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Ripple Effects:
Consequences of the U.S. War on Terrorism
August 21, 2002
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There have been many intended and unintended consequences of what the U.S. government calls the War on Terrorism. They include: a crackdown on dissidents in Malaysia, a stronger U.S. foothold in the oil-rich Caspian Sea region, and, around the world, widespread questioning of U.S. commitment to the rule of international law. On this program we take a look at these three examples, drawing on reports produced during our special series "Beyond Headlines."
Featuring:
Andrew Redding, director of the Americas Project and Senior Fellow for Hemispheric Affairs at the World Policy Institute; Pierre Labossiere, Haiti Action Committee; Yolette Etienne Creole, a Haitian who experienced repression during military rule; Elizabeth Wong, Secretary General for the National Human Rights Society of Malaysia; Khairul Anuar, a 24-year old student activist who was detained and tortured under Malaysia's Internal Security Act (ISA); Bahirah Tajol Aris, the wife of an ISA detainee; Michael Klare, professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and author of "Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict"; Tomas Valasek, a senior analyst at the Center for Defense Information; Mel Goodman, a former senior analyst on the Soviet Union for the CIA from 1966 to 1986 and professor of International Security at the National War College.
For more information:
World Policy Institute
New School University
66 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10011
www.worldpolicy.org
Peace and World Security Studies
School of Social Science
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA 01002
http://pawss.hampshire.edu
Center for Defense Information
1779 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
www.cdi.org
Haiti Action Committee
P.O. Box 2218
Berkeley, CA 94702
haitiaction@yahoo.com
National War College
www.ndu.edu/nwc