to prosecute those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. | 3/5/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Human rights lawyer and diplomat David Scheffer provides new insights into the continuing struggle for international justice. His book "All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals" details the international gamble to prosecute those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. | 3/5/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Pirate State: Inside Somalia's Terrorism at Sea (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Journalist Peter Eichstaedt explores the links between the pirates, global financiers, and extremists who control southern Somalia and whose influence extends well beyond the country's borders. Eichstaedt attempts to answer the questions: Are the Somali pirates a legion of desperate fisherman attacking cargo ships and ocean cruisers to reclaim their waters? Is piracy connected to crime networks and the madness that grips Somalia? What threats do pirates pose to international security? | 3/5/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 16 | VideoThe Arabs and the Holocaust | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Gilbert Achcar, professor and political scientist at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, discusses the conflicting narratives of Arabs and the Holocaust and considers their role in today's Middle East dispute. Achcar analyzes Arab responses to Nazism and challenges distortions of the historical record, while making no concessions to anti-Semitism or Holocaust denial. | 3/2/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Arabs and the Holocaust (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Gilbert Achcar, professor and political scientist at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, discusses the conflicting narratives of Arabs and the Holocaust and considers their role in today's Middle East dispute. Achcar analyzes Arab responses to Nazism and challenges distortions of the historical record, while making no concessions to anti-Semitism or Holocaust denial. | 3/2/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 18 | VideoPirate State: Inside Somalia's Terrorism at Sea | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Journalist Peter Eichstaedt explores the links between the pirates, global financiers, and extremists who control southern Somalia and whose influence extends well beyond the country's borders. Eichstaedt attempts to answer the questions: Are the Somali pirates a legion of desperate fisherman attacking cargo ships and ocean cruisers to reclaim their waters? Is piracy connected to crime networks and the madness that grips Somalia? What threats do pirates pose to international security? | 3/2/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 19 | VideoWhy Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International Politics | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. John Mearsheimer, professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, provides the first systematic analysis of lying as a tool of statecraft. He identifies the varieties, reasons, and potential costs and benefits, arguing that leaders often lie for good strategic reasons, while distinguishing between lying to another state and lying to one's own people. | 3/1/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International Politics (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. John Mearsheimer, professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, provides the first systematic analysis of lying as a tool of statecraft. He identifies the varieties, reasons, and potential costs and benefits, arguing that leaders often lie for good strategic reasons, while distinguishing between lying to another state and lying to one's own people. | 3/1/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 21 | VideoWhat Is Red in Hungary's Red Sludge Disaster? | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Sociologist Zsuzsa Gille places the October 4, 2010 toxic spill in Hungary and political reactions to it in context of the country's post-socialist transition and the rise of a peculiar right wing party that is implementing an anti-neoliberal agenda. She describes how locals make sense of the tragedy, include their views on the toxins in the reservoir, on victims, and on local politics. | 3/1/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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What Is Red in Hungary's Red Sludge Disaster? (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Sociologist Zsuzsa Gille places the October 4, 2010 toxic spill in Hungary and political reactions to it in context of the country's post-socialist transition and the rise of a peculiar right wing party that is implementing an anti-neoliberal agenda. She describes how locals make sense of the tragedy, include their views on the toxins in the reservoir, on victims, and on local politics. | 3/1/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 23 | VideoIslamist Movements in South Asia | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Journalist Ahmed Rashid and professor Ebrahim Moosa discuss the often overlooked social and political context of Islamist movements in South Asia. Rashid examines recent political developments in the Middle East, while Moosa explores the South Asian madrasa (Islamic seminaries) and considers how this educational institution shapes social and political life in the region. | 3/1/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Islamist Movements in South Asia (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Journalist Ahmed Rashid and professor Ebrahim Moosa discuss the often overlooked social and political context of Islamist movements in South Asia. Rashid examines recent political developments in the Middle East, while Moosa explores the South Asian madrasa (Islamic seminaries) and considers how this educational institution shapes social and political life in the region. | 3/1/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 25 | VideoLessons from the Gulf: America's Energy Future & the Health of the Marine Environment | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Marine wildlife experts discuss 2010's Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the importance of the Gulf of Mexico in the US energy economy. Also addressed are the impacts of oil on marine ecosystems, the costs of the spill on the regional economy, and the risks associated with oil drilling in the US. | 2/29/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Lessons from the Gulf: America's Energy Future & the Health of the Marine Environment (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Marine wildlife experts discuss 2010's Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the importance of the Gulf of Mexico in the US energy economy. Also addressed are the impacts of oil on marine ecosystems, the costs of the spill on the regional economy, and the risks associated with oil drilling in the US. | 2/29/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 27 | VideoVenezuela's Bloodless Uprising and Reorganization | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Carlos Martinez, co-author of "Venezuela Speaks!" and program director for Global Exchange in Venezuela, explains how the stories in "Venezuela Speaks!" offer a different perspective than that of the mainstream media, which has focused mainly on the country's controversial president, Hugo Chávez. For the last decade, Venezuela's "Bolivarian Revolution" has captured international attention. Poverty, inequality, and unemployment have all dropped, while health, education, and living standards have seen a commensurate rise. "Venezuela Speaks!" is the real, bottom-up account of the country's bloodless uprising and reorganization. | 2/29/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Venezuela's Bloodless Uprising and Reorganization (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Carlos Martinez, co-author of "Venezuela Speaks!" and program director for Global Exchange in Venezuela, explains how the stories in "Venezuela Speaks!" offer