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The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones March 28, 2023

The Future of Political Time and Space

A Discussion with Jan Zielonka

Jan Zielonka

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
What is the future of time and space in democracy? It's now widely accepted that Chinese politicians are advantaged by the lack of the short time horizons that come with …

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International Horizons March 27, 2023

Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right but...

US Lies and Media Reporting in the 2003 Iraq War

Louis Charbonneau

Hosted by International Horizons
In this episode of International Horizons, journalist and UN director of Human Rights Watch Louis Charbonneau describes the US's government misinformation campaign to justify its invasion of Iraq in 200 …
MIT Press Podcast March 22, 2023

Present at the Creation

Edward Mead Earle and the Depression-Era Origins of Security Studies

Sean Lynn-Jones and David Ekbladh

Hosted by MIT Press
Edward Mead Earle was a historian, scholar, professor, and international relations expert; he was also a founding father of the field we know as Security Studies. Listen as David Ekbladh …
Journalism March 20, 2023

Borderland

Decolonizing the Words of War

Chrisanthi Giotis

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Every two seconds a person is displaced, caught in one of the more than 40 active conflicts around the world that show no sign of ending. Since 1994, there has …
Genocide Studies March 20, 2023

From Discrimination to Death

Genocide Process Through a Human Rights Lens

Melanie 0'Brien

Hosted by Kelly McFall
Melanie 0'Brien's book From Discrimination to Death: Genocide Process Through a Human Rights Lens (Routledge, 2022) studies the process of genocide through the human rights violations that occur during genocide. Using …
MIT Press Podcast March 20, 2023

China's Century?

Why America's Edge Will Endure

Michael Beckley

Hosted by MIT Press
Much has been made of the rise of China's economy, and some fear that China will surpass the United States as the world's largest economy in the coming years. Michael …
Chinese Studies March 19, 2023

China and Latin America

Development, Agency and Geopolitics

Chris Alden and Alvaro Mendez

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
China's role as an economic powerhouse in Latin America is reshaping a region on the cusp of development and change. Since the turn of the century, bilateral trade between China …
National Security March 17, 2023

Original Sin

Power, Technology and War in Outer Space

Bleddyn E. Bowen

Hosted by Samuel Canter
Space technology was developed to enhance the killing power of the state. The Moon landings and the launch of the Space Shuttle were mere sideshows, drawing public attention away from …
Religion March 15, 2023

Religion and US Empire

Critical New Histories

Tisa Wenger and Sylvester A. Johnson

Hosted by Jacob Barrett
The United States has been an empire since the time of its founding, and this empire is inextricably intertwined with American religion. Religion and US Empire: Critical New Histories (NYU …
Economics March 15, 2023

Lives Amid Violence

Transforming Development in the Wake of Conflict

Mareike Schomerus

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Violent conflict and its aftermath are pressing problems, particularly for international development initiatives. However, the results of development in conflict contexts have generally been disappointing and their preventative potential thus …
Diplomatic History March 14, 2023

Euromissiles

The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO

Susan Colbourn

Hosted by Grant Golub
In Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO (Cornell UP, 2022), Susan Colbourn tells the story of the height of nuclear crisis and the remarkable waning of the fear …
Law March 14, 2023

Reckoning with Empire

Self-Determination in International Law

Miriam Bak Mckenna

Hosted by Vladislav Lilic
Miriam Bak McKenna is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University (Denmark). Her first monograph, Reckoning with Empire: Self-Determination in International Law (Brill, 2023), adopts a …
MIT Press Podcast March 14, 2023

The Deception Dividend

FDR's Undeclared War

John Schuessler

Hosted by MIT Press
Sean Lynn-Jones, editor of International Security, interviews author John Schuessler, whose article "The Deception Dividend: FDR's Undeclared War" appears in the Spring 2010 issue of the journal. Their conversation tackles …
International Horizons March 13, 2023

The Role of Global South Women in Shaping Global Governance

A Conversation with Rebecca Adami and Fatima Sator

Rebecca Adami and Fatima Sator

Hosted by International Horizons
This week on International Horizons, Ellen Chesler interviews Rebecca Adami and Fatima Sator, editor and co-author of Women and the UN: A New History of Women's International Human Rights (Routledge …
Politics & Polemics March 12, 2023

The Covid Consensus

The Global Assault on Democracy and the Poor—A Critique from the Left

Toby Green and Thomas Fazi

Hosted by Pierre d'Alancaisez
During the first months of the pandemic, governments worldwide agreed that ‘following the science’ with hard lockdowns and vaccine mandates was the best way to preserve life. But evidence is …
American Studies March 10, 2023

Hollywood's Embassies

How Movie Theaters Projected American Power Around the World

Ross Melnick

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
Beginning in the 1920s, audiences around the globe were seduced not only by Hollywood films but also by lavish movie theaters that were owned and operated by the major American …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones March 7, 2023

The Silk Road

Connecting Histories and Futures

Tim Winter

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
The term "Silk Road" evokes images of trade and exotic luxurious goods and Orientalist images. Today, however, it also is associated with the projection of Chinese power abroad. And as that …
International Horizons March 6, 2023

Birth Rates and the Future of Social Movements

A Discussion with Jack Goldstone

Jack Goldstone

Hosted by International Horizons
"The world's future will depend on Africa having a good future." This week on International Horizons, Jack Goldstone, Virginia E. and John T. Hazel, Jr. Chair Professor of Public Policy …
Diplomatic History February 28, 2023

Confronting Saddam Hussein

George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq

Melvyn P. Leffler

Hosted by Grant Golub
America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event …
Religion February 28, 2023

Beyond Belief

How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the World

Elle Hardy

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
How has a Christian movement, founded at the turn of the twentieth century by the son of freed slaves, become the fastest-growing religion on Earth? This is the religion of …