2001
DECEMBER
December 31, 2001
The India-Pakistan Conflict
Spencer Michels reports on the conflict between India and Pakistan. Then, Ray Suarez talks with Stephen Cohen, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Michael Krepon, president of the Henry Stimson Center, a non-profit organization that focuses on arms control and security issues.

December 27, 2001
The Search for Bin Laden
After a Betty Ann Bowser update on the war in Afghanistan, Margaret Warner explores the search for bin Laden and his recently-released tape with Fawaz Gerges, professor of Middle East and International Affairs at Sarah Lawrence College; Phyllis Oakley, adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University; Larry Johnson, former deputy director of the State Department's Office of Counter-Terrorism; and Judith Miller, a correspondent for The New York Times.

December 26, 2001
Tension Between India and Pakistan
Betty Ann Bowser reports on the latest in the escalating conflict between India and Pakistan. Then Gwen Ifill examines the dispute with Malik Zahoor Ahmad, former Minister of Information for Pakistan's Embassy in Washington, D.C.; Sumit Ganguly, professor of Asian studies at the University of Texas at Austin; and Dennis Kux, a former State Department official who specialized in Asian affairs.

December 26, 2001
Foreign Correspondence
Associated Press reporter Kathy Gannon interviews Afghanistan's new leader, Hamid Karzai. Then, Margaret Warner discusses the political and military situation in Afghanistan with Boston Globe Asia correspondent Indira Lakshmanan, who has been reporting most recently from Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.

December 24, 2001
Update: Ruling Afghanistan
Spencer Michels reports on Hamid Karzai's first three days as head of the interim Afghan government.

December 21, 2001
Ruling Afghanistan
Margaret Warner examines Afghanistan's new interim government with Barnett Rubin, director of studies at the Center for International Cooperation at New York University, and Marin Strmecki, director of programs at the Smith Richardson Foundation and former foreign policy assistant to Richard Nixon.

December 19, 2001
Admiral Dennis Blair
Margaret Warner examines military efforts to defeat terrorism and the al-Qaida network in Southeast Asia with the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Command Admiral Dennis Blair.

December 19, 2001
Military Update
Terence Smith reports on the transition from war to peace in Afghanistan.

December 19, 2001
Rebuilding Afghanistan
Tristana Moore of Independent Television News reports from Kabul as the new Afghan government prepares to take the helm.

December 18, 2001
End Game
After a Spencer Michels background report, Margaret Warner discusses the new pace of the military campaign in Afghanistan with Retired Gen. Richard Neal, former Deputy Commander of U.S. Central Command; Ali Jalali, a former Afghan Army Colonel now with the Voice of America; and Michael Vickers, a former CIA and Special Forces Officer.

December 17, 2001
Newsmaker: Colin Powell
Jim Lehrer talks to Secretary of State Colin Powell about solutions to the violence in the Middle East and the future of Afghanistan.

December 14, 2001
The bin Laden Tape
Ray Suarez examines more views of the bin Laden tape released Thursday by the Department of Defense with Hisham Melhem, correspondent for the Beirut newspaper As Safir, and Fawaz Gerges, professor of Middle East and International Affairs at Sarah Lawrence College.

December 14, 2001
Searching for Bin Laden
Kwame Holman reports on the final push against bin Laden and his troops in Afghanistan.

December 13, 2001
Military Campaign
Kwame Holman reports on the situation in Afghanistan as Taliban fighters in the mountainous Tora Bora region ignored the surrender deadline.

December 11, 2001
Relief Efforts
As fighting across most of Afghanistan comes to a halt, Gwen Ifill reports on attempts to send relief to the hungry people living there. She talks with Mark Bartolini, vice president of the International Rescue Committee, and Nicolas de Torrente, executive director of Doctors Without Borders.

December 10, 2001
Cave War
After a Kwame Holman background report, Gwen Ifill examines the challenges of cave warfare in Afghanistan with Jack Shroder, professor of geography and geology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha; Ali Jalali, former Afghan Army Colonel and current Chief of Farsi Service for Voice of America; retired CIA officer Frank Anderson; and Michael Vickers, director of Strategic Studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

December 7, 2001
Taliban Surrender
Tim Ewart of Independent Television News reports on the Taliban's surrender of Kandahar. Margaret Warner examines the situation in Kandahar with New York Times foreign correspondents Tim Weiner and Michael Gordon.

