Global News and Analyses, On Demand

26 March 2007

The World Security Institute (WSI) is pleased to announce the recent introduction of audio podcast programming to its list of interactive communication features. Now available at the iTunes Music Store, WSI's podcasts will include audio recordings of press conferences, panel discussions, and interviews with WSI experts hosted by WSI or in collaboration with other media outlets.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 26, 2007
Contact: Whitney Parker
Phone: 202.797.5287

With many events already available in the WSI line up, members of the public can listen to experts present their views on a wide variety of international issues.

Download iTunes at  www.apple.com/itunes. Find WSI podcasts by searching for "World Security Institute" under the podcast section of the iTunes Music Store, or by clicking this link: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=215717216,

The programs are available to download free of charge and currently include:

• "V-22 Osprey: Wonder Weapon or Widow Maker?" Listen to aviation expert and author Lee Gaillard as he speaks about his scathing report on the controversial, glitch-plagued V-22 aircraft; he authored the report for CDI.
• "Can Iraq Be Fixed?" Listen to a panel discussion at the National Press Club regarding the situation in Iraq and overall U.S. foreign policy in the region. Five distinguished panelists presented policy prescriptions from diverse perspectives.
• Military.com interview with Winslow Wheeler. Listen as the director of CDI's Straus Military Reform Project, Winslow Wheeler, discusses the defense budget and lack of congressional oversight in defense spending with Military.com Editor Ward Carroll.
• "The End of the Foreign Correspondent?" The director of WSI's Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Jon Sawyer, discusses the future of international reporting on Open Source with Christopher Lydon.
• "The Rising Cost of Lower Readiness." Listen as Franklin "Chuck" Spinney discusses how the U.S. defense budget increases while the U.S. military grows less ready for war in an interview by George Kenney of ElectricPolitics.com.
• "AIPAC, Currencies, and Star Wars." CDI Research Analyst Victoria Samson discusses space-based weapons, the future of nukes and Pentagon black projects in an interview originally broadcasted on Radio Agonist with Managing Editor Ian Welsh and Editor Sean-Paul Kelley.

Download each program individually or subscribe to the WSI podcast service through iTunes to have programs automatically downloaded as they become available.

Contact WSI Director of Communications Whitney Parker with additional questions or comments at or 202.797.5287.

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