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The longest running independent international affairs podcast features in-depth interviews with policymakers, journalists and experts around the world who discuss global news, international relations, global development and key trends driving world affairs. Named by The Guardian as "a podcast to ma...
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Did The Gaza Ceasefire Emanate From UNGA? Plus: A New "Gang Suppression Force" for Haiti and our Nobel Predictions | To Save Us From Hell
UNGA is over. But its legacy lives on. We recorded this episode as news broke of a potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and so we look back a...
When Treaties Work: The High Seas Treaty
On September 16th, Morocco became the 60th country to ratify the High Seas Treaty, triggering a countdown to January, when the treaty will officially...
Sudan's Civil War Takes an Even Deadlier Turn
A genocidal militia called the Rapid Support Forces has been laying siege to the city of El Fasher, in Darfur, for nearly 500 days. But in recent week...
"Women’s Rights Are Human Rights" — 30 Years On
In 1995, there was a landmark meeting on gender equality in Beijing: the Fourth World Conference on Women. The conference produced the Beijing Declara...
Is America Suddenly at War With Venezuela?
Over the last two weeks, the United States has at least twice bombed boats in the Caribbean that the White House claims were smuggling drugs to the Un...
“Your countries are going to hell” -- Trump Unleashes at the UN
It was Donald Trump’s fifth speech before the United Nations General Assembly.
It was also his most rambling.
For 55 minutes, the Presiden...
Immunizations Are One of Africa's Greatest Public Health Success Stories | Future of Africa, Episode 7
Immunization has transformed the health trajectory of millions in Africa — but the job is far from done. This discussion moves beyond vaccines as a me...
Women and Girls Will Write the Future of Africa | Future of Africa, Episode 6
Africa’s future will be written by its girls and women — if they have the resources and rights to lead. Graça Machel calls for a generational shift in...
These Are the Stories that Will Drive the Agenda at UNGA This Year | To Save Us From Hell
Hundreds of presidents and prime ministers are coming to the UN for the annual opening of the General Assembly. UNGA officially kicked off on Septembe...
The UN and the Crisis of Liberalism | Rethinking Humanitarianism
A few weeks ago, my To Save Us From Hell co-host Anjali Dayal and I joined Tammam Aloudat, CEO of The New Humanitarian, for an episode of their podcas...
How to Transform Education in Africa | Future of Africa, Episode 5
Education in Africa must do more than keep up — it must leap ahead. Vimbai Masiyiwa champions entrepreneurship education that sparks job creation, whi...
A Simmering Conflict in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Region is Suddenly Getting Worse
Cabo Delgado is Mozambique’s northernmost province, bordering Tanzania. Since 2017, it has been gripped by a violent insurgency, when Islamist militan...
How to Solve the "Trust Deficit" in Africa | Future of Africa, Episode 4
When people don’t trust their institutions, the social fabric of a society is weakened.
But that “trust deficit” can — and must — be closed.
A Major Study Finds Giving Pregnant Women Cash Massively Improves Children's Health
A new study out of Kenya shows that one of the most impactful ways to reduce infant and child mortality is to provide cash—no strings attached—to preg...
How Global Development Finance Deals Can Actually Drive Local Impact | Future of Africa Episode 3
Making promises on financing for development is the easy part. Following through on them is hard. Ambassador Chola Milambo speaks frankly about turnin...
Can a Series of Global AI Summits Actually Shape the Rules that will Govern the World’s most Powerful Technology?
In 2023, the United Kingdom hosted the world’s first major international summit on the risks of advanced artificial intelligence. That Bletchley Park...
The Climate, Peace & Security Nexus | Future of Africa Episode 2
What does it mean to make peace with nature — and why could that be the key to lasting peace between people? Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Sa...
What We Can Expect from the Putin-Trump Alaska Summit
The past week has seen a frenzy of diplomatic activity on Ukraine, culminating in Donald Trump’s extraordinary announcement that he will host Vladimir...
Africa's Role on the Global Stage | Introducing: The "Future of Africa" Podcast Series
Africa is the world’s youngest continent — and its future is everyone’s future. By 2030, 70% of sub-Saharan Africa’s population will be under the age...
