International Horizons

International Horizons is a podcast of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies that brings scholarly expertise to bear on our understanding of international issues.   The International Horizons podcast is our latest effort to bring our research and scholarship to a broader public.

With John Torpey on sabbatical this year, the host of the podcast will be interim director of the Ralph Bunche Institute, Eli Karetny

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Our latest episodes

Podcast: How is the State Surveilling and Manipulating us These Days?

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI Acting Director Eli Karetny interviews Jacob Siegel, writer, Army veteran, and author of ...

Podcast: The Cave and the Coalition: Philosophy, Populism, and the MAGA New Right

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI's Acting Director Eli Karetny sits down with political theorist Laura Field to trace ...

Trump, the UN Charter, and the Strange Politics of International Law

International law scholars are often among the sharpest critics of the Trump administration—but what if the usual story misses something ...

Liberalism as a Way of Life: Freedom, Generosity, and the Crisis of Meaning

What happens when liberalism stops feeling like a victory and starts feeling like an exhaustion?In this episode of International Horizons, ...

Inside Jobs: How Great Powers Meddle in Other Countries’ Elections

From Argentina’s recent vote under the shadow of a threatened $20 billion U.S. aid package to Russia’s covert operations in ...

Can America Still Lead? Foreign Policy in an Age of Division with Joel Rubin

What happens when America loses its foreign-policy playbook? RBI acting director Eli Karetny talks with veteran diplomat and policy strategist ...

The Technological Soul: Alex Priou on Modernity, Ideology, and the Limits of Reason

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI acting director Eli Karetny speaks with Alex Priou, Professor of Political Philosophy at ...

Kubrick’s Worlds: Power, Paranoia, and the Politics of the Human Condition

In this episode of International Horizons, Interim Director Eli Karetny speaks with film scholar Nathan Abrams about the enduring relevance ...

Illiberalism, Putin, and the Politics of Religion

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI interim director Eli Karetny speaks with Marlene Laruelle, Research Professor at George Washington ...

Authoritarian Ideas, Old and New: From Schmitt to “JD”

On this episode of International Horizons, RBI Acting Director, Eli Karetny talks with Richard Wolin (Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center) ...

Is the U.S. helping speed up its own decline? with Damon Linker

We begin the new season of International Horizons by asking a crucial question: is the U.S. helping speed up its ...

What We Get Wrong About Iran, with Vali Nasr

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey talks with Vali Nasr, Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs ...

The Good Father Syndrome: Why Strongmen Still Seduce?

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey speaks with Stephen Hanson and Jeffrey Kopstein, co-authors of The Assault ...

Populism, Power and the Crisis of Globalism

What explains the growing divide between elites and the broader public in democracies across Europe and the United States? In ...

Walls, Warnings, and the War on Fentanyl

In this episode of International Horizons, Peter Andreas, John Hay Professor of International Studies at Brown University and author of Border Games: ...

Human Rights in the Trump Era

In this episode of International Horizons, Kenneth Roth, former longtime executive director of Human Rights Watch, joins RBI director John ...

Fractured Alliances: Trump, Ukraine, and Europe’s Security Dilemma

In this episode, RBI director John Torpey speaks with Estonian parliamentarian and defense expert Kalev Stoicescu about the recent tensions ...

Coup Attempts and Democratic Resistance: Lessons from Brazil

As Brazil moves toward trying former president Jair Bolsonaro for plotting a coup against democracy, the United States grapples with ...

The Internet, Power, and the Deep State

As the second Trump administration reshapes the U.S. government and its role in the world, how do technology, media, and ...

TrumpWorld: Canada, South Africa, Germany, and the Global Far-Right

In this episode of International Horizons, John Torpey talks with Heribert Adam, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Simon Fraser University in ...

American Higher Education Under the Second Trump Administration

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey speaks with Steven Brint, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public ...

Trump’s Second Term and Europe

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviews Nathalie Tocci, director of the Institute of International Affairs in ...

Transatlantic Tensions: Trump’s Return and Europe’s Far-Right Resurgence

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviews journalist Mattia Ferraresi about the implications of a potential ...

Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan: Can He Really Do It?

Kitty Calavita, Chancellor’s Professor Emerita of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine, discuss the historical context ...

Middle East on the Brink: Escalation, Diplomacy, and the Search for Stability

The current conflict in the Middle East has raised pressing concerns about the potential for a wider regional war. What ...

Shared Paths: Exploring Jewish and Muslim Experiences in America

This week on International Horizons, John Torpey, Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute, speaks with sociologists Mucahit Bilici and Samuel Heilman ...

The UN and its discrete diplomacy in peacemaking

This week on International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey interviews Bertrand Ramcharan, former top UN diplomat and author of the ...

The Far-Right Threat in German Politics

The recent elections in eastern Germany, where the Alternative for Germany (AfD) became the first far-right party to win a ...

International Horizons: Are we experiencing a crisis of culture?

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey spoke with Olivier Roy, professor of social and political sciences ...

Notes from the Field: A Personal View of the War on Gaza

We start this season of International Horizons with an interview with Dr. Eli Karetny, an American political scientist and administrative ...

The Social Acceptance of Inequality

On this episode of International Horizons, Francesco Duina, Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology at Bates College and Luca Storti, ...

The Climate Crisis as a Problem of Collective Action

In this episode of International Horizons, Professor Dana Fisher, Director of the Center for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE) and ...

What does Biden’s temporary suspension of offensive arms transfers mean for US-Israeli relations?

Charles Blaha, a former State Department expert on the vetting of U.S. weapons transfers to other countries, helps us understand ...

The Rhetoric of Crisis in Israel-Palestine

This week, RBI Director John Torpey speaks with Amos Goldberg, Professor of Holocaust History at the Department of Jewish History and ...

Words of Attack

Rhetoric Against Liberal Democratic Values with James McAdams. With a presidential campaign in the US just around the corner and ...

Why Should We Preserve Memory of the Holocaust?

Wojtek Soczewica has led the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation since 2019, near the site of the killing fields. The Foundation aims at the ...

Citizenship Across Time and Space with David Jacobson

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey discusses the past and future of citizenship with David Jacobson, ...

How can we reach international consensus on AI regulation?

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviews Gabriele Mazzini, a lawyer and officer of the European ...

How Democracies Die . . . and How They May Survive with Daniel Ziblatt

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviews Daniel Ziblatt, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government ...

Why is right-wing extremism so widespread in Italy?

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviews Marla Stone, a historian of Italian fascism at Occidental ...

“War is What you Make of It” with Neta Crawford

We begin this new season of International Horizons with an interview by RBI Director John Torpey with Neta Crawford from ...

Is Poland back on track? The challenges for the new government.

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI's Director John Torpey interviews Grzegorz Ekiert, Chair of the Center for European Studies ...

The Everyday life behind Berlin Wall

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviews historian and journalist Katja Hoyer about her book Beyond ...

Israel, Hamas, and American Jews in a Time of War

On today’s episode of International Horizons, Ralph Bunche Institute Director John Torpey speaks with Jodi Rudoren, editor-in-chief of the Forward ...

The U.S. State Department and Ever-Changing Global Politics

In this episode of International Horizons, Ralph Bunche Institute Director John Torpey interviews Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public ...

Iran, Hamas and Israel: The Perils of Overreaction

In this episode of International Horizons, Colin Clarke, director of research at the Soufan Center, discusses the possible trajectories of ...

From the Invention of Passport to the Golden Passport

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviewed Kirstin Surak professor at the London School of Economics, ...

AI, post-truth, and cultural transformation

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey talks with economists Luciana Lazzaretti and Stefania Oliva of the ...

Resentment: The complexity of an emotion and its effect on politics

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviews Rob Schneider, Professor of History at Indiana University-Bloomington, about ...

Should we be optimistic about global governance? On the future of the UN with the ICG’s UN Director Richard Gowan

This week on International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviewed Richard Gowan, UN director of the International Crisis Group.  Gowan ...

Global inequality: Are we really measuring what we should be measuring?

