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Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters

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,... Read more

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These Are the Smugglers Who Make Mass Migration Possible

These Are the Smugglers Who Make Mass Migration Possible

Despite wide attention to the global refugee and migrant crisis, there has been little research of one key group that fa... Read more

29 Mar 2017

34mins

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Episode 170: Peter W. Galbraith

Episode 170: Peter W. Galbraith

Peter Galbraith helped uncover and confront two genocides. As a staffer in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the... Read more

13 Nov 2017

51mins

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Trump's Jerusalem Gamble

Trump's Jerusalem Gamble

The United States will formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capitol and intends to move its embassy there from Tel A... Read more

6 Dec 2017

26mins

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Episode 147: Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Episode 147: Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Linda Thomas-Greenfield grew up the oldest of eight children in a small segregated town outside of Baton Rouge, Louisian... Read more

14 Apr 2017

53mins

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Meet Emmanuel Macron, the Surprising New President of France

Meet Emmanuel Macron, the Surprising New President of France

By now, of course, you are well aware that Emmanuel Macron won a stunning election victory in France, besting by huge ma... Read more

10 May 2017

25mins

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A Ceasefire, But No Peace for Nagorno-Karabakh

A Ceasefire, But No Peace for Nagorno-Karabakh

On November 9th the warring parties in Nagorno-Karabakh signed a ceasefire agreement brokered by Russia. The agreement c... Read more

16 Nov 2020

30mins

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Why We Lie About Aid

Why We Lie About Aid

My podcast guest today Pablo Yanguas is a research fellow at the Global Development Institute at the University of Manch... Read more

28 Feb 2018

28mins

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Episode 181: Djibouti Democracy Activist Daher Ahmed Farah

Episode 181: Djibouti Democracy Activist Daher Ahmed Farah

Djibouti is the only country in the world that hosts military bases for both the United States and China. The US base, C... Read more

16 Feb 2018

42mins

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Donald Trump's Nuclear Weapons Policy is Radically Different from His Predecessors

Donald Trump's Nuclear Weapons Policy is Radically Different from His Predecessors

You've may of the Doomsday Clock. This is a rubric created by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists at the dawn of the nucle... Read more

25 Jan 2018

30mins

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This is the worst crisis in the world that gets the least amount of attention

This is the worst crisis in the world that gets the least amount of attention

-----SUPPORT THE SHOW----- Click here to make a contribution to the podcast -->  http://www.globaldispatchespodcast.c... Read more

8 Sep 2016

23mins

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Episode 152: Jill Filipovic

Episode 152: Jill Filipovic

Jill Filipovic is author of the new book The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness. She is a Nairobi based journalis... Read more

19 May 2017

50mins

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What Happens if the International Criminal Court Investigates American War Crimes in Afghanistan?

What Happens if the International Criminal Court Investigates American War Crimes in Afghanistan?

The International Criminal Court is likely to open an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes ... Read more

26 Oct 2018

34mins

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Yemen, Already Beset by Civil War, is Now Facing Famine

Yemen, Already Beset by Civil War, is Now Facing Famine

Millions of people in Yemen are facing a potential famine. The country was already the poorest in the region and for the... Read more

3 May 2017

26mins

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American Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump

American Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump

Donald Trump will become president and commander-in-chief in January. I am pledging to you right now that I will dedicat... Read more

9 Nov 2016

28mins

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What Russia Wants

What Russia Wants

Russia has successfully influenced the election here in the United States in its favor. It's side is winning the war in ... Read more

21 Dec 2016

26mins

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Peace Breaks Out Between Ethiopia and Eritrea

Peace Breaks Out Between Ethiopia and Eritrea

Something truly remarkable in African history and global affairs occurred on June 26 when Eritrean leaders flew to the c... Read more

27 Jun 2018

30mins

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The Hong Kong Protests

The Hong Kong Protests

The protests in Hong Kong represent a key turning point for China, Hong Kong, and the world. Hong Kong is in the midst o... Read more

16 Jun 2019

24mins

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Episode 180: Anote Tong, Former President of Kirabati

Episode 180: Anote Tong, Former President of Kirabati

To the people of Kiribati, climate change is an existential threat.  This is an Island nation in the pacific -- it is a... Read more

12 Feb 2018

51mins

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Trump Just Re-Instated the "Global Gag Rule." Here's what that means.

Trump Just Re-Instated the "Global Gag Rule." Here's what that means.

On his third day on office President Trump signed a memorandum re-instating what is known as the "Global Gag Rule" or so... Read more

25 Jan 2017

22mins

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An Insane Drug War in the Philippines

An Insane Drug War in the Philippines

The new bombastic and brash president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte is undertaking a war on drugs like no other cou... Read more

15 Aug 2016

19mins

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