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Kathryn Koob Reflects on the Anniversary of the US Embassy Hostage Crisis

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Wait Just a Minute

Former American Embassy employee Kathryn Koob answers a minute of questions about Tehran in 1979 in this episode of Wait Just a Minute.

Former US embassy in Tehran, via Wikimedia Commons
Ninara
Global Politics

Myanmar Accused of Genocide against Rohingya at UN Court

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Historian Thant Myint-U, author of The Hidden History of Burma, joins Deep Dish to discuss Burma’s recent struggles with race, capitalism, and democracy, as well as the consequences for Southeast Asia.

Mothers and their children at a center for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Peter Biro
Global Politics

Is A Post-Brexit US-UK Free Trade Agreement Realistic?

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Global Insight by Justin Millar

With an extension on Brexit, we revisit the prospects of a future trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States.

People wave small British flags while a crowd of people walks by in the background
Roberto Catarinicchia
Global Economy

Germany's Faustian Bargain With China

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The Diplomat
Theresa Fallon

In allowing Huawei to bid for Germany's 5G development, Merkel has departed from broader European strategy.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting
Reuters
Global Politics

The Berlin Wall Fell in a Dramatic Wave of Hope, Openness and US Support 30 Years Ago. Now Everything Is Different.

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Thirty years ago, the wall dividing Berlin and Europe came tumbling down and the Cold War, which had split Europe for more than four decades, had ended. Now, much of the hope and optimism that made this possible has disappeared.

Berlin Wall Global Politics

Stephen A. Schwarzman on China

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Wait Just a Minute

Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone founder and CEO, answers a minute of questions regarding the US-China relationship.

The office entrance to the Shanghai World Financial Center
Chris Nagahama
Global Economy

Hard Truths about Big Tech and the US Economy

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

The Financial Times' Rana Foroohar joins Deep Dish to discuss how tech monopolies such as Google and Amazon are disrupting the US economy and American politics.

Amazon on a Samsung mobile phone screen
Christian Wiediger
Global Economy

Americans Want to Be Engaged with the World—the Question Is How

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The National Interest
Coauthors

All too often commentators on the American public and foreign policy conflate public weariness with foreign military intervention with a desire to disengage from global affairs.

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The Case for America to Promote Democracy Abroad

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

The presidents of the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute join  Deep Dish  to explain why the United States must promote democracy abroad.

An Afghan woman casts her vote during parliamentary elections at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan
Reuters
Global Politics

I am Gita

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

We all share in the cost of lower education, reduced labor productivity, and escalating health care costs.

Children in Tanzania stand below a line showing the median height for 9-year-olds globally
Gates Foundation
Food and Agriculture