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviewed Jayati Ghosh, professor of economics at the University of ...

India, a Non-aligned member of the International System?

We kick off our Fall 2023 season of International Horizons with Upendra Choudhury from Aligarh Muslim University discussing the role ...

UN Administrative and Bureaucratic Politics

Join us for a conversation with Katja Hemmerich, expert on the United Nations. The session will be chaired by HRH ...

Negotiating Decolonization

The Limits of a Fairy Tale with Valerie Rosoux In this episode of International Horizons, Valerie Rosoux, Research Director at the ...

Podcast Interview: The Third UN

An Interview with RBI's emeritus director Thomas Weiss and Tatiana Carayannis Tatiana Carayannis and Thomas G. Weiss' book The "Third" United ...

The Whys and Wherefores of Migration with James Hollifield

This week on International Horizons, James Hollifield, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Tower Center for Political Studies, Southern Methodist ...

Algeria and France: Grievances and the effects of Decolonialism

In this episode of International Horizons, RBI's director, John Torpey interviewed Laetitia Bucaille about the factors that explain variation in ...

The Everyday Feminist with Latanya Mapp

Equality between the sexes has long been recognized as a fundamental moral and legal objective of the UN, and more ...

What can China’s identity politics tell us about affirmative action? with Yan Sun

n this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviews Yan Sun, Professor of Chinese politics at Queens College ...

Why do Transatlantic Relations Matter? General Consul of Germany David Gill in the 2023 Otto and Fran Walter Lecture

This week on International Horizons, we present RBI's director John Torpey interview to David Gill, General Consul of Germany in ...

RBI Director John Torpey to Receive Award for Excellence in International Exchange

Presidential Professor John Torpey, Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and the European Union Studies Center, will ...

Solving Public Problems. A Discussion with Beth Noveck

In this episode of International Horizons, we present the recording of a book talk by John Torpey, Ralph Bunche Institute ...

Two wrongs don’t make a right but… US Lies and Media Reporting in the 2003 Iraq War

In this episode of International Horizons, journalist and UN director of Human Rights Watch Louis Charbonneau describes the US government ...

The Role of Global South Women in shaping Global Governance

This week on International Horizons, Ellen Chesler interviews Rebecca Adami and Fatima Sator, editor and co-author of Women and the ...

“The world’s future will depend on Africa having a good future” Birth rates and the future of social movements

This week on International Horizons, Jack Goldstone, Virginia E. and John T. Hazel, Jr. Chair Professor of Public Policy at ...

Bauman, Virtuosos, Liquid Love and the Refugee Crisis in Eastern Europe: The Eclectic Research Agenda of Izabela Wagner

In this episode of International Horizons, we are joined by Izabela Wagner of the Institute of Sociology at the Collegium ...

Why should cultural heritage be protected? Preserving our common history

Where people are killed and abused in warfare and violent conflict, artifacts of cultural heritage are often destroyed and mistreated ...

Where is the Left? The rise and decline of social democratic movements

Populism, nationalism, and ethnic and religious chauvinism stalk the global landscape; culture wars pervade the political scene; and democracy stagnates, ...

A Left Turn? The Politics of Latin America Today

This week, RBI director John Torpey interviews Enrique Desmond Arias, a professor of political science at Baruch College and the ...

Contextualizing the Iranian Protests

The Role of Women in Leading the Change Western sanctions have slowed Iran's economy, causing protests against the absence of ...

How did the pandemic transform workers and work?

The pandemic brought to the fore a group of workers deemed “essential” – frontline healthcare workers, restaurant employees, slaughterhouse workers, ...

Involution and Negative Equilibrium: explaining the ongoing conflict in the Congo

This week on International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey is joined by Jason Stearns, assistant professor of international studies at ...

Is China’s Communist Party threatened by the Protests? With William Hurst

Nationwide protests against Covid-related restrictions broke out recently in China following years of a “Zero-Covid” policy imposed by the Chinese ...

Protests in Iran: Maybe not the Tocqueville paradox. With Ali Ansari

In mid-September of this year, a young Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini died under suspicious circumstances after her arrest by ...

