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The Path to Autocracy: Venezuela and Beyond
In this episode of New Frontiers, Mark Williams sits down with political scientist Javier Corrales, to discuss his latest book—‘Autocracy Rising: How Venezuela Transit...
The East India Company: Commerce, Conquest, and Colonialism
Established in 1600 to secure trade relations between India, East and Southeast Asia, and Britain, the East India Company did this and much, much more. For nearly 300 ...
Election 2024 and US Foreign Policy
How has US foreign policy changed since the end of the Cold War? When—and over what issues—did America’s largely bipartisan foreign policy collapse? What major foreign...
U.S. Militias: Guarding Tradition or Courting Chaos
America’s modern militia movement emerged in the 1990s, following armed stand-offs with government authorities at Ruby Ridge, Idaho and Waco, Texas. After rising to 37...
India Today: One Question, Three Perspectives
“What’s the one thing about India, that isn’t getting enough attention?” That’s the question we put to three India experts; and not surprisingly, we got three differen...
Race, Empire, and Policing in Paris
In June 2023, French police killed 17-year-old Nahal Merzouk during a traffic stop outside of Paris. The killing led to days of street protests, widespread condemnatio...
After the Insurrection: Assessing American Democracy
On January 6, 2021, supporters of US President Donald Trump—spurred on and energized by the defeated president himself—launched a violent attack on the US capital to s...
INTL' NGOs: What You Need to Know
International nongovernmental organizations (INGO’s) like Amnesty International, Care, Oxfam, or World Vision operate independently of governments around the world. Bu...
Israel in Crisis
For months, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens have taken to the streets to protest government plans to overhaul the judiciary—including plans that would vitiat...
Why We Need Environmental Justice Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2What is meant by such terms as environmental injustice or environmental racism? What is the environmental justice movement and how is it manifest—in the Uni...
Why We Need Environmental Justice Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2What is meant by such terms as environmental injustice or environmental racism? What is the environmental justice movement and how is it manifest—in the Uni...
Whatever Happened To "Essential" Workers
How did the COVID pandemic affect America’s workers—especially those deemed “essential” who often were poorly paid, nonunionized, lacked meaningful benefits, and were ...
Understanding Slavery in Medieval China
Slavery lasted for centuries in China, and yet its particulars are not well known. In this episode of New Frontiers, historian Don Wyatt takes us back to help us under...
Why Did Turkish Democracy Collapse
After decades of democratic governance, Turkish democracy has not just declined, but collapsed. How? Why? In this episode Mark speaks with Sebnem Gumuscu, who traces t...
What to do about Cosmic Garbage.
Only 2,000 of the 22,000 man-made objects that currently circle the Earth are fully operational, functioning satellites. The rest—roughly 90 percent—is space junk, or ...
What Made Russians Skeptics About Democratic Capitalism?
Did the collapse of the Soviet Union—and the tumultuous years which followed—help shape Russians’ attitudes toward capitalism and democracy in the Putin era? If so, ho...
China and the American Right
Joyce Mao, Associate Professor of History at Middlebury College, discusses her research and book, "Asia First: China and the Making of Modern American Conservatism," t...
Should Corporations Govern Global Food Systems?
With global food insecurity on the rise, what can the United Nations do to help protect the world's food systems and establish safeguards against food insecurity? Did ...
