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Will Pope Leo continue the Catholic Church's work on fighting global warming? And how influential might he be? Graihagh Jackson investigates.Guests: Christiana Zenner, Associate Professor of Theology, Science and Ethics in the Department of Theology at Fordham University. Author of the forthcoming "Beyond Laudato Si" Dr Adil Najam, President of WWF International, and Professor of International Relations and of Earth and Environment at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston UniversityProducer: Beth Timmins Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown Sounds Engineers: Dave O'Neil and David Crackles Editor: Simon WattsIf you have a question, email us at theclimatequestion@bbc.com or leave a WhatsApp message at + 44 8000 321 721

From Colombia to Vietnam and beyond the US dollar is the currency in which much of international business is conducted and which many people outside the US use as a means of exchange and a store of value. So how did a country with just over 4 percent of the world's population come to dominate global banking and trade? When the position of the US dollar as the linchpin of global commerce was confirmed at the end of the Second World War, not everyone was happy with this state of affairs: the French soon spoke of the Americans having an ‘exorbitant privilege'. Did they have a point? And what of the more recent efforts to replace the Greenback with other currencies? Iszi Lawrence follows the history of the US dollar from its origins to today with H W Brands Jr., Professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin; Barry Eichengreen, Professor of economics and political science at the University of California, Berkeley; Carola Frydman, Professor of finance at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University in Evanston; Perry Mehrling, Professor of international political economy at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University and World Service listeners.[Photo: A roll of US dollar notes. Credit: Getty Images]

For two weeks, nearly 200 countries have been in Azerbaijan trying to come to an agreement on climate change and how to finance the transition to clean and green economies in developing nations. At COP 29, there were walk-outs, there was drama, and then there was a deal - of sorts. Graihagh Jackson is joined by an all-star panel to re-cap what happened and ask what all of this means for our planet. Guests: Justin Rowlatt, BBC Climate Editor Adil Najam, Professor of International Relations and Environment at the Pardee School and President of WWF David Victor, Professor of Innovation and Public Policy at the University of California, San Diego Dr Musonda Mumba, Secretary General of the UN Convention on WetlandsGot a climate question you'd like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721Presenters: Graihagh Jackson with Jordan Dunbar Producer: Octavia Woodward Production Co-ordinators: Sophie Hill and Katie Morrison Editor: Simon Watts Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell and Giles Aspen

Bolivian police arrested General Juan José Zúñiga, the leader of an attempted coup after soldiers stormed the presidential palace in La Paz. Guest: Susan Eckstein, Professor in the Pardee School of Global Studies and in the Sociology Department at Boston University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: What can we learn from the dark side of the moon? Long ago, an unknown event created significant differences between the Moon's near side, which faces Earth, and the far side, only visible via spacecraft. Guest: Dr. Ethan Siegel, Astrophysicist and Author of "Starts with a Bang!" Seg 2: Scott's Thoughts: Ken Sim and his workout room A boardroom at city hall was turned into a gym for the Mayor, but why? Guest: Scott Shantz, CKNW Contributor Seg 3: View From Victoria: Celebrating an LNG plant BC Energy minister Josie Osborne issued a news release this week, celebrating the approval of a $3.4 billion LNG project. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer. Seg 4: Why was there an attempted coup in Bolivia? Bolivian police arrested General Juan José Zúñiga, the leader of an attempted coup after soldiers stormed the presidential palace in La Paz. Guest: Susan Eckstein, Professor in the Pardee School of Global Studies and in the Sociology Department at Boston University Seg 5: Can Canada achieve the UN's Sustainable Development goals? The SDG Cities Canada Report (2024) provides a comprehensive overview of how Canadian cities are progressing towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Guest: Dr. Jennie Moore, Director of BCIT's Institute Sustainability and Lead Author of the UN-Habitat SDG Cities Canada Report Seg 6: Are homeowners more satisfied with their lives than renters? A new Statistics Canada report reveals that homeowners in Canada generally report higher life satisfaction compared to renters. Guest: Dr. Carolyn Whitzman, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics at the University of Ottawa and Author of “Home Truths: Fixing Canada's Housing Crisis” Seg 7: Why did BC launch a review into the legal system's treatment of violence? Efforts to improve access to the legal system for survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence in British Columbia have not yet resolved the issue of underreporting and pervasive violence. Guest: Niki Sharma, Attorney General of British Columbia Seg 8: Killer Mike talks the Vancouver International Jazz Fest The Vancouver International Jazz Festival is happening now through June 30, and is being headlined by Michael Render, who goes by the stage name Killer Mike. Guest: Killer Mike, Activist and Rapper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Rachel Nolan, historian of Latin America at Boston University's Pardee School of Global Studies, to discuss her recent book Until I Find You: Disappeared Children and Coercive Adoptions in Guatemala. Then, she speaks with Raga Makawi, editor at African Arguments, to discuss the ongoing conflict in Sudan. First, Emma discusses President Biden's recent CNN interview with Erin Burnett, where he makes the claim that he'd withhold aid to Israel if a full-scale invasion into Rafah occurs. This led to some predictably normal responses from Prime Minister Netanyahu reposting a video of himself speaking about Israel acting alone if it needs to, and National Security Minister Ben-Gvir tweeting out that Hamas loves Biden. Rachel Nolan then joins the program to discuss her book on the crisis of the disappeared children in Guatemala, and how little media coverage and understanding is attached to this subject. All of this in the backdrop of a severe and violent sectarian conflict within the country, which led to the conditions from which disappearances and the for-profit adoption boom out of Central and South America began to increase and expand. Rachel dives into the number of organizations that have participated in the adoption racket out of Guatemala, the erasure of birth parents stories when it comes to understanding the "adoption triad" (birth parents, adoptee, & adopted parents), the idea of the "white savior" complex and how that intersects with these types of adoptions/dismissals of indigenous communities both domestically in the U.S. and abroad, as well as how, if at all, Trump's family separation policies impacted this industry. Raga Makawi then joins the program to provide some additional context to the ongoing conflict in Sudan, which has now surpassed a year of fighting. Raga outlines the central players, including the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Sudanese government and military, and how both sides staked their positions in the conflict not only over the past year, but stemming back to the 2018 revolution as well as the 2004 conflict in Darfur. Raga also emphasizes the serious famine concerns in the area as a result of this conflict, who some other external players are geopolitically (Iran, as an example), how economic extraction and plunder from outside forces factor into the conflict itself, and what Western audiences don't understand about the conflict due to lack of media coverage/literacy on the issues germane to the situation. And in the Fun Half, Emma, Matt Binder, Brandon Sutton, & the entire MR Crew react to Likud Knesset member Tali Gottlieb melting down over Biden's pledge to not provide aid to Israel if their forces invade Rafah, Rep. 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Some are hailing the deal at this year's COP conference in Dubai as "historic" because it's the first time nearly 200 countries have all acknowledged the role of fossil fuels in Climate Change. But critics says the agreement is riddled with loopholes, and that the pledge to "transition" from oil, gas, and coal is too weak.So who's right? And what difference will this year's discussions make? Graihagh Jackson gets the low-down from COP from BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt, and she talks to three leading experts on Climate Change diplomacy.Guests: Adil Najam - Professor of International Relations, Earth and Environment at Boston University's Pardee School, USA Dr Musonda Mumba – Secretary General for the UN Convention on Wetlands David Victor - Professor of Innovation and Public Policy University of California, San Diego, USA.Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.comProducers: Osman Iqbal, Octavia Woodward Editor: Simon Watts Sound mix: Graham Puddifoot and Tom Brignell

Perry Mehrling is a Professor of International Political Economy at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, where he teaches courses on the economics of money and banking, the history of money and finance, and international money. Perry is the author of The New Lombard Street: How the Fed became the dealer of last resort (Princeton 2011), Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance (Wiley 2005), and The Money Interest and the Public Interest (Harvard 1997). He currently serves on the Academic Council of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (New York) and the Committee on Global Thought (Columbia University), and has served as visiting professor at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, University of Nice, Paris X (Nanterre), and the Sloan School of Management, MIT. He has a BA from Harvard College, an MSc from London School of Economics, and a PhD from Harvard University. Professor Mehrling's areas of expertise include money and banking, political economy, history of monetary and financial thought, and global money. He also teaches the popular "Economics of Money and Banking" MOOC on the Coursera website.

