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East Asia in Transition: Comprehensive Security in the Pacific Rim

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Various) — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800

East Asia in Transition: Comprehensive Security in the Pacific Rim

with introductory remarks by:
T.J. Pempel, UC Berkeley
Robert Scalapino, UC Berkeley

Panel 1: "Finding Multilateral Solutions to New and Enduring Problems"

Chair: TJ Pempel, UC Berkeley

Panelists:

Susan Shirk, UC San Diego
Track II Diplomacy in Northeast Asia
David Shambaugh, George Washington University
China and Multilateralism in Asia
Mely Caballero-Anthony, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS), Singapore
East Asian Multilateral Problems and Solutions

Panel 2: "Ensuring IT and Network Security"

Chair: Darren Zook, UC Berkeley

Panelists:

Jonathan Zittrain, Oxford University [via teleconference]
The Relationship between Security and Censorship
Laurie Freeman, UC Santa Barbara
Information Technology and Democracy in East Asia
Peter Cowhey, UC San Diego
Technology and Long-term Security in the Pacific Rim

Panel 3: "Preventing and Managing Environmental Crises"

Chair: Thomas Gold, UC Berkeley

Panelists:

Miranda Schreurs, University of Maryland
Environmental Security Dynamics in Northeast Asia
Vinya Sysamouth, International Rivers Network
China's Hydropower Development and Its Impact on Downstream Countries
Daniela Salaverry, Pacific Environment
The Russian Far East, China, and Korea: Trans-boundary Problem Solving by Grassroots Environmental Groups

Concluding Remarks

Visit the IEAS website for complete program information on this event.

Consequences of the War on Terrorism: George Soros

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Soros, George) — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800

Presented by:
The Goldman Forum on the Press & Foreign Affairs, the Chancellor's Office, the World Affairs Council and the Graduate School of Journalism

Consequences of the War on Terrorism

Introduced by Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau

A video archive of this event will be available approximately 48 hours after the event has concluded. Please return to this page later.

George Soros
Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Institute, Financier, Philanthropist, and author of The Age of Fallibility: The Consequences of the War on Terrorism

Lowell Bergman
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for Public Service, and the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Professor of Investigative Reporting at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism

Dana Priest
Author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and National Security Correspondent for The Washington Post

Mark Danner
Author of "The Secret Way to War" and "Torture and Truth," MacArthur Fellow and Professor of Journalism, UC Berkeley

Christopher Edley, Jr.
Dean, Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley

Moderated by Orville Schell, Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley

National Security and Intellectual Freedom

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (UC Berkeley Faculty Panel) — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800

In fighting todays 'war on terror', how do the new post-9/11 national security laws, executive orders and policies infringe on our traditional freedoms of inquiry? Are they an important weapon in keeping Americans more secure? Do they benefit society and do they help keep us a free people? UCB faculty will discuss these issues in an evening that celebrates and honors the US Constitution of the 18th century.

The panelists are:
Michael Nacht, Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy and national security scholar
Tom Campbell, Dean of the Haas School of Business, formerly California State Senator and US Congressman
Tom Goldstein, Professor, Graduate School of Journalism and Director of the Mass Communications Program

Moderated by: Tom Leonard, University Librarian and Professor, Graduate School of Journalism.

National Security, the War on Terror, and the Constitution: A Forum

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Various) — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800

2006 Constitution Day Event
National Security, the War on Terror, and the Constitution: A Forum

A campus wide forum held in honor of Constitution Day and the 5th anniversary of the Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center.

In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, the United States quickly responded with a wide range of statutes, executive orders and public policy statements reflecting the perceived need for more effective information gathering, as well as new understandings of traditional constitutional concerns.

This forum will look at a wide range of statutes, and public policy positions taken by Congress, and the President during the past five years. These range from privacy concerns and the use of electronic surveillance; the status of combatants and non-combatant collaborators; the treatment of military prisoners in the United States and in Guantanamo; interrogation techniques; and the applicability of international treaties. The Forum will bring together a wide range of constitutional scholars, historians and political scientists, to consider, evaluate and debate the impact 9/11 has had, and continues to have on the American Constitution.

