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August 1, 2024

Iran
Israel-Iran Tensions Escalate, Venezuela Election Questioned, Edinburgh Fringe Shines, and More

The Middle East braces for the possibility of a full-scale war between Israel and Iran-backed forces after the assassinations of Hamas senior leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr;…

Podcast Demonstrators hold flags and weapons next to an image of late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, during a protest to condemn his assassination in Iran, in Sidon, Lebanon, on July 31, 2024. Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters

July 4, 2024

United States
TWNW Special: What to Read This Summer 2024

This special episode of The World Next Week features a summerlong feast of reading, watching, and listening treats. Deborah Amos, the Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence at Princeton Universi…

Podcast A set of books recommended for The World Next Week's summer reading special episode.

July 11, 2023

Climate Change
What Climate Change Means for the Bay of Bengal, With Sarang Shidore

In this special series of The President’s Inbox on climate change, Sarang Shidore, the director of studies and senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discu…

Podcast A man rides a motorcycle on a flooded street in Chennai, India in November 2021.

February 14, 2023

Climate Change
What Climate Change Means for the Horn of Africa, With Michelle Gavin

Michelle Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the impact of climate change in the Horn of Africa. This series is …

Podcast Climate change and environmental activists parades during a protest in Nairobi

December 27, 2022

Climate Change
What Climate Change Means for Central America, With Paul J. Angelo

In this special series of The President’s Inbox on climate change, Paul J. Angelo, the director of the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University, sits…

Podcast Soldiers remove debris and mud from an area hit by a mudslide, caused by heavy rains brought by Storm Eta, as the search for victims continue in the buried village of Queja, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala November 7, 2020.

November 15, 2022

Climate Change
What Climate Change Means for the Sahel, With Beza Tesfaye

In this special series of The President’s Inbox on climate change, Beza Tesfaye, director of Research and Learning for Migration and Climate Change at Mercy Corps and senior associate for the Project…

Podcast Residents make their way through a flooded street after heavy rains in Yoff, district of Dakar