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Are the Bad Guys REALLY Winning?
What does historian and journalist Anne Applebaum mean by “the 21st century is, so far, a story of the reverse”?
Whether we like it or not, global politics today is defined by confrontation—which cou…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Worth Repeating Cyber Defenders: Protecting Human Rights Online
Ronald Deibert is fighting back against digital predators to protect citizens and civil society.
We live in an always on, hyperconnected, digital society. Almost every aspect of our lives now has a v…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Worth Repeating: Escaping the Taliban
Listen as Jamila Afghani talks about escaping the Taliban, and what she expects for her country.
The Taliban's surge to power in Afghanistan is one of those events that will have repercussions for ye…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Worth Repeating - China: On the Road to Perdition?
Is China’s leadership acting out of strength or weakness? Is war possible? Is war avoidable?
Under President Xi Jinping, China has shown a growing willingness to act outside the accepted geopolitical…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Searching for New Leaders
Listen to Pashtana Durrani, an Afghan activist and educator and Christian Ntizimira, who champions palliative care in Rwanda, discuss leadership.
Great leaders may or may not be born that way, but th…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Looking For—and Finding—Real Leaders
Listen to two amazing leaders: Asha de Vos, Sri Lanka and Tero Mustonen, Finland.
The only hope for a world awash in troubles is that leaders with vision, universal values, and determination will sei…
Published on 4 years ago
Give Peace a Chance (this time in the Middle East)
Listen as Ambassador Dina Kawar parses the possibilities, good and bad, in the Middle East
Like almost everything else on the global scene, the Middle East of today is significantly different than th…
Published on 4 years ago
Save the Seas
Oceanographers Sylvia Earle from the US and Asha de Vos from Sri Lanka talks about water, the oceans, threats, and solutions.
Do you care about the future of the oceans? Are you worried that pollutio…
Published on 4 years ago
Cyber Defenders: Protecting Human Rights Online
Ronald Deibert is fighting back against digital predators to protect citizens and civil society.
We live in an always on, hyperconnected, digital society. Almost every aspect of our lives now has a v…
Published on 4 years ago
Worth Repeating: Can We Unearth Solutions to the Climate Challenge?
Listen to Tero Mustonen, one of 2021 Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize winners.
Rapidly accelerating climate change is uniquely modern — but climate change is not. The planet has warmed a…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago