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International Horizons
International Horizons is a podcast of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies that brings scholarly expertise to bear on our understanding of international issues. The International Horizons podcast is our latest effort to bring our research and scholarship to a broader public. John Torpey, the host of the podcast and director of the Ralph Bunche Institute, holds conversations with prominent scholars and figures in state-of-the-art international issues in our weekly episodes.
March 7, 2026
The Cave and the Coalition
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI acting director Eli Karetny sits down with political theorist Laura Field to trace the intellectual cur…
February 17, 2026
Trump, the UN Charter, and the Strange Politics of International Law
International law scholars are often among the sharpest critics of the Trump administration—but what if the usual story misses something essential? In…
January 5, 2026
What happens when liberalism stops feeling like a victory and starts feeling like an exhaustion?
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI Director (acting) Eli Karetny speaks with philosopher Alexandre Lefebvre about liberalism not merely as…
December 14, 2025
Inside Jobs
From Argentina’s recent vote under the shadow of a threatened $20 billion U.S. aid package to Russia’s covert operations in the 2016 U.S. election, fo…
November 21, 2025
What happens when America loses its foreign-policy playbook? RBI acting director Eli Karetny talks with veteran diplomat and policy strategist Joel Ru…
November 6, 2025
The Technological Soul
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI acting director Eli Karetny speaks with Alex Priou, Professor of Political Philosophy at the University…
October 28, 2025
Kubrick’s Worlds
In this episode of International Horizons, Interim Director Eli Karetny speaks with film scholar Nathan Abrams about the enduring relevance of Stanley…
October 8, 2025
Illiberalism, Putin, and the Politics of Religion
In this episode of International Horizons, Eli Karetny speaks with Marlene Laruelle, Research Professor at George Washington University and director o…
September 24, 2025
Authoritarian Ideas, Old and New: From Schmitt to “JD”
On this episode of International Horizons, RBI Acting Director, Eli Karetny talks with Richard Wolin (Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center) a…
September 8, 2025
Is the U.S. helping speed up its own decline?
We begin the new season of International Horizons by asking a crucial question: is the U.S. helping speed up its own decline? RBI Deputy Director, Eli…
July 16, 2025
What We Get Wrong About Iran, with Vali Nasr
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey talks with Vali Nasr, Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs and Middle…
May 10, 2025
Globalization's Backlash: Echoes of the Interwar Era in Today’s World
This week on International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey interviews historian Tara Zahra, author of Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Po…
April 26, 2025
The Good Father Syndrome: Why Strongmen Still Seduce
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey speaks with Stephen Hanson and Jeffrey Kopstein, co-authors of The Assault on the …
March 31, 2025
Walls, Warnings, and the War on Fentanyl
In this episode of International Horizons, Peter Andreas, John Hay Professor of International Studies at Brown University and author of Border Games: …
March 24, 2025
Human Rights in the Trump Era
In this episode of International Horizons, Kenneth Roth, former longtime executive director of Human Rights Watch, joins RBI director John Torpey to d…
March 15, 2025
Fractured Alliances: Trump, Ukraine, and Europe's Security Dilemma
In this episode, RBI director John Torpey speaks with Estonian parliamentarian and defense expert Kalev Stoicescu about the recent tensions between th…
March 8, 2025
Coup Attempts and Democratic Resistance: Lessons from Brazil
As Brazil moves toward trying former president Jair Bolsonaro for plotting a coup against democracy, the United States grapples with constitutional ch…
February 26, 2025
The Internet, Power, and the Deep State
As the second Trump administration reshapes the U.S. government and its role in the world, how do technology, media, and political power intersect? I…
February 21, 2025
TrumpWorld: Canada, South Africa, Germany, and the Global Far-Right
In this episode of International Horizons, John Torpey talks with Heribert Adam, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouv…
February 11, 2025
American Higher Education Under the Second Trump Administration
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey speaks with Steven Brint, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Policy a…