Harvard International Review

Harvard International Roundtable

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On the Harvard International Roundtable our hosts discuss, dissect, and deliberate some of the latest articles written for the Harvard International Review, a quarterly journal offering insight on international affairs from the perspectives of scholars, leaders, and policymakers, started by undergraduates at Harvard in 1979.

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Episodes

S2E2 [double length special] - A Discussion of Korean Nuclear Policy and Medical Tourism 08.04.2026 37:04

On this episode, our hosts are joined by HIR authors Jesse Garcia and Lucille Nomaguchi-Long to discuss their respective articles on Korean nuclear policy and the future of medical tourism.

S2E1 - Meet the 2026 Editors-in-Chief 11.03.2026 14:36

In this episode, our hosts, Ames and Lizzie, talk to the 2026 Editors-in-Chief of the Harvard International Review. William and Cate share a bit about themselves, along with goals for the Review.

S1E4 - Democratic Decline: A New Generation and the Pakistan Example 08.03.2026 13:31

In this episode, our hosts discuss declining democratic beliefs among young people in Europe and democratic backsliding in Pakistan.

S1E5 - Diplomacy in the 21st Century: A Case Study of Denmark and Ireland 08.03.2026 12:25

In this episode, our hosts discuss Denmark's and Ireland's approaches to diplomacy in the 21st century, based on interviews with the Former Prime of Ireland, Minister Leo Varadkar, and the Former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Rufus Gifford.

S1E3 - Leadership and Moral Responsibility in the 21st Century: Animal Testing and an Interview with President Tómasdóttir 28.10.2025 16:25

In this episode, our hosts discuss the ethics of animal testing, from Elon Musk’s Neuralink to the cosmetics industry in China, asking how global laws can influence how we innovate, and an interview conducted by associate editor Jake Truncale with Halla Tómasdóttir, Iceland's newly elected president.

S1E2 - Transparency and Trust: Meta's Fact-Checking Decision and an Electricity Crisis in South Africa 13.10.2025 16:34

In this episode our hosts discuss Meta’s decision to end professional fact-checking on its platforms and South Africa’s electricity crisis and its impact on the country’s 2024 elections.

S1E1 - From Uruguay to the Sahel: Democracy in the Age of Information 29.09.2025 18:01

In this episode, we discuss Uruguay's democracy as a potential model for stability in Latin America and Russia's influence and soft power in the Sahel region of Africa.