Featuring:
Gordon Silverstein, UC Berkeley Travers Political Science Dept.
Rich Abrams, UC Berkeley History Dept.
Lowell Bergman, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Stephen Maurer, UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy
Vikram Amar, UC Hastings College of Law
Pete McCloskey, former congressman
Tom Gede, Conference of Western Attorneys General

A Conversation with Ambassador Joseph Wilson, IV

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Wilson, Joseph) — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0800

Called by President George H. W. Bush - a true American hero, Ambassador Joe Wilson has been involved in international politics for more than twenty years. As the acting U.S. ambassador in Iraq during Operation Desert Shield, the massive U.S. buildup in Saudi Arabia after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, Wilson was responsible for freeing 150 American hostages seized by Iraq. He was the last American official to meet with Hussein before the first Gulf War. During his highly-decorated career, Wilson held many senior government posts, including Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council in the Clinton administration, responsible for the coordination of U.S. policy to the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa. He was a principal architect of President Clinton's historic trip to Africa in March 1998 and a leading proponent of the Africa Trade Bill.

Wilson is now at the center of a major political maelstrom involving the White House, the C.I.A. and the second gulf war in Iraq. In 2002, at the request of Vice President Dick Cheney, Wilson was assigned by the C.I.A. to investigate claims that Saddam Hussein was seeking to acquire uranium from Niger for the purpose of advancing his nuclear program. When his investigation turned up nothing, Wilson reported back to officials in Washington that there was no basis for the claims.

At the podium, Wilson lays out his side of the controversy in an enlightening, incisive presentation. Drawing from his new memoir, The Politics of Truth, he takes audiences inside two decades of world politics - from facing down Saddam Hussein to battling uranium lies and White House leaks. A frequent foreign policy commentator on national and international television and radio programs, Wilson also speaks about foreign affairs and international relations since 9/11.

Human Rights, International Law, and the War on Terror

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Various) — Mon, 02 May 2005 00:00:00 +0800

This panel convenes as part of the class "Issues on Foreign Policy After 9/11" with Harry Kreisler (IAS 180).

Tom Farer
Dean of the School of International Affairs, University of Denver

John Yoo
Professor of Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, UCB

Mark Danner
Professor of Journalism, UCB

See more on this forum, including bios of the speakers, at the following website.

For a complete list of course webcasts, visit the Fall 05 IAS 180 webcast website.

Conversations with History: John F. Lehman

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Lehman, John F.) — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0800

Conversations with History Presents:
"Managing National Security Policy"

A Conversation with John F. Lehman

This interview took place on April 16, 1991.

For a full transcript of this interview, visit the Conversations with History website.

Conversations with History: Ambassador Joseph Wilson

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Wilson, Joseph) — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0800

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Conversations with History Presents:
"A Diplomat's Odyssey"

A Conversation with Ambassador Joseph Wilson

This interview took place on May 27, 2004.

Ambassador Joseph Wilson has spent more than two decades serving his country in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Washington. He is the author of a memoir, "The Politics of Truth".

Debate: Has Bush Made Us Safer? Iraq, Terror and American Power

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Hitchens & Danner) — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0800

The Goldman Forum on the Press & Foreign Affairs & UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism present:

Debate: Has Bush Made Us Safer? Iraq, Terror and American Power

Christopher Hitchens
Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair
Former I.F. Stone Fellow, Graduate School of Journalism

vs.

Mark Danner
Professor, Graduate School of Journalism
Staff Writer, The New Yorker

Introduced by Robert M. Berdahl, Chancellor, UC Berkeley. Moderated by: Orville Schell Dean, Graduate School of Journalism

This event was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 in Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley.

The first Hitchens vs. Danner debate held on January 28, 2003 is available on webcast.

For more information, visit the Graduate School of Journalism event website.

