Podcasts by Opinion Has It

Trouble over Taiwan | Bonnie Glaser from 2021-11-23T11:00:43

In the Sino-American great-power drama, Taiwan has taken center stage, as China has ramped up pressure on the island. How much danger is Taiwan in – and how far will the US go to defend it?
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Debt Wars | Barry Eichengreen from 2021-11-09T11:00:24

The unprecedented fiscal spending that many governments unleashed in response to the COVID-19 crisis has fueled an increasingly heated debate over the risks posed by public debt. But the debate is ...

America’s Afghan Debacle | Annie Pforzheimer from 2021-10-26T10:00:03

The Taliban has announced its interim government, and its all-male, often-hardline makeup seems to have confirmed many observers’ worst fears. Why did the US missi...

Voting in a Time of Democratic Erosion | Francesca Binda from 2021-10-12T10:00:31

While elections alone don’t necessarily make a state democratic, they do offer a glimpse into the strength and legitimacy of a democracy. What can we learn from recent electoral outcomes?

Is Crypto Going Mainstream? | Sheila Warren from 2021-09-28T10:00:37

After over a decade on the fringes of the global monetary system, digital currencies are increasingly being embraced by companies, governments, and citizens around the world. Are they set to become...

Economic Crisis in the Anthropocene | Adam Tooze from 2021-09-14T10:00:01

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered the swiftest and most comprehensive contraction of global economic activity ever. With crises set to proliferate – not least because of climate change – the successe...

The End of the Indispensable Nation | Stephen Wertheim from 2021-08-31T10:00:33

Twenty years ago, the September 11 terrorist attacks invigorated America’s sense of itself as the “indispensable nation.” But its actions since then have failed to improve global s...

Toward Bretton Woods 2.0? | Harold James & Paola Subacchi from 2021-08-17T10:00:50

In 1971, President Richard Nixon closed the gold window, effectively ushering in a new global monetary non-system with a single pillar: the US dollar. Fifty years later, that pillar is showing sign...

The US Economy’s Great Adjustment | Betsey Stevenson from 2021-08-04T16:36:57

With many low-paying jobs going unfilled, it seems that the COVID-19 crisis has forced a much-needed adjustment in a labor market where workers had long suffered from a decline in bargaining power....

Is It Time to Cancel the Olympics? | Jules Boykoff from 2021-07-20T15:15:02

Even when the world isn’t gripped by a pandemic, staging the Olympic Games can create serious problems for local populations. So, why do cities and countries keep seeking to host them?<...

The Communist Party of China at 100 | Rana Mitter from 2021-07-06T10:00:13

The Communist Party of China, founded a century ago, has been in power for more than seven decades – and it has big plans for the future. What do those plans entail, and is the Party still strong e...

Merkel’s Complicated Legacy | Constanze Stelzenmüller from 2021-06-22T10:00:19

As German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to step aside after 16 years in office, Germany, Europe, and the world are entering a new, more uncertain phase – one that will be significantly shaped b...

Is the US Ready for War? | Michèle Flournoy from 2021-06-08T10:00:21

Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been the world’s only superpower – a status ensured by the country’s powerful military. But great-power competition is making a comeback, raisin...

Is India’s Democracy Dying? | Milan Vaishnav from 2021-05-25T10:00:10

Despite major challenges, India’s multicultural democracy has thrived for more than 70 years. But can it survive Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu-nationalist agenda?Here to help us answer...

Special Edition: Will COVID-19 Bring Europe “Ever Closer”? | Niels Thygesen from 2021-05-13T10:00:26

While critics say that the European Union has stumbled from crisis to crisis for most of its existence, its defenders counter that crises have made it both stronger and more necessary over time. As...

Russia’s Not So Strongman | Timothy M. Frye from 2021-05-11T10:00:16

Popular protests and a tanking economy seem to be weakening President Vladimir Putin’s position, if not threatening his grip on power. Yet Russia’s strongman leader will not go down without a fight...

Will the American Jobs Plan Remake the US Economy? | James K. Galbraith from 2021-04-27T10:00:21

US President Joe Biden’s public-investment proposal is undoubtedly ambitious – and highly controversial. But it may also be the key to putting the US economy on the path toward a more sustainable, ...

