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1999
DECEMBER
December 27, 1999
High
Alert
Brian Jenkins, security consultant for political violence
research at RAND; Edward Luttwak, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies; Graham Fuller, consultant at RAND; and Philip Wilcox, former
State Department ambassador-at-large for counter-terrorism, discuss the latest
terrorist incidents over the Christmas and New Year holiday period and the government's
response for security measures.
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December 21, 1999
The
Mission to Haiti
20,000 U.S. troops landed in Haiti five years ago to "restore"
democracy. As the last of these troops depart, Senior Correspondent Elizabeth
Farnsworth reports on the changes in Haiti brought about by American presence. |
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December
20, 1999
A
Threat of Violence
Raymond Kelly, commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service,
and Ambassador Michael Sheehan, the State Department's coordinator for counterterrorism,
discuss terrorist threats from abroad. |
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December 13, 1999
World
Views
Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, discusses
U.N. efforts to establish peace in Chechnya and AIDS issues in Africa. |
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December
8, 1999
Chechnya
at War
Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Adviser to President Carter,
and Lawrence Eagleburger, Secretary of State during the Bush administration, discuss
the Chechnya conflict and U.S. concerns. |
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December 6, 1999
WTO:
Charlene Barshefsky
Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative, discusses
the completion of the WTO meeting in Seattle. |
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December 6, 1999
WTO:
Assessing the Impact
Four analysts discuss the fate of the World Trade Organization
conference in Seattle and the state of international trade. |
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December 3,
1999
WTO:
Protests and Policies
David Sanger, economics reporter for The New York Times,
discusses the completion of the WTO meeting in Seattle. |
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December 2, 1999
WTO:
The Trade Debate
Pascal Lamy, trade commissioner for the European Union; Abdul
Razak Dawood, minister of commerce, production, and industries for Pakistan; and
Luiz Felipe Lampreia, foreign minister of Brazil, discuss economic issues discussed
in the WTO meeting and on the streets of Seattle. |
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December 2, 1999
WTO:
Protests and Policies
Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the latest
developments in the WTO meeting and protests in Seattle. |
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December
1, 1999
The
China Question
Jim Mann, columnist for the Los Angeles Times and author of
"About Face: A History of America's Curious Relationship with China from
Nixon to Clinton;" Stanley Lubman, consulting professor at Stanford Law School
and author of "Bird in a Cage: Legal Reform in China After Mao;" and
Drew Liu, executive director of the China Strategic Institute, discuss China's
membership in the WTO and whether its entry might push China to democratic reforms. |
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December
1, 1999
WTO:
The Policies
David Sanger, economic correspondent for The New York Times,
discusses the WTO meeting and economic issues. |
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December
1, 1999
WTO:
The Protests
Paul Schell, mayor of Seattle, discusses the Seattle protests
and continued conflict over the WTO talks. |
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NOVEMBER
November
30, 1999
World
Trade Organization
An Online NewsHour Special collects all recent stories
about the WTO and its importance on international trade, as well as the protests
that have plagued its arrival in Seattle. |
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November 24, 1999
Seattle
Snapshot
Correspondent Mike James of KCTS, Seattle, reports on next week's
World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle. |
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November 18, 1999
The
Chechen Conflict
Martha Brill Olcott, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace; Frederick Starr, chairman of the Central Asia Institute
at Johns Hopkins University; and Dimitri Simes, president of the Nixon Center,
discuss the Clinton-Yeltsin differences over the war in Chechnya. |
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OCTOBER
October
27, 1999
Attack
in Armenia
Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez examines the assassination of Armenia's
prime minister and other high elected officials by a small group of rogue gunmen.
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October 25, 1999
The
Continuing Chechnya Conflict
Gwen Ifill discusses the Russian attack on the
breakaway republic with Michael McFaul, Assistant Professor of Political Science
at Stanford University and William Ury, Associate Director of Harvard University's
program on negotiation. |
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October 25, 1999
Newsmaker:
Felix Rohatyn
Jim Lehrer interviews American ambassador to France on French-American
relations and his role in maintaining them. |
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October 18, 1999
Newsmaker:
Kofi Annan
Senior Correspondent Gwen Ifill interviews the U.N. Secretary-General
on the role of the United Nations in humanitarian aid, Kosovo, East Timor, Africa
and the United States' monetary responsibility to the international organization.
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October 15, 1999
Nobel
Peace Prize
Elizabeth Farnsworth interviews James Orbinski, head of the medical
organization Doctors Without Borders, after their win of the 1999 Nobel Peace
Prize. |
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October 8, 1999
Chile's
General
Spencer Michels updates the legal battle over the extradition of Chile's
General Agosto Pinochet. |
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SEPTEMBER
September 27, 1999
The
World Market
Sir Donald Tsang, financial secretary of Hong Kong; Eduardo Aninat,
minister of finance in Chile; and Pedro Solbes, commissioner of economic and financial
affairs for the European Union, discuss the global economy and last week's annual
meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. |
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JULY
July 22,
1999
Seeking
Refuge
Sadako Ogata, United Nations high commissioner for refugees, talks
about the Kosovo refugee situation in the Balkans. |
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July 14, 1999
Tortured
Souls
Correspondent Charles Krause talks with Helen Bamber, a woman who has
devoted her life to combating torture around the world. |
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JANUARY
January
11, 1999
Thomas
Pickering
The Undersecretary of State discusses recent press reports that
the United States used the U.N. weapons inspection program to spy on Iraq. |
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