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The longest running independent international affairs podcast features in-depth interviews with policymakers, journalists and experts around the world who discuss global news, international relations, global development and key trends driving world affairs. Named by The Guardian as "a podcast to ma...
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Introducing: "World's Toughest Job" -- A new podcast about the Next UN Secretary General
I want to recommend a new podcast I think our audience will like: it's called World's Toughest Job, from Foreign Policy magazine and the United Nation...
Why Germany Got Snubbed for the Security Council and What We Learned from the UN Secretary General "Hustings" | To Save Us From Hell
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Scientific Breakthroughs and Political Retreat Set the Stage for a Crucial Global Moment in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
There are two competing trends in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. On the one hand, there has been tremendous progress toward reducing the number of...
What is the Future of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is the "glue" that holds the entire global nuclear security architecture together — but is it fraying?
I sp...
How to Prevent Global Catastrophic Risks | Stefan Löfven and Jens Orback
Today's episode is produced in partnership with the Global Challenges Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to raising awareness of global catastrop...
Stopping Ebola Requires Multilateralism. America's Retreat Is Making That Harder | To Save Us From Hell
An Ebola outbreak is spiraling in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — and one of the clearest lessons from past outbreaks is that Ebola requires mu...
A Surprise Attack in Mali Puts the Government -- and Russia -- on the Defensive
In late April, an unlikely alliance of Islamist militants and separatists from the Tuareg ethnic group launched a series of surprise attacks against g...
How to Prevent an Asteroid Impact | Global Catastrophic Risks
Today's episode is produced in partnership with the Global Challenges Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to raising awareness of global catastrop...
How the Iran War Is Making Sudan's Civil War Even Worse
The civil war in Sudan is now entering its fourth year. Full-scale conflict broke out in April 2023 following a failed democratic transition, when two...
Inside the (Flawed) Push at the Security Council to Reopen Hormuz | To Save Us From Hell
The Security Council is weighing yet another U.S.-backed resolution on the Strait of Hormuz that is probably doomed from the start. In this first segm...
Introducing: "Houston At Large" -- A New Podcast About How America's Fourth Largest City Impacts the World
I wanted to share with you a new podcast that I've had a hand in supporting. Houston at Large is a show produced by Rice University Master of Global A...
A Brilliant New Book Tells The Extraordinary Story Of Ordinary Syrians In The Civil War
Days of Love and Rage: A Story of Ordinary People Forging a Revolution by Anand Gopal takes readers to the Syrian city of Manbij before, during, and a...
The High Stakes of a Major UN Meeting on Nuclear Weapons
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is the most important and impactful global agreement on nuclear weapons. 191 counties have joined the NPT since i...
Let the Race for UN Secretary General Begin!
On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, the four candidates for UN Secretary-General made their case at the UN General Assembly. Across twelve hours spann...
How the Iran War Is Already Fueling a Global Food Crisis
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is causing a surge in food prices around the world — particularly in places already in the midst of a humanitarian...
Can International Institutions Survive Democratic Backsliding? Live from Lewis & Clark College
Today's episode was recorded live at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, for the annual Lewis & Clark International Affairs Symposium. The them...
How China Views the Iran War
As I am recording this on Friday, April 10, JD Vance is en route to Islamabad, Pakistan, for negotiations over a ceasefire announced on April 7. This...
From Detection to Decision-Making: Understanding Pandemic Risk | Before the Outbreak, Episode 2
Pandemic Risk Assessment is an emerging scientific toolkit designed to assess how pandemic risk is evolving over time. Rather than predicting the next...
How Existing Disease Surveillance Networks Can Catch New Outbreaks | Before the Outbreak, Episode 2
Many of our best surveillance tools today that were originally built to target specific diseases like polio and malaria have become critical infrastru...
Introducing: "Before the Outbreak" — A Three-Part Series on Disease Surveillance and Pandemic Preparedness
Robust disease surveillance systems are the foundation of strong public health systems and are essential to preventing, detecting, and responding to h...
How To Prevent Weapons of Mass Destruction in a Changing Geopolitical and Military Landscape | Global Catastrophic Risks
Today's episode is produced in partnership with the Global Challenges Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to raising awareness of global catastrop...
The Case Against Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court
One year ago, in 2025, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was extradited to The Hague to face charges of crimes against humanity and murder f...
Is Cuba Next?
For the first time in nearly 70 years, it looks like there may be major political changes afoot in Cuba — driven by the United States.
The Trump...
The Iran War Ignites a Global Humanitarian Emergency
Earlier last last week, he United Nations reported that around 300,000 Lebanese had been displaced since Israel opened a new front in southern Lebanon...
How to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change | Global Catastrophic Risks
Today's episode is produced in partnership with the Global Challenges Foundation. The Foundation is dedicated to raising awareness of global catastrop...
The War in Iran Comes to the UN | To Save Us From Hell
We cover a lot of ground in this week's episode of To Save Us From Hell! There are two new entrants to the race to succeed António Guterres as the nex...
How Does The Iran War End?
Things are obviously moving very fast in the Middle East. When I caught up with my guest today, Dalia Dassa Kaye, the war was in its second day. Bombi...
Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: The High-Stakes Fight Over Military AI—and Autonomous Weapons
Earlier this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held a high-stakes meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and, according to several news reports, d...
Ethiopia Is Sliding Fast Toward Major War
Ethiopia is on the brink of a war that could turn into a major regional conflagration. Over the past several weeks, military forces have been moving i...
Board of Peace v United Nations | US To Attack Iran? - To Save Us From Hell
It was an odd juxtaposition: Trump's inaugural Board of Peace gathered in Washington, D.C. as the U.S. appeared to be readying for war with Iran. In t...
Why Has the United States Deployed Gunboats to Haiti?
On February 3, the United States deployed a warship and Coast Guard vessels off the coast of Haiti, near Port-au-Prince. The move came amid political...
The Last Nuclear Arms Control Agreement Between the US and Russia Just Expired. What's Next?
The New START treaty, signed by the United States and Russia in 2010, limited both countries to 1,550 deployed strategic warheads, placed restrictions...
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Is Rewriting the Political Playbook
Donald Trump doesn't much like Pedro Sánchez — and the Spanish prime minister is perfectly fine with that. Unlike other European leaders who reflexive...
The Secretary General Race Heats Up — And the Epstein Files Hit the UN | To Save Us From Hell
For the first time in history, multiple countries have jointly nominated a candidate for UN Secretary General. Earlier this week, Brazil, Chile, and M...
What Americans Really Think About Foreign Policy
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs has been tracking American views on foreign policy since the end of the Vietnam War. Last week, it released its ...
Civil War Has Returned to South Sudan
For the past year and a half, South Sudan has been on the brink of a new civil war. A 2018 peace deal that ended the last civil war has been faltering...
One Year On: What Have Trump's HIV/AIDS Cuts Cost The World?
One year ago, the United States was winning the global fight against HIV/AIDS. Thanks largely to American leadership, infections and deaths from HIV/A...
The Stories that Will Drive the UN Agenda in 2026 | To Save Us From Hell
Can Donald Trump's new Board of Peace really compete with the Security Council? Will we even be discussing it a week or two from now, or will Trump an...
Why a U.S. Strike Against Iran May Backfire
Protests sweeping Iran are unlike anything the regime has faced since coming to power in 1979. What began as demonstrations by shopkeepers in Tehran o...
The Curious Case of America's Christmas Day Missile Strikes in Nigeria
On Christmas Day, the United States launched a series of missile strikes in Nigeria, ostensibly against jihadist groups. In the weeks prior, Donald Tr...