What is the Role of Europe in the Changing World Order?

The transatlantic relationship, arguably the bedrock of the world’s post-World War II international security architecture, came under significant threat during ...

What is the Future of Populism? With Umut Korkut

The world's wealthier countries have in recent years faced challenges from right-wing populist parties and movements that may rejuvenate origins ...

Can We Square the Circle? Universalism versus communitarianism with Emmanuel Dalle Mulle and Ivan Serrano

The political Left has long faced tension regarding its universalistic commitments and those to the nation it inhabits. The dilemma ...

Observations about the hard-born wisdom of old age with David Troyansky

The world's population has just passed the 8 billion mark and an increasing proportion of those people are old, including ...

A most similar comparison: The authoritarianism of Poland and Hungary with Edit Zgut-Przybylska

The leadership of Hungary and Poland seemingly shared the same playbook when it came to undermining judicial independence, consolidating electoral ...

What is the role of minorities in the modern state? with Fernand de Varennes

The existence of minorities has been an unavoidable reality of the creation of nation states that almost always have a ...

How to avoid more damage from the Russian war on Ukraine? with Marcus Stanley

The Western coalition supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia has so far been thought to be solid and reliable, ...

Is Italy going fascist again? What to expect from Prime Minister Meloni with Andrea Mammone

Italy has just held an election in which it appears that a far-right candidate from a post-fascist Party has won, ...

Quo Vadis Britannia; where is Britain going? With Adrian Favell

The United Kingdom has experienced a number of epochal transitions of late, starting with its departure from the European Union ...

Sri Lanka: Meet the new dynast, same as the old dynast with Farzana Haniffa

Sri Lanka has recently endured tremendous political and economic turmoil with severe shortages of goods and fuel leading to the ...

Closer to a standstill on Ukraine: Time for decision with Amb Roman Popadiuk

We open this season of International Horizons with former US Ambassador to Ukraine Roman Popadiuk, who talked to RBI Director ...

The role of religion in shaping political views, especially on abortion — with Amy Adamczyk

In this episode of International Horizons, sociologist Amy Adamczyk of CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice discusses the role ...

Achievements and challenges of LGBTQ+ people with Adrian Coman

In this episode, LGBTQ activist Adrian Coman talks to John Torpey, Presidential Professor of Sociology and History at the Graduate ...

How is American exceptionalism reflected in sports? With Andrei Markovits

The US women's soccer team recently reached a deal with the owners of American Professional Soccer for pay equity with ...

“We don’t know what we don’t know about Africa” with Ebenezer Obadare

Africa has grown economically in recent years in such a way that many of its populations now enjoy both the ...
Depoliticization of International Organizations: between functional necessity and pragmatism with Marieke Louis and Lucile Maertens

Depoliticization of International Organizations: between functional necessity and pragmatism with Marieke Louis and Lucile Maertens

This week, RBI director John Torpey talked with Marieke Louis and Lucile Maertens about the trending depoliticization of international organizations ...

The Polish Response to the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis with Rand Richards Cooper

Some 12 million Ukrainians – a quarter of the population -- have been forced to flee their homes or their ...

Propaganda, protest, and repression in Russia: an insiders look with Anna Zhelnina

How do Russians feel about the war in Ukraine? What information are they getting about the war? What about the ...

Ivan Krastev on how the Invasion of Ukraine is Transforming Europe & Transatlantic Relations

This week, International Horizons showcases an interview by RBI and EU Studies Center director John Torpey with political scientist Ivan Krastev about how Russia’s ...

The China threat is not existential, but it is significant. With Andy Nathan

China has become a powerful global actor with what increasingly seems like a potential claim to global primacy. Is it ...

How did Orban win a fourth term? Illiberal democracy in Hungary with David Jancsics

Hungary's Viktor Orban, the originator of the notion of illiberal democracy, has now been re-elected for four more years as ...

The war in Ukraine and its consequences for the global food supply with Catherine Bertini

Russia's war on Ukraine has led to thousands of civilian deaths, thousands more soldiers’ deaths and millions of refugees and ...

