The World Beyond the Headlines from the University of Chicago

By The Center for International Studies at the University of Chicago

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The World Beyond the Headlines series is a collaborative project of the Center for International Studies, the International House Global Voices Program, and the Seminary Co-op Bookstores and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Its aim is to bring scholars and journalists together to consider major international issues and how they are covered in the media.

Episode Date
“Latin Lessons: How South America Stopped Listening to the U.S. and Started Prospering”
Feb 10, 2012
“All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals”
Jan 13, 2012
"Venezuela Speaks!"
Apr 14, 2011
"Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It"
Jan 25, 2011
“Afghanistan and the Future of Peace Operations”
Apr 08, 2010
“Asian Carp Invasion: Potential Economic and Ecological Impacts in the Great Lakes”
Apr 06, 2010
“The Consequences of the Escalation of War in Afghanistan”
Mar 10, 2010
“Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty”
Mar 03, 2010
“Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy”
Feb 19, 2010
“The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa”
Feb 05, 2010
"Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization"
Nov 18, 2009
"With Immediate Effect: The Events of 1989 Revisited"
Nov 05, 2009
"The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East"
Oct 29, 2009
"The U.N. Security Council and the Making of the Modern World"
Oct 08, 2009
“The Future of the South African Dream: Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, and the South African Elections”
May 26, 2009
"Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East"
Mar 10, 2009
"Dignity and Defiance, Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization"
Feb 25, 2009
"The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry, and What We Must Do to Stop It"
Jan 21, 2009
"The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power"
Nov 21, 2008
"Challenges for the New Administration in Iraq and Afghanistan"
Nov 13, 2008
"India: The Emerging Giant"
Nov 06, 2008
"Prescription for Survival: A Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madness"
Oct 28, 2008
"Putin's Labyrinth: What Russia Won in Georgia; Why the U.S. Will Continue to Lose"
Oct 22, 2008
"Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight over Presidential Power"
Oct 16, 2008
"Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia"
Jun 10, 2008
"Kafka Comes to America: Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror"
Jun 06, 2008
"Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War"
May 15, 2008
"Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They are Making"
Apr 28, 2008
"Pens and Swords: How the American Mainstream Media Report the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"
Apr 22, 2008
"The Next Great Clash"
Apr 15, 2008
"Muslim Peace Building in Conflict Regions of Southeast Asia"
Apr 10, 2008
"The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order"
Mar 20, 2008
"The Closing of the ICTY and its Effect on Justice and Accountability in the Former Yugoslavia"
Mar 07, 2008
"The Sixth Anniversary of the Gujarat Riots"
Mar 05, 2008
"One Hundred Years, One Hundred Voices"
Feb 28, 2008
"Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy"
Feb 01, 2008
"New Partnership Paradoxes in U.S.-China Relations"
Jan 26, 2008
"Human Rights in Mexico: Inside the Labyrinth of Drugs, Elections and Billionaires"
Jan 24, 2008
"The Mind of the Market"
Jan 15, 2008
"China's Brave New World and Other Tales for Global Times"
Nov 16, 2007
"The Oil and Glory"
Nov 01, 2007
"The Talibanization of South Asia: Can it Be Stopped?"
Oct 30, 2007
"Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq"
Oct 26, 2007
"Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror"
Oct 17, 2007
"Legal Defense and Human Rights in Russia"
Oct 03, 2007
"The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy"
Sep 28, 2007
Chicago Humanities Festival: Wangari Maathai
Sep 23, 2007
"The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor"
May 15, 2007
"The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India's Future"
May 09, 2007
"Failing America’s Faithful: How Today’s Churches are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way"
Apr 27, 2007
"Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America"
Apr 19, 2007
"The Current Security and Economic Situation on the Korean Peninsula"
Apr 12, 2007
"The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression"
Mar 08, 2007
"Ending Global Poverty"
Feb 12, 2007
"Islam in America: A Conversation with Paul Barrett and Umar Abd-Allah"
Feb 08, 2007
"Reading 'Legitimation Crisis' in Tehran"
Jan 11, 2007
"Newsrooms in Conflict: Journalism and the Democratization of Mexico"
Oct 26, 2006
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope"
Oct 23, 2006
"Monsters to Destroy: Bush's War on Terror and Sin"
Oct 17, 2006
"Blind Into Baghdad: America's War in Iraq"
Sep 26, 2006
"The Mighty and the Almighty"
May 17, 2006
"Is the Commander-in-Chief Subject to the Rule of Law?: On Torture, Spying, and Detention in the War on Terror"
Apr 17, 2006
"Paul Rusesabagina: An Ordinary Man"
Apr 17, 2006
"Dying to Win: On the Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism"
Apr 03, 2006
John Comaroff's Introduction of Zackie Achmat
Mar 31, 2006
“Realizing Human Rights: Access to HIV/AIDS Medication and the Role of Civil Society in South Africa”
Mar 31, 2006
Ahmed Kathrada on his "Memoirs"
Mar 27, 2006
"Water Resources in the Middle East, part 2"
Nov 08, 2005
"Water Resources in the Middle East, part 1"
Nov 08, 2005
"A Brief History of Neoliberalism"
Oct 26, 2005
response to: "Feeling the Heat: Simmering National Security Threats"
Oct 07, 2005
"Feeling the Heat: Simmering National Security Threats"
Oct 07, 2005
"The Prospects for Transatlantic Relations at the Beginning of the President’s Second Term"
Mar 07, 2005
"Global Chicago, pt. 5"
Oct 25, 2004
"Global Chicago, pt. 4"
Oct 25, 2004
"Global Chicago, pt. 3"
Oct 25, 2004
"Global Chicago, pt. 2"
Oct 25, 2004
"Global Chicago, pt. 1"
Oct 25, 2004
"Enforcing the Peace: Learning from the Imperial Past"
Oct 19, 2004
"Resurrecting Empire: America and the Western Adventure in the Middle East"
May 20, 2004
"American Foreign Policy and Amnesia: The Case of Iraq"
May 13, 2004
"Interactions Between the Press and Foreign Policy"
May 02, 2004
"Whatever Happened to Globalization?"
Apr 27, 2004
"Reform in the Arab World: A Journalist's Perspective"
Apr 19, 2004
"The United States and the Arab World: Sources of Antagonism, Prospects for Accommodation"
Mar 09, 2004
"Inventing the Axis of Evil: The Truth about North Korea, Iran, and Syria"
Feb 10, 2004
"The Making of Chechen Terrorists: The Clash of Forces and Discourses"
Jan 27, 2004