Dr. Helen Caldicott: The New Nuclear Danger

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Caldicott, Helen) — Fri, 23 May 2003 00:00:00 +0800

The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex

Dr. Helen Caldicott
Founder of Physicians for social Responsibility
Nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize
Founder of Nuclear Policy Research Institute

This event took place on April 24, 2003 in the Chevron Auditorium, International House, UC Berkeley.

Addressing her new book by the same name, world-renowned antinuclear activist Dr. Caldicott looks at the indebtedness of the current Bush administration to the nuclear arms industry and warms of the enormous dangers inherent in allowing weapons manufacterers to dictate foreign policy. Now, with unprecedented acts of terrorism fueling the American public's willingness to grant its government broad powers to wage war, the constant pressure from weapon makers for the use of military force poses a very real threat of nuclear conflict. Enumerating the medical consquences of such a war, Caldicott demonstrates conclusively that the notion of nuclear survival is a fantasy, and that nuclear victory is an oxymoron.

Just as a generation embraced Caldicott.s hugely influential Nuclear Madness and Missle Envy, The New Nuclear Danger stands to educate, altert, and mobilze millions of young people and concerned citizens, helping them to understand the planetary threat posed by an aggressive nuclear weapons industry in a volatile world.

America In the Second Nuclear Age

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Various) — Thu, 01 May 2003 00:00:00 +0800

The Goldman Forum on the Press & Foreign Affairs and UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism present:

America In the Second Nuclear Age

The live event took place on April 30, 2003 in Sibley Auditorium, UC Berkeley.

A conversation with:

Jonathan Schell
Author and Fellow at The Nation Institute and
Senior Fellow at the Center for Globalization at Yale University

Frances FitzGerald
Author of Fire In The Lake and Way Out There In The Blue

Michael Nacht
Dean, Goldman School of Public Policy;
Chair, Pentagon advisory panel on combating terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction;
Assistant Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1994 -1997

Mark Danner
Professor, Graduate School of Journalism
Staff Writer, The New Yorker

Introduced by Orville Schell
Dean, Graduate School of Journalism

The Goldman Forum on the Press and Foreign Affairs is a series of lectures, dialogues and scholarships meant to foster debate about how critical world issues are covered in the American press -- and how they can be covered more effectively.

Co-sponsored by The Commonwealth Club of California.

Panel Discussion - George W. Bush: A Midterm Analysis

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Various) — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0800

22nd Annual Presidential Panel - George W. Bush: A Midterm Analysis

This event was held on April 21, 2003 in 155 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley.

Presidential scholars and White House reporters provide an inside assessment of the 43rd president's handling of the war on terrorism, homeland security, corporate ethics, and the economy, as President Bush prepares to run for reelection. The panelists are Michael Nacht, Eleanor Clift, and Nelson Polsby, introduced by Michael Lesser from University Extension, and moderated by Jerry Lubenow from the Institutue of Governmental Studies.

Professor Nacht teaches and writes in the fields of U.S. national security and foreign policy, and on management strategies for public organizations. He was a founding coeditor of the journal International Security, and he served in the Clinton administration as Assistant Director for Strategic and Eurasian Affairs of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Dean Nacht presently serves as Chairman of the Secretary of Defense's Advisory Committee on Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Eleanor Clift is a contributing editor for Newsweek magazine. She reports on the White House, presidential politics, and a variety of national issues. She is currently assigned to Capitol Hill, where she is covering the war on terrorism and its many aspects, from the ongoing anthrax scare to the various pieces of legislation dealing with the continuing threats to the nation. Her column, "Capitol Letter," is posted each week on Newsweek.com and MSNBC.com.

Nelson Polsby is the Heller Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley. He was the Director of the Institute of Governmental Studies at U.C. from 1988 to 1999, and editor of the American Political Science Review from 1971 to 1977. He is the author and co-author of fourteen books, including Community Power and Political Theory, Congress and the Presidency, Political Promises, British Government and Its Discontent, Consequences of Party Reform, Political Innovation in America -- The Politics of Policy Initiative, and Presidential Elections, written with Aaron Wildavsky, which is in its tenth edition. His forthcoming book is How Congress Evolves: Social Bases of Institutional Change, which will be published by Oxford University Press. Professor Polsby has a Ph.D. from Yale, and among his honorary degrees are ones from Oxford and the University of Liverpool.

