Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEric Min, "Words of War: Negotiation as a Tool of Conflict" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Episode 262
Of all interstate conflicts across the last two centuries, two-thirds have ended through negotiated agreement. Wartime diplomacy is thus commonly see…
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Frances Yaping Wang, "The Art of State Persuasion: China's Strategic Use of Media in Interstate Disputes" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Episode 263
Why do nations actively publicize previously overlooked disputes? And why does this domestic mobilization sometimes fail to result in aggressive poli…
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Populism, Power, and the Crisis of Globalism: A Conversation with Wolfgang Streeck
Episode 166
What explains the growing divide between elites and the broader public in democracies across Europe and the United States? In this episode of Interna…
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Colonial Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship: A Discussion with Alexander Lee and Jack Paine
Episode 27
The debate about the impact of colonialism on the prospects for democracy and development continues to rage. Was the legacy of colonialism equally de…
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We Have Never Been Woke: A Conversation with Musa al-Gharbi
Why does occupation reliably predict political leanings? What is social capitalism, and how does it span income classes? If social capitalists are si…
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Postscript: Collective Action to Support Students at American Colleges and Universities
Episode 39
A coalition of educators and allies has come together to push back against a variety of different kinds of attacks on higher education and students a…
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Political Entertainment in a Post-Authoritarian Democracy
Episode 15
Welcome to the Global Media & Communication podcast series, a multimodal project powered by the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication …
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Postscript: History, Narratives, and Political Power--An Emergency Oral History Project
President Donald Trump has threatened the federal funding and jobs of institutions and individuals that document, archive, and analyze historical mat…
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Andrew Canessa and Manuela Lavinas Picq, "Savages and Citizens: How Indigeneity Shapes the State" (U Arizona Press, 2025)
Episode 128
Although Indigenous peoples are often perceived as standing outside political modernity, Savages and Citizens: How Indigeneity Shapes the State (Univ…
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Rhys Machold, "Fabricating Homeland Security: Police Entanglements Across India and Palestine/Israel" (Stanford UP, 2024)
Episode 28
Homeland security is rarely just a matter of the homeland; it involves the circulation and multiplication of policing practices across borders. Thoug…
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