February 26, 2019
Political History and TheoryBenn Steil, the award-winning author of The Battle of Bretton Woods, reveals the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan—told with verve, insight, and resonance for today.
February 8, 2019
YemenDevelopments in conflicts across the world that you might have missed this week.
February 6, 2019
IranPanelists discuss the political and economic challenges facing Iran internally, including the recent protests and the pressure to deliver economic development under the stress of sanctions.
February 6, 2019
International OrganizationsPresident Trump has nominated David Malpass to be the next World Bank president. A more transparent process is needed in selecting the institution's head.
January 29, 2019
FranceIn late 2018, economic and political divides in France sparked the Yellow Vests movement. Panelists discuss how the movement differs from other populist politics in Europe, and what implications it m…
January 24, 2019
International OrganizationsThe Group of Seven serves as a forum for highly industrialized democracies to coordinate economic, security, and energy policy, but the Trump administration has provoked questions about the group’s c…
January 18, 2019
MediaJoan Donovan, director of the technology and social change research project at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center; Amy S. Mitchell, director of journalism research at the Pew Research Ce…
January 17, 2019
ChinaWorry about China’s slowing economy in 2019, not its balance of payments…
January 7, 2019
Public Health Threats and PandemicsEndemic to the African tropics, the Ebola virus has killed thousands in recent years, putting the World Health Organization and major donor countries in the limelight as they’ve grappled with how to …
January 3, 2019
United StatesPaul Stares joins Jim Lindsay to forecast the conflicts of 2019.