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These Are the Major Global Demographic Trends as the World Population Hits 8 Billion
26 mins; April 05, 2023
Just Giving People Money is Really Effective at Ending Extreme Poverty. So Why Aren't Big Aid Agencies Embracing Cash Transfers? | Rory Stewart
27 mins; April 02, 2023
The Hidden Economics of Female Genital Mutilation | From: "The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women" podcast
26 mins; March 29, 2023
Can Canadian Diplomacy Help End Cameroon's Civil War?
32 mins; March 26, 2023
Why Xi Jinping Went to Moscow
21 mins; March 22, 2023
Why Did the USA Invade and Occupy Iraq 20 years ago and What are the Iraq War's Legacies Today?
29 mins; March 19, 2023
Moldova is Fending Off a Russian Destabilization Campaign
28 mins; March 16, 2023
What Kind of Energy Should Fuel Household Cooking Appliances Around The World?
22 mins; March 12, 2023
What's On The Agenda at the Commission on the Status of Women This Year? A CSW Preview
23 mins; March 08, 2023
Nigeria: These are the Major Challenges Facing Incoming President Bola Tinubu After a Controversial Election
22 mins; March 05, 2023
Congresswoman Sara Jacobs | How (And Why) Congress Can Support UN Peacekeeping
25 mins; March 01, 2023
Better Know Ajay Banga, Biden's Pick to Lead The World Bank
27 mins; February 26, 2023
How to Make Peace One Year After Russia's Invasion of Ukraine? | From the Inside Geneva Podcast
43 mins; February 24, 2023
An Extremely Fragile Democratic Transition is Underway in Sudan
26 mins; February 22, 2023
How Guinea Worm Disease Came to the Cusp of Global Eradication
28 mins; February 19, 2023
Will War Resume Between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
29 mins; February 12, 2023
Can One of the World's Largest Refugee Camps Handle a Coming Rush of Arrivals?
23 mins; February 05, 2023
An Escalating Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine
28 mins; February 01, 2023
How to Catch a Dictator
27 mins; January 29, 2023
How to Prosecute Vladimir Putin for the Crime of Aggression
29 mins; January 25, 2023
Crisis in Peru
27 mins; January 22, 2023
Nigeria Elections: Young People are Backing an Insurgent Candidate and Shaking Up Nigerian Politics
31 mins; January 18, 2023
The Growing Global Backlash Against US Sanctions
33 mins; January 15, 2023
Why So Many African Countries are Facing a Huge Debt Crisis Right Now?
30 mins; January 11, 2023
Bangladesh: Protests, Crackdowns and a Coming Election
25 mins; January 08, 2023
The Geopolitics of Micro Chips | "Chip Wars" Author Chris Miller
28 mins; January 05, 2023
The Top Global Crises to Expect in 2023 | David Miliband
27 mins; January 02, 2023
A New Study Shows How to Counter Violent Extremism Through "Social Cohesion"
20 mins; December 25, 2022
Do People Like Having US Military Bases in their Country? New Public Opinion Research
30 mins; December 21, 2022
A New Plastics Treaty Is Being Negotiated at the UN: What You Need to Know
33 mins; December 18, 2022
A Major UN Biodiversity Conference Seeks New Goals to Save Nature
25 mins; December 14, 2022
What the Latest Data Tells Us About The Global Fight Against Malaria
28 mins; December 11, 2022
Ukraine: Prosecuting War Crimes and Russian Aggression in Ukraine
29 mins; December 06, 2022
Protests in China and the Death of Jiang Zemin
31 mins; December 04, 2022
Why is Turkey About to Invade Syria?
33 mins; November 30, 2022
Senator Jeanne Shaheen on Congressional Support for Ukraine and Shoring Up Democracy in The Balkans | Live from the Halifax International Security Forum
13 mins; November 27, 2022
Meet Jamila Afghani, 2022 Laureate of the Aurora Prize For Awaking Humanity
23 mins; November 21, 2022
Human Rights and the Qatar World Cup
24 mins; November 16, 2022
Why North Korea is Suddenly Launching an Unprecedented Number of Missile Tests
28 mins; November 13, 2022
The Foreign Policy Implications of the US Midterm Elections
19 mins; November 09, 2022
What Will Drive the Agenda at COP27?
33 mins; November 06, 2022
Cholera is Surging Around the World and Vaccine Supplies Are Running Low
33 mins; November 02, 2022
The White House Makes Biosecurity a Pillar of National Security. Can Doing So Prevent the Next Disaster?
26 mins; October 30, 2022
Who is Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier, The Haitian Gang Leader at the Center of Haiti's New Crisis?
30 mins; October 26, 2022
Why an Ebola Outbreak in Uganda is Not Yet Under Control
21 mins; October 23, 2022
What A More Powerful Xi Jinping Means for Chinese Foreign Policy
24 mins; October 19, 2022
A Feminist Uprising in Iran
29 mins; October 16, 2022
The Ethiopia-Tigray War is About to Get Even Worse
28 mins; October 12, 2022
If Putin Goes Nuclear, How Should the United States Respond?
