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The longest running independent international affairs podcast features in-depth interviews with policymakers, journalists and experts around the world who discuss global news, international relations, global development and key trends driving world affairs. Named by The Guardian as "a podcast to make you smarter," Global Dispatches is a podcast for people who crave a deeper understanding of international news.
What the World is Ignoring About Sudan’s Civil War
Trump’s Tariffs Are Making a Mess at the UN | To Save Us From Hell
Analyzing The Geopolitical Fallout As Trump’s Trade War Takes Shape
Something Strange is Happening in Canada
Crisis in Myanmar: Earthquake Aftermath and the Global Response
A First Hand View Of What Happens When Aid Funding Dries Up
Crisis at the UN Refugee Agency and International Organization for Migration | To Save Us From Hell
The View From Panama
When Treaties Work: The Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes
South Sudan is on the Brink of a Full-Blown Civil War
Trump's War on Women Comes to the UN
Introducing: "Hidden Depths"
Our Global Humanitarian System is Collapsing
Seismic Shift At The UN Following A Jaw-Dropping Vote On Ukraine | To Save Us From Hell
When Treaties Work: The Mine Ban Treaty
How Ted Turner Changed the World
Trump's Anti-DEI Crusade Comes to the UN | To Save Us From Hell
Has Trump Destroyed Our Defense Against Pandemics?
Is There a Trump Peace Plan for Ukraine? | The Wall Street Journal’s Yaroslav Trofimov
Congo in Crisis: What’s Driving the Violence and How Can it End?
Can the UN Survive Trump 2.0?
Assessing the Impact of Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze | Jeremy Konyndyk
Sri Lanka Shows How to Oust a Corrupt Authoritarian Regime and Stop Democratic Backsliding
What We Learned from Elise Stefanik's Confirmation Hearing for UN Ambassador
Can the Gaza Ceasefire Hold?
Why People Believe Misinformation in War
Better Know Trump's Foreign Policy Team
What to Expect from the UN in 2025 | To Save Us From Hell
When Treaties Work: The Chemical Weapons Convention
How a School Milk Program is Fighting Hunger in Yemen | From Fragility to Stability
An Inside look at Jimmy Carter's Quest to Kill the Last Guinea Worm
A Top NGO Official Explains the Difficult Dynamics of Getting Aid into Gaza and Syria
Putting Women's Empowerment at the Center of Resilience Building | From Fragility to Stability
Will There Be a Coming Trade War?
What Syria's Political Future May Look Like | Emma Beals
What is Biden's Africa Legacy? (And Will Trump Blow It Up?)
How to Navigate Climate Security and Resilience in the Sahel | From Fragility to Stability
Why Ebola is No Longer a Great Global Threat
A Political Earthquake in Botswana
The Crisis in Haiti Has Taken a Dramatic Turn for the Worse
A Heavy Shadow Looms Over, COP 29 the Major UN Climate Conference
How to Escape the Nexus of Climate Change, Conflict and Forced Displacement | From Fragility to Stability
What the Republican Election Sweep Means for the United Nations
What Trump's Victory Means For US Foreign Policy | Politico's Robbie Gramer
The High Geopolitical Stakes of Georgia's Parliamentary Elections
How Social Assistance Can Improve Mental Health in Fragile Settings | "From Fragility to Stability"
A New Crisis in Lebanon
How to Better Deliver Humanitarian and Social Assistance in Fragile Settings | "From Fragility to Stability"
"The Tech Coup" is a Brilliant New Book That Describes How the Tech Industry Captured Government
Why "Anticipatory Action" Is Required in Fragile and Conflict Settings | From Fragility to Stability
Are Sudan's "Emergency Response Rooms" the Future of Humanitarian Assistance?
How to Bring Food Systems "From Fragility to Stability" | Introducing Our New Series With CGIAR
How To Responsibly Scale Innovations in Fragile Settings? | "From Fragility to Stability"
What Happened at the Summit of the Future?
All About UNGA79 | Richard Gowan and Anjali Dayal
These Stories Will Drive the Agenda at the United Nations | UNGA79 Preview
The Geopolitics of Global Trade | Pascal Lamy
Why Decoupling Between the US and China is a Global Problem (With a Global Solution) | Live from the World Trade Organization
How the UN in Geneva Shapes Our World | US Ambassador Bathsheba Crocker
How to Get Expensive Gene Therapy to the Places Where It's Needed Most
How the International Federation of the Red Cross is Using Innovative Financing to Fund Disaster Response and Preparedness
What Happened at the Recent Sudan Peace Talks
An NGO Leader in Afghanistan Explains the Delicate Process of Engaging the Taliban on Women's Rights
MPox is a Global Health Emergency, Again
Will Somaliland Get International Recognition?
The UN Reveals the Latest Trends in World Population
Is Africa's Debt Crisis a Threat to International Security? | Live from the Aspen Security Forum
Venezuela's Stolen Election
What Might a Kamala Harris Foreign Policy Look Like?
How NOT to Defeat the Houthis in Yemen
Bangladesh on the Brink
Alsu Kurmasheva is an American Journalist Detained in Russia
Can Iran's New President Lower the Temperature in the Middle East?
How the UK Elections Will Shape Britain's Global Development and Foreign Policy
China Holds Its Biggest Political Event of the Year | Anja Manuel
In The South China Sea, Water Gun Fights Risks Nuclear Escalation
How Sudan Became the Worst Food Crisis in the World
Protests and a Major Political Turning Point in Kenya
Can UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon Stop a War Between Israel and Hezbollah? | To Save Us From Hell
Why Burkina Faso is the World's Most Neglected Crisis | Jan Egeland
What Russia's New Pact With North Korea Means for the United Nations | Debut of "To Save Us From Hell," Our New Podcast About the UN
What Snap Elections in France Mean For Europe and the World
How Will a Chastened Narendra Modi Lead India?
Introducing: "To Save Us From Hell," Our New Podcast about the United Nations!
Are We Really Close to a Ceasefire Deal in Gaza?
Mexico's Most Violent Election
A Prison Camp for Islamic State Fighters in Syria is a Humanitarian Disaster and Security Challenge
How a Novel Solution in Global Development Came To Life
Why Georgia's Foreign Agents Law Undermines Democracy and Human Rights
Everything You Want to Know About the ICC Case Involving Israel and Hamas
Why Can't More Humanitarian Aid Get to Gaza?
How Civil Society is Contributing to the UN's Summit of the Future
Why Human Development is Flatlining
What’s the future of UNRWA? The Struggle for Balance in Gaza’s Aid Operations | Inside Geneva
A Genocidal Massacre is Looming in Darfur
Bird Flu is Now Spreading in Dairy Cattle. Are Humans Next?
The United Kingdom and Rwanda Enter a Dangerous Pact for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
How The New American Aid Package for Ukraine Will Impact the War
Can A United Nations Treaty to Curb Plastic Pollution Make it to the Finish Line?
Iran, Israel and A Perilous Moment in the Middle East
Sudan's Most Horrible Year
Can The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees Survive?
Turkey's Surprising Election Results Puts Erdogan on Notice
Colombia's Largest and Richest Criminal Armed Group is Getting Stronger
How "Xi Thought" Shapes Chinese Foreign Policy
The Geopolitics of English
What New Legislation to Ban Tik Tok Tells Us About US-China Relations Today
Why Gender Equality Advocates Are Playing Defense at the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Why Haiti is Descending Deeper into Crisis
How to Limit the Threat of "Killer Robots" and Autonomous Weapons That Are Changing Warfare
Why Confiscating Russian Assets is Key to Financing Ukraine's Reconstruction
The Untold Story of a CIA Plot to Kill Congo's First Elected Leader, Patrice Lumumba
From Afghanistan to Ukraine to Gaza: Politico's Alexander Ward on How Biden's Foreign Policy Evolved
Are We Facing a Global Development "Traffic Jam?"
