The Women Changing Indian Politics
Indian women are slowly changing the country’s patriarchal political system, starting at the voting booth -- they now turn out to vote at a higher rate than men. What does that mean for next year’s In...
29 Nov 201817min
Trump's Trade War With China
Trade tensions between Washington and Beijing have escalated throughout 2018. As Trump plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 meetings in Argentina this month, Jen talks to Carnegi...
15 Nov 201818min
What do the U.S. midterm elections mean for foreign policy?
Jen Psaki and the New Yorker’s Evan Osnos discuss the U.S. midterm elections, how the new Congress will affect U.S. policy abroad, and what the results suggest about the 2020 presidential contest. We ...
8 Nov 201827min
John Kerry on Diplomacy, Russia, and the Middle East
Jen’s former boss John Kerry joins her to talk about his time as Secretary of State, and his new memoir, Every Day is Extra. They discuss the future of an Israel-Palestine peace deal, his disagreement...
1 Nov 201824min
Arms Race Redux
President Trump surprised foreign policy experts when he pulled out of the INF Treaty last week, raising the prospect of a new nuclear arms race. Jen talks to Russian nuclear policy expert Alexey Arba...
30 Okt 201826min
Jamal Khashoggi, Human Rights, and the Future of the Middle East
Former UN high commissioner for human rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has been an outspoken critic of human rights abusers, including of those in power. He sat down with guest host Jarrett Blanc to talk ...
25 Okt 201824min
Sanctions 101: How are Sanctions Implemented?
Jen and Jarrett talk to lawyer Greta Lichtenbaum about how sanctions policy translates into the real world, and how she helps her clients navigate them. This is the third episode of a three-part speci...
17 Okt 201818min
Sanctions 101: How Powerful are Sanctions, Really?
How powerful are sanctions, really? In this episode, Jen and Jarrett talk to former U.S. treasury secretary Jack Lew about how policymakers ought to approach sanctions, and the dangers of using sancti...
16 Okt 201831min
