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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: Can the Global Fragility Act Help Prevent Conflicts Before They Start?
Description: In the midst of the impeachment drama unfolding in Washington, DC a rare thing happened: Republicans and Democrats came together and in an overwhelmingly bi-partisan move, supported a bill known as the Global Fragility Act.  In brief, The Global Fragility Act is intended to address a key gap in how the US government approaches conflict prevention and post-conflict peace-building in what are known as fragile countries. The bill was broadly supported and in part conceived by advocates in the global humanitarian and relief community. And on the line with me to discuss the new Global Fragility Act is...