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Trouble over Taiwan | Bonnie Glaser

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 11:00:43 GMT

In the Sino-American great-power drama, Taiwan has taken center stage, as China has ramped up pressure on the island. How much danger is Taiwan in – and how far will the US go to defend it?

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Debt Wars | Barry Eichengreen

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 11:00:24 GMT

The unprecedented fiscal spending that many governments unleashed in response to the COVID-19 crisis has fueled an increasingly heated debate over the risks posed by public debt. But the debate is far from new, and history holds important lessons that should inform it.

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America’s Afghan Debacle | Annie Pforzheimer

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:00:03 GMT

The Taliban has announced its interim government, and its all-male, often-hardline makeup seems to have confirmed many observers’ worst fears. Why did the US mission in Afghanistan fail, and what is in store for the country under Taliban rule?

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Voting in a Time of Democratic Erosion | Francesca Binda

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 10:00:31 GMT

While elections alone don’t necessarily make a state democratic, they do offer a glimpse into the strength and legitimacy of a democracy. What can we learn from recent electoral outcomes?

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Is Crypto Going Mainstream? | Sheila Warren

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 10:00:37 GMT

After over a decade on the fringes of the global monetary system, digital currencies are increasingly being embraced by companies, governments, and citizens around the world. Are they set to become an integral part of the global monetary system?

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Economic Crisis in the Anthropocene | Adam Tooze

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:00:01 GMT

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered the swiftest and most comprehensive contraction of global economic activity ever. With crises set to proliferate – not least because of climate change – the successes and failures of the pandemic response should serve as lessons for governments everywhere.

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The End of the Indispensable Nation | Stephen Wertheim

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:00:33 GMT

Twenty years ago, the September 11 terrorist attacks invigorated America’s sense of itself as the “indispensable nation.” But its actions since then have failed to improve global security and have endangered those who it claimed to be helping.

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Toward Bretton Woods 2.0? | Harold James & Paola Subacchi

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:00:50 GMT

In 1971, President Richard Nixon closed the gold window, effectively ushering in a new global monetary non-system with a single pillar: the US dollar. Fifty years later, that pillar is showing signs of strain. Can the world muster the cooperation needed to manage whatever comes next?

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The US Economy’s Great Adjustment | Betsey Stevenson

Wed, 04 Aug 2021 16:36:57 GMT

With many low-paying jobs going unfilled, it seems that the COVID-19 crisis has forced a much-needed adjustment in a labor market where workers had long suffered from a decline in bargaining power. But, as pandemic-support programs end and automation accelerates, workers face serious risks.

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Is It Time to Cancel the Olympics? | Jules Boykoff

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 15:15:02 GMT

Even when the world isn’t gripped by a pandemic, staging the Olympic Games can create serious problems for local populations. So, why do cities and countries keep seeking to host them?

Here to help us answer this question is Jules Boykoff. Jules is an associate professor of political science at Pacific University in Oregon, and a former member of the US Olympic Soccer team. He’s the author of NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Beyond.

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The Communist Party of China at 100 | Rana Mitter

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 10:00:13 GMT

The Communist Party of China, founded a century ago, has been in power for more than seven decades – and it has big plans for the future. What do those plans entail, and is the Party still strong enough to implement them?

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Merkel’s Complicated Legacy | Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:00:19 GMT

As German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to step aside after 16 years in office, Germany, Europe, and the world are entering a new, more uncertain phase – one that will be significantly shaped by her legacy. But which one?Here to help us answer these questions is Constanze Stelzenmüller. She holds the Fritz Stern chair on Germany and trans-Atlantic Relations at the Brookings Institution.

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Is the US Ready for War? | Michèle Flournoy

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 10:00:21 GMT

Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been the world’s only superpower – a status ensured by the country’s powerful military. But great-power competition is making a comeback, raising questions about US preparedness.Michèle Flournoy is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of WestExec Advisors, a co-founder and former CEO of the Center for a New American Security, and a former US under secretary of defense for policy.

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Is India’s Democracy Dying? | Milan Vaishnav

Tue, 25 May 2021 10:00:10 GMT

Despite major challenges, India’s multicultural democracy has thrived for more than 70 years. But can it survive Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu-nationalist agenda?Here to help us answer this question is Milan Vaishnav. Vaishnav is the director of the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is the author of When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics.

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Special Edition: Will COVID-19 Bring Europe “Ever Closer”? | Niels Thygesen

Thu, 13 May 2021 10:00:26 GMT

While critics say that the European Union has stumbled from crisis to crisis for most of its existence, its defenders counter that crises have made it both stronger and more necessary over time. As the bloc’s complex history and current challenges show, both claims are true.Niels Thygesen is an economist and an emeritus professor at the University of Copenhagen. He has spent more than a half-century observing and participating in the European integration process. As a member of the Delors Committee, he helped established the roadmap to Economic and Monetary Union, or EMU. This culminated in the introduction of the euro in 1999.

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Russia’s Not So Strongman | Timothy M. Frye

Tue, 11 May 2021 10:00:16 GMT

Popular protests and a tanking economy seem to be weakening President Vladimir Putin’s position, if not threatening his grip on power. Yet Russia’s strongman leader will not go down without a fight.Joining us today to help demystify one of the world’s most prominent dictators is Timothy Frye, the Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy at Columbia University, and the author of the new book, Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin’s Russia.

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Will the American Jobs Plan Remake the US Economy? | James K. Galbraith

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:00:21 GMT

US President Joe Biden’s public-investment proposal is undoubtedly ambitious – and highly controversial. But it may also be the key to putting the US economy on the path toward a more sustainable, equitable, and prosperous future.Here to help us understand the American Jobs Plan – and the debate surrounding it – is James Galbraith. Galbraith is an economist and professor of government at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the author of Inequality: What Everyone Needs to Know.

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The Return of the Taliban | Ashley Jackson

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:00:26 GMT

After 20 years and more than $2 trillion, the US is under growing pressure finally to withdraw from Afghanistan, leaving the country where it started: in the hands of the Taliban. What will this mean for Afghanistan’s people, their neighbors, and the world?Ashley Jackson is the co-director of the Centre for the Study of Armed Groups at the Overseas Development Institute. She is the author of the forthcoming book Negotiating Survival: Civilian-Insurgent Relations in Afghanistan.

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Outtakes: Do Travel Bans Work? | Jennifer Nuzzo

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:00:20 GMT

This week in Outtakes, recent guest Jennifer Nuzzo, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health and Security, explains why border closures aren’t an effective virus-containment strategy – and says what is.

