Cutting Edge Research Finds a Link Between the Cost of Getting Married and the Outbreak Violent Conflict
My guest today, Hillary Matfess of Yale, has discovered that there is a link between bride prices and violent conflict. She is the co-author of a fascinating new paper that appears in the current,...
30 Aug 201737min
Senator Sam Nunn Explains How a New "Fuel Bank" Can Curb Nuclear Proliferation
In Kazakstan this week, the international atomic energy agency is opening a new facility that will serve as a bank for low enriched uranium. This facility is known as the LEU fuel bank and its open...
25 Aug 201722min
Poland is Fighting for its Democratic Life
Poland is in the midst of a democratic backslide. The country's politics is dominated by the far right Law and Justice Party, which has embarked on a series of moves to curb the independence of the ju...
19 Aug 201731min
Can North Korea Be Stopped?
Tensions are very clearly escalating on the Korean Peninsula, with the North making unrelenting progress on their nuclear and ballistic missile programs, and the United States president now overtly th...
15 Aug 201727min
*** Special Episode *** Your Questions About Careers in International Affairs, Answered
After receiving dozens of emails from podcast listeners asking for career advice, I decided to put together this special episode in which your questions are answered. On the line are Paul Stronski and...
9 Aug 20171h 3min
Somalia is Caught in a Conflict-Climate Change Nexus
Somalia is ground zero for an emerging trend in global affairs-- the nexus between climate change and conflict. My guest today, journalist Laura Heaton spent years reporting on how climate change and...
4 Aug 201737min
An Unprecedented Coalition of NGOs Has Formed to Fight a Global Food Emergency
On July 17 a very rare thing happened in the world of humanitarian relief. Eight organizations that typically compete for donor dollars joined forces to launch a joint appeal to raise funds and awaren...
19 Jul 201729min
Peace Breaks Out in Colombia
On June 27th, FARC rebels turned over the last of their weapons to the United Nations in a ceremony attended by both the leader of FARC and President Juan Manuel Santos. This officially marked the end...
14 Jul 201738min
