Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley

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In these lively and unedited interviews, distinguished alumni from the University of California, Berkeley, talk about their lives and their work. See also the Conversations with History home page.

	Max Boot; Olin Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations: "Small Wars and U.S. Foreign Policy," 3/12/03; and, "Revolutions in Military Affairs and the War on Terror," 11/6/06 video (2003) video (2006)		Stanley Cavell; Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value, Emeritus; Harvard: "A Philosopher Goes to the Movies," 2/7/02 video
	Soon Cho; Mayor of Seoul, Republic of Korea: "Governing a Global City," 5/25/96		Ronald V. Dellums; Former U.S. Representative, Ninth Congressional District, California: "Legislating for the People," 2/10/00 video
	John Kenneth Galbraith; Paul M. Warburg Professor Emeritus of Economics, Harvard University: "Intellectual Journey: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom," 3/27/86 video		David Pierpont Gardner; former President of the University of California: "Leadership in Education," 10/21/98 video
	Allan Gotlieb; former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.: "A Canadian Diplomat in the United States," 1/26/89 video		Philip Habib; diplomat: "The Work of Diplomacy," 5/14/82 video
	Thelton Henderson, Jr.; Judge, U.S. District Court, San Francisco: "Lessons of the Civil Rights Movement," 4/29/98 video		Robert Jervis; Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics, Columbia University: "American Foreign Policy in a New Era," 11/17/05 video
	Ken Jowitt; Robson Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley: "The Individual, Charisma, and the Leninist Extinction," 12/7/99 video		Julius G. Kiano; Director of the Kenya Broadcast Corporation and former Kenyan cabinet minister: "Kenyan Independence: The Early Years," 9/14/89
	Ian Lustick; Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania: "Coming to Terms with Israel," 3/4/02; and "Trapped in the War on Terror," 5/1/06 video (2002) video (2006)		Princeton Lyman; Director of the Interdependence Initiative at the Aspen Institute: "U.S. Foreign Policy and Globalization," 2/28/02; and "A Strategic U.S. Approach to Africa," 2/16/06 video (2002) video (2006)
	Hans Mark; Chancellor, University of Texas: "Technology, Universities, and the Changing International Environment," 3/15/88		Sir Michael Marmot; Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College, London: "Redefining Public Health: Epidemiology and Social Stratification," 3/18/02 video
	John A. McCone; former Director of the CIA and former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission: "Reflections on a Life in Government Service," 4/21/88 video		Robert S. McNamara; former Secretary of Defense: "A Life in Public Service," 5/15/96 video
	Norman Myers; Environmental Scientist and Activist: "The Journey of an Environmental Scientist," 11/11/98 video		Ambassador David D. Newsom; former Undersecretary of State: "Reflections of a Diplomat," 6/11/02 video
	Sadako Ogata; UN High Commissioner for Refugees: "Humanitarian Assistance," 3/17/99 video		Ruth Rosen; historian and columnist: "The Women's Movement in Historical Perspective," 12/5/01 video
	Barry Scheck; Professor of Law, Yeshiva University, and Co-Director of the Innocence Project: "DNA and the Criminal Justice System," 7/25/03		Nancy Scheper-Hughes; Professor of Anthropology, UC Berkeley: "Studying the Human Condition: Habits of an Anthropologist," 12/14/99 video
	Susan Shirk; Professor of Political Science, UCSD; and China specialist: "China and the United States," 11/8/01 video		Shibley Telhami; Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland, College Park: "U.S. Foreign Policy and the Search for Peace in the Middle East," 11/8/01 video
	Stephen M. Walt; Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Kennedy School, Harvard University: "Balancing American Power in the Post-9/11 World," 11/15/05 video		Herbert York; Director, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation: "Reminiscences from a Career in Science, National Security, and the University," 2/6/88 video

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