December 6, 2001
Surrender Terms
Margaret Warner discusses the implications of the surrender of Kandahar with Kawun Kakar, managing member of The Institute for Afghan Studies; Helena Malikyar, former assistant to the exiled Afghan King Zahir Shah and a member of New York University's Afghanistan Reconstruction Project; Ivo Daalder, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution; and Retired Army General William Nash, director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations.

December 5, 2001
Shaping the Future
Ray Suarez discusses the significant first step in creating a post-Taliban Afghan government with Steven Erlanger, Berlin bureau chief for The New York Times.

December 5, 2001
Military Campaign
After a Kwame Holman report on the developments in the military campaign in Afghanistan, Jim Lehrer examines military strategy with Michael Vickers, former CIA and Special Forces officer and current director of strategic studies at The Center for Strategic Studies and Budgetary Assessments; John Pike, founding director of Globalsecurity.org; and Mark Thompson, Time magazine's national security correspondent.

December 3, 2001
Military Campaign
Julian Rush of Independent Television News reports from Afghanistan.

NOVEMBER
November 30, 2001
Afghanistan's Future
Margaret Warner examines the ongoing talks about Afghanistan's political future with Steven Erlanger, Berlin bureau chief for the New York Times.

November 30, 2001
Afghan Battles
On the 55th day of U.S. strikes on Afghanistan, Independent Television News reports on the military and humanitarian situation there, and Kwame Holman reports on the Pentagon assessment of the Afghan campaign.

November 28, 2001
Weapons of Terror
Ray Suarez talks with two reporters in Afghanistan, David Rohde of the New York Times and Jack Kelley of USA Today, about terrorist documents observed at abandoned houses of Taliban and al-Qaida leaders.

November 28, 2001
Afghan Battles
Tristana Moore of Independent Television News reports on the bloody end of the prison uprising near Mazar-e-Sharif.

November 27, 2001
Shaping the Future
Ray Suarez discusses the efforts to negotiate a post-Taliban Afghan government with Peter Tomsen, former U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan; Nazif Shahrani, chair of the department of Mideastern languages and culture at Indiana University; and Helena Malikyar, member of the Afghanistan Reconstruction Project in New York City.

November 27, 2001
Afghan Battles
Kevin Dunn of Independent Television News reports on the Marine deployment in Afghanistan; Kwame Holman details the Pentagon's view of the military progress; and Kirsty Lang of ITN reports on the U.N.-led meeting in Bonn to discuss the future of Afghanistan.

November 26, 2001
Sending in the Marines
Jim Lehrer discusses the arrival of the Marines in Afghanistan with retired Marine Gen. Richard Neal, former assistant commandant of the Marine Corps and current deputy commander-in-chief of U.S. Central Command; and John Pike, founding director of GlobalSecurity.org.

November 26, 2001
Afghan Battles
Kwame Holman begins coverage of the war in Afghanistan with updates from the Pentagon. Tim Rogers of Independent Television News reports from Afghanistan on the fall of the Taliban in the northern city of Kunduz.

November 23, 2001
Afghan Battles
Independent Television News reports from the besieged northern Afghanistan city of Kunduz and the Taliban's southern stronghold, Kandahar.

November 22, 2001
Aid For Afghanistan
Ray Suarez discusses efforts to aid the Afghan people with Andrew Natsios, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the federal agency that deals with foreign aid; Carolyn McAskie, deputy emergency relief coordinator in the Office for Humanitarian Affairs at the United Nations; and Raymond Offenheiser, president of Oxfam-America, a humanitarian relief organization.

November 22, 2001
Afghan Battles
An Independent Television News report from the Afghan city of Kunduz, where the struggle continues for control of the last Taliban-held stronghold in the north.

November 21, 2001
Afghan Battles
An Independent Television News report from the ground in Afghanistan, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld describes the immediate goals of the Afghan campaign.

