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There may be no other actor on the world’s stage whose life has been as heavily documented as Muhammad Ali's. Yet for all the ways the legendary athlete and humanitarian’s life has been scrutinized and celebrated, few have attempted to tell the story of what he valued most: his spiritual evolution.
From America Abroad Media, The Muhammad Ali Center, and PRX, “The Universal Title” is a one hour radio special special on Muhammad Ali’s spiritual journey from Christianity to Islam — And what really made him ‘The Greatest.’ Hosted by Preacher Moss. Please check https://www.theuniversaltitle.com/ for more information about the show.
There's a vast media landscape in the Middle East - and religious extremists have unfortunately leveraged the power and reach of this media to spread an ideology of intolerance. But in the past few years, new broadcasters have taken up the fight, using their bully pulpit to fight back. This month on America Abroad, we learn about how the issue of religion is handled in the media throughout the Middle East. We hear about moderate religious clerics who are finding new ways to speak to young people, and how some liberal media personalities are finding creative new ways to broadcast programs that advance themes of pluralism and openness.
In this episode we’re looking to answer the big question of whether or not the country is safer than before 9/11. There hasn’t been a big terrorist attack on our soil since then, ISIS has lost almost all its territory in Iraq and Syria, Bin Laden is dead, and yet there are still thousands of extremist fighters out there and their ideology persists in attracting new recruits.
To get a sense of what was proposed and how far we’ve come, we’ll hear from both a Commissioner of the 9/11 Commission as well as it’s director.
We’re focusing on the efforts made by the Obama and Bush administrations. We ask top officials from those State Departments what they did to counteract extremist ideology - where they succeeded and where they failed. And we’ll go to Lebanon where the U.S. is funding a local anti-terrorist organization, and making an impact one individual at a time.
Experts on this episode:
Daniel Benjamin: Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College. Former Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. State Department.
Rukmini Callamachi: Reporter, New York Times and Host of podcast Caliphate.
Nicholas J Cull: Professor and Director, Master of Public Diplomacy program at USC Annenberg School for Communiation and Journalism.
Osama Gharizi: Regional Program Manager, Middle East at United States Institute of Peace.
James Glassman: Former Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, US State Department. Former Chairman, Broadcasting Board of Governors.
Stephen Hadley: Chair Board of Directors, United States Insitute of Peace. Former National Security Advisor under George W. Bush.
Lee Hamilton: Former Member of US House of Representatives (D-OH). Former Vice-chair, 9/11 Commission.
Tara Sonenshine: Former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs under Barack Obama. Senior Career Coach, George Washington University's Elliot School of Interiontaional Affairs.
Phillip Zelikow, Former Executive Director of 9/11 Commission. J. Wilson Newman Professor of Governance and Professor of History at the University of Virginia,
In May, Iraqis went to the polls to elect a new national parliament. It was the first election since the defeat of ISIS in Iraq. And in a surprise turn, a coalition led by controversial cleric Muqtada al-Sadr—a staunch opponent of both U.S. and Iranian influence in Iraq—won the most seats.
How will this shape the next phase of Iraqi politics? And what will this mean for the US?
We explored these questions in our town hall discussion at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC.
Featuring Ken Pollack (American Enterprise Institute), Denise Natali (National Defense University), and Sarhang Hamasaeed (USIP).
Revelations of Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election were a shock to Americans. But it wasn't quite as surprising to people in former Soviet states and the EU.
For years they've been exposed to Russian disinformation and slanted state media; before that Soviet propaganda filtered into the mainstream. We don't know how effective Russian information warfare was in swaying the US election. But we do know these tactics have roots going back decades and will most likely be used for years to come.
This hour, we’ll hear stories of Russian disinformation and attempts to sow chaos in Europe and the United States.
We’ll learn how Russia uses its state-run media to give a platform to conspiracy theorists and how it invites viewers to doubt the accuracy of other news outlets.
And we’ll look at the evolution of internet trolling from individuals to large troll farms.
And — finally — what can be done to counter all this?
This hour: why some states become fragile; how it affects the people who live there; and the US approach to getting fragile states back on their feet. We’ll focus on the conflict in Syria - the site of one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent memory. What is the US doing right and where is our foreign policy falling short? Finally, we’ll look what happens when the US and other democracies ignore fragile states and leave the rebuilding to authoritarian regimes like China.
Much of the program is a town hall discussion we held on March 19, 2018.
While Europe was in the Dark Ages, scientific discovery was blooming in the Islamic World. Now, centuries after being eclipsed by the West, some Muslim countries are making new investments in space exploration.
Massive document leaks have led to the fall of world leaders and to new anti-corruption laws. But some leaks have put lives in danger. So is there a limit to the public’s right to know?
Never before has the threat of a nuclear missile from North Korea been more pressing. “Even in a conventional conflict, within the first few days you would have anywhere from 30,000 to 300,000 deaths," said North Korea expert Frank Aum. "Obviously, those numbers go up exponentially when you have a nuclear weapon involved.”
Meanwhile, the Trump administration has sent mixed signals about the potential for detente. President Trump used his November visit to Asia to reinforce a policy of “maximum pressure” against the North Korean government. But he also hinted at the possibility of a diplomatic off-ramp in the dispute over North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons development.
North Korea and the United States have offered signals of openness to diplomacy. But how real is that possibility?
Leading experts on North Korea and nuclear proliferation gathered at the United States Institute of Peace for a town hall discussion, moderated by Todd Zwillich, host of The Takeaway.
Panelists:
Frank Aum - Senior expert on North Korea at USIP and former senior advisor on North Korea at the office of the Secretary of Defense
Jean Lee - Global fellow at the Wilson Center and former chief of the Associated Press Pyongyang bureau
Anthony Ruggiero - Senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and former government expert on sanctions and nuclear proliferation
Glyn Ford - Former European Parliament member and author of North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival
This hour, we'll talk about why trade was one of the biggest issues that got Donald Trump elected. What Americans stand to gain - and lose - by pulling out of trade deals. And what really happened to American manufacturing jobs. We’ll also see how the rest of the world is preparing for a massive shift in US policy, from a microbrewery in Tijuana to a medical manufacturer in Berlin.
Islam has century old laws on medicine and the treatment of patients but it lags behind Judaism and Christianity in terms of engaging in modern day bioethical discussions. On this episode we examine how Muslims approach bioethical dilemmas in Muslim majority countries as well the West. We’ll learn why some transgender Muslims are traveling to Bangkok for gender reassignment surgery. And why a Muslim chaplain advised a patient to end his own life support. Plus, how Muslim clerics work with doctors to decide cases involving in vitro fertilization, stem cell therapy, and abortion.
It’s been almost two years since 195 countries signed a historic climate change agreement in Paris. And last spring, President Trump announced his intention to pull the US out of the agreement. Meanwhile, all the other signatories have reaffirmed their commitment to clean energy policy. We'll explore how various countries are tackling the issue of climate change — from China and India to the Arctic and North Africa. And we'll discuss whether countries can reduce their emissions without damaging their economies and what the US pullout means for the world.
Filipino President Duterte’s war on drugs has killed over 7,000 people. But not only has the White House failed to condemn Duterte's tactics; President Trump praised them. This hour: stories about the drug war; the history of US-Philippine relations; a Philippine city besieged by ISIS; and Duterte’s overtures to China. And we’ll talk about how the US can manage this delicate situation moving forward.
Since 9/11 the United States military has been aggressively fighting terrorism all over the world, increasingly using the most elite units.
Unlike most conventional forces, special operations soldiers are given plenty of freedom to solve complex problems out in the field. They’ve had enormous success — and yet there’s no end to wars in the Middle East.
On this program, we’ll hear the stories behind special ops. We’ll explore their history and how their mission has changed since 9/11. We’ll hear from Adm. William McRaven, who oversaw the raid that took out Osama Bin Laden. And we’ll also talk about what it takes to be successful on a special ops mission and under what circumstances the President should deploy these elite units.
Much of President Trump’s populist support comes from people who are deeply worried about globalization and immigration. But Trump’s pro-border wall, anti-NAFTA stance has strained US- Mexico relations. Can the two nations find common ground and work past the rhetoric? Join us for a lively town hall discussion linking experts and audiences in Washington, DC and Mexico City.
On this edition of America Abroad, we’ll circle the globe to see how various countries are tackling the issue of climate change since the historic Paris climate agreement. We check in on two of the world’s top carbon producers China and India. Both countries are committed to decreasing their carbon footprints but with different approaches. China is emphasizing innovation while India is focused on subsidizing the green energy market. And we visit two places where global warming is most dramatic, the Arctic and the North Africa. We learn about the limits the Canadian government has had in enacting national laws in the the face of strong opposition from industry and how the Moroccan monarchy is betting big on emerging green technology as a means to bolster its energy security. Finally we assess the US approach to climate change and why the military and others are calling for the Trump Administration to stay in the Paris Agreement.
