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02 Nov 2009
National Public Radio interviews former Afghan presidential candidate
Abdullah Abdullah after he dropped out of a scheduled runoff election
with current president Hamid Karzai. Abdullah said his conditions for ensuring the transparency
of the next round of elections were not met.
14 Aug 2009
WPR contributor Mustafa Qadri speaks to religious scholars and teachers at a conference in Islamabad
about their attempts to broaden the pedagogical scope of Pakistan’s
seminaries.
28 Jul 2009
Andrew Exum just returned from Afghanistan, where he took part in a 60-day review of U.S. strategy and operations. He is interviewed by WPR Managing Editor Judah Grunstein.
22 Jul 2009
WPR contributor Luke Hunt speaks to former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser about Australia's new defense white paper, the war in Afghanistan and other matters.
13 Jul 2009
In a speech in Accra, Ghana, July 11, U.S. President Barack Obama laid
out his vision for African democracy and development, and talked about
how the United States would encourage such development. But "we must
start from the simply premise that Africa's future is up to Africans,"
he said.
28 May 2009
Jeffrey Mankoff, adjunct fellow for Russia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses his
new book, "
Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics."
26 May 2009
As North Korea tests is second nuclear device, the reclusive nation also tests a new American president.
13 May 2009
The president of the Council on Foreign Relations talks to Ted Koppel about his book "War of Necessity, War of Choice."
22 Apr 2009
Violence is down in most of Iraq. Yet, it still plagues areas north of
Baghdad where the Kurdish and Arab populations intersect.
21 Apr 2009
The Cato Institute's Ben Friedman discusses proposed cuts to the U.S. defense budget.
21 Apr 2009
Worldfocus's weekly radio show explores the root causes of the conflict in Sri Lanka, and
whether the "final confrontation" in the war is at hand.
06 Apr 2009
Dambisa Moyo, author of "Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa," is interviewed by C-SPAN's Brian Lamb.
04 Apr 2009
In his weekly radio address April 4, U.S. President Barack Obama recapped his trip abroad and discussed foreign policy challenges facing the United States and the world.
31 Mar 2009
Council on Foreign relations experts Charles A. Kupchan and Jeffrey Mankoff discuss the April 3-4 NATO Summit on a conference call with reporters.
31 Mar 2009
Worldfocus.org’s weekly radio show explores the state of natural
resource use, and opportunities and dangers for resource-rich developing
countries.
27 Mar 2009
CATO Institute analyst Malou Innocent says Obama's Afghanistan plan is a step in the right direction, but she cautions against continuing current poppy eradication programs.
13 Mar 2009
Mariam Sadiq al-Mahdi is from a political dynasty in Sudan. She gives the BBC's Owen Bennett-Jones her
view of what lies ahead for Sudan.
08 Mar 2009
One year after Raúl Castro took over the top job in Havana, he sacked a
pair of his top Cabinet members, one of whom was widely seen as a
potential successor to Castro as president.
05 Mar 2009
Laurie A. Garrett, Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow for global health, says the wealthy world is in danger of forgetting the desperately poor amid economic crisis.
19 Feb 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is making public diplomacy a large part of her trip to Asia, NPR reports.
