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United Nations headquarters in New York City. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mononoke/225965762">Ashitaka San</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">(CC)</a>

JUN 1, 2016 Podcast

An Evaluation of Gender Balance in the Leadership of the UN Secretariat

"We see the UN come out time and time again for a need for gender parity, not only within its organization, but at the state ...

MAY 31, 2016 Podcast

The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers

In over 20 years at the CDC, Dr. Ali Khan battled Ebola, SARS, and other deadly diseases. But, as he reveals in this fascinating talk, what ...

MAY 26, 2016 Podcast

Return to Cold War

Columbia's Robert Legvold argues that the United States and Russia are, indeed, in a new Cold War with plenty of blame for both sides. And ...

Around the Bataclan, Paris, November 2015. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmenj/22442015744" target="_blank">JeanneMenjoulet&Cie</a>

MAY 24, 2016 Article

The Symbiotic Relationship between Western Media and Terrorism

Mass media and terrorism have become ever more intertwined in a mutually beneficial relationship often described as 'symbiotic.' This column examines that dynamic and ...

MAY 23, 2016 Article

Obama at Hiroshima

The president's visit to Hiroshima to affirm his commitment to a world without nuclear weapons is no doubt a legacy-burnishing gesture, writes Rosenthal. "Yet there ...