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The United States is cracking down onChinain an attempt tocreate a more favorable balance of trade. Other concerns include continuing Chinese thefts of intellectual property and the imposition of technology transfer requirements to do business in China. The U.S. seeks to frustrate China’s program to achieve dominance in a range of advanced technologies. And it wants to cripple Huawei, the telecoms giant, which it sees as a potential security threat.Both...
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In "Do I Need You?" Dr. David Eagleman explores how the human brain relies on other brains to thrive and survive. This neural interdependence begins at birth. Dr. Eagleman invites a group of babies to a puppet show to showcase their ability to discern who is trustworthy, and who isn't. Brain scans reveal that when we see someone in pain, we feel it too. Circuits within the brain's pain matrix light up in both cases. And this is the basis of empathy....
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The transatlantic relationship between the United States and Europe has been a hallmark of the liberal international order for decades and has helped ensure global peace and stability. Rising populism and income inequality, however, coupled with a new array of world leaders may signal an end to this historic relationship. Some warn that President Trump's support for Brexit, attacks on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and threats to raise tariffs...
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Burma, also known as Myanmar, has long been closed to the scrutiny of journalists and camera crews, and its only real ally and investor has been neighboring China. But, following the dubious elections of 2010, things began to change. The government released dissenter Aung San Suu Kyi, suspended a dam project with China, freed thousands of prisoners, and signed peace pacts with a number of warring ethnic groups. This report on the country was produced...
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Since China's communist government began opening the country to capitalist investment and development in the 1980s, China has become an industrial powerhouse, rivaling the United States in manufacturing output and economic might. In 2000, China's gross domestic product—the total amount of goods and services a nation produces—was just 12 percent that of the United States. By the early 2020s, this figure had risen to 77 percent. China has also expanded...
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This video features a conversation with economist Milton Friedman, who discusses free trade and how it benefits the interests of producers and harms those of consumers. Friedman argues against protectionist measures and proposes that America dismantle its own barriers to trade, which would strengthen the country and set an example for the rest of the world.
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Founded in 1949 as a mutual defense alliance among nations in North America and Western Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) today has 31 member countries. Four more countries—including Ukraine—have declared their desire to join the alliance. Ukraine has sought to move away from Russia’s sphere of influence in recent years and align itself more closely with the West. Since Russia invaded the country in February 2022, a record...
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When the Great Recession struck in 2008, it marked the most significant economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. A slumping housing market undermined the value of many mortgage-backed securities, leading to the collapse of financial firms. Unemployment in the United States soared to 10 percent, and the U.S. gross domestic product—the total amount of goods and services a nation produces—fell by more than 4 percent. Federal authorities...
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What, if anything, has American military power achieved in Iraq? What are the origins of the fractured nation's sectarian warfare? Are Iraqi security forces more dangerous than Islamist insurgents? This documentary features reports that U.S. and Iraqi government forces can be linked to the country's most dire security problems. Featuring interviews with high-ranking officials in the Interior Ministry and police chiefs in Mosul and Baghdad, the program...
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This program examines the U.S. role as the world peacekeeper in the post-Cold War era. We learn how the U.S., the world's only remaining superpower, is retraining its forces to maintain peace in volatile areas around the globe. Military experts discuss the difficulties that occur when UN forces intervene in the internal disputes of nations. U.S. peacekeeping missions in Bosnia, Somalia, and other trouble spots are used to demonstrate the pitfalls...
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After several trips to Cuba, photographer Joe Guerriero felt the need to more fully understand the United States' trade embargo against the island nation-a policy still in force more than five decades after the Cuban revolution. Is the embargo a justifiable reaction to the revolutionary government's Marxist ideology or an outdated act of reprisal? In this documentary, Guerriero inquires into the reasons for the embargo and seeks to identify the opposing...
74) Closed Sea
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Closed Sea reveals the untold story of migrants who attempted to escape Libya to Italy during the 2011 war, only to be returned to Gaddafi as a result of a prior agreement with Berlusconi. This film witnesses abuses faced by those who dare to attempt an escape. Families are divided and in limbo as Gaddafi's regime crumbles and the revolution gains pace, though it is the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg that truly determines the final fate...
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This dramatic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series features Europe's changing face in the wake of World War II. In the unrest and chaos that ensued after centuries of neglect, Communism saw its greatest chance and the years of Stalinist expansion began. These were also the years of the Marshall Plan, European economic recovery, and the formation of NATO to defend Western Europe from Soviet aggression. This video from the National...
76) Palestine Kids
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What's it like growing up in a war zone? Dodging bullets, hiding from Israeli soldiers, and losing their land to settlers is part of ordinary life for Palestinian children. Five-year-old Diana lives in a cave in the West Bank since violence forced her family from their home. Mufida, 16, is struggling to complete her education with Israeli soldiers living on her roof. And Yassin, 7, just wants to move to Brazil. Through their stories and others, this...
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Following the toppling of dictators in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, a myth is taking hold that the entire Arab region aspires to Western-style democracy. In this program, BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner travels to Saudi Arabia to challenge that misconception and examine what the future may bring to the Gulf's most powerful country. From the palaces of Riyadh to the bustling backstreets of Jeddah, Gardner interviews women's rights activists,...
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International law is described as "the general principles of law as recognized by civilized nations." This program adds much-needed depth to that broad definition through a discussion of state sovereignty, domestic law, and international law; the importance of the UN and international courts and tribunals; the role of organizations such as NATO, the IMF, and the Red Cross; and the future of international law. Professional insight is provided by Tim...
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In southern Lebanon, the wounds of 22 years of Israeli occupation are still fresh. Isolated from the rest of the country, the population was forced to choose between two rival militias: the South Lebanon Army (Israel's Lebanese allies) or the newly emerging Hezbollah. When Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon in 2000, its SLA supporters found themselves vilified as collaborators. This moving documentary tells the stories of Maha and Pierre, who had...