Why Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Are Leaving ECOWAS
Two Years On, The Ukraine War is at a Turning Point
What Indonesia's Election Results Mean for Foreign Policy
2024 is a Key Year for Democracy in Africa
The View From Iran
A Milestone in the Fight Against Malaria
Is Kim Jong Un Readying for War With South Korea?
The Promise and Potential of The UN's Summit of the Future
Can a Famine Be Averted in Gaza?
The Geopolitics of Fish
A New Crisis Between Iran and Pakistan
Taiwan's Elections and the Future of Relations With China
Why Airstrikes in Yemen Won't Stop Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea
What Happens When the War in Gaza Ends?
Key Trends in the Ukraine War in 2024 | Yaroslav Trofimov
Sudan is the Worst Crisis in the World That Receives The Least Amount of Attention
The Clarissa Ward Interview | CNN's Chief International Correspondent Discusses The Stories That Made Her Career
Our Favorite Foods Are Going Extinct | Former White House Chef Sam Kass
Big Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Will Have Global Impact
What Happened at COP28?
After a Sudden Turn, The Military Junta in Myanmar May be Facing Defeat in a Civil War
Climate Adaptation for Peace in a Polycrisis Era | Climate Security Series
The Big Bets That Can Change Global Development | Raj Shah
Estonia's Top Military Commander: What a "War of Attrition" in Ukraine Means For Europe
Hundreds of Thousands of Afghans are Being Forced to Leave Pakistan
How Climate Adaptation Can Mitigate Disaster-Related Displacement | Climate Security Series
Congressman Jason Crow Discusses the Israel-Palestine Crisis, How Not To Repeat the Mistakes of the War on Terror
How Climate Adaptation Can Benefit Peace and Human Security | Climate Security Series
China and the United States Hold their First Nuclear Security Talks in Years
The War in Ukraine Has Entered a New Phase
What To Expect From The International Criminal Court's Investigation in Israel and Palestine
How the Israel-Gaza War May Ignite the Entire Middle East
How Climate Adaptation Can Reduce Poverty and Promote Gender Equality | Climate Security Series
A Major Political Turning Point for Venezuela -- Can Elections Be Credible This Time?
What China's Economic Slowdown Means for the World | FP Live
President Biden's Trip to Israel and the View from Egypt
Tobacco Use Has Sharply Declined Everywhere Around The World Except for China. Why?
What Led To The Hamas Attack On Israel -- And What Now?
Is Real Reform Coming to the World Bank?
A Dreadful Piece of British Colonial History Has A Chance To Be Corrected | Philippe Sands
Brutal End to a 35 Year Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh As Azerbaijan Takes Full Control From Armenia
Canada Accuses India of an Assassination. What Now?
Why The War in Ukraine Did Not Break Europe's Fossil Fuel Addiction
Live From the UN General Assembly: The Climate Ambition Summit | Why So Few Women Leaders?
Live from the UN General Assembly: Global Health on the Agenda | A Big Meeting on Financing Sustainable Development
Live From the UN General Assembly: Key Moments from Biden and Zelenskyy's Speeches | Climate on the Agenda
Live From the UN General Assembly: The Key Stories to Watch During UNGA78 | A Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals
How Interpol Works | Interpol Secretary General Jurgen Stock
Why One of the Most Successful US Foreign Aid Programs is Suddenly Under Attack | PEPFAR's Uncertain Future, With Gayle Smith
Remembering Bill Richardson (From 2015)
Guatemala: The Astonishing Election of Bernardo Arévalo Threatens a Corrupt Political Establishment
Why The Expansion of BRICS Captures the Geopolitical Zeitgeist
What's Next for Al Qaeda and The Islamic State | Peter Bergen
The Poaching and Trafficking of Pangolins is Sowing Instability in Central Africa
The Story of an NGO Rescue Ship That Saved 50 Migrants Stranded in the Mediterranean Sea
Ethnic Cleansing Has Returned to Darfur. Is Genocide Next?
How the UN Prevented a Massive Oil Spill off the Coast of Yemen
Why Kenya May Send Troops to Haiti
The Coup in Niger and What Comes Next?
What Does Political Science Teach Us About Why Countries Use Private Military Groups like Wagner and Blackwater?
Kenya's National Security Advisor Monica Juma
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk on Documenting Russian War Crimes in Ukraine
Joseph Nye on Soft Power Competition Between China and the United States | Live From the Aspen Security Forum
Uncovering Russia's Systematic Abduction of Ukrainian Children
The NATO Summit in Vilnius and What Comes Next for the Alliance
Can The International Shipping Industry Be Part of the Climate Solution?
The Geopolitical Implications of Taiwan's Upcoming Presidential Elections
What Happened at the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact
Amed Khan: A Philanthropist on the Frontlines in Ukraine
What is Driving a Political Crisis and Protests in Senegal
Why The United States is Rejoining UNESCO
What Sudan's Refugee Crisis Teaches Us About Africa's Borders
A Political Earthquake in Thailand
Why Saudi Arabia Bought the Entire Sport of Professional Golf
Did Russia Sabotage a Dam to Thwart a Ukrainian Counteroffensive?
Why Tuberculosis Remains Such a Leading Global Killer
The Global Ban on Chemical Weapons Hits a Snag
Ecuador is in the Midst of a Political Crisis
How Small States Can Influence World Politics
What Would Happen if China Invades Taiwan?
How Ukraine Should Prepare for a Russian Ceasefire Proposal
What’s Newsworthy? A Behind the Scenes Look at "Global Dispatches"
Can "The Big Catch Up" Boost Childhood Vaccinations Worldwide?
A Brewing Crisis at the Southern US Border
The Foreign Policy Implications of Turkey's National Elections
How International Diplomacy Failed to Stop Sudan From Sliding Into Civil War
Hostage Diplomacy and the Case of a Wall Street Journal Reporter Detained in Russia
A Major Crisis is Unfolding in Sudan
A Seismic Geopolitical Shift is Underway in the Middle East
What is "Humanitarian Journalism?"
Two Outbreaks of the Ebola-like Marburg Virus Have the Global Health Community on Edge
These Are the Major Global Demographic Trends as the World Population Hits 8 Billion
Just Giving People Money is Really Effective at Ending Extreme Poverty. So Why Aren't Big Aid Agencies Embracing Cash Transfers? | Rory Stewart
The Hidden Economics of Female Genital Mutilation | From: "The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women" podcast
Can Canadian Diplomacy Help End Cameroon's Civil War?
Why Xi Jinping Went to Moscow
Why Did the USA Invade and Occupy Iraq 20 years ago and What are the Iraq War's Legacies Today?
Moldova is Fending Off a Russian Destabilization Campaign
What Kind of Energy Should Fuel Household Cooking Appliances Around The World?
What's On The Agenda at the Commission on the Status of Women This Year? A CSW Preview
Nigeria: These are the Major Challenges Facing Incoming President Bola Tinubu After a Controversial Election
Congresswoman Sara Jacobs | How (And Why) Congress Can Support UN Peacekeeping
Better Know Ajay Banga, Biden's Pick to Lead The World Bank
How to Make Peace One Year After Russia's Invasion of Ukraine? | From the Inside Geneva Podcast
An Extremely Fragile Democratic Transition is Underway in Sudan
How Guinea Worm Disease Came to the Cusp of Global Eradication
Will War Resume Between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
Can One of the World's Largest Refugee Camps Handle a Coming Rush of Arrivals?
An Escalating Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
How to Catch a Dictator
How to Prosecute Vladimir Putin for the Crime of Aggression
Crisis in Peru
Nigeria Elections: Young People are Backing an Insurgent Candidate and Shaking Up Nigerian Politics
The Growing Global Backlash Against US Sanctions
Why So Many African Countries are Facing a Huge Debt Crisis Right Now?