As the Trump administration begins ironing out its strategy in the Middle East, America Abroad examines what may lie ahead in regards to Israel, Syria, Iran, and the fight against ISIS.
President Trump's declarations on Asia have caused much uncertainty in the region. To better understand the hopes, fears, and concerns on both sides of the Pacific, America Abroad convened a bi-national town hall bringing together audiences and experts in both Honolulu and Tokyo. The discussion touches on topics like military alliances, trade deals, and an unstable North Korea.
This month on America Abroad, we'll look at at the post-election state of the US relationship with Russia. We'll explore the cyber warfare and the security strategies on both sides; We'll discuss Russia's relationship with NATO and its interests in the Baltics; And we'll hear how people in Russia view the US, Putin, and their country's long economic recession.
This hour on America Abroad, we look at the response to Zika and see how the US is combating the virus. We also discuss the global effort to fight other infectious diseases and what individuals can do to protect themselves.
The US and Israel just signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which guarantees $38 billion in aid to Israel over 10 years. The MOU was signed despite noted tensions between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In this episode of America Abroad we take a look at America's relationship with Israel. We explore the strategic history of the relationship, the base of support in the American public, and ways in which the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is causing an erosion of support among progressives. We also seek to answer what all of this might mean for the future of the relationship.
America Abroad's global town hall recorded in front of a live audience at The Greene Space at WNYC in conjunction with its partners at NPR Berlin and in Cairo, Egypt. Hosted by Todd Zwillich, the Washington correspondent for The Takeaway, the panelists and audience discussed the question of what the world wants to see from the next American president on topics ranging from security, to the economy, to America's global leadership.
Guests include:
Nina Khrushcheva: Professor of international affairs at The New School, and the author of two books on Russian politics and culture.
Michael Oppenheimer: Professor of international relations at New York University and specializes in futures scenario oriented policy analysis.
Robert Powell: Works for the Economist Intelligence Unit, where he is responsible for reports on the Middle East.
What if James Bond had a family? The son of a '60s Israeli spy recounts what it’s like. by America Abroad
Remember when the Beastie Boys played for Tibet? Here’s how it happened by America Abroad
In this episode of America Abroad, we discuss the current state of human intelligence gathering and its future. We explore how encryption affects the nature of spying, how the challenge of recruiting has changed, and what techniques do agencies at home and abroad feel will give them the edge for the future.
Raids and rehabilitation: Kenya’s dual fight against Islamic extremism by America Abroad
Islam has been peacefully practiced in sub-Saharan Africa for centuries in places like Senegal and Sudan. But in the past few decades, extreme versions of the religion have been penetrating into the continent, often filling the void of weak governmental authorities.
In this episode of America Abroad, we explore the historical role of Islam in Africa, how Islamist groups have taken hold in parts of it, and what's being done to resist them; We hear from people on the ground in Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda; And we learn about the role of Middle Eastern countries in exporting more radical forms of Islam to sub-Saharan Africa through mosques and madrasas.
Since 2002, Women of Zimbabwe Arise, or WOZA, has been pressing the government of Robert Mugabe to expand social and economic freedoms.
The organization is lead by Jenni Williams. She has become a well-known human rights activist, both at home and abroad, and told us that she has been arrested more than 66 times during the course of her work, once spending six weeks in jail.
WOZA has organized hundreds of street pretests since its founding, and Williams is dedicated to practicing what she calls “strategic nonviolence.”
“We said, as women of the country, we have to step into the streets, and show Zimbabweans a nonviolent way, that they can act and hold the government accountable,” told America Abroad. “We said we are tired of just staying in our homes and crying.”
Williams is of mixed race, and her struggle to find acceptance in Zimbabwe was part of what lead her to become an activist.
“I’ve never seemed to belong to Zimbabwe, which is why I'm a human rights defender, because I am a human being like everybody else, and I must be allowed to be able to benefit, to be able to work, to be able to treated equally as a human being, in my own country,” she says. “I’ve no other country, except Zimbabwe.”
Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in upstate New York by America Abroad
When a Tibetan couple tied the knot last year, they were not only newlyweds — they were newly famous: http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-04-13/why-tibetan-couple-s-wedding-photos-captivated-world
Interview with Kaydor Aukatsang, representative of the Dalai Lama in North America by America Abroad
This hour looks at modern day Tibet from a spiritual, political, and cultural perspective. To begin we learn more about Tibetan Buddhism, and the romantic appeal of the religion and the Tibetan people. Next we take a look at modern Tibetan culture and examine what parts are able to thrive and what parts are being subverted by Chinese influence. In the last part of the program we'll examine American foreign policy in Tibet and the role of activists in the diaspora community in India as well as the US.
European countries have different stances on digital security, but generally are more willing than the U.S. to grant governments access to personal data.
The fight between Apple and the FBI over whether or not an iPhone should be unlocked to better solve the San Bernardino shooting, underscores a larger international debate over the trade-offs between national security and individual privacy rights.
Just before the FBI-Apple dispute erupted, America Abroad convened an international town hall that brought together cybersecurity, policy and law experts along with privacy activists and business representatives in two locations — Austin, Texas and Berlin, Germany.
In this episode, America Abroad features a transatlantic discussion about the promise and peril of encryption; examines how governments, corporations, and law enforcement try to manage big data, privacy, and security; and hears from individuals on their surprising revelations about their own data.
Syrian journalist Mezar Matar knows what it’s like to live in fear in a city under ISIS control. He also knows what it’s like to escape.
In this month's program, we speak with a number of scholars on the ways in which ISIS is being battled both within and without the U.S.
There is vast untapped potential for drone use in the developing world. In recent years an explosion of initiatives has popped up across the continent of Africa, from unmanned peacekeeping missions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Facebook’s high-hovering drones that bring the internet to remote places. But the technology has proliferated faster than regulations can keep up, and a few nervous governments have brought them back down to earth in a hurry. Only a couple of countries have banned them altogether, including Kenya. Recent terrorist attacks have much to do with the restrictions there, but a number of innovators think the country has a lot more to gain from drones than it has to lose. Reporter Emily H. Johnson has more.
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Drones may be best known for their surveillance and military capabilities, but there’s a growing movement to use them for humanitarian aid.
Inventor Mark Jacobsen is building drones to deliver humanitarian aid to Syrians stuck inside their war-torn country. But as he’s learning, bureaucracy – combined with public fears about the use of drones – has hamstrung efforts to get that aid anywhere near the Syrian border. Producer Andrew Stelzer brings us this report.
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During a recent military celebration in the North Korean capital Pyongyang, goose-stepping soldiers, tanks and allegedly nuclear tipped missiles were paraded past the cheering throngs.
Also on display? The reclusive nation’s fleet of military drones. And some of those drones have already crossed the border, posing a threat to both South Korea and the United States, which has 28,000 soldiers stationed near the demilitarized zone. Reporter Jason Strother brings us this story.
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Close to a million drones may be sold this holiday season. And in five years, the global market is expected to reach a billion dollars. There are drones for everything: real estate and construction, package delivery, journalism, search and rescue. They're used to deliver humanitarian aid to the world's most challenged regions and to find and kill the worlds most wanted terrorists without putting US soldiers' lives at risk.
In this hour-long program, we look at how drones are revolutionizing the skies, and how this technology has so quickly moved from science fiction to ubiquitous reality.
We visit Korea's DMZ where drones fly back and forth across the border, raising serious questions about the military capabilities of both countries and the power of drones to affect regional conflicts. In Nairobi, Kenya, we learn about the potential for drones in developing nations, and how a nationwide ban has halted progress in that country. And, in the Bay Area of California, we learn how one organization is trying to send aid to Syrian war victims via a fleet of humanitarian drones.
Plus, we'll learn what happens when practically everyone has drones -- from the major world powers to the smallest non-state actors, including Hezbollah, Hamas, and ISIS.
When a student at George Washington tried to spark dialogue by displaying the Hindu Swastika, he put his college career at risk. But fortunately a prominent interfaith group was there to help.
The ongoing war in Syria has led to the worst refugee crisis since World War II. And now, many of those refugees are heading for Europe. 700,000 have made the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean so far and another 100,000 are expected before the year's end.
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has been both lauded and vilified for offering to absorb nearly a million refugees, and many have asked whether Germany and the EU as a whole can properly support and assimilate so many.
In this special hour of America Abroad, we team up with Zocalo Public Square for a LIVE town hall event, bringing together audiences in New York and Berlin, Germany to discuss the refugee crisis and what it means for Europe.
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Southern Spain is home to one of the world’s most unique houses of worship, a cathedral built inside a mosque. The Mosque Cathedral of Cordoba has been a holy site for both Christians and Muslims for centuries and today it’s at the center of fierce debate over whether different religions can coexist in this shared sacred space. Reporter Katie Manning shares this story.
