In this edition of UN Plaza I speak with Daryl Kimball of the Arms Control Association. I last spoke with Daryl almost a year ago. Back then, he explained how trends in the arms control and non-proliferation world all pointed to a weakening of the international non-proliferation regime. But wow, what a difference a year makes. There is, for once, cause for cautious optimism. Daryl explains:
In this edition of UN Plaza, I talk to Maggie Fick of the Enough Project about the tenuous peace between Sudan and Southern Sudan. We talk about Maggie's new report on Abyei, a disputed border region that could be a flash point for renewed conflict ahead of the likely secession of southern Sudan, and about a divide in the Obama administration in how to approach Sudan. Check it out.
In this edition of UN Plaza, I interview Peter Hakim of the Inter-American Dialogue. Peter discusses the origins of the coup in Honduras, the status of the negotiations to return the deposed President and what the United States and international community can do to keep the peace. In the segment below, Peter offers his thoughts on what the coup in Honduras may say about the stability of other countries in Latin America.
In this edition of UN Plaza, I interview the film maker Paco de Onis, who's new documnetary about the International Criminal Court will debut nationally in the United States on PBS this week. Check your local listings. It's a great film.
Jacob Heilbrunn and I take our disagreements to the small screen. In this diavlog, we discuss Heilbrunn's recent criticism of Ban in Foreign Policy and my explanation of why that criticism is unfair. We then venture into a few other topics, like Republicans' detachment from their realist roots and, of course, the untimely death of Michael Jackson. Enjoy!
The good folks at Bloggingheads mashed together my disparate UN Talk Radio day interviews into one cohesive diavlog (septologue?) Here tis!
I sit down with Andrew Hudson, a water expert with the United Nations Development Program. Among other things, we talk about the crisis of the shrinking Aral Sea and Lake Chad.
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I talk to Erin Kenny of the United Nations Population Fund about her work as a gender-based violence expert at the United Nations.
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I sit down with Erin Weir of Refugees International this week to chat about Somali politics, pirates and a persistant humanitarian crisis. Give us 35 minutes, and we will give you a solid grasp of the state of Somalia.