The Return of the Taliban | Ashley Jackson from 2021-04-13T10:00:26

After 20 years and more than $2 trillion, the US is under growing pressure finally to withdraw from Afghanistan, leaving the country where it started: in the hands of the Taliban. What will this me...

Outtakes: Do Travel Bans Work? | Jennifer Nuzzo from 2021-03-30T10:00:20

This week in Outtakes, recent guest Jennifer Nuzzo, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health and Security, explains why border closures aren’t an effective virus-containment strategy...

Stopping the Next Pandemic | Jennifer Nuzzo from 2021-03-16T10:00:23

Even if the world does manage to end the COVID-19 pandemic, we can’t simply breathe a sigh of relief and return to business as usual. With the number of new infectious diseases rising fast, the nex...

The Growing Threat of Far-Right Extremism | Cynthia Miller-Idriss from 2021-03-02T11:00:12

With the encouragement of leaders like Donald Trump, far-right extremism has gone mainstream in recent years. To mitigate the growing danger far-right groups pose, policymakers need to deepen their...

The Legacy of Egypt’s Arab Spring | Michael Wahid Hanna from 2021-02-16T11:00:12

Ten years after a popular uprising overthrew a dictator, Egypt largely appears to be back where it started. Why were Egyptians’ democratic hopes dashed, and can they still be realized?Here to discu...

The Post-Brexit World Order | Timothy Garton Ash from 2021-02-02T11:00:17

Just as Brexit marked the end of an era, it marks the beginning of a new one. And there is plenty of reason for both the United Kingdom and the European Union to doubt that the new era will be bett...

US Foreign Policy after “America First” | Kori Schake from 2021-01-12T10:00:17

After four years of an “America first” foreign policy, President-elect Joe Biden wants the world to know that America is back. But will Biden and his foreign-policy team be able to restore America’...

Repairing America’s Broken Social Compact | Danielle Allen from 2020-12-15T11:00:20

One issue links the political ructions and failures that have afflicted America in 2020: trust – or, rather, the lack thereof. Neither a COVID-19 vaccine nor a new president will solve this problem...

Could Vaccine Nationalism Prolong the Pandemic? | Tom Bollyky from 2020-12-01T11:00:22

With multiple producers touting promising results in late-stage trials of COVID-19 vaccine candidates, the end of the pandemic finally seems to be in sight. But rather than work together to produce...

The GOP After Trump | Sarah Longwell from 2020-11-17T11:00:11

Joe Biden may have won the US election, but the vote was hardly the firm popular rebuke to Trumpism many had anticipated. What does that mean for a Republican Party that has tied itself into knots ...

Outtakes: Richard Pildes on Polarization in America from 2020-11-03T10:00:04

Today’s US election comes at a moment of such deep polarization that many are bracing for a bitter fight over the results. In this week’s special episode, we follow up with law scholar Richard Pild...

Is the US Headed Towards a Disputed Election? | Richard Pildes from 2020-10-27T10:00:16

Donald Trump’s repeated efforts to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the upcoming election has further intensified the polarization that has increasingly defined American politics in recent years. No...

What’s Next for Abenomics? | Kathy Matsui from 2020-10-13T10:00:24

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s successor, Yoshihide Suga, has pledged to uphold his signature economic-policy program, Abenomics. What did that program really achieve, and is it up to the tas...

Does Inflation Matter Anymore? | Claudia Sahm from 2020-09-29T10:00:24

The US Federal Reserve has announced a major shift in its monetary-policy framework: it will no longer target an inflation rate of “around 2%” at all times. What does this mean for the US economy –...

Will We Solve the Climate Crisis in Time? | Bill McKibben from 2020-09-15T10:00:08

In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that the world will face worsening food crises, devastating wildfires, and coral reef die-offs unless it halves greenhouse-gas emission...

The End of College as We Know It? | Robert Kelchen from 2020-09-01T10:00:27

When COVID-19 hit the United States in March, colleges and universities around the country quickly shifted to remote learning. But, as a new semester begins, the pandemic is nowhere near under cont...

The Arrival of Kamala Harris | Julia Azari from 2020-08-18T10:00:25

Joe Biden has hinted that, if he wins November’s US presidential election, he will serve only one term. However unlikely that may be, his running mate, Kamala Harris, may well be the next Democrati...