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Stopping the Next Pandemic | Jennifer Nuzzo

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:00:23 GMT

Even if the world does manage to end the COVID-19 pandemic, we can’t simply breathe a sigh of relief and return to business as usual. With the number of new infectious diseases rising fast, the next pandemic could be just around the corner.Jennifer Nuzzo is a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, and an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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The Growing Threat of Far-Right Extremism | Cynthia Miller-Idriss

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:00:12 GMT

With the encouragement of leaders like Donald Trump, far-right extremism has gone mainstream in recent years. To mitigate the growing danger far-right groups pose, policymakers need to deepen their understanding of how these groups recruit members and mobilize supporters.Joining this episode is Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a professor at American University. Cynthia is the director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab, and author of the new book, Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right.

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The Legacy of Egypt’s Arab Spring | Michael Wahid Hanna

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:00:12 GMT

Ten years after a popular uprising overthrew a dictator, Egypt largely appears to be back where it started. Why were Egyptians’ democratic hopes dashed, and can they still be realized?Here to discuss Egypt’s situation and prospects is Michael Hanna. Michael is a senior fellow at the Century Foundation and a non-resident fellow at the Reiss Center on Law and Security.

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The Post-Brexit World Order | Timothy Garton Ash

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:00:17 GMT

Just as Brexit marked the end of an era, it marks the beginning of a new one. And there is plenty of reason for both the United Kingdom and the European Union to doubt that the new era will be better.Here to discuss is Timothy Garton Ash, a Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford and a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He is the author of ten books, including, most recently, a new edition of The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of ’89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, & Prague.

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US Foreign Policy after “America First” | Kori Schake

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:00:17 GMT

After four years of an “America first” foreign policy, President-elect Joe Biden wants the world to know that America is back. But will Biden and his foreign-policy team be able to restore America’s global standing – and the relative stability it once provided?Kori Schake is the director of foreign and defense policy at the American Enterprise Institute. She previously served on the National Security Council under President George W. Bush, and in senior posts at the Pentagon and the State Department.

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Repairing America’s Broken Social Compact | Danielle Allen

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:00:20 GMT

One issue links the political ructions and failures that have afflicted America in 2020: trust – or, rather, the lack thereof. Neither a COVID-19 vaccine nor a new president will solve this problem; only a new social compact can.Our guest today is Danielle Allen, a political theorist and classicist. She is the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, and the author of many popular books, including Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.

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Could Vaccine Nationalism Prolong the Pandemic? | Tom Bollyky

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:00:22 GMT

With multiple producers touting promising results in late-stage trials of COVID-19 vaccine candidates, the end of the pandemic finally seems to be in sight. But rather than work together to produce and distribute vaccine doses, some governments are taking an every-country-for-itself approach – raising serious risks not only for public health, but also for the economic recovery and geopolitical stability.Here to speak with us about these risks is Tom Bollyky. Tom is the director of the global health program at the Council on Foreign Relations, and the founder and managing editor of Think Global Health. He is the author of Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways.

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The GOP After Trump | Sarah Longwell

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 11:00:11 GMT

Joe Biden may have won the US election, but the vote was hardly the firm popular rebuke to Trumpism many had anticipated. What does that mean for a Republican Party that has tied itself into knots defending Donald Trump over the last four years?Sarah Longwell joins us to help us answer that question. She is the founder of Republican Voters Against Trump, and the publisher of The Bulwark, a conservative news and opinion website.

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Outtakes: Richard Pildes on Polarization in America

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 10:00:04 GMT

Today’s US election comes at a moment of such deep polarization that many are bracing for a bitter fight over the results. In this week’s special episode, we follow up with law scholar Richard Pildes on how America got to this point, and what it means for the next administration’s ability to govern.

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Is the US Headed Towards a Disputed Election? | Richard Pildes

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:00:16 GMT

Donald Trump’s repeated efforts to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the upcoming election has further intensified the polarization that has increasingly defined American politics in recent years. Now, many fear a drawn-out dispute over the results.Richard Pildes is the Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University, and the co-author of The Law of Democracy: Legal Structure of the Political Process.

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What’s Next for Abenomics? | Kathy Matsui

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 10:00:24 GMT

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s successor, Yoshihide Suga, has pledged to uphold his signature economic-policy program, Abenomics. What did that program really achieve, and is it up to the task of supporting Japan’s economy through the COVID-19 crisis?Kathy Matsui is Vice Chair of Goldman Sachs Japan, and the author of a new book titled, "How to Nurture Female Employees."

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Does Inflation Matter Anymore? | Claudia Sahm

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:00:24 GMT

The US Federal Reserve has announced a major shift in its monetary-policy framework: it will no longer target an inflation rate of “around 2%” at all times. What does this mean for the US economy – and the workers who make it run?Claudia Sahm joins us to discuss. Claudia is the director of macroeconomic policy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Previously, she was a section chief at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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Will We Solve the Climate Crisis in Time? | Bill McKibben

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:00:08 GMT

In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that the world will face worsening food crises, devastating wildfires, and coral reef die-offs unless it halves greenhouse-gas emissions within the next decade. Yet emissions actually rose in 2019, suggesting that growing public support for climate action may be too little, too late.Bill McKibben is a longtime climate activist, a regular contributor to the New Yorker, and the co-founder of 350.org.

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The End of College as We Know It? | Robert Kelchen

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:00:27 GMT

When COVID-19 hit the United States in March, colleges and universities around the country quickly shifted to remote learning. But, as a new semester begins, the pandemic is nowhere near under control, and many institutions are wondering how much longer they can survive with closed or restricted campuses.Robert Kelchen is a professor at Seton Hall University and studies higher education finance, accountability, and financial aid.

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The Arrival of Kamala Harris | Julia Azari

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 10:00:25 GMT

Joe Biden has hinted that, if he wins November’s US presidential election, he will serve only one term. However unlikely that may be, his running mate, Kamala Harris, may well be the next Democratic presidential standard-bearer – even if Biden loses in November.Julia Azari is an associate professor and assistant chair in the Department of Political Science at Marquette University. She joins us from her home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Outtakes: Daniel Drezner on the History of the Nation-State

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:00:12 GMT

For the past week, we’ve been on VEEP watch – repeatedly checking our phones for any indication that Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for US president, was ready to announce his running mate. The plan was to discuss his choice – and the role of the vice president more broadly, in today’s episode.But as we refreshed our news feeds, our deadline for recording today’s episode came and went – and there was still no word on Biden’s VP.So that episode will have to wait until next time. In the meantime, we’re bringing back Outtakes – special episodes featuring parts of past conversation that were left on the cutting room floor. Today, that means more insights from Tufts University Professor Daniel Drezner, whom we interviewed last time about the resiliency of the nation-state, and how the COVID-19 pandemic might remake the international order.

