Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
The longest running independent international affairs podcast features in-depth interviews with policymakers, journalists and experts around the world who discuss global news, international relations, global development and key trends driving world affairs.
Named by The Guardian as "a podcast to make you smarter," Global Dispatches is a podcast for people who crave a deeper understanding of international news.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 1082
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Poland is Fighting for its Democratic Life
Poland is in the midst of a democratic backslide. The country's politics is dominated by the far right Law and Justice Party, which has embarked on a series of moves to curb the independence of the j…
Can North Korea Be Stopped?
*** Special Episode *** Your Questions About Careers in International Affairs, Answered
After receiving dozens of emails from podcast listeners asking for career advice, I decided to put together this special episode in which your questions are answered. On the line are Paul Stronski an…
Somalia is Caught in a Conflict-Climate Change Nexus
Somalia is ground zero for an emerging trend in global affairs-- the nexus between climate change and conflict. My guest today, journalist Laura Heaton spent years reporting on how climate change an…
An Unprecedented Coalition of NGOs Has Formed to Fight a Global Food Emergency
On July 17 a very rare thing happened in the world of humanitarian relief. Eight organizations that typically compete for donor dollars joined forces to launch a joint appeal to raise funds and aware…
Peace Breaks Out in Colombia
On June 27th, FARC rebels turned over the last of their weapons to the United Nations in a ceremony attended by both the leader of FARC and President Juan Manuel Santos. This officially marked the en…
Episode 160: Wendy Pearlman is an academic who studies the Middle East in an unusual way
Wendy Pearlman is an academic who studies the Middle East, but also writes popularly focused narratives that examines everyday life of people caught in the chaos of the region.Her latest book, We Cro…
Episode 159: Eric Schwartz, former top State Department official who ran US refugee programs
Eric Schwartz served as the top refugee policy official in the Obama administration as the Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration between 2009 and 2011. He was recently a…
This Could Be Africa's Next Big Crisis
How the Supreme Court's Ruling on Trump's Travel Ban Will Impact Refugees Around the World
The Supreme Court has issued a preliminary decision on Trump’s travel ban–and this decision could have a profound impact on refugees around the world.
The court upheld key portions of the travel ban …
Episode 157: Jeffrey Smith Helped Bring Down a "President for Life"
My guest today Jeffrey Smith helps topple dictators for a living. His organization, Vanguard Africa, is very new but they already have one success under their belt--the peaceful transition of power f…
The Latest World Population Facts and Figures Were Just Released
Episode 156: Greg Stone -- Ocean Scientist, Explorer and Advocate
Episode 155: Marietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament
Marietje Schaake was under 30 years old when she first joined the European Parliament as a representative from the Netherlands in 2009. She candidly discusses the kinds of challenges she faced as a y…
Episode 154: Hans Binnendijk
Hans Binnendijk is a senior fellow at the Center for Transatlantic relations and a longtime DC foreign policy insider. He served in top posts in the Clinton administration, including in the National …
Saudi Arabia moves against Qatar and we now have yet another crisis in the Middle East
There is yet another crisis in the middle east. This week, Saudi Arabia and its close allies in the region moved against Qatar, cutting off sea and air travel and moving to isolate their fellow sunni…
What You Need to Know About the Paris Agreement Pullout
What you need to know about the world's "Internally Displaced"
One overlooked aspect of the global conversation on conflict, disaster and humanitarian affairs is internal displacement and the plight of internally displaced people, or IDPs. Like refugees, IDPs ha…
Episode 153: Sharon Weinberger
Sharon Weinberger is the author of the new book The Imagineers of War:The Untold Story of DARPA. DARPA, for the un-initiated, stands for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and it is the b…
What Political Science Can Teach Us About the Killing of Journalists
We are nearly six months into the year and already 9 journalists have been killed in 2017, including 4 in Mexico alone. That figure comes from reporters without borders and is part of a larger data s…