The Fletcher Forum Podcast
Founded in 1975 and published biannually, The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs is the student-managed foreign policy journal at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. The publication provides a broad, interdisciplinary platform for analysis of legal, political, economic, environmental, and diplomatic issues in international affairs. The Fletcher Forum podcast will serve as another avenue for The Fletcher Forum and will feature interviews, roundtable discussions, and debates centered around the latest in international affairs.
- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 63
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Unpacking the Aftermath of South Africa’s 2024 election
With South Africa’s historic elections concluding on May 29th 2024, the ANC is facing its first coalition since its inception in 1994. Michael Walsh, visiting scholar at UC Berkeley and Senior Fellow…
Introduction to Human Security
Second year MALD, Julia Shufro, discusses the field of human security with international security professor, Rockford Weitz. Listen to their conversation about the role of protecting civilians in con…
Demystifying the Indian Election- With Paul Staniland and Milan Vaishnav
As the world's largest democracy, India, wraps up its election cycle, the team speaks with Milan Vaishnav, a Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for Interna…
Self Help Groups- History and Relevance
The Self-Help Group movement that began in South Asia has now proliferated across developing countries of the world. Seen as a means of women’s financial and social empowerment, SHGs have been a popu…
Intersections of Linguistic Interplay and Exchange in Taiwan
This podcast features Jordan Strouse, a 3rd year Fulbright grantee in Taiwan who joins the forum to comment on the intersections of linguistic interplay and exchange in Taiwan. The conversation also …
Replacing the Helsinki Act
A podcast with Ian Lesser, Vice President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States discussing the future of European Security from an American perspective. If the Helsinki Accords have been a…
Fifa World Cup 2022- International Relations Narratives
The 2022 Fifa World Cup was significant in many ways. As Lionel Messi lifted the long elusive trophy, controversy was not far. One of the many discussions around the Cup was on the role of Qatar as t…
Demystifying Digital Public Infrastructures
In this first episode, Sarthak talks to David about the concept of digital public infrastructures, its role in the digital economy, and how is it different from the traditional digital development ap…
Lessons in Leadership from BRAC
How to End Global Poverty?
In this engaging fireside chat, Scott MacMillan, author of Hope Over Fate: Sire Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty, and Dr Alnoor Ebrahim, Professor …
Media and Climate Change Narratives
The podcast covers the role media plays in raising public awareness of key issues while also discussing the risks of conspiracy theories and misinformation. It tries to understand the different ways …
An Introduction to AI and Gender
In this episode, we explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and what gender has to do with it. Our staff editor, Paola talks to Kelly Chen, who shares her work and perspectives with us and gives us a co…
Feminist Foreign Policy: why is it feminist?
Feminist Foreign Policy seeks to incorporate a gender and human rights perspective into international foreign affairs and policy. This episode discusses what feminist foreign policy looks like in dif…
Maritime Security (armed conflict at Sea) in the Indo-Pacific and Indian Ocean Region
In this Fletcher Forum podcast episode our staff editor, Hasan Towhid interviews Rear Admiral Md. Khurshid Alam (Retd) has served as the President of the International Seabed Authority Council and re…
Did Gender Matter at COP27?
Fireside Chat: India's Micro-enterprises and Bigtech Platforms Monopoly
In this first Fletcher Forum Fireside Chat, Dr. Jonathan Donner and Dr. Pramod Varma talk about an open protocol approach to counter bigtech monopoly in digital commerce towards making it more inclus…
Disobedience Podcast Part 3: Somos Un Rostro Colectivo
Disobedience Podcast: Part 2 - Invasion Day
Disobedience Podcast: Part 1 - The Egba Women's Revolt
Understanding Russia's Attack on Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine approaches its fourth week, many Western commentators are still wondering why Russian President Vladimir Putin chose a full-scale invasion, and why now. In this podcast, Kiana N…
Addressing the Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh
Bangladesh currently hosts around 1.1 million Rohingya Muslim Minorities from Myanmar. The Rohingya people have faced decades of systematic discrimination, statelessness, and targeted violence in Rak…