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A sense of mutual distrust has descended upon Amsterdam’s Muslim and Jewish communities. Anti-semitic attacks are on the rise and Jewish institutions are now guarded by police. Despite this, two activists -- one Jewish, and one Muslim -- have found common ground… and friendship, though not without personal cost. Jonathan Groubert shares this report.
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In this hour-long program, we explore how organizations and individuals are working to build bridges between religions, often in the most conflict-ridden places in the world.
We travel to Amsterdam, where Jewish and Muslim community leaders are using their friendship to bridge the ever-widening divide between their two communities. And in Cordoba, Spain, we visit a cathedral built inside a mosque, where Catholics and Muslims are in the midst of a fierce debate over how and whether different religions can coexist in a shared sacred space.
A look back at the last ten years of US policy towards Iran, featuring exclusive interviews with they key players, from America Abroad's September 2015 episode "Examining the Nuclear Deal With Iran."
In Tel Aviv’s Levinsky market, Israeli citizens mull the risks of the nuclear deal with Iran, from the threat of war to strained relations between their country and the United States. As reported by Daniella Cheslow.
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With so much coverage granted to American and Israeli reactions to the Iranian nuclear deal, the Iranian reaction is easy to lose in the noise. Reporter Reese Erlich spoke to Iranian citizens both young and old to get a sense of how the Iranian people themselves are interpreting the deal.
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Blaise Misztal is the director of the national security program at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a think tank in Washington committed to finding bipartisan solutions that both parties can agree to on pressing national challenges. Our host, Madeleine Brand, sat down with him to discuss the evolving relationship between the U.S. and Iran.
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Around the country, people are making their opinions about the Iranian nuclear deal known - sometimes loudly, and sometimes more subtly - in coffee shops and at dinner tables. Nowhere is this debate more relevant than in Los Angeles’ Westwood neighborhood, also known as "Tehrangeles." It’s home to the largest Persian community outside of Iran. Reporter Shara Morris spoke to its residents.
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Sometime in the next two weeks, Congress will vote on one of the most important and hotly contested foreign policy agreements in decades. The Iran Nuclear Deal will have a major impact on America's national security and the future stability of the Middle East, and it will help define President Obama's legacy. In this hour-long documentary special, we look back at the last ten years of US policy towards Iran, including an oral history with they key players. We also look ahead to how the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action will play out over the next ten years, and we'll visit Tehran and Tel Aviv to hear how individuals in those countries perceive the deal.
The illicit wildlife trade is now worth up to 20 billion dollars a year. That's double what it was just a few years ago — worth far more than the weapons trade and approaching the rate of human smuggling. This has attracted the attention of Al Shabaab, Boko Haram, the Lord's Resistance Army, and other terrorist groups, African militias, and Asian criminal syndicates — all looking to capitalize on this high-value, low-risk venture. And it flies in the face of US officials and law enforcement who, since 9/11, have been doing everything in their power to cut off revenue to the world's terrorists. In this hour-long program, we look at poaching — once a conservation issue, but now a full-blown threat to national security.
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Uganda sits in the center of Africa and is bordered by some of the continent’s most important game reserves. It’s own animal population is relatively small, so it’s not a main target for poachers. But it is a major transit way for the illegal wildlife trade - especially for ivory passing from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, through the capital city of Kampala and out to the coast. As reporter Halima Athumani shows, the Ugandan government has made efforts to control the illegal trade crossing its borders but it's been slow-going because a lot of the government is corrupt - including the country's wildlife agency.
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Anti-poaching advocates have tried all manner of ways to get people to stop purchasing illegal animal products, from celebrity ads to staged, public destruction of ivory caches. In June 2015 the US government made a very public display of crushing a ton in front of thousands of onlookers in Times Square. Yet, as reporterJennifer Strong reveals, poachers are still finding a market for illegal ivory on American streets, thanks to the US’s confusing and hard-to-enforce poaching laws.
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Last year, Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow made a short animated film to illustrate the growing connection between poaching and terrorism. One of her key advisors was Juan Zarate. He was Deputy National Security Advisor for combating terrorism in the second Bush administration. And now he’s Chairman and Co-Founder of the Financial Integrity Network and Chairman and Senior Counselor of the Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He spoke to our host Madeleine Brand about the threat poaching poses to our national security.
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In recent years, Kenya has been on the front line of the war against terror. In 2013, Al Shabaab killed 67 people in an attack on Nairobi’s upscale Westgate mall. And more recently, Al Shabaab militants stormed a northern Kenyan university, killing 148 people in the country’s worst terrorist attack in more than a decade. Terrorism experts now know that Al Shabaab receives at least some of its funding from the illegal wildlife trade, so stopping poachers in Kenya’s national parks is not just about saving elephants, it’s about saving people, too. Briana Duggan shares this report.
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Earlier this year, the Chinese government announced that it will phase out commercial processing and sales of ivory, effectively shutting down the domestic market for ivory there. If they hold true to this promise, it could have a massive impact on the poaching and trafficking of elephants. China has already banned the sale of ivory at auctions, and internet companies, including online giant Alibaba, have made an effort to bar illicit sales. But how much of an impact this has had remains to be seen, as Jocelyn Ford reports.
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Recent terrorist attacks on Western soil, including the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris and the shooting in Garland, Texas, have galvanized people on both sides of the Atlantic to take stronger action to counter violent extremism in Muslim communities.
To discuss how the US and Europe are addressing the unprecedented recruitment effort by the Islamic State, while preserving civil liberties and trust with Muslim communities, America Abroad teamed up with NPR Berlin for a live town hall event, bringing together audiences at WHYY in Philadelphia and the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin, Germany. This international town hall is featured in this month's episode of America Abroad Radio.
Nadia Manzoor, creator of the comedy show "Shugs and Fats," is on a crusade to use humor and honesty to talk about the challenges she faced as a young immigrant coming of age in the Western world.
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Back in January, the first all-women’s mosque in the United States opened in Los Angeles. Reporter Shara Morris went there to see how these Muslim women are finding new ways to express their religion.
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France is one of Europe's most secular countries, and it forbids the public expression of religion - because that's seen as a possible infringement on other people's rights. Reporter Cheryl Brumley looks at how recent laws passed to protect France's secular ideals are affecting its Muslim population.
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In 2004, Morocco's government adopted "Moudawana," or Family Code, a new set of laws was put into place to address women’s rights and gender equality within an international and Islamic legal framework. When it was passed, many embraced the reforms as evidence that gender equality is compatible with Islamic principles. Now that a decade has passed, reporter Jake Warga checks in on how it's worked in practice.
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Islamic feminists in many Muslim-majority countries have spent years studying and reinterpreting Islamic texts, especially the passages concerning divorce, inheritance, and child custody. In this segment, reporter Kimberly Adams talks to three Egyptian scholars - all women - about how Islam and feminism interact.
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Many things need to happen in the Middle East to bring stability to the region. But one of the most important is elevating the role of women. In this hour-long program we'll visit Egypt, where we learn how one of the world’s most influential centers of Islamic study is squaring its teachings with the changing status of women. In Morocco, we'll go to a courthouse where recent changes to Muslim family law are making it easier for women. And in the United States, we'll learn how one progressive Muslim feminist is expressing herself and her religion in a surprising way - with comedy.
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In Yangon, Burma’s former capital, the country’s incredible diversity of cultures, backgrounds, religions, and ethnicities are crushed together. Yet many people share the experience of decades of oppressive isolationism and military rule. Reporter Adam Ramsey visited Yangon to get the pulse of the people before this fall’s election.
Burma’s Rohingya population is one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. They can’t vote. They have no rights. And they aren’t recognized as citizens in their country. Their desperate situation has attracted the attention of human traffickers, who prey on the vulnerability of people like “Abdul” whose 14-year-old daughter is now being held captive by criminals.
An interview with Peter Popham, author of "The Lady and the Peacock," about the life of Nobel Peace Prize winning Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Our host Madeleine Brand talks to U.S. Campaign for Burma policy advocate Myra Dahgaypaw about growing up as an internally displaced ethnic minority in Karen State, Burma.
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This fall, Burma is scheduled to hold a historic presidential election. But with ongoing persecution of ethnic minorities and many other human rights issues, many wonder if Burma is ready for true reform. On this episode of America Abroad, we examine the history, politics, and promise of this nation in transition.
In this segment from "Saving Innocence: The Global Fight to End Child Marriage," reporter Colin Cosier talks to an Ethiopian Orthodox priest trying to end child marriage in his community after years of supporting the practice.
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In this segment from "Saving Innocence: The Global Fight to End Child Marriage," reporter Emily Johnson travels to Tanzania to explore how these two practices impact girls.
