Archive for the ‘Pakistan’ Category
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
A paid American informant fingers an innocent Afghan taxi driver for a rocket attack. It’s later revealed the informant himself was actually the terrorist. The cabbie dies after five days of torture. That’s the entry point of Alex Gibney’s Oscar-winning documentary about American torture activities, illustrated with previously-unseen images, and including interviews with some of the torturers themselves, and disenchanted administration officials. Easy viewing? Probably not, but essential nonetheless … and even more essential to have an open discussion of the film’s issues. (more…)
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Sometimes it seems that Barack Obama’s main constructive foreign policy message is: “I like Dick Lugar.” Come to Marian college to find out why this is not a bad argument when Senator Lugar delivers his first public speech to the renamed Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies. (more…)
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Some very bright analysts of international relations are teaching in the smaller colleges and universities of Indiana, refining their insights far from the distractions of DC (or even of Bloomington and Lafayette). Hear what they have to say at the Indiana Consortium for International Programs (ICIP) conference. (more…)
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Come participate in a project exploring the recent events in Pakistan. As always at Provocate seeks to educate and provoke new ways of connecting with the world around us. We are collecting the impressions of high school students as well as college (more…)
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
One of the most familiar figures commenting about Pakistan on cable news TV is former Ambassador Robert Oakley. He’ll be coming to Indy to tell us just how frightened we should be of the disintegration of a nuclear-armed Pakistan. (more…)
Posted in Events, Democracy, Foreign policy, Violence, Religion, Islam & Muslims, Terrorism, India, War & peace, Empire, Middle East, Pakistan | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
– “A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband, Daniel Pearl,” an address by Mariane Pearl, Sunday, March 2. (more…)
Posted in Events, Foreign policy, Violence, Religion, Islam & Muslims, Law & justice, Journalism, Human and civil rights, Terrorism, Pakistan | 3 Comments »