The event was co-sponsored by University Extension and the Institute of Governmental Studies.

Dr. Alexey Arbatov: Superterrorism - Implications for a New Common Security Strategy

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Arbatov, Alexey) — Thu, 17 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0800

Superterrorism - Implications for a New Common Security Strategy
Dr. Alexey Arbatov (Chairman of the Defense Committee of the Russian State Duma)

This took place on March 13, 2003 in Booth Auditorium, Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley.

Lecture topics include: Security implications of the 'Black September' event. Why and how the Taliban was defeated. The role of Russia. Where Russia is after the success in Afghanistan?

For information on the event, visit the Goldman School of Public Policy website

Campus Forum: Implications of War in Iraq

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Various) — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 00:00:00 +0800

Campus Forum: Implications of War in Iraq

The live event took place on April 1, in Zellerbach Auditorium, UC Berkeley.

To initiate a campus dialogue about the Iraq war, a panel of UC Berkeley faculty experts were invited to explore the war's economic, political and regional implications. The event was introduced by Chancellor Robert Berdahl and the panel was moderated by David Leonard, Dean of International and Area Studies. The panelists and their areas of knowledge are Nezar Al Sayyad, Middle Eastern Studies; Thomas G. Barnes, law and history; David D. Caron, law; Laura Nader, anthropology; Steven Weber, political science; and Janet L. Yellen, economics. Each faculty member makes a presentation, followed by an all-panel discussion.

The event was cosponsored by the Institute of International Studies, International and Area Studies, and the Office of the Chancellor.

Max Boot, 2003 Nimitz Speaker: Does America Need an Empire?

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Boot, Max) — Wed, 12 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0800

The 2003 Nimitz Speaker

Max Boot is Olin Senior Fellow in National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and a contributing editor to The Weekly Standard.

His last book, The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power (Basic Books) was selected as one of the best books of 2002 by The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and The Christian Science Monitor. He is now writing his next book, a history of military technology revolutions over the past 500 years, War Made New: Four Great Revolutions That Changed the Face of Battle, which will be published by Gotham Books, an imprint of Penguin publishing.

Before joining the Council in October 2002, Boot spent eight years as a writer and editor at The Wall Street Journal, the last five years as editorial features editor. He was twice named one of America's 30 leading business journalists under 30 by the TGFR Newsletter. From 1992 to 1994 he was an editor and writer at The Christian Science Monitor.

Boot's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Times (London), The Weekly Standard, Foreign Affairs, Military History Quarterly, American Heritage, and many other publications.

Boot is a frequent public speaker who has addressed institutions ranging from the Naval War College to the American Bar Association to Dartmouth University. He has also appeared on CNN, Fox News Channel, CNBC, ABC, PBS, National Public Radio, and numerous other television and radio outlets.

Boot holds a bachelor's degree in history, with high honors, from the University of California, Berkeley (1991), and a master's degree in history from Yale University (1992). He lives with his wife and three children in Larchmont, N.Y.

Conversations with Berkeley Faculty: Michael Nacht (1/9/03)

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Nacht, Michael) — Tue, 04 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0800

Conversations with History Presents
Faculty Research at the University of California, Berkeley

Michael Nacht
Dean and Professor of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
"Changing Paradigms in National Security Policy"

January 9, 2003

Complete transcript is available.

For additional information see:

Goldman School of Public Policy

A Contrarian's View on Internationalism in the Wake of 9/11

webcast@media.berkeley.edu (Hitchens, Christopher) — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0800

Christopher Hitchens, the 2002 Sanford S. Elberg Lecturer in International Studies, speaks with Harry Kreisler for the International Area Studies 180 class "Issues in U.S. Foreign Policy Since 9/11". Mr. Hitchens speaks on the topic "Internationalism in the Wake of 911: A Contrarian's View."

The event took place on 4/25/02 at 100 Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley.