Democracy and the Middle East: Prospects and Problems
Democratic ideals, social hope, Iraq, War on Terror, culture, politics, Iran, freedom, US, United States of America, foreign policy, elections, society, education, Arab, Palestine, Hamas, social services, political science, radical Islamist, terrorism, oi
Maternal Infant Care and Challenges in East Africa (Video)
international, health, Kenya, East Africa, Burundi, Rawanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Maasi tribe, Medicine, HIV, treatment, orphan, malaria, family planning, kitchen burns, water, UNESCO, poverty, war, mortality, childbirth, pneumonia, immunization, vaccine, b
Maternal Infant Care and Challenges in East Africa (Audio)
international, health, Kenya, East Africa, Burundi, Rawanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Maasi tribe, Medicine, HIV, treatment, orphan, malaria, family planning, kitchen burns, water, UNESCO, poverty, war, mortality, childbirth, pneumonia, immunization, vaccine, b
5. Linguistic Geography of Africa, Middle East, and Central Asia (May 8, 2007)
Globalization, cultures, languages, religion, faith, ethnic identities, map, distribution, world, international, regions, cultural diversity, coherence, contemporary transformation, history, linguistics, geopolitics, environment, settlement, economic, soc
The United States and the Middle East with Fouad Ajami
political science, politics, art, culture, economics, history, social policy, humanities, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Middle east, Muslim, Islam, religion, terrorism, war, arab, autocracy, Afghanistan, regime, president, power, oil, government, Iran, secular, adm
14. After Empire: The Middle East (February 6, 2008)
world politics, international relations, empire, nation states, communism, fascism, anti-imperialism, society, sovereignty, new world order
7. The Search for Order: The Middle East (January 22, 2008)
world politics, international relations, empire, nation states, communism, fascism, anti-imperialism, society, sovereignty, new world order
2. East Asia (January 15, 2008)
Politics, geography, international policies, relations, global, cultures, nations, states, countries, populations, definitions, teaching, sovereignty, history, background, boundaries, conflicts, foreign relations, spatial principles, aggregations, organiz
China Now lecture II - Climate and Climate Change in East Asia
Given by Sir Brian Hoskins, Director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change
Darwin's Sacred Cause: race, slavery and the quest for human origins
Evolutionary biologist and journalist Olivia Judson in conversation with Adrian Desmond and James Moore, co-authors of a groundbreaking re-evaluation of Darwin's science and ideas
RMIT Gallery Artist Talks - Liu Xiao Xian: From East to West - part 1
Contemporary Chinese Australian artist Liu Xiao Xian explores the nuances between cultures with playfulness and wit.
‘The substance of my bones determines that I will always be Chinese.’
This major solo exhibition of Chinese-Australian artist Liu Xiao Xian was first shown at RMIT Gallery.
RMIT Gallery Artist Talks - Liu Xiao Xian: From East to West - part 2
Contemporary Chinese Australian artist Liu Xiao Xian explores the nuances between cultures with playfulness and wit.
‘The substance of my bones determines that I will always be Chinese.’
This major solo exhibition of Chinese-Australian artist Liu Xiao Xian was first shown at RMIT Gallery.
RMIT Gallery Artist Talks - Liu Xiao Xian: From East to West - part 3
Contemporary Chinese Australian artist Liu Xiao Xian explores the nuances between cultures with playfulness and wit.
‘The substance of my bones determines that I will always be Chinese.’
This major solo exhibition of Chinese-Australian artist Liu Xiao Xian was first shown at RMIT Gallery.
Eye to the East: Members' Opening Lecture
Don Wood, Chief Curator at the Birmingham Museum of Art, delivers the opening lecture at the museum Members' preview of Eye to the East: The Turner Collection of Chinese Art.
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Heading for a nuclear showdown in the Middle East
Iran has issued its response to UN Security Council demands that it stop its uranium enrichment programme by August 31st.
Whilst offering to join 'serious talks' on the issue Iranian officials have been clear in their refusal to back down to international pressure to end their vision of a nuclear Iran.
How do the latest developments change the diplomatic picture for both Iran and the UN? Does the passing of a UN resolution change the legal position of those involved and what lies behind the st