Nearly three decades since the United Nations climate talks began, we take a look at what it has achieved when it comes to tackling climate change. We also look towards COP 28 taking place in Dubai and ask what progress can be made at the latest round of negotiations. It's the only international negotiation on climate change and a unique opportunity to get agreement on how to best tackle global warming – but it has its critics as well as its fans. Joining Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar are - Adil Najam - Professor of International Relations, Earth and Environment at Boston University's Pardee School, USA Dr Musonda Mumba – Secretary General for the Convention on Wetlands David Victor - Professor of Innovation and Public Policy University of California, San Diego, USA. Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com Researchers – Barry Sadid and Shorouk Elkoboros Series Producer – Alex Lewis Editor - China Collins Sound Engineer - Tom Brignell

Dr. Perry Mehrling, Professor of International Political Economy at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, joins Forward Guidance to discuss the health of the global dollar system. Sharing ideas from his latest book, “Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System,” Dr. Mehrling shares insights on the extension of the dollar to the global south and globalization of shadow banking. Mehrling and Farley explore whether rumors of the dollar's death are greatly exaggerated, and how the end of a zero-interest-rate-fueled credit cycle could be a “little rocky.”  __ “Money and Empire”: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/economics/macroeconomics-and-monetary-economics/money-and-empire-charles-p-kindleberger-and-dollar-system?format=HB “Money and Empire” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Money-Empire-Kindleberger-Economic-Thinking/dp/1009158570 __ Follow Perry Mehrling on Twitter https://twitter.com/PMehrling Follow Jack Farley on Twitter https://twitter.com/JackFarley96 Follow Forward Guidance on Twitter https://twitter.com/ForwardGuidance Follow Blockworks on Twitter https://twitter.com/Blockworks_ __ “The New Lombard Street”:  https://www.amazon.com/New-Lombard-Street-Became-Dealer/dp/0691143986/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=i42Qi&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=144-5485129-5375822&pd_rd_wg=KL4l1&pd_rd_r=5ee218b8-1e89-4991-8a8d-ac9e7c073e06&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk Perry Mehrling, Zoltan Pozsar, Daniel Neilson, and James Sweeney, “Bagehot was a Shadow Banker: Shadow Banking, Central Banking, and the Future of Global Finance” https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2232016 __ Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:02) What Is The Global Dollar System? (02:32) The Dollar Is International, Not Domestic (06:43) The Inherent Instability Of Thought (08:49) "The Fed Learned Its Lesson From 2008" (11:45) Key Features Of A Global Reserve Currency (20:36) The Fall Of The Sterling Standard After World War 1 (24:02) Sterling Was The Standard, Not Gold (26:25) "The Crime Of 1971" Was Nixon's DePegging The Dollar From Gold, According to Kindleberger (27:44) Why Was There Inflation In The 1970s (Instead of Deflation)? (30:50) Next Few Years Will Be "A Little Rocky" (36:03) The Globalization Of Shadow Banking (39:06) Blockworks Research (40:05) Money Market Funds (MMFs), Comparison Between Now And Great Financial Crisis (43:44) "The Dollar System Seems To Be Holding Together" (46:45) The Four Prices Of Money (56:02) Permissionless (57:04) Kindleberger's Critique Of The Triffin Dilemma (01:06:48) The Myth Of Bretton Woods (01:12:32) What's Missing In Contemporary Understanding Of Kindleberger's School Of Thought __ Disclaimer: Nothing discussed on Forward Guidance should be considered as investment advice. Please always do your own research & speak to a financial advisor before thinking about, thinking about putting your money into these crazy markets.

Many blame our obsession with economic growth as being one of the biggest drivers of climate change. The United Nations is currently looking at options for what might replace Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the world's primary go-to indicator of success, taking into account factors including sustainability and the natural environment. If this happens, it would be the biggest shift in how economies are measured since nations first started using GDP in 1953, 70 years ago. Presenter Graihagh Jackson is joined by: Ehsan Masood, author, science journalist and an editor at the journal, Nature; Diane Coyle, economist and Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge; Adil Najam, Dean Emeritus and Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University; Fouty-Boulanga Mouleka, on-the-ground reporter in Gabon Producer: Ben Cooper Researchers: Matt Toulson, Pierre-Antoine Denis, Bethan Ashmead-Latham and Laura Cain Series Producer: Alex Lewis Editor: China Collins Sound engineer: Tom Brignell Production Coordinators: Siobhan Reed and Sophie Hill

Cathal J. Nolan is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Professor of History and Director of the International History Institute at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University. Cathal's newest book is Mercy: Humanity in War. He also is the author of 14 books of diplomatic and military history. The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars are Won and Lost (Oxford 2017), received the Gilder Lehrman Prize in Military History. It was also the first winner of the Distinguished Book Award from War on the Rocks. Nolan has guest lectured at various universities across the United States and internationally. He has also spoken to the Chautauqua Institute, Marine Corps University, National World War II Museum, New York Historical Society, New York Military Affairs Symposium, Smithsonian Journeys (Normandy), U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, U.S. Army War College, National Intelligence University Alumni Association, World Affairs Forum, Center for Military and Diplomatic History, and run a training course for young diplomats at the MoFA in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2011. He has been interviewed on CBS Radio, Radio Free Europe, Newstalk (Ireland), BBC Mundo, PBS, C-Span, New Books Network, The East-West Institute, The Dead Prussian and Dangerous History. He consults on military history to the PBS science series NOVA, and is principal military history adviser to the American Heritage Museum. His teaching has won multiple awards, at different universities. His overseas community service started as a volunteer teacher for two years in rural northern Nigeria, with the Canadian University Service Overseas. He returned to development work as faculty adviser to BU Global Water Brigade and Public Health Brigade, leading five student groups to Honduras to build potable water pipelines and infrastructure in arid, isolated mountain villages. https://www.bu.edu/history/profile/cathal-j-nolan/ https://youtu.be/s2Nne8yUk_k

I can't introduce Cathal Nolan's book Mercy: Humanity in War any better than he does himself, with these words: This is not a book about war. It is about mercy and humanity… Mercy happens in a microsecond, wrapped inside a surprise moment of mortal danger; it restrains baser instinct and reminds us about higher things. This book shows that mercy limits cruelty in ways laws and honor codes seldom do, because mercy is the highest personal and moral quality any of us achieves. It is above all other virtues, even justice and courage. It is superior to bravery, especially in a soldier. It is the greatest gift we give to those we meet in civilian life who are suffering and for whom it is in our power to aid or harm. Greater still when offered to the defenseless in war. Mercy is the grace that happens between those who have a fleeting superiority of physical power and those who cannot save or protect themselves. It is greater than a gift to the helpless and the innocent, for as Shakespeare wrote, it elevates the merciful, too. Cathal J. Nolan is Director of the International History Institute at the Pardee School of Global Studies and Professor of History at Boston University. His most recent book was The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost, which we discussed in Episode 79.

In Episode 277 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Perry Mehrling. Dr. Mehrling is Professor of International Political Economy at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, where he teaches courses on global money. He is perhaps best known for having pioneered the so-called “money view,” an economic framework that attempts to put the real-world practitioners' view of financial markets into an academic perspective. Mehrling's most recent book, “Money and Empire,” is in some sense a biography of the US Dollar told through the life and times of the renowned economic historian, Charlie Kindleberger. The book traces the evolution of Charlie's thinking alongside the rise of the international dollar system. It's an illuminating history of the economic forces of international trade and finance and how those forces shape and are shaped by the politics of national interest. The goal of today's conversation is to help deepen your understanding of a system that has proven to be far more resilient than many of its critics and most ardent supporters could have possibly imagined. What has made the system so strong, the challenges that could impede its function, and the role of politics and war in accelerating changes to it are all topics that we explore today.  You can access the full episode, transcript, and intelligence report of this week's conversation by going directly to the episode page at HiddenForces.io and clicking on "premium extras." All subscribers gain access to our premium feed, which can be easily added to your favorite podcast application. If you have questions about our genius tier, which includes access to the Hidden Forces community, Q&A calls with guests, in-person events, and dinners, you can learn more at HiddenForces.io/subscribe. If you have further questions, feel free to send an email to info@hiddenforces.io, and Demetri or someone else from our team will get right back to you. If you enjoyed listening to today's episode of Hidden Forces you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | CastBox | RSS Feed Write us a review on Apple Podcasts & Spotify Subscribe to our mailing list at https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/ Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe & Support the Podcast at https://hiddenforces.io Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @hiddenforcespod Follow Demetri on Twitter at @Kofinas Episode Recorded on 10/10/2022