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In this segment from "Saving Innocence: The Global Fight to End Child Marriage," our host Madeleine Brand shows NGOs and governments in Nepal and Pakistan working together to create and enforce new anti-child marriage laws.
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In this segment from "Saving Innocence: The Global Fight to End Child Marriage," reporter Tennessee Watson goes behind the scenes with the makers of the film "Difret," inspired by the true story of two Ethiopian girls.
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In this extended version of her interview on "Saving Innocence: The Global Fight to End Child Marriage," Mabel van Oranje, the founder of Girls Not Brides, talks about her efforts to end child marriage worldwide in one generation.
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Every year, 15 million girls are forced into marriage, many of them before they turn 15. This month, America Abroad travels to Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nepal, and Pakistan to talk to individuals and organizations working to change laws and change minds about child marriage. We also talk to Mabel van Oranje, the founder of Girls Not Brides, who aims to end child marriage in one generation.
The US-Cuba thaw hasn't divided only public opinion — it's also creating debates of a far more personal nature
Cuban baseball players looking to come to the US have to jump through serious hoops to get here. But changes in US-Cuba relations may finally fix that.
Over the last few years, the Cuban government has been experimenting with turning state enterprises into cooperatives and letting the workers own and run them. The cooperatives are seen by some as a way of opening the country up to capitalism and privatization while maintaining some of the revolution’s collectivist ideals. And so far, Cubans seem to like them.
In Cuba, electronic communication can be tricky for people on the island trying to reach the outside world. It's not only daunting — but can be dangerous. Despite those obstacles, Cubans have found ingenious ways to make their voices heard.
President's Obama December 17th announcement on Cuba marked the beginning of a new era between the two countries. But there's a wide range opinions of what that era will look like.
President Obama's announcement to begin normalizing relations with Cuba marks the most significant change in US policy toward the island nation in a half century. But as America looks to make it easier to travel to the country and establish more economic ties, what does that mean for the average Cuban or Cuban American?
In this special edition, America Abroad teams up with Latino USA for an in-depth look at the long and complex history between the US and Cuba and explores how this historic policy shift will affect everyone from families living in both countries, to human rights activists, business owners, even poets. We'll hear stories from Havana and Miami, and a wide range of perspectives and personal narratives.
The Middle East today is more unstable than ever. The war in Syria has created a tremendous humanitarian crisis, with more than three million refugees having fled to neighboring countries, and the rise of ISIS has destabilized Iraq and Syria and threatens other countries in the region.
Sitting right in the middle of all this instability is the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a key US ally.
To better understand the war in Syria, the huge influx of refugees, and the rise of ISIS, America Abroad -- in collaboration with public radio station WHYY and the Jordan Media Institute -- hosted a town-hall dialogue connecting audiences in Philadelphia and Amman.
Join hosts Jacki Lyden and Yusuf Mansur along with a team of experts for a discussion of the critical issues facing Jordan and the Middle East today.
Host Madeleine Brand speaks with Arab American comedian Dean Obeidallah about the various parodies of ISIS being produced in the Middle East. Obeidallah says it's a powerful voice of dissent from within the Arab world.
Turkey has opened its doors to about a million-and-a-half Syrian refugees since spring 2011. As the war drags on, Turkey is finding itself with a long-term humanitarian and education problem. Although Syria and Turkey have a solid tradition of secular, universal education for both boys and girls, these traditions are being undermined by the challenges of keeping the refugees housed and fed. Jacob Resneck is there and has this report.
The number of girls attending schools in India has gone up in recent decades…especially in primary schools.
This is true even in rural areas.
That’s not to say it’s easy for girls to go to school there, or for them to stay in school as they get older, especially if they’re poor. But things are changing slowly. And more girls are fighting for right to an education. Reporter Rhitu Chatterjee has one such story.
One place that girls in Africa are finding an education is at Islamic religious schools known as madrassas. Typically these schools teach only boys, but in sub-Saharan Africa, more madrassas are being opened for girls and are usually funded by wealthy Arab donors. It’s a way to compensate for, what some say, is the extremely poor quality of state-funded schools. But still, others share the on-going worry that these madrassas for girls can be a source of terrorism. Halima Athumani reports.
It used to be that, in many parts of the world, educating a girl was not only a low priority but was prevented by social customs or economic pressures. Now, in areas such as sub-Saharan Africa, India and war-torn areas such as Syria, girls are beginning to get a secondary school, and sometimes even, a college education. On this edition of America Abroad, we will celebrate the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the young Pakistani woman who is an activist for female education (Malala Yousafzai) and hear the reactions to that award from girls and women in oppressed places including Pakistan. We have a report of a girl in rural India who suffered brutal beatings by her father but clung to her desire to get an education. We'll hear first-person reports of girls in Kenya who resisted their families' efforts to sell them off as a child bride so that they could get an education. And we'll examine the value of madrassas in educating girls in places like sub-Saharan Africa.
The Keystone XL pipeline has been a controversial project in both the United States and Canada. On this edition of America Abroad, audiences in Lincoln, Nebraska and Calgary, Canada engaged in a cross border discussion about how the oil sands industry and the building of the Keystone XL pipeline directly affects their lives. Participants debated the environmental safety of the pipeline, the economic costs and benefits, the legal suits brought by Nebraskan landowners and complaints against it brought by Canada’s First Nation’s tribes and the ways in which it might alter the US global energy position.
With Afghans preparing to vote to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai, America Abroad, WAMU 88.5 and Afghanistan channel TOLOnews partnered to host an international town hall connecting audiences, along with a panel of experts, in Washington and Kabul.
While government-funded entrepreneurial programs garner a lot of political and media attention, they are often not the most effective in fostering entrepreneurship. Reporter David Barnett takes us to an "innovation hub" started with the help of the Obama Administration in Youngstown, Ohio. And we hear from Adam Hochberg on how similar programs have fared in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Reporter Jennifer Strong examines whether the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) helps spur scientific and technological innovation in the United States.
Governments around the world are trying to figure out if and how they can help promote entrepreneurship, which is considered critical to global competitiveness. But in the United States, there's nothing more politically contentious than the role of government in the economy.
In this episode of America Abroad, we look at how government intervention helps and hurts entrepreneurs, and we examine what the US can learn from the success and failures of other countries.
While the US is considered one of the top five places in the world to do business according to World Bank rankings, we look at why countries like Singapore and New Zealand have scored even higher. And Linda Gradstein reports on why Israel -- known as the "start-up nation" -- only ranks 38th.
We look at how American bankruptcy law has helped entrepreneurs bounce back from failure. Meanwhile, a "business court" in Massachusetts is helping entrepreneurs cut through the red tape of government regulations.
The revolutions that swept across the Middle East in 2011, known as "The Arab Spring," promised greater freedoms for many in the region, including women. While there have been some advances in women's rights, the promise in many cases has not been realized. In this month's show, Women's Rights after the Arab Spring, we travel to Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey and the Gulf States to assess how and where women's rights have progressed.
The revolutions that swept across the Middle East in 2011, known as "The Arab Spring," promised greater freedoms for many in the region, including women. While there have been some advances in women's rights, the promise in many cases has not been realized. In this month's show, Women's Rights after the Arab Spring, we travel to Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey and the Gulf States to assess how and where women's rights have progressed.
The revolutions that swept across the Middle East in 2011, known as "The Arab Spring," promised greater freedoms for many in the region, including women. While there have been some advances in women's rights, the promise in many cases has not been realized. In this month's show, Women's Rights after the Arab Spring, we travel to Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey and the Gulf States to assess how and where women's rights have progressed.
Does the international community have a moral obligation to intervene more aggressively in Syria? We take a look back at past conflicts - Rwanda, Bosnia, Iraq and Libya - through the eyes of those who both analyzed and experienced these crises first-hand. We also hear from Syrian refugees in Lebanon on the question of Western intervention.
The U.S. is often thought of as the land of innovation – a great habitat for entrepreneurs. And, this is still the case. But, why are other regions of the world producing entrepreneurs at a faster rate than the United States?
America Abroad partnered with public radio station KCRW and Egyptian channel ONTV to host a groundbreaking international town hall connecting audiences and a panel of experts in LA and Cairo. The discussion explores what lies ahead for Egypt's fragile democracy.
It's the American dream -- move to the United States, start your own business and build a successful life. But, is the U.S. losing the global race for the best and brightest entrepreneurial talent? In this month's America Abroad, we'll explore the role immigrant entrepreneurs play in the American economy, as well as what other countries are doing to attract foreign talent and lift themselves out of the global recession.
The rise of hydraulic fracturing of shale -- known as "fracking" -- has led to a revolution of cheaper, cleaner, natural gas. But, what does this gas boom mean for the development of renewable energy in the U.S.? And, how are countries like India and China determining the best mix of traditional, renewable and clean energies?
