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The Cuban Military: An Economic Force
-- Jan. 16, 1999
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| Cuba's military, once known for "exporting revolution," has undergone a transformation
since the end of the Cold War... |
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Human Rights:
Universal and Supreme?
-- Dec. 12, 1999
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| The Kosovo war marked the first time that a group of nations breached the borders of
a sovereign country to stop human rights... |
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Lessons of Kosovo: The Limits of Air Power
-- Aug. 8, 1999
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| Technological progress in missile weaponry brings with it the temptation to use air
power in situations where ground forces would never be considered... |
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Refugees as Weapons of War
-- Oct. 17, 1999
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| A startling trend became a stark reality during the war in Yugoslavia: Milosevic's
used masses of refugees... |
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Where is the United Nations?
-- Sept. 5, 1998
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| The NATO bombing campaign in Yugoslavia was triggered by Slobodan Milosevic's
refusal to accept an international... |
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The Pentagon's Casualty Phobia
-- Aug. 1, 1999
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| From Vietnam to Somalia, television images of U.S. casualties have convinced Pentagon
war planners to persue a... |
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Can America Work with Russia?
-- July 2, 1999 |
| Kosovo is but one of many flashpoints for deadly conflict that lie close to the
border of the former Sovieet Unoin. Russia itself... |
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Kosovo: NATO's Mid-Life Crisis
-- June 20, 1999
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| The West's Cold War defense alliance found itself on an offensive in the former
Yugoslavia - in Bosnia and now Kosovo... |
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The Thinning Threat -- June 13, 1999 |
| Over the past ten years, America's potential enemies have grown poorer, weaker
and more isolated... |
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Nuclear War Between India and Pakistan?
-- Dec. 13, 1998
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| What are the underlying factors that caused these nations to join the declared
nuclear power club? Is a nuclear war... |
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The Human Cost of America's Arms Sales
-- Nov. 8, 1998
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| The U.S. is still the world's number one arms dealer, and most client countries
have bad records on human rights... |
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Can We Learn to Live Without Nuclear Weapons?
-- Oct. 18, 1998
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The case for nuclear abolition is charged with fascinating military, legal, moral and political
dimensions. All of these factors... |
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Alternatives to Military Power in Foreign Policy --
Oct. 4, 1998
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| The 21st Century will be one of global cooperation in the areas of commerce,
the environment and communications... |
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Rebuilding in the Wake of War --
July 19, 1998
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| Many countries fall into a cycle in which war is followed by an unstable peace
that often leads again to war... |
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Water, Land, People, Conflict --
June 5, 1998
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| Today, the greatest threats facing any nation's security may not be military
threats. Increasingly, they are complex... |
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America's Impact on Russia --
June 21, 1998
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| The United States and the Soviet Union were enemies, but what do America and
Russia mean to each other today? |
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Talking with Cuba --
March 1, 1998
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| Despite official hostility between the U.S. and Cuba, many Americans are making
contact with their Cuban counterparts... |
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A "Chernobyl" in Cuba? --
March 15, 1998
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| Critics claim that Cuba's nuclear power program could threaten the United States.
Why is Cuba building a nuclear reactor? |
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Conflict Inc.: Selling the Art of War --
Dec. 7, 1997
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Numerous private companies have stepped into the power vaccum created by the end of the Cold
War who are willing to... |
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Whither Russia? --
Nov. 16, 1997
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| The Soviet Union lost the Cold War, but it is Russia that is treated like a
defeated power. From NATO expansion to foreign... |
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The Cost of NATO Expansion --
Nov. 2, 1997
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| By some accounts, bringing new NATO members up to alliance standards will cost
$150 Billion in new weapons, training and... |
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New Divisions in Europe --
Nov. 2, 1997
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| NATO expansion is supposed to stabilize the military situation in Eastern Europe.
