An Inside look at Jimmy Carter's Quest to Kill the Last Guinea Worm
Jimmy Carter passed away on December 29th, at the age of 100. Jimmy Carter's term in office coincided with some key events in international affairs, including the Iran hostage crisis and the Soviet U...
30 Dec 202429min
A Top NGO Official Explains the Difficult Dynamics of Getting Aid into Gaza and Syria
Tjada D'Oyen McKenna is a veteran humanitarian official who now leads Mercy Corps, a major international NGO that provides relief in disaster zones, including Gaza and Syria. Since the outbreak of the...
24 Dec 202420min
Putting Women's Empowerment at the Center of Resilience Building | From Fragility to Stability
Today's episode is produced in partnership with the CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration as part of a series that examines effective approaches to improving the well-being o...
19 Dec 202437min
Will There Be a Coming Trade War?
If Donald Trump actually follows through on many of his campaign promises to impose tariffs, it would thoroughly upend the rules-based system governing international trade. That system, which is parti...
16 Dec 202430min
What Syria's Political Future May Look Like | Emma Beals
As a journalist who covers international humanitarian crises, I'm accustomed to seeing masses of refugees fleeing their homes for safer locations. But in Syria over the last several days, the reverse ...
12 Dec 202428min
What is Biden's Africa Legacy? (And Will Trump Blow It Up?)
Joe Biden's final foreign trip as President was a long-promised visit to sub-Saharan Africa—Angola, to be precise. Biden had pledged to be the first President to visit Africa in nearly a decade, but t...
9 Dec 202424min
How to Navigate Climate Security and Resilience in the Sahel | From Fragility to Stability
Today's episode is produced in partnership with the CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration for a series that examines what works to improve the well-being of people in Fragile...
5 Dec 202427min
Why Ebola is No Longer a Great Global Threat
Listeners will no doubt remember the devastating Ebola outbreak of 2014–2016. More than 28,600 people were infected, and 11,325 people died across several countries in West Africa. One of the hardest-...
2 Dec 202420min
