World Policy On Air

On today’s podcast, Gary Sick, former National Security Council member under Presidents Ford, Carter, and Reagan, argues that a world without an Iranian nuclear deal far more dangerous than the alternative.  World Policy On Air Archive

On today’s podcast, Peter Atwater returns to World Policy On Air to explain how lacking confidence in the Greek economy among Greeks and EU member states will make a “Grexit” from the eurozone a self-fulfilling prophecy. World Policy On Air Archive

The modern world’s addiction to fossil fuels has proven detrimental to our ecosystem, but renewable energy sources come at a high price and pose several major technological difficulties. On today’s episode of World Policy On Air, Israeli scientist David Andelman explains that nuclear energy may be the only viable near-term alternative and delves into the process of achieving a more energy efficient future. World Policy On Air Archive

On today’s podcast, editor of Nepali Times, Kunda Dixit tells host David Alpern about his hopes for major political change in his country following April’s earthquake. World Policy On Air Archive

On today’s podcast, World Policy Journal Managing Editor Yaffa Fredrick discusses responses to the “Big Question” in our Summer issue: “Who has the most to lose from climate change in your country?” World Policy On Air Archive

On today’s podcast, legendary environmentalist Lester R. Brown discusses the uphill battle to address climate change with host David Alpern, and how Pope Francis’s recent encyclical on the issue is helping to change minds. World Policy On Air Archive

On today’s podcast, does solving the refugee crisis playing out in the Mediterranean Sea require a more holistic approach from EU member states? Host David Alpern asks Sophie des Beauvais of the Fondation Pour l’innovation Politique in Paris about this issue, which she wrote about in her most recent World Policy article, “Ending the European Refugee Crisis.” World Policy On Air Archive

On today’s podcast, Khadija Sharife of the African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting details her investigations into South Africa’s “Lettergate,” which demonstrates how major corporations routinely thwart regulatory practices and propagate widespread government corruption across the continent. World Policy On Air Archive

David Alpern speaks with Fernando Carvajal, a Ph.D. candidate in Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, about the forthcoming UN peace talks to resolve the ongoing conflict in Yemen. Already on the brink of political and economic collapse, the country is currently serving as the stage of a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia. World Policy On Air Archive

As the deadline for a nuclear deal with Iran steadily approaches, leaders from across the world anxiously anticipate the results. Host David Alpern speaks with former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense William Beecher about the controversial role that Congress will play in finalizing the deal. World Policy On Air Archive