Outtakes: Daniel Drezner on the History of the Nation-State from 2020-08-11T10:00:12

For the past week, we’ve been on VEEP watch – repeatedly checking our phones for any indication that Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for US president, was ready to announce his runnin...

The COVID-19 World Order | Daniel Drezner from 2020-07-28T10:00:26

For decades, globalization has been narrowing the scope of national sovereignty. Does the COVID-19 pandemic – which has highlighted, yet again, the interconnected nature of today’s most pressing ch...

How Would Black Economists Change Economics? | Lisa D. Cook from 2020-07-14T10:00:24

Just 3% of US economics PhDs were awarded to black people in 2017 – a share that has been trending downward since the mid-1990s. This week, we examine the effects of this lack of black representati...

The End of Hong Kong? | Minxin Pei from 2020-06-16T10:00:24

For over a year, China has progressively tightened its grip on Hong Kong. Its latest move – the introduction of a new security law – may spell the death of the “one country, two systems,” and thus ...

Special Edition: America’s Dilemma Explodes from 2020-06-04T09:00:17

George Floyd’s fatal encounter with the police seems to have been a tipping point in the United States. It comes at time when the pandemic has caused unemployment to skyrocket and exposed the life-...

Our Digital, No-Touch Future | Marietje Schaake from 2020-06-02T10:00:17

Not even a pandemic seems to be slowing down the world’s tech giants. Companies like Facebook, Amazon, and Google may emerge as the winners of the COVID-19 crisis, but at what cost to our societies...

Imagining the New 9-5 | Teresa Ghilarducci from 2020-05-19T10:00:23

The labor market and workplace conditions have changed dramatically in recent years – often not for the better. How will the COVID-19 pandemic change how jobs are structured in the 21st century? Listen

Lockdowns or Clampdowns? | Michael Ignatieff from 2020-05-05T10:00:14

The COVID-19 pandemic has created opportunities for dictators and democrats alike to abuse government power, spurring fears that emergency measures will outlive the emergency. That danger is partic...

Is the EU the World’s Unsung Superpower? | Anu Bradford from 2020-04-21T10:00:23

When it comes to commerce, where Europe leads, others follow. The reason is simple: it’s too costly for global companies not to adopt a one-size-fits-all approach to their products. Does that make ...

Will COVID-19 Make Modern Monetary Theory Mainstream? | Pavlina R. Tcherneva from 2020-04-07T10:00:23

From the ashes of the Great Depression, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushed through a raft of labor and social reforms that remade the American state and economy. We need FDR’s brand of “bold...

What History Can Teach Us About COVID-19 | Frank Snowden from 2020-03-31T10:00:23

COVID-19 has upended our health systems, economies, and societies, but we’ve been through this before. Yale University historian Frank Snowden says history has much to teach us about confronting pa...

How to Start a Movement | Leymah Gbowee from 2020-03-17T10:00:28

Liberian activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee launched a movement that toppled a dictatorship and ended a 14-year civil war. How did she do it? By bringing women into the peace proce...

Live from Brooklyn Public Library: How Democrats Can Win in 2020 from 2020-03-03T09:00

“Make America Great Again” was a powerful campaign slogan in 2016, appealing in states that mattered to voters who felt that the US economy had passed them by. Winning them over – or winning them b...

What Do Mainstream Economists Get Wrong About Poverty And Growth? | Abhijit Banerjee from 2020-02-18T11:00:20

By focusing on practical solutions to small questions, Abhijit Banerjee helped revolutionize development economics. Now, he’s turning his focus to rehabilitating the battered reputations of economi...

Is it Time for Iowa to Pass the Torch? | Edward L. Widmer from 2020-02-04T11:00:30

Since the 1970s, Iowa has hosted the United States’ first primary contest for US presidential nominees, often with make-or-break consequences for the candidates. But the state has come under scruti...

Disunited Kingdom | David Edgerton from 2020-01-28T11:00:10

Will Brexit break up the United Kingdom? Historian David Edgerton says that the time has come to let go of the idea of a “British nation.”

