US-Pakistan Relations Tense Amid Chicago Trial

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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer currently at the Brookings Institution, about continuing tensions in the US-Pakistan relationship. Download MP3

Video: Confessed American Terrorist Details Plans for Chilling Plot

Palestine Declares Protests as Historic

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Palestinians have declared Sunday’s protests on Israel’s borders a historic moment in the Middle East conflict – a turning point inspired by Arab revolts that could set the tone for more activism to come. Host Marco Werman speaks with Khaled Elgindy, a former adviser to the Palestinian Liberation Organization and visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution. Download MP3

Spreading the gospel in Haiti

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Some agencies at work in Haiti are as concerned with saving Haitians’ souls as they are with saving their homes. Evangelical groups from the US are spreading the gospel there. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Elizabeth Ferris, Co-Director of the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement at the Brookings Institution. Download MP3

Shootout in Mexico’s drug war

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Federal police in Mexico believe that several members of La Familia, one of the country’s most notoriously violent drug gangs, have been killed in a shootout in Morelia, the capital of Michoacan State, after the gang blockaded the city. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets an update on Mexico’s drug wars from Vanda Felbab-Brown of the Brookings Institution. (Photo: Lorne Matalon) Download MP3

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Creeping Protectionism and Failing Economies in Eastern Europe

“The biggest threat to the system (today): suppose everybody now tries to turn inward… then I think the degree of integration of the global economy, this time, is so large, that it would be extremely difficult, it would just collapse in on itself.” These were the words of economist Barry Bosworth at the Brookings Institution, spoken in January. Are we starting to see protectionism today? Will countries repeat the mistakes of the 1930’s? Listen to the Global Economy Podcast

President Obama’s Plan to Overhaul Financial Rules

President Obama announced a plan for the most sweeping changes to the rules of finance since FDR’s changes during the Great Depression. It’s hard to argue that President Roosevelt’s actions in the 1930′s didn’t help bring stability and order to Wall Street. But it’s a much different world today. Listen to the Global Economy Podcast