During the first presidential debate last month, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton said cybersecurity would be a significant challenge for the next U.S. president. Suzette Grillot discusses the international aspects of hacks, internet attacks, and political espionage with the University of Oklahoma’s Mark Raymond. But first, Grillot and Rebecca Cruise talk about the peace deal voters in Colombia defeated, and a proposed new law in the UK requiring businesses to declare how many foreign-born

Just 10 years ago, only 30 percent of American adults reported owning a laptop computer -- a number that has now doubled, according to the Pew Research Center’s latest data . Meanwhile, cell phone ownership has also risen, while desktop computer use has dropped. Amidst the global spread of the Internet and the tech industry’s constant flux, news of Russian , Chinese and Iranian hackers has swept headlines around the world. The face of contemporary cybercrime is increasingly tech-savvy, a reality

Despite its location in a landlocked, central state, the University of Oklahoma’s serves as the home base for Rob Andrew , the U.S. State Department’s Diplomat in Residence for the Central U.S. region. He grew up in an internationally engaged family - Andrew’s mother is Canadian. His earlier career as a U.S. Army officer who served in the Middle East during the first Gulf War eventually led him to the Foreign Service. “You're actually looking at, so to speak, one of the last people to ever

Rebecca Cruise and Suzette Grillot discuss the legacy of Israel’s prime minister and president Shimon Peres, who died this week, and President Obama’s nomination of the first U.S. Ambassador to Cuba in decades. Then Suzette talks with the University of Oklahoma’s Diplomat In Residence Rob Andrew . He's spent 13 years in the Foreign Service, including assignments in Mexico, Costa Rica, Sweden, and Russia.

While pop-culture references to Oklahoma frequently involve depictions of either tranquil farm folk or tornadic American sharpshooters, few Americans realize the distinctly international role of that the state has. Along with over 200,000 immigrants who call Oklahoma home, both Tulsa and Oklahoma host international delegations through an organization known as Global Ties . “They [the most recent group] just loved Oklahoma City,” said Kay Bickham, executive director of the Oklahoma City

Joshua Landis provides an update on the latest news from Syria, and Suzette Grillot talks with Kay Bickham from the Oklahoma City chapter of the International Visitors Council.

Since 2013, European Union officials have seized hundreds of tons of hashish, worth more than $3 billion, from 20 ships traversing a lucrative drug trafficking route across the Mediterranean. The drugs flow through multiple countries – Morocco, Libya, Egypt, and some Balkan states – and even areas controlled by self-proclaimed Islamic State militants, who are taxing the shipments as it goes through their territory. “These countries, Libya in particular, these are not countries that are known

Rebecca Cruise and Suzette Grillot discuss Italy's response to drug trafficking through North Africa, and how it's affecting groups like the Islamic State, who are fighting over the region. Then Grillot talks with journalist and author Maria Armoudian. Her latest book tells the book tells the stories of reporters who cover war zones, the challenges of shrinking budgets, and censorship.

Maria Armoudian’s first book explored the role radio played in exploiting deeply-held divisions between Hutus and Tutsis during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Kill the Messenger: the Media’s Role in the Fate of the World argued media has the power to make peace and advance democracy, but it can also lead to propaganda and human rights abuses. Listen To Maria Armoudain’s 2013 World Views Interview “Since the conclusion [of Kill the Messenger] was we needed ethical journalism, we need responsible

U.S. men's gymnastics coach Mark Williams says he could sit down for a meal in the Olympic Village and overhear conversations in five different language. He'll share his experiences from Rio de Janeiro and his thoughts on sports diplomacy in a conversation with Suzette Grillot. But first, Rebecca Cruise talks with University of Oklahoma anthropologist Noah Theriault about the Philippines' new president and his controversial tactics to confront drug trafficking and violence in his country.