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JUN 24, 2016 Podcast

The Needs of Refugee Women and Children in the Global Humanitarian Crisis

In this powerful talk, executive director Sarah Costa explains the work of the Women's Refugee Commission, and discusses the current crisis. The numbers are staggering: ...

JUN 24, 2016 Podcast

Islam and Pluralism in Indonesia

"It's going on 20 years that Indonesia has been engaged in a very important experiment, which is to create a democracy in a Muslim-majority place," explains ...

JUN 23, 2016 Podcast

Global Ethics Forum Preview: The Geopolitics of the Iran Nuclear Deal with Karim Sadjadpour

Next time on Global Ethics Forum, Carnegie Endowment’s Karim Sadjadpour discusses the winners and losers of the Iran nuclear deal. In this excerpt, Sadjadpour ...

JUN 23, 2016 Podcast

Time to Wake Up

"The story of our failure on climate change is a story of our failure to understand the truly manipulative and evil effects of money in ...

JUN 22, 2016 Podcast

Move Over, Black Swan: Here Comes the Gray Rhino

Black swans are unforeseeable, but gray rhinos are the looming threats right in front of our noses that we choose to ignore, says policy analyst ...

JUN 16, 2016 Podcast

Global Ethics Forum Preview: Refugees on Turkey's Borders: Consequences of Chaos in Syria

Next time on Global Ethics Forum, Brookings Institution's Kemal Kirişci discusses the global consequences of the Syrian war and the refugee crisis. In this ...

JUN 15, 2016 Podcast

Panama Papers in Perspective: Tracing Illicit Capital Flows

In this Institute of Current World Affairs speech on May 20, with the sensational revelations from the "Panama Papers" still emerging, Krishen Mehta, a longtime friend ...

JUN 14, 2016 Podcast

The Invention of Russia: The Journey from Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War

When the Soviet Union fell 25 years ago, Gorbachev spoke of "living in a new world" where Russia would no longer interfere in other countries' affairs. ...

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JUN 13, 2016 Podcast

"We Love Death as You Love Life": Britain's Suburban Terrorists

What drives people in the UK to become terrorists or jihadist fighters? Pantucci's years of research into this problem has implications for all Western countries.  ...

JUN 9, 2016 Podcast

Global Ethics Forum Preview: A Conversation with Sarah Chayes on Corruption and Global Security

Next time on Global Ethics Forum, Carnegie Endowment's Sarah Chayes discusses corruption in Nigeria, Afghanistan, Egypt, and beyond. In this excerpt, Chayes, the author of "...