a different perspective than that of the mainstream media, which has focused mainly on the country's controversial president, Hugo Chávez. For the last decade, Venezuela's "Bolivarian Revolution" has captured international attention. Poverty, inequality, and unemployment have all dropped, while health, education, and living standards have seen a commensurate rise. "Venezuela Speaks!" is the real, bottom-up account of the country's bloodless uprising and reorganization. | 2/29/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Future of the South African Dream: Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, and the South African Elections (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. | 11/22/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 30 | VideoThe Future of the South African Dream: Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, and the South African Elections | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. | 11/22/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Flood Disaster in Pakistan: Socio-economic Consequences and Potential Geopolitical Ramifications (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. As much as one fifth of Pakistans total land area was underwater due to the floods in July of this year. Over twenty million have been injured or displaced. As the effects of flooding on the region's infrastructure and food supply continue to be measured, Imtiaz Gul will address the longer term political and social consequences. Imtiaz Gul is Executive Director of the Centre for Research and Security Studies in Islamabad. He is the author of three books on the ongoing security concerns in South Asia: The Unholy Nexus, The Al-Qaeda Connection, and The Most Dangerous Place. Cosponsored by the South Asia Language and Area Center and the Committee on Southern Asian Studies and the Chicago Booth Pakistan Club with support from the American Institute of Pakistan Studies. | 10/18/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 32 | VideoThe Flood Disaster in Pakistan: Socio-economic Consequences and Potential Geopolitical Ramifications | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. As much as one fifth of Pakistans total land area was underwater due to the floods in July of this year. Over twenty million have been injured or displaced. As the effects of flooding on the region's infrastructure and food supply continue to be measured, Imtiaz Gul will address the longer term political and social consequences. Imtiaz Gul is Executive Director of the Centre for Research and Security Studies in Islamabad. He is the author of three books on the ongoing security concerns in South Asia: The Unholy Nexus, The Al-Qaeda Connection, and The Most Dangerous Place. Cosponsored by the South Asia Language and Area Center and the Committee on Southern Asian Studies and the Chicago Booth Pakistan Club with support from the American Institute of Pakistan Studies. | 10/18/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 33 | VideoOpening Roundtable with the Consuls General of the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, and Poland | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. | 1/28/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 34 | VideoHamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight over Presidential Power | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. | 1/28/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight over Presidential Power (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. | 1/28/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Opening Roundtable with the Consuls General of the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, and Poland (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. | 1/27/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. As fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil, coal, and natural gas, at a pace and on a scale we could not have imagined even a year ago. For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, we have begun investing in energy sources that can last forever. Plan B 4.0 explores both the nature of this transition to a new energy economy and how it will affect our daily lives.Lester R. Brown is founder and President of Earth Policy Institute. He is considered a pioneer of the concept of environmentally sustainable development. His books have been published in more than forty languages. He has been honored with numerous prizes, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the United Nations Environment Prize, and Japan's Blue Planet Prize.Cosponsored by the Program on the Global Environment. | 1/27/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Tropicality, Tropicalism: Forest Resurgence and the Politics of Latin American Conservation (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Susanna Hecht, Professor of Urban Planning at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, delivers a lecture entitled,"Tropicality, Tropicalism: Forest Resurgence and the Politics of Latin American Conservation" | 1/27/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 39 | VideoTropicality, Tropicalism: Forest Resurgence and the Politics of Latin American Conservation | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Susanna Hecht, Professor of Urban Planning at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, delivers a lecture entitled,"Tropicality, Tropicalism: Forest Resurgence and the Politics of Latin American Conservation" | 1/27/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 40 | VideoPlan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. As fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil, coal, and natural gas, at a pace and on a scale we could not have imagined even a year ago. For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, we have begun investing in energy sources that can last forever. Plan B 4.0 explores both the nature of this transition to a new energy economy and how it will affect our daily lives.Lester R. Brown is founder and President of Earth Policy Institute. He is considered a pioneer of the concept of environmentally sustainable development. His books have been published in more than forty languages. He has been honored with numerous prizes, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the United Nations Environment Prize, and Japan's Blue Planet Prize.Cosponsored by the Program on the Global Environment. | 1/27/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 41 | VideoThe Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday reveals a cross-section of unsung, dynamic men and women pioneering political and social change. There is the Kuwaiti sex therapist in a leather suit with matching red headscarf, and the Syrian engineer advocating a less political interpretation of the Koran. MacFarquhar interacts with Arabs and Iranians in their every day lives, removed from the violence we see constantly, yet wrestling with the region's future.Neil MacFarquhar has been the United Nations bureau chief of The New York Times since June 2008. From November 2006 to May 2008, he was a Times national correspondent, based in San Francisco. He was the Middle East correspondent for the paper, based in Cairo, from 2001 until 2006. | 1/11/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday (audio) | If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday reveals a cross-section of unsung, dynamic men and women pioneering political and social change. There is the Kuwaiti sex therapist in a leather suit with matching red headscarf, and the Syrian engineer advocating a less political interpretation of the Koran. MacFarquhar interacts with Arabs and Iranians in their every day lives, removed from the violence we see constantly, yet wrestling with the region's future.Neil MacFarquhar has been the United Nations bureau chief of The New York Times since June 2008. From November 2006 to May 2008, he was a Times national correspondent, based in San Francisco. He was the Middle East correspondent for the paper, based in Cairo, from 2001 until 2006. | 1/11/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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