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World Policy On Air
World Policy On Air is a podcast from the pages and website of World Policy Journal featuring former Newsweek On Air host David Alpern and conversations with experts and journalists from around the globe.
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World Policy On Air, Ep. 154: "The Rights of Indigenous Peoples"
When Indigenous representatives began to draft a U.N. document enshrining the right to self-determination, many states worried that their proposals wo...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 153: "Protest & Community at Standing Rock"
Photographer Josué Rivas spent months on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, documenting not only the protests against the Dakota Access Pi...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 152: "Native Voices"
Last year marked the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the first international treaty to recogni...
World Policy On Air [Encore]: "Kill The Indian, Save the Man"
On this week's episode of World Policy On Air, we revisit our conversation with documentary photographer Daniella Zalcman about the painful history an...
World Policy On Air [Encore]: "Innovation at the Arctic Council"
This week on World Policy On Air, we revisit our conversation with Nadine Fabbi, the head of the Arctic Fellows program at the University of Washingto...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 151: "The Kremlin's Revolution Problem"
Russian state media marked the centenary of the Bolshevik revolution this year by airing new television dramas, launching interactive websites, and li...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 150: "Budapest's Drug Scare"
The Hungarian government has taken a law-and-order approach to address a rise in drug use, often targeting poor and minority communities in police rai...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 149: "Turkey's Imperiled Press"
As Erdoğan's Turkey becomes increasingly polarized and intolerant of political opposition, a 1943 novel by Sabahattin Ali demonstrates how literature...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 148: "Responsible Paternity"
Trends in Latin America's marriage rates, and rates of children born outside of marriage, often reflect changes in laws that create economic incentive...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 147: "Rape and Power in Nicaragua"
Nicaragua ranks fourth in the world for most reported incidents of rape, and this problem originates in the highest echelons of power. This week on Wo...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 146: "Past Corruption Haunts Tunisia"
In the wake of the Arab Spring, Tunisia is the only state where a protest movement gave way to a democratic transition. This week on World Policy On A...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 145: "How Likely is Trade War?"
President Trump railed against China on the campaign trail, citing unfair trade practices, but as he meets with Xi Jinping many speculate that Trump w...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 144: "Arms & Alliances in East Asia"
The specter of nuclear conflict has been hanging over the Korean peninsula for some time, but recent inflammatory rhetoric has brought heightened urge...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 143: "The Global Gamble"
In 2014 people across the world spent over $293 billion on lottery tickets, an amount greater than the gross domestic product of more than 150 countri...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 142: "The Price of Family Unification in the UK"
When she served as home secretary, Prime Minister Theresa May devised a "minimum income requirement" to limit net migration to the United Kingdom to 1...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 141: "Saving Families From Our Fate"
Hundreds of young people have left Belgium to join terrorist groups abroad since 2011. On this week's episode of World Policy On Air, we speak with jo...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 140: "Terror and the Family"
Former U.K. Prime Minster David Cameron, when discussing the possible radicalization of Muslim men, said that Muslim women could be a "moderating forc...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 139: "Constructing Family"
In this week's episode of World Policy On Air, World Policy Journal managing editor Laurel Jarombek previews the new "Constructing Family" issue, disc...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 138: "North Korean Nuclear Quandary"
At his first speech at the U.N., President Trump threatened to "completely destroy" North Korea in response to its nuclear weapons program and provoca...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 137: "Fanning the Flames of Violence in Burundi"
Earlier this month, a report by the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Burundi recorded a litany of human rights abuses and recommended that the Internatio...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 136: "Why Global AIDS Relief Failed to Stop the Disease"
The campaign to combat HIV/AIDS is often cited as an example of how fundraising efforts by states and private organizations can be channelled to addre...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 135: "The Convergence of the Far Right"
In the wake of the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, President Donald Trump was widely criticized for emphasizing violence "on man...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 134: "Innovation at the Arctic Council"
In 1987, Mikhail Gorbachev became the first major political figure to deliver a speech on Arctic issues, setting in motion a process to establish a re...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 133: "Investing in Murder"
In March, EarthRights International filed a lawsuit against the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank’s private-lending arm, on behalf of...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 132: "Trump's New Militarism"
During his campaign, Donald Trump promised decisive and successful military action. On this week's episode of World Policy On Air, we speak with Karen...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 131: "Russia's Power Play in the Balkans"
In recent years, Russia has made efforts to extend its diplomatic and economic reach in the Balkans. On this week's episode of World Policy On Air, we...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 130: "The New Berlin"
As Berlin develops, modern high-rises, start-ups, and gentrification threaten to upend the subcultures that have shaped the city over recent decades....
World Policy On Air, Ep. 129: "The Rights of Trees"
Climate change is accelerating faster than scientific models predicted. This week on World Policy On Air, associate director of the Community Environm...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 128: "Dignity, Not Deadly Force"
Over the last 20 years, the U.S. government has given about $4.3 billion in surplus military equipment to state and local authorities. Now, conversati...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 127: "Climate Leviathan"
In the face of looming environmental catastrophe, Geoffrey Mann and Joel Wainwright's book Climate Leviathan describes the new world order emerging fr...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 126: "Criminal Injustice"
In this week's episode of World Policy On Air, World Policy Journal editor Christopher Shay previews the new "Justice Denied" issue, discussing an int...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 125: "Bulgaria's Pro-Russia Propaganda"
Pro-Russian propaganda, common in Bulgaria, is typically fabricated not by Kremlin agents but by ordinary Bulgarians. On this week's episode of World...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 124: "Ukraine Past & Future"
The National Corps, the political wing of the far-right Azov battalion currently serving as part of the National Guard of Ukraine, was launched when R...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 123: "Infrastructure & Insurgency"
To convince residents to support an occupying force, the logistics of counterinsurgency are as significant as the actual fighting. On this week’s epis...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 122: "Brazil's Retro Macho Politics"
Last September, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was removed from office on charges of illegally using Central Bank funds to conceal the budget defi...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 121: "Israel: States v. Rights"
President Trump’s recent visit to the Middle East (“and Israel”) has been met with international controversy, but some in the diplomatic community arg...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 120: "Another Korean War"
Just days after President Donald Trump said he’d be “honored” to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un “under the right circumstances,” the country con...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 119: “The Left Restored Is Mightier Than Le Pen”
France’s far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen conceded defeat on Sunday to Emmanuel Macron, an independent, moderate candidate. In this week’...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 118: "Fabricated Terrorism"
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway was correct when she told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews the “Bowling Green Massacre” wasn't covered by the media—but i...
World Policy On Air, Ep. 117: "How the Left Can Right Itself"
After the first round of presidential voting in France, the leader of the right-wing National Front, Marine Le Pen, finished a close second to centris...