28 mins; October 09, 2022
What Brazil's Elections Mean for the World
29 mins; October 06, 2022
The Coming War of Economic Attrition Between Russia and the West
26 mins; October 02, 2022
Africa is Rolling Out a New Plan for Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies
26 mins; September 28, 2022
Why is China Suddenly Expanding its Nuclear Arsenal?
29 mins; September 25, 2022
Live From the UN General Assembly: Global Fund Replenishment | War Crimes in Ukraine | Clean Energy and the Run Up to COP27 (UNGA Day 4)
27 mins; September 22, 2022
Live from the UN General Assembly: President Biden’s Speech and Other Key Moments | Pandemic Preparedness and Response (UNGA Day 3)
37 mins; September 21, 2022
Live from the UN General Assembly: Food Security in Focus | The Global Refugee Crisis (UNGA Day 2)
27 mins; September 20, 2022
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)
26 mins; September 19, 2022
Europe is in the Midst of a Deepening Energy Crisis
20 mins; September 14, 2022
Somalia is on the Brink of Famine
30 mins; September 11, 2022
The Crisis in Myanmar Takes a Turn for the Worse
30 mins; September 07, 2022
How the Inflation Reduction Act in the United States Will Impact International Climate Diplomacy
21 mins; September 05, 2022
Why This Female Civil Society Leader in Afghanistan is Urging Greater Engagement With the Taliban
33 mins; August 31, 2022
Confronting a Catastrophic Nuclear Meltdown at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine
24 mins; August 28, 2022
The Big Problem With "Great Power Competition" | Ali Wyne
33 mins; August 24, 2022
What We Get Wrong About Missile Defense and Nuclear Deterrence
28 mins; August 21, 2022
Why Do Some Countries Succeed With Economic Development While Others Fail? | Stefan Dercon
33 mins; August 17, 2022
How "Longtermism" is Shaping Foreign Policy| Will MacAskill
34 mins; August 14, 2022
Lab Leak? Bioweapons Attack? Natural Pathogen? A New Proposal Would Give the UN the Ability to Investigate | Angela Kane
29 mins; August 10, 2022
Kenya's UN Ambassador Martin Kimani | Live from the Aspen Security Forum
20 mins; August 07, 2022
How The Global Food Crisis is Impacting People and Politics in the Middle East
20 mins; August 03, 2022
The Philippines Gets a New President With A Very Familiar Name
23 mins; July 31, 2022
Kenya is Holding a High-Stakes Election
31 mins; July 27, 2022
Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz | Live From the Aspen Security Forum
20 mins; July 24, 2022
Is the US Inflating The Military Threat From China?
32 mins; July 20, 2022
Why There's a Resurgence of Armed Conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
28 mins; July 17, 2022
From "Pariah" to Partner: Why President Biden is Going to Saudi Arabia
20 mins; July 13, 2022
How to Stop the Global Food Crisis From Getting Worse | Sir Mark Lowcock
25 mins; July 10, 2022
The Last Humanitarian Lifeline To Syria May Soon Be Severed | A view from Northern Syria and the United Nations
36 mins; July 03, 2022
Hostage Diplomacy and the Case of Brittney Griner
31 mins; June 29, 2022
What Explains Turkey's Foreign Policy and Its Relationship With NATO?
31 mins; June 26, 2022
Ethnic Violence is Escalating in Ethiopia
33 mins; June 22, 2022
Iran Nuclear Diplomacy Enters a Perilous New Phase
27 mins; June 19, 2022
Can Justice and Accountability Solve Nigeria's Security Challenges?
24 mins; June 15, 2022
Can The Monkeypox Outbreak Be Contained?
29 mins; June 12, 2022
Climate-Related Mobility and Conflict: Pathways to Peace and Human Security | Recorded Live
62 hours 19 mins; June 08, 2022
Colombia's VERY Surprising Presidential Election
26 mins; June 05, 2022
The Fascinating Origin Story of the United Nations Environment Program, UNEP
30 mins; June 01, 2022
These Lessons from COVID Can Help Us Prevent the Next Pandemic | Dr. Joanne Liu
29 mins; May 29, 2022
What does the Human Rights Council mean to victims of atrocities? | Inside Geneva
40 mins; May 25, 2022
Biden is Sending Hundreds of American Troops to Somalia and Expanding US Drone Strikes
26 mins; May 22, 2022
Chinese "Debt Trap Diplomacy" is a Myth
29 mins; May 18, 2022
How the United Nations is Responding to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine | Richard Gowan
35 mins; May 11, 2022
The Rise and Fall of Imran Khan and What's Next for Pakistan
33 mins; May 08, 2022
The View From Moldova -- Is This Putin's Next Target?
27 mins; May 04, 2022
The Hellish Plight of African Migrants Trapped in Libya
24 mins; May 01, 2022
Sri Lanka Economic Freefall
31 mins; April 27, 2022
Sweden and Finland Want to Join NATO. What's Next?
31 mins; April 24, 2022
Can a UN Brokered Ceasefire in Yemen Lead to a Lasting Peace?
31 mins; April 20, 2022
The Five Reasons Countries Go to War (And How to Avoid Them) | Chris Blattman
32 mins; April 17, 2022
French Elections: Marine Le Pen and Ascendence of the Far Right in France
29 mins; April 13, 2022
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