U.S Foreign Policy

Robert Gallucci: U.S. Foreign Policy and Multilateral Negotiations

Robert Gallucci
2002

Robert Gallucci, Dean of the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, joins host Harry Kreisler to discuss the impact of 9/11 and the art of negotiating.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people2/Gallucci/gallucci-con0.html

Key Words: Political Scientists, Negotiating, Multilateralism, U.S. Foreign Policy

Robert A. Scalapino: Reflections on a Life as Scholar, Teacher, and Policy Advisor

Robert A. Scalapino
2008

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Robert A. Scalapino, the Robson Research Professor of Government Emeritus and founding Director of the Institute of East Asian Studies at U.C Berkeley. Professor Scalapino discusses Berkeley's evolution as a leading center for Asian Studies, analyzes the synergy between academic research and foreign policy, and comments on the transformation of America's relationship with Asia which he has witnessed over the course of his six decade career.

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Princeton Lyman: U.S. Foreign Policy and Globalization

Princeton Lyman
2002

On this episode of Conversations with History, UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler welcomes guest Ambassador Princeton Lyman, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria and to South Africa, who discusses U.S. foreign policy and state power in an era of globalization.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people2/Lyman/lyman-con0.html

Key Words: Diplomacy, U.S. Foreign Policy, Globalization, RIP

Philip Habib: The Work of Diplomacy

Philip Habib
1982

In this 1982 interview, one the U.S. preeminent diplomats Philip Habib talks about his life and times as a foreign service officer and special envoy of the President of the United States. He reflects on great statesmen he has worked with, the difficulties of crisis management, and his involvement in the resolution of the Lebanon crisis, which won him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/Habib/

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Noam Chomsky: Activism, Anarchism, and Power

Noam Chomsky
2002

On this edition of Conversations with History, UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler is joined by linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky to discuss activism, anarchism and the role the United States plays in the world today.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people2/Chomsky/chomsky-con0.html

Key Words: Linguistics, Political Activism, U.S. Foreign Policy, Anarchism, Media, Dissent, Berkeley Graduate Lecturers

Jonathan Clarke: The Neo-Conservatives

Jonathan Clarke
2005

Former British diplomat Jonathan Clarke joins host Harry Kreisler for a discussion of the impact of the neo-conservatives on U.S. foreign policy. He traces their emergence, the evolution of their ideas, and weighs the long term implications of their ascendancy in the administration of President George W. Bush

KEYWORDS: Neo-Conservatives.

John A. McCone: Reflections

John A. McCone
1988

Former Director of the CIA John A. McCone talks with UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler about his student days at Berkeley, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the lesson learned from his distinguished career in business and government.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/McCone/mccone-con0.html

Key Words: CIA, Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. Presidents, Intelligence, Kennedy, U.S. Foreign Policy, RIP

Jane Mayer: How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Values

Jane Mayer
2008

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes New Yorker writer Jane Mayer for a discussion of her new book, The Dark Side. She explains how, under the direction of Vice President Cheney and his Assistant David Addington,the Bush administration, contrary to American history and tradition, implemented a policy of torture and rendition in violation of U.S. and international law. She describes the resistence within the government and the military to these actions. Mayer also offers a compelling account of what happened to detainees under the Cheney/Addington regime. She also analyzes the long...

Guenter Burghardt: The European Union and Transatlantic Relations

Guenter Burghardt
2002

Ambassador Dr. Guenter Burghardt, who is the head of the delegation of the European Commission to Washington, D.C., joins host Harry Kreisler to talk about the European Union and transatlantic relations.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people2/Burghardt/burghardt-con0.html

Key Words: Diplomacy, U.S. Foreign Policy, European Union

Chalmers Johnson: The Last Days of the American Republic

Chalmers Johnson
2007

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Chalmers Johnson, who is president of the Japan Policy Research Institute, a nonprofit research and public affairs organization devoted to public education concerning Japan and international relations in the Pacific. Their discussion focuses on the impact of U.S. militarism on domestic politics and the future of U.S. national identity.

KEYWORDS: U.S Empire, U.S Decline, National Identity, Militarism, Berkeley Graduate Lecturers.