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The world’s wealthier countries have in recent years faced challenges from right-wing populist parties and movements that may rejuvenate origins from relatively far in the

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

The world’s population has just passed the 8 billion mark and an increasing proportion of those people are old, including increasingly the so-called “old old”

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

The existence of minorities has been an unavoidable reality of the creation of nation states that almost always have a dominant national group inscribed in

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

 Italy has just held an election in which it appears that a far-right candidate from a post-fascist Party has won, and its leader will become

The United Kingdom has experienced a number of epochal transitions of late, starting with its departure from the European Union in early 2020, and more

Sri Lanka has recently endured tremendous political and economic turmoil with severe shortages of goods and fuel leading to the ouster of the sitting president. After Gotabhaya Rajapaksa fled the country in disgrace, he was replaced by another dynastic heir, Ranil Wickremesinghe. While much has changed in the once war-torn island nation, much has thus stayed the same. Welcome to International Horizons, a podcast to the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies that brings scholarly and diplomatic expertise to bear on our understanding of a wide range of international issues.