Jakob Hallgren and Ana Palacio discuss how Europe might get from where it is to where its citizens need it to be. Arguably, Europe in general (and...
The crisis of democracy and governance
Can a Broken Democracy Fix Itself? / Isabel Aninat
Isabel Aninat is fundamentally optimistic that Chilean democracy is headed in a good direction. She is the Dean of the Law School of the Universidad...
No Normal is the New Normal / Tom Armstrong & Diane Osgood
Diane and Tom, are in the business of thinking about converging crises and they help corporate leaders not only peer around the corner, but...
Unwrapping the Riddle That Is Mexico / Jorge Castañeda
Jorge Castañeda thinks Mexico is in trouble, but almost half of all Mexicans say their country is on the right path. Mexicans, not known for being...
Should We Be Celebrating Erdogan’s Leadership? / Ambassador Michael Sahlin
What President Biden calls leadership Michael Sahlin, a former Swedish diplomat with deep experience in Turkey thinks is more like a cat landing on...
Speaking Truth to Power in the Real World
Listen as three of the good “guys” discuss the reality in the trenches of the fight for human rights. Kenyan poet Sitawa Namwalie, Bangladeshi...
Sweden Burning? Really? / Lars Åberg
Listen as Lars Åberg explains what Sweden has done right, but also what it has done wrong. We live in the age of the refugee. Arguably, no country...
Them vs Us: What Ukraine Is Really About
Leopoldo López, a Venezuelan patriot, explains how the fight to save Ukraine reflects a much bigger, existential fight for freedom everywhere. As...
Poland to the Rescue
Marta Górczyńska is a human rights lawyer from Poland specializing in the protection of migrants, refugees and victims of human trafficking....








