Harry Kreisler is executive producer and host of the series, which is produced at the Institute of International Studies at the University of California - Berkeley. Conceived in 1982 by Mr. Kreisler as a way to capture and preserve through conversation and technology the intellectual ferment of our times, Conversations with History includes over 450 interviews.
The Story of Conversations with History
The Search for Peace in the Middle East
These interviews were made possible by support from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley.
Hanan Ashrawi;
Palestinian Writer and Political Leader: "A
Palestinian Voice," 4/12/00
Alfred L. Atherton; Former U.S. Ambassador at Large, Middle East; and former
Director General of the Foreign Service: "The
Peace Process in the Middle East"," 2/28/86
Baer, Robert; author and former CIA operative: "Dealing with Iran," 7/28/09
Yossi Beilin; Former
Minister of Justice, Israel: "Searching
for Peace in the Middle East," 10/3/03; and, with Faisal Husseini: "A
Dialogue on the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process," 9/15/98
(1998)
Robert Fisk; Middle
East Correspondent, The Independent: "'Foreign
Correspondent' in the Middle East," 12/14/06
Galia Golan; Professor
in the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Herzlia,
Israel: "The Israeli
Peace Movement and the 2006 Lebanon War," 10/16/06
Philip Habib;
diplomat: "The Work of Diplomacy," 5/14/82
Amira Hass; Columnist, Ha'aretz: "Occupation
and Terrorism," 10/24/03
Faisal Husseini and Yossi Beilin; Negotiators
in the Middle East Peace Process: "A
Dialogue on the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process," 9/15/98
Samuel Lewis;
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and President of the U.S. Peace Institute: "Reflections
on the Work of Diplomacy and the Peace Process," 11/15/88
video
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)
John Mearsheimer; R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor at the
University of Chicago: "Through
the Realist Lens," 4/8/02;
and "Domestic Politics
and International Relations," 9/19/07 (with Steve Walt)
(2002) (2007)
Michael B. Oren; Historian and Writer; Senior Fellow at the Shalem
Center, Jerusalem: "War in History
and in Fiction," 11/8/05
Trita Parsi; Adjunct
Professor of International Relations, School for Advanced International
Studies, Johns Hopkins University: "Iran,
Israel, and the United States," 11/30/07
Karim
Sadjadpour;
Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: "Iran:
Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy," 10/8/07
2007 2009
Tom Segev;
Columnist for Haaretz: "Israeli
National Identity," 4/8/04; and "Israel
and the 1967 War," 3/22/07
video (2004) video (2007)
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;
and "U.S. Foreign Policy
and the Middle East," 2/25/03
video (2001) video (2003)
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;
and, "Domestic Policy
and International Relations," 9/19/07
video (2007)
Anthony Zinni;
Former Commander in Chief of the Central Command: "Challenges
for U.S. National Security Policy," 4/23/07
video
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