The Gaza Aid Debacle
After an 80-day total blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza, a new scheme to distribute food to desperate Gazans began operations this week. The "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" is an Israeli-American ...
9 Jun 202519min
A Fight Over Horses(!) Tells Us A Whole Lot About The Sad State of Trump's Diplomacy at the UN | To Save Us From Hell
The General Assembly selected five new members of the Security Council and one new President of the General Assembly this week in not-so-hotly contested elections. These new Security Council members w...
5 Jun 202514min
When Treaties Work: The Pandemic Agreement
On May 20th, after years of negotiation, World Health Organization member states adopted the Pandemic Agreement — the first international treaty focused on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and respo...
2 Jun 202530min
Pope Leo Makes His Foreign Policy Debut
The Pope is not just a religious leader—he's also a Head of State. The Holy See maintains formal diplomatic relations with most countries on Earth and holds the status of a permanent observer at the U...
29 Mai 202527min
How Science Can Build a Nuclear Free Future | Zia Mian
My guest today, Zia Mian is co-director of Princeton University's Program on Science and Global Security. He's a physicist who has long studied nuclear weapons and nuclear security. In our conversatio...
26 Mai 202534min
India and Pakistan: A Fragile Ceasefire Holds—But for How Long?
On April 22, militants launched a brutal assault on a tourist site in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing 26 civilians in what became the deadliest terrorist attack in India in nearly 15 years. What fo...
23 Mai 202531min
The Nuclear Threat From Space | Bill Hennigan
What would actually happen if a nuclear weapon were detonated in space? This isn't just the stuff of science fiction — it's a scenario that researchers have studied closely, and the implications are d...
19 Mai 202518min
Can The UN Ban AI-Powered "Killer Robots" Before It's Too Late?
I've been hanging around the United Nations these past few days attending events related to consultations on lethal autonomous weapons systems—so-called killer robots. These are AI-powered weapons sys...
15 Mai 202535min
