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About 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. 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.
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. 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.
NBN Episodes hosted by International Horizons:
October 17, 2024
Shared Paths: Exploring Jewish and Muslim Experiences in America
This week on International Horizons, John Torpey, Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute, speaks with sociologists Mucahit Bilici and Samuel Heilman a…
October 8, 2024
The UN Security Council and Its Protective Function
This week on International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey interviews Bertrand Ramcharan, former top UN diplomat and author of the recent book, The…
September 23, 2024
The Far-Right Threat in German Politics
The recent elections in eastern Germany, where the Alternative for Germany (AfD) became the first far-right party to win a parliamentary election at t…
September 10, 2024
Are We Experiencing a Crisis of Culture?
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey spoke with Olivier Roy, professor of social and political sciences at the Europe…
August 28, 2024
Notes from the Field
We start this season of International Horizons with an interview with Dr. Eli Karetny, an American political scientist and administrative director o…
June 12, 2024
The Complexities of the EU Parliament Elections
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey spoke with Francesco Ronchi and Udo Zolleis, two European Parliament officials and…
June 4, 2024
We Should Not Take the UN For Granted
In times where conflicts around the globe are an everyday topic, the place of the United Nations in resolving these conflicts is constantly being ques…
May 28, 2024
The Social Acceptance of Inequality
On this episode of International Horizons, Francesco Duina, Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology at Bates College and Luca Storti, Associate Profess…
May 18, 2024
The Climate Crisis as a Problem of Collective Action
In this episode of International Horizons, Professor Dana Fisher, Director of the Center for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE) and Professor in …
May 13, 2024
What does Biden’s temporary suspension of offensive arms transfers mean for US-Israeli relations?
Charles Blaha, a former State Department expert on the vetting of U.S. weapons transfers to other countries, helps us understand this important moment…
May 1, 2024
The Rhetoric of Crisis in Israel-Palestine
This week, RBI Director John Torpey speaks with Amos Goldberg, Professor of Holocaust History at the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jew…
April 17, 2024
Words of Attack
With a presidential campaign in the US just around the corner and populist and authoritarian thinkers gaining broader platforms, University of Notre D…
April 2, 2024
Why Should We Preserve Memory of the Holocaust?
Wojtek Soczewica has led the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation since 2019, near the site of the killing fields. The Foundation aims at the preservation of…
March 28, 2024
Citizenship Across Time and Space with David Jacobson
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey discusses the past and future of citizenship with David Jacobson, Professor of Soc…
March 25, 2024
How Can We Reach International Consensus on AI Regulation?
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviews Gabriele Mazzini, a lawyer and officer of the European Commission and e…
March 18, 2024
The Pioneering Life of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Manu Bhagavan and Ellen Chesler discuss Bhagavan’s latest book on Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (Penguin, 2023), admired sister of India’s founding Prime Mini…
February 27, 2024
How Democracies Die . . . and How They May Survive
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviews Daniel Ziblatt, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard…
February 19, 2024
Why is Right-Wing Extremism so Widespread in Italy?
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviews Marla Stone, a historian of Italian fascism at Occidental College, on t…
February 13, 2024
"War is what you make of it"
We begin this new season of International Horizons with an interview by RBI Director John Torpey with Neta Crawford from Oxford University and the Cos…
December 18, 2023
Is Poland Back on Track?
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI's Director John Torpey interviews Grzegorz Ekiert, Chair of the Center for European Studies at Harvard …
December 11, 2023
Everyday Life Behind the Berlin Wall
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviews historian and journalist Katja Hoyer about her book Beyond the Wall: A …
November 22, 2023
Israel, Hamas, and American Jews in a Time of War
On today’s episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey speaks with Jodi Rudoren, editor-in-chief of the Forward magazine, about the si…
November 21, 2023
The US State Department and Ever-Changing Global Politics
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviews Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs Bill Russo. Ass…
November 6, 2023
Hamas, Iran and Israel
In this episode of International Horizons, Colin Clarke, director of research at the Soufan Center, discusses the possible trajectories of the Israel-…