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The COVID-19 World Order | Daniel Drezner

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:00:26 GMT

For decades, globalization has been narrowing the scope of national sovereignty. Does the COVID-19 pandemic – which has highlighted, yet again, the interconnected nature of today’s most pressing challenges – augur the end of the nation-state’s primacy?Daniel Drezner is a professor of international politics at Tufts University and the author of The Toddler in Chief: What Donald Trump Teaches Us about the Modern Presidency.

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How Would Black Economists Change Economics? | Lisa D. Cook

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 10:00:24 GMT

Just 3% of US economics PhDs were awarded to black people in 2017 – a share that has been trending downward since the mid-1990s. This week, we examine the effects of this lack of black representation on economic policy and outcomes.Lisa Cook is an associate professor in the economics department at Michigan State University.

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The End of Hong Kong? | Minxin Pei

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:00:24 GMT

For over a year, China has progressively tightened its grip on Hong Kong. Its latest move – the introduction of a new security law – may spell the death of the “one country, two systems,” and thus democracy and the rule of law in the city, but at what cost to the Communist Party of China?**Minxin Pei is Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College and a non-resident senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He is a regular contributor to Project Syndicate.

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Special Edition: America’s Dilemma Explodes

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 09:00:17 GMT

George Floyd’s fatal encounter with the police seems to have been a tipping point in the United States. It comes at time when the pandemic has caused unemployment to skyrocket and exposed the life-and-death stakes of longstanding inequalities.Khalil Gibran Muhammad, the former director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, is Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. This interview has been edited for length.

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Our Digital, No-Touch Future | Marietje Schaake

Tue, 02 Jun 2020 10:00:17 GMT

Not even a pandemic seems to be slowing down the world’s tech giants. Companies like Facebook, Amazon, and Google may emerge as the winners of the COVID-19 crisis, but at what cost to our societies and democracies?Marietje Schaake joins Opinion Has It to discuss how Big Tech has shaped our politics and economies, and how, if left unchecked, these companies may gain unprecedented power in the wake of the pandemic.Marietje is the International Policy Director of the Cyber Policy Center at Stanford University.

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Imagining the New 9-5 | Teresa Ghilarducci

Tue, 19 May 2020 10:00:23 GMT

The labor market and workplace conditions have changed dramatically in recent years – often not for the better. How will the COVID-19 pandemic change how jobs are structured in the 21st century?

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Lockdowns or Clampdowns? | Michael Ignatieff

Tue, 05 May 2020 10:00:14 GMT

The COVID-19 pandemic has created opportunities for dictators and democrats alike to abuse government power, spurring fears that emergency measures will outlive the emergency. That danger is particularly acute in countries like Hungary.

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Is the EU the World’s Unsung Superpower? | Anu Bradford

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:00:23 GMT

When it comes to commerce, where Europe leads, others follow. The reason is simple: it’s too costly for global companies not to adopt a one-size-fits-all approach to their products. Does that make the European Union a global superpower? Columbia University law professor Anu Bradford joins our podcast to discuss.

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Will COVID-19 Make Modern Monetary Theory Mainstream? | Pavlina R. Tcherneva

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 10:00:23 GMT

From the ashes of the Great Depression, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushed through a raft of labor and social reforms that remade the American state and economy. We need FDR’s brand of “bold experimentation” to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

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What History Can Teach Us About COVID-19 | Frank Snowden

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:00:23 GMT

COVID-19 has upended our health systems, economies, and societies, but we’ve been through this before. Yale University historian Frank Snowden says history has much to teach us about confronting pandemics.

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How to Start a Movement | Leymah Gbowee

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 10:00:28 GMT

Liberian activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee launched a movement that toppled a dictatorship and ended a 14-year civil war. How did she do it? By bringing women into the peace process.

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Live from Brooklyn Public Library: How Democrats Can Win in 2020

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 09:00:00 GMT

“Make America Great Again” was a powerful campaign slogan in 2016, appealing in states that mattered to voters who felt that the US economy had passed them by. Winning them over – or winning them back – will be crucial to Democrats’ chances in November’s presidential and congressional elections. In a live recording at the Brooklyn Public Library, Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz and author Anand Giridharadas discuss how to do it.**Photo credit: Gregg Richard of Brooklyn Public Library

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What Do Mainstream Economists Get Wrong About Poverty And Growth? | Abhijit Banerjee

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:00:20 GMT

By focusing on practical solutions to small questions, Abhijit Banerjee helped revolutionize development economics. Now, he’s turning his focus to rehabilitating the battered reputations of economists themselves.Abhijit Banerjee is the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at MIT. In 2003, he co-founded J-PAL, the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab. He is the author of several books, most recently, Good Economics for Hard Times, co-written with Esther Duflo. In 2019, he, along with Duflo and Michael Kremer, won the Nobel Prize in Economics.

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Is it Time for Iowa to Pass the Torch? | Edward L. Widmer

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 11:00:30 GMT

Since the 1970s, Iowa has hosted the United States’ first primary contest for US presidential nominees, often with make-or-break consequences for the candidates. But the state has come under scrutiny for its relative lack of diversity, and calls are intensifying for it to give up its preeminent position.Edward L. Widmer is a former speechwriter for President Bill Clinton. Currently, he is a distinguished lecturer at the Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York, and a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

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Disunited Kingdom | David Edgerton

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 11:00:10 GMT

Will Brexit break up the United Kingdom? Historian David Edgerton says that the time has come to let go of the idea of a “British nation.”

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The Middle East’s New Eruption | Narges Bajoghli & Vali Nasr

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 11:00:10 GMT

Fears of an escalated conflict between the United States and Iran have quieted in the weeks since a US drone strike killed Qassem Suleimani, but the assassination’s long-term consequences remain the subject of heated speculation. What did US President Donald Trump overlook when he ordered the killing of Iran’s second-most powerful leader?

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Disinfo Wars | Nina Khrushcheva

Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:00:13 GMT

Why has disinformation been a central feature of US President Donald Trump’s administration, including its response to the threat of impeachment? Nina Khrushcheva joins our podcast to discuss that and much else.

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America’s Impeachment Struggle | Noah Feldman

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 11:00:23 GMT

Donald J. Trump became the third president in US history to be impeached. Whatever the impact on his prospects for re-election in 2020, the more important question is what long-term consequences impeachment will have for US democracy.

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How to Tax the Super Rich | Emmanuel Saez

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 11:00:23 GMT

Does the solution to widening economic inequality lie in a wealth tax? We speak to Emmanuel Saez, an adviser to Elizabeth Warren who helped design the “Ultra-Millionaire Tax” plan.

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Is The War On Terror Over? | Karen Greenberg

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 11:00:13 GMT

On October 27, US President Donald Trump announced the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and declared that the caliphate he sought to create had been destroyed. But does that mean the war on terror is over?

