Conversations about Foreign Policy and World Affairs
The annual opening of the UN General Assembly is always one the most important weeks on the diplomatic calendar. The podcast has partnered with the United Nations Foundation to provide listeners with daily news and expert analysis about what is…
This episode was recorded live in front of a virtual audience in advance of a key meeting at the United Nations known as the Food Security Summit. This episode is produced in partnership with CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural innovation…
Join the Global Dispatches Podcast at #UNGA76 for a special week of programming, in partnership with the UN Foundation. Daily news from United Nations during High Level Week Expert analysis to give you the context you need to…
Angela Merkel steps down this month after having served as chancellor of Germany since 2005. Her time in office coincided with a number of major world events, including the global financial crisis; the 2015 refugee and migrant crisis; Brexit, Crimea,…
As Afghanistan enters a perilous and uncertain future, the United Nations has promised to “stay and deliver.” The country’s humanitarian emergency is getting more acute by the day, taxing UN agencies like the World Food Program. Meanwhile, the Security Council’s…
Zuhra Bahman was out of the country on a business meeting when the Taliban took control of Kabul. She is the Afghanistan country director for Search for Common Ground, an NGO that engages in community based peace-building work. I was…
Today’s episode was recorded live in front of a virtual audience in partnership with CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural innovation network, as part of a series of episodes examining the links between climate variability and security. The episode features a…
Zubaida Akbar is an Afghan human rights activist living in Washington, D.C. She is desperately trying to get vulnerable people out of the country, including a group of female journalists who are almost certainly marked for execution by the Taliban….
Back in 2008, in the midst of both a global economic catastrophe and stalled progress on climate diplomacy, a unique multilateral platform called the Climate Investment Funds was born. The G-8 created the Climate Investment Funds to support developing economies as they…
The Global Peace Index is an ambitious effort to measure peacefulness around the world using quantitative data. Now in its 15th year, the Index has offered policymakers and analysts a useful way to measure key trends in peace and conflict. …
