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1) The revenge of geography: what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate
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In this provocative, startling book, Robert D. Kaplan, the bestselling author of Monsoon and Balkan Ghosts, offers a revelatory new prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world.
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The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed in this hall in the heart of Philadelphia in 1776 and 1787, respectively. Since then, the universal principles set forth in these two documents of fundamental importance to American history have continued to guide lawmakers all over the world.
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British historian Peter Frankopan, author of the bestseller The Silk Roads: A New History of the World paints an unexpected portrait of our Western civilization and the way we perceive our position in the world. Old Europe is convinced to be the best, most prosperous and safest region. Europeans think that they have a good position in the actual world, absolutely denying the new world order that is currently happening.
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For eighty-year-old Uri, Israel's 1948 War of Independence has brought nothing but glory. He's considered a legend in his hometown on the volatile Israel/Lebanon border, and young recruits hang on his every word. By contrast, Qahir's prospects for a fulfilling life look dim. Although he lost his legs to a Kabul landmine, he works so that his brothers can attend school, but has given up hope of starting a family of his own. And in Somalia, Madguud...
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London. New York. Oklahoma City. Each was the site of a horrific and violent attack on the public, as were Madrid, Oslo, and many other urban areas. In the wake of every such tragedy has come a dramatic increase in security: not only more closed-circuit cameras, biometric scanning, and specially designed architecture, but also new laws that allow intense surveillance of individuals, organizations, and their activities. Clearly, the public needs protecting-but...
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When Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak relinquished power, the country and the world dared to envision a peaceful transition to democracy. Military leaders were expected to guide the transition-but with each passing day, the army looked more and more like the regime it had replaced. This program documents the challenges Egyptians faced following the sudden implementation of military rule in February of 2011. Reports bring to light clear signs of state-sponsored...
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They aren't chosen by popular election, but when the 3,000 members of the National People's Congress gather in Beijing, they do the nation's business within their ascribed political parameters. Does this mean that the average citizen has a voice in government? Are China's top leaders influenced by these locally appointed representatives, or is power so centralized that over 1.35 billion people can still be ruled as a whole, from behind closed doors?...
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Sook-ja is one of tens of thousands of North Koreans who have risked death to flee the abusive conditions of Kim Jong-un's regime, but her new life across the border is far from ideal. As an undocumented migrant, she may be exploited for labor or sold as a sex slave. If caught out as a defector she'll be sent back south and likely face imprisonment or even execution. Korean-Canadian filmmaker Ann Shin came to China to document the plight of North...
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Three decades ago China was regarded as a developing country. Today it is the world's second largest economy, having made the journey from scarcity and poverty to wealth and abundance faster than any other nation in history-a narrative that Chinese leaders are eager to promote. But the official record makes no mention of events which directly precipitated China's astonishing economic rise-most notably, the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989. This film...
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Boxing champions Vitali and Vladimir Klitschko used to let their fists and footwork do the talking-but now the brothers are ready to talk about the plight of their beloved homeland, Ukraine, and their plans to wrest it back from nefarious political forces. This program offers a ringside seat to their efforts-not just to Vladimir's bone-crushing heavyweight bout in Switzerland but also to Vitali's campaign for a seat in the Ukrainian parliament. Both...
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In this classic program Serbian journalist Jovan Dulovic investigates the 1992 ethnic cleansing of a Bosnian Muslim city by the Yellow Wasps, a Serbian paramilitary group, and the subsequent war-crimes tribunal that failed to hold the Yellow Wasps responsible. Survivors of the attack offer their recollections of what happened, while the Yellow Wasps' leader says that Muslim extremists provoked the Serbs' violent assaults against the Bosnians. The...
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The medieval city of Mostar was the site of some of the bloodiest fighting in Bosnia-Herzegovina's early 1990s war. An important multicultural center, Mostar became segregated along ethnic lines-Muslims in the east and Catholics in the west-with the division fiercely enforced by inflammatory government rhetoric. This program profiles a group of 15- to 21-year-olds from both sides of Mostar who overcome nationalistic differences to stage Shakespeare's...