Kenya's National Security Advisor Monica Juma
Monica Juma is the National Security Advisor to Kenyan President William Ruto. Kenya is a stable democracy in a tough neighborhood. There is an ongoing Islamist insurgency across the border in Somalia...
31 Jul 202325min
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk on Documenting Russian War Crimes in Ukraine
Oleksandra Matviichuk is a 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. She is a human rights lawyer who leads the Center for Civil Liberties, a Ukrainian human rights organization. Oleksandra Matviichuk has be...
27 Jul 202323min
Joseph Nye on Soft Power Competition Between China and the United States | Live From the Aspen Security Forum
I caught up with legendary international relations scholar Joseph Nye at the The Aspen Security Forum. This conference was a target rich environment for snagging great guests for the podcast and I hav...
24 Jul 202317min
Uncovering Russia's Systematic Abduction of Ukrainian Children
Since the start of the war, Russia has abducted tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. These kidnappings have been well documented by Ukrainian authorities and civil society groups. Last March, the ...
20 Jul 202326min
The NATO Summit in Vilnius and What Comes Next for the Alliance
NATO held a Major summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 11th and 12th. Top on the agenda, of course, was Ukraine including Ukraine's potential future NATO membership. Another key issue on the agenda wa...
13 Jul 202321min
Can The International Shipping Industry Be Part of the Climate Solution?
The international shipping industry is a major greenhouse gas emitter, accounting for about three percent of all greenhouse gas emitted last year. For reference, this is roughly equivalent to the tota...
13 Jul 202327min
The Geopolitical Implications of Taiwan's Upcoming Presidential Elections
Taiwan will hold presidential elections in January 2024. Needless to say, these elections will have extremely consequential geopolitical implications. The two main candidates have differing views of T...
10 Jul 202329min
What Happened at the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact
Less developed countries rightly lament the lack of access to funding for sustainable development that donor countries routinely promise, but rarely deliver. To remedy, dozens of Presidents, Prime Min...
3 Jul 202326min
