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Diffusion
by Carnegie Corporation of New York
dif·fu·sion: the spreading of something more widelyDiffusion is the podcast of Carnegie Corporation of New York, the first grantmaking foundation in the United States established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911. Our mission? To promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding around issues of peace, education and democracy.Hosted by Michael Moran, Visiting Media Fellow, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Sarwar Kashmeri, Professor at Norwich University, and Gail Ablow, Visiting Media Fellow, Carnegie Corporation of New York.Music by Carla CaprettoPhotos: Getty Images
Episodes
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(S.4 Ep.9) African Solutions to African Problems
The phrase "African Solutions to African Problems," however difficult it may be to define, remains crucial to finding ways of improving peace and security in Africa, according to Africa experts interviewed in this final episode of Carnegie Corporation's Peacebuilders podcast. Posting weekly on...
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(S.4 Ep.8) The Modern African State
The African nation-state is in a period of profound transformation, according to African experts interviewed for episode 8 of Carnegie Corporation's Peacebuilders podcast series. In this episode: Alagaw Ababu Kifle (African Leadership Centre), Pamela Mbabazi (Institute for Peace and Security...
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(S.4 Ep.7) Refugees and Migration
Displacement has become a common feature of life in East Africa over the past decade, leading to a wide range of creative solutions, according to Caroline Njuki, senior program coordinator at the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's regional secretariat on forced displacement and mixed...
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(S.4 Ep.6) South Sudan
As Africa's newest state, South Sudan was meant to be an example of what cooperation between the international community and African political actors could achieve. According to the African experts interviewed in this sixth episode of the Peacebuilders podcast series, South Sudan's devastating...
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(S.4 Ep.5) Violence, the Media, and Elections in Kenya
The violence that attended Kenya's 2007 elections shocked the nation's media as well as the larger society. According to African experts interviewed in this fifth episode of Peacebuilders, Kenyan media has become both more responsible as a result and more oriented toward reaching ethnic-group...
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(S.4 Ep.4) The African Union
The African Union continues to play an important role in enforcing peace and security on the continent, but the political momentum is shifting toward "coalitions of the willing" and regional economic commissions, according to Africa experts interviewed in Nairobi and Addis Ababa for episode four…
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(S.4 Ep.3) Militarization of Solutions
The militarization of policing and counterterrorism operations in East and West Africa has chiefly multiplied the numbers of people seeking vengeance against the state, contend regional experts Nanjala Nyabola and Obi Anyadike in the third episode of Peacebuilders, a Carnegie Corporation podcast...
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(S.4 Ep.2) International Interventions
The era of large, international peacekeeping missions is over, according to experts interviewed for the second episode of Peacebuilders, a Carnegie Corporation podcast series. Focusing particularly on the hybrid United Nations/African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM), they find that, for better...
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(S.4 Ep.1) Evolving Ethnicities
Ethnicity continues to shape East African politics in ways both predictable and unexpected, according to African experts featured on Peacebuilders, a new podcast series from Carnegie Corporation of New York. "The question of ethnicity," George Gathigi, lecturer at the University of Nairobi, says,...
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(S.3 Ep.3) Boom: The Economic Benefits of Immigration
In a modern economy, how can the U.S. adapt its immigration policies to the benefit of the country? Jeremy Robbins of New American Economy discusses the need for comprehensive immigration reform, the future of the DACA program and more.
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(S.3 Ep.2) Keeping the Faith: Religion and Immigration
Carnegie Corporation of New York visiting media fellow Gail Ablow speaks with religious leaders from three different faiths to discuss core values and immigration in the United States. Her guests are Reverend Jennifer Butler, founder and executive director of Faith in Public Life and former chair...
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(S.3 Ep.1) Our Town, Your Town: Welcome
Badges, Bibles, and Business is a series that offers sharp insight and thoughtful conversation about immigration policy, and the social and economic integration of immigrants in the United States. We will share the unique perspectives of experts who research best practices in policing; provide...
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(S.2 Ep.7) China's Dramatic Pivot Towards Global Leadership
Paul Haenle, founder of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Cetner for Global Policy, and a former advisor to President George W. Bush and Barack Obama on U.S.-China, speaks about China's trajectory on the world stage.
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(S.2 Ep.6) China Beyond the Asia Pacific: Afghanistan and Pakistan
This week, the U.S. outlined an updated policy on the war in Afghanistan, sending more troops to assist Afghan forces. What role has China played in protecting its own interests in South Asia, particularly vis–à–vis Afghanistan and Pakistan? Sarwar Kashmeri speaks with Barnett Rubin, director of...
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(S.2 Ep.5) Is China Winning African Hearts & Minds?
China continues to expand its economic and infrastructure partnerships on the continent, but is the strategy working? China in Focus host Sarwar Kashmeri speaks with Yunnan Chen of the China Africa Research Initiative at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies about...
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(S.2 Ep.4) China's $9 Billion New 'Silk Road'
China in Focus host Sarwar Kashmeri speaks with Matthew Goodman of the Center for International and Strategic Studies about China's $9 billion "One Belt, One Road" initiative, a project some refer to as the new "silk road."