This month on America Abroad -- Global Energy and Innovations we'll hear about solar power in India, cleaner coal in China and the latest energy technologies being developed here at home.
In this special anniversary episode, A Decade at War: Iraq, Afghanistan & Counterinsurgency, America Abroad looks back at the policies and lessons of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including the efficacy of the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy.
The Middle East is largely Muslim but it’s also the birthplace of Christianity, Judaism, and many other religions. Many non-Muslims have left in recent decades, leaving relatively small populations of non-Muslims and Muslim minority sects.
Now, the rise of Islamist political parties in the Mideast raises questions about the rights and protections such minorities can expect or whether they can expect them at all.
What role should the U.S. play in ensuring religious freedom in the Middle East? Elliott Abrams, former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, talks with Katherine Lanpher about what the U.S. is and should be doing.
The Middle East is largely Muslim but it’s also the birthplace of Christianity, Judaism, and many other religions. Many non-Muslims have left in recent decades, leaving relatively small populations of non-Muslims and Muslim minority sects.
Now, the rise of Islamist political parties in the Mideast raises questions about the rights and protections such minorities can expect or whether they can expect them at all.
The Middle East, once a region of great religious diversity, has in recent decades seen a mass emigration of minorities – now making it one of the most religiously monolithic regions in the world. Joseph Braude reports.
The Middle East is largely Muslim but it’s also the birthplace of Christianity, Judaism, and many other religions. Many non-Muslims have left in recent decades, leaving relatively small populations of non-Muslims and Muslim minority sects.
Now, the rise of Islamist political parties in the Mideast raises questions about the rights and protections such minorities can expect or whether they can expect them at all.
Host Ray Suarez talks with Thomas Farr of Georgetown University and Nina Shea of the Hudson Institute about the persecution faced by religious minorities in the Mideast, and what the United States is and isn't doing to address it.
The Middle East is largely Muslim but it’s also the birthplace of Christianity, Judaism, and many other religions. Many non-Muslims have left in recent decades, leaving relatively small populations of non-Muslims and Muslim minority sects.
Now, the rise of Islamist political parties in the Mideast raises questions about the rights and protections such minorities can expect or whether they can expect them at all.
Reporter Kimberly Adams takes us to Cairo, where Christians, Baha'is, and other religious minorities face an uncertain future under Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood-backed Freedom and Justice Party.
The Middle East is largely Muslim but it’s also the birthplace of Christianity, Judaism, and many other religions. Many non-Muslims have left in recent decades, leaving relatively small populations of non-Muslims and Muslim minority sects.
Now, the rise of Islamist political parties in the Mideast raises questions about the rights and protections such minorities can expect or whether they can expect them at all.
As one of the earliest Jewish settlements in the world, Tunisia was home to over 100,000 Jews in the mid-20th century. Today that number is less than 2,000. America Abroad reports from Tunisia on life for those who remain, and their hopes and concerns under the new Islamist regime.
The Middle East is largely Muslim but it’s also the birthplace of Christianity, Judaism, and many other religions. Many non-Muslims have left in recent decades, leaving relatively small populations of non-Muslims and Muslim minority sects.
Now, the rise of Islamist political parties in the Mideast raises questions about the rights and protections such minorities can expect or whether they can expect them at all.
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and most top government officials are Alawis, a Shi’a-affiliated religious group that represents only 12% of the country’s populace. Katherine Lanpher talks with Jocelyne Cesari of Harvard University about Alawi beliefs and their role in Syrian society and politics.
From unrest in the Middle East, to a rising China, to Europe's economic woes, the next Obama administration will face a series of foreign policy challenges. To learn more listen to this month's episode of America Abroad – Obama's Foreign Policy Challenges: The Next 4 Years.
Host Tess Vigeland talks with Charles Kupchan of the Council on Foreign Relations and Adam Posen of the Peterson Institute for International Economics about how the Obama administration will look to strengthen America's relationship with Europe during its second term.
From unrest in the Middle East, to a rising China, to Europe's economic woes, the next Obama administration will face a series of foreign policy challenges. To learn more listen to this month's episode of America Abroad – Obama's Foreign Policy Challenges: The Next 4 Years.
Despite their military and economic rivalry, the United States and China also need each other. Jocelyn Ford reports from Beijing's nightclubs and business district, where Chinese ambivalence toward America is plain to see.
(Photo: A full honors arrival ceremony welcomes Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, center left, to the Pentagon Feb. 14, 2012. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy/Released) Via Flickr Creative Commons)
From unrest in the Middle East, to a rising China, to Europe's economic woes, the next Obama administration will face a series of foreign policy challenges. To learn more listen to this month's episode of America Abroad – Obama's Foreign Policy Challenges: The Next 4 Years.
Hillary Clinton recently indicated that a free trade agreement between the US and EU could be in the cards. Such a deal would be the biggest economic partnership ever, and could provide both economies a much-needed shot in the arm. Teri Schultz reports from Brussels.
(Photo: President Obama participates in a G8 Summit working session focused on global and economic issues, Camp David, Md., May 19, 2012 / Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
From unrest in the Middle East, to a rising China, to Europe's economic woes, the next Obama administration will face a series of foreign policy challenges. To learn more listen to this month's episode of America Abroad – Obama's Foreign Policy Challenges: The Next 4 Years.
Host Tess Vigeland talks with Princeton University's Aaron Friedberg and Jonathan Pollack of the Brookings Institution about the foreign policy issues facing President Obama in the Far East – including new leadership in China, Japan and both Koreas, and increasing tensions between China and Japan.
(Photo: jon.t http://bit.ly/TLX7R8 via Flickr Creative Commons)
From unrest in the Middle East, to a rising China, to Europe's economic woes, the next Obama administration will face a series of foreign policy challenges. To learn more listen to this month's episode of America Abroad – Obama's Foreign Policy Challenges: The Next 4 Years.
Civil war in Syria, a possible Israeli strike against Iran, and the rise of Islamist governments ensure the Middle East will be a high priority for the next Obama administration. Host Tess Vigeland talks with Rob Satloff of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Aaron David Miller of the Wilson Center about how President Obama will approach the region.
From unrest in the Middle East, to a rising China, to Europe's economic woes, the next Obama administration will face a series of foreign policy challenges. To learn more listen to this month's episode of America Abroad – Obama's Foreign Policy Challenges: The Next 4 Years.
Thousands of refugees have fled violence in Syria for neighboring countries like Turkey, creating ethnic and sectarian tensions and straining relief efforts. Maeve Frances reports from the Syrian-Turkish border.
The recent attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi underscored the dangers posed by extremist groups in Libya. But these risks extend beyond Libya, with the rise of jihadist organizations like al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Dine, and Boko Haram. This month America Abroad takes listeners to Mali, Nigeria, Libya and Kenya to explore Islamism in Africa.
Host Tess Vigeland and Michael Shurkin of RAND discuss the complex relationship in northern Mali between Islamists, government forces and the Tuareg rebel group.
The recent attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi underscored the dangers posed by extremist groups in Libya. But these risks extend beyond Libya, with the rise of jihadist organizations like al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Dine, and Boko Haram. This month America Abroad takes listeners to Mali, Nigeria, Libya and Kenya to explore Islamism in Africa.
Sam Olukoya reports from Nigeria, where the indigenous extremist group Boko Haram continues to gain strength, and may have established ties with al Qaeda.
The recent attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi underscored the dangers posed by extremist groups in Libya. But these risks extend beyond Libya, with the rise of jihadist organizations like al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Dine, and Boko Haram. This month America Abroad takes listeners to Mali, Nigeria, Libya and Kenya to explore Islamism in Africa.
Reza Jan of the American Enterprise Institute speaks with host Tess Vigeland about the rise of armed groups in Libya since the fall of Qaddafi – including those suspected of attacking the US consulate in Benghazi.
The recent attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi underscored the dangers posed by extremist groups in Libya. But these risks extend beyond Libya, with the rise of jihadist organizations like al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Dine, and Boko Haram. This month America Abroad takes listeners to Mali, Nigeria, Libya and Kenya to explore Islamism in Africa.
Reporter Hilary Heuler takes us to Mombasa, Kenya, where a Muslim secessionist group with ties to Somalia's al Shabaab has sparked violence that could threaten Kenya’s upcoming elections.
The recent attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi underscored the dangers posed by extremist groups in Libya. But these risks extend beyond Libya, with the rise of jihadist organizations like al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Dine, and Boko Haram. This month America Abroad takes listeners to Mali, Nigeria, Libya and Kenya to explore Islamism in Africa.
David Ottaway, senior scholar at the Wilson Center, and Bruce Riedel, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, explain the history of al Qaeda's expansion in the Middle East and Africa through the establishment of local affiliates.
