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In The Great War of Our Time: The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism--From al Qa'ida to ISIS, recently retired Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence…
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Bard College Professor of Political Studies James Ketterer joins Alan in the studio to discuss politics and the Middle East.
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When Emma Sky volunteered to help rebuild Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, she had little idea what she was getting in to. Her…
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What should America’s role be in the Middle East?In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Representative Chris Gibson tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock there…
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The First American-Afghan War, a CIA war, was approved by President George W. Bush and directed by the author, Robert Grenier, the CIA station chief in…
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In its earliest days, the American-led war in Afghanistan appeared to be a triumph — a "good war" in comparison to the debacle in Iraq. It has since…
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The situation in the Middle East is volatile.In today’s Congressional Corner, Vermont representative Peter Welch tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock the U.S. is…
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Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David is a day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David conference, when President Jimmy Carter…
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Bard College and U.S. Military Academy at West Point are teaming up for a panel Monday on challenges in the Middle East.The Bard Globalization and…
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The old story of the scorpion and the frog is pertinent yet again. A scorpion says to a frog, “will you escort me across the Red Sea? The frog replies,…