This week, RBI director John Torpey interviews Enrique Desmond Arias, a professor of political science at Baruch College and the Graduate Center, about recent developments
The pandemic brought to the fore a group of workers deemed “essential” – frontline healthcare workers, restaurant employees, slaughterhouse workers, and the like – who
This week on International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey is joined by Jason Stearns, assistant professor of international studies at Simon Fraser University, who discusses
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In mid-September of this year, a young Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini died under suspicious circumstances after her arrest by the morality police for improperly
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Are Israel’s policies over the West Bank and Gaza Strip war crimes? What are the implications of such an accusation? Do these policies come from
What impact has the standardization of international trade had on society? Has the newfound speed and efficiency outpaced other market factors, such as worker conditions
How did India go from declaring victory over covid in January to being the world’s hotspot 3 months later? As one of the largest pharmaceutical
Is Asia in the ascendancy, and the West in decline? How does the rise of Asia affect power dynamics and competition with Western markets? Will