November 21, 2001
Women in Afghanistan
Margaret Warner discusses the role of women in Afghanistan with Rina Amiri of the Women and Public Policy program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government; Nafissa Mahmood Ghorwal, head of the International Federation of Afghan Women; Azar Nafisi, visiting scholar at the Sais Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University; and Tahmeena Faryal, a member of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.

November 20, 2001
Assignment: Afghanistan
Seven journalists have been killed in Afghanistan in the past eight days, making it one of the most dangerous events to cover since the Vietnam War. Terence Smith discusses the dangers reporters face covering the war in Afghanistan with Christiane Amanpour, chief international correspondent for CNN, and David Rohde of The New York Times.

November 20, 2001
Looking for Osama bin Laden
Margaret Warner examines what it will take to capture Osama bin Laden with John Shroder, professor of Geology and Geography at the University of Nebraska at Omaha; Barnett Rubin of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University; Col. Stanley Florer (Ret.), a former Army Special Forces officer; and John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org.

November 20, 2001
Afghan Battles
Independent Television News reporters in Afghanistan detail the latest developments around Kunduz and in Kabul.

November 19, 2001
Newsmaker: President Arroyo
Jim Lehrer interviews the president of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, about the war against terrorism in her country.

November 19, 2001
Newsmaker: Jeremy Greenstock
Gwen Ifill talks to the United Kingdom's ambassador to the United Nations about creating a post-Taliban government in Afghanistan.

November 19, 2001
Afghan Battles
Two Independent Television News reports summarize the latest developments in the military situation in Afghanistan. Then, Ray Suarez reports on the Pentagon briefings held earlier.

November 16, 2001
Observing Islam
Ray Suarez examines Islamic practices on this first day of Ramadan with University of Richmond Law professor Azizah al-Hibri; Acting Professor of Law at UCLA Khaled Abou El Fadl; and John Esposito, the director of the Georgetown University Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.

November 16, 2001
Rapid Military Developments
Margaret Warner discusses the military developments on the ground in Afghanistan with Time Magazine's National Security correspondent Mark Thompson.

November 16, 2001
Afghan Battles
A Kwame Holman report on the Defense Department briefing, and Independent Television News reports from Jalalabad and Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul.

November 15, 2001
Turning to the South
Ray Suarez discusses military action in Afghanistan as it goes south with Kawun Kakar, a managing member of the Institute for Afghan Studies; Edward Girardet, a journalist and author who has covered Afghanistan for 20 years; and Michael Vickers, director of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

November 15, 2001
Afghan Battles
Reporters from Independent Television News describe the scene on the ground in Afghanistan.

November 14, 2001
Newsmaker: Ruud Lubbers
Robin MacNeil interviews U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers, the former Dutch Prime Minister.

November 14, 2001
Reports from Afghanistan
Julian Manyon of Independent Television News reports on the situation in Kabul, now under control of the Northern Alliance. Following this report, Bill Neely, also of ITN, covers the battle for the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. Ray Suarez provides updates on the Defense Department's briefings earlier. ITN reporter Lindsay Hilsum has the story of Afghan refugees at the Afghan-Pakistan border.

November 13, 2001
Alliance Advances
Ray Suarez discusses the monumental developments in Afghanistan with Peter Tomsen, former U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan; Phyllis Oakley, a former Afghanistan desk officer at the State Department and current adjunct professor of American foreign policy at Johns Hopkins University; Don Ritter, founder and chairman of the Afghanistan-America Foundation; and Kawun Kakar, a former U.N. human rights officer in his native Afghanistan and current managing member of the Institute for Afghan Studies.

November 13, 2001
Kabul Crumbles
Julian Manyon of Independent Television News reports on the events leading up to the end of Taliban rule in Kabul Monday. Alex Thompson, also of Independent Television News, reports on the reaction in Kabul.

November 12, 2001
Alliance Advances
Gwen Ifill discusses the latest developments in Afghanistan with Haron Amin, a spokesman for the Northern Alliance and its representative to Washington; and military analyst John Pike, founder and director of globalsecurity.org.

November 12, 2001
War in Afghanistan
Two reports from Independent Television News: Kevin Dunn reports on the rapid advance of the Northern Alliance, and Julian Manyon reports on the Alliance forces moving towards Kabul.

