Stan Van Houcke Audioblog

Ilan Pappe, born in 1954, is professor in political science at the University of Haifa. He is one of the so called \'new historians\' of Israel. His latest book is titled The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. About this subject he gave two lectures, the first one at the University of Amsterdam in January 2007.

Ilan Pappe, born in 1954, is professor in political science at the University of Haifa. He is one of the so called \\\'new historians\\\' of Israel. His latest book is titled The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. About this subject he gave two lectures, the first one at the University of Amsterdam in January 2007.

A lecture by the American economist and Nobel Prizewinner Joseph Stiglitz. Joseph Stiglitz (born February 9, 1943) is an American economist and member of Columbia University faculty. He is recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics (2001). Former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, he is famous for his critical view of globalization and international institutions like the International Monetary Fund or the World Bank. In 2000 Stiglitz founded the Initative for Policy Dialogue (IPD), a think tank on international development based at Columbia University. Since 2001 he has been a member of the University of Manchester’s Brooks World Poverty Institute. Joseph Stiglitz\\\'s latest book is Making Globalization Work November 2006 he gave a lecture about this subject in Amsterdam.

A lecture by the Israeli journalist Gideon Levy. Early november 2006 one of the most upright and brave journalists I know, Gideon Levy of Ha\'aretz, gave a lecture in Amsterdam during a conference on war and peace. A lecture about the Israeli repression of the Palestinians.

Lewis Lapham, till 2006 editor of Harper\'s Magazine. Author and Journalist. A lecture.

Lewis Lapham, till 2006 editor of Harper\\\'s Magazine. Author and Journalist. A lecture.

A lecture by the British author and correspondent for The Independent Robert Fisk about the biased way Western mass media raport on the Middle East.

Robert Fisk. Middle-East correspondent of The Independent. A lecture.

Interview with professor James Lovelock about his new book \'The Revenge of Gaia.\'

Interview with the author and historian Ronald Wright about his book \\\'A Short History of Progress.\\\'

Interview with the American author Phillys Bennis, fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC and the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. Her latest book is \\\'Challenging Empire. How people, governments and the UN defy US power.\\\'

Interview with the American author Chalmers Johnson about the American Empire. Chalmers Johnson is president of the Japan Policy Research Institute, a non-profit research and public affairs organization devoted to public education concerning Japan and international relations in the Pacific. He taught for thirty years, 1962-1992, at the Berkeley and San Diego campuses of the University of California and held endowed chairs in Asian politics at both of them. At Berkeley he served as chairman of the Center for Chinese Studies and as chairman of the Department of Political Science. His B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in economics and political science are all from the University of California, Berkeley... He was chairman of the academic advisory committee for the PBS television series \\\"The Pacific Century,\\\" and he played a prominent role in the PBS \\\"Frontline\\\" documentary \\\"Losing the War with Japan.\\\" Both won Emmy awards. His most recent books are, as editor and contributor, Okinawa: Cold War Is

An interview with the American dissident thinker Noam Chomsky about his book \\\'Necessary Illusions.\\\' A few days ago I found a lost tape with an interview I had fourteen years ago with Noam Chomsky about his book \\\'Necessary Illusions\\\' which was published in 1989. Listening to his words I noticed again how clear his analyses and vision is. He spoke about the beginning and end of the Cold War, about the first Gulf War and about the drastic effects of the so called globalisation.

Interview with the American writer and broadcaster Jim Tarbell about his book \\\'Imperial Overstretch.\\\' Jim Tarbell wrote together with the historian Roger Burbach the book \\\'Imperial Overstretch. George W. Bush and the hubris of empire.\\\' Tarbell is a writer and broadcaster based in Northern California. In 1987 the Bitish historian Paul Kennedy showed in his book \\\'The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers\\\' that one can speak of imperial overstretch the moment the empire costs more than it produces. I started the interview by asking Jim the question how he defines imperial overstretch.

Interview with the American veteran Geoffrey Millard, spokesman of Iraq Veterans Against the War.

Interview with Ray Dolphin, the Irish author of the book The West Bank Wall. Unmaking Palestine. Ray Dolphin, who works as a consultant for the United Nations and is stationed in Jerusalem, explains what the actual purpose is of the West Bank wall. In his book he shows that the stealing of more Palestinian land is the real motive behind the building of the wall. It makes the creation of a viable Palestinian state impossible because it cuts up the West Bank in innumerable little Batustans, between which the Palestinians cannot move freely. Dolphin: \'Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that Israel would determine its permanent borders by the year 2010. Now obviously this date may slip, but I’m not sure if you’re aware that Israel is the only country in the world which has never declared where its borders lie. He has said – and members of his party Kadima have said – that the Wall, which is supposed to be a temporary security barrier, will play a large part in determining where these borders lie. So I’

Interview with Khaled Hroub, director of the Cambridge Arab Media Project in association with the Centre of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge. Interview with Khaled Hroub, author of the book Hamas: Political Thought and Practice, about the fight between Hamas en Fatah. Mr. Hroub is known as one of the best informed scientist about Hamas.

Lecture by the American scientist Saskia Sassen about globalization. Mrs. Sassen is the Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, and visiting Professor of Urban Political Economy at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Saskia Sassen is one of the world\'s leading authorities on globalization. Friday the 20th of April 2007 Saskia Sassen gave the Eighteenth Globalization Lecture in Amsterdam. Her most recent book is titled: Territory, Authority, Rights, from Medieval to Gloabal Assemblages (Princeton University Press, 2006)

Interview with Peter W. Galbraith, who served as the first U.S. Ambassador to Croatia and who wrote The End of Iraq. How American Incompetence Created A War Without End. The interview is followed by a lecture Galbraith gave on friday march 16, 2007 in the Norwegian capital Oslo.

Interview with Peter W. Galbraith, who served as the first U.S. Ambassador to Croatia and who wrote The End of Iraq. How American Incompetence Created A War Without End. The interview is followed by a lecture Galbraith gave on friday march 16, 2007 in the Norwegian capital Oslo.