In Episode 277 of Hidden Forces (Premium Only), Demetri Kofinas speaks with Perry Mehrling. Dr. Mehrling is Professor of International Political Economy at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, where he teaches courses on global money. He is perhaps best known for having pioneered the so-called “money view,” an economic framework that attempts to put the real-world practitioners' view of financial markets into an academic perspective. Mehrling's most recent book, “Money and Empire,” is in some sense a biography of the US Dollar told through the life and times of the renowned economic historian, Charlie Kindleberger. The book traces the evolution of Charlie's thinking alongside the rise of the international dollar system. It's an illuminating history of the economic forces of international trade and finance and how those forces shape and are shaped by the politics of national interest. The goal of today's conversation is to help deepen your understanding of a system that has proven to be far more resilient than many of its critics and most ardent supporters could have possibly imagined. What has made the system so strong, the challenges that could impede its function, and the role of politics and war in accelerating changes to it are all topics that we explore today.  You can access the full episode, transcript, and intelligence report of this week's conversation by going directly to the episode page at HiddenForces.io and clicking on "premium extras." All subscribers gain access to our premium feed, which can be easily added to your favorite podcast application. If you have questions about our genius tier, which includes access to the Hidden Forces community, Q&A calls with guests, in-person events, and dinners, you can learn more at HiddenForces.io/subscribe. If you have further questions, feel free to send an email to info@hiddenforces.io, and Demetri or someone else from our team will get right back to you. If you enjoyed listening to today's episode of Hidden Forces you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | CastBox | RSS Feed Write us a review on Apple Podcasts & Spotify Subscribe to our mailing list at https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/ Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe & Support the Podcast at https://hiddenforces.io Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @hiddenforcespod Follow Demetri on Twitter at @Kofinas Episode Recorded on 10/10/2022

In the latest episode of The Pakistan Pivot, Dr. Adil Najam, Dean, Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University sits with the Managing Editor Abdul Basit Khawaja to discuss the climate crisis and the way forward. Dr. Najam discusses Pakistan's vulnerability, the shared responsibilities of the Global North and Pakistan to mitigate the risks and to improved disaster preparedness.

Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the fastest growing regions in the world and home to some of the world's most critical developing economies. But historically, US foreign policy has treated the continent as a monolith and a site for great power competition, ignoring the role of African nations in deciding their own future. This week, None of the Above is joined by Horn of Africa expert Michael Woldemariam, and journalist Robbie Gramer, to discuss America's relationship with Sub-Saharan Africa.    How should Washington balance the often conflicting priorities of human rights and security in the region? Can Washington develop productive partnerships with African states, outside the prism of competition with Russia and China? And is there even room for coexistence on the continent between the United States and these competitors? As the Biden administration begins to reveal its strategy, guest host and Eurasia Group Foundation research fellow Zuri Linetsky asks Michael and Robbie whether Biden's Africa strategy represents something new, or is more of the same.    To listen to previous episodes and learn more about None Of The Above, go to www.noneoftheabovepodcast.org. To learn more about the Eurasia Group Foundation, please visit www.egfound.org and subscribe to our newsletter.​​   Michael Woldemariam is an associate professor of international relations at Boston University's Pardee School of Global Studies, who focuses on security and politics in the Horn of Africa. Michael is the author of the book, Insurgent Fragmentation in the Horn of Africa: Rebellion and its Discontents (2018). Robbie Gramer is a diplomacy and national security reporter at Foreign Policy, who covers the US State Department, the Pentagon, and most recently the Biden administration's new US-Africa strategy.

What is money? It's a time-honored question in economics, and the stock answers usually involve such phrases as “a medium of exchange” or “a reliable store of value.” But the definition seems increasingly up for grabs in the twenty-first century, as central banks undertake experiments to keep economies stable and cryptocurrency innovators launch new products like stablecoins that promise to upend the fiat money system. Perry Mehrling, a professor of international political economy at Boston University's Pardee School of Global Studies and the author of several books and journal articles, uses what he calls the “money view” to make sense of the contemporary monetary landscape. On this episode of Risk Talking, Mehrling joins Allison Schrager to discuss how understanding the basic features and hierarchy of money can help us understand the cryptocurrency crash of 2022.

We continue our series on the war in Ukraine.  Our guest is Vesko Garcevic, former ambassador of Montenegro to NATO, OSCE, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Vesko is currently Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. We talk about what it means to diplomatically engage with Russia and whether it makes sense to think of it as a pariah state. We also take up some misconceptions about the role of NATO expansion in precipitating the current war. 

In this episode of Interpreting India, Jayita Sarkar joins Shibani Mehta to take a step back and understand the history of the Rohingya Crisis. Who are the Rohingya people? What does their story tell us about Myanmar's political history? When did the polarization between the communities begin?In Myanmar, the Rohingya people have been subjected to decades of brutality, prejudice, and persecution. After a tremendous wave of violence erupted in August 2017, more than 7,00,000 people, half of them children, were forced to flee to Bangladesh, India, Thailand, and other Southeast Asian countries. Entire villages were set ablaze, thousands of people were slaughtered or separated from their families, and widespread human rights violations were documented. A military onslaught, later condemned as an “example of ethnic cleansing" by the UN, forced millions to flee by ship or on foot. Nearly one million people are still stranded in Cox's Bazar, the world's largest refugee camp. The recent catastrophic burning in the camp, which forced 50,000 people to flee, served as a sobering warning that not just disease but also rapid-moving fires are common.In this episode of Interpreting India, we take a step back and understand the history of the Rohingya Crisis. Who are the Rohingya people? What does their story tell us about Myanmar's political history? When did the polarization between the communities begin?--Episode ContributorsJayita Sarkar will be Associate Professor in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow from July 2022. She is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Boston University's Pardee School of Global Studies until June 2022. Her research areas of specialization include connected partitions. decolonization, global histories of capitalism, and nuclear infrastructures.Shibani Mehta is a research analyst with the Security Studies Program at Carnegie India. Her research focuses on India's security and foreign policies. She has a keen interest in understanding foreign policy decision-making and the role of institutions and personalities in diplomacy.--Additional Reading:1. Jayita Sarkar: How World War II shaped the crisis in Myanmar 2. Rohingyas and the Unfinished Business of Partition by Jayita Sarkar--

Dr. Shamiran Mako, assistant professor at the Pardee School of Global Affairs at Boston University, discusses statebuilding in post-2003 Iraq and how legacies of exclusion continue to shape politics today.

In conversation with Dean of Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University Dr. Adil Najam, this episode explains today's world order, political systems in Covid-19, and issue of climate change. What is the world order today? What do alliances look like in today's world order and what does the Ukraine crisis tell us about this? What is U.S.'s relationship with Pakistan and India? Why is India able to get away with its Hindutva politics? What are the tools of international power diplomacy or soft power? What did Covid-19 tell us about multilateral systems? What did Covid-19 tell us about the efficiency of democracy and authoritarianism- which is better? Should Pakistan shift to a Presidential system from a Prime Ministerial system? Why do you think the issue of climate change the biggest issue that faces us today? What is climate security? How is the issue of climate change linked to issue of bad governance? What is the #LivingIndus? How do you see COP'26 and similar efforts towards a global climate solution? What will the Pakistan of 2050 look like?

