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The Cuban Military: An Economic Force -- Jan. 16, 1999 
Cuba's military, once known for "exporting revolution," has undergone a transformation since the end of the Cold War...

Human Rights: Universal and Supreme? -- Dec. 12, 1999 
The Kosovo war marked the first time that a group of nations breached the borders of a sovereign country to stop human rights... 

Lessons of Kosovo: The Limits of Air Power -- Aug. 8, 1999 
Technological progress in missile weaponry brings with it the temptation to use air power in situations where ground forces would never be considered...

Refugees as Weapons of War -- Oct. 17, 1999 
A startling trend became a stark reality during the war in Yugoslavia: Milosevic's used masses of refugees...
Where is the United Nations? -- Sept. 5, 1998 The NATO bombing campaign in Yugoslavia was triggered by
Slobodan Milosevic's refusal to accept an international... 

The Pentagon's Casualty Phobia -- Aug. 1, 1999 
From Vietnam to Somalia, television images of U.S. casualties have convinced Pentagon war planners to persue a...

Can America Work with Russia? -- July 2, 1999
Kosovo is but one of many flashpoints for deadly conflict that lie close to the border of the former Soviet Unoin. Russia itself...

Kosovo: NATO's Mid-Life Crisis -- June 20, 1999 
The West's Cold War defense alliance found itself on an offensive in the former Yugoslavia - in Bosnia and now Kosovo... 

The Thinning Threat -- June 13, 1999
Over the past ten years, America's potential enemies have grown poorer, weaker and more isolated... 

Nuclear War Between India and Pakistan? -- Dec. 13, 1998 
What are the underlying factors that caused these nations to join the declared nuclear power club? Is a nuclear war...

The Human Cost of America's Arms Sales -- Nov. 8, 1998 
The U.S. is still the world's number one arms dealer, and most client countries have bad records on human rights... 

Can We Learn to Live Without Nuclear Weapons? -- Oct. 18, 1998 
The case for nuclear abolition is charged with fascinating military, legal, moral and political dimensions. All of these factors...

Alternatives to Military Power in Foreign Policy -- Oct. 4, 1998 
The 21st Century will be one of global cooperation in the areas of commerce, the environment and communications...

Rebuilding in the Wake of War -- July 19, 1998 
Many countries fall into a cycle in which war is followed by an unstable peace that often leads again to war...

Water, Land, People, Conflict -- June 5, 1998 

Today, the greatest threats facing any nation's security may not be military threats. Increasingly, they are complex... 

America's Impact on Russia -- June 21, 1998 
The United States and the Soviet Union were enemies, but what do America and Russia mean to each other today?

Talking with Cuba -- March 1, 1998 
Despite official hostility between the U.S. and Cuba, many Americans are making contact with their Cuban counterparts...

A "Chernobyl" in Cuba? -- March 15, 1998 
Critics claim that Cuba's nuclear power program could threaten the United States. Why is Cuba building a nuclear reactor?

Conflict Inc.: Selling the Art of War -- Dec. 7, 1997 
Numerous private companies have stepped into the power vaccuum created by the end of the Cold War who are willing to...

Whither Russia? -- Nov. 16, 1997 
The Soviet Union lost the Cold War, but it is Russia that is treated like a defeated power. From NATO expansion to foreign...

The Cost of NATO Expansion -- Nov. 2, 1997 
By some accounts, bringing new NATO members up to alliance standards will cost $150 Billion in new weapons, training and... 

New Divisions in Europe -- Nov. 2, 1997 
NATO expansion is supposed to stabilize the military situation in Eastern Europe. What happens to countries not...

U.S. Strategy in Asia -- June 8, 1997 
Asia will soon be a center of enormous economic and military power. Is our national security strategy for the region...

Combatting Terrorism -- May 25, 1997 
The Pentagon has identified terrorism as a major threat to the United States. With billions of dollars of public resources...

Preventative Diplomacy in Action -- Dec. 1, 1996 
President Jimmy Carter and other prominent diplomat/scholars examine efforts to prevent war in two different...

Why We Fight -- Dec. 19, 1993 
The United States has used armed force abroad over 50 times since World War II. This unusual investigation looks for answers...

Changing the Focus of Foreign Aid -- Aug. 25, 1996 
With the end of the Cold War, there is a heated debate over the future of foreign aid: How much should we give?

Stopping War Before it Starts -- Aug. 18, 1996 
By responding to the early warning signs of conflict, policy makers can take steps to avoid war. Known as "preventative diplomacy"...

Ending the Cold War Freeze in Cuba -- May 26, 1996 
Travel to Cuba to look at the Cuban government and it's military. With on-the-scene interviews and rare...

China: Opening the Door to the East -- May 19, 1996 
China is a growing economic and military power, important for
regional and global stability. Is China America's next big... 

Cuba at the Crossroads -- April 21, 1996 
Witness the economic changes underway as Cuba adjusts to the post-Soviet era...

NATO Expansion: Flirting with Disaster? -- March 10, 1996 
The 16 member nations of NATO are determined not only to maintain NATO's preeminent role in Western Europe, but...

Russia: Friend or Foe? -- Dec. 3, 1995 
Russia is a nation with an emerging democracy, 20,000 nuclear weapons, a large military and a shattered economy...

Ending Cold War Foreign Policy -- Nov. 5, 1995 
Three case studies of American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. Does the U.S. benefit most from engagement or...

The UN at 50: A Force for the Future -- Oct. 22, 1995 
With the end of the Cold War, the UN is faced with new challenges. This timely episode looks at the vision of the original...

