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Author Robin Wright Talks About Her Book Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East
| | |  Award-winning journalist and author, Robin Wright, speaks with host Carol Castiel and VOA Senior News Analyst, Gary Thomas, about her latest book Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East. Drawing on thirty-five years of reporting from the region, Robin Wright provides insights on a wide range of topics from the impact of culture and the communications revolution to prospects for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the upcoming Iranian elections.
Airdate: 2 May 2009 | | |
A Conversation with Esther Brimmer, the New US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations
| | |  Recently appointed by President Obama, Esther Brimmer tells host Carol Castiel and VOA State Department Correspondent David Gollust why the US boycotted the UN conference on Racism in Geneva and describes the Obama administration's priorities and approach to the United Nations and other international organizations.
Airdate: 25 April 2009 | | |
Former NATO Commander of Canadian Forces in Afghanistan Assesses President Obama's New Strategy for Afghanistan
| | |  Brigadier-General Denis Thompson, former NATO commander of Canadian forces in Kandahar province in Afghanistan assesses President Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan and discusses the military and political situation in that country with VOA senior news analyst Gary Thomas.
Airdate: 18 April 2009 | | |
Author Rashid Khalidi Talks About His Book Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East
| | |  Historian Rashid Khalidi, professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, talks with host Judith Latham and former VOA Cairo correspondent Challiss McDonough about his new book, Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East.
Airdate: 11 April 2009 | | |
Sulayman Nyang, Professor of African Studies, Talks About Muslims in America
| | |  A conversation with an expert on Muslims in America. Sulayman Nyang talks with host Carol Castiel and Idrissa Dia, Chief of of VOA's French-to-Africa Service, about the findings in a new poll that shatters many myths about the Muslim community in the United States.
Airdate: 4 April 2009 | | |
A conversation with the Ken Duberstein, former chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan
| | |  A conversation with the former chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan who endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for President. Ken Duberstein tells host Carol Castiel and Senior National Correspondent Jim Malone that the minority Republicans must become more than the party of "no" and need to be seen as helping to govern as well.
Airdate: 28 March 2009 | | |
A Conversation with The Honorable Shelley Berkley, Democrat, Nevada
| | |  A conversation with Shelley Berkley---Democratic Congresswoman from the state of Nevada. She talks with host Carol Castiel and VOA Congressional Correspondent Dan Robinson on a wide range of issues from the impact of the recession in Las Vegas to US policy toward Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Middle East.
Airdate: 21 March 2009 | | |
H.E. Petr Kolar, Czech Ambassador to the United States, Talks to VOA
| | |  The Czech Republic currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union. On this edition of Press Conference USA, we talk with the Czech Ambassador to the United States, Petr Kolar about his country's goals during its tenure, transatlantic relations under the Obama Administration and the controversy over a possible shift in missile defense policy with host Carol Castiel, VOA's Anna Zalewski and Irina Van Dusen, TV broadcaster in VOA's Russian Service.
Airdate: 14 March 2009 | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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