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...
Unwrapping the Riddle That Is Mexico / Jorge Castañeda
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The crisis of democracy and governance
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....
The Faces of War
Janine di Giovanni has spent much of her celebrated career witnessing the worst of what mankind can do to itself, but also the best that people...
Is it the End of Democracy?
Joel Kotkin argues that the withering of democratic process and institutions reflects the deeper transformation of American and European societies:...
Overcoming Hunger, One Empowered Farmer at a Time
According to the United Nations, approximately 10% of people on the planet are undernourished, while 30% lack year-round, reliable access to...