Bangladesh: Protests, Crackdowns and a Coming Election
The Geopolitics of Microchips | "Chip Wars" Author Chris Miller
The Top Global Crises to Expect in 2023 | David Miliband
A New Study Shows How to Counter Violent Extremism Through "Social Cohesion"
Do People Like Having US Military Bases in their Country? New Public Opinion Research
A New Plastics Treaty Is Being Negotiated at the UN: What You Need to Know
A Major UN Biodiversity Conference Seeks New Goals to Save Nature
What the Latest Data Tells Us About The Global Fight Against Malaria
Ukraine: Prosecuting War Crimes and Russian Aggression in Ukraine
Protests in China and the Death of Jiang Zemin
Why is Turkey About to Invade Syria?
Senator Jeanne Shaheen on Congressional Support for Ukraine and Shoring Up Democracy in The Balkans | Live from the Halifax International Security Forum
Meet Human Rights Defender Jamila Afghani, 2022 Laureate of the Aurora Prize For Awakening Humanity
Human Rights and the Qatar World Cup
Why North Korea is Suddenly Launching an Unprecedented Number of Missile Tests
The Foreign Policy Implications of the US Midterm Elections
What Will Drive the Agenda at COP27, The Big UN Climate Summit?
Cholera is Surging Around the World and Vaccine Supplies Are Running Low
The White House Makes Biosecurity a Pillar of National Security. Can Doing So Prevent the Next Disaster?
Who is Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier, The Haitian Gang Leader at the Center of Haiti's New Crisis?
Why an Ebola Outbreak in Uganda is Not Yet Under Control
What A More Powerful Xi Jinping Means for Chinese Foreign Policy
A Feminist Uprising in Iran
The Ethiopia-Tigray War is About to Get Even Worse
If Putin Goes Nuclear, How Should the United States Respond?
What Brazil's Elections Mean for the World
The Coming War of Economic Attrition Between Russia and the West
Africa is Rolling Out a New Plan for Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies
Why is China Suddenly Expanding its Nuclear Arsenal?
Live From the UN General Assembly: Global Fund Replenishment | War Crimes in Ukraine | Clean Energy and the Run Up to COP27 (UNGA Day 4)
Live from the UN General Assembly: President Biden’s Speech and Other Key Moments | Pandemic Preparedness and Response (UNGA Day 3)
Live from the UN General Assembly: Food Security in Focus | The Global Refugee Crisis (UNGA Day 2)
Live from the UN General Assembly: Key Moments That Will Drive the Diplomatic Agenda During UNGA | What Happened at the Transforming Eduction Summit? (UNGA Day 1)
Europe is in the Midst of a Deepening Energy Crisis
Somalia is on the Brink of Famine
The Crisis in Myanmar Takes a Turn for the Worse
How the Inflation Reduction Act in the United States Will Impact International Climate Diplomacy
Why This Female Civil Society Leader in Afghanistan is Urging Greater Engagement With the Taliban
Confronting a Catastrophic Nuclear Meltdown at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine
The Big Problem With "Great Power Competition" | Ali Wyne
What We Get Wrong About Missile Defense and Nuclear Deterrence
Why Do Some Countries Succeed With Economic Development While Others Fail? | Stefan Dercon
How "Longtermism" is Shaping Foreign Policy| Will MacAskill
Lab Leak? Bioweapons Attack? Natural Pathogen? A New Proposal Would Give the UN the Ability to Investigate | Angela Kane
Kenya's UN Ambassador Martin Kimani | Live from the Aspen Security Forum
How The Global Food Crisis is Impacting People and Politics in the Middle East
The Philippines Gets a New President With A Very Familiar Name
Kenya is Holding a High-Stakes Election
Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz | Live From the Aspen Security Forum
Is the US Inflating The Military Threat From China?
Why There's a Resurgence of Armed Conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
From "Pariah" to Partner: Why President Biden is Going to Saudi Arabia
How to Stop the Global Food Crisis From Getting Worse | Sir Mark Lowcock
The Last Humanitarian Lifeline To Syria May Soon Be Severed | A view from Northern Syria and the United Nations
Hostage Diplomacy and the Case of Brittney Griner
What Explains Turkey's Foreign Policy and Its Relationship With NATO?
Ethnic Violence is Escalating in Ethiopia
Iran Nuclear Diplomacy Enters a Perilous New Phase
Can Justice and Accountability Solve Nigeria's Security Challenges?
Can The Monkeypox Outbreak Be Contained?
Climate-Related Mobility and Conflict: Pathways to Peace and Human Security | Recorded Live
Colombia's VERY Surprising Presidential Election
The Fascinating Origin Story of the United Nations Environment Program, UNEP
These Lessons from COVID Can Help Us Prevent the Next Pandemic | Dr. Joanne Liu
What does the Human Rights Council mean to victims of atrocities? | Inside Geneva
Biden is Sending Hundreds of American Troops to Somalia and Expanding US Drone Strikes
Chinese "Debt Trap Diplomacy" is a Myth
How the United Nations is Responding to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine | Richard Gowan
The Rise and Fall of Imran Khan and What's Next for Pakistan
The View From Moldova -- Is This Putin's Next Target?
The Hellish Plight of African Migrants Trapped in Libya
Sri Lanka is in an Economic Free Fall
Sweden and Finland Want to Join NATO. What's Next? | Ivo Daalder
Can a UN Brokered Ceasefire in Yemen Lead to a Lasting Peace?
The Five Reasons Countries Go to War (And How to Avoid Them) | Chris Blattman
French Elections: Marine Le Pen and Ascendence of the Far Right in France
How Russian War Crimes Have Changed the Conflict in Ukraine
Key Findings From The Latest United Nations Scientific Report on Climate Change
Changing the Narrative of Doing Business in Africa
Algeria's Uncertain Political Future
Inside "The Mediator's Studio" With Legendary Diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi
The Promise and Perils of "Solar Radiation Modification" to Mitigate Climate Change
How China Views Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Can There Be Justice for War Crimes in Ukraine?
How the War in Ukraine Will Impact Food Prices and Food Security Around the World
Gender, Conflict and Ukraine | Plus, a Preview of the UN's Commission on the Status of Women Conference
How Russia's Invasion of Ukraine is Seen by the United Nations
Live from Ukraine: From Frontlines of a Refugee Crisis
The British Ambassador to the United States Explains How Russia Sanctions Were Coordinated
Live From Kabul: A Female NGO Leader on Women's Rights in Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule
The Russia-Ukraine Crisis: What Now?
Why So Many Coups in Africa Recently?
Who Are These Canadian Truckers Disrupting Ottawa? And Why?
Bearing Witness to the Uyghur Genocide During the Beijing Olympics
What Happened at the UN Security Council Meeting on Ukraine?
Why is North Korea Suddenly Launching So Many Missile Tests?
What Was Behind A Coup in Burkina Faso ?
The Conflict in Yemen is Escalating Sharply
If Russia Invades Ukraine, How Should the United States and Europe Respond?
The Death of Press Freedom in Hong Kong
Bosnia is on the Brink of Political Disintegration
David Miliband on the "Systems Failure" in the World's Crisis Zones
Kazakhstan Protests: Why They Started And What Comes Next
Somalia is in the Midst of a Deepening Political Crisis
The United Nations Year in Review
The International and Domestic Implications of Turkey's Tanking Lira
Is the Energy Transition an Opportunity or Risk for Climate Security? | Climate Security Series
Libya Faces Uncertain Elections and a Major Political Crisis
Afghanistan is in the Midst of a Humanitarian and Human Rights Catastrophe
Is Myanmar Sliding Towards a Civil War?
Robert Jervis, From 2015
Putting Gender at the Heart of Climate Security | Climate Security Series
Could a New Pandemic Treaty Stop the Next Terrible COVID Variant?
Is Russia About to Invade Ukraine? (Again)
Can Cryptocurrency Accelerate Global Development?
Senator Chris Coons Discusses The Ethiopia Crisis and U.S. Policy Towards the Region | Live from the Halifax International Security Forum
Can the Iran Nuclear Deal Be Saved?