For the past year, the country of Ethiopia has been embroiled in a brutal civil war. At the center of it is Tigray, a region that has played a prominent role in the evolution of Ethiopia's modern ethnofederalist state. Just weeks ago, rebels seemed to be on the verge of seizing the capital city of Addis Ababa, leading foreign governments to urge their nationals to evacuate the country as soon as possible. Today, the city remains in government hands, and rebel forces appear to be on the retreat, though how long they will stay that way is anyone's guess. To put this dynamic conflict in context and give us a sense of where it may be headed, Scott R. Anderson spoke with Professor Michael Woldemariam of the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and Professor Hilary Matfess of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. They discussed the origins of Ethiopia's ongoing civil war, what it's meant for civilians living there and how it might shape the country's future.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This event was the launch of the special issue 'Building Sustainable Peace in Iraq' published in the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding. Peacebuilding and transitional justice are viewed as integral components of statebuilding in post-conflict spaces. This special issue critically evaluates statebuilding and peacebuilding in Iraq through macro and micro-level analyses of Iraq's political development following foreign-imposed regime change. Ruba Ali Al-Hassani is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Lancaster University's Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion and Project SEPAD. Her research employs interdisciplinary methodologies in the study of state-society relations in Iraq and beyond to centre and amplify voices on the ground in public discourse, analysis, and policy. Ruba's research interests also include the Sociology of Law, transitional justice, crime, social control, and social movements. She has taught Sociology at her alma maters York University and Trent University. Ruba holds an LL.M. in transitional justice, as she completes her Ph.D. at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. She sits on the Board of Directors at the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture and co-founded the Canadian Association for Muslim Women in Law. Ruba wrote the article 'Storytelling: Restorative Approaches to Post-2003 Iraq Peacebuilding' featured in this special issue. Ibrahim Al-Marashi is an Associate Professor of History at California State University San Marcos and Visiting Professor at the IE University School of Global and Public Affairs in Madrid, Spain. He is co-author of Iraq's Armed Forces: An Analytical History (Routledge, 2008), The Modern History of Iraq, with Phebe Marr (Routledge 2017), and A Concise History of the Middle East (Routledge, 2018). Ibrahim wrote the article 'Demobilization Minus Disarmament and Reintegration: Iraq's Security Sector from the US Invasion to the Covid-19 Pandemic' featured in this special issue. Shamiran Mako is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. Shamiran co-authored the introduction to this special issue 'Evaluating the Pitfalls of External Statebuilding in Post-2003 Iraq (2003–2021)' with Alistair D. Edgar, as well as the article 'Subverting Peace: The Origins and Legacies of de-Ba'athification in Iraq'. Toby Dodge is a Professor in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics. His publications include Iraq: From War to a New Authoritarianism (Abingdon: Routledge) and Inventing Iraq: The Failure of Nation Building and a History Denied (New York and London: Columbia University Press and Hurst & Co). He has published papers in Nations and Nationalism, Historical Sociology, The Review of International Studies, International Affairs, International Peacekeeping and Third World Quarterly. Toby wrote the article 'The Failure of Peacebuilding in Iraq: The Role of Consociationalism and Political Settlements' featured in this special issue.

The past two decades have seen the construction of a tiered system of international liquidity provision, the first tier including those whose credit is sufficient for a swap line, the second tier including those who can offer acceptable collateral, and the third tier including everyone else. It is a global dollar system, with the Fed operating de facto as the global central bank providing international lender of last resort support to the system. It is a system created not so much by conscious design, but rather as a pragmatic response to crisis, bit by bit over time. A reading, by Emil Kalinowski.----------WHO----------Perry Mehrling is a Professor of International Political Economy at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, where he teaches courses on the economics of money and banking, the history of money and finance and international money. Read by Emil Kalinowski. Art by David Parkins. Intro/outro is "Alegro" by TAGE at Epidemic Sound.----------WHAT----------A Money View of International Lender of Last Resort: https://bit.ly/3Ezqikv----------WHERE----------Perry's Website: https://sites.bu.edu/perry/Perry's Twitter: https://twitter.com/PMehrlingPerry's Coursera Course: https://bit.ly/31GRHiFEmil's Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilKalinowskiDavid's Art: https://davidparkins.com/---------HEAR IT----------Vurbl: https://bit.ly/3rq4dPn Apple: https://apple.co/3czMcWNDeezer: https://bit.ly/3ndoVPEiHeart: https://ihr.fm/31jq7cITuneIn: http://tun.in/pjT2ZCastro: https://bit.ly/30DMYzaGoogle: https://bit.ly/3e2Z48MSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3arP8mYPandora: https://pdora.co/2GQL3QgBreaker: https://bit.ly/2CpHAFOCastbox: https://bit.ly/3fJR5xQPodbean: https://bit.ly/2QpaDghStitcher: https://bit.ly/2C1M1GBPlayerFM: https://bit.ly/3piLtjVPodchaser: https://bit.ly/3oFCrwNPocketCast: https://pca.st/encarkdtSoundCloud: https://bit.ly/3l0yFfKListenNotes: https://bit.ly/38xY7pbAmazonMusic: https://amzn.to/2UpEk2PPodcastAddict: https://bit.ly/2V39Xjr-----EURODOLLAR 101-----• @CatherineSchenk: https://bit.ly/3fFLMix• @JeffSnider_AIP: https://bit.ly/3ATBzdW• @BankOfEngland: https://bit.ly/30Hsx3G• @ResearchGate: https://bit.ly/3thkJm9• @ysi_commons: https://bit.ly/3pH4V95• @MacroVoices: https://bit.ly/3fX9fw4• @BundesBank: https://bit.ly/34tKsfc• @ICMAgroup: https://bit.ly/2VAPnYb• @PMehrling: https://bit.ly/31GRHiF• @CSissoko: https://bit.ly/3iFpoas• @BIS_org: https://bit.ly/2ZxIzzc

On this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Shamiran Mako, assistant professor of international relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. Her research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of international relations and comparative politics of the Middle East with a substantive emphasis on foreign intervention, ethnic conflict, political violence in divided societies, and institutions and statebuilding. Shamiran is on twitter @shamiranmako She is the author of After the Uprisings: Progress and Stagnation in the Middle East and North Africa, with Valentine Moghadam. Shamiran is the editor of ‘Building Sustainable Peace in Iraq', a special issue of the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding available here: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/risb20/15/4 On this episode, Simon and Shamiran talk about Shamiran's work on Iraq, the special issue and her wonderful new book. Please do like, share and subscribe in all the usual ways. We even have a jingle now (thanks Eddie) so we're contractually obliged to ask you to do this.

Julie Klinger is an Assistant Professor of Geographer at the University of Delaware and also affiliated with the university's new Minerals, Materials and Society Program. She is the author of "Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes”, Cornell University Press. Julie Klinger was formerly Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. Julie lists her research interests as “the dynamics of global resource frontiers and space-based technologies with particular emphases in China, Brazil, and the United States; how diverse forms of violence and strategies for survival shape land use, environmental conservation, and livelihood security; rare earth elements; natural resource use; environmental politics; and outer space.Further reading: Official bio:https://www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/ceoe/departments/gss/faculty/julie-klinger/ Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes (2017)https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt1w0dd6d U.S. Geological Surveyhttps://www.usgs.gov/ 

Andrew Bacevich, a Pardee School of Global Studies professor emeritus of international relations and of history, discusses the state of American security 20 years after 9/11 and President Biden's 2021 decision to pull troops from Afghanistan. 

Hello there ROCKSTARS! Welcome to The Entrepreneur Mastery Lab Podcast!  This week inside the Lab, we are joined by Thomas Wu, of Koyoti Inc. Thomas graduated from Boston University, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies with a BA in International Relations with a concentration in East Asian Economics. During this time, he also became the first non-management / communications student to become the President of the American Marketing Association (BU Chapter). Thomas spearheaded the creation of Paradigm Communications; a student-run marketing company that won contracts from Clairol's Hydrience brand, Clairol's Daily Defense brand, as well as Citibank Financial.   Upon graduation, Thomas was quickly appointed the VP of Communications with the Boston chapter of the American Marketing Association while becoming a Marketing Specialist for World Trade Executive, a trade journal for Law, Tax, and Oil & Gas.   In 2002, Thomas decided that it was time to return to Canada and bring his experience to Flora Seda International Inc. After successfully turning the company's fortunes around, Thomas is now the co-founder and president of Koyoti Inc., a marketing and design agency incorporates an overall brand strategy in all its projects. Koyoti Inc. proudly supports and celebrates local talent. As part of this commitment, Koyoti also owns and operates BabyNimbus; a baby products platform dedicated in promoting and supporting local up-and-coming designers.   Fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin, Thomas also has a passion for movies and music and is an avid inline skater and skier. During this year's pandemic, Thomas has often been found tinkering on the piano and in the kitchen.   How to contact and follow Thomas (here's a few ways): Website: www.koyoti.com Email: inquiries@koyoti.com Schedule a free consult.   Join our private Facebook Community Group, The Entrepreneur Mastery Lab ~ A Place for Service Professionals to Give & Grow Got thoughts, comments or just itching for some convo?  Hit us up and let us know all about it!  Want to join us for a chat, hmmm, we might have an extra lab coat around for you to try on for size.  Let us know! podcast@jbandthedoctor.com Check us out on YouTube too!  JBandTheDoctor Not enough for you?  Really, ok, you're game, we're game. Our website  jbandthedoctor.com Instagram Pinterest Need more, wow, let us know, you may need some help!