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The Middle East’s New Eruption | Narges Bajoghli & Vali Nasr from 2020-01-21T11:00:10

Fears of an escalated conflict between the United States and Iran have quieted in the weeks since a US drone strike killed Qassem Suleimani, but the assassination’s long-term consequences remain th...

Disinfo Wars | Nina Khrushcheva from 2020-01-07T11:00:13

Why has disinformation been a central feature of US President Donald Trump’s administration, including its response to the threat of impeachment? Nina Khrushcheva joins our podcast to discuss that ...

America’s Impeachment Struggle | Noah Feldman from 2019-12-17T11:00:23

Donald J. Trump became the third president in US history to be impeached. Whatever the impact on his prospects for re-election in 2020, the more important question is what long-term consequences im...

How to Tax the Super Rich | Emmanuel Saez from 2019-12-03T11:00:23

Does the solution to widening economic inequality lie in a wealth tax? We speak to Emmanuel Saez, an adviser to Elizabeth Warren who helped design the “Ultra-Millionaire Tax” plan.

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Is The War On Terror Over? | Karen Greenberg from 2019-11-19T11:00:13

On October 27, US President Donald Trump announced the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and declared that the caliphate he sought to create had been destroyed. But does that mean ...

Revisiting The End Of The Cold War | John Lewis Gaddis from 2019-11-05T11:00:12

Thirty years ago this week, the world watched in awe as thousands brought down the Berlin Wall, marking the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Today, however, democracy is in crisis, and authori...

The Future of the Establishment | Matthew Goodwin from 2019-10-22T08:00:12

As the United States and the United Kingdom gear up for elections in the next year, many are asking if populist nationalism is here to stay, or whether establishment parties can regain control. Mat...

How to Reach the World’s “Unbanked” Women | Shamina Singh from 2019-10-08T10:00:14

Thirty-one percent of adults worldwide don’t have access to a bank account. Roughly two-thirds of them are women. What accounts for unequal access to financial tools, and what are the economic cost...

Tracking Progress on the SDGs | Michael Green from 2019-09-24T10:00:16

In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, “a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all” by 2030. We’re not on track.

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A Woman in the White House? Yes, She Can | Anne-Marie Slaughter from 2019-07-16T10:00:04

A record number of women have thrown their hats into the ring to be the Democratic nominee in the 2020 US presidential election. But with the party still reeling from Hillary Clinton’s devastating ...

The G20 On Shaky Ground | Lawrence Summers from 2019-07-02T10:00:10

Although fair and free trade is one of the G20’s guiding principles, protectionism has re-emerged in many member states in recent years. Lawrence Summers, one of the G20’s architects, discusses the...

Outtakes: Leta Hong Fincher on China's One Child Policy from 2019-06-25T10:00:19

Last week, we spoke to Leta Hong Fincher about the evolving feminist movement in China, and how women could be the greatest threat to continued rule by the Chinese Communist Party. For our outtake ...

The War on Women: The View from China | Leta Hong Fincher from 2019-06-18T09:59:59

When Mao Zedong declared in 1968 that “women hold up half the sky,” many were taken aback. No one expected such a progressive stance from the Communist founder of the People's Republic. Today, howe...

Outtakes: Sophie Richardson on Chinese Surveillance from 2019-06-11T10:00:05

Over the last few weeks, Opinion Has It host Elmira Bayrasli sat down with three experts to discuss the legacy of the Tiananmen Square protests, 30 years after they were violently crushed by the Ch...

The Legacy of Tiananmen Square, 30 Years Later from 2019-06-04T10:00:15

Type the words “Tiananmen” or “June 4” in a search browser in China, and little, if anything, identifies Beijing’s central square as the site where thousands of people, mostly students, were killed...

Outtakes: Yascha Mounk on Democracy and Social Media from 2019-05-28T10:00:07

Last week, we spoke with Yascha Mounk, a professor on liberal democracy and populism at Johns Hopkins University in Washington. We discussed the state of the EU in the run up to last week's Europea...

A Referendum on the EU Experiment? | Yascha Mounk from 2019-05-21T10:00:17

European Parliament elections have traditionally been tedious, low-turnout affairs. But five years of financial and migrant crises, terrorist attacks, and growing nationalism have put the European ...

