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March 27, 2024

Space
UFOs: Close Encounters of the National Security Kind

On this episode of Why It Matters, experts discuss the national security concerns around UFOs and the real search for extraterrestrial life.

Podcast Sign for UFO "self parking" against a blue sky.

October 7, 2021

Diplomacy and International Institutions
World Bank-IMF Meetings, Czech Elections Amid Pandora Papers Leak, and More

The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund hold their annual meetings, the Czech Republic holds closely watched elections in the wake of the Pandora Papers leak, and the Group of Twenty…

Podcast Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis talks with his fans during his campaign cruise with supporters on a ship at Brno Reservoir on October 01, 2021 in Brno, Czech Republic. The 2021 parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic will be held on October 7th and 8th.

January 25, 2024

Haiti
Rebels Gain As Myanmar Marks Coup Anniversary, EU's Ukraine Aid Challenge, Kenya’s Pending Mission to Haiti, and More

The Three Brotherhood Alliance and other armed ethnic groups in Myanmar pose a significant threat to regime control as the country enters its third year under junta rule; the European Union (EU) meet…

Podcast Men run next to burning tires during a protest demanding an end to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on August 14, 2023

December 7, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Fighting Resumes in Gaza, EU Summit’s Ukraine Challenge, Egypt’s Elections, and More

Palestinian civilians find fewer safe places to shelter as Israeli forces expand ground operations south in the Gaza Strip; European Union (EU) leaders discuss prospects for more aid and EU membershi…

Podcast Palestinians fleeing fierce battles between the Israeli army and Hamas from the city of Khan Yunis towards the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 5, 2023.

February 8, 2024

Chile
Chile’s Inferno, NATO Ramps Up Security Exercises, Indonesia’s Presidential Election, and More

Chile works to recover from the devastating wildfire in its central Valparaíso region; the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) continues with its 2024 Steadfast Defender exercise, the largest s…

Podcast Firefighters fighting wildfires in Viña del Mar, Chile on February 3, 2024

November 23, 2021

Europe
The State of Transatlantic Relations, With Sophia Besch

Sophia Besch, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the current state of transatlantic relations and whether Europeans think America is …

Podcast Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi welcomes the U.S. President Joe Biden during the welcome ceremony on the first day of the Rome G20 summit, on October 30, 2021 in Rome, Italy.

March 31, 2022

Wars and Conflict
Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks, EU-China Summitry, and More

Russia-Ukraine peace talks continue in Istanbul, Turkey, officials from the European Union (EU) and China convene for a virtual trade summit, and Hungary holds closely watched general elections.

Podcast A Ukrainian serviceman walks at the frontline, east of Kharkiv, on March 31, 2022, during Russia's military invasion on Ukraine.