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Founded in 1989 by Canadian diplomat Lionel Gelber and presented annually in partnership with Foreign Policy magazine and the Munk School of Global Affairs, the Lionel Gelber Prize is a literary award that seeks to deepen public debate on significant international issues. Enjoy fascinating conversat…

The Lionel Gelber Prize - at the Munk School of Global Affairs


    • Apr 7, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 29m AVG DURATION
    • 70 EPISODES


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    Carter Malkasian on The American War in Afghanistan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 43:02


    Carter Malkasian talks about his 2022 Lionel Gelber Prize-shortlisted book, The American War in Afghanistan.

    2022 Lionel Gelber Prize Podcasts | Carter Malkasian

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 43:02


    2022 Lionel Gelber Prize Podcasts | Jeffrey Veidlinger

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 30:54


    Jeffrey Veidlinger on In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the onset of the Holocaust

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 30:54


    Jeffrey Veidlinger talks about his 2022 Lionel Gelber Prize-shortlisted book, In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the onset of the Holocaust.

    2022 Lionel Gelber Prize Podcasts | Emily Bass

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 35:28


    2022 Lionel Gelber Prize Podcasts | Niall Ferguson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 34:56


    Emily Bass on To End a Plague: America’s Fight to Defeat AIDS in Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 35:28


    Emily Bass talks about her 2022 Lionel Gelber Prize-shortlisted book, To End a Plague: America’s Fight to Defeat AIDS in Africa.

    Niall Ferguson on DOOM

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 34:56


    Niall Ferguson talks about his 2022 Lionel Gelber Prize-shortlisted book, Doom.

    2021 Lionel Gelber Prize Podcasts | Margaret MacMillan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 27:45


    Margaret MacMillan on War: How Conflict Shaped Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 27:45


    Janice Stein, chair of the Lionel Gelber Prize jury speaks with Margaret MacMillan about her shortlisted book, War: How Conflict Shaped Us.

    2021 Lionel Gelber Prize Podcasts | Charles A. Kupchan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 31:28


    Charles A. Kupchan on Isolationism: A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself from the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 31:28


    Janice Stein, chair of the Lionel Gelber Prize jury speaks with Charles Kupchan about his shortlisted book, Isolationism: A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself from the World.

    2021 Lionel Gelber Prize Podcasts | Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 28:30


    Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis on Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 28:30


    Janice Stein, chair of the Lionel Gelber Prize jury speaks with Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis about their shortlisted book, Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace

    2021 Lionel Gelber Prize Podcasts | Anne Applebaum

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 27:45


    Anne Applebaum on Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 27:45


    Janice Stein, chair of the Lionel Gelber Prize jury speaks with Anne Applebaum about her shortlisted book, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism.

    Peter Andreas on Killer High: A History of War in Six Drugs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 32:09


    Janice Stein, chair of the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize jury, talks with Peter Andreas about his book Killer High: A History of War in Six Drugs. 

    2021 Lionel Gelber Prize Podcasts | Peter Andreas

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 32:09


    Introducing the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize Podcasts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 2:40


    Introducing the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize Podcasts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 2:40


    Janice Stein, chair of the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize jury, introduces the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize podcasts.

    Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt on How Democracies Die

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2019


    Timothy Snyder on The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2019


    Rania Abouzeid on No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2019


    Elizabeth C. Economy on The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2019


    Timothy Snyder on The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2019


    Timothy Snyder, author of the 2019 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

    Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt on How Democracies Die

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2019


    Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, authors of the 2019 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “How Democracies Die”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

    Rania Abouzeid on No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2019


    Rania Abouzeid, author of the 2019 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

    Elizabeth C. Economy on The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2019


    Elizabeth C. Economy, author of the 2019 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

    Adam Tooze on Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2019


    Adam Tooze, author of the 2019 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

    Adam Tooze on Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2019


    Richard McGregor on Asia’s Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018


    Oona A. Hathaway and Scott J. Shapiro on The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018


    Lawrence Freedman on The Future of War: A History

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018


    Anne Applebaum on Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018


    Graham Allison on Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’ Trap?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018


    Richard McGregor on Asia’s Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018


    Richard McGregor, author of the 2018 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “Asia’s Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

    Oona A. Hathaway and Scott J. Shapiro on The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018


    Oona A. Hathaway and Scott J. Shapiro, authors of the 2018 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World”, speak with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

    Lawrence Freedman on The Future of War: A History

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018


    Lawrence Freedman, author of the 2018 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “The Future of War: A History”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

    Anne Applebaum on Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018


    Anne Applebaum, author of the 2018 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

    Graham Allison on Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018


    Graham Allison, author of the 2018 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

    Benn Steil on The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018


    Benn Steil, author of the 2014 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

    Brendan Simms on Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018


    Brendan Simms, author of the 2014 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

    Eric Schlosser on Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018


    Eric Schlosser, author of the 2014 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

    Lynne Olson on Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018


    Lynne Olson, author of the 2014 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

    Gary J. Bass on The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018


    Gary J. Bass, author of the 2014 Lionel Gelber Prize-winning book “The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

    Sonke Neitzel on Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018


    Sonke Neitzel, author of the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize longlisted book “Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

    S.C.M. Paine on The Wars For Asia: 1911-1949

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018


    S.C.M. Paine, author of the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize longlisted book “The Wars For Asia: 1911-1949”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

    Paul Bracken on The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018


    Paul Bracken, author of the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

    Pankaj Mishra on From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018


    Pankaj Mishr, author of the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

    Michael R. Gordon on The Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018


    Michael R. Gordon, author of the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize longlisted book “The Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

    Kwasi Kwarteng on Ghosts of Empire: Britain’s Legacies in the Modern World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018


    Kwasi Kwarteng, author of the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “Ghosts of Empire: Britain’s Legacies in the Modern World”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

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