Thomas graduated from Boston University, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies with a BA in International Relations. During this time, he also became the first non-management / communications student to become the President of the American Marketing Association (BU Chapter). Thomas spearheaded the creation of Paradigm Communications; a student-run marketing company. Upon graduation, Thomas was quickly appointed the VP of Communications with the Boston chapter of the American Marketing Association while becoming a Marketing Specialist for World Trade Executive, a trade journal for Law, Tax, and Oil & Gas. In 2002, Thomas decided that it was time to return to Canada and bring his experience to Flora Seda International Inc. After successfully turning the company's fortunes around, Thomas is now the co-founder and president of Koyoti Inc., a marketing and design agency incorporates an overall brand strategy in all its projects. Koyoti Inc. proudly supports and celebrates the small business community. As part of this commitment, Koyoti has started the Koyoti Small Business Podcast, providing information for, and shining a spotlight on Small Businesses. Fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin, Thomas also has a passion for movies and music and is an avid inline skater and skier. Connect with Thomas: website: www.koyoti.com podcast: www.koyoti.com/podcast Li: @koyoti-incorporated Fb: @KoyotiInc Subscribe & Review in iTunes Are you subscribed to our podcast? If you're not, we want to encourage you to do that today. We don't want you to miss an episode. We will be adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the mix and if you're not subscribed there's a good chance you'll miss out on those too. Click here to subscribe in iTunes! Now if you're feeling extra lovin', we would be really grateful if you left us a review over on iTunes. Your review helps other people find our podcast and they're also fun for us to go in and read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let us know what your favourite part of the podcast is. Thank you in advance! Music: Purple Planet Music

Thomas graduated from Boston University, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies with a BA in International Relations. During this time, he also became the first non-management / communications student to become the President of the American Marketing Association (BU Chapter). Thomas spearheaded the creation of Paradigm Communications; a student-run marketing company. Upon graduation, Thomas was quickly appointed the VP of Communications with the Boston chapter of the American Marketing Association while becoming a Marketing Specialist for World Trade Executive, a trade journal for Law, Tax, and Oil & Gas. In 2002, Thomas decided that it was time to return to Canada and bring his experience to Flora Seda International Inc. After successfully turning the company's fortunes around, Thomas is now the co-founder and president of Koyoti Inc., a marketing and design agency incorporates an overall brand strategy in all its projects. Koyoti Inc. proudly supports and celebrates the small business community. As part of this commitment, Koyoti has started the Koyoti Small Business Podcast, providing information for, and shining a spotlight on Small Businesses. Fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin, Thomas also has a passion for movies and music and is an avid inline skater and skier. Connect with Thomas: website: www.koyoti.com podcast: www.koyoti.com/podcast Li: @koyoti-incorporated Fb: @KoyotiInc Subscribe & Review in iTunes Are you subscribed to our podcast? If you're not, we want to encourage you to do that today. We don't want you to miss an episode. We will be adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the mix and if you're not subscribed there's a good chance you'll miss out on those too. Click here to subscribe in iTunes! Now if you're feeling extra lovin', we would be really grateful if you left us a review over on iTunes. Your review helps other people find our podcast and they're also fun for us to go in and read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let us know what your favourite part of the podcast is. Thank you in advance! Music: Purple Planet Music .bmc-btn { min-width: 210px; color: #FFFFFF !important; background-color: #5F7FFF !important; height: 60px; border-radius: 12px; font-size: 20px !important; font-weight: Normal; border: none; padding: 0px 24px; line-height: 27px; text-decoration: none !important; display: inline-flex !important; align-items: center; font-family: "Lato" !important; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box !important; box-sizing: border-box !important; } .bmc-btn-text { margin-left: 8px; display: inline; line-height: 0; } .bmc-btn svg { height: 32px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; box-shadow: none !important; border: none !important; vertical-align: middle !important; transform: scale(0.9); } .bmc-button img { box-shadow: none !important; vertical-align: middle !important; } .bmc-button { display: inline-block !important; padding:3px 10px !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; background-color: #5F7FFF !important; border-radius: 3px !important; border: 1px solid transparent !important; font-size: 20px !important; box-shadow: 0px 1px 2px rgba(190, 190, 190, 0.5) !important;

Las relaciones entre China y Estados Unidos volvieron a tensarse la semana pasada. Esta vez por el origen de la pandemia de covid-19 El miércoles 26 el presidente Joe Biden ordenó a las agencias de inteligencia de su gobierno que le entreguen, en 90 días, un informe sobre si el SARS-Cov2 surgió en China de una fuente animal o de un accidente de laboratorio, hipótesis esta última que manejaba la anterior administración de Donald Trump. Pekín rechazó la investigación impulsada por Biden y acusó a la Casa Blanca de vender «conspiraciones» y politizar la pandemia. Los «motivos y propósitos de la administración Biden son claros», dijo el jueves Zhao Lijian, portavoz del ministerio chino de Relaciones Exteriores y agregó: «El mundo conoce desde hace tiempo la oscura historia de los servicios de inteligencia estadounidenses», en una alusión a las acusaciones infundadas de Estados Unidos sobre la existencia de armas de destrucción masiva en Irak en base a las cuales se justificó la invasión de aquel paísIrak. El paso que dio Biden agregó elemento más al enfrentamiento entre Washington y Pekín que ya incluye otros temas como el comercio, la tecnología y los derechos humanos. ¿Cómo se explica esta pulseada creciente? ¿Qué consecuencias puede tener, por ejemplo en esta zona del mundo, América Latina? Hoy En Perspectiva analizamos esta situación con el Dr. Jorge Heine, diplomático, que fue embajador de Chile en China durante el gobierno de Michelle Bachelet, y hoy es profesor de Relaciones Internacionales en la Pardee School of Global Studies, Universidad de Boston.

In the early 1990s, India legislated sweeping new gender quotas in local government in the hopes that women’s political empowerment would help to rectify centuries-old social and economic inequalities. But, despite these moves, we know surprisingly little about whether and how quotas have undone entrenched social, political, and economic hierarchies around the world.A new book by the political scientist Rachel Brulé—Women, Power and Property: The Paradox of Gender Inequality Laws in India—tackles precisely this question through a broad-ranging study of quotas in India and their impacts not just on women’s lives, but on the broader system of status hierarchy and dominance that permeates Indian society.Rachel, an assistant professor of global development policy at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, joins Milan on the show this week to talk about her new book, the entrenched nature of gender inequality in India and around the world, and the complex effects of quotas on development outcomes in India. Plus, the two discuss the prospects of the Women’s Reservation Bill, a long-pending bill that would reserve one-third of parliamentary and state assembly seats in India for women.Episode notes:Rachel Brulé and Nikhar Gaikwad, “Culture, Capital and the Political Economy Gender Gap: Evidence from Meghalaya’s Matrilineal Tribes,” Journal of PoliticsRachel Brulé, “Reform, Representation & Resistance: The Politics of Property Rights’ Enforcement,” Journal of PoliticsIsabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

After two decades of a low boil, but highly demanding series of conflicts in Asia required an extensive focus on the now - in both funding and leadership time. America finds herself facing the 2020s with a rested, increasingly well equipped and confident People's Republic of China on the other side of the Pacific stretching herself on a global scale.Advances of the last few decades that were made were focused on the fight at hand, but they may not be the right equipment for the expected fight to come. What does the USA need to start investing in now to ensure we are better positioned at the end of this decade than we were entering it?This Sunday from 5-6pm Eastern, join my guest co-host Mark Vandroff and me to discuss these and related issues with Hallie Coyne, a research associate at the American Enterprise Institute. We will use as a starting point for our conversation the recent report she co-authored with Mackenzie Eaglen, The 2020s Tri-Service Modernization Crunch.Hallie supports work on defense budget analysis, defense reform and acquisition, and US military strategy. She has published on trends related to military construction funding and the national security implications of data protection regulations. Before joining AEI, Coyne worked at the multinational technology company Oracle as a business development consultant, with previous experience at the US Embassy Ottawa and the International Trade Administration in the US Department of Commerce. She holds a BA with honors from the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, with majors in international relations and history. She has also completed academic work at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and the Department of War Studies at King’s College London.

