Will the American Jobs Plan Remake the US Economy? | James K. Galbraith
US President Joe Biden’s public-investment proposal is undoubtedly ambitious – and highly controversial. But it may also be the key to putting the US economy on the path toward a more sustainable, equ...
27 Huhti 202130min
The Return of the Taliban | Ashley Jackson
After 20 years and more than $2 trillion, the US is under growing pressure finally to withdraw from Afghanistan, leaving the country where it started: in the hands of the Taliban. What will this mean ...
13 Huhti 202132min
Outtakes: Do Travel Bans Work? | Jennifer Nuzzo
This week in Outtakes, recent guest Jennifer Nuzzo, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health and Security, explains why border closures aren’t an effective virus-containment strategy – ...
30 Maalis 20218min
Stopping the Next Pandemic | Jennifer Nuzzo
Even if the world does manage to end the COVID-19 pandemic, we can’t simply breathe a sigh of relief and return to business as usual. With the number of new infectious diseases rising fast, the next p...
16 Maalis 202131min
The Growing Threat of Far-Right Extremism | Cynthia Miller-Idriss
With the encouragement of leaders like Donald Trump, far-right extremism has gone mainstream in recent years. To mitigate the growing danger far-right groups pose, policymakers need to deepen their un...
2 Maalis 202127min
The Legacy of Egypt’s Arab Spring | Michael Wahid Hanna
Ten years after a popular uprising overthrew a dictator, Egypt largely appears to be back where it started. Why were Egyptians’ democratic hopes dashed, and can they still be realized?Here to discuss ...
16 Helmi 202125min
The Post-Brexit World Order | Timothy Garton Ash
Just as Brexit marked the end of an era, it marks the beginning of a new one. And there is plenty of reason for both the United Kingdom and the European Union to doubt that the new era will be better....
2 Helmi 202128min
US Foreign Policy after “America First” | Kori Schake
After four years of an “America first” foreign policy, President-elect Joe Biden wants the world to know that America is back. But will Biden and his foreign-policy team be able to restore America’s g...
12 Tammi 202133min
