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Major Phillip M. Zeman, Strategic Analyst, United States Marine Corps (F’07)
Posted by viewsonnews on 07 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Armed Forces, Armenia, Europe, Iraq, Iraq, Security Studies, Turkey
Major Zeman discusses a range of issues facing the Marine Corps today, including the proposal to shift Marines from Iraq to Afghanistan, changing dynamics within Iraq, and the role of the Armenian genocide resolution in the US Congress, as it affects US-Turkish relations.
Major Phillip M. Zeman, Strategic Analyst, United States Marine Corps (F'07) [25:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadYeghishe Kirakosyan, Fletcher Armenian Ministry Training Program; Assistant Professor of International Law, Yerevan State University
Posted by viewsonnews on 22 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Armenia, Europe, Genocide, Politics and Law, Turkey
The United States Congress is currently debating a resolution to declare the 1915-1917 killings of over one million Armenians a genocide. Why is this resolution appearing now? Why is it of interest
to modern-day Armenia? Why is there reluctance on the part of Turkey? Yeghishe addresses these issues from an international legal perspective.
Yeghishe Kirakosyan, Fletcher Armenian Ministry Training Program [15:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadKostas Lavdas, Constantine Karamanlis Associate Professor in Hellenic and Southeastern European Studies
Posted by admin on 09 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Elections, Environmental Issues, Europe, Greece, Politics and Law, Wildfires
Professor Lavdas discusses Greece’s summer wildfires, and dismisses some of the speculation surrounding them. He also gives insight into the recent elections: why were they moved up? Was it an abuse of executive power? How do foreign policy challenges in the European Union mirror and differ from those in Greece specifically?
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Posted by admin on 20 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Elections, Europe, France, Other, Politics and Law, Women's Issues
Eve talks with Leslie Palti, MALD ‘07, and Virginie Raphael, MALD ‘07, about the French presidential election, and why Royal’s “Mona Lisa smile” isn’t what people say it is; why Bayrou needs more of a platform than being part of the “tractor set”; and how Jean-Marie Le Pen may bring out even the most reluctant French voters.