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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:

International Horizons May 30, 2023

Negotiating Decolonization

The Limits of a Fairy Tale

Valerie Rosoux

Hosted by International Horizons
In this episode of International Horizons, Valerie Rosoux, Research Director at the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS) discusses the disagreements in the historiography of Belgium's human rights violations during …
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 …
International Horizons May 18, 2023

Algeria and France

Grievances and the Effects of Decolonialism

Laetitia Bucaille

Hosted by International Horizons
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI's director, John Torpey interviewed Laetitia Bucaille about the factors that explain variation in resentment and grievances in former colonies drawing from the cases …
International Horizons May 11, 2023

The Everyday Feminist

The Key to Sustainable Social Impact Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever

Latanya Mapp Frett

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Equality between the sexes has long been recognized as a fundamental moral and legal objective of the UN, and more recently of many governments and international financial and development institutions …
International Horizons May 1, 2023

What Can China's Identity Politics Tell Us About Affirmative Action?

A Discussion with Yan Sun of Queens College

Yan Sun

Hosted by International Horizons
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey interviews Yan Sun, Professor of Chinese politics at Queens College and the Graduate Center, to discuss the origins of the …
International Horizons April 24, 2023

Why do Transatlantic Relations Matter?

General Consul of Germany David Gill in the 2023 Otto and Fran Walter Lecture

David Gill

Hosted by International Horizons
This week on International Horizons, we present RBI's director John Torpey's interview with David Gill, General Consul of Germany, in New York to celebrate the 2023 Otto and Frank Walter …
International Horizons April 3, 2023

Solving Public Problems

A Discussion with Beth Noveck

Beth Noveck

Hosted by International Horizons
In this episode of International Horizons, we present the recording of a book talk by John Torpey, Ralph Bunche Institute director, with Beth Noveck, author of Solving Public Problems: How …
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 …
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 …
International Horizons March 6, 2023

Birth Rates and the Future of Social Movements

A Discussion with Jack Goldstone

Jack Goldstone

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"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 …
International Horizons February 27, 2023

Bauman, Virtuosos, Liquid Love and the Refugee Crisis in Eastern Europe

The Eclectic Research Agenda of Izabela Wagner

Izabela Wagner

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In this episode of International Horizons, we are joined by Izabela Wagner of the Institute of Sociology at the Collegium Civitas in Warsaw and Fellow at The French Collaborative Institute …
International Horizons February 20, 2023

Why Should Cultural Heritage Be Protected?

Preserving Our Common History with Former UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova

Irina Bokova

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Where people are killed and abused in warfare and violent conflict, artifacts of cultural heritage are often destroyed and mistreated as well. Indeed, in the World War II-era efforts to …
International Horizons February 6, 2023

Where is the Left? The Rise and Decline of Social Democratic Movements

A Discussion with David Abraham

David Abraham

Hosted by International Horizons
This week on International Horizons, David Abraham from the University of Miami discusses the origins of social democratic parties in Europe and the parallels with similar movements in the US …
International Horizons January 30, 2023

A Left Turn? The Politics of Latin America Today

A Discussion with Enrique Desmond Arias

Enrique Desmond Arias

Hosted by International Horizons
This week, RBI director John Torpey interviews Prof. Enrique Desmond Arias, a professor of political science at Baruch College and the Graduate Center, about recent developments in Latin American politics …
International Horizons January 23, 2023

Contextualizing the Iranian Protests

The Role of Women in Leading the Change

Mahnaz Afkhami and Kelly Shannon

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Western sanctions have slowed Iran's economy, causing protests against the absence of freedom and opportunities -- teachers their lack of pay; farmers their lack of water; retirees their fear of …
International Horizons January 16, 2023

How Did the Pandemic Transform Workers and Work?

A Conversation with James McCallum

James McCallum

Hosted by International Horizons
The pandemic brought to the fore a group of workers deemed “essential” – frontline healthcare workers, restaurant employees, slaughterhouse workers, and the like – who often faced a difficult choice …
International Horizons December 28, 2022

Involution and Negative Equilibrium

Explaining the Ongoing Conflict in the Congo

Jason Stearns

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This week on International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey is joined by Jason Stearns, assistant professor of international studies at Simon Fraser University, who discusses how the Congolese government is …
International Horizons December 12, 2022

Is China's Communist Party Threatened by the Protests?

A Discussion with William Hurst

William Hurst

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This week, RBI Director John Torpey talked with William Hurst, Professor of Political Science at Cambridge University, about the origins of the protests in China, how they differ from those …
International Horizons December 5, 2022

Protests in Iran

Maybe not the Tocqueville Paradox

Ali Ansari

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In mid-September of this year, a young Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini died under suspicious circumstances after her arrest by the morality police for improperly covering her hair. Her death …
International Horizons November 29, 2022

What will be the Role of Europe in the Changing World Order?

A Discussion with Sigmar Gabriel

Sigmar Gabriel

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The transatlantic relationship, arguably the bedrock of the world’s post-World War II international security architecture, came under significant threat during Donald Trump’s tenure in office, as Trump complained about European …
International Horizons November 21, 2022

What is the Future of Populism?

A Discussion with Umut Korkut

Umut Korkut

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The world's wealthier countries have in recent years faced challenges from right-wing populist parties and movements that may rejuvenate origins from relatively far in the past, such as in the …
International Horizons November 7, 2022

Can We Square the Circle? Universalism Versus Communitarianism

A Discussion with Emmanuel Dalle Mulle and Ivan Serrano

Emmanuel Dalle Mulle and Ivan Serrano

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The political Left has long faced tension regarding its universalistic commitments and those to the nation it inhabits. The dilemma is captured succinctly in the Declaration of the Rights of …
International Horizons October 31, 2022

Observations about the Hard-Won Wisdom of Old Age

A Conversation with David Troyansky

David Troyansky

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The world's population has just passed the 8 billion mark and an increasing proportion of those people are old, including increasingly the so-called "old old" in their 90s and beyond …
International Horizons October 24, 2022

A Most Similar Comparison: The Authoritarianism of Poland and Hungary

A Discussion with Edit Zgut-Przybylska

Edit Zgut-Przybylska

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The leadership of Hungary and Poland seemingly shared the same playbook when it came to undermining judicial independence, consolidating electoral power, regulating media ownership and enacting laws against LGBTQ rights …