How Facebook is Abetting Rodrigo Duterte's Drug War in the Philippines
If you want a glimpse of a dystopian future in which authoritarian leaders harness the power of social media to carry out human rights abuses and suppress their political opponents, you need to look n...
1 Okt 201825min
How Better Data Can Fight Global Hunger
Every year during UN Week there are a number of substantive and important issues discussed, new initiatives launched and new partnerships formed, typically around some big important global issues. It ...
25 Sep 201828min
UN Week is Here! These Are the Stories That Will Drive the Agenda
All eyes turn to the New York and the United Nations as world leaders gather for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, better known UNGA. This is always the busiest week of the diplomati...
19 Sep 201831min
When UN Peacekeeping Works: The Story of the United Nations Mission in Liberia
In this special episode of Global Dispatches Podcast we are bringing you the story of how UN Peacekeepers partnered with the people and government of Liberia to help transform the country from one of ...
14 Sep 201829min
Unmasking the Elite Charade of "Changing the World"
My guest today, Anand Giridharadas, is the author of the new book Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. The book is a piercing examination of how the global elite have co-opted ou...
12 Sep 201833min
The World is Experiencing a Dam Building Boom
The world is experiencing a dam building boom. According to research by my guest today David Hulme there are plans underway around for the construction of over 3,700 new dams around the world. And thi...
7 Sep 201828min
How the Return of Refugees to Syria Will Define the Next Phase of the Conflict
1.5 million Syrian refugees are in Lebanon today. But as the fighting quells in areas of Syria, some of these refugees are considering returning home. Who gets to return, the places to which they w...
5 Sep 201827min
There's New Evidence of China's Brutal Repression of its Uighur Population
In mid-August a UN human rights body called the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said that up to 1 million ethnic Uighurs in China were imprisoned in massive internment camps. ...
29 Aug 201822min
