October 19, 2009

J Street blogger panel--next Monday!

J Street's big inaugural conference starts next Sunday evening... And at lunchtime on Monday, Oct. 26, there'll be a great affiliated event: a panel discussion involving a large number of...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 09:23 AM | Fulltext link (2 comments)

September 29, 2009

MP3 audio: Who Speaks for the Palestinians?

For those who want to hear what I said in my talk on this topic September 24 at the Middle East Institute, you can now listen to it here. Thanks...
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September 22, 2009

Discussing Palestine, Israel, Iraq on Bloggingheads

... with Marina Ottaway. It's here. We recorded this just over a week ago, so it's not totally up-to-the-minute. But not bad to have it up today, all things considered....
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September 15, 2009

Me, speaking Sept 24 at Middle East Institute

The topic is Who Speaks For the Palestinians at the Negotiating Table? The time is Noon thru 1 p.m. Since my friends at the Foundation for Middle East Peace are...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 12:19 PM | Fulltext link (3 comments)

July 22, 2009

Web-streaming radio appearance this evening

Arab Voices, out of Houston, will be airing a one-hour discussion with me this evening, starting at 8 p.m. EST. You can also listen over the Intertubes....
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July 13, 2009

This Thursday: Speaking on implications of withdrawal from Iraq

If you're in the Washington DC area on Thursday morning, note that I'll be participating in what looks like (PDF) a pretty informative event. It's brought to you by...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 04:20 PM | Fulltext link (44 comments)

April 27, 2009

Videos from the recent Georgetown University CCAS conference

... are now up on the website, here. This is a fabulous resource. I shall certainly be coming back to it again and again. Many of the presentations were extremely...
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April 05, 2009

My recent talk at the Palestine Center

... is now up on their website, here. I've watched the first one-third of it, and noticed that at about 9m50s I mis-spoke, saying "counter-intelligence" instead of "counter-insurgency" when describing...
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March 25, 2009

Short piece on J'lem on 'The Nation' website; DC talks next week

I have a short piece on Jerusalem on The Nation's website today. I'll be working on one more short piece for the website and a couple of longer pieces for...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 08:11 PM | Fulltext link (0 comments)

January 21, 2009

Panel discussion Washington DC Thursday

If you're in DC Thursday evening, come along to a panel discussion on the Gaza crisis that I'm participating in, at Georgetown University, at 6:30 p.m. The other participants are:...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 04:45 PM | Fulltext link (14 comments)

December 18, 2008

I've been reading...

... and playing with my new phone camera: Oops, it's a bit hard taking the photos with my left hand....
Posted by Helena Cobban at 11:18 AM | Fulltext link (4 comments)

October 14, 2008

LA, Seattle, San Fran, Santa Barbara...

... book-related events coming up soon now. The following talks will all be related to my book Re-engage! America and the World After Bush. In most of them I'll be...
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October 05, 2008

US west coast events in October

If you live in or near Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, or Santa Barbara, then I'm heading your way this month. Most of these events are book discussions, open to...
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August 15, 2008

And now for a little audio

... of me discussing the MSM's coverage of the Georgian crisis, over at FAIR's 'Counterspin' radio yesterday....
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July 17, 2008

Planning US-wide speaking tour, Sept. and Oct.

One thing I've been pretty busy with this week has been doing some detailed planning for the nationwide speaking tour I'll be conducting, in connection with my book Re-engage! America...
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June 24, 2008

Are foreign wars winnable? and other big questions

This morning I took part in a panel discussion at the U.S. Institute of Peace on Foreign Policy and the Next U.S. Administration The other panelists were Nikolas Gvosdev, editor...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 10:52 PM | Fulltext link (6 comments)

On Democracy Now! yesterday, on Israel & Iran

... In case you missed it, here's the page with the transcript, audio- and video-stream versions, MP3 download, and more. (If using the transcript, could you, you know, cut out...
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May 20, 2008

On Chicago Public Radio's 'Worldview', Wednesday noon; some Mom-bragging

My book Re-engage! and I will be featured on Jerome McDonnell's great 'Worldview' program out of Chicago Public Radio Wednesday, at noon CST. You can also hear it through their...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 10:40 PM | Fulltext link (1 comments)

February 07, 2008

Speaking next Tuesday, Capitol Hill

Next Tuesday, I'll have the honor of being part of a panel of people speaking on the theme of "Re-calculating Annapolis", in the Rayburn House Office Building. The co-panelists will...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 10:29 AM | Fulltext link (7 comments)

November 08, 2007

Speaking in Boston Nov.14

I'm giving a talk at Tufts University on Nov. 14, at 1:30 p.m. It'll be on some of the main themes in my book Amnesty After Atrocity. If you're interested...
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September 21, 2007

Public discussion on my Africa book, Washington DC, Sept. 26

I am happy to announce that there will be a public discussion (and book-signing) of my book Amnesty After Atrocity, organized by the InfoShop at the World Bank, next Wednesday,...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 09:51 AM | Fulltext link (4 comments)

December 04, 2006

I'm speaking at USIP on December 11

.. about my atrocities book. Here's the info. It looks like a good event: we've got some great people responding to my presentation. Today, they had SCIRI head Abdul-Aziz Hakim...
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April 05, 2006

Jordan to host religious leaders' gathering on Iraq

AFP is reporting that Jordan will be hosting a gathering of Islamic religious leaders April 22, to discuss reconciliation in Iraq. Actually, I'm going to be in Jordan April 17-21....
Posted by Helena Cobban at 08:14 PM | Fulltext link (4 comments)

March 21, 2006

The international courts discussion grows

Well, my article in Foreign Policy on international war-crimes courts has been getting a gratifying amount of attention. My intention in publishing it was, after all, to open up the...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 08:27 PM | Fulltext link (5 comments)

February 13, 2006

Program notes: Chicago and NYC

If you live in Chicago and want to listen to me talk about Jaafari and Iraq, I'll be on public radio at 10 a.m. there, Tuesday. Update 11:35 a.m. EST:...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 09:16 PM | Fulltext link (8 comments)