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Revisiting The End Of The Cold War | John Lewis Gaddis

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 11:00:12 GMT

Thirty years ago this week, the world watched in awe as thousands brought down the Berlin Wall, marking the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Today, however, democracy is in crisis, and authoritarianism is once again on the rise – including in countries that were once behind the Iron Curtain.

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The Future of the Establishment | Matthew Goodwin

Tue, 22 Oct 2019 08:00:12 GMT

As the United States and the United Kingdom gear up for elections in the next year, many are asking if populist nationalism is here to stay, or whether establishment parties can regain control. Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, joined us in early October in our studios in New York to discuss.

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How to Reach the World’s “Unbanked” Women | Shamina Singh

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 10:00:14 GMT

Thirty-one percent of adults worldwide don’t have access to a bank account. Roughly two-thirds of them are women. What accounts for unequal access to financial tools, and what are the economic costs of exclusion? For this episode, we speak with Shamina Singh, the Founder & President of the Center for Inclusive Growth, the philanthropic hub of Mastercard.

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Tracking Progress on the SDGs | Michael Green

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:00:16 GMT

In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, “a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all” by 2030. We’re not on track.

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Should Governments Just Print More Money? | Stephanie Kelton

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:00:16 GMT

Supporters of Modern Monetary Theory say that some governments can easily cover the cost of large social programs such as health care for all and free college tuition by jettisoning conventional thinking about the role of debt and taxes in our economies. But is it really that simple?

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Understanding Economic Populism | Allison Schrager

Tue, 27 Aug 2019 10:00:16 GMT

For the last several years, populist leaders have wreaked havoc on the institutions and norms that have underpinned the liberal world order. And their policies are increasingly placing the global economy at risk.

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When Gender Bias Creates Unequal Health Systems | Asha George

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:00:07 GMT

From #MeToo to gender identity, the zeitgeist has never been more amenable to shattering stereotypes and correcting wrongs. Yet health care remains stuck in the past. Asha George, Chair of Health Systems Global, describes how discrimination in health systems can create dangerous gaps in care.

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Boris Means Brexit | Bill Emmott

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:00:15 GMT

More than three years after the United Kingdom voted by a razor-thin margin to leave the European Union, the same question remains: How? Now, with a deadline to exit looming at the end of October, can the UK’s new prime minister, leading “Leave” campaigner Boris Johnson, deliver Brexit?

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Outtakes: Anne-Marie Slaughter on Foreign Policy Under a Female US President

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 10:00:04 GMT

In last week's episode, we asked New America President Anne-Marie Slaughter whether a woman can win the 2020 US presidential election. During our conversation, we also talked about what foreign policy might look like under a first female president. That's this week's outtake.

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A Woman in the White House? Yes, She Can | Anne-Marie Slaughter

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:00:04 GMT

A record number of women have thrown their hats into the ring to be the Democratic nominee in the 2020 US presidential election. But with the party still reeling from Hillary Clinton’s devastating loss in 2016, many are asking, “Can a woman beat Donald Trump?” Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former advisor to Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign and president and CEO of the think tank New America, joins our podcast to discuss.

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The G20 On Shaky Ground | Lawrence Summers

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:00:10 GMT

Although fair and free trade is one of the G20’s guiding principles, protectionism has re-emerged in many member states in recent years. Lawrence Summers, one of the G20’s architects, discusses the group’s evolution since it was established nearly 20 years ago, and some of the most pressing issues confronting it now.

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Outtakes: Leta Hong Fincher on China's One Child Policy

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 10:00:19 GMT

Last week, we spoke to Leta Hong Fincher about the evolving feminist movement in China, and how women could be the greatest threat to continued rule by the Chinese Communist Party. For our outtake this week, we look into one program that influenced women and families in China for nearly two generations: the one child policy.

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The War on Women: The View from China | Leta Hong Fincher

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 09:59:59 GMT

When Mao Zedong declared in 1968 that “women hold up half the sky,” many were taken aback. No one expected such a progressive stance from the Communist founder of the People's Republic. Today, however, rather than seeing women as a key driver of economic advancement, China’s leaders have been cracking down on the feminist movement. Leta Hong Fincher, a scholar on women in China, explains why.

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The Legacy of Tiananmen Square, 30 Years Later

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 10:00:15 GMT

Type the words “Tiananmen” or “June 4” in a search browser in China, and little, if anything, identifies Beijing’s central square as the site where thousands of people, mostly students, were killed while peacefully demonstrating for democratic reform in 1989. Thirty years later, China’s government is as determined as ever to crush dissent.Featured in this podcast: Chris Patten served as the last British governor of Hong Kong, from 1992-1997. He is the author of several books, including East and West: China, Power, and the Future of Asia. Louisa Lim is an award-winning journalist who has reported from China for a decade, most recently for National Public Radio. She is the author of The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited. Sophie Richardson is the China director at Human Rights Watch. She is the author of China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.

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Outtakes: Yascha Mounk on Democracy and Social Media

Tue, 28 May 2019 10:00:07 GMT

Last week, we spoke with Yascha Mounk, a professor on liberal democracy and populism at Johns Hopkins University in Washington. We discussed the state of the EU in the run up to last week's European Parliament elections. During our conversation, we also touched on the role social media has played in democracy. Here's this week's outtake.

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A Referendum on the EU Experiment? | Yascha Mounk

Tue, 21 May 2019 10:00:17 GMT

European Parliament elections have traditionally been tedious, low-turnout affairs. But five years of financial and migrant crises, terrorist attacks, and growing nationalism have put the European Union under unprecedented strain, and this week’s vote could reset its direction. Featured in this episode: Yascha Mounk is an associate professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and author of the book The People Versus Democracy – Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It.

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Outtakes: William Burns on Russia

Tue, 14 May 2019 10:00:09 GMT

Often when we're recording, we end up asking questions that are very interesting, but don't make it into our final episode. Rather than letting this just sit as extra tape our hard drive, we want to turn these questions into outtakes. Here's our first one. Last week, we published an episode with Ambassador William Burns, a career diplomat who served for 33 years in the US Foreign Service. We asked him about the future of the Iran Nuclear Deal. But from 2005-2008 Bill Burns was the ambassador to Russia. Our host, Elmira Bayrasli, asked what he had to say about the relationship between the US and Russia.