The Halifax International Security Forum: What You Need To Know
Was COP 26 a Success? Key Outcomes From the UN Climate Conference, Explained
How Can Climate Science Support Peace in the Middle East and North Africa? | Climate Security Series
Why Is There Still a UN Peacekeeping Mission in Cyprus, 50 Years Later?
Madagascar is Experiencing The World's First Climate Change Induced Famine
What to Expect at COP26: The Biggest UN Climate Conference Since The Paris Agreement
How Agriculture, Land Use and Food Systems Can Help the Paris Agreement's Climate Goals | Taped Live
A Sudden Coup in Sudan -- What Comes Next?
Why Did Saudi Arabia Purchase Newcastle United -- Is "Sportswashing" the Next Frontier of Public Diplomacy?
How Can We Achieve Policy Coherence for Climate Security | Climate Security Series
Humanity Gets A Malaria Vaccine!
The Civil War in Ethiopia is Getting Worse
How China Makes Foreign Policy
Migration, Climate and Security in Latin America | Climate Security Series
Will China's Evergrande Crisis Spark a Global Economic Contagion?
A Coup in Guinea is the Latest of a Trend in West Africa
How to Respond to Climate Security Crises in Africa? | Climate Security Series
Live From UNGA -- Day 5 | ICRC Head Peter Maurer | UN Foundation President Elizabeth Cousens | Big Meeting on Energy Transitions
Live From UNGA -- Day 4 | Food Systems Summit | Security Council Meets on Climate-Security
Live From UNGA -- Day 3 | Biden's Big COVID Summit | Plus, Panama's Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes
Live From UNGA -- Day 2 | Joe Biden's UN Speech | Antonio Guterres' Big Warning to the World | And More!
Live From UNGA -- Day 1 | Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed | Climate Diplomacy Expert Yamide Dagnet
How Transforming Food Systems Can Inspire Action on Climate Change | Taped Live in Partnership with CGIAR
Angela Merkel's Legacy in International Affairs and Foreign Policy
What's Next For the United Nations in Afghanistan? | Mark Malloch Brown
What Comes Next for Humanitarian and Development NGOs in Afghanistan?
How We Use Our Lands and Forests Can Fight Climate Change and Support Security (Or Not) | Climate Security Series
"They Are Missing Our Side Of The Story" -- An Afghan Human Rights Activist Speaks Out
Better Know The Climate Investment Funds
What Are the Latest Trends in Peace and Conflict Around the World? | Global Peace Index Founder Steve Killilea
How Do We Measure the Relationship Between Climate and Security | Climate Security Series
How Yemen's Rival Banks Are Fueling a Civil War
A Coup Puts Tunisia in Political Crisis
Can Congress Rein in the Forever Wars With the New "National Security Powers Act?" | Senator Chris Murphy
Kashmir is on the Brink | Red Flags or Resilience? Series
Femicide in Mexico is on the Rise | Red Flags or Resistance?
Crisis in South Africa
A Crisis Mounts in Africa's Only Absolute Monarchy, Eswatini (Formerly Known As Swaziland)
Colombia is Rocked By The Biggest Protests In Recent Memory
The Assassination of The President of Haiti Jovenal Moise
Introducing: "Guardians of the River"
The Crisis in Syria is at a Major Turning Point
What Will Antonio Guterres Do In His Second Term As United Nations Secretary General?
Is Climate Migration a Security Threat? | Climate Security Series
Is Sri Lanka at Risk For a Return to Mass Atrocity? | "Red Flags or Resilience?" Series
Famine in Ethiopia as the Tigray Conflict Worsens
The Ban Ki-moon Interview
Biden's Pick for Top US Human Rights Post, Sarah Margon
A Grounds-Eye View Of the Scarily Rapid Demise of Democracy and Free Speech in Hong Kong
Why Would Belarus Force Down A Civilian Airliner to Capture a Dissident Journalist?
Why The Transition to Green Economies May Fuel Demand for Conflict Minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Better Know Nayib Bukele, the Hipster Authoritarian President of El Salvador
Why The Crisis in Israel and Palestine is Different This Time
The Chief Economist of the World Food Program Explains Why Hunger is On the Rise
What We Mean By "Decolonizing" Global Health
Why the Battlefield Death of Chad President Idriss Deby Has Big Global Implications
Is Poland At Risk For Atrocity Crimes? | "Red Flags or Resilience?" Series
India: How the COVID Crisis Got So Bad, So Quickly
Climate Diplomacy Gets a Boost from the White House
Is "Progressive Realism" the Future of US Foreign Policy?
With American Troops Departing, What Comes Next For Afghanistan?
How the Course of Human History Has Been Shaped by Infectious Disease | Charles Kenny
What is Driving a Surge of Violence in Niger?
How Have the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Responded to the Pandemic?
How A New International Pandemic Treaty Can Prevent the Next Big One
Elections and Democratic Backsliding in Benin
Turkey Withdraws from a Key Gender-Based Violence Treaty and an Update from the Commission on the Status of Women
"Weaponized Interdependence" and the Future of International Relations
An Update from Brazil, Where the Health System is Collapsing and Former President Lula is Poised for a Comeback
Can the United States Embrace a Feminist Foreign Policy?
Inside the Drive to Create a 'Global Fund' for Public Interest Journalism
The Civil War in Ethiopia is Taking a Turn for the Worse
A Coup and then Protests as Myanmar Slider Deeper into Crisis
An Historic Moment in the Fight Against COVID Shows Why Cold Chains Are Key to Global Health and Development
The Crisis in Yemen is Entering a Dangerous New Phase
Why Countries Just Can't Quit Coal? New Research Offers Some Clues
Will Biden Pull US Troops From Afghanistan?
An Opportunity for Climate Diplomacy Opens for the Biden-Harris Administration
Why Farmers in India Are Staging Mass Protests
What Comes Next for USAID?
A Fresh Approach to Middle East Peace
Coup in Myanmar and Aung San Suu Kyi's Fall from Grace (Re-release)
Crisis in the Central African Republic
Alexey Navalny and Protests in Russia, with Amb. Michael McFaul
Nigeria, the Most Populous Country in Africa, is Desperate for COVID-19 Vaccines
Bobi Wine and the Fraught Elections in Uganda
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Becomes International Law
The Siege of the US Capitol and the Future of US Foreign Policy
What the Criminal Conviction of Saudi Women's Rights Activist Loujan al-Hathloul Says About the Future of Saudi Arabia
Mozambique is Experiencing a Surge of Violence as Crisis Worsens in Cabo Delgado Region
How the United States Can Strengthen UN Peacekeeping and Support International Peace and Security
How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Advance a Global Human Rights Agenda
How the Biden Administration Can Reset America's Approach to Refugees, Asylum Seekers and International Migration
The Western Sahara Conflict is Upended By a Trump Tweet
A Global Health Agenda for the Biden Administration
Five Years on from the Paris Agreement, How Can Countries Give A Boost To Their Climate Action Plans?
Legendary US Diplomat Thomas Pickering Explains How the US Can Get Its Multilateral Groove Back
How Biden Could Restore US Leadership at the UN in his First 100 Days
Joe Biden Picks Linda Thomas-Greenfield as UN Ambassador
What's Next for US- Iran Diplomacy and the Iran Nuclear Deal
A Ceasefire, But No Peace for Nagorno-Karabakh
Ethiopia is on the Brink of Civil War
Veteran European Diplomat Gerard Araud on Joe Biden's Election and the Future of Trans-Atlantic Relations
The United States Election -- What We Know So Far and What It Means for Foreign Policy
Protests in Thailand, Explained
Introducing: "Rethinking Humanitarianism"
Biological Weapons: Still a Huge Global Threat!
