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Since the 2008 financial crisis, the world's major economies have not done all they could or should do to minimize the threat of another global economic collapse. On today’s episode of World Policy On Air, political scientist Edward A. Fogarty discusses the obstacles for multinational institutions like the EU and G-20 in coordinating fiscal policy. World Policy On Air Archive

Decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, tension between Moscow and Washington may once again amount to a Cold War, albeit with some caveats, says Robert Legvold, a leading expert on U.S.-Russian relations. In today's episode of World Policy On Air, Legvold explores policies that could potentially increase trust and stability between the two countries. World Policy On Air Archive

The U.K.'s Conservative government launched a plan to revitalize the northern industrial cities of Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool, Hull, and Newcastle as a unified region to rival Greater London. On today’s episode of World Policy On Air, architectural critic and author Owen Hatherley surveys problems with creating the "Northern Powerhouse," even before Brexit raised new questions about the administration's political future. World Policy On Air Archive

Government failure to provide quality water to Chennai, India, has led to increased risk of plague—and a growing black market in potentially unsafe water. On today's episode of World Policy On Air, World Policy Institute fellow and author Kavitha Rajagopalan discusses her piece for the Journal’s summer issue on Chennai’s water woes: “Bottling up Discontent." World Policy On Air Archive

When affordable housing isn't properly incentivized in cities from the U.K. to China, the result is often corruption and a rise in homelessness. On today's episode of World Policy On Air, Managing Editor Yaffa Fredrick discusses responses given by activists and journalists to the Big Question from World Policy Journal's summer 2016 issue: How can governments collaborate with the private sector to provide affordable housing? World Policy On Air Archive

Since the Panama Papers leak uncovered tax evasion and fraud across the globe, policymakers have been forced to focus on the siphoning of wealth into offshore tax havens and related corrupt practices. On today’s episode of World Policy On Air, David Fellows of PFMConnect addresses the need to properly identify the policy and institutional failures that lead to excess public sector corruption. World Policy On Air Archive

Last year, the “Save the Girl Child” campaign championed the criminalization of abortion for sex selection in India. On today’s episode of World Policy On Air, Nairobi-based attorney and journalist Jill Filipovic explains the cultural norms in India that play into the detrimental outcomes of policies designed to protect female infants. World Policy On Air Archive

Science fiction has often dealt with the prospect of artificial intelligence becoming humanity's nemesis. On today’s episode of World Policy On Air, Sam Winter-Levy of Foreign Affairs describes the real dangers of so-called "machine super-intelligence" and the care that tech companies and world leaders must take as technology moves closer to this perhaps inevitable end. World Policy On Air Archive

The winner of the next U.S. presidential election will face a wide range of foreign policy challenges. On today’s World Policy On Air, however, World Policy fellow Jonathan Cristol argues that if Donald Trump wins, he will likely become his own biggest national security threat. World Policy On Air Archive

Shortly after the 1959 Cuban Revolution, the government took steps to combat racism in the island nation. On today’s episode of World Policy On Air, Devyn Spence Benson, assistant professor of history and African and African-American studies at Louisiana State University, discusses the country's mixed record on race policies and anti-black discrimination as documented in her new book, Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished Revolution. World Policy On Air Archive