An agreement between the governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar to repatriate Rohingya refugees has failed miserably. Sarah Margon, Washington Director of Human Rights Watch and Christina Fink, professor of international affairs at George Washington University, tell host Carol Castiel why this persecuted Muslim minority group will not be returning to Myanmar any time soon.

An agreement between the governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar to repatriate Rohingya refugees has failed miserably. Sarah Margon, Washington Director of Human Rights Watch and Christina Fink, professor of international affairs at George Washington University, tell host Carol Castiel why this persecuted Muslim minority group will not be returning to Myanmar any time soon.

Can an informal truce between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi rebels in Yemen hold and prevent an assault on the strategic Red Sea port city of Hodeida? Host Carol Castiel talks with former US Ambassador to Yemen, Stephen A. Seche, currently Executive Vice President of the Arab Gulf States Institute, and Daniel Benaim, Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress, about prospects for ending the devastating conflict, which has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

Can an informal truce between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi rebels in Yemen hold and prevent an assault on the strategic Red Sea port city of Hodeida? Host Carol Castiel talks with former US Ambassador to Yemen, Stephen A. Seche, currently Executive Vice President of the Arab Gulf States Institute, and Daniel Benaim, Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress, about prospects for ending the devastating conflict, which has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

A record number of US voters headed to the polls this week to elect a new Congress. While Republicans held the Senate, the Democrats seized control of the House. On the next edition of Encounter, John Fortier, from the Bipartisan Policy Center, and Jim Kessler, from Third Way, examine the midterm election results with host Jim Malone.

A record number of US voters headed to the polls this week to elect a new Congress. While Republicans held the Senate, the Democrats seized control of the House. On the next edition of Encounter, John Fortier, from the Bipartisan Policy Center, and Jim Kessler, from Third Way, examine the midterm election results with host Jim Malone.

Migrants from Central America are traveling through Mexico in hopes of being granted asylum in the United States. President Trump has vowed to take steps that would prevent them from entering the US illegally. Hans von Spakovsky from the Heritage Foundation and Luca Dall'Oglio from the International Organization for Migration join host Rick Pantaleo on Encounter for a discussion on issues concerning mass migration.

Migrants from Central America are traveling through Mexico in hopes of being granted asylum in the United States. President Trump has vowed to take steps that would prevent them from entering the US illegally. Hans von Spakovsky from the Heritage Foundation and Luca Dall’Oglio from the International Organization for Migration join host Rick Pantaleo on Encounter for a discussion on issues concerning mass migration.

Paulo Sotero, Director of the Brazil Institute at The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and James Roberts, Research Fellow for Economic Freedom and Growth at the Heritage Foundation, preview Brazil's upcoming presidential runoff with host Carol. They discuss the internal and external factors that are likely to propel populist firebrand Jair Bolsonaro to victory.

Paulo Sotero, Director of the Brazil Institute at The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and James Roberts, Research Fellow for Economic Freedom and Growth at the Heritage Foundation, preview Brazil’s upcoming presidential runoff with host Carol. They discuss the internal and external factors that are likely to propel populist firebrand Jair Bolsonaro to victory.