The recent attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi underscored the dangers posed by extremist groups in Libya. But these risks extend beyond Libya, with the rise of jihadist organizations like al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Dine, and Boko Haram. This month America Abroad takes listeners to Mali, Nigeria, Libya and Kenya to explore Islamism in Africa.
In northern Mali, Islamist groups have implemented strict Sharia law, causing thousands to flee south to the capital of Bamako. But Malians are slowly beginning to return north, encouraged by better job prospects and a cheaper cost of living. Katarina Höije reports.
American University in Cairo journalism professor Kim Fox speaks with several young Egyptians who demonstrated in Tahrir Square about their aspirations and concerns under the Muslim Brotherhood's leadership.
Joseph Braude reports from Tunisia on the story of a young activist who started an NGO to address the issue of gun control among local militias and armed groups.
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In this roundtable discussion, host Meghna Chakrabarti talks with Raj Desai of Georgetown University and the Brookings Institution, and Khairi Abaza of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, about the hopes of young people in the Middle East -- including women's rights and the need for better education and job opportunities.
As the conflict in Syria worsens, many young people are fleeing to neighboring Lebanon in search of work. David Enders reports from Beirut on the economic and unemployment crisis in Syria that continues to fuel the conflict.
Nas al-Ghiwan is often described as one of the most influential bands of the last 40 years in Morocco. Joseph Braude explores the band’s cultural and political significance among Moroccans of all ages.
There is bipartisan consensus that unleashing America's entrepreneurial potential is vital to reviving the economy. Yet, there are many challenges facing today’s entrepreneur, from local regulatory and tax burdens to federal visa restrictions. This month’s episode of America Abroad : "American entrepreneurship in a Global Economy" explores the topic in depth and is part of a four-part series on entrepreneurship.
There is bipartisan consensus that unleashing America's entrepreneurial potential is vital to reviving the economy. Yet, there are many challenges facing today’s entrepreneur, from local regulatory and tax burdens to federal visa restrictions. This month’s episode of America Abroad : "American entrepreneurship in a Global Economy" explores the topic in depth and is part of a four-part series on entrepreneurship.
There is bipartisan consensus that unleashing America's entrepreneurial potential is vital to reviving the economy. Yet, there are many challenges facing today’s entrepreneur, from local regulatory and tax burdens to federal visa restrictions. This month’s episode of America Abroad : "American entrepreneurship in a Global Economy" explores the topic in depth and is part of a four-part series on entrepreneurship.
There is bipartisan consensus that unleashing America's entrepreneurial potential is vital to reviving the economy. Yet, there are many challenges facing today’s entrepreneur, from local regulatory and tax burdens to federal visa restrictions. This month’s episode of America Abroad : "American entrepreneurship in a Global Economy" explores the topic in depth and is part of a four-part series on entrepreneurship.
There is bipartisan consensus that unleashing America's entrepreneurial potential is vital to reviving the economy. Yet, there are many challenges facing today’s entrepreneur, from local regulatory and tax burdens to federal visa restrictions. This month’s episode of America Abroad : "American entrepreneurship in a Global Economy" explores the topic in depth and is part of a four-part series on entrepreneurship.
The roundtable discussion continues with experts weighing in on the future of the euro, the effect of Europe’s crisis on the global economy, and what it will mean for the next administration.
With the situation in Syria continuing to deteriorate, the potential for international intervention rises. Ray Suarez talks with Syrian-American activist Rafif Jouejati, who works with Syrian nonviolent groups, about what role the U.S. should play.
Confronting Iran’s nuclear ambitions will be among the top foreign policy priorities for the next president. America Abroad’s Joseph Braude talks to former government officials Nicholas Burns, Dennis Ross, and Juan Zarate about the evolution of U.S. policy towards Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
The roundtable discussion concludes by focusing on China, including the controversy over its currency manipulation, the American debt held by the Chinese, and how an Obama or Romney administration might address a more assertive China.
The ongoing debt crisis in Europe has made possible what was once inconceivable—the collapse of the euro. Ray Suarez takes a look back at the history of the EU and the origins of the current financial crisis.
In the first of a three-part roundtable discussion, Ray Suarez sits down with Foreign Policy magazine’s editor in chief, Susan Glasser, and the Brookings Institution’s director of research for foreign policy, Michael O’Hanlon, to discuss the presidential candidates’ views on today’s key foreign policy challenges.
Mexico’s newly elected president, Enrique Peña Nieto, comes from a party that controlled the government for more than seven decades. Franc Contreras reports from the PRI stronghold of Mexico state on voters’ hopes for the party moving forward.
Ray Suarez takes a look back at Mexico’s history, from the influential role the U.S. has played in Mexico’s economy to the evolution of it’s political system – from revolution to dictatorship to democracy.
Ray Suarez talks with experts Manuel Suarez-Mier and Eric Olson about the country’s future under its next president, Enrique Peña Nieto.
Will fallout from the Fast and Furious “gunwalking” scandal change the way the United States and Mexico work together on border security? Michel Marizco reports from the border.
Mexico spends nearly one quarter of its budget on education. Yet its schools are lagging behind, with Mexican students scoring the lowest reading levels of all developed countries. Jennifer Collins reports from Oaxaca and Mexico City.
In the wake of all the political change in the Middle East, Islamist governments are on the rise and with them are concerns about the rights of religious minorities.
The Middle East is largely Muslim but it’s also the birthplace of Christianity, Judaism, and many other religions. Many non-Muslims have left in recent decades, leaving relatively small populations of non-Muslims—and Muslim minority sects.
Now, the rise of Islamist political parties in the Mideast raises questions about the rights and protections such minorities can expect or whether they can expect them at all.
In the wake of all the political change in the Middle East, Islamist governments are on the rise and with them are concerns about the rights of religious minorities.
The Middle East is largely Muslim but it’s also the birthplace of Christianity, Judaism, and many other religions. Many non-Muslims have left in recent decades, leaving relatively small populations of non-Muslims—and Muslim minority sects.
Now, the rise of Islamist political parties in the Mideast raises questions about the rights and protections such minorities can expect or whether they can expect them at all.
In the wake of all the political change in the Middle East, Islamist governments are on the rise and with them are concerns about the rights of religious minorities.
The Middle East is largely Muslim but it’s also the birthplace of Christianity, Judaism, and many other religions. Many non-Muslims have left in recent decades, leaving relatively small populations of non-Muslims—and Muslim minority sects.
Now, the rise of Islamist political parties in the Mideast raises questions about the rights and protections such minorities can expect or whether they can expect them at all.
As one of the earliest Jewish settlements in the world, Tunisia was home to over 100,000 Jews in the mid-20th century. Today that number is less than 2,000. America Abroad reports from Tunisia on life for those who remain, and their hopes and concerns under the new moderately Islamist regime.
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In the wake of all the political change in the Middle East, Islamist governments are on the rise and with them are concerns about the rights of religious minorities.
The Middle East is largely Muslim but it’s also the birthplace of Christianity, Judaism, and many other religions. Many non-Muslims have left in recent decades, leaving relatively small populations of non-Muslims—and Muslim minority sects.
Now, the rise of Islamist political parties in the Mideast raises questions about the rights and protections such minorities can expect or whether they can expect them at all.
The Christian community in Egypt is among the oldest in the world, and makes up about 10 percent of that country's population. But under a new Islamist president, will their right to worship be protected? Nadeen Shaker reports from Cairo.
Host Ray Suarez discusses the water challenges facing our planet – from scarcity to sanitation – with Winston Yu, World Bank scholar and professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Ray Suarez (RS): Let’s start with a quick overview. If you had to pick out two or three major challenges the world is dealing with in getting enough fresh water, what would they be?
Winston Yu (WY): The water crisis that we hear a lot about is only partly a crisis of scarcity. Water plays a constructive role in our society, as it’s required for agriculture. Water is needed for energy production, ecosystems and of course for humans. But on the other hand, water also plays a destructive role. You mention floods and droughts. We’ve seen worldwide the economic consequences that floods routinely play on economies. The question is how do we maximize the constructive role and how we minimize the destructive role.
Over the past ten years, Australia has seen some of the worst droughts and floods in its recorded history. These unpredictable conditions have forced citizens to adapt in a variety of ways. Michael Rhee reports from Brisbane.
When it comes to water, Australia is a land of extremes. Over the past decade, the country has seen some of the worst droughts and floods in its recorded history.
In the early 2000’s, the state was wondering if it might run out of fresh water because of severe drought. Then, just last year, flooding in the northeastern state of Queensland killed at least 35 people and caused more than a billion dollars in damage.
These kinds of unpredictable conditions have forced Australians to adapt in a variety of ways.
In 2010, the government set aside 12.9 billion dollars over the current decade to help secure its water supplies. Nearly half of that money is going toward rural and agricultural projects.
