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June 11, 2009

Jameel Jaffer Discusses the Suppression of CIA Documents on "Hardball"

Jameel Jaffer, co-author of Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond, recently appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss the suppression of CIA documents relating to the interrogation of prisoners at Guantánamo and...

June 9, 2009

Candidate and Blogger Gianni Vattimo

Gianni Vattimo, noted European intellectual and author of the recently published Not Being God: A Collaborative Autobiography, was a victorious candidate in last weekend’s European Parliamentary elections. Moreover, his party, the leftist Italy of Values Party, was considered a winner...

June 5, 2009

Marc Lynch on Obama's Speech

President Obama’s speech today in Cairo met the bar he set for himself. In an address modeled after the Philadelphia speech on race, he forewent soaring oratory in favor of a thoughtful, nuanced and challenging reflection on America’s relations with...

June 4, 2009

Stephen Cohen Rethinks Russia

Stephen Cohen, the author of the just-published Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War, recently appeared on Dan Rather Reports. Cohen joined two other prominent Russian scholars to discuss the future of U.S.-Russian relations. In...

May 26, 2009

Pyongbang!: Washington's Korea Conundrum" — Victor Cha on North Korea

Though written after North Korea’s failed missile launch earlier this Spring, Victor Cha’s article on the Foreign Affairs Web site speaks to this weekend’s events. Victor Cha, co-author of Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies , argues, “So...

May 21, 2009

Antislavery Efforts Must Focus on Demand — A Post from Siddharth Kara

Siddharth Kara, author of Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery, continues his posts for Take Part with a new essay, “Antislavery Efforts Must Focus on Demand.” In the essay, Kara applies a business and economic analysis to understand...

May 11, 2009

Asia Times on Long Road Home: Testimony of a North Korean Camp Survivor

Surviving North Korea’s House of the Dead, from today’s Asia Times Online, discusses the forthcoming Long Road Home: Testimony of a North Korean Camp Survivor by Kim Yong and Kim Suk-Young. The article discusses Kim Yong’s extraordinary account of being...

May 8, 2009

Antonio Giustozzi on the Neo-Taliban

Monthly Review recently posted an interview with Antonio Giustozzi, author of Koran, Kalashnikov, and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan. In the interview, Giustozzi details some of the ways in which the Neo-Taliban differs from the Taliban regime, which was...

May 8, 2009

The Columbia Journalism Review interviews Jameel Jaffer

The Columbia Journalism Review (no affiliation with the press), recently interviewed Jameel Jaffer, co-author of Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond. In the interview Jaffer explains the difficult and often circuitous routes the...

May 7, 2009

Interview with Mitchell Orenstein, editor of Pensions, Social Security, and the Privatization of Risk

The following is an interview with Mitchell A. Orenstein, editor of Pensions, Social Security, and the Privatization of Risk. Q: Is Social Security going to be there when I retire? Mitchell Orenstein: Surprisingly, the answer is yes. After years of...

May 5, 2009

Siddharth Kara on KPFA Radio

For more on Siddharth Kara’s Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery, you can also listen to a recent interview with KPFA radio in Berkeley, California: APEX Espress – Sex Trafficking – April 30, 2009 at 7:00pmClick to listen...