Yasmine Farouk discusses the impact of China’s mediation between Saudi Arabia and Iran on the Middle East and beyond. Early last month, there was an...
Podcasts
Reflections on the Guillotine / Pierre Lellouche
Macron’s dilemma: European sovereignty or alienating allies? Former French politician Pierre Lellouche analyzes Macron’s blunders and their impact...
Slouching Towards Texas (If Not Bethlehem)/ Amelia Frank-Vitale
Anthropologist Amelia Frank-Vitale discusses what it takes to walk from Honduras to Texas, and the tragedies along the way. Human history is a long...
Is This Any Way to Run a War? / Anna Wieslander
Anna Wieslander has had the temerity to point out that the West has no strategy to end the war in Ukraine. Listen as host Alan Stoga...
Needed: New Thinking about Africa’s Debt Burden / Bright Simons
Debt and mismanagement are hindering Africa's enormous potential despite its young, optimistic population and growing middle class. Hear from...
Is Israel Heading Over a Cliff? / Neri Zilber
Listen to a conversation with Neri Zilber is, journalist and analyst who focus on Israel's - and more generally Middle Eastern - politics and...
Everything Old Is New Again / Francesco Svelto
Building the University of the Future on an Ancient Foundation. Francesco Svelto, Rector of the University of Pavia, shares his vision for Pavia...
Mongolia: Between the Hammer and the Anvil / Undraa Agvaanluvsan
Dr. Undraa Agvaanluvsan, a former member of Mongolia’s Parliament recently explained her country’s challenges in coping with a changing global...
Ask ChatGPT: How worried should we be? / Mark Abdollahian & Juan Enriquez
Mark Abdollahian and Juan Enriquez help us understand not only what's technically called generative artificial intelligence, but to think together...