Min Ye, associate professor of international relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, Min Ye talks to fDi's Seth O'Farrell about how China's economic policy was born of crisis, not desire for control.The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the economic development strategy adopted in 2013, has undergone various permutations in Chinese and global imaginaries alike. Far from aligning with the view that it is the expression of a one-party state looking to dominate the region, Ms Ye examines the BRI from a domestic perspective in her recently published The Belt Road and Beyond: State mobilised globalisation in China, 1998–2018. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to stifle growth across most economies, businesses in China are roaring back to life. Its GDP grew 4.9 percent between July and September, compared to a year ago. And economists say this growth is broad-based, so the government isn't under pressure to prop-up demand. But without a bounce-back in global trade, the mainland's rapid economic recovery may be under threat. Mobin Nasir reports. To unpack China's rapid economic recovery, Min Ye spoke to us from Boston. She's and associate professor at Boston University's Pardee School of Global Studies. #China #GDP #Pandemic

Uzair Younus has a wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Adil Najam about polarization, generational shifts in Pakistan, climate change, and much more. Dr Najam needs no introduction. He is the inaugural Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University which was founded in 2014 with a generous gift from BU alum Frederick S. Pardee. He is also a Professor of International Relations and of Earth and Environment. Earlier, Prof. Adil Najam served as Vice Chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Lahore, Pakistan and as the Director of the Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. In addition to Boston University, Prof. Najam has taught at MIT and at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. His research focuses on issues of global public policy, especially those related to global climate change, South Asia, Muslim countries, environment and development, and human development.

Speaker: Min Ye, Associate Professor of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University. Moderator: Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University China’s Belt and Road Initiative, pronounced by Chinese leader Xi Jinping as the “project of the century”, now faces the most uncertain fate in China and abroad. In this new research, Min Ye evaluates policy discourses, interest groups, and nascent BRI networks in China and concludes that domestic drivers for the BRI have not been altered by the Covid-19. However, the external environment and demand for BRI are predicted to change, and we are likely to see important shifts in the BRI implementation in the future. Min Ye is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University. Her research situates in the nexus between domestic and global politics and the intersection of economics and security, with a focus on China, India, and the regional relations. Her publications include The Belt, Road and Beyond: State-Mobilized Globalization in China 1998 — 2018 (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Diasporas and Foreign Direct Investment in China and India (Cambridge University Press, 2014), and The Making of Northeast Asia (with Kent Calder, Stanford University Press, 2010). Min Ye has received grants and fellowship in the U.S and Asia, including a Smith Richardson Foundation grant (2016-2018), East Asia Peace, Prosperity, and Governance Fellowship (2013), Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program post-doctoral fellowship (2009-2010), and Millennium Education Scholarship in Japan (2006). In 2014-2016, the National Committee on the U.S-China Relations selects Min Ye as a Public Intellectual Program fellow. In 2020, Ye is selected as the Rosenberg Scholar of East Asian Studies at Suffolk University. In 2009-2010, Min Ye was the China and the World post-doctoral fellow at the Fairbank Center. She has since been an active participant in programs at the Fairbank Center. In 2016-2018, she served in the Faculty Council of Harvard-Yenching Institute. She currently mentors visiting scholars at HYI. Min Ye is a National Committee on US-China Relations PIP fellow (PIP 4). Ye’s recently published a new book, “The Belt, Road and Beyond.” This event was recorded on Zoom on Wednesday May 20, 2020.

The plumbing of the financial system is coming under strain like never before. On this week’s podcast, we speak with two legendary experts on how the money system works: Zoltan Pozsar of Credit Suisse and Perry Mehrling of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. They explain the extreme level of stress we’re seeing, what the Fed has done to alleviate, what more needs to be done, and what the post-crisis future may look like.

Even to this day, there are economists who don't understand money or don't think that money is an important aspect of the economy. They see the world as still operating essentially under a barter system, with money only there as a means of lubricating transactions. But this is precisely the opposite way you should be looking at things, according to this week's guest. Perry Mehrling is a Professor of International Political Economy at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, and he's known for advocating what he calls "The Money View." In his framework, money is front and center (not something to be abstracted away). In our discussion, he explains how this view helps explain the financial crisis, the repo blowup, and the weaknesses of post-crisis regulations.

Special series on the Iraqi revolts by guest host Yousef K. Baker   Shamiran Mako is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. 

The challenges and opportunities presented by China’s rise are hotly contested. ChinaPower's annual conference features leading experts from both China and the U.S. to debate core issues underpinning the nature of Chinese power. Bonnie S. Glaser Director, China Power Project and Senior Adviser for Asia Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)   8:20 a.m.      Morning Keynote Senator David Perdue (R-Georgia)   9:00 a.m.      Coffee Break   9:15 a.m.      Proposition: If Beijing and Taipei do not come to an agreement on unification by 2035, China will use military force to invade Taiwan. FOR: James Fanell (Former Director of Intelligence and Information Operations, U.S. Pacific Fleet) Fellow Geneva Centre for Security Policy   AGAINST: Timothy R. Heath Senior International Defense Researcher RAND Corporation   10:25 a.m.      Coffee break   10:40 a.m.      Proposition: Beijing is seeking to export the Chinese development model. FOR: Elizabeth Economy C. V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Visiting Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University   AGAINST: Wang Huiyao Founder and President Center for China and Globalization   11:50 a.m.      Proposition: A technology Cold War between the United States and China will lead to separate spheres of technology influence. FOR: Naomi Wilson Senior Director of Policy, Asia Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)   AGAINST: Joy Dantong Ma Data Scientist Home Partners of America   1:00 p.m.      Lunch   1:40 p.m.      Proposition: The US economy is better positioned than China’s to weather a long-term trade conflict. FOR: Christopher Balding Associate Professor Fulbright University Vietnam   AGAINST: Yi Xiong Economist, China Deutsche Bank   2:50 p.m.      Proposition: Xi Jinping will face a leadership challenge by 2025. FOR: Jude Blanchette Freeman Chair in China Studies Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)   AGAINST: Joseph Fewsmith  Professor of International Relations and Political Science Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University   4:00 p.m.      Coffee break   4:15 p.m.      Afternoon Keynote Assistant Secretary David R. Stilwell Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs U.S. Department of State   5:00 p.m.      CONFERENCE END   This event is made possible by support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York

The challenges and opportunities presented by China’s rise are hotly contested. ChinaPower's annual conference features leading experts from both China and the U.S. to debate core issues underpinning the nature of Chinese power. Bonnie S. Glaser Director, China Power Project and Senior Adviser for Asia Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)   8:20 a.m.      Morning Keynote Senator David Perdue (R-Georgia)   9:00 a.m.      Coffee Break   9:15 a.m.      Proposition: If Beijing and Taipei do not come to an agreement on unification by 2035, China will use military force to invade Taiwan. FOR: James Fanell (Former Director of Intelligence and Information Operations, U.S. Pacific Fleet) Fellow Geneva Centre for Security Policy   AGAINST: Timothy R. Heath Senior International Defense Researcher RAND Corporation   10:25 a.m.      Coffee break   10:40 a.m.      Proposition: Beijing is seeking to export the Chinese development model. FOR: Elizabeth Economy C. V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Visiting Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University   AGAINST: Wang Huiyao Founder and President Center for China and Globalization   11:50 a.m.      Proposition: A technology Cold War between the United States and China will lead to separate spheres of technology influence. FOR: Naomi Wilson Senior Director of Policy, Asia Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)   AGAINST: Joy Dantong Ma Data Scientist Home Partners of America   1:00 p.m.      Lunch   1:40 p.m.      Proposition: The US economy is better positioned than China’s to weather a long-term trade conflict. FOR: Christopher Balding Associate Professor Fulbright University Vietnam   AGAINST: Yi Xiong Economist, China Deutsche Bank   2:50 p.m.      Proposition: Xi Jinping will face a leadership challenge by 2025. FOR: Jude Blanchette Freeman Chair in China Studies Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)   AGAINST: Joseph Fewsmith  Professor of International Relations and Political Science Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University   4:00 p.m.      Coffee break   4:15 p.m.      Afternoon Keynote Assistant Secretary David R. Stilwell Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs U.S. Department of State   5:00 p.m.      CONFERENCE END   This event is made possible by support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York

Don Cherry refused to apologize for the comments that got him fired from Hockey Night in Canada. His firing has caused a massive reaction among Canadians. Guests: Bernie Farber, Chair of the Canadian Anti-hate network Ryan Kennedy, The Hockey News - Bolivia's former President Evo Morales has accepted political asylum in Mexico. But what is going on here? And how serious is the unrest in South America right now? Guests: Professor Susan Eckstein, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University author of numerous books and articles on Latin America and Latin American immigrants - Public hearings for the Trump impeachment inquiry will be live on television tomorrow. Guest: Ashley Koning, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor Director, Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling , Eagleton Institute of Politics Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Islamic State mastermind Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead. Now what? After five years of his Sunni jihadist movement's caliphate across parts of Syria and Iraq, and widespread barbarism, video-recorded beheadings, mass executions and the enslavement and raping of women, what should we expect? Will the jihadists bounce back? Jessica Stern, research professor at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies and co-author of ISIS: The State of Terror. Also Recently the Liberal Party of Australia celebrated its 75 year anniversary. Two thirds of this time was spent in federal power. Historians Gerard Henderson and Troy Bramston look back at 'Menzie's Child': the good, the bad and the ugly. Gerard Henderson, former chief of staff to Liberal leader John Howard, now executive director of the Sydney Institute and author of Menzies Child: the Liberal Party of Australia, 1944 - 1994 Troy Bramston, former speech writer to Labor leader Kevin Rudd, now a senior columnist with The Australian and author of Robert Menzies: The art of politics.

