China's Foreign Policy Twist -- and Beijing's True Intentions at the UN | With Kaiser Kuo
In this special crossover episode between Global Dispatches and the Sinica Podcast, Kaiser Kuo and I use Xi Jinping's two-day visit to North Korea as an entrypoint to discuss how Chinese foreign polic...
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Introducing: "World's Toughest Job" -- A new podcast about the Next UN Secretary General
I want to recommend a new podcast I think our audience will like: it's called World's Toughest Job, from Foreign Policy magazine and the United Nations Foundation. And today, I'm sharing with you the ...
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Why Germany Got Snubbed for the Security Council and What We Learned from the UN Secretary General "Hustings" | To Save Us From Hell
Unlock the full episode with a discount subscription to Global Dispatches --> https://www.globaldispatches.org/40PercentOff There was a remarkable scene at the United Nations yesterday as the Presiden...
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Scientific Breakthroughs and Political Retreat Set the Stage for a Crucial Global Moment in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
There are two competing trends in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. On the one hand, there has been tremendous progress toward reducing the number of infections and deaths from HIV/AIDS over the last...
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What is the Future of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is the "glue" that holds the entire global nuclear security architecture together — but is it fraying? I spent much of last month at the United Nations covering th...
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How to Prevent Global Catastrophic Risks | Stefan Löfven and Jens Orback
Today's episode is produced in partnership with the Global Challenges Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to raising awareness of global catastrophic risks and strengthening global governance to a...
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Stopping Ebola Requires Multilateralism. America's Retreat Is Making That Harder | To Save Us From Hell
An Ebola outbreak is spiraling in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — and one of the clearest lessons from past outbreaks is that Ebola requires multilateralism: countries working together through ...
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A Surprise Attack in Mali Puts the Government -- and Russia -- on the Defensive
In late April, an unlikely alliance of Islamist militants and separatists from the Tuareg ethnic group launched a series of surprise attacks against government forces in Mali. They attacked the capita...
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