Instititute of International Studies; University of California, Berkeley

On Human Values: A Gallery of Interviews

This gallery has been especially created for the students of Merritt College's online Humanities 2 course.

Faisal Al-Husseini

Member of the PLO Executive Committee in charge of Jerusalem affairs and a close aid of Palestine National Authority President Yasser Arafat.

Yossi Beilin

The head of the Israeli team of negotiators by then Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Curently a member of the Knesset's Law Committee and the Committee on the Status of Women.

Dr. Anson Chan

The Chief Secretary of the Hong Kong Government

Daniel Ellsberg

An Activist and Strategic Analyst, a key figure in the public protest to halt the Vietnam War.

Yegor Gaidar

Former Russian Deputy Minister and Minister of Economy

John Kenneth Galbraith

An Advisor to President Kennedy, US Ambassador to India during the Kennedy Administration

Justice Richard J. Goldstone

Judge, Constitutional Court of South Africa, Former Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.

Anita Gradin

Swedish legislator and diplomat, former European Commissioner.

David Hamburg

President Emeritus of the Carnegie Corporation

Thelton Henderson, Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court, San Francisco

Nancy Scheper-Hughes

Professor of Anthropology, UC Berkeley

Shima Iwashita

Actress, Leading Figure of the Japanese Cinema

Alice Karekezi

Human Rights Activist

Ahmed Kathrada

Counselor to the President of South Africa

Julius Kiano

Chairman of the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation and a distinguished leader in Kenya's government

Archaranitkul Kritaya

Demographer with the Institute for Population and Social Research at Mahidol University in Thailand.

Robert MacNamara

Former Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy administration.

Jack Matlock

Former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union.

Abner Mikvah

Former Congressman, Appelalate Judge, and Counsel to the President

Norman Myers

Environmental Scientist, Professional Photographer

Kenzaburo Oe

1994 Nobel Laureate in Literature

Sadako Ogata

UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Christopher Patten

The Last Governor General of Hong Kong

Norman Podhoretz

Former Editor of Commentary

Frank H.T. Rhodes

President Emeritus of Cornell University

Alan K. Simpson

The former U.S. Senator from Wyoming

Wole Soyinka

Political Activist and Nobel Laureate

Oliver Stone

Producer, Screenwriter, Director

Eric Stover

Human Rights Activist and Writer

Laura D'Andrea Tyson

Professor of Economics and Business at UC Berkeley, Former Chairperson of the National Economic Council and of the Council of Economic Advisors in the first Clinton Administration

Sir Brian Urquhart

Former Undersecretary General of the United Nations

Luc Walleyn

Human Rights Lawyer