United States — Foreign relations — Middle East.

Professor Hans Morgenthau.

Discussion of the United States’ foreign policy in the Middle East and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

August 24, 2025

History of United States Mideast policy : motives and consequences / Joel Beinin ; produced by David Barsamian.

Talk by Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East history at Stanford University and member of the Jewish Committee on the Middle East. He examines the turbulent and complex relationship between the United States and the Middle East since World War II. He also traces the origins of U.S. involvement, the crucial politics of oil, the…

August 24, 2025

Crisis in the Gulf : public forums at U.C. Berkeley / produced by Robbie Osman.

Highlights from three forums about the crisis in the Middle East following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, and theU.S. military response of “Operation Desert Shield.” |r.1. pt.1. History of colonial and American involvement in the Gulf area / Joel Bainen, professor of Middle Eastern History ; pt.2. Political, historical and socioeconomic realities of Iraq and the…

August 24, 2025

The Gulf crisis, the question of Palestine, and United States policy / Edward Said ; produced by David Barsamian.

Edward Said, author and Old Dominion Foundation Humanities Professor at Columbia University, gives a talk on Middle East politics and United States policy. He describes the matrix in which Saddam Hussein evolved, the United States involvement in the Middle East, and ways to resolve the Iraq Gulf crisis and the Israeli/Palestinian issue. Said contends that…

August 24, 2025

Roots of the Gulf crisis / Eqbal Ahmed ; produced by David Barsamin.

Eqbal Ahmed, editor and Professor Politics at Hampshire College, talks about internal and external origins of the Iraq Gulf crisis: Saddam Hussein’s ambition, the legacy of British imperialism, the politics of oil, the role of the media, Iraeli-Palestinian issue, and the United States goals in the region. His information and analysis are ignored in the…

August 24, 2025

Islam and Islamic fundamentalism / produced by Kaleel Sakakeeny.

Two historians, an Egyptian journalist, and a religious scholar explore the possible causes of fundamentalist Islamic violence. Focusses upon U.S. involvement in the Middle East, socio-economic changes in Islam, a background history of Islamic development, and the impact of the Iranian revolution.

August 24, 2025

Pacifica peace watch : 14 Mar. 1991. / produced by Bill Wax.

Daily news progam produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine events in the Middle East following te U.S. led coalition’s defeat of Iraq in the Gulf War, 1990-1991.|PACIFICA PEACE WATCH : 14 MAR. 1991 / produced by Bill Wax. Daily news program produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine…

August 24, 2025

Pacifica peace watch : 19 Mar. 1991 / produced by Bill Wax.

Daily news progam produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine events in the Middle East following te U.S. led coalition’s defeat of Iraq in the Gulf War, 1990-1991.|PACIFICA PEACE WATCH : 19 MAR. 1991 / produced by Bill Wax. Daily news program produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine…

August 24, 2025

Pacifica peace watch : 25 Mar. 1991 / produced by Bill Wax.

Daily news progam produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine events in the Middle East following te U.S. led coalition’s defeat of Iraq in the Gulf War, 1990-1991.|PACIFICA PEACE WATCH : 25 MAR. 1991 / produced by Bill Wax. Daily news program produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine…

August 24, 2025

Pacifica peace watch : 27 Feb. 1991 / produced by Bill Wax.

Daily news progam produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine events in the Middle East following te U.S. led coalition’s defeat of Iraq in the Gulf War, 1990-1991.|PACIFICA PEACE WATCH : 27 FEB. 1991 / produced by Bill Wax. Daily news program produced from pieces submitted from Pacifica stations which will examine…

August 24, 2025