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Political Science May 31, 2023

The "Third" United Nations

How a Knowledge Ecology Helps the UN Think

Tatiana Carayannis and Thomas G. Weiss

Hosted by Sally Sharif
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Tatiana Carayannis and Thomas G. Weiss' book The "Third" United Nations: How a Knowledge Ecology Helps the UN Think (Oxford UP, 2021) is about the Third UN: the ecology of supportive …

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Critical Theory May 31, 2023

Anarchism

A Very Short Introduction

Alex Prichard

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
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If you asked a passerby on the street what anarchism is, they may answer that it is an ideology based on chaos, disorder, and violence. But is this true? What …
British Studies May 30, 2023

Friends of Israel

The Backlash Against Palestine Solidarity

Hilary Frances Aked

Hosted by Roberto Mazza
Is there such a thing as “the Israel lobby,” and how powerful is it really? Hilary Frances Aked's book Friends of Israel: The Backlash Against Palestine Solidarity (Verso, 2023) provides a forensically researched …
Military History May 29, 2023

How Britain Broke the World

War, Greed and Blunders from Kosovo to Afghanistan (1997-2021)

Arthur Snell

Hosted by Philip Blood
Arthur Snell's book How Britain Broke the World: War, Greed and Blunders from Kosovo to Afghanistan (1997-2021) (Canbury Press, 2022) critically assesses UK foreign policy over the past 25 years, from …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones May 29, 2023

The Future of Wales

A Discussion with Will Hayward

Will Hayward

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
Will Wales ever become an independent country? The UK’s other constituent parts – Scotland and Northern Ireland - seem more likely to breakaway: the Scots voted no to independence in …
Middle Eastern Studies May 28, 2023

Revolutions Aesthetic

A Cultural History of Ba'thist Syria

Max Weiss

Hosted by Reuben Silverman
The November 1970 coup that brought Hafiz al-Asad to power fundamentally transformed cultural production in Syria. A comprehensive intellectual, ideological, and political project—a Ba'thist cultural revolution—sought to align artistic endeavors …
Southeast Asian Studies May 27, 2023

Tragic Nation

Burma--Why and How Democracy Failed

Amitav Acharya

Hosted by Duncan McCargo
What went wrong with Burma’s democratic experiment? How are we to understand the country’s turbulent politics in the wake of the 2021 coup? In this conversation with Duncan McCargo, Amitav …
Madison's Notes May 25, 2023

The Hundred Year War for the American Right

A Conversation with Matthew Continetti

Matthew Continetti

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
What is the American Right, where does it come from, and how has it changed over time? Journalist and author Matthew Continetti discusses his recent book: The Right: The Hundred …
Women's History May 25, 2023

The Suffragist Peace

How Women's Votes Lead to Fewer Wars

Robert F. Trager and Joslyn N. Barnhart

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
In the modern age, some parts of the world are experiencing a long peace. Nuclear weapons, capitalism and the widespread adoption of democratic institutions have been credited with fostering this …
International Horizons May 23, 2023

The Whys and Wherefores of Migration

A Discussion with James F. Hollifield

James F. Hollifield

Hosted by International Horizons
This week on International Horizons, James Hollifield, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Tower Center for Political Studies, Southern Methodist University (SMU), discusses the epistemology of migration studies …
Political Science May 22, 2023

Massive Resistance and Southern Womanhood

White Women, Class, and Segregation

Rebecca Brückmann

Hosted by Susan Liebell
Massive Resistance and Southern Womanhood: White Women, Class, and Segregation (U Georgia Press, 2021) offers a comparative sociocultural and spatial history of white supremacist women involved in massive resistance. The …
Gender Studies May 22, 2023

Changing the Subject

Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India

Srila Roy

Hosted by Shraddha Chatterjee
In Changing the Subject: Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India (Duke UP, 2022),  Srila Roy maps the rapidly transforming terrain of gender and sexual politics in India under the …
South Asian Studies May 20, 2023

Composing Violence

The Limits of Exposure and the Making of Minorities

Moyukh Chatterjee

Hosted by Yash Sharma
In 2002, armed Hindu mobs attacked Muslims in broad daylight in the west Indian state of Gujarat. The pogrom, which was widely seen over television, left more than one thousand …
Political Science May 20, 2023

The State

Philip Pettit

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
In The State (Princeton University Press, 2023), the prominent political philosopher Philip Pettit embarks on a massive undertaking, offering a major new account of the foundations of the state and …
Madison's Notes May 20, 2023

Where Did Conservatism Go?

A Conversation with Yoram Hazony

Yoram Hazony

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
Israeli political philosopher Yoram Hazony discusses the Enlightenment, the American Founding, his latest book, Conservatism: A Rediscovery (Regnery Publishing, 2022), and Conservatism's past and future. Dr. Hazony is the President of the …
Interpretive Political and Social Science May 18, 2023

Freedom Inside?

Yoga and Meditation in the Carceral State

Farah Godrej

Hosted by Nick Cheesman
Are meditation and yoga offered to prisoners merely to have them acquiesce to being incarcerated and degraded? Or can they help prisoners interrogate the political and social structures that incarcerate …
Public Policy May 18, 2023

The Ends of Freedom

Reclaiming America's Lost Promise of Economic Rights

Mark Paul

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Since the Founding, Americans have debated the true meaning of freedom. For some, freedom meant the provision of life's necessities, those basic conditions for the "pursuit of happiness." For others …
Military History May 17, 2023

Age of Danger

Keeping America Safe in an Era of New Superpowers, New Weapons, and New Threats

Thom Shanker and Andrew Hoehn

Hosted by AJ Woodhams
Again and again, American taxpayers are asked to open their wallets and pay for a national security machine that costs $1 trillion operate. Yet time and time again, the US …
Chinese Studies May 17, 2023

The Dean of Shandong

Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University

Daniel A. Bell

Hosted by Keith Krueger
I am not now nor at any time have ever been a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Yet I serve as dean of a large faculty of political …
Politics & Polemics May 17, 2023

Silent Coup

How Corporations Overthrew Democracy

Claire Provost and Matt Kennard

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
As European empires crumbled in the 20th century, the power structures that had dominated the world for centuries were up for renegotiation. Yet instead of a rebirth for democracy, what …