A Dramatic Turn of Events in Libya
Mary Fitzgerald a researcher specializing in Libya. When we last spoke, the Libyan conflict was intensifying very rapidly. For months, a renegade general named Khalifa Haftar had been attacking Tripol...
25 Jun 202027min
How Big Data and New Technologies Can Advance Climate Security | Climate Security Series - Taped Live
This episode is part two of a six-part series examining the relationship between climate and security. I moderated this session with Grazia Pacillo of CGIAR, the world's largest global agricultural in...
22 Jun 202055min
How the Black Lives Matter Movement Went Global
The Black Lives Matter movement has spread quickly around the world. Over the last several weeks, there have been BLM demonstrations in nearly every major city in Europe. Tens of thousands of people ...
18 Jun 202028min
Climate Change and the Future We Want -- A UN 75 Consultation
Today's episode is part two of a three part series that gives you an inside look at how the United Nations is commemorating its 75th anniversary this year. Rather than holding a big party or jubilee, ...
15 Jun 202028min
The India and China Border Crisis
In late May a confrontation between Indian and Chinese soldiers in a remote border region of the Himalayas descended into what appears to be a massive fistfight. Most accounts describe a giant brawl ...
11 Jun 202028min
The Link Between Food Security, Climate and Conflict | Climate Security Series - Taped Live
The podcast has partnered with CGIAR, the world's largest global agricultural innovation network, around a series of live tapings on the topic of climate security. For today's episode, we are examini...
8 Jun 202054min
A View from the Caribbean About COVID-19
In the Caribbean, where many country's depend on tourism to sustain their economy, COVID-19 is exacting a particularly heavy toll. Millions of people are out of work, and governments that were alread...
1 Jun 202027min
COVID-19 is Interrupting Routine Childhood Vaccinations on a Global Scale
Barbara Saitta is a nurse with Doctors without Borders who specializes in vaccination campaigns, primarily in poorer countries. She tells me that because of supply chain interruptions, a number of cou...
25 Mai 202029min