Why is the War on Ukraine Decisive for the Future of the West? With Metin Hakverdi

Two foreign and defense policy. In particular, it has agreed to substantially raise its military spending, as well as to ...

What you probably haven’t heard about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with Kadri Liik

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has created a military stalemate, perhaps soon to be called a quagmire, and a humanitarian ...

Resistance and Democratic Resilience in Myanmar and Ukraine with Marcus Brand

Marcus Brand, International IDEA’s Head of Programme for Myanmar and former UN Development Programme Ukraine Director, speaks with Ralph Bunche ...

Lessons from previous conflicts for the Russian invasion of Ukraine with Daisaku Higashi

How can previous conflicts inform what is happening in Ukraine? What is the credibility of the UN in conflict mediation? ...

“It is not irrational — It’s about Putin’s Legacy”: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine with Julie George

What is Putin’s mental state? Is this the autumn of Putinism? Is the invasion a legitimate response to NATO expansion? ...

Gender Equality as an Essential Element in Securing Peace and Prosperity with Noeleen Heyzer

Ellen Chesler talks with former director of UNIFEM Noeleen Heyzer about what was to be a woman in leadership, the ...

China Goes to Hollywood: China-US competition for soft power with Erich Schwartzel

What do the patches in Tom Cruise’s jacket tell us about China? How is China shaping the entertainment? What do ...

What Populism Really is: Framings and Misunderstandings with Jan-Werner Müller

In the United States and Europe we live today in what seems to be a sea of populism; some on ...

Humans, the first species to turn its food supply into a health hazard: Diet for a Small Planet at 50 with Frances Moore Lappé

How is power linked to the way we eat? Has inequality boosted the amount of unhealthy food we consume? How ...

Pragmatism or ideology? A Historical Perspective on the Russia-Ukraine crisis with Susan Smith Peter

How are Russia and Ukraine tied historically? What are the narratives around the national identity of Ukrainians in relation to ...

Ibn Khaldun’s the Muqadimah: The Best Book You’ve Never Read

Ibn Khaldun, the late 14th century statesman and historian, is regarded as one of the earliest social scientists on the ...

Can the Human Rights Regime Survive a New World Order? The Past & Future of the Human Rights Agenda

How has the human rights movement developed into the international force that it is today? What ideological and material factors ...

You Wish Them a Good Day: Conspiracy Theories in the Age of Information with Joseph Uscinski

Are we in the golden age of conspiracy theories? How can society respond to dangerous theories, such as COVID conspiracy ...

The Crisis on the Poland-Belarus Border with Nick Micinski

What is behind the current standoff over refugees trying to enter Poland from Belarus? Why is the EU supporting Poland’s ...

How UN Peacekeeping Failures Shape Peace Processes? with Anjali Dayal

Why would warring parties turn to the UN, even when they don't have an interest in guaranteeing peace? Have rebel ...

The Coup in Sudan: From Reform to Resistance with Mohamed Osman

What conditions led to the recent coup in Sudan? Has the international community’s response had a significant impact on the ...

Opening Pandora’s Box with Katharina Pistor

Is legally avoiding taxes a smart thing to do, or is it dodging one’s social responsibility? Does tax avoidance treat ...

Do Humane Wars Lead to Forever Wars? with Sam Moyn

Have efforts to make war ‘humane’ made it easier for the United States to undertake military action? How do those ...

Keeping Czech Populism in Check with Petra Guasti

In the recent Czech elections, a broad coalition edged out the populist ANO (YES) party and changed the political landscape ...

Getting It Right The Role Of Intellectuals In Contemporary Far – Right Populism With Jim McAdams

Where do intellectuals fit within the recent resurgence in right-wing populism? What differentiates European and American far-right ideologies? How internationally ...

The Fuss Over AUKUS with Gareth Evans

What are the immediate and long-term political implications of the new Australia-UK-US cooperation agreement, providing Australia with nuclear submarines despite ...

Prospects for Afghanistan under the Taliban with Sarah Shah

What should we expect in Afghanistan’s future? How is the Taliban governing the country, and what challenges will they face? ...

