Tariffs, Counter-Tariffs, and What Comes Next in the US-China "Trade War"
The escalating trade dispute between the United States and China has, in the view of my guest today, unofficially crossed the threshold into a full-blown trade war. Wendy Cutler is Vice President at t...
21 Apr 202522min
What the World is Ignoring About Sudan's Civil War
The crisis in Sudan is taking another devastating turn. Over the past several days, a genocidal paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has attacked a sprawling refugee camp in Darf...
18 Apr 202529min
Trump's Tariffs Are Making a Mess at the UN | To Save Us From Hell
"Nobody wins in trade wars," said António Guterres as he left a UN Security Council meeting this week. But it's clear there's at least one big loser: American diplomacy. This week, Anjali and Mark bre...
14 Apr 202520min
Analyzing The Geopolitical Fallout As Trump's Trade War Takes Shape
Heather Hurlburt is a former chief of staff in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative during the Biden Administration and now a fellow at Chatham House. She is also someone I've routinely turned ...
9 Apr 202526min
Something Strange is Happening in Canada
A few months ago, the Canadian Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, was cruising toward a massive victory in the upcoming Canadian elections, with most polls showing him holding a 20-point lea...
7 Apr 202529min
Crisis in Myanmar: Earthquake Aftermath and the Global Response
On March 28th, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar—the strongest to hit the region in a century. The epicenter was in the Sagaing region, near Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, in the nor...
3 Apr 202531min
A First Hand View Of What Happens When Aid Funding Dries Up
Effectively and efficiently responding to humanitarian crises is one of the things the United Nations and its partners in the NGO community do best. Over the years, they have gotten very good at savin...
31 Mar 202525min
Crisis at the UN Refugee Agency and International Organization for Migration | To Save Us From Hell
The UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration are two entities now squarely in the crosshairs of their once-strongest backer. Both agencies rely heavily on American funding—bu...
27 Mar 202526min
