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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.

Is "Progressive Realism" the Future of US Foreign Policy?

32 mins; April 21, 2021

What the Future Holds for Afghanistan After US Troops Leave

26 mins; April 18, 2021

How the Course of Human History Has Been Shaped by Infectious Disease | Charles Kenny

31 mins; April 14, 2021

What is Driving a Surge of Violence in Niger?

31 mins; April 11, 2021

How Have the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Responded to the Pandemic?

30 mins; April 08, 2021

How a New International Pandemic Treaty Can Prevent the Next Big One

23 mins; April 04, 2021

Elections and Democratic Backsliding in Benin

20 mins; April 01, 2021

Turkey Withdraws from a Key Gender-Based Violence Treaty and an Update from he Commission on the Status of Women

21 mins; March 24, 2021

"Weaponized Interdependence" and the Future of International Relations

28 mins; March 21, 2021

An Update from Brazil, Where the Health System is Collapsing and Former President Lula is Poised for a Comeback

24 mins; March 17, 2021

Can the United States Embrace a Feminist Foreign Policy?

29 mins; March 14, 2021

Introducing a New 'Global Fund' for Public Interest Journalism

26 mins; March 11, 2021

The Civil War in Ethiopia and Crisis in Tigray is Taking a Turn for the Worse

34 mins; March 07, 2021

The Coup in Myanmar, Explained

28 mins; March 03, 2021

An Historic Moment in the Fight Against COVID Shows Why Cold Chains Are Key to Global Health and Development

30 mins; February 28, 2021

The Crisis in Yemen is Entering a Dangerous New Phase

32 mins; February 24, 2021

Why Countries Just Can't Quit Coal? New Research Offers Some Clues

28 mins; February 21, 2021

Will Biden Pull US Troops From Afghanistan?

21 mins; February 17, 2021

An Opportunity for Climate Diplomacy Opens for the Biden-Harris Administration

28 mins; February 15, 2021

Why Farmers in India Are Staging Mass Protests

23 mins; February 10, 2021

What Comes Next for USAID?

28 mins; February 07, 2021

A Fresh Approach to Middle East Peace

30 mins; February 03, 2021

Coup in Myanmar and Aung San Suu Kyi's Fall from Grace (Re-release)

33 mins; February 01, 2021

Crisis in the Central African Republic

28 mins; January 31, 2021

Alexey Navalny and Protests in Russia, with Amb. Michael McFaul

29 mins; January 27, 2021

Nigeria, the Most Populous Country in Africa, is Desperate for COVID-19 Vaccines

22 mins; January 24, 2021

Bobi Wine and the Fraught Elections in Uganda

28 mins; January 20, 2021

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Becomes International Law

29 mins; January 17, 2021

The Siege of the US Capitol and the Future of US Foreign Policy

24 mins; January 13, 2021

The Criminal Conviction of Saudi Women's Rights Activist Loujan al-Hathlou and the Future of Saudi Arabia

25 mins; January 10, 2021

Mozambique is Experiencing a Surge of Violence as Crisis Worsens in Cabo Delgado Region

35 mins; January 06, 2021

How the United States Can Strengthen UN Peacekeeping and Support International Peace and Security

33 mins; January 03, 2021

How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Advance a Global Human Rights Agenda

26 mins; December 27, 2020

How the Biden Administration Can Reset America's Approach to Refugees, Asylum Seekers and International Migration

29 mins; December 20, 2020

The Western Sahara Conflict Takes an Unexpected Turn

34 mins; December 16, 2020

A Global Health Agenda for the Biden Administration

27 mins; December 13, 2020

Five Years on from the Paris Agreement, How Can Countries Give A Boost To Their Climate Action Plans?

60 hours 10 mins; December 09, 2020

Legendary US Diplomat Thomas Pickering Explains How the US Can Get Its Multilateral Groove Back

29 mins; December 02, 2020

How Biden Could Restore US Leadership at the UN in his First 100 Days

25 mins; November 30, 2020

Joe Biden Picks Linda Thomas-Greenfield as UN Ambassador

54 mins; November 23, 2020

What's Next for US- Iran Diplomacy and the Iran Nuclear Deal

20 mins; November 18, 2020

A Ceasefire, But No Peace for Nagorno-Karabakh

30 mins; November 15, 2020

Ethiopia is on the Brink of Civil War

35 mins; November 11, 2020

Veteran European Diplomat Gerard Araud on Joe Biden's Election and the Future of Trans-Atlantic Relations

30 mins; November 08, 2020

The United States Election -- What We Know So Far and What It Means for Foreign Policy

17 mins; November 04, 2020

Protests in Thailand, Explained

30 mins; October 30, 2020

Introducing: "Rethinking Humanitarianism"

45 mins; October 28, 2020

Biological Weapons: Still a Huge Global Threat!

