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Join host Carol Castiel each week as she and two advocates from the world of politics, public policy, or academia discuss and debate a critical issue in the news, bringing depth, perspective, and insight to the world around us.
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| Russia-Georgia Conflict: International Implications |  Charles Kupchan, Senior fellow for European Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Alexandros Petersen, fellow with the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discuss the international ramifications of the widening conflict between Russia and Georgia with Carol Castiel.
Airdate: 17 Aug 2008 |
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| Pakistan Government's Plan to Impeach President Musharraf |  Walter Andersen, Deputy Director of the South Asia Studies program at Johns Hopkins University, and Lisa Curtis, senior research fellow in the Asia Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation, talk with host Carol Castiel about the most recent events roiling Pakistan from the government's plan to impeach President Musharraf to US allegations that the country's intelligence service was involved in recent bombings in Afghanistan and India.
Airdate: 10 Aug 2008 |
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| Sudan – ICC Charges |  On this edition of Encounter, Jennifer Cooke, co-director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Colin Thomas-Jenson, policy advisor with the non-profit organization, ENOUGH, talk with host Carol Castiel about significance and implications of the move by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to bring charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity against Sudan's President, Omar al-Bashir.
Airdate: 20 July 2008 |
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| Pros and Cons of Nuclear power |  The soaring price of oil and the threat of global warming are forcing Americans and others around the world to explore other sources of energy. Jim Riccio nuclear policy analyst with Greenpeace, and Steve Kerekes, director of media relations at the Nuclear Energy Institute, debate the pros and cons of nuclear energy with host Carol Castiel.
Airdate: 13 July 2008 |
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| G-8 Summit Preview |  Preview of the G-8 Summit in Japan. Charles Kupchan, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Reginald Dale, Senior Fellow in the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, talk with host Carol Castiel about the major issues and controversies likely to dominate the G-8 Summit agenda.
Airdate: 6 July 2008 |
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| Soaring Oil Prices |  High prices at the gas pumps in the United States have ensured that the energy crisis will be a central issue in the upcoming US presidential election. Robert Lieber, professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University and author of The Oil Decade, and Patrick Doherty, Deputy Director of the America Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, discuss the causes and effects of the rising price of oil around the globe with host Carol Castiel.
Airdate: 29 June 2008 |
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| Zimbabwe Election Crisis |  Violence and allegations of fraud threaten to mar and possibly invalidate the upcoming run-off presidential election in Zimbabwe. Ray Choto, senior editor with VOA’s Zimbabwe Project, and Lauren Ploch, Africa analyst at the US Congressional Research Service, talk with host Carol Castiel about the dire situation in Zimbabwe and reaction to it by the international community in general and African leaders in particular.
Airdate: 22 June 2008 |
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Afghanistan Update
|  International donors pledged more than 20 billion dollars toward Afghanistan's economic development at a recent conference in Paris. Halima Karzai, associate director of foreign policy at the Independent Women's Forum, and Ambassador David Kux, senior policy scholar in the Asia program at the Woodrow Wilson Center, talk with host Carol Castiel about progress made and obstacles that remain in a country where a resurgent Taliban and corruption bedevil long-term development prospects.
Airdate: 15 June 2008 |
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