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It is the early afternoon in Hasankeyf. In a coffeehouse, men are sitting around tables, chatting, sipping tea and playing cards. A balcony overlooks the Tigris River where the remains of a medieval bridge, one of the largest of its era, still withstand the currents of the river.
But maybe not for much longer. Ömer Güzel, a Hasankeyf resident, looks troubled.
“Construction on the dam continues. Tunnels have been dug and are about to be finished. After that, they will change the course of the river. Following that, they’ll construct the dam.”
His town, one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements on earth, faces the danger of being submerged by the waters of the contested Ilısu Dam as early as 2014.
Much would be lost.
The small town of Hasankeyf dates back to the Bronze Age and has housed all the civilizations of Anatolia: Romans, Byzantines, Assyrians, Arabs, Mongols, Ottomans.
Hasankeyf is a treasure trove for archeologists. More than 300 historical sites lie in and around the town, many of them still unexplored. Güzel does not think that the dam is worth losing them all.
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At Kasr-al-Yahud, dozens of pilgrims pray on the banks of the Jordan River. Dressed in white, they prepare to immerse themselves in the muddy green water at this spot where Christian tradition says John the Baptist baptized Jesus.
They enter the water one a time, completely immersing themselves, including their faces in the river. Many fill up small plastic bottles to take home with them.
A small sign in the parking lot, easily missed, says the water is not drinkable. But these pilgrims don’t seem to care.
Later in the gift shop, Father Sinesius Victoratus from Greece, says the baptism is a culmination of a dream for many of these pilgrims.
He says the religious experience over-rides any fear that the water may be polluted. “It seems not to be so clean, but if we bless it with the Holy Spirit, and all the liturgy is very clean, then we can drink from it. We take as a blessing bottles so as to have to drink.”
As the pilgrims immerse themselves, Gideon Bromberg cringes. Bromberg, Israeli director of Friends of the Earth Middle East, says the water is polluted.
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Perhaps the most dire water crisis in the Arab world is in the Republic of Yemen, one of the poorest nations in the region. Joseph Braude talks with the country’s former minister of water and the environment.
Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, long fraught by civil war and jihadist groups, is rapidly approaching a water emergency. The World Health Organization defines “extreme water poverty” as a supply below 1000 cubic meters per capital.
In Yemen, says Muhammad Lutf al-Uryani, Yemen’s former minister of water and the environment, it is substantially less.
“I think it’s around 120 cubic meters per year. This is diminishing because of population growth. This is actually around 10% of the world’s average. [It’s] less than 8% of what’s the requirements [are] for food and drinking, in terms of how much a person needs water for producing food.”
The country’s weak central government – often classified as a “failing state” – has been hard pressed to manage the crisis. In the Yemeni capital of San’a, where ground water is all but depleted, farmers have been digging their own wells to suck out the little that remains. It isn’t enough.
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In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, access to clean water was nearly impossible. A New Jersey mayor responded to this emergency with a sophisticated act of generosity. James Luce reports from Rahway, New Jersey.
Quentin Kelly is the chairman and CEO of World Water and Solar Technologies, near Princeton University. He’s got water on his mind, or perhaps the scarcity of it as a resource.
“It’s a very significant matter that is a specter that should be haunting us. Our whole system is set up for the purpose of supplying water, for irrigation, or for purifying water for drinking.”
He’s been around the world to see conditions on the front lines of the world’s disasters, and he’s seen the need for clean water with his own eyes.
A portable machine about the size of two desks, manufactured by World Water and Solar, uses sunshine to convert about 30,000 gallons of biologically polluted water into clean water each day. It also creates a 3.3 kilowatt array to generate electricity where there is no grid.
This was a big deal after the Haitian earthquake.
“On the day of the earthquake, I was able to reach my mother. I spoke to her within five hours of the earthquake,” says Nadine Leslie, from United Water, a water management company based in New Jersey. “There’s no recycling facilities in Haiti. We had to identify a solution.”
Thanks to a call from Jim Kennedy, mayor of Rahway, New Jersey, Nadine found her answer.
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It's been called the most successful alliance in world history. President Obama and fellow leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, are meeting at an important summit in Chicago this month to discuss the future of the alliance.
NATO troops have now spent a decade in Afghanistan, and more recently, NATO airpower helped to overthrow Moammar Ghaddafi in Libya. But in the face of economic stress, and war-weary publics in the United States and Europe, how will the alliance move forward?
It's been called the most successful alliance in world history. President Obama and fellow leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, are meeting at an important summit in Chicago this month to discuss the future of the alliance.
NATO troops have now spent a decade in Afghanistan, and more recently, NATO airpower helped to overthrow Moammar Ghaddafi in Libya. But in the face of economic stress, and war-weary publics in the United States and Europe, how will the alliance move forward?
It's been called the most successful alliance in world history. President Obama and fellow leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, are meeting at an important summit in Chicago this month to discuss the future of the alliance.
NATO troops have now spent a decade in Afghanistan, and more recently, NATO airpower helped to overthrow Moammar Ghaddafi in Libya. But in the face of economic stress, and war-weary publics in the United States and Europe, how will the alliance move forward?
It's been called the most successful alliance in world history. President Obama and fellow leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, are meeting at an important summit in Chicago this month to discuss the future of the alliance.
NATO troops have now spent a decade in Afghanistan, and more recently, NATO airpower helped to overthrow Moammar Ghaddafi in Libya. But in the face of economic stress, and war-weary publics in the United States and Europe, how will the alliance move forward?
It's been called the most successful alliance in world history. President Obama and fellow leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, are meeting at an important summit in Chicago this month to discuss the future of the alliance.
NATO troops have now spent a decade in Afghanistan, and more recently, NATO airpower helped to overthrow Moammar Ghaddafi in Libya. But in the face of economic stress, and war-weary publics in the United States and Europe, how will the alliance move forward?
It's been called the most successful alliance in world history. President Obama and fellow leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, are meeting at an important summit in Chicago this month to discuss the future of the alliance.
NATO troops have now spent a decade in Afghanistan, and more recently, NATO airpower helped to overthrow Moammar Ghaddafi in Libya. But in the face of economic stress, and war-weary publics in the United States and Europe, how will the alliance move forward?
What will the leadership change in North Korea mean for the future of America’s relationship with the two Koreas, for denuclearization or the reunification of the Korean peninsula?
“In the Asia Pacific in the 21st century, the United States of America is all in.”
That was President Obama, speaking to the Australian Parliament this past November. As the United States refocuses its foreign policy and sets its sights on Asia, a drama is unfolding in North Korea. The sudden death of Kim Jong-Il and the succession to power of his young and inexperienced son has raised questions about Korea’s future and put the world on edge. What will the leadership change in North Korea mean for the future of America’s relationship with the two Koreas, for denuclearization or the reunification of the Korean peninsula?
The international community is engaging in a new round of talks with Iran, trying to break a stalemate over nuclear weapons inspections. Host Katherine Lanpher and her guests discuss the potential of the talks and the next possible steps for the Obama administration.
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How did the US-Iran relationship arrive at its current state? Joseph Braude talks to former Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama White House officials, about recent efforts at diplomacy with the Iranian regime.
The United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran have been at loggerheads since 1979, when Iranian revolutionaries held 59 Americans hostage for 444 days. Since that time, successive US presidents have been aware that Iran was pursuing a program to develop nuclear power, and probably nuclear weapons. After September 11, 2001, Iran’s nuclear aspirations took on added urgency for the administration of President George W. Bush, who singled out Iran among three countries which he considered to be the worst global threats in his “Axis of Evil” speech.
European leaders, meanwhile, had similar concerns about Iran. They were also deeply engaged with Iran commercially and reluctant to press Iran too hard. In August 2002, attitudes changed sharply with the discovery that Iran was building two underground facilities for use in a possible nuclear weapons program. Juan Zarate was a Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism during the George W. Bush administration.
“I think the 2002 revelation at Natanz,” says Zarate, “as well as the later revelation of the Qom secret facility under the Obama administration were really key lodestars for the international community, leading to a conclusion that the Iranians were likely marching toward a nuclear weapons capability.”
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Iran's nuclear ambitions have the world watching, and few countries are watching closer than Israel, which has raised the possibility of pre-emptive military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Linda Gradstein reports.
"Will Israel launch a military strike to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power? That question is being debated in Jerusalem, Washington, Teheran, and throughout the Middle East. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly said a nuclear Iran would be an existential threat to the Jewish state, and many here say an Israeli attack could be launched in the next few months. Others say Israel won’t launch a strike without coordinating with the US, which is in no hurry to get caught up in another military campaign.
Tel Aviv does not feel like a city about to go to war. Restaurants and cafes are packed. Traffic is as snarled as always. The Tel Aviv marathon drew 25,000 runners through the city streets. But scratch just beneath the surface, and residents here, like 25 year old Jasmine Bensal, say they are very concerned about the situation with Iran.