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(S.2 Ep.3) China Power: Is the U.S. Ceding Leadership?
Have China's security capabilities and changes in American foreign policy given Beijing a more influential role on the world stage?
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(S.2 Ep.2) Pressure Point: Can China Really Help on North Korea?
As North Korea continues to provoke the U.S. and East Asia with missile tests and nuclear proliferation, Leon Sigal, director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council, discusses the current state of security in the region and North Korea's new...
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(S.1 Ep.12) Sweet or Sour? Recapping U.S.-Russia Relations
Visiting Media Fellow Michael Moran hosts this final episode of our series, Diffusion: Russia in Focus. Over the course of this series, we've explored the historical context of the relationship, its development since the end of the Cold War, and the economic, military and political rivalry…
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(S.2 Ep.1) Xi and Trump: What's the Big Deal?
Host Sarwar Kashmeri speaks with Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society, and Susan Shirk, Chair of the 21st Century China Center and Research Professor at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy, as President Trump and Chinese...
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(S.1 Ep.11) Two Triads: The Nuclear Equation
Visiting Media Fellow Michael Moran speaks with Janne Nolan, chair of the Nuclear Security Working Group at George Washington University, and David Holloway, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies at Stanford University, about Russia's nuclear capabilities and the...
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(S.1 Ep.10) Law and Order: Recentralization and Life in Russia Today
Michael Moran, Visiting Media Fellow for Peace and Security at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, speaks with Brian Taylor, professor of political science at the Maxwell school at Syracuse University, and Alexandra Vacroux, Executive Director at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian…
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(S.1 Ep.9) Negative Sum: The Destabilization of Ukraine
Visiting Media Fellow Michael Moran speaks with Timothy Colton, Professor of Government and Russian Studies at Harvard University, and Samuel Charap, Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). The two are coauthors of "Everyone Loses: The...
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(S.1 Ep.8) Guessing Game: Decoding Trump's Russia Policy
As Donald Trump prepares for the Oval Office, foreign policy analysts have struggled to understand how his administration's policy towards Russia will take shape. Visiting Media Fellow Michael Moran speaks with Olga Oliker, a senior adviser and director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the...
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(S.1 Ep.7) Poison Pill: A Brief History of Post-Cold War Relations
Visiting Media Fellow Michael Moran speaks with Andrew Kuchins of Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and Kimberly Marten of Columbia University about how the end of the Cold War has led to current tensions around Syria, NATO and nuclear reduction.
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(S.1 Ep.6) Lines of Attack: The Static of Cyber Conflict
Is a cyber ceasefire between the U.S. and Russia possible, or will recent events and allegations of cyber hacking lead to greater conflict? Visiting Media Fellow Michael Moran speaks with Austin Long, associate professor and technology expert at Columbia University's School of International and...
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(S.1 Ep.5) Petrol Politics: Russia's Quest for Economic Equilibrium
Visiting Media Fellow Michael Moran speaks with Sergey Aleksashenko, Former deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Russia and former chairman of Merrill Lynch Russia and Clifford Gaddy, Senior Fellow, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and author, "Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin" about...
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(S.1 Ep.4) Tempered Expectations
What does the future of U.S.-Russia relations hold in 2017? Visiting Media Fellow Michael Moran speaks with two geopolitical analysts who have analyst and forecast on this critical question often in recent years, Michael Mandelbaum, Director of the American Foreign Policy program at the Johns...
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(S.1 Ep.3) Trip Wire: NATO's Russia Dilemma
How will the buildup of NATO forces, and closer military cooperation among NATO allies in the Baltics, impact Russian behaviors and U.S.-Russia relations? Mike Moran speaks with Michael Kofman of The Woodrow Wilson Center. #Russia #Putin #ForeignPolicy #Ukraine #Crimea #Syria #Obama #Peace #Security
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(S.1 Ep.2) Fear and Opportunity: Russia and the World Order
Visiting Media Fellow Michael Moran speaks with the Wilson Center's Matthew Rojansky and Georgetown University's Angela Stent about Russia's foreign policy and the world order. #Russia #Putin #ForeignPolicy #Ukraine #Crimea #Syria #Obama #Peace #Security
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(S.1 Ep.1) Location, Location, Location: Why Russia Matters
Carnegie Corporation Visiting Media Fellow Michael Moran speaks with Robert Legvold, author of "Return to Cold War," and Thomas Graham of Kissinger Associates, about the drivers behind the U.S-Russia relationship. Why do these two nations seem fated to be rivals, if not downright adversaries?...
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dif·fu·sion: the spreading of something more widelyDiffusion is the podcast of Carnegie Corporation of New York, the first grantmaking foundation in the United States established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911. Our mission? To promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding around issues of peace, education and democracy.Hosted by Michael Moran, Visiting Media Fellow, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Sarwar Kashmeri, Professor at Norwich University, and Gail Ablow, Visiting Media Fellow, Carnegie Corporation of New York.Music by Carla CaprettoPhotos: Getty Images
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