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The Secret Openings of US Foreign Policy | William Burns

Tue, 07 May 2019 10:00:09 GMT

When Donald Trump took the stage at his inauguration in January 2017, he promised to put an end to the multilateral approach that had marked US foreign policy since the end of World War II, pledging to put “America First.” Ambassador William Burns joins our podcast to discuss what that means for the Foreign Service members who work on behalf of US interests abroad.**In this episode we highlight part of an interview with Rebecca Lissner, an associate professor at the US Naval War College and previous Opinion Has It guest. Listen to her full episode, published in January, here --> https://www.project-syndicate.org/podcasts/the-world-after-trump. **

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Journalism on (Thin) Ice | Jay Rosen

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 10:00:04 GMT

The days of waiting for the 7pm news or the morning paper are long gone. But, so too, is perspective and trust. Jay Rosen joins our podcast to discuss the future of journalism.

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A Woman’s Fight for the Right to Play | Maria Toorpakai Wazir

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 10:00:02 GMT

In Waziristan, girls don’t play sports. They’re not allowed. But hostility and discrimination didn’t stop Maria Toorpakai from becoming one of the world’s top-ranked squash players. She joins our podcast to discuss how sports offer a platform for advancing gender equality and promoting social change.

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Human Rights Defenders in Their Own Words

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 05:00:12 GMT

Around the world—at the grassroots level and in civil society—young people are taking action and raising their voices. Yet they remain underrepresented in political institutions and decision-making on issues of sexual and reproductive rights. For this special project podcast, recorded during the sixty-third session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York, Project Syndicate, in collaboration with the International Women’s Health Coalition, follows three young sexual and reproductive rights advocates as they tackle challenges within their home countries and work towards gender empowerment and equality.

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Facing Up to Facebook | Roger McNamee

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:00:19 GMT

According to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s co-founder and CEO, his creation was supposed “to make the world more open and connected.” After massive privacy breaches and the proliferation of misinformation and hate speech, that mission lies in ruins. Roger McNamee, an early investor in the platform, joins our podcast to discuss what went wrong.*NB at 14:47: It was Michael Cohen's Rockefeller Center office that was raided by the FBI in April 2018. Paul Manafort's home was searched in August 2017.

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Special Edition: Brexit, the Season Finale? | Fintan O'Toole

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 10:47:01 GMT

It has been two years and nine months since the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. To say that the subsequent negotiations outlining exactly how Britain would withdraw from the bloc have been messy would be an understatement. Fintan O’Toole joins our podcast to discuss one of the thorniest issues: the Irish backstop.

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The Female Jihadi | Aleksandra Dier

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:00:08 GMT

Nearly five years ago, Hoda Muthana and Shamima Begum left their respective homes in Alabama and London and traveled to Syria, where they swore loyalty to ISIS. Now they want to return home. But can they? A new UN report examines the question.

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The Trade War to End All Trade Wars? | Ann Lee

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:00:16 GMT

After US President Donald Trump said that the Sino-American trade truce could be extended beyond March 1, Chinese and American delegations rushing to negotiate a deal breathed a sigh of relief. But the dispute between the US and China is about much more than trade, says New York University professor Ann Lee.

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Measuring Inequality | Angus Deaton & Anne Case

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:00:05 GMT

When it comes to tackling the challenges of inequality, are we asking the right questions? Or, for that matter, measuring the right indicators? Angus Deaton, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics in 2015, says no, and it's masking a public health crisis. **Also featuring Princeton University professor and economist Anne Case

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What’s Wrong with Davos? | Anand Giridharadas

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:00:03 GMT

For the past several decades, world leaders, CEOs, tech titans, billionaires, philanthropists, and celebrities have descended upon Davos, Switzerland with the goal of “improving the state of the world.” Anand Giridharadas, author of "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World", says they are part of the problem.This episode was recorded on Wednesday, January 23, 2019.

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Xiao Qiang on Circumventing the Great Firewall

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 13:00:15 GMT

The Chinese authorities' control of citizens' online activity is intensifying under President Xi Jinping. But for Xiao Qiang, an expert on Chinese censorship at the University of California, Berkeley, the more worrying trend is a shift toward dystopian forms of digital domination that could affect people worldwide.

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The World After Trump

Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:00:16 GMT

The US-led international order is fraying under the leadership of Donald Trump. But as Mira Rapp-Hooper and Rebecca Friedman Lissner explain, rather than assigning blame, policymakers should focus on what the American role in the world will be the day after Trump leaves office.

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Debating the Great Disruption

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:00:16 GMT

Growing inequality, accelerating globalization, and new technologies are contributing to a populist backlash that is upending the economic, political, and diplomatic norms of the last seven decades. In our special live event podcast, four leading economists offer their views on the year ahead.**This episode discusses themes featured in our annual magazine, The Great Disruption. Order your copy at www.project-syndicate.org/order/magazine/magazine2019.**

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Elizabeth Radin on the Future of Global-Health Coordination

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:00:14 GMT

For global-health professionals, the successful war on HIV/AIDS is a model to emulate when targeting other hard-to-contain pandemics. But as Columbia University’s Elizabeth Radin notes, the biggest obstacles to overcoming public-health crises are usually political, not scientific.

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Diane Coyle on Measuring, and Managing, More Sustainable Growth

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:00:09 GMT

For more than two generations, economic orthodoxy has held that governments that invest and regulate the least govern best. But Diane Coyle, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, discusses how state-led investment and regulation can boost economic growth and human welfare.

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James Leibold Unpacks China's War on the Uighurs

Tue, 06 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT

In China’s far West, Muslim Uighurs are under attack in a wave of official repression occurring on a scale not seen since the Cultural Revolution. For James Leibold, an expert in China’s ethnic policies, the question is not what China is doing, but how to stop it.* This podcast was recorded on September 26, 2018. Follow James Leibold, Associate Professor, La Trobe University, at https://twitter.com/jleibold. *

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Elizabeth Drew on America’s Midterm Mess

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 08:08:05 GMT

When Americans vote on November 6, Donald Trump will not be on the ballot, but the future of his presidency will be. Veteran Washington journalist Elizabeth Drew explains why this midterm election will be so consequential.

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Françoise Girard on Normalizing Abortion

Tue, 09 Oct 2018 12:10:38 GMT

Abortion is a polarizing issue, but it's also a fact of life in all countries and among all socioeconomic groups. The sooner the world normalizes the practice, says Françoise Girard of the International Women’s Health Coalition, the better off every woman will be.****************This podcast highlights a column recently written by Françoise Girard for Project Syndicate. Read it here --> http://bit.ly/2MZhIjGA section of this recording features work from Al Jazeera: https://youtu.be/zgvOtrBbYE0

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Ten Years After the Crisis: An Economic Parley

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 13:36:34 GMT

Ten years ago, asset prices were in free fall, credit markets had seized up, and millions of people were losing their homes, jobs, and livelihoods. In this extended episode, we talk to economists Jeffrey Sachs, Teresa Ghilarducci, Angus Deaton, Robert Shiller, and Stephen Roach about what we’ve learned – or should have learned – from the Great Recession.

