Podcasts

Audio files in mp3 format from the Transatlantic & Caucasus Studies Institute, with commentary on international affairs.

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TURKEY: EAST OR WEST? The Rise of Religion in the Public Sphere (Ilhan Uzgel)

Tue, 9 June 2009

Podcast of public lecture in the TURKEY: EAST OR WEST? series, given by Professor Ilhan Uzgel at the London School of Economics on 9 June 2009... listen (78m 38s: 17.9Mb)...

TURKEY: EAST OR WEST? Culture, Identity and European Integration (Hakan Yilmaz)

Tue, 2 June 2009

Podcast of public lecture in the TURKEY: EAST OR WEST? series, given by Professor Hakan Yilmaz at the London School of Economics on 2 June 2009... listen (80m 49s: 18.5Mb)...

TURKEY: EAST OR WEST? The Creation of the Secular State of Turkey (Andrew Mango)

Tue, 26 May 2009

Podcast of public lecture in the TURKEY: EAST OR WEST? series, given by Dr Andrew Mango at the London School of Economics on 26 May 2009... listen (70m 38s: 16.2Mb)...

Ziba Norman interviewed for Armenian radio by Davit Muradyan

Thu, 19 February 2009

Podcast of interview discussing the developing situation in the south Caucasus. Davit Muradyan is the editor of the international news block of the news service Azdarar of AR TV. In 1999 Davit started his career as an anchor, then as a journalist in the private radio station Ardzagank. He is a graduate of the Caucasus School of Journalism & Media Management. For two years until 2008 Davit was the editor-in-chief of the news department of the private radio station Radio Hay. In 2006 he took experience in Reuters and the BBC World Radio service and, in the USA, at ABC and Fox News. For two years until July 2008 he taught TV journalism in the Journalism Department of Yerevan State University, as well as at the Armenian School of Journalism. (Source: cjteam.org)... listen (20m 57s: 4.8Mb)...

Karabakh Panel Event

Thu, 29 March 2007

Podcast of highlights from our panel event, presented by Ziba Norman. Thomas de Waal, Thomas Goltz, Mark Grigoryan and Famil Ismailov discuss the frozen conflict in Nagorno Karabakh... listen (10m 21s: 2427K)...

Democratiya/ Transatlantic & Caucasus Studies Institute Symposium: Foreign Policy After Blair

Sat, 1 July 2006

Podcasts of highlights from the symposium, introduced by Ziba Norman. Each of the four topics discussed is presented in a separate podcast.

Ethical Foreign Policy/ Humanitarian Intervention... listen (5m 58s: 1406K)
Terrorism... listen (8m 42s: 2044K)
Relations between Europe and the USA... listen (4m 22s: 1025K)
Possible directions in foreign policy for the Labour government after Blair... listen (5m 42s: 1339K)

Are the US and Russia on the verge of a uranium war?

Sun, 21 May 2006

Russia is poised for tough talks on access to US uranium markets. Could protracted negotiations or Russian withdrawal from US markets hike the price of a commodity already in tight supply?... listen (3m 37s: 849K)... read transcript

Remembering the Andijan Massacre One Year On

Sat, 13 May 2006

On 13 May 2005, Uzbek government forces killed several hundred protesters in the town of Andijan, and detained many more. Precise details of what happened are hard to come by, with foreign powers remaining divided on their view of events. Was this a heavy-handed, but predictable crackdown on dangerous Muslim extremists and their supporters, or was it a gratuitous violation of human rights? ...listen (4m 12s: 987K)...read transcript

Transatlantic & Caucasus Studies Institute is a working name of The Transatlantic Institute.