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September 24^th 2009: Leon Sigal on U.S.-North Korea Relations
At a time when North Korea was in the news because of Bill Clinton's dramatic visit to Pyongyang--the first high-level U.S. contact with North Korea in nearly a decade--SSRC communications intern Hannah Hammel spoke with SSRC program director Leon Sigal about the strategy he favors for normalizing relations with the so-called "axis of evil" power, Kim Jong-il's likely succession plan, and his current assessment of the food situation in that country.
May 27^th 2009: Visit photojournalist Kael Alford's audio slideshow, "Windows on Iraq," created for an SSRC-funded program
After engaging in a series of SSRC-funded conversations at Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies, photojournalist Kael Alford created an audio slide show of some of the photos she took during the U.S.-led invasion of that country. Alford's work is one of several resources the Center has made available to journalists and the wider public.
February 6^th 2009: Gilles Kepel on What Obama's Priorities Should Be for the Middle East
In conversation with Mary-Lea Cox, French scholar and Middle East expert Gilles Kepel paints the big picture of the challenges President Obama faces in the Middle East.
January 21^st 2009: Social Scientists on the Obama Era
On the occasion of the inauguration of America’s first African American president, leading social scientists reflect on the challenges President Obama faces, and on what their disciplines, and social science knowledge, can offer.
January 11^th 2009: In Gaza, No End in Sight
The Israeli political sociologist talks about Israel's "unilateral ceasefire" in Gaza, how the conflict there typifies modern warfare, and how skewed he finds American media coverage.; All news items related to U.S. Foreign Policy