About Medha Prasanna

A graduate student at The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. She's previously worked at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the United Nations.

Medha Prasanna is an MA candidate at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. Her current research focuses on International Organizations and Human Rights Law. You can learn more about her here or email her medp16@gwu.edu

NBN Episodes hosted by Medha:

Shivshankar Menon, "India and Asian Geopolitics" (Brookings Institution Press, 2021)

May 3, 2021

India and Asian Geopolitics

Shivshankar Menon
Hosted by Medha Prasanna

A clear-eyed look at modern India's role in Asia and the broader world. One of India's most distinguished foreign policy thinkers addresses the many q…

Philip N. Howard, "Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives" (Yale UP, 2020)

April 12, 2021

Lie Machines

Philip N. Howard
Hosted by Medha Prasanna

Technology is breaking politics - what can be done about it? Artificially intelligent "bot" accounts attack politicians and public figures on social m…

Rajan Menon, "The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention" (Oxford UP, 2016)

January 6, 2021

The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention

Rajan Menon
Hosted by Medha Prasanna

In The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention (Oxford University Press, 2020), Rajan Menon shows that this belief, while noble, is naïve. He considers i…

Bann Seng Tan, "International Aid and Democracy Promotion: Liberalization at the Margins" (Routledge, 2020)

December 14, 2020

International Aid and Democracy Promotion

Bann Seng Tan
Hosted by Medha Prasanna

In International Aid and Democracy Promotion: Liberalization at the Margins (Routledge, 2020), Political Scientist Bann Seng Tan investigates the link…