Is Indonesia the next India? The Coronavirus Crisis in Indonesia with Dr. Irma Hidayana

How did Indonesia become the latest Covid-19 hot spot? Can the new wave of the virus be attributed to dangerous ...

How Do You Measure Equality for 50% of the Population? Gender Equality and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

The UN has long been one of the most important voices pushing for global gender equality. But how does the ...

You Brexit, You Fix It: the UK and the EU After Its Withdrawal with António Goucha Soares

On January 31, 2020, the UK voted to leave the European Union making it the first and only nation to ...

Winning Their Marbles? The Return of Cultural Heritage Objects

How do cultural artifacts end up outside their country of origin? What are the different approaches that are being taken ...

China’s Three Child Policy and What It Means for Demographic Change with Wang Feng

What does China’s newly announced three-child policy tell us about China’s changing demographics? What have been the economic and societal ...

The Biden Administration’s Approach to Human Rights in Africa and Asia with Scott Busby

What are the current policy objectives guiding the State Department’s foreign policy decisions? How has the US approach to China ...

The Eurovision Song Contest as a Cultural and Political Phenomenon

How are the Eurovision Song Contest and politics interconnected? How do countries use the song contest to promote their interests ...

Africa’s Experience with Covid-19 with Dr. Stephanie Salyer

Researchers at the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently analyzed Africa’s “second wave” of Covid-19 in The ...

The Anti-Government Protests in Colombia with Sandra Borda

How did recent protests against Colombia’s proposed tax reforms turn into chaos? What differentiates these events from previous anti-government protests ...

The Human Rights Watch Report Charging Israel With the Crime of Apartheid with Eric Goldstein

Are Israel’s policies over the West Bank and Gaza Strip war crimes? What are the implications of such an accusation? ...

The Containerization of Shipping and its Global Consequences with Marc Levinson and Liang Wu

What impact has the standardization of international trade had on society? Has the newfound speed and efficiency outpaced other market ...

India’s Struggle Against Covid with Manu Bhagavan

How did India go from declaring victory over covid in January to being the world’s hotspot 3 months later? As ...

Asian Ascendency, Western Decline? with Kimberly Kay Hoang

Is Asia in the ascendancy, and the West in decline? How does the rise of Asia affect power dynamics and ...

China Before, Today, & Tomorrow with Ian Johnson

What does China’s past tell us about its present and future? How do remnants of its pre-Communist history affect the ...

Economic Inequality after the Pandemic

How have governments responded to the economic crisis created by the Covid-19 pandemic, and what will be the consequences? On ...

Peace from the Bottom Up with Séverine Autesserre

What are alternative approaches to existing international peacebuilding paradigms? Does de-escalation need to be guided by international elites that work ...

A Global Look at Universal Basic Income with Karl Widerquist

How plausible is the movement for Universal Basic Income (UBI) in today’s political climate? Is it a form of communism, ...

Canada’s Role in the Global Order with H.E. Bob Rae

Where does Canada fit into the global order today? Canada played an important role in building the US-led world order ...

Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the Conflict in Tigray with H. E. Brita Wagener

The conflict in Tigray, the northernmost region in Ethiopia and just south of Eritrea, grows increasingly worrisome, yet very little ...
Ellen Chesler with Rachel Vogelstein International Women's Day

The Impact of Women’s Issues in International Politics with Ellen Chesler & Rachel Vogelstein

While March 8th is celebrated as International Women's Day, international women’s rights is still an area in need of much ...