What happens to countries not... |
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U.S. Strategy in Asia --
June 8, 1997
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| Asia will soon be a center of enormous economic and military power. Is our
national securoty strategy for the region... |
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Combatting Terrorism --
May 25, 1997
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The Pentagon has identified terrorism as a major threat to the United States. With billions of
dollars of public resources... |
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Preventative Diplomacy in Action --
Dec. 1, 1996
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| President Jimmy Carter and other prominent diplomat/scholars examine efforts to
prevent war in two different... |
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Why We Fight --
Dec. 19, 1993
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| The United States has used armed force abroad over 50 times since World War II.
This unusual investigation looks for answers... |
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Changing the Focus of Foreign Aid --
Aug. 25, 1996
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| With the end of the Cold War, there is a heated deabte over the future of
foreign aid: How much should we give? |
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Stopping War Before it Starts --
Aug. 18, 1996
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| By responding to the early warning signs of conflict, policy makers can take
steps to avoid war. Known as "preventative diplomacy"... |
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Ending the Cold War Freeze in Cuba --
May 26, 1996
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| Travel to Cuba to look at the Cuban government and it's military. With
on-the-scene interviews and rare... |
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China: Opening the Door to the East --
May 19, 1996
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| China is a growing economic and military power, important for regional and
global stability. Is China America's next big... |
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Cuba at the Crossroads --
April 21, 1996
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| Witness the economic changes underway as Cuba adjusts to the post-Soviet era... |
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NATO Expansion: Flirting with Disaster? --
March 10, 1996
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| The 16 member nations of NATO are determined not only to maintain NATO's
preeminent role in Western Europe, but... |
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Russia: Friend or Foe? --
Dec. 3, 1995
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| Russia is a nation with an emerging democracy, 20,000 nuclear weapons, a large
military and a shattered economy... |
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Ending Cold War Foreign Policy --
Nov. 5, 1995
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| Three case studies of American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. Does the U.S. benefit most
from engagement or... |
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The UN at 50: A Force for the Future --
Oct. 22, 1995
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| With the end of the Cold War, the UN is faced with new challenges. This timely episode looks at the
vision of the original... |
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The Legacy of Hiroshima --
Aug. 6, 1995
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| The astonishing story of how our lives have been affected by the 70,000 nuclear weapons built by the
United States in... |
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The "CNN Effect": TV and Foreign Policy --
May 7, 1995
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| Live broadcasts from around the world have complicated the process of foreign and military policy. How
do politicians... |
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UN Peacekeeping: America's Role --
Feb. 19, 1995
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| The U.S. is an important contributor to UN peacekeeping. This program looks at the current debate to
decrease U.S... |
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Humanitarian Tasks for the Military --
Feb. 12, 1995
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| Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. armed forces have dramatically increased their humanitarian
efforts, despite a... |
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Russia's Times of Trouble --
Dec. 4, 1994
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| A novel look at U.S.-Russian relations in the post-Cold War era. Is the U.S. helping or hurting the cause
of reform in Russia? |
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Armed and Dangerous --
Nov. 20, 1994
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| From Rwanda to Los Angeles, the proliferation of light weapons may pose the greatest threat to peace in
the post-Cold War era... |
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Who's Number One? --
Oct. 30, 1994
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| A novel look at how the U.S. stacks up compared to its industrial allies in many quality-of-life measures
such as health... |
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America's Arms Race with Itself --
Oct. 16, 1994
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| Does the allure of new weapons cause the Pentagon to ignore the capable systems we have already paid
for? |
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School of the Americas: At War with Democracy --
Oct. 9, 1994
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| U.S. taxpayers wtill train the military and police forces of Latin American countries who use the skills to
torture and kill ... |
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Confronting the Crisi in Haiti --
Sept. 23, 1994
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| Explore the U.S. role in the economic and military affairs of Haiti and provides the viewer with a look at
the events... |
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Killing Fields: The Deadly Legacy of Landmines --
June 5, 1994
