International Horizons

What should we expect from the next chapter of the EU and US relationship? On December 11th, we host H. E. Stavros Lambrinidis, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States, to talk about the EU’s current political issues, such as the EU’s Covid-19 strategy, finalizing the Brexit deal, and the expectations for overcoming the strained relationship with the US during the Trump presidency. You can also find a transcript of the interview here: http://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2020/12/11/the-future-of-the-eu-and-the-transatlantic-relationship/

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What can we learn from how civil society in Africa responds to armed conflict? On December 7th, we host Zachariah Mampilly, Marxe Endowed Chair and Professor of International Affairs at Baruch College, CUNY, who talks about how different civil society respond to threats such as conflict and COVID-19, often within systems designed to limit their agency. You can also find a transcript of the interview here: http://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2020/12/07/the-resilience-of-civil-society-in-african-conflict-zones/

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How has the trend towards illiberal democracy developed in the European Union in recent years and how has it affected the internal operations of the EU? On November 23, we host Bálint Magyar for a discussion about the decline of the rule of law in Hungary and Poland in recent years and how these illiberal states have resisted the EU’s push for democratic reforms. Magyar is a Hungarian political economist and scholar and author of the upcoming book, The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes: A Conceptual Framework. He was an anti-communist dissident activist, a founder of the Liberal Party of Hungary, a member of the Hungarian Parliament from 1990 to 2010, serving twice as his country’s Minister of Education. You can also find a transcript of the interview here: http://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2020/11/23/the-illiberal-threat-within-the-european-union/

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What is the level of cohesion in the European Union during a time of global uncertainty? On November 16, 2020, our guest, Teresa Pullano, Assistant Professor at the Institute for European Global Studies at the University of Basel, Switzerland, talks about problems affecting the EU’s internal cohesion, such as Covid and a rocky transatlantic relationship, and what we can expect for the future of the European Union. You can find a copy of the transcript here: http://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2020/11/16/the-pandemic-and-the-european-union/

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Why have we seen such a surge of strongman politics in recent years? For November 9, 2020, our guest, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, looks at the tools and tactics authoritarian strongmen use to capture state power in a democracy, such as secretive banking laws and global PR firms. Transcript: http://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2020/11/09/strongmen-against-democracy/

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How has the coronavirus pandemic affected the fate of democracy around the world? For November 2, 2020, our guest Michael J. Abramowitz, President of Freedom House, discusses the negative trends in democracy in the US and around the world that are threatening the democratic world order. You can find a copy of the transcript at http://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2020/11/02/international-horizons-the-global-decline-in-democracy-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/

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How do powerful countries use social media to advance their interests, such as influencing political campaigns in other countries? For October 26, 2020, our guest John Kelly, founder and CEO of Graphika, tells us about how social media has become the next battlefield for global powers and how foreign actors use it to meddle in US politics. Transcript: http://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2020/10/26/international-horizons-online-foreign-interference-in-american-elections/

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What’s behind the recent wave of uncertainty and unrest in the former Soviet Republics? For October 19, 2020, our guest Andrew Kuchins, president of the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, discusses the background to the political and military conflicts roiling Russia’s “near-abroad” in Belarus, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Kyrgyzstan. Transcript: http://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2020/10/19/international-horizons-covid-conflict-and-crisis-in-russias-near-abroad/

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What does the right to self-determination mean today? For October 12, 2020, our guest Ralph Bunche III, General Secretary of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, discusses his work to secure the right to self-determination of those populations that have been systematically denied that right by the states in which they reside. You can read the transcript here: http://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2020/10/12/international-horizons-indigenous-people-minorities-and-the-right-to-self-determination/

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Why did the war in Nagorno-Karabakh reignite after years of peace? For our October 5th episode, we host David Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University, who explains the geopolitical issues that led to the return of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, the dominatingly Armenian territory in Azerbaijan. You can read the transcript of the episode below. http://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2020/10/05/international-horizons-the-return-of-the-war-in-nagorno-karabakh/

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