A Crisis Between China and Canada Has Big Global Implications
On December 1st, a business executive named Meng Wanzhou was arrested while transferring through the Vancouver airport at the request of US authorities. Ms Meng is the CFO of the Chinese telecom giant...
2 Jan 201928min
A Decade Old War Crime is Causing Instability in Sri Lanka Today
One of the worst mass atrocities in recent times took place in Sri Lanka during the final days of that country's long civil war. In May 2009, tens of thousands of people were killed by Sri Lankan arme...
26 Dec 201822min
Better Know Heather Nauert, Donald Trump's Pick for UN Ambassador
State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert is Donald Trump's nominee to serve as the next US Ambassador to the United Nations. If confirmed, she will replace of course Nikki Haley, who served in the...
20 Dec 201826min
How Rivalry Between China and the United States Will Drive Global Development
Massive infrastructure projects like the building of ports, roads and railways are becoming more and more commonplace in the developing world. According to my guest today, the reason we are seeing mor...
16 Dec 201829min
Will The Yellow Vest Protest in France Bring Down Emmanuel Macron--and Europe With Him?
A protest movement in France known as the Gilets Jaunes, or Yellow Vests, has become a political crisis for French President Emmanuel Macron. The protest movement began over a hike in a fuel tax, but ...
12 Dec 201824min
What is the 'Global Compact for Migration?'
Over 180 countries are endorsing what is known as the Global Compact for Migration. The text of this non-binding agreement was finalized over the summer, and countries are meeting in Marrakech Morocco...
9 Dec 201826min
What Sham Elections in Bahrain Tell Us About the Middle East
The Kingdom of Bahrain is the smallest country in the Middle East. It is an island in the Persian Gulf connected to Saudi Arabia by a causeway. And it is home to a very large US naval base, that house...
6 Dec 201828min
What You Need to Know About the Big UN Climate Conference, COP24
Diplomats, scientists, advocates and other concerned parties are gathering in Katowice, Poland for a major international climate conference that is serving as a followup to the Paris Climate Agreement...
30 Nov 201831min
