Professors Interview Series: Dr. Craig Considine

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Dr. Craig Considine speaks on his new publication, People of the Book: Prophet Muhammad’s Encounters

Dr. Craig Considine is an Irish-Italian American award winning scholar of Islam, author, and professor at the prestigious Rice University. In this interview we talk about his new publication, People of the Book: Prophet Muhammad’s Encounters

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About Craig Considine

Dr. Considine is an award winning professor and the best-selling author of The Humanity of Muhammad – A Christian View. Dr. Considine is recognized as an authority in interfaith dialogue. He has written seven books and multiple articles for the field of Christian-Muslim relations and Islamic studies. Dr. Considine’s opinions appear regularly in leading news and media outlets around the world. Considine also has experience in film-making, having directed the critically acclaimed documentary film Journey into America. He is a practicing Roman Catholic of Irish, Italian, Scottish, and English descent and a native of Needham, Massachusetts. Dr. Considine holds a PhD in sociology from Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, an MSc Lond. in international relations from Royal Holloway, the University of London, and BA in international relations from American University in Washington, DC.

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Interview with Professor Alon Ben Meir on Israeli Palestinian Relations

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Dr. Alon Ben Meir is a professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs and Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute. Ben-Meir is an expert on Middle East and West Balkan affairs, international negotiations, and conflict resolution. In the past two decades, Ben-Meir has been directly involved in various backchannel negotiations involving Israel and its neighboring countries and Turkey.

We are most fortunate to have Professor Ben Meir for an interview on his forthcoming World Affairs article, “The Case for an Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation, Why Now and How?”

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Dr. Gordon Anderson on the International Journal of World Peace (IJWP) and Institutional Values Transmission (IVT)

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Dr. Gordon Anderson edited the International Journal of World Peace (IJWP) for 35 its 38 years, and was central to its success and production from the moment of its founding. We are fortunate to have had an important hour with Dr. Anderson, to learn of the history of the journal, and also to move in our conversation into Dr. Anderson’s continued work in the systematic study of institutions, and the preservation or loss of values and culture thereunto related.
Here is the podcast of our Interview with Dr. Anderson (Interview Transcript below)

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Urgent Action to Rescue Afghanis from Taliban Genocide

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On November 5, Dr. Frank Kaufmann conducted an important interview with former US Congressman Mark Siljander about the latter’s urgent efforts to rescue vulnerable Afghanis from terror and extermination under Taliban rule.

Mark Siljander spent over three decades in Washington, DC starting as a Republican U.S. Congressman and a Senate confirmed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (alt. rep.). Read Ambassador Siljander’s full bio and interview transcript below… Continue reading →

Israel-Palestine Interview with Middle East Expert Professor Alon Ben Meir

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Dr. Alon Ben Meir is a former professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs and Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute. Ben-Meir is an expert on Middle East and West Balkan affairs, international negotiations, and conflict resolution. In the past two decades, Ben-Meir has been directly involved in various backchannel negotiations involving Israel and its neighboring countries and Turkey. 

Listen to Professor Ben Meir’s stimulating and encouraging interview on his new developments and proposals for Israeli-Palestinian relations here:

Professor Ben-Meir is featured on a variety of television networks and also regularly briefs at the U.S. State Department for the International Visitors Program. He writes a weekly article that is syndicated globally. 

Dr. Ben-Meir has authored seven books related to the Middle East and is currently working on two new books about Syria and Turkey. Ben-Meir holds a master’s degree in philosophy and a doctorate in international relations from Oxford University. 

Ben-Meir is on Facebook at @ABenMeir, and Twitter at @AlonBenMeir.

Here below is Dr. Ben Meir’s proposal on which he explains more deeply in our interview

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Remembering Richard L. Rubenstein

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Professor Richard L. Rubenstein and his wife Dr. Betty Rogers Rubenstein were beloved friends and caring mentors for me.

Dr. Betty died May 19, 2013 at the age of 92. Dr. Richard died May 18,  2021 at the age of 97. I have never seen love and respect greater than Richard’s love for Betty. Their care and lifelong guidance for me came distinctly from each, but always, finally as a single thing. It was comforting, and pushed and inspired me to strive. I wanted to become what they seemed to see in me. So many of their fleeting words remain alive in me now, fresh as the day they were spoken.

When Dr. Betty died, I worried or wondered how so great a loss of a partner so dear would impact Dr. Richard. The Jewish relationship with life and death to me is the finest I know, and Richard’s life, in his closing years, was a  reliable paragon of proficiency, command and clarity. Richard’s closing years proved the integrity and force of his earlier years and courageous life. I continued to be blessed with the beauty and elegance of Richard’s social kindness and keen insight even after Dr. Betty was gone.

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Interview with Interfaith Veteran, Robyn LeBron-Anders: “Do You Think We Will Ever Get It Right?”

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This is an especially good interview for anyone interested in Interfaith either personally or professionally. It contains valuable information for everyone from first time beginners, to seasoned interfaith veterans

Robyn E. Lebron

Writes in the arena of World Religion. Her books received the 2018 Best in class DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Award for Excellence in Religious Communication, given annually by Religion Communicators Council.

Her book “Finding Common Ground between Science and Spiritually” was awarded the DeRose-Hinkhouse Award of Merit in 2019.

She also was recognized internationally by The Books For Peace Commission 2019 for those who have distinguished themselves in the activities of peace and solidarity.

Ms Lebron manages Interfaith Professionals on LinkedIn, with over 5,400 members, has written articles for United Religions Initiative, Harmony Interfaith Initiative, The Interfaith Observer.

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Author Bill Gertz on China and his most recent work, Deceiving the Sky

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Bill Gertz is an internationally recognized national security journalist, currently National Security Correspondent for The Washington Times 

He is the author of eight books, four of which were New York Times bestsellers. His most recent book is Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China’s Drive for Global Supremacy. is the subject of this interview

His 2016 book, iWar: War and Peace in the Information Age highlights 21st Century threats posed by information warfare and cyber attacks. 

Mr Gertz wrote Betrayal: How the Clinton Administration Undermined American Security, that was on the New York Times bestseller list for several weeks. 

His second book, The China Threat: How the People’s Republic Targets America, was released in November 2000, followed by “Breakdown: How America’s Intelligence Failures Led to September 11,” that too became a national bestseller.

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Lao-tse, Taoism (Daoism), and the Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing): Conversation with Solala Towler

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Solala Towler was editor and publisher of the spiritual and scholarly journal The Empty Vessel: The Journal of Daoist Philosophy and Practice for 25 years.  

He has had 14 books published, including Inner Chapters of Chuang Tzu,  The Tao of Intimacy and Ecstasy: The Promise of Spiritual Union,  Tales From the Tao (Watkins); and Practicing the Tao Te Ching: 81 Steps on the Way. 

Mr. Towler’s work has been translated into Dutch, French, Italian and Spanish. He is a founding board member of the National Qigong Association as well as its past President.  Mr. Towler has taught qigong and Daoist meditation for over 30 years, and leads tours to visit Daoist temples in the sacred mountains of China. 

Solala also leads Daoist Tea Ceremonies and is author of the books Cha Dao: The Way of Tea: Tea As a Way of Life and Tea Mind Tea Heart.

As a musician, Solala has recorded four cds of meditation/relaxation music. He does this using large Tibetan Bowls, flutes, harmonic overtone singing and group chant.

To learn more about Solala and his work visit www.abodetao.com.

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