Is "Progressive Realism" the Future of US Foreign Policy?
The American foreign policy tradition has been recently dominated by just a few ideologies: neoconservatism of the Regan and George W. Bush eras and the liberal internationalism of the Clinton and Oba...
22 Apr 202132min
With American Troops Departing, What Comes Next For Afghanistan?
On April 14th President Biden announced that American Troops will be leaving Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, formally ending US military engagement after twenty years of war. What contributed to th...
19 Apr 202126min
How the Course of Human History Has Been Shaped by Infectious Disease | Charles Kenny
The COVID-19 pandemic is just the latest iteration of what Charles Kenny calls an unending war between humanity and infectious disease. His new book "The Plague Cycle" documents and describes how the ...
15 Apr 202131min
What is Driving a Surge of Violence in Niger?
For the last several months Niger has experienced a surge in attacks against civilians by violent extremists. This region of West Africa, the Sahel, has experienced profound and growing security chall...
12 Apr 202131min
How Have the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Responded to the Pandemic?
When economies started tanking last year as COVID-19 spread rapidly around the globe, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund mounted their crisis response. Now, one year later we can assess so...
8 Apr 202130min
How A New International Pandemic Treaty Can Prevent the Next Big One
On March 30th, leaders from 23 countries plus the heads of the World Health Organization and the European Union called for a new international treaty to confront the next pandemic. Global health exper...
5 Apr 202123min
Elections and Democratic Backsliding in Benin
Benin is a geographically small country in West Africa, located between Nigeria and Togo. Since the 1990s Benin has earned a reputation as a strong and stable multiparty democracy. However, that has a...
1 Apr 202120min
Turkey Withdraws from a Key Gender-Based Violence Treaty and an Update from the Commission on the Status of Women
In mid-March, the government of Turkey announced that is was withdrawing from a key human rights treaty known as the Istanbul Convention. Turkey took this move right in the middle of a major annual un...
25 Mar 202121min
