Death of a Nation – East Timor

From the description:

“As Pilger gets an Austrlian diplomat to admit, East Timor was considered “expendable.”

But no one watching the massacre in the Dili cemetery can excuse the geopolitical machinations that led to this genocide.”

Australia’s expansion into the region is a really interesting story, although not covered here in a fair perspective, I guess.

Democracy, Governance, and War in Oil-Exporting Nations

A very indepth panel discussion at the University of Chicago on the state of oil-exporting nations.

The Mongol Invasion of Japan

A British educational television show focusing on the research of Kezno Hayashida, an archaeologist, on the failed Mongol invasion of Japan and the infamous ‘kamikaze’ that saved Japan.