Episodes

Tuesday May 26, 2020
The World Health Organization, With Stewart M. Patrick
Tuesday May 26, 2020
Tuesday May 26, 2020
Stewart M. Patrick, CFR’s James H. Binger senior fellow in global governance and director of the International Institutions and Global Governance program, discusses with James M. Lindsay how the World Health Organization works.

Tuesday May 19, 2020
Modi’s India Under Lockdown, With Alyssa Ayres
Tuesday May 19, 2020
Tuesday May 19, 2020
Alyssa Ayres, CFR senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the effects of the coronavirus on India’s 1.3 billion people.
Read “A Field Guide to U.S.-India Trade Tensions” on CFR.org.

Tuesday May 12, 2020
Navigating the Global Era, With Richard Haass
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of the new book The World: A Brief Introduction, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss why it’s important to get smarter about the world around us.

Tuesday May 05, 2020
Epidemics in World History, With Frank M. Snowden
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Frank M. Snowden, Andrew Downey Orrick professor emeritus of history and history of medicine at Yale University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how epidemics have shaped world history. Snowden’s most recent book, which was released in October 2019, is Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present.