“Actions That Shock the Conscience of Mankind”: Limitations of the Genocide Paradigm with Dirk Moses

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Can We Vaccinate Everyone on the Planet? with Selva Demiralp and Sevcan Yeşiltaş, Koç University, Istanbul

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The Rise of “Technopopulism” in Europe with Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, Graduate Center, Cuny

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The Challenges of Transitional Justice with Pablo de Greiff, NYU Law School

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Transatlantic Relations After the Trump Administration, with Federica Mogherini, Former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

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The Challenge of Climate Change with Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University

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The Past and Future of the Global South, with Jacqueline Braveboy-Wagner, Graduate Center, CUNY

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The International Landscape Awaiting the Biden Administration, with H.E. Chaz Freeman, former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

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The Dayton Agreement at 25 with Susan Woodward, Graduate Center, CUNY

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The Future of the EU and the Transatlantic Relationship with H. E. Stavros Lambrinidis, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States

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The Resilience of Civil Society in African Conflict Zones with Zachariah Mampilly, Baruch College, CUNY

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The Illiberal Threat Within the European Union with Bálint Magyar, Hungarian politican

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The Pandemic and the European Union with Teresa Pullano, University of Basel, Switzerland

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Strongmen Against Democracy

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The Global Decline in Democracy During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Online Foreign Interference in American Elections

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COVID, Conflict, and Crisis in Russia’s “Near-Abroad”

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Indigenous People, Minorities, and the Right to Self-Determination

The latest episode of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ podcast, International Horizons, is out now.  Today on International Horizons we ...

The Return of the War in Nagorno-Karabakh

The latest episode of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ podcast, International Horizons, is out now. Today’s guest, David ...

The Legacy of Ralph Bunche

The latest episode of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ podcast, International Horizons, is out now. Today’s guest, James ...

The Past and Future of the UN

The latest episode of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ podcast, International Horizons, is out now.  Today’s guest, Carrie ...

“We’ll Manage That” – Consequences of the Migration Wave of 2015

The latest episode of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ podcast, International Horizons, is out now. For Episode Seventeen, John ...

Race and Immigration in Japan

Episode Seventeen of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ podcast, International Horizons, is out now. In today's episode John ...

The Rise of Hitler in the 1930s: Are There Parallels to Our Time?

Episode Sixteen of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ new podcast, International Horizons, is out now. For Episode Sixteen, ...

Counting the Coronavirus

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Coming to Terms with the History of Racial Domination

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Governing Technological Innovation in the US and EU with Eline Chivot and Francesco Ducci

Episode Thirteen of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ new podcast, International Horizons, is out now. For Episode Thirteen, ...

The Uneasy Relationship Between the US and the United Nations with Marc Limon

Episode Twelve of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ new podcast, International Horizons, is out now. For Episode Twelve, ...

The French Coronavirus Experience with Prof. Ettore Recchi

Episode Eleven of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ new podcast, International Horizons, is out now.For Episode Eleven, John ...

Recent Political Developments in Hong Kong with Jessica Mahlbacher

Episode Ten of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ new podcast, International Horizons, is out now. For Episode Ten, ...

The Emergence of the Novel Coronavirus with Dr. Rajiv Ratan

Episode Nine of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ new podcast, International Horizons, is out now. For Episode Nine, ...

The Economic Consequences of the Coronavirus in Germany with Thorben Albrecht

Episode Eight of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ new podcast, International Horizons, is out now. For Episode Eight, ...

The UN at 75: Examining its History Through a Woman’s Lens w/ Prof. Chesler and Prof. Olcott

Episode Seven of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ new podcast, International Horizons, is out now. For Episode Seven, ...

Germany’s Experience with the Coronavirus with Prof. Constantin Goschler

Episode Six of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ new podcast, International Horizons, is out now. For Episode Six, ...

A Historical Perspective on the Coronavirus Pandemic with Prof. Mari Webel

Episode Five of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ new podcast, International Horizons, is now out. For Episode Five, ...

Brazil and the Coronavirus with Prof. Jose Mauricio Domingues

Episode Four of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ new podcast, International Horizons, is out now. For Episode Four, ...

Would the World be Any Better Without the UN? with Prof. Thomas Weiss and Prof. Peter Hoffman

Episode Three of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ new podcast, International Horizon, is out now. This episode features ...

Countering Violent Extremism with Dr. Lydia Wilson and Prof. Peter Romaniuk

Episode Two of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies’ new podcast, International Horizon, is out now. Today's podcast features ...

The Coronavirus in Italy with Prof. Luca Storti

To continue the public dissemination of our work during this challenging time, the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies here ...