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Stephanie Sy and Philip Alston. CREDIT: Amanda Ghanooni

JAN 10, 2018 Podcast

Extreme Poverty in the United States, with the UN's Philip Alston

The UN's Philip Alston traveled across the U.S. recently and found appalling conditions, from homelessness in California to open sewage in rural Alabama. He ...

JAN 9, 2018 Podcast

A Climate of Impunity? The Problem of Sexual Abuse by UN Peacekeeping Forces, with Justice Marie Deschamps

Over two years after the release of a report on sexual exploitation and abuse by international peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic, chaired by ...

Russian Orthodox cathedral and Cultural Center in Paris, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ninara/38443234906/">Ninara</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC</a>)

JAN 8, 2018 Article

Russian Soft Power in France: Assessing Moscow's Cultural and Business Para-diplomacy

Don't miss this fascinating account that maps Russian soft power in France by looking at networks that are not directly state-produced: diaspora organizations, those linked ...

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DEC 22, 2017 Article

Climate Change Might Give Your Grandfather a Heart Attack: Changing Public Perception to Drive Action

"Climate change" is often framed as something that will occur in a distant time and place. But, as Mikaela Bradbury writes, it is already affecting ...

The Pentagon. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_030926-F-2828D-089_Aerial_view_of_the_Pentagon.jpg">U.S. Navy/Public Domain</a>

DEC 20, 2017 Podcast

Trump's National Security Strategy, with Julianne Smith

"I would say most of the people I have talked to outside of government, including some people in Congress, have been a little taken aback," ...