Famine in Gaza — A Political and Humanitarian Tipping Point?
“The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip.”
That was the conclusion of a July 29 report by the leading globa...
The Stark Demise of the Era of NGOs
In 1997, Jessica Matthews' landmark Foreign Affairs essay “Power Shift” captured the growing influence of NGOs and other non-state actors in shaping g...
A New Study Shows that Sanctions Kill As Many People As War
A groundbreaking new study published in the British medical journal The Lancet Global Health finds that unilateral economic sanctions—most of which ar...
Comfort Ero on How Foreign Aid Cuts May Spark Conflicts Worldwide | Live from the Aspen Security Forum
I caught up with Comfort Ero at the Aspen Security Forum last week. She is the President of the International Crisis Group, and in that role, she brin...
Can Europe Stay Unified on Ukraine? With Thordis Gylfadottir, Iceland's Former Foreign Minister | Live From the Aspen Security Forum
My guest today, Thordis Gylfadottir, served as Iceland's foreign minister until 2024. We spoke last week at the Aspen Security Forum, where she delive...
What We Learned From Mike Waltz's Confirmation Hearing for UN Ambassador | To Save Us From Hell
Trump’s pick for UN Ambassador, Mike Waltz, faced questions from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week. You may recall he previously served...
The Global Backlash Against Gender Equality
A furious backlash against gender equality, women’s rights, and LGBTQ rights is sweeping the globe. In a new report for the Carnegie Endowment for Int...
Nigeria's Herder-Farmer Violence is Escalating
The farmer-herder conflict in Nigeria is a long-running and deadly struggle over land and resources, primarily between nomadic herders—mostly from the...
To Save Us From Hell: Searching for Compromiso in Seville | Is Rafael Grossi Suddenly Radioactive?
The major Financing for Development Conference wrapped up in Seville last week with the so-called Compromiso de Sevilla, which commits countries to ac...
How Trump’s Aid Cuts Are Costing Lives in Sudan—The Largest Crisis on Earth
As of July 1, what remains of USAID’s programming is being folded into the State Department. The independent agency, created 64 years ago to advance A...
What the NATO Summit Tells Us About The Future of European Security
The leaders of NATO met in The Hague on June 25th for a rather truncated meeting with a limited agenda. Unlike recent NATO summits, this one did not f...
How the Israel-Iran-US War Forever Changed the Middle East
Will the ceasefire between Israel and Iran actually hold? How might Iran respond to the unprecedented American attacks on its nuclear program? And mor...
How the US Bombing of Iran May Split the Republican Party
Donald Trump's decision to bomb Iran lays bare a major rift within Republican foreign policy. Until recently, the more isolationist “America First” wi...
Why The UN Oceans Summit Matters
From June 9th to 13th, some 15,000 participants—including more than 60 Heads of State and Government—convened in Nice, on France's Mediterranean coast...
"They Have Decapitated the Iranian Military" - Will The Iran-Israel War Drag in the US?
After years of threats, the Israeli government launched a major attack overnight, targeting both Iran’s nuclear program and several senior Iranian mil...
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Head of UN Peacekeeping, on Why It Still Matters—And What Happens If Funding Disappears
There are nearly 70,000 UN peacekeeping personnel serving in 11 missions around the world. My guest today, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, is in charge of them a...
A Personal Note from Mark
Global Dispatches is entering a new era—and I need your help to keep it going. For years, I’ve been able to produce this show thanks to institutional...
The Gaza Aid Debacle
After an 80-day total blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza, a new scheme to distribute food to desperate Gazans began operations this week. The “Gaz...
A Fight Over Horses(!) Tells Us A Whole Lot About The Sad State of Trump's Diplomacy at the UN | To Save Us From Hell
The General Assembly selected five new members of the Security Council and one new President of the General Assembly this week in not-so-hotly contest...
When Treaties Work: The Pandemic Agreement
On May 20th, after years of negotiation, World Health Organization member states adopted the Pandemic Agreement — the first international treaty focus...
Pope Leo Makes His Foreign Policy Debut
The Pope is not just a religious leader—he's also a Head of State. The Holy See maintains formal diplomatic relations with most countries on Earth and...