**** UPDATED September 2022 ****
If you are reading this, chances are you have a professional interest in international relations and related fields like national security, human rights, international development, international law and geopolitics.
I’m journalist Mark Leon Goldberg, editor of UN Dispatch and host of the Global Dispatches podcast. I’ve put together this select list of podcast episodes for foreign policy professionals, professors, students, and other aficionados of international relations and related fields. Each episode features a ~20 minute conversational interview around a specific topic with a well-informed guest, usually a journalist, policymaker or think-tank type.
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Geopolitics and Grand Strategy
The Big Problem With “Great Power Competition” | Ali Wyne
The Five Reasons Countries Go to War (And How to Avoid Them) | Chris Blattman
Is Progressive Realism The Future of US Foreign Policy? | Robert Wright
“Weaponized Interdependence” and the Future of International Relations | With Daniel Drezner
Ian Bremmer on How COVID-19 is Accelerating Geopolitical Shifts
Legendary US Diplomat Thomas Pickering Explains How the US Can Get Its Multilateral Groove Back
The Rise of China
Is the United States “Inflating” the Military Threat From China?
Chinese “Debt Trap Diplomacy” is a Myth
How China Views Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
A Grounds-eye view of the Demise of Democracy in Hong Kong
China Needs Soy. Brazil Farms It. The Amazon Rainforest Gets Destroyed
What the Trouble Between the NBA and China Tells Us About the Future of International Relations
Nuclear Security and Non-Proliferation
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Becomes International Law
Conflicts and Crises in Africa
A Peace Deal Has Ended South Sudan’s Civil War
Burkina Faso is Experiencing a Surge in Violence
Conflicts in Crises in the Middle East and North Africa
A Dramatic Turn of Events in Libya
Why the Conventional Wisdom About the Arab Spring is Wrong | Noah Feldman
Lebanon is in the Midst of a Jaw-Dropping Economic Free Fall
Humanitarianism and Global Development
How to Stop the Global Food Crisis From Getting Worse | Sir Mark Lowcock
How The World Bank and IMF Have Responded To The Global Economic Crisis?
What’s Next for USAID under the leadership of Samantha Power?
Inside the Drive to Create a ‘Global Fund’ for Public Interest Journalism
Why Are So Many Aid Workers Being Killed in the Line of Duty?
Global Health and Pandemic Prevention
Bureaucratic Politics + Foreign Policy
Can the Global Fragility Act Help Prevent Conflicts Before They Start? With Dr. Dafna Rand
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, The Podcast Interview
Global Perspectives on COVID-19 Pandemic
Why COVID-19 is NOT Raging out of Control in the Central African Republic
How the Coronavirus Pandemic is Stifling Free Speech Around the World
What Can Political Science Teach Us About How Different Countries Are Handling COVID19?
The Coronavirus Human Rights Crackdown
How a Large Global Humanitarian Organization is Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Women’s Rights
How the United States Can Embrace a Feminist Foreign Policy
UNFPA Director Dr. Natalia Kanem Explains What You Need to Know About The Nairobi Summit on ICPD25
Why Human Rights Defender Gulalai Ismail Fled Pakistan
Trade
China Needs Soy. Brazil Farms It. The Amazon Rainforest Gets Destroyed
New Trends in Global Trade Are Changing How Women Work Around the World
Globalization, Transnational Issues, and Transnational Threats
The Dictator’s Digital Dilemma
How the Black Lives Matter Movement Went Global
How Prepared are We for the Next Big Global Epidemic?
Intellectual Traditions
Is Progressive Realism The Future of US Foreign Policy?
Better Know John Maynard Keynes, the Economist Who Charted a New Path for International Cooperation