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JUN 21, 2006 • Podcast
Jere Van Dyk Interviews Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Veteran correspondent Hunter-Gault counters what she calls "the four D's of the African apocalypse: death, disease, disaster, and despair," with news about the New Partnership ...
JUN 21, 2006 • Podcast
New News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance
Journalist (and South Africa resident) Hunter-Gault gives a surprisingly optimistic assessment of modern Africa, revealing that there is more to the continent than the bad ...
JUN 21, 2006 • Article
Stop the Bleeding of American Legitimacy
Branding the suicides of three Guantanamo detainees "an act of asymmetric warfare" is an act of superpower suicide. The global perception of a disregard ...
JUN 12, 2006 • Podcast
Debate--The United Nations: Still Relevant After All These Years?
Is the UN "I" for irrelevant, or "I" for indispensable, as Shashi Tharoor would have it? While conceding that the UN is relevant, Ruth Wedgwood ...
JUN 7, 2006 • Podcast
The Progress of UN Reform
H.E. Mr. Jan Eliasson discusses recent steps forward at the U.N., such as the creation of the Peacebuilding Commission, the Central Emergency Fund, ...