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Laura Tyson and Lenny Mendonca on Federalism 2.0

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 12:00:06 GMT

Donald Trump’s brand of partisan politics has pushed many Americans to lose faith in the federal government, especially as collective challenges like climate change are ignored by the White House. But for Laura Tyson and Lenny Mendonca, Trump’s dangerous populism has an effective antidote: the Tenth Amendment.Interested in learning more? Head over to the PS website for a full list of columns by Laura Tyson and Lenny Mendonca --> http://bit.ly/1B6a265.

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Pascal Mittermaier on Growing Greener Cities

Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:00:06 GMT

Urban planners have long considered how to balance the built and natural environment, and today, with cities swelling in size, this question is more pressing than ever. But, as The Nature Conservancy’s Pascal Mittermaier notes, while the problem is complicated, the solutions needn't be.

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Brahma Chellaney on India's Regional Renaissance

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 06:19:51 GMT

A popular narrative in the Trump era is that longstanding geopolitical arrangements are being upended. But New Delhi-based author, professor, and strategist Brahma Chellaney argues that India – with a booming economy and newly muscular foreign policy – is challenging the status quo at precisely the right time.

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Esther Ngumbi on the Soil-Poverty Nexus

Tue, 31 Jul 2018 07:09:17 GMT

Soil is fundamental to life on earth, and yet, degraded soil quality is threatening agricultural productivity around the world, particularly in Africa. University of Illinois soil scientist Esther Ngumbi says one of the best ways to reduce poverty and improve agricultural productivity is to empower the bacteria under our feet.

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Jim O'Neill on the Evolution of Global Governance

Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:33:08 GMT

The Western-led international order is in disarray, with this year’s chaotic G7 summit being an obvious case in point. But for Jim O’Neill, chair-elect of Chatham House, the public disagreement among allies was a sideshow; the real crisis is in the failure of global governance institutions to reflect economic reality.

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Dalia Marin on the Populist-Prosperity Paradox

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 08:24:29 GMT

The prevailing narrative used to explain political populism in the West is that some element of globalization is pushing voters to embrace right-wing, anti-establishment parties. But as Dalia Marin of the Center for Economic and Policy Research argues, that can't explain why populists are gaining strength in Germany.Interested in learning more? We recently spoke to ECFR's Mark Leonard about Italy's recent elections and the populist threat to the EU. Tune in here: https://apple.co/2MChQ9G.

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Mark Leonard on Italy and the Future of Europe

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 10:17:44 GMT

Following the United Kingdom’s Brexit vote and the rise of populists in Central Europe, does the emergence of a Euroskeptic government in Italy represent a test too far for the European Union? Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, says that all roads for Europe now lead through Rome.Read more from Mark Leonard here --> http://prosyn.org/aa6fkOv

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Kent Harrington on Trump’s Intelligence Antipathy

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 07:56:13 GMT

Throughout American history, “intelligence” has been a valuable commodity in politics and war, helping nearly every president since Washington gain an edge in global affairs. Donald Trump has proven the exception, and, as former CIA analyst Kent Harrington warns, that could have serious consequences for American security.

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Richard Haass on Trump’s North Korean Strategy

Tue, 22 May 2018 10:32:08 GMT

The planned summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is one of the most anticipated bilateral engagements of the twenty-first century. But as Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations notes, the optimism, while warranted, should not overshadow the hard work that remains.

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Adrienne Klasa Unpacks Ramaphosa's Agenda in South Africa

Tue, 08 May 2018 07:48:12 GMT

Only three months into his presidency, South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa has already earned high marks for his economic and political reforms. But, as the Financial Times’ Adrienne Klasa notes, Ramaphosa’s biggest tests lie ahead, as he seeks to maintain momentum ahead of next year’s national election.**Read more on the situation here --> http://bit.ly/2rxvKk2

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Quratulain Fatima on Gender and Politics in Pakistan

Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:30:46 GMT

Nearly a century after women around the world began gaining the right to vote, their descendants are demanding an end to harassment and abuse, and governments and businesses are taking action. But as gender development specialist Quratulain Fatima notes, Pakistan is a troubling exception to the global trend.

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Minxin Pei on the Rise of Emperor Xi

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 08:25:12 GMT

In March, China’s National People’s Congress rubber-stamped the elimination of presidential term limits, clearing the way for President Xi Jinping to lead for life. Sinologist Minxin Pei says while the move will centralize the Communist Party’s authority, the president’s strongman tactics could come back to haunt him.

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Alexandra Borchardt on Free Speech in the Filtered Age

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:05:24 GMT

On January 1, Germany became a global test bed for efforts to police hate speech online. Alexandra Borchardt, a media expert and Director of Strategic Development at the Reuters Institute, says while the German approach isn’t perfect, it is an important first step in tackling a corrosive social problem.Listen to all episodes from your favorite podcast app, and subscribe via Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, or RSS Feed.

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Ambassador Christopher Hill on Syria's Stalemate and Trump's Middle East

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:02:54 GMT

Syria's bloody stalemate enters its eighth year on March 15. Hundreds of thousands have died, and millions have been displaced. Solutions have evaded the international community, and as Syria descends deeper into despair, a dangerous proxy war is threatening to pull even more actors in.Our guest today spent much of his career bringing American diplomacy to some of the world's most intractable crises - from the Balkans to North Korea to Iraq. Today, Ambassador Christopher Hill is a professor at the University of Denver, and Chief Adviser to the Chancellor for Global Engagement.

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Princeton's Harold James Asks: Will AI Make Us Stupid?

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:31:33 GMT

While smart people disagree on what artificial intelligence will mean for humanity, there is little question that AI will change how people work, relax, and relate to one another. Harold James thinks that some of these changes will be less welcome than others.In this episode, host Greg Bruno discusses a recent column by guest Harold James. Read it here --> http://bit.ly/2BjXY4u

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Atul Gawande Asks Katherine Semrau How We Can Improve Maternal and Newborn Health

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 09:16:52 GMT

Surgeon and writer Atul Gawande interviews Katherine Semrau, an epidemiologist who leads the Better Birth program at Ariadne Labs, about how to improve maternal and newborn health worldwide in a special edition of PS Editors' Podcast.

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Nina Khrushcheva on Russia in 2018 and Beyond

Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:43:49 GMT

With President Vladimir Putin the only viable candidate in the presidential election in March, a fourth term is all but guaranteed. Yet, as The New School’s Nina Khrushcheva explains, what isn’t certain is what another six years of Putin’s rule will mean for Russia, Europe, and the world.