34 mins; October 25, 2020

The Link Between Climate Change and Inequality in Indonesia -- Taped Live

58 mins; October 21, 2020

Police Brutality in Nigeria Spark Protests and Ignites a Movement

28 mins; October 18, 2020

The Link Between Climate Change and Inequality in Vietnam -- Taped Live

58 mins; October 14, 2020

How COVID-19 is Forcing a Reckoning for Humanitarians

33 mins; October 11, 2020

How Unconventional Partnerships Can Advance Climate Security -- Taped Live

48 mins; October 07, 2020

Political Crisis in Cote d'Ivoire

28 mins; October 04, 2020

The Nagorno-Karabakh Crisis Erupts into Major Conflict

31 mins; September 30, 2020

How to Increase the Use of Clean Cookstoves and Solar Lighting in Rural Ethiopia and Beyond

24 mins; September 25, 2020

Climate and Security in Colombia -- Taped Live

52 mins; September 23, 2020

What the UN's 75th Anniversary Means for International Relations

28 mins; September 21, 2020

UNGA Goes Virtual! Previewing the 2020 United Nations General Assembly

33 mins; September 16, 2020

The 'Hotel Rwanda' Hero is the Latest Victim of The Rwandan Government's Crackdown on Dissidents

25 mins; September 13, 2020

Climate and Security in the Sahel -- Taped Live

58 mins; September 04, 2020

How the World Will Get a COVID-19 Vaccine (Part 2)

30 mins; August 30, 2020

A Major Dam Project in Ethiopia Sparks a Fight Over Water With Egypt and Sudan

35 mins; August 26, 2020

How the World Will Get a COVID-19 Vaccine (Part 1)

36 mins; August 23, 2020

Why COVID-19 is Not Raging in the Central African Republic

40 mins; August 18, 2020

Joe Biden's Foreign Policy Views, Explained. (Is There a "Biden Doctrine?" )

31 mins; August 16, 2020

Protests in Belarus Threaten to Take Down Europe's Last Dictator

30 mins; August 12, 2020

China is Reducing Household Air Pollution. But Who Benefits?

26 mins; August 07, 2020

A Leaky Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Yemen Threatens to Unleash the World's Worst-Ever Oil Spill

21 mins; August 04, 2020

Crisis in Mali

30 mins; July 29, 2020

Why Transparency is So Important in Foreign Aid and Development

28 mins; July 26, 2020

The Rais Bhuiyan Interview

66 hours 32 mins; July 22, 2020

COVID-19 and Slumping Oil Prices are Shaking Up Middle East Geopolitics

53 mins; July 19, 2020

Kosovo, Serbia and Rising Authoritarianism in The Balkans

32 mins; July 15, 2020

Why Does Chile Have Such Bad Air Pollution?

32 mins; July 12, 2020

Hong Kong Braces for Troubled Times After China Imposes a Draconian New Law

29 mins; July 08, 2020

Sustainable Finance for Peace and Climate Security | Climate Security Series - Taped Live

57 mins; July 05, 2020

The Sudden COVID Death of Burundi's Strongman Ruler, Pierre Nkurunziza -- and What Comes Next

31 mins; July 01, 2020

Global Health and the Future We Want -- A UN 75 Consultation

30 mins; June 28, 2020

A Brief History of the UN Charter

27 mins; June 25, 2020

A Dramatic Turn of Events in Libya

27 mins; June 24, 2020

How Big Data and New Technologies Can Advance Climate Security | Climate Security Series - Taped Live

55 mins; June 21, 2020

How the Black Lives Matter Movement Went Global

28 mins; June 17, 2020

Climate Change and the Future We Want -- A UN 75 Consultation

28 mins; June 14, 2020

The India and China Border Crisis

28 mins; June 10, 2020

The Link Between Food Security, Climate and Conflict | Climate Security Series - Taped Live

54 mins; June 07, 2020

A View from the Caribbean About COVID-19

27 mins; May 31, 2020

COVID-19 is Interrupting Routine Childhood Vaccinations on a Global Scale

29 mins; May 24, 2020

How Female Entrepreneurs Can Light Up Rural Rwanda

27 mins; May 20, 2020

Liberia Confronts the Coronavirus

30 mins; May 17, 2020

How the Coronavirus Pandemic is Stifling Free Speech

30 mins; May 13, 2020

An Inside Look at How the United Nations is Marking It's 75th Anniversary

32 mins; May 10, 2020

Lebanon is in the Midst of a Jaw-Dropping Economic Free Fall

30 mins; May 06, 2020

Climate Change and the COVID-19 Economic Recovery

75 hours 20 mins; May 03, 2020

New Research Finds a Link Between Fires, Children's Health, and a Country's GDP

28 mins; April 29, 2020

What Kim Jong Un's Health Rumors Teach Us About North Korea

19 mins; April 26, 2020

How COVID-19 is Accelerating Geopolitics Shifts | Interview with Ian Bremmer

26 mins; April 22, 2020

Why the WHO Needs U.S. Support to Fight Coronavirus Spread | Congressman Ami Bera's View

26 mins; April 19, 2020

Why Don't More People Use Clean Cookstoves?

31 mins; April 15, 2020

Venezuela Plunges Deeper into Crisis

30 mins; April 08, 2020

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