Islamic State mastermind Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead. Now what? After five years of his Sunni jihadist movement's caliphate across parts of Syria and Iraq, and widespread barbarism, video-recorded beheadings, mass executions and the enslavement and raping of women, what should we expect? Will the jihadists bounce back? Jessica Stern, research professor at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies and co-author of ISIS: The State of Terror. Also Recently the Liberal Party of Australia celebrated its 75 year anniversary. Two thirds of this time was spent in federal power. Historians Gerard Henderson and Troy Bramston look back at 'Menzie's Child': the good, the bad and the ugly. Gerard Henderson, former chief of staff to Liberal leader John Howard, now executive director of the Sydney Institute and author of Menzies Child: the Liberal Party of Australia, 1944 - 1994 Troy Bramston, former speech writer to Labor leader Kevin Rudd, now a senior columnist with The Australian and author of Robert Menzies: The art of politics.

This episode explores the factors that led to China’s dominance in rare earth production. Our guest, Dr. Julie Klinger, analyzes past incidents and WTO decisions that have sustained supply chains of rare earth production in China, and their impact on global production and China’s relations with other countries. Dr. Klinger also describes China’s investments into the development of technologies to mitigate the environmental burden. She further evaluates China’s own interests in diversifying the global supply chain of rare earths, and the potential for increased international cooperation on using rare earth resources more efficiently. Dr. Julie Klinger is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, as well as Associate Director of BU’s Global Development Policy Center’s Land Use and Livelihoods Initiative. Dr. Klinger’s research focuses on the dynamics of global resource frontiers, with a particular focus on social and environmental sustainability.

Für Folge Nummer 1 habe ich mich mit Dr. Houchang Chehabi getroffen. Der Deutsch-Iraner ist Professor für internationale Beziehungen und Geschichte an der Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies der Universität von Boston in den USA. Er hat zu einer großen Anzahl verschiedenster Themen mit Iran-Bezug publiziert. Im Interview versuche ich ihm möglichst viel seines Wissens zu entlocken, sodass wir eine thematische Bandbreite von iranischem Essen, der islamischen Revolution und die Rolle des Kaviars über in Iran lebende Ethnien und religiöse Minderheiten bis hin zur Politik und Gesellschaft der Kolonialzeit abdecken. Einen besonderen Fokus legen wir auf den kulturellen Einfluss des Westens und vergangene Verwestlichungsversuche der Regierung Reza Shah. Houchang Chehabis Fachartikel können hier eingesehen und (nach Registrierung) kostenlos heruntergeladen werden: https://bu.academia.edu/HouchangChehabi

Buckle up, kids - IT'S U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TIME. Comrade Jason returns to bring the critical fire in a discussion about John Meirsheimer's book, The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities. We talk in-depth about the liberal interventionist foreign policy establishment in Washington D.C. (AKA THE BLOB), the overlap between the Koch brothers and anti-interventionist approaches for progressives, and about what sort of strategy could realistically help put a check on the U.S.'s interventions in countries like Iran or Venezuela. At the end of the podcast, we unexpectedly find ourselves in a discussion about offering some comradely critique of the current approaches to combating the U.S. foreign policy establishment on the Left advocated by groups like the DSA or the publications of Jacobin. Surprise! It will require a mass anti-imperialist, anti-war movement to give any of those approaches teeth.   Jason also brings in a ton of references and extra sources for the inspired comrade-listener which you can find below: Further Reading: Daniel Bessner's Article on Public Intellectuals Patrick Porter's CATO Institute Piece "Well, Hello, Fellow Anti-Interventionists" - Koch Brothers Benjamin Page's Book on Foreign Policy Disconnect from U.S. Aristocracy  Angela Nagle's Article Against Open Borders  References Made in the Episode This Week: The Rohingya people are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar (previously known as Burma). There were an estimated 1 million Rohingya living in Myanmar before the 2016–17 crisis. By December 2017, an estimated 625,000 refugees from Rakhine, Myanmar, had crossed the border into Bangladesh since August 2017. The majority are Muslim while a minority are Hindu. Andrew J. Bacevich Jr. is an American historian specializing in international relations, security studies, American foreign policy, and American diplomatic and military history. He is a Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. He is also a retired career officer in the Armor Branch of the United States Army, retiring with the rank of Colonel. He is a former director of Boston University's Center for International Relations (from 1998 to 2005), now part of the Pardee School of Global Studies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Click here to subscribe to Red Library on iTunes  Click here to support Red Library on Patreon Click here to find Red Library on Facebook Click here to find the host's political theory blog, Capillaries: Theory at the Front

In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Joshua Shifrinson, Assistant Professor of International Relations with the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, gives a talk on his recently released book, Rising Titans, Falling Giants: How Great Powers Exploit Power Shifts. Shifrinson focuses on the policies that rising states adopt toward their declining competitors in response to declining states' policies, and what that means for the relationship between the two. This talk took place at the University of Texas at Austin and was hosted by the Strauss Center and Clements Center.

Author Josh Shifrinson joins us to talk about his new book Rising Titans, Falling Giants: How Great Powers Exploit Power Shifts Josh is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School of Boston University, where his research focuses on U.S. foreign policy, grand strategy and international security. Previously, he served as Assistant Professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University. He has published in International Security, Foreign Affairs, the Washington Quarterly, and other venues. Follow Josh on Twitter - https://twitter.com/shifrinson Use code 09POD to save 30% on his new book when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140107997660

With over 44 percent of new voters between the ages of 18 and 35, Pakistan’s youth will play an important role in the upcoming elections and influence the future of the country’s democracy. To harness the power of Pakistan’s youth, a recent UNDP Human Development Report argues for a national focus on youth empowerment through education, employment, and meaningful engagement. According to the report, youth will prove to be a dividend or a serious challenge to the country, depending on how Pakistan invests in their development. To positively impact that policy, youth must be empowered and engaged. Speakers:Sahar Khan Visiting Research Fellow, CATO Institute Dr. Adil Najam Dean, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University Pir Zubair ShahFreelance Journalist Jumaina Siddiqui, ModeratorSenior Program Officer, Asia Center, U.S. Institute of Peace

Something truly remarkable in African history and global affairs occurred on June 26 when Eritrean leaders flew to the capitol of Ethiopia for peace talks.  In the late 1990s the two countries fought each other in a brutal war, and despite a peace agreement they have remained actively hostile to each other. But that seems to be changing. And quickly.  On the line with me to discuss this detente between two previously irreconcilable foes is Michael Woldermairam, an Assistant Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University  We discuss the roots of the conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia, and why this easing of tensions appears to be happening now.   