Outtakes: William Burns on Russia from 2019-05-14T10:00:09

Often when we're recording, we end up asking questions that are very interesting, but don't make it into our final episode. Rather than letting this just sit as extra tape our hard drive, we want t...

The Secret Openings of US Foreign Policy | William Burns from 2019-05-07T10:00:09

When Donald Trump took the stage at his inauguration in January 2017, he promised to put an end to the multilateral approach that had marked US foreign policy since the end of World War II, pledgin...

Journalism on (Thin) Ice | Jay Rosen from 2019-04-23T10:00:04

The days of waiting for the 7pm news or the morning paper are long gone. But, so too, is perspective and trust. Jay Rosen joins our podcast to discuss the future of journalism.

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It has been two years and nine months since the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. To say that the subsequent negotiations outlining exactly how Britain would withdraw ...

The Female Jihadi | Aleksandra Dier from 2019-03-12T10:00:08

Nearly five years ago, Hoda Muthana and Shamima Begum left their respective homes in Alabama and London and traveled to Syria, where they swore loyalty to ISIS. Now they want to return home. But ca...

The Trade War to End All Trade Wars? | Ann Lee from 2019-02-26T12:00:16

After US President Donald Trump said that the Sino-American trade truce could be extended beyond March 1, Chinese and American delegations rushing to negotiate a deal breathed a sigh of relief. But...

Measuring Inequality | Angus Deaton & Anne Case from 2019-02-12T11:00:05

When it comes to tackling the challenges of inequality, are we asking the right questions? Or, for that matter, measuring the right indicators? Angus Deaton, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics ...

What’s Wrong with Davos? | Anand Giridharadas from 2019-01-29T12:00:03

For the past several decades, world leaders, CEOs, tech titans, billionaires, philanthropists, and celebrities have descended upon Davos, Switzerland with the goal of “improving the state of the wo...

Xiao Qiang on Circumventing the Great Firewall from 2019-01-15T13:00:15

The Chinese authorities' control of citizens' online activity is intensifying under President Xi Jinping. But for Xiao Qiang, an expert on Chinese censorship at the University of California, Berkel...

The World After Trump from 2019-01-01T13:00:16

The US-led international order is fraying under the leadership of Donald Trump. But as Mira Rapp-Hooper and Rebecca Friedman Lissner explain, rather than assigning blame, policymakers should focus ...

Debating the Great Disruption from 2018-12-18T12:00:16

Growing inequality, accelerating globalization, and new technologies are contributing to a populist backlash that is upending the economic, political, and diplomatic norms of the last seven decades...

Elizabeth Radin on the Future of Global-Health Coordination from 2018-12-04T13:00:14

For global-health professionals, the successful war on HIV/AIDS is a model to emulate when targeting other hard-to-contain pandemics. But as Columbia University’s Elizabeth Radin notes, the biggest...

Diane Coyle on Measuring, and Managing, More Sustainable Growth from 2018-11-20T12:00:09

For more than two generations, economic orthodoxy has held that governments that invest and regulate the least govern best. But Diane Coyle, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridg...

James Leibold Unpacks China's War on the Uighurs from 2018-11-06T00:00

In China’s far West, Muslim Uighurs are under attack in a wave of official repression occurring on a scale not seen since the Cultural Revolution. For James Leibold, an expert in China’s ethnic pol...

Elizabeth Drew on America’s Midterm Mess from 2018-10-23T08:08:05

When Americans vote on November 6, Donald Trump will not be on the ballot, but the future of his presidency will be. Veteran Washington journalist Elizabeth Drew explains why this midterm election ...

Françoise Girard on Normalizing Abortion from 2018-10-09T12:10:38

Abortion is a polarizing issue, but it's also a fact of life in all countries and among all socioeconomic groups. The sooner the world normalizes the practice, says Françoise Girard of the Internat...

Ten Years After the Crisis: An Economic Parley from 2018-09-25T13:36:34

Ten years ago, asset prices were in free fall, credit markets had seized up, and millions of people were losing their homes, jobs, and livelihoods. In this extended episode, we talk to economists J...

Laura Tyson and Lenny Mendonca on Federalism 2.0 from 2018-09-11T12:00:06

Donald Trump’s brand of partisan politics has pushed many Americans to lose faith in the federal government, especially as collective challenges like climate change are ignored by the White House. ...