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| Over one hundred million landmines are scattered around the world, killing and maiming hundreds of
people each month... |
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A Code of Conduct for Weapons Sales --
My 22, 1994
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| There is growing concern about the increase in U.S arms sales to countries that violate human rights. A
wide effort... |
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The Non-Proliferation Treaty: Dead at 25? --
My 15, 1994
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| After 25 years, 30 countries are thought to be capable of building nuclear weapons and inspection of
suspect activities always... |
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Holding on in Okinawa --
Dec. 26, 1993
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| Nearly 50 years after the battle with the Japanese, 50,000 U.S. troops and civilians occupy 20% of this
gateway to Asia... |
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The U.S. and UN in Somalia --
Dec. 12, 1993
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| U.S. involvement in Somalia has changed from humanitarian aid to military retaliation. This hard-hitting
program... |
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Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia and Taiwan --
Nov. 28, 1993
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| Two controversial sales of warplanes: MacDonnell Douglas' sale to Saudi Arabia and Lockheed's to
Taiwan... |
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The UN: Peacekeeping or Warmaking? --
Nov. 14, 1993
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| How can the UN become more effective and efficient? What is the U.S. role in helping the UN
accomplish its tasks? |
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Who's the Enemy Now? --
Sept. 5, 1993
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| Now that the U.S. seems to be a country without an enemy in sight, the Pentagon is preparing to fight
minor-league... |
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Breakup in the Balkans --
Aug. 29, 1993
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| A sobering look at the causes of the bitter, complex civil war in Bosnia, the breakup of the former
Yugoslavia and the role of... |
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The Making of a Dictator --
May 2, 1993
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| Saddam Hussein wasn't the only dictator who became a threat to neighbors with a little help from their
Western friends... |
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NATO: Dead or Alive? --
April 25, 1993
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| NATO is a vast bureaucracy of generals and admirals making the hollow claim that it should be continued
indefinitely... |
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War in the Middle East: Desert Storm II? --
March 7, 1993
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| Despite the lack of a real enemy, the Pentagon is increasing its preparation to fight another war in the
Persian Gulf... |
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The Wounds of War: Vietnam --
Jan. 17, 1993
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| America has not yet come to terms with the Vietnam War. People touched by that conflict reveal the
impact on their lives... |
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The UN's Military Missions --
Dec. 20, 1992
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| Conflicts in Cambodia and Yugoslavia challenge the UN peacekeeping forces, which include American
soldiers... |
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The UN's Nuclear Detective --
Sept. 27, 1992
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| An underfunded international agency -- the IAEA -- tries to prevent the misuse of nuclear materials in
170 countries... |
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Cuban-American Relations --
June 14, 1992
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| U.S.-Cuban disagreements and possible ways to improve relations... |
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Scrapping Nuclear Weapons --
June 7, 1992
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| The possible dismantling of thousands of nuclear warheads creates a new problem: how to dispose of
their radioactive... |
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Arming Dictators --
March 29, 1992
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| The continuing U.S. practice of arming authoritarian governments arund the world... |
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War and the New World Order --
Dec. 1, 1991
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| 18 destructive and bloody wars are still being fought. What is the U.S. Role in these conflicts? |
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Nuclear Weapons and the Breakup of the Soviet Union --
Nov. 3, 1991
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| What will happen with the nuclear weapons of the former Soviet Union? |
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Uncle Sam's Foreign Military Bases: Should They Go? --
Oct. 20, 1991
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| "We won't be back 'till it's over, over there," the song went. Is it over? |
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Dateline: Kazakhstan, Central Asia --
Oct. 6, 1991
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| An in-depth look at one of the most important republics of the former Soviet
Union... |
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The Loss of an Enemy --
July 28, 1991
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| The gains and costs of the Cold War to the Americans... |
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America: Policeman for the Third World --
June 2, 1991
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| Does President Bush's New World Order call for America to be the top cop on the
beat? |
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The Great Arms Debate --
April 29, 1990
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| Experts debate future spending, size and role of the military in a changing
world... |
For more information on military policy and strategy issues, please e-mail CDI's Adm. Eugene Carroll (USN) Ret. at ecarroll@cdi.org.