The Link Between Climate Change and Inequality in Indonesia -- Taped Live
Police Brutality in Nigeria Spark Protests and Ignites a Movement
The Link Between Climate Change and Inequality in Vietnam -- Taped Live
COVID-19 is Forcing a Reckoning for the Humanitarian Aid Industry
How Unconventional Partnerships Can Advance Climate Security -- Taped Live
Political Crisis in Cote d'Ivoire
The Nagorno-Karabakh Crisis Erupts into Major Conflict
How to Increase the Use of Clean Cookstoves and Solar Lighting in Rural Ethiopia and Beyond
Climate and Security in Colombia -- Taped Live
What the UN's 75th Anniversary Means for International Relations
UNGA Goes Virtual! Previewing the 2020 United Nations General Assembly
The 'Hotel Rwanda' Hero is the Latest Victim of The Rwandan Government's Crackdown on Dissidents
Climate and Security in the Sahel -- Taped Live
How the World Will Get a COVID-19 Vaccine (Part 2)
A Major Dam Project in Ethiopia Sparks a Fight Over Water With Egypt and Sudan
How the World Will Get a COVID-19 Vaccine (Part 1)
Why COVID-19 is Not Raging in the Central African Republic (One of the World's Most Fragile Countries)
Understanding Joe Biden's Foreign Policy Views -- Is There a "Biden Doctrine?"
Protests in Belarus Threaten to Take Down Europe's Last Dictator
China is Reducing Household Air Pollution. But Who Benefits?
Stranded by Civil War, A Leaky Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Yemen Threatens to Unleash the World's Worst-Ever Oil Spill
Crisis in Mali
Why Transparency is So Important in Foreign Aid and Development
The Rais Bhuiyan Interview
COVID-19 and Slumping Oil Prices are Shaking Up the Geopolitics of the Middle East
Kosovo, Serbia and Rising Authoritarianism in The Balkans
Why Does Chile Have Such Bad Air Pollution?
Hong Kong Braces for Troubled Times After China Imposes a Draconian New Law
Sustainable Finance for Peace and Climate Security | Climate Security Series - Taped Live
The Sudden COVID Death of Burundi's Strongman Ruler, Pierre Nkurunziza -- and What Comes Next
Global Health and the Future We Want -- A UN 75 Consultation
A Brief History of the UN Charter
A Dramatic Turn of Events in Libya
How Big Data and New Technologies Can Advance Climate Security | Climate Security Series - Taped Live
How the Black Lives Matter Movement Went Global
Climate Change and the Future We Want -- A UN 75 Consultation
The India and China Border Crisis
The Link Between Food Security, Climate and Conflict | Climate Security Series - Taped Live
A View from the Caribbean About COVID-19
COVID-19 is Interrupting Routine Childhood Vaccinations on a Global Scale
How Female Entrepreneurs Can Light Up Rural Rwanda
Liberia Confronts the Coronavirus
How the Coronavirus Pandemic is Stifling Free Speech
An Inside Look at How the United Nations is Marking Its 75th Anniversary
Lebanon is in the Midst of a Jaw-Dropping Economic Free Fall
Climate Change and the COVID-19 Economic Recovery
New Research Finds a Link Between Fires, Children's Health, and a Country's GDP
What Kim Jong Un's Health Rumors Teach Us About North Korea
How COVID-19 is Accelerating Geopolitical Shifts| Interview With Ian Bremmer
Why the WHO Needs U.S. Support to Fight Coronavirus Spread | Congressman Ami Bera's View
Why Don't More People Use Clean Cookstoves?
Venezuela Plunges Deeper into Crisis
The Coronavirus Human Rights Crackdown
How Are Different Countries Handling COVID-19? | A Comparison of Political Systems
COVID-19 and Humanitarian Crises -- How Will NGOs Respond?
Massive Swarms of Desert Locusts Are Causing Crisis in East Africa
Do International Criminal Courts Actually Deter War Crimes? |Interview with Jacqueline McAllister
The Coronavirus Pandemic and Its Effect on Low Income Countries and Global Development with Amanda Glassman
How the Coronavirus is Impacting the Inner Workings of the United Nations with Margaret Besheer
The U.S. and Taliban Sign an Agreement to Withdraw American Troops from Afghanistan
A Peace Agreement Ends South Sudan's Brutal Civil War. Will it Hold?
The Coronavirus Poses a Big Threat to Refugees and Displaced People | Dr. Paul B. Spiegel
How to Build Peace and Fight Terrorism at the Same Time with Judy Kimamo
The Only Nuclear Arms Treaty Between Russia and the U.S. "New START" is Expiring
Maurice Kamto Ran for President of Cameroon. Then He Was Arrested
The Top Hunger Crises to Watch in 2020 According to The World Food Program
The Link Between Healthcare and Peace in Africa | with Dr. Roseanne Njiru
The Crisis in Yemen is Getting Worse | with Scott Paul
The Fight Against 'Neglected Tropical Diseases' Gets a Boost
Why More Aid Workers Are Being Killed in the Line of Duty with Abby Stoddard
How the World Health Organization is Responding to the Coronavirus Outbreak
Can the Global Fragility Act Help Prevent Conflicts Before They Start? | Dr. Dafna Rand
Burkina Faso is Experiencing a Surge in Violence
What Happened With Haiti Earthquake Reconstruction?
Why The Crisis in Syria is About To Get Worse
A Looming Crisis With North Korea, Again
Iran Crisis -- What Comes Next?
How to Promote Tolerance in Myanmar, a country that recently experienced a genocide
Why Do We Lie About Foreign Aid?
Longtime Leader of MSF/Doctors Without Borders Joanne Liu
How the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Saves Lives
How Narendra Modi's Hardline Hindu Nationalism is Transforming India
Libya is Poised to Become THE Major International Crisis of 2020
UN Correspondent Chat: What's Buzzing at United Nations Headquarters
Why the Protests in Hong Kong Have Taken a New Turn
Inside Europe's Largest Refugee Camp
What You Need to Know About Fossil Fuels and the Paris Climate Agreement Goals
Crisis in Bolivia
Why The Gambia is Suing Myanmar for Genocide
Iraq Protests: A Reporter in Baghdad Explains Why Thousands of Iraqis are Protesting the Government
How Prepared are We for the Next Big Global Epidemic?
Arab Countries Are Exporting their Fight to Far Away Battlefields
How The Top LGBTI Rights Watchdog at the United Nations Defends Human Rights Around the World
Massive Protests and a Major Crisis in Chile
What the Trouble Between the NBA and China Tells Us About the Future of International Relations
The "Girl Effect" in International Development
Why is Russia Suddenly So Interested in the Central African Republic?
Turkey Invades Syria as the United States Abandons the Kurds
The Battle of Mosul Was the Beginning of the End of the Islamic State Caliphate
Why Human Rights Defender Gulalai Ismail Fled Pakistan
Kumi Naidoo, Head of Amnesty International
Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg on How 5G Can Drive Sustainable Development
These Stories Will Drive the Agenda During UN Week
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
The UN Climate Action Summit, Explained
What's Next for the Peace Process in Afghanistan?
Why Are Journalists Going Missing in Tanzania?
Japan and South Korea Are Locked in A Bitter Dispute With Global Implications
Greg Stanton Fights Genocide -- and Genocide Haunts Him
Jair Bolsonaro and the Destruction of the Amazon
Research Uncovers a Link Between the Cost of Getting Married and the Outbreak of Conflict
An Inside Look at Slavery on Fishing Boats in the South China Sea
How We Can Feed the World Without Destroying the Planet
The Rohingya of Myanmar Suffered Crimes Against Humanity. Can There Be Justice?
The Yazidi Genocide, Five Years On
What Happened to Aung San Suu Kyi?
Drought in the Horn of Africa is Threatening 15 Million People
Ethiopia is in the Midst of a Democratic Renewal. Can It Succeed?
Chennai, India is Facing an Unprecedented Water Shortage
Trump's Assault on Refugees and Asylum Seekers Enter's a New Phase
How Kim Jong Un Smuggles His Luxury Cars into North Korea
A Progress Report on the Sustainable Development Goals
Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter
Why Turkey's Municipal Elections are of Global Significance
What Comes Next in the Escalating Crisis With Iran?
Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher is a Rising GOP Foreign Policy Star
Better Know Kelly Craft, Trump's Pick for UN Ambassador
Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Hong Kong Protests
Protests in Sudan Enter a Dangerous New Phase
The Persecution of Christians in Iraq
Life Stories, Anecdotes, and Advice from Renowned Foreign Affairs Professionals
What You Need to Know About Internally Displaced People Around the World
How A Census Can Drive Sustainable Development in Africa
UN Correspondent Chat: Sherwin Bryce-Pease, South African Broadcast Corporation
Journalist Beth Gardiner Traveled the World to Report on Air Pollution
Can Canada Change How the World Deals With Corrupt Foreign Officials?
Intensifying Fighting in Syria Suggests a New Phase of the War
How to Eliminate the Global Problem of Online Child Abuse
A Crisis in Cameroon is Getting Worse
Supriya Vani Interviewed Every Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
"How to Fix Democracy," with Michael Ignatieff
How Big Data and Text Messaging Can Prevent Suicide Around the World
Libya is Lurching Toward a Full Scale Civil War
Cyclone Idai Devastates Mozambique, One Month On
A Revolution in Sudan
How a Social Entrepreneur is Revolutionizing Access to Medicines in Five African Countries
How to Stop a Demographic "Youth Bulge" From Causing Widespread Unemployment
How Fear Distorts U.S. Foreign Policy
How a Social Entrepreneur is Fighting Counterfeit Medicine in the Developing World
Egypt's Abdel Fatah al-Sisi is Looking More and More Like a Dictator-For-Life
New Trends in Global Trade are Changing How Women Work in the Developing World
"It's Really Worrying Right Now." An Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is Not Under Control
Snakebites are a Global Health Problem
UN Correspondent Chat, With Carole Landry of AFP
CNN's Clarissa Ward Spent 36 Hours With the Taliban. This is What She Learned
Trump's "Remain in Mexico" Policy is a Fiasco
Is an "Arab Spring" Coming to Algeria?
North Korea: What's Next For Nuclear Diplomacy After the Trump-Kim Summit Ends in Failure
A Crisis in Kashmir Threatens War Between India and Pakistan
How "Energy Poverty" is Stifling Job Growth in the Developing World
What Happens When Women Are Excluded From Peace Talks?
How Vaccines Fight Poverty
Massive Protests in Haiti Spark a New Kind of Political Crisis
New Research Shows How Countries Can Avoid the "Resource Curse"
The Co-Founder of Global Citizen Discusses the Future of Global Advocacy
Protests and Repression Returns to Zimbabwe
What is Next for the US in Afghanistan?
UN Correspondent Chatter: Margaret Besheer of Voice of America
Will Crisis in Venezuela Lead to a Civil War?
Coffee Is Being Threatened With Extinction Because of Climate Change
Election Fraud in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Will Protests in Sudan Bring Down the Genocidal Regime of Omar al Bashir?
What's Next for the World Bank After Jim Yong Kim's Sudden Resignation?
The Migrant Route to Europe is Changing
A Crisis Between China and Canada Has Big Global Implications
A Decade Old War Crime is Causing Instability in Sri Lanka Today
Better Know Heather Nauert, Donald Trump's Pick for UN Ambassador
How Rivalry Between China and the United States Will Drive Global Development
Will The Yellow Vest Protest in France Bring Down Emmanuel Macron--and Europe With Him?
What is the 'Global Compact for Migration?'
What Sham Elections in Bahrain Tell Us About the Middle East
What You Need to Know About the Big UN Climate Conference, COP24
Some Cultures Tolerate Rule Breaking More than Others. Comparing them can teach us a lot about international relations
What You Need to Know About Slums Around the World
In Donald Trump V. International Law, Who Is Winning?
South Sudan's High Risk, High Reward Peace Process
Under Reported Human Rights Catastrophe: Thousands of Refugees Languish in Libyan Jails
These Are the Foreign Policy Implications of the US Mid-Term Election Results
The Top UN Humanitarian Official Discusses the Crisis in Yemen
Macedonia May Get a New Name -- And this is a Very Big Deal for International Relations
What Happens if the International Criminal Court Investigates American War Crimes in Afghanistan?
How India Defeated Polio
Canada Goes to Pot
Why the Latest Ebola Outbreak in the DRC is So Dangerous
The State Sanctioned Murder of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Will Shake International Relations
The Grand Strategic Failure of Trump's Foreign Policy
Are Development NGOs Fit for Purpose?
A Conversation with Kosovo's Foreign Minister
How Facebook is Abetting Rodrigo Duterte's Drug War in the Philippines
How Better Data Can Fight Global Hunger
UN Week is Here! These Are the Stories That Will Drive the Agenda
When UN Peacekeeping Works: The Story of the United Nations Mission in Liberia
Unmasking the Elite Charade of "Changing the World"
The World is Experiencing a Dam Building Boom
How the Return of Refugees to Syria Will Define the Next Phase of the Conflict
There's New Evidence of China's Brutal Repression of its Uighur Population
Remembering Princeton Lyman
A Final Showdown Looms in Syria. The UN Warns it Could be a "Bloodbath"
This is How Nuclear War Breaks Out With North Korea
Dr. Vanessa Kerry Strengthens Health Systems Against Ebola and Other Threats
Fifteen Years Ago this Week, the UN Headquarters in Iraq Was Bombed
Journalist Robin Wright from 2014
The 1998 US Embassy Bombings, Twenty Years On
977 Days as the Hostage of Somali Pirates
How the World Regulates Twitter
Colombia Has a New President Who is Opposed to the Peace Deal
The Inside Story of How the World Closed the Hole in the Ozone Layer
How Much Progress Are We Making Towards the Sustainable Development Goals?
Sunitha Krishan Rescues Girls from Sex Slavery
Crisis in Nicaragua
An Interview with the Top UN Official in the Central African Republic
What We Know About Air Pollution Around the World
Peace Breaks Out Between Ethiopia and Eritrea
Why Mary Robinson Fights For Climate Justice
Understanding Asylum Law in the United States in the Context of Family Separations at the Border
Tom Catena is a Hero Doctor of Sudan's Nuba Mountains
How to Make Sense of the Trump-Kim Summit
A Bold Idea for UN Reform
World Food Program Director David Beasley on the Food Emergenices North Korea and the Sahel
What India Can Teach Indiana About Fighting Diabetes
Kristine McDivitt Tompkins was one of the largest private landowners in the world before she gave it away
A New Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
A Conversation With Michael Møller, Director General of the UN Offices in Geneva
How Shipping Containers Explain the Conflict in Yemen
Understanding the Gaza Protests
The Demise of the Iran Nuclear Deal and What Comes Next
Can Dr. Tom Frieden Save 100 Million Lives?
China's Foreign Policy is at a Turning Point
A Past Podcast Guest is Reportedly Tapped for a Top State Department Post: Listening Back on the Paula Dobriansky Interview
How the US Can Get Its Multilateral Groove Back
Venezuelans are fleeing their country in record numbers. This is Latin America's worst-ever refugee crisis
The View From Europe
Episode 190: Suzanne DiMaggio
What happened to Iraq's Oil Wealth?