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CFR's Rachel Vogelstein on the Economic Case for Gender Equality

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:08:04 GMT

The intersection of gender and power is among the most important social and political issues of our time. But as the Council on Foreign Relations’ Rachel Vogelstein argues, gender equality is an economic as well as a moral imperative.** Learn more about the issue by reading Rachel Vogelstein's column in Foreign Affairs magazine: http://fam.ag/2mAQBAt.

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Andrew Sheng on China’s Corruption Conundrum

Wed, 27 Dec 2017 10:08:11 GMT

Vows to target corruption are as old as the modern Chinese state itself, but President Xi Jinping has made rooting it out a signature piece of his governing strategy. As PS contributor Andrew Sheng notes, Xi’s program is both welcomed by the Chinese public, and necessary for securing the Communist Party’s continued legitimacy.

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Harvard’s Jeffrey Frankel Measures the GOP’s Tax Plan

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 14:32:51 GMT

Jeffrey Frankel, a professor at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a former member of President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers, outlines the five criteria he uses to judge the efficacy of tax reform efforts. And in his view, the US Republicans’ most recent offering fails miserably.

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Keetie Roelen on the Psychosocial Side of Poverty

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 10:11:25 GMT

Solutions to poverty are varied, and include improvements to education, agriculture, health care, and even transportation. But as Keetie Roelen, co-director of the Center for Social Protection at the Institute of Development Studies, in Brighton, England, argues, another aspect of poverty – the sense of shame that it imposes – receives far less attention than it should.

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PS Voice: Niels Thygesen on Eurozone Fiscal Policy

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:22:05 GMT

Niels Thygesen, Chair of the European Fiscal Board, discusses the Board's first report to the European Commission with Bill Emmott, author of The Fate of the West, and Marie Charrel of Le Monde.

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Manuel Muñiz Says Economic Growth Is No Longer Enough

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 10:19:50 GMT

As new technologies subject the world’s economies to massive structural change, wages are no longer playing the central redistributive role they once did. Manuel Muñiz, Dean of the IE School of International Relations in Madrid and a Senior Associate at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, says that unless this decoupling of productivity and wages is addressed, the political convulsions many countries are experiencing will only intensify.

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PS Voice: Paola Subacchi on Financial Stability

Thu, 05 Oct 2017 09:17:55 GMT

Paola Subacchi, Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, discusses financial stability, China, Brexit, and Italy with PS Contributing Editor John Andrews, Financial News columnist David Wighton, and Andre Verissimo, Managing Editor of Portugal’s Jornal do Negòcios.

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PS Voice: Yanis Varoufakis on Negotiating with the EU

Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:39:13 GMT

Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance minister, discusses how to negotiate with the EU and his proposal to introduce fiscal money with Anatole Kaletsky, Co-Chairman of Gavekal Draganomics, David Alandete, Managing Editor of El Pais, and Torsten Riecke, Handelsblatt’s international correspondent.

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PS Voice: Yanis Varoufakis on China

Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:31:58 GMT

Greece’s former finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, discusses China’s growing role in Southern Europe and EU politics with Anatole Kaletsky, Co-Chairman of Gavekal Draganomics, David Alandete, Managing Editor of El Pais, and Torsten Riecke, Handelsblatt’s international correspondent.

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Philippe Legrain on the Brexit Negotiations

Thu, 31 Aug 2017 12:24:57 GMT

Brexit seldom makes global headlines anymore, but the UK’s divorce from the EU continues, though with a few surprises. PS contributor and former economic adviser at the European Commission Philippe Legrain joins our show with an update on the state of play, and what the current talks in Brussels reveal about possible outcomes.

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Hannah Ryder on China’s (Non-Colonial) Interests in Africa

Tue, 15 Aug 2017 10:52:42 GMT

To call China a colonial power is to diminish the true horrors that were faced by colonized communities. But that does not mean that African countries can be complacent as Chinese actors continue to deepen their economic engagement with the continent.In this episode, PS associate editors Whitney Arana and Greg Bruno speak with Hannah Ryder, a former head of policy and partnerships for UNDP in China, about China in Africa.

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Helen Epstein Unpacks Uganda’s Refugee Crisis

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 11:28:37 GMT

With more than a million displaced people having found safety within Uganda’s borders, the region’s most willing supporter of refugees is feeling the strain. But a recent UN-backed effort to raise money for the crisis overlooks the fact that Uganda's president instigated many of the conflicts from which the refugees have fled. In this episode, PS editors Jonathan Stein and Whitney Arana speak with Helen Epstein, a professor at Bard College, about the real story behind the region’s current challenges.

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Yanis Varoufakis on a New Deal to Save the EU

Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Most experts agree that the euro is undermining the EU. To dismantle it, however, would be extremely costly, and federalization isn’t feasible in the current political climate. Instead, Yanis Varoufakis suggests a different path: simulating a functioning federation. In this episode, editors Whitney Arana and Jonathan Stein talk with the former Greek finance minister about his proposal to save the EU and his “New Deal” solution to some of the bloc’s most pressing challenges.

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The Struggle for Poland

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 08:23:00 GMT

The founder of Poland’s Krytyka Polityczna, Sławomir Sierakowski, unpacks Donald Trump's recent visit to Warsaw and the country's slide toward illiberalism with PS editors Whitney Arana and Jonathan Stein.Like what you hear? Please subscribe, rate, and review our podcasts.

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Tarek Osman on the Arab World’s Coming Challenges

Mon, 03 Jul 2017 09:32:35 GMT

When it comes to the Middle East, it is no surprise that political leaders, diplomats, and the donor and humanitarian community typically focus on the here and now. Yet we must not lose sight of the future. In this episode, editors Whitney Arana and Jonathan Stein speak with Tarek Osman, a PS contributor, author, political economist, and broadcaster, on four trends likely to set off new problems in the region.Like what you hear? Please subscribe, rate, and review our podcasts.

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PS Voice: Chris Patten on a Life in Global Politics

Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:25:56 GMT

Chris Patten, the last Governor of Hong Kong, discusses his memoir "First Confession" with Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, and François Bougon of Le Monde.Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review our podcasts!

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PS Voice: Trump and the Liberal World Order, with Joseph Nye

Fri, 16 Jun 2017 09:11:45 GMT

Harvard’s Joseph Nye discusses Donald Trump’s impact on international affairs with Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, Le Monde’s Gaidz Minassian, and Yuya Yokobori from Yomiuri Shimbun.Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review our podcasts!

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Should Investors Still Buy Venezuelan Bonds?

Tue, 30 May 2017 15:29:26 GMT

After Goldman Sachs purchased $2.8 billion in Venezuelan bonds, many were quick to point out the deal's adverse effects on the country's people. PS editors Whitney Arana and Jonathan Stein discuss the matter, using analysis from a recent column by Ricardo Hausmann, a former minister of planning of Venezuela. He proposes a way out for index investors wanting to finance emerging markets, but not odious regimes. Read Hausmann's column at http://bit.ly/2qm7sHR. Like what you hear? Please subscribe, rate, and review our podcasts.

