Paul Englesberg of Western Washington University unveils the work of the Asian American Curriculum and Research Project, detailing outrages afflicting immigrants in Washington State.
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Paul Finkelman of Albany Law School presents a wide-ranging discussion of the Constitutional history of citizenship in the United States. In the second part, Finkelman focuses on the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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According to Constitutional Connections, "On March 14, Liz Borgwardt examines a multilateralist moment in U.S. history, considering the seminal role the Atlantic Charter (1941) played in developing modern institutions of human rights and international justice. In exploring the "constitutionalization" of these rights, Dr. Borgwardt helped looks at how the Bretton Woods Charter (1944), the UN Charter (1945), and the Nuremberg Charter (1945) emerged from Roosevelt and Churchill's earlier proclamation much as the Constitution evolved from the Declaration of Independence."
According to Constitutional Connections, "On March 14, Liz Borgwardt examines a multilateralist moment in U.S. history, considering the seminal role the Atlantic Charter (1941) played in developing modern institutions of human rights and international justice. In exploring the "constitutionalization" of these rights, Dr. Borgwardt helped looks at how the Bretton Woods Charter (1944), the UN Charter (1945), and the Nuremberg Charter (1945) emerged from Roosevelt and Churchill's earlier proclamation much as the Constitution evolved from the Declaration of Independence."
According to Constitutional Connections, "On March 14, Liz Borgwardt examines a multilateralist moment in U.S. history, considering the seminal role the Atlantic Charter (1941) played in developing modern institutions of human rights and international justice. In exploring the "constitutionalization" of these rights, Dr. Borgwardt helped looks at how the Bretton Woods Charter (1944), the UN Charter (1945), and the Nuremberg Charter (1945) emerged from Roosevelt and Churchill's earlier proclamation much as the Constitution evolved from the Declaration of Independence."
Author Alan Dershowitz discusses the wisdom of prevention and preemptive foreign policy and military decisions and the differences between the two types of actions.
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Ike Skelton of Chair of the House Armed Services Committee discusses the civilian-military relationship in the U.S., and expresses concern over the current relationship between military officers and Congress, in which pressure is placed on officers to express opinions that may be acted on politically.
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Aaron David Miller of the Woodrow Wilson Center discusses his book The Much Too Promised Land, focusing on his own experiences and intentions in writing the book and on the history and current state of the United States' foreign policy towards the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
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Harvey Sicherman of the Foreign Policy Research Institute discusses the history of U.S. policy and interventions in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, following forward particularly from Clinton's term in office through George W. Bush's actions and policies.
Don Oberdorfer of Jon Hopkins University outlines the history of U.S. foreign relations with Korea, from World War II and its division into North and South Korea, through the Korean War, up to the present day and the President George W. Bush's inclusion of North Korea in his "Axis of Evil." Oberdorfer looks particularly at North Korean nuclear production and U.S. and global reactions (and possible future reactions) to this development.
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