Pascal Mittermaier on Growing Greener Cities from 2018-08-28T10:00:06

Urban planners have long considered how to balance the built and natural environment, and today, with cities swelling in size, this question is more pressing than ever. But, as The Nature Conservan...

Brahma Chellaney on India's Regional Renaissance from 2018-08-14T06:19:51

A popular narrative in the Trump era is that longstanding geopolitical arrangements are being upended. But New Delhi-based author, professor, and strategist Brahma Chellaney argues that India – wit...

Esther Ngumbi on the Soil-Poverty Nexus from 2018-07-31T07:09:17

Soil is fundamental to life on earth, and yet, degraded soil quality is threatening agricultural productivity around the world, particularly in Africa. University of Illinois soil scientist Esther ...

Jim O'Neill on the Evolution of Global Governance from 2018-07-17T08:33:08

The Western-led international order is in disarray, with this year’s chaotic G7 summit being an obvious case in point. But for Jim O’Neill, chair-elect of Chatham House, the public disagreement amo...

Dalia Marin on the Populist-Prosperity Paradox from 2018-07-03T08:24:29

The prevailing narrative used to explain political populism in the West is that some element of globalization is pushing voters to embrace right-wing, anti-establishment parties. But as Dalia Marin...

Mark Leonard on Italy and the Future of Europe from 2018-06-19T10:17:44

Following the United Kingdom’s Brexit vote and the rise of populists in Central Europe, does the emergence of a Euroskeptic government in Italy represent a test too far for the European Union? Mark...

Kent Harrington on Trump’s Intelligence Antipathy from 2018-06-05T07:56:13

Throughout American history, “intelligence” has been a valuable commodity in politics and war, helping nearly every president since Washington gain an edge in global affairs. Donald Trump has prove...

Richard Haass on Trump’s North Korean Strategy from 2018-05-22T10:32:08

The planned summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is one of the most anticipated bilateral engagements of the twenty-first century. But as Richard Haass of th...

Adrienne Klasa Unpacks Ramaphosa's Agenda in South Africa from 2018-05-08T07:48:12

Only three months into his presidency, South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa has already earned high marks for his economic and political reforms. But, as the Financial Times’ Adrienne Klasa notes, Ramaph...

Quratulain Fatima on Gender and Politics in Pakistan from 2018-04-24T08:30:46

Nearly a century after women around the world began gaining the right to vote, their descendants are demanding an end to harassment and abuse, and governments and businesses are taking action. But ...

Minxin Pei on the Rise of Emperor Xi from 2018-04-10T08:25:12

In March, China’s National People’s Congress rubber-stamped the elimination of presidential term limits, clearing the way for President Xi Jinping to lead for life. Sinologist Minxin Pei says while...

Alexandra Borchardt on Free Speech in the Filtered Age from 2018-03-27T10:05:24

On January 1, Germany became a global test bed for efforts to police hate speech online. Alexandra Borchardt, a media expert and Director of Strategic Development at the Reuters Institute, says whi...

Ambassador Christopher Hill on Syria's Stalemate and Trump's Middle East from 2018-03-13T10:02:54

Syria's bloody stalemate enters its eighth year on March 15. Hundreds of thousands have died, and millions have been displaced. Solutions have evaded the international community, and as Syria desce...

Princeton's Harold James Asks: Will AI Make Us Stupid? from 2018-02-27T08:31:33

While smart people disagree on what artificial intelligence will mean for humanity, there is little question that AI will change how people work, relax, and relate to one another. Harold James thin...

Atul Gawande Asks Katherine Semrau How We Can Improve Maternal and Newborn Health from 2018-02-13T09:16:52

Surgeon and writer Atul Gawande interviews Katherine Semrau, an epidemiologist who leads the Better Birth program at Ariadne Labs, about how to improve maternal and newborn health worldwide in a sp...

Nina Khrushcheva on Russia in 2018 and Beyond from 2018-01-30T09:43:49

With President Vladimir Putin the only viable candidate in the presidential election in March, a fourth term is all but guaranteed. Yet, as The New School’s Nina Khrushcheva explains, what isn’t ce...

