Summer Film & Speaker Series, 2002

The Foreign Policy In Focus SUMMER FILM AND SPEAKER SERIES is back for its fifth year! We will be presenting documentary films that take an in-depth looks at current issues around the globe, along with talks from experts, activists, and scholars.

ALL FILMS ARE AT
INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES
733 15TH STREET NW, SUITE 1020
WASHINGTON, DC 20005

Every Wednesday this Summer
Noon - 2 p.m.: June 19 - August 14, 2002

June 19, 2002

Topic: Pakistan and India

FILM: "Pakistan and India Under the Nuclear Shadow"
SPEAKER: Pervez Hoodbhoy, filmmaker and writer/lecturer on South Asian Issues.
 
June 26, 2002

Topic: Bush's First Strike Policy: Another War Against Iraq?

FILM: "Hidden Wars of Desert Storm"
SPEAKER: Phyllis Bennis, Fellow, New Internationalism Project
 

July 3, 2002

Topic: Arming the Enemy ... on Both Sides: The U.S. Role in in the International Arms Trade

FILM: "The Human Cost of America's Arms Sales"
SPEAKER: Tamar Gabelnick, Director, Arms Sales Monitoring Project, Federation of American Scientists
Come face to face with people who have suffered because of the sale of U.S. weapons to non-democratic regimes around the world. Three case studies are explored--American arms sales to the governments of Turkey, Colombia, and Indonesia. What has been the human rights impact of citizens whose governments rely on U.S. weapons rather than genuine political reform to remain in power?
 
July 10, 2002

Topic: Intelligence Failures and 9/11: Our Friends in the CIA

FILM: "Inside the Terror Network"
SPEAKER: Melvin Goodman, Professor of International Studies, National War College
 
July 17, 2002

Topic: Alternatives to U.S. Policy Toward Israel and Palestine

FILM: "Frontiers of Dreams and Fears"
SPEAKER: TBA
 
July 24, 2002

Topic: Us vs. Them: U.S. Policy Toward Islamic Nations

FILM: "Muslims AND Terror and Tehran"
SPEAKER: TBA
 
July 31, 2002

Topic: Chapter 11: The Dark Secrets of NAFTA

FILM: "Trading Democracy"
SPEAKER: David Waskow, Trade and Investment Policy Coordinator, Friends of the Earth International
 
August 7, 2002

Topic: Student Activism: Progressive Social Change or Jumping on the Bandwagon?

FILMS: "Another World is Possible"
SPEAKER: Nicole Burrowes, Listen, Inc.

All programs are FREE.

Bring your lunch! Bring your colleagues!
See current movies that will really make you THINK.

Drinks and dessert will be provided.
For more information call Shannon or Julie at (202) 234-9382 or email <fpif@ips-dc.org>.

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