November 12, 2001
Newsmaker: President Pervez Musharraf
Robin MacNeil interviews the president of Pakistan.

November 9, 2001
Military Campaign
Spencer Michels reports on the Northern Alliance's claims of a major military victory. Then, Margaret Warner discusses the implications of the alleged victory with Haron Amin, the representative of the Northern Alliance in Washington; Ashraf Ghani, an adjunct professor of anthropology at Johns Hopkins University who once taught in Afghanistan; and Michael Vickers, director of strategic studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

November 5, 2001
Risk Assessment: Russia
Betty Ann Bowser investigates the nuclear risks in Russia and the former Soviet republics.

November 5, 2001
Risk Assessment: Pakistan
Gwen Ifill examines the prospect of terrorists accessing nuclear weapons in Pakistan with Zia Mian, a physicist with Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs; Samina Ahmed, a political scientist at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; and Michael Krepon, founding president of the Stimson Center.

OCTOBER
October 29, 2001
View from India
Fred de Sam Lazaro gets perspectives on the war in Afghanistan from Muslims living in India.

October 29, 2001
View from Pakistan
For a look at the war from the perspective of Pakistan, Ray Suarez talks to John Burns, the New York Times correspondent stationed there.

October 25, 2001
Conversation: Lakhdar Brahimi
After a Kwame Holman background report on the political situation in Afghanistan, Robert MacNeil discusses Afghanistan's future with Lakhdar Brahimi, the newly-appointed U.N. Special Representative for Afghanistan in charge of bringing political stability to a post-Taliban Afghanistan.

October 15, 2001
Taking Sides
Elizabeth Farnsworth examines China's role in the anti-terrorism coalition with two former directors of Asian Affairs for the National Security Council: Douglas Paal, who held the position in the Reagan and first Bush administrations, and Kenneth Lieberthal, who served under Clinton.

October 15, 2001
Behind Enemy Lines
Independent Television News reporter Ian Williams reports from inside Taliban territory on the public relations war between the U.S. and the Taliban.

October 15, 2001
Mounting Unrest
Ray Suarez examines the turmoil in Pakistan and Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit there with Dennis Kux, retired State Department official and specialist on South Asian affairs; Mansoor Ijaz, an investment banker and op/ed columnist for international publications; and Samina Ahmed, Pakistan citizen and professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

October 11, 2001
Holy War?
Ray Suarez gauges the Islamic world's reaction to U.S. bombing in Afghanistan. He talks with Shilbey Telhami, professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland; Milton Viorst, journalist and author of books on the Middle East; and Ali Abootalebi, associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin.

October 9, 2001
Trouble in Indonesia
Ray Suarez speaks with Seth Maydans, the New York Times correspondent based in the country with the world's largest Muslim population, Indonesia.

October 9, 2001
Afghanistan's Alternatives
Elizabeth Farnsworth discusses Afghanistan's future with Ashraf Ghani, a native of Afghanistan who taught at Kabul University and is currently an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins; Haron Amin, the U.S. spokesman and Washington representative for the Northern Alliance; and Qayum Karzai, Afghan citizen and founder of Afghans for Civil Society.

October 8, 2001
Under Pressure
Pakistan's president is supporting the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan despite popular support for the ruling Taliban. After two Independent Television News reports from Pakistan, Gwen Ifill discusses Pakistan's pressure with New York Times Islamabad correspondent John Burns.

October 5, 2001
Relief Efforts
Ray Suarez examines the efforts to deliver food and other aid to Afghanistan's people with Andrew Nastios, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.

October 3, 2001
Pakistan's View
Margaret Warner interviews Pakistan's ambassador to the United Nations, Shamshad Ahmed.

October 1, 2001
Neighborhood View
For a look at India, the largest country in Afghanistan's immediate neighborhood, Margaret Warner interviews India's Foreign and Defense Minister, Jaswant Singh.

October 1, 2001
Inside Afghanistan
Independent Television News reporter Ian Williams reports from Afghanistan on efforts to replace the Taliban government.