Fasi and Mosharraf speak to Adil Najam, Dean of the Pardee School at Boston University, former Vice Chancellor of Lahore University for Management Sciences (LUMS). Professor Najam is a UET Lahore alum, with a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He founded the All Things Pakistan blog, and has worked on a range of policy issues in Pakistan, including the national environmental policy framework in the 1990s, and higher education reform from 2000 to 2003. Today we speak to Professor Najam about his latest labour of love, the UNDP National Human Development Report that he has co authored with Dr Faisal Bari on the challenges and opportunities facing Pakistani youth. We hope you enjoy the conversation - and make sure you read the report on May 2. #PKyouth #NHDRpk

China’s 19th Party Congress, held in October 2017, drew significant anticipation and attention, not only among professional China watchers, for its domestic meaning and foreign policy signals, at a time when the PRC is staking out a new role on the world stage. In this episode, Boston University Professor Joseph Fewsmith, one of the leading experts on Chinese elite politics, discusses with Neysun Mahboubi the politics surrounding this latest Congress, from specific personnel decisions to broad policy implications, with special attention to the position of Xi Jinping. The episode was recorded on November 30, 2017 at the Center for the Study of Contemporary China, in connection with the Center’s post-Congress policy roundtable featuring Prof. Fewsmith and other experts. Joseph Fewsmith is Professor of International Relations and Political Science at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies, specializing in Comparative Politics, Chinese Domestic Politics, and Chinese Foreign Policy. He is the author or editor of eight books, including, most recently, The Logic and Limits of Political Reform in China (Cambridge 2013). His articles have appeared in such journals as Asian Survey, Comparative Studies in Society and History, The China Journal, The China Quarterly, Current History, The Journal of Contemporary China, Problems of Communism, and Modern China. He is also one of the seven regular contributors to the China Leadership Monitor, a quarterly web publication sponsored by Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Music credit: "Salt" by Poppy Ackroyd, follow her at http://poppyackroyd.com  Special thanks to Wendy Leutert and Nick Marziani

Kevin Gallagher is the author of the poetry collection, Loom (MadHat Press, 2016). He edits spoKe, a Boston-based annual of poetry and poetics, and was a guest-editor for Jacket magazine from 2003-2010. He is a founder of the groundbreaking Boston-based poetry magazine compost, which ran from 1992-2003. He works as a Professor of Global Policy at Boston University’s Pardee School for Global Studies.  

This episode is a conversation with Henrik Selin, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies Associate Professor of International Relations, about the perception of the EU. Selin comments on how critical interpretations of the EU neglect the many positive things accomplished under the experimental European framework, including advancements in environmental policy through successful regional cooperation. Selin talks about the democratic deficiencies in the EU, discussing the removal of individuals from the increasingly centralized Brussels bureaucracies, and the importance of maintaining an optimistic view toward the developments and adaptations of the EU in responding to the needs and concerns of European citizens. (Date of interview: March 22, 2016)

Danielle Legros Georges and Kevin Gallagher give a reading. 66 mins. Professor Danielle Legros Georges is Boston’s current poet laureate, an essayist, author, and translator, and teaches graduate art courses at Lesley University. Kevin Gallagher is an economist and an Associate Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and co-director of the Global […]

When former Mexican president Lazaro Cardenas traveled to Havana in 1959 to celebrate the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, he stood shoulder to shoulder with Fidel Castro in front of a crowd of thousands, providing the early sketches of an image of unquestioned Mexican support for revolutionary Cuba that would persist over the next few decades. Mexico was the only country in the Western Hemisphere that defied the United States and refused to break off relations with Castro’s government, and successive presidential administrations in Mexico cited their own country’s revolutionary legacy in their enduring professions of support. But the story told in Renata Keller‘s fascinating new book, Mexico’s Cold War: Cuba, the United States, and the Legacy of the Mexican Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2015) paints a rather more complicated story: one in which leaders in all three countries craft official public narratives contradicted by their actions behind-the-scenes, and one in which the optics of foreign policy are undercut by the realities of domestic politics. Using now-restricted Mexican security files, US government documents, and Cuban Foreign Ministry sources, Mexico’s Cold War details how the Cuban Revolution reverberated within Mexico to produce an often contradictory and frequently repressive politics that ultimately resulted in an internal dirty war–one that has parallels in the Mexico of today. Renata Keller is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, where she teaches classes on Latin American politics and US-Latin American relations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When former Mexican president Lazaro Cardenas traveled to Havana in 1959 to celebrate the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, he stood shoulder to shoulder with Fidel Castro in front of a crowd of thousands, providing the early sketches of an image of unquestioned Mexican support for revolutionary Cuba that would persist over the next few decades. Mexico was the only country in the Western Hemisphere that defied the United States and refused to break off relations with Castro’s government, and successive presidential administrations in Mexico cited their own country’s revolutionary legacy in their enduring professions of support. But the story told in Renata Keller‘s fascinating new book, Mexico’s Cold War: Cuba, the United States, and the Legacy of the Mexican Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2015) paints a rather more complicated story: one in which leaders in all three countries craft official public narratives contradicted by their actions behind-the-scenes, and one in which the optics of foreign policy are undercut by the realities of domestic politics. Using now-restricted Mexican security files, US government documents, and Cuban Foreign Ministry sources, Mexico’s Cold War details how the Cuban Revolution reverberated within Mexico to produce an often contradictory and frequently repressive politics that ultimately resulted in an internal dirty war–one that has parallels in the Mexico of today. Renata Keller is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, where she teaches classes on Latin American politics and US-Latin American relations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When former Mexican president Lazaro Cardenas traveled to Havana in 1959 to celebrate the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, he stood shoulder to shoulder with Fidel Castro in front of a crowd of thousands, providing the early sketches of an image of unquestioned Mexican support for revolutionary Cuba that would persist over the next few decades. Mexico was the only country in the Western Hemisphere that defied the United States and refused to break off relations with Castro’s government, and successive presidential administrations in Mexico cited their own country’s revolutionary legacy in their enduring professions of support. But the story told in Renata Keller‘s fascinating new book, Mexico’s Cold War: Cuba, the United States, and the Legacy of the Mexican Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2015) paints a rather more complicated story: one in which leaders in all three countries craft official public narratives contradicted by their actions behind-the-scenes, and one in which the optics of foreign policy are undercut by the realities of domestic politics. Using now-restricted Mexican security files, US government documents, and Cuban Foreign Ministry sources, Mexico’s Cold War details how the Cuban Revolution reverberated within Mexico to produce an often contradictory and frequently repressive politics that ultimately resulted in an internal dirty war–one that has parallels in the Mexico of today. Renata Keller is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, where she teaches classes on Latin American politics and US-Latin American relations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When former Mexican president Lazaro Cardenas traveled to Havana in 1959 to celebrate the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, he stood shoulder to shoulder with Fidel Castro in front of a crowd of thousands, providing the early sketches of an image of unquestioned Mexican support for revolutionary Cuba that would persist over the next few decades. Mexico was the only country in the Western Hemisphere that defied the United States and refused to break off relations with Castro’s government, and successive presidential administrations in Mexico cited their own country’s revolutionary legacy in their enduring professions of support. But the story told in Renata Keller‘s fascinating new book, Mexico’s Cold War: Cuba, the United States, and the Legacy of the Mexican Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2015) paints a rather more complicated story: one in which leaders in all three countries craft official public narratives contradicted by their actions behind-the-scenes, and one in which the optics of foreign policy are undercut by the realities of domestic politics. Using now-restricted Mexican security files, US government documents, and Cuban Foreign Ministry sources, Mexico’s Cold War details how the Cuban Revolution reverberated within Mexico to produce an often contradictory and frequently repressive politics that ultimately resulted in an internal dirty war–one that has parallels in the Mexico of today. Renata Keller is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, where she teaches classes on Latin American politics and US-Latin American relations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When former Mexican president Lazaro Cardenas traveled to Havana in 1959 to celebrate the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, he stood shoulder to shoulder with Fidel Castro in front of a crowd of thousands, providing the early sketches of an image of unquestioned Mexican support for revolutionary Cuba that would persist over the next few decades. Mexico was the only country in the Western Hemisphere that defied the United States and refused to break off relations with Castro’s government, and successive presidential administrations in Mexico cited their own country’s revolutionary legacy in their enduring professions of support. But the story told in Renata Keller‘s fascinating new book, Mexico’s Cold War: Cuba, the United States, and the Legacy of the Mexican Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2015) paints a rather more complicated story: one in which leaders in all three countries craft official public narratives contradicted by their actions behind-the-scenes, and one in which the optics of foreign policy are undercut by the realities of domestic politics. Using now-restricted Mexican security files, US government documents, and Cuban Foreign Ministry sources, Mexico’s Cold War details how the Cuban Revolution reverberated within Mexico to produce an often contradictory and frequently repressive politics that ultimately resulted in an internal dirty war–one that has parallels in the Mexico of today. Renata Keller is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, where she teaches classes on Latin American politics and US-Latin American relations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices