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(Not So) Foreign Affairs podcast feed WRS WRS web@wrs.ch en Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:15:26 UT Sun, 03 May 2009 16:35:25 GMT Big Medium 2.0.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/index.shtml (C) WRS 2009 News & Politics no Are caretaker governments in Greece and Italy a setback for democracy? WRS’s Philippe Mottaz and political scientist Daniel Warner discuss the issue of unelected officials suddenly put in charge to push trhough austerity plans that legitimate governments were unable or unwilling to implement. On the same theme WRS’s Jordan Davis interviews Klaus Armingeon, professor of political science at the University of Bern. Also, with little less than a year to go, a status report on the U.S. presidential elections: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:38:26 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/foreign-affairs-is-european-democracy-suffering.shtml?27570 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17570 Programmes/(Not So) Foreign Affairs Daily Shows/The Wrap Iran’s nuclear program is in the news again and the International Atomic Energy Agency is set to release a new report which may say Iran is on the brink of developing nuclear weapons. This has prompted Israeli President Shimon Peres to say a military strike might be the only option. WRS’s Philippe Mottaz talks to non-proliferation expert Marc Finaud from the Geneva Center for Security Policy.  And with Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandréou gone and Silvio Berlusconi about to become the former PM of Italy, Europe is set for more turbulence. Plus a review of the book by Condoleezza Rice, No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington. Regular contributors include political scientist Daniel Warner and writer Matthew Stevenson: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:39:26 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/foreign-affairs-irans-nuclear-program-takes-center.shtml?27456 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17456 Programmes/(Not So) Foreign Affairs Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.gcsp.ch/Sidebar/News/Web-editorial-by-Marc-Finaud-The-Israeli-Social-Movement-A-Chance-for-Peace http://www.gcsp.ch/About-Us/Staff/Faculty/Faculty-Members/Marc-FINAUD/Publications http://www.facebook.com/thegcsp Greece’s George Papandréou pulled a stunner out of his pocket yesterday, announcing he would put the EU’s latest bailout offer to a popular referendum in his country. Stabbing the EU in the back or saving his government? Meanwhile Syria warns the international community not to intervene. And Switzerland plays mediator in delicate talks between Russia and Georgia as Russia works to join the WTO. To tackle those issues, WRS reporter Lucia Walton on the International Geneva beat joins host Philippe Mottaz and writer Matthew Stevenson: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:07:04 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/foreign-affairs-surprise-greece-puts-eu-bailout-to.shtml?27329 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17329 Programmes/(Not So) Foreign Affairs Daily Shows/The Wrap WRS political reporter Jordan Davis joins host Philippe Mottaz and panelist Daniel Warner to talk about Swiss foreign policy issues that surfaced—or didn’t—in this past weekend’s parliamentary elections and the importance of International Geneva. Also on the show, Tunisians went to the polls on Sunday for the first elections of the Arab Spring while the transition in Libya might prove quite difficult: more WRS coverage on CH votes Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:00:32 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/foreign-affairs-issues-the-swiss-elections-forgot.shtml?27199 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17199 CH votes Programmes/(Not So) Foreign Affairs Daily Shows/The Wrap http://books.simonandschuster.com/Rock-the-Casbah/Robin-Wright/9781439103166 How have global cities been transformed in our digital era—and particularly by the growth of the financial world? Sociologist Saskia Sassen, a leading thinker on globalization, talks to host Philippe Mottaz. Sassen is Robert Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University in Geneva. Her books have been translated in more than 21 languages, and last week she was the keynote speaker of “Les rencontres internationales de Genève”: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:02:42 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/foreign-affairs-saskia-sassen-on-how-the-digitized.shtml?27065 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17065 Programmes/(Not So) Foreign Affairs Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.saskiasassen.com/ http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8159.html http://press.princeton.edu/titles/6943.html http://www.pineforge.com/books/Book234999 http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=10194 http://www.thenewpress.com/index.php?option=com_title&task=view_title&metaproductid=1101 http://www.columbia.edu/~sjs2/new%20publications_page.htm On Friday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas applied for full membership to the United Nations. The idea is strongly opposed by Israel and the United States, which has promised to use its right of veto in the UN Security Council to block any bid for Palestinian statehood. So where does this leave the Middle East peace process? In a special edition of Not So Foreign Affairs, WRS’s Adam Beaumont is joined by Arthur Lenk, director of international law at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Marcelo Kohen, professor of international law at Geneva’s Graduate Institute, and regular panellists political scientist Daniel Warner and writer Matthew Stevenson: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/foreign-affairs-dissecting-the-un-vote-for-palesti.shtml?26681 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-16681 Programmes/(Not So) Foreign Affairs Daily Shows/The Wrap Spoiled for choice, WRS’s Philippe Mottaz and political scientist Daniel Warner discuss a range of international issues such as the United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood, Barack Obama’s economic revival plan, the increasing violence in Yemen and Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s appearance on French station TF1 that set an all-time record for French TV viewership: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:44:10 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/foreign-affairs-is-strauss-kahns-political-career-.shtml?26572 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-16572 Programmes/(Not So) Foreign Affairs Daily Shows/The Wrap A recently release UN report concludes that Israel forces used “excessive and unreasonable force” when it carried out a deadly attack on the Turkish Mavi Marmara flotilla that was carrying supplies for Gaza. Political scientist Daniel Warner and writer Matthew Stevenson join Philippe Mottaz to discuss the growing isolation of Israel and the Turkish ambitions to become a regional power in the Middle East: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:00:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/foreign-affairs-an-increasingly-isolated-israel.shtml?26458 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-16458 Programmes/(Not So) Foreign Affairs Daily Shows/The Wrap Ten years have passed since the September 11 attacks shook the United States, but has America’s response been proportionate? Also, the Red Cross is granted access for the first time to Damascus Central Prison by Syrian authorities, while Washington shows no sign of yielding as they lay even more pressure on Credit Suisse to reveal offshore accounts. Political scientist Daniel Warner and Stéphane Bussard from Le Temps join WRS’s Philippe Mottaz to discuss these stories: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:00:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/foreign-affairs-the-aftereffects-of-911-ten-years-.shtml?26363 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-16363 Programmes/(Not So) Foreign Affairs Daily Shows/The Wrap http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/us-sets-today-as-bank-data-deadline.shtml?26339 http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/wrsnews/icrc-visits-syrian-prison.shtml?26349 Daniel Warner and Matthew Stevenson are back from summer recess, joining host Philippe Mottaz to discuss the collapse of the Gaddafi regime in Libya and the plight of the Syrian opposition, which, unlike the Libyan rebels, has not been helped by the West. And finally, a little more than a year ahead of the next U.S. presidential election, our panel outlines the likely battle lines of what promises to be a very a contentious nomination process within the opposition to Barack Obama: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:48:31 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/foreign-affairs-rebellions-and-the-long-road-to-th.shtml?26242 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-16242 Programmes/(Not So) Foreign Affairs Daily Shows/The Wrap Writers Lucy Morgan Edwards and Edward Girardet talk to WRS’s Philippe Mottaz about how the West misread Afghanistan and how its poor choices resulted in tragic consequences. Their books on the subject are out ahead of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:19:35 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/foreign-affairs-two-writers-discuss-how-the-west-m.shtml?26126 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-16126 Programmes/(Not So) Foreign Affairs Daily Shows/The Wrap Now under indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes, will Muammar Gaddafi fight to the bitter end or accept that his days are counted in Libya? Stéphane Bussard from Le Temps and political scientist Daniel Warner join WRS’s Philippe Mottaz to debate the question. Plus, for the last show of the season, the panel discusses Beijing’s stance on human rights after the release of two prominent dissidents. They also wonder if U.S. President Barack Obama is the transformational figure that some said he was: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:00:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/foreign-affairs-will-gaddafi-fight-to-the-bitter-e.shtml?25295 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-15295 Programmes/(Not So) Foreign Affairs Daily Shows/The Wrap http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/arrest-warrant-is-another-political-blow-to-gaddaf.shtml?25275 http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/jul/14/obama-his-words-his-deeds/ The European Union says that there will be no more cash for Greece, turning an economic crisis into a political one. Stéphane Bussard, from Le Temps newspaper, and political scientist Daniel Warner join WRS’s Philippe Mottaz to review this and other foreign affairs issues, including the Syrian situation. Also, Alexandre Dormeier Freire, director of a new Executive Master Program on Asia at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, speaks to WRS about the path to understanding Asia better: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:00:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/foreign-affairs-eu-pressures-greece-on-austerity-m.shtml?25187 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-15187 Programmes/(Not So) Foreign Affairs Daily Shows/The Wrap The Internet, blogs and social media are affecting diplomacy and the conduct of international relations in ways the world has never seen before. WRS’s Philippe Mottaz reports on a United Nations’ meeting of human rights and democracy activists who came from around the world to share their experiences. Also, Matthew Stevenson joins Mottaz in the second half of the programme to discuss the Greek debt problem and the latest situation in Syria: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:00:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/foreign-affairs-democracy-activists-discuss-the-te.shtml?25082 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-15082 Programmes/(Not So) Foreign Affairs Daily Shows/The Wrap Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is in Saudi Arabia for medical treatment of serious wounds received when his palace was shelled. It is unclear whether he will be able to return to Sana’a, Yemen’s capital. Meantime, as Syria descends further into chaos without western intervention, the double standard with regard to the response against Libya becomes clearer every day. Elsewhere, former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges in court in Manhattan, but his replacement has yet to be found. WRS’s Philippe Mottaz joins political scientist Daniel Warner and Stéphane Bussard, from the foreign desk of Le Temps, to discuss these issues and more: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:00:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/notsoforeignaffairs/foreign-affairs-will-yemeni-president-saleh-return.shtml?24999 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-14999 Programmes/(Not So) Foreign Affairs Daily Shows/The Wrap