Podcast Episodes

Friday Focus: Israel pushes forward in Lebanon and Putin changes Russia's nuclear doctrine

Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding dire…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Munk Dialogue with Adam Kirsch: the dangerous ideology behind settler colonialism

On this Munk Dialogue we are talking about an academic theory that has become ubiquitous with criticism of Israel and to a larger extent, the West.

Adam Kirsch is an editor at the Wall Street Journal…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Friday Focus: Israel's pager attacks have changed the rules of war

Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding dire…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Be it Resolved, Baby Boomers have knee-capped the prospects of future generations

Thanks to their sheer numbers, Baby Boomers have always had an outsize effect on politics and policy. When they were young and liberal, society became more liberal. As they got older and more conserv…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Friday Focus: Staring Down the Barrel of a NATO-Russia War

Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding dire…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Be it Resolved, Israel must agree to a hostage deal

Following the execution of six Israeli hostages in Gaza, Israeli protesters are demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agree to a cease-fire deal that would guarantee the release of the remainin…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Friday Focus: Judicial reforms in Mexico and Putin changes his nuclear doctrine

Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding dire…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Munk Dialogue with Ayaan Hirsi Ali: why the UK is facing a clash of civilizations

Western societies have never been more divided. As the election race heats up in the US, both parties are accusing the other of being a threat to democracy. Meanwhile, years of mass migration into Eu…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Friday Focus: Israel on the Offensive and Kamala Harris's Foreign Policy

Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding dire…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Munk Dialogue with Dmitri Trenin: when nuclear war becomes inevitable

While the war between Russia and Ukraine drags into its third year and out of the front pages of newspapers, some surprising developments in recent months are giving experts new cause for concern. Th…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago