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May 5, 2020

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
Epidemics in World History, With Frank M. Snowden

Frank M. Snowden, Andrew Downey Orrick professor emeritus of history and history of medicine at Yale University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how epidemics have shaped world history. Sn…

Podcast A lab technician prepares a medium to grow a virus at the Eijkman Institute, one of the only two facilities in Indonesia capable of diagnosing Zika, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Frank M. Snowden The President’s Inbox

June 21, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AI Meets World, Part Two

The rapid emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought lawmakers and industry leaders to the same conclusion: regulation is necessary to ensure the technology changes the world for the bette…

Podcast Contrasted image of the White House and Capitol Building.
Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra, Sebastian Mallaby, and Janet Haven Why It Matters

March 31, 2017

Global
Famine and Humanitarian Aid

Andrew Natsios, former Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, joins CFR's James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon in examining the U.S. role in mitigating famine and hum…

Podcast A displaced Iraqi child who fled the Islamic State received humanitarian aid supplies at Al Khazer camp, Iraq.
Podcast by James M. Lindsay, Robert McMahon, and Andrew S. Natsios The President’s Inbox

October 26, 2022

Arms Industries and Trade
The Cost of the U.S. Arms Trade

The global arms trade is big business and the United States accounts for more than 40 percent of the world’s weapons exports. Aside from the profit motivation, selling arms abroad can be an effective…

Podcast Man Standing Jet Display
Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra Why It Matters

February 4, 2016

China
Podcast: The China-Pakistan Axis

Books on China’s relations with Pakistan are not usually at the top of my reading list, but I decided that it was time to delve into the topic when I encountered Andrew Small’s new book, The China-Pa…

Podcast The China-Pakistan Axis
Podcast Asia Unbound