The Chief Economist of the World Food Program Explains Why Hunger is On the Rise
The last time World Food Program Chief Economist Arif Husain came on the show to discuss global trends in food security was 15 months ago. Needless to say, since January 2020 and the onset of the pand...
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What We Mean By "Decolonizing" Global Health
It was a combination of imperial ambition and white supremacy that inspired the advent of the field of global health in the 19th century and that colonialist legacy can still be seen in the practice o...
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Why the Battlefield Death of Chad President Idriss Deby Has Big Global Implications
The longtime ruler of Chad, Idriss Deby, died from wounds sustained while visiting troops on the battlefield. Deby had been the president of Chad for over 30 years and was considered a stalwart ally o...
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Is Poland At Risk For Atrocity Crimes? | "Red Flags or Resilience?" Series
When COVID-19 forced countries to impose widespread lockdowns last year, there was a concurrent surge in gender based violence and domestic abuse. The United Nations has called this a "shadow pandemic...
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India: How the COVID Crisis Got So Bad, So Quickly
India is currently in the midst the single worst spike in COVID cases experienced anywhere in the world since the start of the pandemic. On the line with me to explain how and why the COVID crisis go...
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Climate Diplomacy Gets a Boost from the White House
On April 22 and 23rd, the White House hosted the Climate Leaders Summit which featured more than 40 world leaders. Joe Biden kicked off the summit with a major announcement that the United States has ...
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Is "Progressive Realism" the Future of US Foreign Policy?
The American foreign policy tradition has been recently dominated by just a few ideologies: neoconservatism of the Regan and George W. Bush eras and the liberal internationalism of the Clinton and Oba...
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With American Troops Departing, What Comes Next For Afghanistan?
On April 14th President Biden announced that American Troops will be leaving Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, formally ending US military engagement after twenty years of war. What contributed to th...
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