CFR's Rachel Vogelstein on the Economic Case for Gender Equality from 2018-01-16T09:08:04

The intersection of gender and power is among the most important social and political issues of our time. But as the Council on Foreign Relations’ Rachel Vogelstein argues, gender equality is an ec...

Andrew Sheng on China’s Corruption Conundrum from 2017-12-27T10:08:11

Vows to target corruption are as old as the modern Chinese state itself, but President Xi Jinping has made rooting it out a signature piece of his governing strategy. As PS contributor Andrew Sheng...

Harvard’s Jeffrey Frankel Measures the GOP’s Tax Plan from 2017-12-12T14:32:51

Jeffrey Frankel, a professor at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a former member of President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers, outlines the five criteria he uses to...

Keetie Roelen on the Psychosocial Side of Poverty from 2017-12-05T10:11:25

Solutions to poverty are varied, and include improvements to education, agriculture, health care, and even transportation. But as Keetie Roelen, co-director of the Center for Social Protection at t...

PS Voice: Niels Thygesen on Eurozone Fiscal Policy from 2017-11-21T12:22:05

Niels Thygesen, Chair of the European Fiscal Board, discusses the Board's first report to the European Commission with Bill Emmott, author of The Fate of the West, and Marie Charrel of Le Monde. Listen

Manuel Muñiz Says Economic Growth Is No Longer Enough from 2017-11-14T10:19:50

As new technologies subject the world’s economies to massive structural change, wages are no longer playing the central redistributive role they once did. Manuel Muñiz, Dean of the IE School of Int...

PS Voice: Paola Subacchi on Financial Stability from 2017-10-05T09:17:55

Paola Subacchi, Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, discusses financial stability, China, Brexit, and Italy with PS Contributing Editor John Andrews, Financial News columnist David Wighton, an...

PS Voice: Yanis Varoufakis on Negotiating with the EU from 2017-09-27T08:39:13

Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance minister, discusses how to negotiate with the EU and his proposal to introduce fiscal money with Anatole Kaletsky, Co-Chairman of Gavekal Draganomics, Davi...

PS Voice: Yanis Varoufakis on China from 2017-09-20T09:31:58

Greece’s former finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, discusses China’s growing role in Southern Europe and EU politics with Anatole Kaletsky, Co-Chairman of Gavekal Draganomics, David Alandete, Mana...

Philippe Legrain on the Brexit Negotiations from 2017-08-31T12:24:57

Brexit seldom makes global headlines anymore, but the UK’s divorce from the EU continues, though with a few surprises. PS contributor and former economic adviser at the European Commission Philippe...

Hannah Ryder on China’s (Non-Colonial) Interests in Africa from 2017-08-15T10:52:42

To call China a colonial power is to diminish the true horrors that were faced by colonized communities. But that does not mean that African countries can be complacent as Chinese actors continue t...

Helen Epstein Unpacks Uganda’s Refugee Crisis from 2017-08-01T11:28:37

With more than a million displaced people having found safety within Uganda’s borders, the region’s most willing supporter of refugees is feeling the strain. But a recent UN-backed effort to raise ...

Yanis Varoufakis on a New Deal to Save the EU from 2017-07-25T00:00

Most experts agree that the euro is undermining the EU. To dismantle it, however, would be extremely costly, and federalization isn’t feasible in the current political climate. Instead, Yanis Varou...

The Struggle for Poland from 2017-07-18T08:23

The founder of Poland’s Krytyka Polityczna, S?awomir Sierakowski, unpacks Donald Trump's recent visit to Warsaw and the country's slide toward illiberalism with PS editors Whitney Arana and Jonatha...

Tarek Osman on the Arab World’s Coming Challenges from 2017-07-03T09:32:35

When it comes to the Middle East, it is no surprise that political leaders, diplomats, and the donor and humanitarian community typically focus on the here and now. Yet we must not lose sight of th...

PS Voice: Chris Patten on a Life in Global Politics from 2017-06-28T13:25:56

Chris Patten, the last Governor of Hong Kong, discusses his memoir "First Confession" with Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, and François Bougon of Le Monde.Don't...