Episode 189: Steve Coll
Bosnia is Vladimir Putin's Next Target
Episode 188: Bangladeshi Immigrant Rais Bhuiyan Survived a Hate Crime and Fought to Save from Execution the Man Who Shot Him
Palestinian Refugees are about to Face Yet Another Crisis
I Started My Career as a Journalist Covering John Bolton. Here is What I have Learned (special episode)
Episode 187: Wanjira Mathai
A Successful End to the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia
Episode 186: Maggy Barankitse saved thousands of children in the wake of a genocide
Meet Mike Pompeo
Episode 185: Joseph Kaifala
How Democracies Can Defend Themselves from Disinformation Campaigns
Episode 184: Noubar Afeyan
Why We Lie About Aid
Episode 182: Sulome Anderson
The Conflict in Syria Enters a New Phase
Episode 181: Djibouti Democracy Activist Daher Ahmed Farah
Why American Funding for the United Nations is a Bargain
Episode 180: Anote Tong, Former President of Kirabati
Hate Speech is on the Rise in Poland
Episode 179: Max Boot
Donald Trump's Nuclear Weapons Policy is Radically Different from His Predecessors
A Crisis in Cameroon is Forcing Anglophones to Flee the Country
Mexican Towns Are Taking Security Into Their Own Hands
A School in India is Trying to Disrupt the Caste System
Episode 177: Robert Malley is the new head of the International Crisis Group
What Big Data Can Teach Us About Terrorism
Big Protests are Sweeping Across Iran
Episode 176: Daniel Webb
After a Vote, The United States Finds itself Isolated at the UN. (Plus: A 2017 UN Year-in-Review)
Meet the US Youth Observer to the UN
The International Committee for the Red Cross Plays a Unique Role in International Affairs
Episode 175: Dr. Mozhdeh Ghasemiyani is a Psychologist who Escaped a Genocide
Trump's Jerusalem Gamble
Episode 173: Dr. Joanne Liu, Head of Doctors Without Borders / MSF
Episode 172: Agnès Marcaillou Leads the UN's Bomb Squad
Zimbabwe and the fall of Robert Mugabe, Explained
Can ISIS Face Justice for the Atrocities They Have Committed?
Episode 170: Peter W. Galbraith
The Crisis in Yemen Takes A Turn for the Worse
How Trump's Radical Approach to "Sovereignty" is shaping International Relations
The International Relations of California
Episode 169: Farida Nabouremba, Democracy Activist in Togo
How Tunisia Became the Only Real Arab Spring Success Story
Episode 168: 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Beatrice Fihn
This Supreme Court Case Could Have a Big Impact on US Foreign Policy
Episode 167: Alexis Okeowo
Will Trump Destroy the Iran Nuclear Deal?
Can UN Peacekeepers Prevent the Central African Republic from Descending Deeper into Conflict?
What the Kurdish Independence Referendum Means for the Middle East
Episode 166: Ambassador Keith Harper
Trump's New Travel Ban Has One Historic Precedent: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Episode 165: Meghan O'Sullivan
The Challenge of Getting Refugee Children in Quality Schools
The United Nations and Donald Trump Get to Know Each Other
Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar
Episode 164: John Shattuck
Can the International Community Do Hurricane Response Better?
Episode 163: Helene Cooper is a pulitzer prize winning journalist and refugee from Liberia
Cutting Edge Research Finds a Link Between the Cost of Getting Married and the Outbreak Violent Conflict
Senator Sam Nunn Explains How a New "Fuel Bank" Can Curb Nuclear Proliferation
Poland is Fighting for its Democratic Life
Can North Korea Be Stopped?
*** Special Episode *** Your Questions About Careers in International Affairs, Answered
Somalia is Caught in a Conflict-Climate Change Nexus
An Unprecedented Coalition of NGOs Has Formed to Fight a Global Food Emergency
Peace Breaks Out in Colombia
Episode 160: Wendy Pearlman is an academic who studies the Middle East in an unusual way
Episode 159: Eric Schwartz, former top State Department official who ran US refugee programs
This Could Be Africa's Next Big Crisis
How the Supreme Court's Ruling on Trump's Travel Ban Will Impact Refugees Around the World
Episode 157: Jeffrey Smith Helped Bring Down a "President for Life"
The Latest World Population Facts and Figures Were Just Released
Episode 156: Greg Stone -- Ocean Scientist, Explorer and Advocate
Episode 155: Marietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament
Episode 154: Hans Binnendijk
Saudi Arabia moves against Qatar and we now have yet another crisis in the Middle East
What You Need to Know About the Paris Agreement Pullout
What you need to know about the world's "Internally Displaced"
Episode 153: Sharon Weinberger
What Political Science Can Teach Us About the Killing of Journalists
Episode 152: Jill Filipovic
Trump's First Foreign Trip: Here's What to Know
Episode 151: James Walsh
Meet Emmanuel Macron, the Surprising New President of France
Episode 150: Lisa Palmer
Yemen, Already Beset by Civil War, is Now Facing Famine
Episode 149: Marcus Bleasdale
What's Next for Afghanistan
Episode 148: Laurie Adams
The Venezuela Crisis, explained
Episode 147: Linda Thomas-Greenfield
What Political Science Can Teach Us About the Syria Strikes
What's Next for the US-China Relationship?
These Are the Smugglers Who Make Mass Migration Possible
Episode 144: James Goldgeier
What North Korea Wants
Is Torture Making a Comeback?
Episode 143: Julie Smith
Episode 142: Jeremy Konyndyk
What We Mean When We Talk About "Foreign Aid"
Bonus Episodes! A Message from Mark
For the first time in six years, a famine has been declared
Episode 139: Bathsheba Crocker
Is "Gross National Happiness" the New GDP?
Crimes Against Humanity in Burma are Ongoing (and terribly under-covered)
Episode 138: Dr. Larry Brilliant
How the Middle East is Reacting to Trump's Travel Ban
Episode 137: Princeton Lyman
Trump Just Re-Instated the "Global Gag Rule." Here's what that means.
Live from Chicago! Zalmay Khalilzad: former UN ambassador and GOP Foreign Policy Insider
What's Next for the Israel and Palestine?
Episode 136: Karen Greenberg
Sponsored: Get a Master of Arts in Social Innovation from the University of San Diego
Turkey is in Crisis
Episode 135: Maria J Stephan
Here are the big stories that will drive the global agenda in 2017
What Russia Wants
Episode 133: Amy Costello
Trump has Assembled a "Team of Generals." So What's the Problem?
Episode 132: Cameron Munter
Conditions are ripe for a genocide in South Sudan
Episode 131: Mark Tokola
What Political Science Can Teach Us About Trump's Cabinet Picks
Better Know Nikki Haley, the next US Ambassador to the UN
Episode 130: Tali Nates
What Does President Trump Mean for the Paris Climate Agreement?
Episode 129: Maina Kiai
A Personal Note -- My Pledge to You -- Build Community -- Earn Rewards
American Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump
How the UN is Fighting Hunger in Somalia
Why Hot Sauce Can Explain the US Election
Episode 128: Brian Katulis
The Battle for Mosul
Is this the end of the International Criminal Court?
Episode 127: Sarah Chayes
Meet Antonio Guterres, the Next UN Secretary General
Beware the Global Superbug
Why the Colombia Peace Deal Failed and What's Next
Episode 125: Scott Shane
The Heroes of Syria
Episode 124: Sarah Sewall, Live!
UN Week Is Here! These Stories Will Drive the Global Agenda at the UN General Assembly
Here's How the International Community Is Trying to Solve the Global Refugee Crisis
How Yemen Became Mired in a Brutal Civil War
This is the worst crisis in the world that gets the least amount of attention
An Important Message from Mark
An Insane Drug War in the Philippines
Episode 121: Greg Stanton
Why the Battle for Aleppo is So Consequential
Episode 120: Derek Chollet
El Nino Has Caused a Food Shortage in Southern Africa
Arsalan Iftikhar Battles Islamophobia
UN Secretary General Candidate Conversations: Helen Clark
Episode 118: Priscilla Clapp
Congress Actually Does Something Good
Episode 117: Lauren Wolfe
The World's Newest Country Turns Five Years Old and There's Not Much to Celebrate
The International Development Implications of Brexit
Episode 116: Stewart Patrick
Trouble in the South China Sea
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Turns 20. It's an anniversary worth celebrating
Episode 114: Marc Lynch
The Worst Dictatorship You Have Never Heard Of
Episode 113 Shelly Culbertson
Should the Rio Olympics Be Cancelled over Zika?
