Why Countries Just Can't Quit Coal? New Research Offers Some Clues
We know that countries around the world sometimes favor coal because it is cheaper. But new research from my guest today Jan Steckel aims to pinpoint some of the political forces that drive investment...
22 Feb 202128min
Will Biden Pull US Troops From Afghanistan?
President Biden must soon make a key decision about American troop levels in Afghanistan. There are currently about 2,500 American troops in Afghanistan, but under a deal negotiated last year between ...
18 Feb 202121min
An Opportunity for Climate Diplomacy Opens for the Biden-Harris Administration
2021 will be a consequential year for multilateral diplomacy on climate change. A number of key meetings are on the diplomatic calendar and they come just as the new Biden-Harris administration in the...
16 Feb 202128min
Why Farmers in India Are Staging Mass Protests
Over the last several weeks farmers in India have staged mass demonstrations to protest new government agricultural policies. The farmers say these new laws would be financially ruinous and allow larg...
11 Feb 202123min
What Comes Next for USAID?
The United States Agency for international development, USAID, is the premier global development agency of the United States government and one of the largest global development organizations in the w...
8 Feb 202128min
A Fresh Approach to Middle East Peace
With the peace process between Israel and Palestine seemingly intractably stalled, a new peace building plan that is modeled on Northern Ireland seeks to build grassroots support for peace. Peace-bui...
4 Feb 202130min
Coup in Myanmar and Aung San Suu Kyi's Fall from Grace (Re-release)
A military coup in Myanmar (also called Burma) has toppled the civilian government lead by Aung San Suu Kyi. In this 2019 episode, former deputy National Security Advisor to Barack Obama Ben Rhodes ex...
1 Feb 202133min
Crisis in the Central African Republic
The security and humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic has rapidly deteriorated over the last several weeks. Rebel group control a key road from which goods, food and humanitarian sup...
1 Feb 202128min
