Turkey Withdraws from a Key Gender-Based Violence Treaty and an Update from the Commission on the Status of Women
In mid-March, the government of Turkey announced that is was withdrawing from a key human rights treaty known as the Istanbul Convention. Turkey took this move right in the middle of a major annual un...
25 Maalis 202121min
"Weaponized Interdependence" and the Future of International Relations
Globalization was always presumed to have a flattening effect; power in a globalized world would be more diffuse and less centralized. A groundbreaking idea, called "Weaponized Interdependence," flips...
22 Maalis 202128min
An Update from Brazil, Where the Health System is Collapsing and Former President Lula is Poised for a Comeback
Health systems in Brazil are collapsing. Hospitals are running out of beds and oxygen as COVID cases in that country are soaring. Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has long downplayed the severity of...
18 Maalis 202124min
Can the United States Embrace a Feminist Foreign Policy?
Several American allies have pledged to pursue an explicitely feminist foreign policy. But what does this mean in practice? In today's episode, we explore what a feminist foreign policy would mean f...
15 Maalis 202129min
Inside the Drive to Create a 'Global Fund' for Public Interest Journalism
The pandemic has been described as a mass extinction event for journalism. This is true in the United States, Europe and the developed world but even more so in poorer countries. A free and independe...
11 Maalis 202126min
The Civil War in Ethiopia is Taking a Turn for the Worse
In early November, a civil war broke out in the Tigray region in Ethiopia. The conflict pitted the federal government and its allies against the regional government of Tigray, known as the TPLF. Sin...
8 Maalis 202134min
A Coup and then Protests as Myanmar Slider Deeper into Crisis
On February 1st, the Burmese military mounted a coup, deposing and detaining the civilian leadership of the country. The military arrested the de-facto civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other key m...
4 Maalis 202128min
An Historic Moment in the Fight Against COVID Shows Why Cold Chains Are Key to Global Health and Development
On February 24 the very first shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine from COVAX arrived in Ghana. COVAX is the international cooperative effort around the development and distribution safe and effective COVI...
1 Maalis 202130min