The Legacy of Hiroshima -- Aug. 6, 1995 
The astonishing story of how our lives have been affected by the 70,000 nuclear weapons built by the United States in...

The "CNN Effect": TV and Foreign Policy -- May 7, 1995 
Live broadcasts from around the world have complicated the process of foreign and military policy. How do politicians... 

UN Peacekeeping: America's Role -- Feb. 19, 1995 
The U.S. is an important contributor to UN peacekeeping. This program looks at the current debate to decrease U.S... 

Humanitarian Tasks for the Military -- Feb. 12, 1995 
Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. armed forces have dramatically increased their humanitarian efforts, despite a...

Russia's Times of Trouble -- Dec. 4, 1994 
A novel look at U.S.-Russian relations in the post-Cold War era. Is the U.S. helping or hurting the cause of reform in Russia?

Armed and Dangerous -- Nov. 20, 1994 
From Rwanda to Los Angeles, the proliferation of light weapons may pose the greatest threat to peace in the post-Cold War era...

Who's Number One? -- Oct. 30, 1994 
A novel look at how the U.S. stacks up compared to its industrial
allies in many quality-of-life measures such as health...

America's Arms Race with Itself -- Oct. 16, 1994 
Does the allure of new weapons cause the Pentagon to ignore the capable systems we have already paid for? 

School of the Americas: At War with Democracy -- Oct. 9, 1994 

U.S. taxpayers will train the military and police forces of Latin American countries who use the skills to torture and kill ...  

Confronting the Crisis in Haiti -- Sept. 23, 1994 
Explore the U.S. role in the economic and military affairs of Haiti and provides the viewer with a look at the events... 

Killing Fields: The Deadly Legacy of Landmines -- June 5, 1994 
Over one hundred million landmines are scattered around the world, killing and maiming hundreds of people each month... 

A Code of Conduct for Weapons Sales -- My 22, 1994 
There is growing concern about the increase in U.S arms sales to countries that violate human rights. A wide effort... 

The Non-Proliferation Treaty: Dead at 25? -- My 15, 1994 
After 25 years, 30 countries are thought to be capable of building nuclear weapons and inspection of suspect activities always... 

Holding on in Okinawa -- Dec. 26, 1993 
Nearly 50 years after the battle with the Japanese, 50,000 U.S. troops and civilians occupy 20% of this gateway to Asia... 

The U.S. and UN in Somalia -- Dec. 12, 1993 
U.S. involvement in Somalia has changed from humanitarian aid to military retaliation. This hard-hitting program... 

Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia and Taiwan -- Nov. 28, 1993 
Two controversial sales of warplanes: MacDonnell Douglas' sale to Saudi Arabia and Lockheed's to Taiwan... 

The UN: Peacekeeping or Warmaking? -- Nov. 14, 1993 
How can the UN become more effective and efficient? What is the U.S. role in helping the UN accomplish its tasks? 

Who's the Enemy Now? -- Sept. 5, 1993 
Now that the U.S. seems to be a country without an enemy in sight, the Pentagon is preparing to fight minor-league... 

Breakup in the Balkans -- Aug. 29, 1993 
A sobering look at the causes of the bitter, complex civil war in Bosnia, the breakup of the former Yugoslavia and the role of... 

The Making of a Dictator -- May 2, 1993 
Saddam Hussein wasn't the only dictator who became a threat to neighbors with a little help from their Western friends... 

NATO: Dead or Alive? -- April 25, 1993 
NATO is a vast bureaucracy of generals and admirals making the hollow claim that it should be continued indefinitely... 

War in the Middle East: Desert Storm II? -- March 7, 1993 
Despite the lack of a real enemy, the Pentagon is increasing its preparation to fight another war in the Persian Gulf... 

The Wounds of War: Vietnam -- Jan. 17, 1993 
America has not yet come to terms with the Vietnam War. People touched by that conflict reveal the impact on their lives... 

The UN's Military Missions -- Dec. 20, 1992 
Conflicts in Cambodia and Yugoslavia challenge the UN peacekeeping forces, which include American soldiers...  

The UN's Nuclear Detective -- Sept. 27, 1992 
An underfunded international agency -- the IAEA -- tries to prevent the misuse of nuclear materials in 170 countries... 

Cuban-American Relations -- June 14, 1992 
U.S.-Cuban disagreements and possible ways to improve relations... 

Scrapping Nuclear Weapons -- June 7, 1992 
The possible dismantling of thousands of nuclear warheads creates a new problem: how to dispose of their radioactive... 

Arming Dictators -- March 29, 1992 
The continuing U.S. practice of arming authoritarian governments around the world... 

War and the New World Order -- Dec. 1, 1991 
18 destructive and bloody wars are still being fought. What is the U.S. Role in these conflicts? 

Nuclear Weapons and the Breakup of the Soviet Union -- Nov. 3, 1991 
What will happen with the nuclear weapons of the former Soviet Union? 

Uncle Sam's Foreign Military Bases: Should They Go? -- Oct. 20, 1991 
"We won't be back 'till it's over, over there," the song went. Is it over? 

Dateline: Kazakhstan, Central Asia -- Oct. 6, 1991 
An in-depth look at one of the most important republics of the former Soviet Union... 

The Loss of an Enemy -- July 28, 1991 
The gains and costs of the Cold War to the Americans...  

America: Policeman for the Third World -- June 2, 1991 
Does President Bush's New World Order call for America to be the top cop on the beat? 

The Great Arms Debate -- April 29, 1990 
Experts debate future spending, size and role of the military in a changing world...