Venezuela is on the Verge of Collapse
Episode 111: Jennifer Harris
How One Senator is Trying to Change the US-Saudi Relationship
Episode 110: Calestous Juma
How to Fix a Broken Humanitarian System -- The World Humanitarian Summit Has Some Ideas
How Tom Vilsack and the US Department of Agriculture are Taking on Climate Change
What Would Happen if You Offered People Living in Extreme Poverty a Guaranteed Basic Income?
Episode 109: Tom Nagorski
Haitians in the Dominican Republic Face Statelessness
Episode 108: Kevin Rudd
UN Secretary General Candidate Conversations: Srgjan Kerim
UN Secretary General Candidate Conversations: Vesna Pusic
Who Will Be the Next UN Secretary General?
UN Secretary General Candidate Series: Danilo Turk
A New, Old Crisis in Western Sahara
Episode 104: Mary Fitzgerald
Meet the Next Big Global Environmental Treaty
Anna Day 3:28:16, 12 54 PM
After Brussels, A Disasterous Deal for Refugees
Episode 102: Somini Sengupta
How the Islamic State Came to Libya
Episode 101: Thomas Fuller
Episode 100: Ashish Thakkar
The War Crime of Cultural Destruction
Episode 99: Raj Shah
The Global Implications of Apple V FBI
Episode 98: Susan Benesch
Burundi is in a Tailspin
From the World Government Summit in Dubai
Episode 97: Michelle Mays
The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis Enters a New Phase
Episode 96: Raymond Baker
The Coming Zika Crisis
Episode 95: Elizabeth Economy, and China's environmental challenges
The Psychology of Drone Strikes
Episode 95: Dan Byman
Rwanda is on a Dangerous Path
Episode 94: Marcy Hersh understands the plight of female refugees
Decision 2016: Who Will Become the Next UN Secretary General?
Welcome to Global Dispatches
The Paris Agreement
Why Are So Many Eritreans Are Fleeing Their Country?
Episode 90: Emma Sky
Why the Paris Climate Talks Are a Political Tipping Point
Episode 89: Katie Meyler
Will the Paris Attacks Lead to a Dayton-Style Peace Plan for Syria?
The Life and Times of James P Grant, former UNICEF Director, as told by his biographer
Paris Climate Talks: What You Need to Know
Playing the Devil's Advocate In International Relations
What Russia Wants from Syria
The Foreign Policy Implications of Canada's Elections
Episode 84: Felice Gaer
My Wife Gave Birth to our Son in the Passenger Seat of our Toyota So This Episode Is About Maternal and Newborn Health
Christine Fair, a scholar of South Asian Security, speaks openly about sexual harassment in the IR field
Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Victor Ochen Survived the LRA
Civil Rights Icon, UN Ambassador, Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young (Repost)
Introducing the Brand New Sustainable Development Goals
UNGA Games
Episode 81: Elmira Bayrasli
Why Do Countries Build Walls?
Episode 80: Jina Moore
The Refugee Crisis Comes to Europe's Doorstep
Episode 79: Juliana Barbassa
This Gay Syrian Refugee Risked it All
The Worm Wars!
A New Ebola Vaccine Has Profound Global Implications
Colombia's FARC Insurgency May Be Coming to an End. But Can the Peace Hold?
South Sudan is in a Freefall
Episode 74: Jessica Jackley
What Obama's Ethiopia Visit Says About His Africa Policy
Obama's Kenyan Homecoming
The IAEA and Iran
An Update....And A Question for all You Global Dispatchers
Can a UN Conference in Ethiopia Solve the Riddle of Financing International Development
Episode 72: Anand Gopal
UN Peacekeeping is Facing Some Big Challenges. Can It Adapt?
Episode 71: Stephen Morrison
The UN Charter Turns 70 Years Old. Here is How it Came to Life
Episode 70: Paula Dobriansky
A Fugitive from the International Criminal Court Escapes from South Africa
Can ISIS Be Contained? The White House is Betting On It
Episode 68: Olivier Bancoult and Chagossian Exile
What Air Conditioners Can Teach Us About International Development
Episode 67: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Why Most Foreign Aid Does Not Go To the Poorest Countries
The Rohingya Refugee Crisis
Episode 65: Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Burundi on a Knife's Edge
Epsiode 64: Reza Aslan
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Means Business
Episode 63: Albina du Boisrouvray
Nepal Dodges a Bullet
Episode 62: Fareed Zakaria
Earthquake in Nepal: "Our Nightmare Scenario," says UN Official
Inside the Fight Against Malaria
Episode 61: Juliette Kayyem
Palestinians in Syria: Stuck in "The Deepest Circle of Hell"
Yemen is a Hot Mess
Episode 59: Caryl Stern
The Iran Nuke Deal-- How the Inspections Will Work
Episode 58: Victor Ochen
The Nigeria Elections
Episode 57: Jessica Stern
Israeli Elections--What Happened and What it Means for Peace
Episode 56: Todd Moss
Guinea Worm Disease is Tantalizingly Close to Global Eradication
Why Healthcare Systems in the Developing World Need a Shot in the Arm
Episode 55: Sarah Margon
What We Know About What We Don't Know About International Development
A Stunning Turn of Events in Sri Lanka
Episode 53: Leila Zerrougui
Migrant Ship Disasters in the Mediterranean
Measles Around the World
Episode 51: Ambassador Susan Jacobs
Boko Haram and the Nigerian Elections
Episode 50: Trita Parsi
Obama in India
Can We Really End Extreme Poverty?
Stories that will Drive the Agenda at the United Nations in 2015
Name Your Favorite Foreign Policy Book of All Time
How the Pope Helped Seal the Cuba Deal
Episode 45: Aaron David Miller
An Ebola Fighter Speaks
Episode 44: Samantha Nutt
High Stakes Diplomacy at the Climate Change Talks in Lima, Peru
Episode 42: Howard French
The Geopolitical Implications of an Iran Nuclear Deal
Episode 41: Kori Schake
The Rohingya of Myanmar
Episode 40: Tom Hart
The Foreign Policy Implications of the U.S. Midterm Elections
Episode 39: Erica Chenoweth
What Ebola Reveals About Americans' Understanding of Africa
The Sustainable Development Goals--What You Need to Know
In an historic first, a president faces charges at the International Criminal Court
Episode 35: Scott Guggenheim
Somaly Mam, in her own words
How the UN Helps Fight Terrorism
The Big UN Climate Summit
Episode 33: Ruth Messinger
The Crisis in the Central African Republic
Obama's Syria Dilemma
The Fear of Ebola
An Update for All You Global Dispatchers
South Sudan's Looming Famine
Sex Slaves in Iraq
Episode 29: Chris Hill
The International Criminal Court's Palestine Problem
Episode 28: Nancy Birdsall
Why this Ebola Outbreak is Out of Control
How to Negotiate a Gaza Ceasefire
Episode 26: Helene Gayle
HIV/AIDS - How Humanity is Winning the Fight
A Child Migrant's Perspective
Live from the UN 2014, Part 2
Inside the Iran Nuke Talks
Turkey's Strategic View of the Iraq Crisis
Live from the UN, 2014 (Part 1)
A UN View of the Iraq Crisis
Dying for the World Cup
Egypt After the Counter Revolution
What Obama Left Out of His Big Foreign Policy Speech
Why Libya is Suddenly on the Verge of Civil War
The Foreign Policy Implications of India's Elections
What Boko Haram Wants
Episode 15: Laura Turner Seydel on Philanthropy and Captain Planet
Episode 14: Douglas Ollivant on Iraq's Violent Death Spiral
Episode 13: Gary Bass
Episode 12: Mark Montgomery
Episode 10: Live from the UN, Volume II
Special World Refugee Day Edition
Episode 8: Suzanne Nossel
Episode 7: Live from the UN, Vol I
Episode 6: PJ Crowley, former State Department Spokesperson
Episode 4: Arsalan Iftikhar, "The Muslim Guy"
Episode 2: Laura Seay, aka @TexasinAfrica