Pakistan

Pakistan

Prof. Mike Hannahan, Director of Civic Initiative at the UMass Donahue Institute, and Amherst High School Social Studies teacher Samantha Camera discuss their recent trip to Pakistan as part of the Institute’s Pakistani Young Leaders...
Cuba-U.S. Relations

Cuba-U.S. Relations

As Cuba and the United States move to restore diplomatic relations that were cut 54 years ago, former long-time Chicopee Alderman Timothy Sullivan discusses his service with the Navy in Cuba during the time of the Cuban Revolution as Fidel Castro came to...

Violence in Ukraine

Russian Studies Professor Stephen Jones talks about the renewed violence in Ukraine. Follow Mt Holyoke College on Twitter:...

Iran Nuke Agreement

Vincent Ferraro, Mount Holyoke College Professor of Politics, discusses the international agreement aimed at preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapon capabilities. Follow Mount Holyoke on Twitter:...

Syrian American Medical Society

Gina Panzieri of Belchertown, MA works with the Syrian American Medical Society. Panzieri traveled to Jordan in February to assist Syrian refugees and will be returning this November. She discusses her work, the targeting of hospitals and medical personnel by the...

Afghanistan

Ken Furst, Past President and Director of the World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts, discusses his ongoing concerns about U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. In March 2012 he was part of the State Department delegation to Afghanistan that met with top leaders...

Middle East

Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Director of Middle East Studies at the University of Massachusetts David Mednicoff discusses the situation in the Middle East.                  ...

Jennifer Eremeeva

Jennifer Eremeeva is a writer, blogger, Russian historian, humor columnist, photographer and food writer who is recently back in the U.S. after three months in Moscow. She was there for the election and accompanying street demonstrations. She splits her time between...