What the evolution of human culture can teach us about international relationsStewart Patrick is an international relations scholar with a background in studying human evolution. As you might imagine, that combination...
Trouble in the South China Sea — What You Need to Know about this Escalating ConflictYou’ve probably heard about the dispute in the South China Sea. And if you have heard about it, you are...
Jendayi Frazer Lead Africa Policy During the Bush Administration, and She Has Stories to TellJendayi Frazer was a top ranking African policy official in the Bush administration, serving both at the National Security Council...
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Turns 20. It’s an anniversary worth celebratingI caught up with my guest today, Arms Control Association president Daryl Kimball from his hotel in Vienna. Daryl, along...
Marc Lynch: The international relations of the Arab Spring…and hip hopIf you follow the Middle East at all, you’ve probably read the works of my guest today, Marc Lynch. Marc...
This is “The Worst Dictatorship You Have Never Heard Of”The Gambia is a small country in western Africa. It’s a narrow sliver on the ocean, surrounded by Senegal. It...
Analyst Shelly Culbertson takes readers on a post Arab Spring journey through the new Middle EastIn her new book The Fires of Spring my guest today Shelly Culbertson travels to six countries in the Middle...
No, We Don’t Need to Cancel the Rio Olympics over ZikaOver the past week, a number of scientists and bio-ethicists expressed deep concern that holding the Olympics this summer in...
Owen Barder Witnessed Famine. Then he decided to become a Development EconomistThirty years ago, while still in high school, Owen Barder was was living in Ethiopia. His father was a career...