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Where US Manufacturing Jobs Really Went

Thu, 11 May 2017 07:51:08 GMT

In the decade between 1999 and 2009, the number of jobs in manufacturing fell from 17 million to 12 million, giving rise to the idea that the US economy suddenly stopped working – at least for blue-collar males – at the turn of the century. But it is wrong to suggest that previously all was well in US manufacturing. PS editors Whitney Arana and Stuart Whatley discuss misconceptions in trade deals and job losses, as well as the rise of robots. This episode features analysis and insight from UC Berkeley economic historian Brad DeLong. You can read his most recent columns at http://prosyn.org/fASM5JK and http://prosyn.org/dgJREMj.Like what you hear? Please subscribe, rate, and review our podcasts.

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PS Voice: The Fate of the West, with Bill Emmott

Tue, 02 May 2017 10:13:30 GMT

Bill Emmott, former Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, discusses identity politics, corporate power, and his latest book with PS Contributing Editor John Andrews, Financial News columnist David Wighton, and Christoph Winder from Der Standard.

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100 Days of Trump

Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:50:01 GMT

As the Trump presidency reaches its one-hundredth day on April 29, PS editors Jonathan Stein and Whitney Arana take opposing views of the situation and ask: But what about North Korea?Like what you hear? Please subscribe, rate, and review our podcasts.

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President Le Pen?

Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:41:16 GMT

Marine Le Pen is the candidate most likely to advance to the second round of France's presidential elections. So why hasn’t the EU made plans to deal with the nightmare scenario of her ultimate victory?PS editors Jonathan Stein and Whitney Arana discuss the upcoming French presidential elections, with insights from recent commentaries by Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Zaki Laïdi, professor of International Relations at L'Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). Read their columns here: http://prosyn.org/IKd8gjB and http://prosyn.org/S4AI24iWe want to hear from you! Please subscribe, rate, and review our podcasts.

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PS Voice: Economist Nouriel Roubini on Germany and Switzerland

Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:04:46 GMT

In this second installment of PS Voice with Nouriel Roubini, the renowned economist discusses Germany's role in the EU, and pressures on the Swiss franc with journalists Melanie Loos of BILANZ and Mathias Ohanian of Handelszeitung.

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PS Voice: Protectionism, Trump and the Future of Europe, with Nouriel Roubini

Tue, 04 Apr 2017 14:49:53 GMT

Professor at NYU and Chairman of Roubini Macro Associates Nouriel Roubini sits down with PS to discuss Trump and his protectionist policies, Brexit, and further trouble in the EU.Keep up to date with PS podcasts by subscribing to our SoundCloud channel: www.soundcloud.com/projectsyndicate.

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What’s Better Than a Border Adjustment Tax?

Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:55:10 GMT

Donald Trump is set to drastically shake up the American tax system by implementing a border adjustment tax. But are the rewards overwhelmed by the risks? PS editors Jonathan Stein and Whitney Arana discuss the implications, highlighting work by PS columnist and Chief Economist of Allianz SE Michael Heise. Read his recent column here: http://prosyn.org/NNwiyxFLike what you hear? Please subscribe, rate, and review our podcasts.

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A Tax on Robots?

Thu, 02 Mar 2017 11:00:30 GMT

As automation forces more people out of work, should robots offset costs by paying taxes? PS editors Jonathan Stein and Whitney Arana discuss alternative options, including former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis' proposal for a universal basic dividend. Read the column here: http://bit.ly/2mvxDdlLike what you hear? Please subscribe, rate, and review our podcasts.

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PS Voice: Fixing the American Economy, with Jeffrey Sachs

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:42:19 GMT

Columbia Professor Jeffrey Sachs joins PS Voice to discuss the path toward a more productive and fair American economy.

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Restoring Faith in Globalization

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 10:27:52 GMT

Thanks to globalization, the past 70 years was arguably the best quarter-century in human history. In this week's episode, PS editors Jonathan Stein and Whitney Arana discuss free trade backlash, as highlighted in Carl Bildt and Arvind Subramanian's latest columns. Read the columns here: http://prosyn.org/WuO7Dbv and http://prosyn.org/79lvYSgLike what you hear? Please subscribe, rate, and review our podcasts.

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How to Be a Misleader

Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:43:34 GMT

In the inaugural episode of PS Editors' Podcast, PS editors Whitney Arana and Jonathan Stein discuss the glaring incompetencies of the Trump administration, as highlighted in Lucy Marcus' most recent column for Project Syndicate, How to Be a Misleader. | http://prosyn.org/gdZTEzP

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PS Voice: China on the World Stage

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

As the United States and the European Union grapple with domestic issues, will China become the world's next leader? Minxin Pei, Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, joins PS Voice to discuss.

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PS Voice: Trump, Putin and the Truth

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 13:32:59 GMT

Russia expert and Professor of International Affairs, Nina Khrushcheva, discusses US/Russia relations under Putin and Trump. With Nina is Arnout Brouwers from the Dutch publication de Volkskrant, and Krister Paris from Estonia’s Eesti Päevaleht. John Andrews, formerly of The Economist, moderates.

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PS Voice: Unpacking Brexit, with Shashi Tharoor

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 08:17:16 GMT

Former UN Under-Secretary-General Shashi Tharoor, an MP for the Indian National Congress, unpacks Brexit.

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PS Voice: The Obama Legacy

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 08:14:42 GMT

What is Obama’s legacy and what’s at stake now that Trump is at the helm? Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, discusses with PS contributing editor John Andrews and Slawomir Sierakowski of Krytyka Polityczna.

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PS Voice: Foreign Policy Under President Trump?

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 08:13:05 GMT

Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, discusses Trump’s Foreign Policy, Populism, and Brexit with PS contributing editor John Andrews, Slawomir Sierakowski of Krytyka Polityczna, and Leonardo Maisano of Il Sole 24 Ore.

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PS Voice: The Super Germ Threat

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 08:09:52 GMT

In the latest edition of PS Voice, Jim O’Neill discusses how to beat antimicrobial resistance, which threatens millions of lives, with Gavekal Dragonomics’ Anatole Kaletsky and Leonardo Maisano of Il Sole 24 Ore.

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PS Voice: BRICS, Brexit and more, with Jim O'Neill

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 08:07:42 GMT

Jim O’Neill discusses BRICS and Brexit with Gavekal Dragonomics’ Anatole Kaletsky, Jennifer Nille of L’Echo, and Leonardo Maisano of Il Sole 24 Ore on the latest edition of PS On Air.

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