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Caption: Michael Scharf
Talking Foreign Policy is an hour-long program hosted by Associate Dean Michael Scharf and produced by Case Western Reserve University and WCPN 90....

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:04
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The ten most water-stressed countries in the world – gosh, it sounds like a bad Buzzfeed article - are all in the Middle East or North Africa. Yeme...

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:12
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This month on War News Radio, “Forward Thinking”, we first discuss the future of Iraq in light of the ten year anniversary this past March. Then, w...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 30:01
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In this week’s show, we commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the war in Iraq through a look at the country’s past, present and future and the imp...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 29:06
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With the Syrian civil war about to turn two years old and the death toll approaching 70,000, some are saying it is time for the U.S. or the UN to i...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 01:58
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President Obama called al-Qaeda a "shadow of its former self," but the organization is making inroads in Mali and Algeria and some say it is as dan...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:11
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Despite making valuable contributions to the U.S. military since the Civil War, women are still technically excluded from direct ground combat role...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
Caption: Michael Scharf
Our panel of experts discuss what the appointments of John Kerry (State), Chuck Hagel (Defense) and John Brennan (CIA) will mean for American forei...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:07
Caption: The Gatling Gun patent drawing (1865). The gun was patented on May 9, 1865, and was officially adopted by the U.S. Army on August 21, 1866. Courtesy of the National Archives.
America’s use of targeted drone strikes in Pakistan and elsewhere has raised questions about what is — and is not — an appropriate way to wage war....

Bought by WRPI, WOUB, KREV-LP, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Air National Guard students train on maintaining the MQ-9 Reaper at Hancock Air Base in Syracuse, NY., Credit: David Sommerstein, NCPR
Drones, or unmanned aircraft, are making headlines for their controversial attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan…and for how they could be used for s...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Recent acquittals of Croat and Kosovo-Albanian officials in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia have left some doubting t...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
Caption: Money Matters Award Winning Host Marc Cuniberti
Brilliant biting piece on the military industrial complex paralleling the M-1 Abrams Tank program as basis. Evergreen for 2012/2013.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Some tinnitus sufferers experience their phantom frequencies as buzzing or chirping sounds, like the song of a cicada (here, converted mathematically into graph form)., Credit: Photo Researchers
This dramatic soundscape uses interviews, narration, sound effects, and music to explain the emerging neuroscience of tinnitus - a ringing, buzzing...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2012
  • Length: 09:40
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Under rules codified at the 1961 Vienna Convention, diplomatic missions are generally considered inviolable. But with the murder of Libya Ambassado...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
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With the publishing of "No Easy Day," a tell-all from a retired Navy SEAL about the raid that killed bin Laden, questions are being asked about how...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:53
Caption: Sara Flounders
Patriotism. Since the birth of the nation-state, humans have equated fighting in battle on behalf one’s country as the ultimate form of patriotism....

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:11
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A recent report showed that the American arms industry made billions last year selling to states with questionable human rights records. Should a g...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:01
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The International Criminal Court turns 10 in July after a tumultuous first decade. With only a handful of rulings handed down, critics say the ICC ...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:04
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An influential Russian engineer recently called for an international ban on cyber weapons, saying that they could have unforeseen consequences, but...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:58
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After a recent "New York Times" story on Obama's "kill list" of terrorists, many are questioning the president's counterterrorism strategy. Is it e...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
Caption: The victory of the USS Constitution over the HMS Guerriere in the War of 1812 by Anton Otto, Credit: The Navy-Naval Historical Center
Two hundred years ago this week, the United States declared war on Great Britain, beginning the conflict known as the War of 1812. Today, that wa...

Bought by WRPI and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Libya's civil war is over, but many victims of the Qaddafi regime are still violently meting out justice to their former oppressors. Will this just...

  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:06
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President Obama's top counterterrorism adviser recently defended drone strikes, saying they are legal, wise, and moral. But, citing international l...

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 01:53
Caption: Javier Sicilia in 2011, Credit: Flickr user: sarihuella
On this edition, political science professor David Shirk sheds light on the history and politics of the war on drugs in Mexico. And an emerging mov...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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After the recent highly publicized stories of American military members desecrating the remains of Taliban soldiers, many in the U.S. armed forces ...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:05