Category: Audio

Interview: On Foreign Policy Debate; Yifat Susskind on Iraq War’s Toxic Legacy (audio)

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Counterspin October 26, 2012 [Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting; Zunes’s segment begins at 11 mins.]
The final presidential debate, addressing international issues, managed to promote several falsehoods about U.S. foreign policy. No, the Iranian president never said he wanted Israel “wiped off the map,” and the U.S. did not treat South Africa’s racist apartheid rulers badly…. In other words, the debate was inline with how media and the candidates have treated foreign policy throughout the campaign. Also on CounterSpin today: The toxic legacy of the Iraq War. See also Obama, Romney and the Foreign Policy Debate, Foreign Policy in Focus, 10/23/12.

Leaving Iraq (audio)

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KQED Forum 15 December 2011
The U.S. military engagement in Iraq is almost over, following the orderly exit of tens of thousands of American troops from the country. Just a few thousand soldiers remain, and those are expected to be gone in two and a half weeks, leaving behind some U.S. advisers and contractors. In this hour, we discuss what’s next for Iraq, and the political, economic and social impact of the pull-out.
Guests:

  • John Arquilla, professor of defense analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School Michael Nacht, Thomas and Alison Schneider professor of public policy at UC Berkeley
  • Stephen Zunes, professor of politics and chair of middle eastern studies at the University of San Francisco
  • Stephen Farrell, foreign correspondent for The New York Times
  • Jane Wales, president and CEO of the World Affairs Council. Former director of the National Security Council.