PS Voice: Trump and the Liberal World Order, with Joseph Nye from 2017-06-16T09:11:45

Harvard’s Joseph Nye discusses Donald Trump’s impact on international affairs with Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, Le Monde’s Gaidz Minassian, and Yuya Yokobori...

Should Investors Still Buy Venezuelan Bonds? from 2017-05-30T15:29:26

After Goldman Sachs purchased $2.8 billion in Venezuelan bonds, many were quick to point out the deal's adverse effects on the country's people. PS editors Whitney Arana and Jonathan Stein discuss ...

Where US Manufacturing Jobs Really Went from 2017-05-11T07:51:08

In the decade between 1999 and 2009, the number of jobs in manufacturing fell from 17 million to 12 million, giving rise to the idea that the US economy suddenly stopped working – at least for blue...

PS Voice: The Fate of the West, with Bill Emmott from 2017-05-02T10:13:30

Bill Emmott, former Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, discusses identity politics, corporate power, and his latest book with PS Contributing Editor John Andrews, Financial News columnist David Wigh...

100 Days of Trump from 2017-04-27T15:50:01

As the Trump presidency reaches its one-hundredth day on April 29, PS editors Jonathan Stein and Whitney Arana take opposing views of the situation and ask: But what about North Korea?Like what you...

President Le Pen? from 2017-04-19T14:41:16

Marine Le Pen is the candidate most likely to advance to the second round of France's presidential elections. So why hasn’t the EU made plans to deal with the nightmare scenario of her ultimate vic...

PS Voice: Economist Nouriel Roubini on Germany and Switzerland from 2017-04-10T14:04:46

In this second installment of PS Voice with Nouriel Roubini, the renowned economist discusses Germany's role in the EU, and pressures on the Swiss franc with journalists Melanie Loos of BILANZ and ...

PS Voice: Protectionism, Trump and the Future of Europe, with Nouriel Roubini from 2017-04-04T14:49:53

Professor at NYU and Chairman of Roubini Macro Associates Nouriel Roubini sits down with PS to discuss Trump and his protectionist policies, Brexit, and further trouble in the EU.Keep up to date wi...

What’s Better Than a Border Adjustment Tax? from 2017-03-10T09:55:10

Donald Trump is set to drastically shake up the American tax system by implementing a border adjustment tax. But are the rewards overwhelmed by the risks? PS editors Jonathan Stein and Whitney Aran...

A Tax on Robots? from 2017-03-02T11:00:30

As automation forces more people out of work, should robots offset costs by paying taxes? PS editors Jonathan Stein and Whitney Arana discuss alternative options, including former Greek Finance Min...

PS Voice: Fixing the American Economy, with Jeffrey Sachs from 2017-02-23T13:42:19

Columbia Professor Jeffrey Sachs joins PS Voice to discuss the path toward a more productive and fair American economy.

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Restoring Faith in Globalization from 2017-02-23T10:27:52

Thanks to globalization, the past 70 years was arguably the best quarter-century in human history. In this week's episode, PS editors Jonathan Stein and Whitney Arana discuss free trade backlash, a...

How to Be a Misleader from 2017-02-15T13:43:34

In the inaugural episode of PS Editors' Podcast, PS editors Whitney Arana and Jonathan Stein discuss the glaring incompetencies of the Trump administration, as highlighted in Lucy Marcus' most rece...

PS Voice: China on the World Stage from 2017-02-07T00:00

As the United States and the European Union grapple with domestic issues, will China become the world's next leader? Minxin Pei, Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, joins PS Voice...

PS Voice: Trump, Putin and the Truth from 2017-02-01T13:32:59

Russia expert and Professor of International Affairs, Nina Khrushcheva, discusses US/Russia relations under Putin and Trump. With Nina is Arnout Brouwers from the Dutch publication de Volkskrant, a...

PS Voice: Unpacking Brexit, with Shashi Tharoor from 2017-01-26T08:17:16

Former UN Under-Secretary-General Shashi Tharoor, an MP for the Indian National Congress, unpacks Brexit.

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Jim O’Neill discusses BRICS and Brexit with Gavekal Dragonomics’ Anatole Kaletsky, Jennifer Nille of L’Echo, and Leonardo Maisano of Il Sole 24 Ore on the latest edition of PS On Air.

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