The Doorstep | Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

A program of Carnegie Council's U.S. Global Engagement Initiative, The Doorstep is an event series and podcast showcasing how global news impacts your daily life. Hosted by award-winning professor of journalism Tatiana Serafin and international relations scholar Nikolas Gvosdev, The Doorstep seeks to broaden listener perspectives on global affairs.

Listeners are encouraged to send questions in via Twitter to @DoorstepPodcast, or @CarnegieCouncil, or via [email protected].

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MAR 22, 2023 • Podcast

How Feminist Foreign Policy Can Reshape the Globe, with Kristina Lunz

In the second conversation of our Women's History Month podcast series, Kristina Lunz, co-CEO and co-founder of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy, joins "Doorstep" ...

Hosted by Nikolas K. Gvosdev & Tatiana Serafin

MAR 15, 2023 • Podcast

Closing the Global Gender Gap, with Eliza Reid

For Women's History Month, "The Doorstep" is highlighting steps being taken for greater global gender equality. What can societies do to increase the pace of ...

Hosted by Nikolas K. Gvosdev & Tatiana Serafin

MAR 8, 2023 • Podcast

Re-engaging Africa, with The New School's Sean Jacobs

At the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in December, President Joe Biden signaled that "Africa's success is the world's success." The New School’s Sean ...

Hosted by Nikolas K. Gvosdev & Tatiana Serafin

FEB 22, 2023 • Podcast

How the Ukraine-Russia War Has Changed the U.S., with Dr. Alex S. Vindman

Alex S. Vindman, former director for European affairs at the National Security Council, joins "The Doorstep" to assess how the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war has affected ...

Hosted by Nikolas K. Gvosdev & Tatiana Serafin

FEB 10, 2023 • Podcast

India Rising, with Harvard's Prof. Tarun Khanna

With India now at helm of the G20 and a summit set for New Delhi in September, the South Asian nation is stepping up its ...

Hosted by Nikolas K. Gvosdev & Tatiana Serafin

FEB 1, 2023 • Podcast

Sanctions Loopholes, Rerouting Trade, & Russia's War Machine, with Rachel Ziemba

Leading up to the one-year anniversary of Russia's second invasion of Ukraine, Rachel Ziemba, head of Ziemba Insights and adjunct senior fellow at the Center ...

Hosted by Nikolas K. Gvosdev & Tatiana Serafin

JAN 19, 2023 • Podcast

Ideology in U.S. Foreign Relations, with Christopher McKnight Nichols

From racialized notions of subjecthood and civilization in the 18th century to the neoconservatism, neoliberalism, and unilateralism of the 21st century, ideology drives American foreign ...

Hosted by Nikolas K. Gvosdev & Tatiana Serafin

JAN 11, 2023 • Podcast

Will 2023 Be the Year of Global Power Shifts? with Judah Grunstein

Judah Grunstein, editor-in-chief of "World Politics Review," joins "Doorstep" co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin for his annual review of global power shifts. The past 12 ...

Hosted by Nikolas K. Gvosdev & Tatiana Serafin

DEC 14, 2022 • Podcast

Blind Spot: The Global Rise of Unhappiness and How Leaders Missed It, with Jon Clifton

Although pundits and politicians pay close attention to measures like GDP or unemployment, almost no one tracks citizens' wellbeing. Gallup CEO Jon Clifton discusses this "...

Hosted by Nikolas K. Gvosdev & Tatiana Serafin

NOV 16, 2022 • Podcast

Personality and Power: Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe, with Ian Kershaw

Throughout the 20th century, European leaders from Stalin to Mussolini, from Gorbachev to Thatcher, and more, have shifted global narratives by sheer force of will. ...

Hosted by Nikolas K. Gvosdev & Tatiana Serafin