October 1, 2001
Inside Afghanistan
What is the climate like for the people of Afghanistan? If the Taliban should fall from power, who would take their place? Two experts respond to your questions.

SEPTEMBER
September 28, 2001
Inside Afghanistan
Elizabeth Farnsworth discusses what's happening inside the country harboring Osama bin Laden with Ashraf Ghani, adjunct professor of anthropology at Johns Hopkins University and an Afghan native who once taught at Kabul University; and Patricia Gossman, adjunct professor at Georgetown University and a consultant on human rights issues in South Asia.

September 20, 2001
Afghanistan's Answer
Ian Williams of Independent Television News reports on the developments in Afghanistan. Then, Ray Suarez talks with two experts on Afghanistan: Barnett Rubin, director of studies at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University; and Daniel Benjamin, who served on the National Security Council in the Clinton Administration.

September 18, 2001
Pursuing Bin Laden
Julian Manyon of International Television News reports on the pursuit of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

September 17, 2001
Pressure on Pakistan
Spencer Michels provides background on the South Asian country caught up in the war against terrorism. Then, Margaret Warner discusses Pakistan's role with Robert Oakley, former ambassador to Pakistan and former coordinator for counter-terrorism; and Mansoor Ijaz, an investment banker and frequent columnist for international publications.

AUGUST
August 16, 2001
Favoring Boys in India
Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on India's census, which reveals a steadily declining ratio of girls to boys.

August 15, 2001
Inside China
Terence Smith reports on a delegation of U.S. senators just returned from a six-day visit to China, Taiwan and South Korea. Senators Joseph Biden (D.-Del.) and Fred Thompson (R.-Tenn.) provide details about their visit.

August 1, 2000
Reporting from China
Margaret Warner talks to Los Angeles Times reporter Henry Chu about his experience in China.

JULY
July 26, 2001
Out of Jail
China released two more American scholars, both convicted of spying for Taiwan. Ray Suarez discusses the release with Columbia University professor Andrew Nathan, co-editor of the book "The Tiananmen Papers;" Mike Jendrzejczyk, Washington Director of Human Rights Watch Asia; and Minxin Pei, Senior Associate at Carnegie Endowment for the Arts.

July 25, 2001
Staying Connected
Fred de Sam Lazaro explores the use of profits from high-tech companies as aid to the poor in India.

July 23, 2001
Power Shift in Indonesia
Ian Williams of Independent Television News reports on the election of a new Indonesian president. Then, Sidney Jones, Asia director for Human Rights Watch, and William Liddle, a professor at Ohio State University who specializes in Indonesia and South Asia, give their opinions on the new president.

July 13, 2001
Olympic Challenge
Ray Suarez discusses China's winning bid to host the 2008 Olympics with Professor John Hoberman of the University of Texas at Austin and Washington Post sports columnist Sally Jenkins.

July 10, 2001
Olympic Struggle
Should China host the 2008 Olympics? Gwen Ifill joins Democratic Congressman Tom Lantos of California, co-chair of the Human Rights Caucus; and Wang Jian Wei, author of "Limited Adversaries: Post Cold War Sino-American Mutual Images" and a citizen of the People's Republic of China.

JUNE
June 27, 2001
Foreign Correspondence
Michael Zielenziger of Knight-Ridder Newspapers talks about politics and the economy in Japan.

June 4, 2001
Nepal's Royal Tragedy
After a background report, Teresita Schaffer, director for South Asia Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; and William Fisher, professor of international development at Clark University, discuss the massacre in Katmandu and the public outrage in its wake.

MAY
May 18, 2001
Detained in China
Ray Suarez talks with former ambassador to China James Lilley; American University President Benjamin Ladner; and law professor Donald Clarke of the University of Washington, about China's crackdown on visiting Chinese Americans.

APRIL
April 26, 2001
A New Leader
After a background report, Terence Smith discusses the Japanese parliament's selection of a new prime minister.

April 26, 2001
Tension over Taiwan
China expresses outrage at President Bush's pledge to defend Taiwan against future Chinese attacks.

