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Election 2024 and US Foreign Policy 34:40

1M ago34:40

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How has US foreign policy changed since the end of the Cold War? When—and over what issues—did America’s largely bipartisan foreign policy collapse? What major foreign policy challenges await the next US president? Where will the next US administration take America, and how might it seek to advance and protect its notion of the national interest? I…

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U.S. Militias: Guarding Tradition or Courting Chaos 28:08

5M ago28:08

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America’s modern militia movement emerged in the 1990s, following armed stand-offs with government authorities at Ruby Ridge, Idaho and Waco, Texas. After rising to 370 groups nationwide by 1996, the number of these militias diminished to 68 by 1999—only to surge again when Barak Obama was elected president in 2008. After Donald Trump lost the 2020…

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India Today: One Question, Three Perspectives 43:14

8M ago43:14

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“What’s the one thing about India, that isn’t getting enough attention?” That’s the question we put to three India experts; and not surprisingly, we got three different responses. In August 2023, India celebrated its first successful moon landing. However, while this achievement made headlines around the world, other developments of equal or greate…

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Race, Empire, and Policing in Paris 36:35

10M ago36:35

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In June 2023, French police killed 17-year-old Nahal Merzouk during a traffic stop outside of Paris. The killing led to days of street protests, widespread condemnation of racialized police practices, and over 1,300 arrests. This was particularly significant in a country like France, where discussions about race are often avoided or rejected. To ga…

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After the Insurrection: Assessing American Democracy 36:25

1y ago36:25

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On January 6, 2021, supporters of US President Donald Trump—spurred on and energized by the defeated president himself—launched a violent attack on the US capital to stop the peaceful transfer of power to president-elect Joe Biden. What are we to make of the January 6 insurrection? What does it tell us about ourselves as Americans and the state of …

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INTL' NGOs: What You Need to Know 33:00

1y ago33:00

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International nongovernmental organizations (INGO’s) like Amnesty International, Care, Oxfam, or World Vision operate independently of governments around the world. But what do we really know about these organizations and their operations, behavior, effectiveness or limitations? What might they be doing or be unable to do, in a country like Ukraine…

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Israel in Crisis 38:17

1+ y ago38:17

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For months, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens have taken to the streets to protest government plans to overhaul the judiciary—including plans that would vitiate checks on executive power, allow a simple majority of 61 in the 120-seat Knesset to override almost any ruling by Israel’s Supreme Court, and permit politicians to appoint most of t…

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Why We Need Environmental Justice Part 2 of 2 26:42

1+ y ago26:42

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Part 2 of 2 What is meant by such terms as environmental injustice or environmental racism? What is the environmental justice movement and how is it manifest—in the United States and beyond? In this episode of New Frontiers, political scientist Kemi Fuentes-George discusses these topics and what achieving environmental justice for marginalized popu…

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Why We Need Environmental Justice Part 1 of 2 28:09

1+ y ago28:09

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Part 1 of 2 What is meant by such terms as environmental injustice or environmental racism? What is the environmental justice movement and how is it manifest—in the United States and beyond? In this episode of New Frontiers, political scientist Kemi Fuentes-George discusses these topics and what achieving environmental justice for marginalized popu…

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Whatever Happened To "Essential" Workers 41:27

1+ y ago41:27

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How did the COVID pandemic affect America’s workers—especially those deemed “essential” who often were poorly paid, nonunionized, lacked meaningful benefits, and were required to continue working while most other workers stayed home? How did these workers respond to the health risks they encountered on the job, and how did their struggle for labor …

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Understanding Slavery in Medieval China 35:23

2y ago35:23

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Slavery lasted for centuries in China, and yet its particulars are not well known. In this episode of New Frontiers, historian Don Wyatt takes us back to help us understand how the institution thrived during imperial times and the roles it played in Chinese culture. Despite its long pedigree, Chinese slavery during medieval times has failed to attr…

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Why Did Turkish Democracy Collapse 32:51

2y ago32:51

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After six decades of multiparty politics, Turkish democracy has collapsed. Yes, the trappings of democracy are still visible. Elections are held, parliament sits in session, the courts rule, and the elected executive leads. Yet, the substance of democracy moves ever further into the past. How did this happen? Why? And what implications does the unr…

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What to do about Cosmic Garbage. 44:58

2+ y ago44:58

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According to the US Space Force, only 2,000 of the 22,000 objects that have been tracked circling the Earth are fully operational, functioning satellites. Put differently, roughly 90 percent of the objects that can be tracked circling the globe is junk—space junk, or cosmic garbage. How did it get there, why does it keep accumulating, and how best …

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What Made Russians Skeptics About Democratic Capitalism? 43:07

2+ y ago43:07

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In this episode, Mark Williams talks with Will Pyle, the Frederick C. Dirks Professor of International Economics at Middlebury College, about recent findings he published in the journal Post-Soviet Affairs. Their discussion explores why Russians of a certain cohort—although liberated from the economic and political constraints of Soviet Communism—a…

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China and the American Right 40:20

2+ y ago40:20

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“Asia First was an insistence that Pacific affairs receive as much, if not more attention than European Atlantic relations in the cold war. Its proponents, its supporters, many of whom were very powerful, conservative voices in the Senate and in Congress felt like U.S. foreign policy after World War II was neglecting mainland Asia and therefore imp…

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Should Corporations Govern Global Food Systems? 36:26

2+ y ago36:26

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In this episode, Molly Anderson, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Food Studies at Middlebury College, joins Mark Williams, director of the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, to discuss her recent article titled “UN Food Systems Summit 2021: Dismantling Democracy and Resetting Corporate Control of Food Systems”. At issue is whether multinational co…

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Election 2024 and US Foreign Policy 34:40

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U.S. Militias: Guarding Tradition or Courting Chaos 28:08

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India Today: One Question, Three Perspectives 43:14

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Race, Empire, and Policing in Paris 36:35

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After the Insurrection: Assessing American Democracy 36:25

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INTL' NGOs: What You Need to Know 33:00

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Israel in Crisis 38:17

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Why We Need Environmental Justice Part 2 of 2 26:42

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Why We Need Environmental Justice Part 1 of 2 28:09

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Whatever Happened To "Essential" Workers 41:27

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Understanding Slavery in Medieval China 35:23

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Why Did Turkish Democracy Collapse 32:51

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What to do about Cosmic Garbage. 44:58

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What Made Russians Skeptics About Democratic Capitalism? 43:07

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China and the American Right 40:20

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Should Corporations Govern Global Food Systems? 36:26

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