“It's a very scary situation,” says Bensal, “If it's going to start with Iran, it's going to be a big big problem, not only for us. If it's going to be a worse situation, if they're going to have a bomb, yes, we need to do something.”
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Since nuclear weapons were developed, the world has struggled to stop them from spreading. Host Katherine Lanpher takes us through the history of nuclear non-proliferation, from Hiroshima to today.
Europe is imposing tough sanctions on Iran, restricting oil purchases and other business. Megan Williams reports from Brussels, Berlin, and Italy, on the impact sanctions could have on oil, and business in general, in Europe.
Joseph Braude traces the history of Islamist movements from the founding of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in 1928 to today.
"Islamism is an approach to politics based on an interpretation of Islamic teachings. It’s a broad term that refers to political parties, social movements, and armed groups with differing views on democracy, women, and the use of violence.
Noah Feldman is a professor at Harvard Law School and author of The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State. He places the rise of Islamism at the early 20th century, when the Ottoman Empire surrendered to European powers at the end of World War I.
“The defeat of the Ottoman Empire was a kind of epochal moment for Muslim history. For the first time, the caliphate, which had previously been able to claim a continuous history going back more than a millennium, was no longer in existence. This caused many people in different parts of the Muslim world to ask themselves what went wrong. One of the answers that some people sought was to say that the true values and beliefs of Islam had been abandoned.”"
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Katherine Lanpher speaks with Shadi Hamid, Director of Research at the Brookings Doha Center, and Robert Satloff, Executive Director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, about whether and how the US should engage with Islamists.
Joseph Braude speaks with Nasser al-Sarami, senior executive at the Saudi-backed Al Arabiya News Channel, about the growing appeal of liberalism among Saudi youth.
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David Enders speaks with Imad Khalid, an imam in Northern Lebanon who works with Syrian refugees, about what role Islamists might play in a new Syria.
Julia Simon examines the sources of funding behind the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi Al-Nour party, who now hold more than two thirds of parliamentary seats in Egypt.
"Down a narrow alley way in a village in the Qalubiya Province north of Cairo is the apartment of Muhammad Sadd, a local Muslim Brotherhood member in this village of 35,000 people. Twenty-nine year-old Sadd lives with his wife Sara and 11-month-old baby, Ahmed. He works as a security guard on the banks of the Nile. He doesn’t make a lot of money for Sara and Ahmed – only about 130 dollars a month. And yet every month he gives 7 percent of his income to the Muslim Brotherhood. For Sadd, that comes to about 50 Egyptian pounds, less than 10 dollars.At the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in the hills above Cairo, I meet Khairat el Shatter, a multi-millionaire businessman and the deputy supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party recently won 47 percent of the seats the parliament and el Shatter says the majority of campaign money came from fees from members like Mohammad Sadd."
“For example,” he says, “if in Egypt there are 1 million members of the Muslim Brotherhood and if all of them gave a dollar a month than we’d have a lot of money for the elections and everything else.”
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Joseph Braude speaks with Elie Fawaz, a Lebanese political analyst with the Beirut office of the Lebanon Renaissance Foundation, about whether the Muslim Brotherhood or other Islamist parties will dominate politics in a post-Asad Syria.
Joseph Braude (JB): Some Western observers doubted Arab regimes would fall last year, then doubted Islamists would beat Twitter users at the polls, and now insist that Islamists will sweep elections in a post-Assad Syria. Elie Fawaz at Beirut’s Lebanon Renaissance Foundation takes a different view in evaluating the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, who now dominate an opposition coalition based in Turkey called the Syrian National Council.
Elie Fawaz (EF): As you look at the Muslim Brotherhood, they are, basically, first of all they’re old, all of them are aging, and they are abroad. They live in Turkey, they are in Britain, they are also in Germany, and the Syrian National Council as well has not proven to be the force that can lead Syria when the Assad regime will fall.
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Ray Suarez talks to Victor Cha and Scott Snyder about what Kim Jong-il’s death will mean for the future relations between America and the two Koreas and what— if any— changes are likely to come from North Korea in the future.
Lisa Schroeder talks to North Korean defectors living in Seoul to hear their insights into the recent leadership change in North Korea and their hopes for the future of the country they left behind.
Ray Suarez talks to the negotiators who penned the 1994 agreement with North Korea that averted a nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula.
Daniel Shin reports on the generational divide between South Koreans and how that impacts their attitudes towards the North.
Despite companies' efforts to fight forgery, bogus Gucci bags seem as plentiful as ever. And today, counterfeiters are also ripping off drugs, car parts, and electronics that not only cost jobs, but also lives.
Despite companies' efforts to fight forgery, bogus Gucci bags seem as plentiful as ever. And today, counterfeiters are also ripping off drugs, car parts, and electronics that not only cost jobs, but also lives.
Despite companies' efforts to fight forgery, bogus Gucci bags seem as plentiful as ever. And today, counterfeiters are also ripping off drugs, car parts, and electronics that not only cost jobs, but also lives.
Despite companies' efforts to fight forgery, bogus Gucci bags seem as plentiful as ever. And today, counterfeiters are also ripping off drugs, car parts, and electronics that not only cost jobs, but also lives.
Despite companies' efforts to fight forgery, bogus Gucci bags seem as plentiful as ever. And today, counterfeiters are also ripping off drugs, car parts, and electronics that not only cost jobs, but also lives.
Despite companies' efforts to fight forgery, bogus Gucci bags seem as plentiful as ever. And today, counterfeiters are also ripping off drugs, car parts, and electronics that not only cost jobs, but also lives.
Despite companies' efforts to fight forgery, bogus Gucci bags seem as plentiful as ever. And today, counterfeiters are also ripping off drugs, car parts, and electronics that not only cost jobs, but also lives.
Deborah Amos traces the history of past Iranian efforts to project influence throughout the Middle East.
Ray Suarez takes a look back at US policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan in the 1980s and 90s, from the fight against the Soviets to American disengagement, and the dangerous instability that followed.
Katherine Lanpher speaks with Charles Kupchan, a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, about what the economic crisis means for the future of the European Union.
Nina-Maria Potts visits Epirus, a region of Greece that received millions of euros in EU development funding, to investigate how and why many development projects never materialized.
Ray Suarez examines the history of the European Union, from coal and steel market to common currency, and how integration brought the continent from devastating conflict to unprecedented cooperation.
Nina-Maria Potts travels to the increasingly depopulated villages of northwest Greece, where the economic crisis is causing young Greeks to consider leaving the country for good.
Megan Williams explores the Italian professional guild system that keeps young people out of jobs and hampers growth. And Katherine Lanpher speaks with James Walston, a professor of international relations at the American University in Rome, about the challenges facing Italy’s new government.
Katherine Lanpher talks to Brian Grim, author of "The Price of Freedom Denied: Religion, Persecution and Conflict in the 21st Century," about the rise of religious conflict and persecution around the world.
Anya Ardayeva reports from Moscow on the growing ties between the state and the Russian Orthodox Church that are causing tensions with other faiths in Russia.
Katherine Lanpher and Ambassador Stapleton Roy discuss the politics of religion in China.
Featured guest: Ambassador Roy is the Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson Center. He was the US Ambassador to China from 1991 to 1995.
Jennifer Pak reports from Kuala Lumpur on escalating tensions between Muslims and Christians in Malaysia.
Katherine Lanpher speaks with Professor Khaled Fahmy of The American University in Cairo about what’s at stake in Egypt’s upcoming parliamentary elections and the future role of religion in Egyptian society.
Noel King examines the political and religious forces that are competing for influence in Egypt as the country transitions from dictatorship to democracy.
Economist Jared Bernstein explains why the economy is a foreign policy issue. He served as Chief Economic Advisor to Joe Biden from 2008 to 2011. He’s currently a Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Sarah Hulett reports from Michigan on what Arab Americans make of the US involvement in the Arab Spring and what they’re looking for in the next Commander-in-Chief.
"When it came time to celebrate on February 11th, about a hundred Egyptians crammed into a pizza parlor that sits in a little strip mall north of Detroit.
Amir Massoud says that after he opened his place about a year and a half ago, word trickled out among local Egyptians that one of their own had a pizzeria. When news of the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak came, the locals came out to celebrate.
Massoud and his fellow Egyptians listened to the same music their friends and family were hearing in Tahrir Square, and they celebrated the revolution they've been waiting for their entire lives."
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Josh Rogers reports from Concord, New Hampshire on how Republican voters see American foreign policy for 2012.
John Pemble reports from Des Moines, Iowa on Democratic voters and their take on President Obama’s foreign policy. Guests include: Carroll Doherty, Associate Director at the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press; Susan Glasser, Editor in Chief of Foreign Policy Magazine; Jennifer Rubin, columnist and blogger for The Washington Post.