April 24, 2001
Arming Taiwan
The U.S. will offer strategic arms to Taiwan, but won't sell them the top-class radar defense Taiwanese leaders had hoped for. Retired U.S. Captain Bernard Cole of the National War College; Chinese citizen Wang Jian Wei of Georgetown University; and Michael Swaine of the Rand Corporation, discuss the arms sales.

April 24, 2001
Banking on People
Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports from Bangladesh, where "microlending" is helping impoverished women start their own businesses.

April 19, 2001
China: Plane Talk
Spencer Michels reports on a second day of talks with the Chinese. Then Jim Lehrer talks with former ambassador to China James Sasser, former naval attaché Col. Larry Wortzel (Ret.), now with the Heritage Foundation, naturalized U.S. citizen Yu Maochun, a professor at the Naval Academy, and journalist Jonathan Landay.

April 16, 2001
Homecoming
The 24 crew members of the disabled American surveillance plane held in China came home this weekend.

April 13, 2001
China: What Happened?
Excerpts from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's Pentagon press conference on the surveillance plane collision.

April 13, 2001
Relations with China
Jim Lehrer talks with Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage about this week's negotiations and the future of the U.S. relationship with China.

April 12, 2001
Eyes on China
Jim Lehrer discusses the future of U.S. surveillance flights with Rear Admiral Eric McVadon (ret.), a former pilot and naval attache to China, and James Bamford, author of "Body of Secrets," an upcoming book about the National Security Agency

April 11, 2001
Standoff with China: Chronology
Ray Suarez reports on the events leading to the release of the American surveillance aircraft crew from Chinese custody.

April 11, 2001
Political Reaction
Arizona Republican Sen. John Kyl and Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd discuss the agreement with China along with former ambassadors to China James Lilley and James Sasser.

April 10, 2001
Update: Standoff with China
After a background report, Gwen Ifill discusses the protracted U.S.-China spy plane crisis with Yasheng Huang, a Chinese citizen and professor at Harvard Business School; national security expert Professor Kenneth Lieberthal of the University of Michigan, and naturalized U.S. citizen Minxin Pei of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

April 5, 2001
Downed Spy Plane
Margaret Warner talks with retired Rear Admiral Eric McVadon, a former defense and naval attache to China; George Wilson of the National Journal, and Scott Silliman of Duke University Law School about the 24 Americans being detained in China

April 4, 2001
Chinese Ambassador
Chinese Ambassador to the United States Yang Jiechi talks with Jim Lehrer about the standoff over a downed American spy plan.

April 4, 2001
Kissinger and Brzezinski
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski discuss the rising tensions over the detained plane.

April 3, 2001
Spy Plane Standoff
President Bush says a continuing dispute over a downed American spy plane could seriously damage relations with China. Ray Suarez talks with Winston Lord, ambassador to China during the Reagan administration; James Lilley, ambassador to China in the first Bush administration; David Shambaugh, of George Washington University; and Wayne Madsen, a former Navy intelligence officer.

April 2, 2001
Spy Plane
A U.S. military surveillance plane made an emergency landing in China after colliding with a Chinese fighter jet early Sunday. Ray Suarez discusses the incident with retired Rear Admiral Eric McVadon, defense and naval attache to China from 1990 to 1992, and Kurt Campbell, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asia and the Pacific during the Clinton administration.

MARCH
March 29, 2001
Afghanistan's Agonies
Ray Suarez examines the devastating drought and political turmoil in Afghanistan.

March 22, 2001
Strait Talk
Margaret Warner talks about U.S. policy on China and Taiwan with former Pentagon official Michael Pillsbury, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Susan Shirk, and Bates Gill of the Brookings Institution.

March 20, 2001
Japan's Ailing Economy
Ray Suarez discusses the struggling Japanese economy with author Richard Katz, Nariman Behravesh of Standard and Poor's, and Yoshi Komori, editor of the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun.

March 7, 2001
The Korea Question
President Bush met with President Kim of South Korea, saying the U.S. will not resume negotiations with its communist neighbor to the north. After a background report, Margaret Warner talks with Wendy Sherman, special adviser to President Clinton on Korea; Douglas Paal, Asian affairs director in the Reagan and first Bush administrations; and author Chuck Downs, foreign affairs adviser to the House Republican Policy Committee.