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In this episode, Jeff Hawn discusses Ukraine’s recent counteroffensive, which pushed Russian forces back from Kharkiv to the eastern bank of the Oskil River, benefited from Ukraine’s growing advantages and Russia’s increasingly pronounced weaknesses. Learn about the disparities between the two armies and shows how the success in Kharkiv can be repeatable with continued Western investment.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine heads into its eighth month, the possibility of Russian economic and military escalation increases. In this episode of the New Lines Institute's Contours podcast, host Minna Jaffery-Lindemulder sits down with Senior Analyst Eugene Chausovsky to dive into the role of diplomacy in mediating this escalation and the potential consequences for great-power competition.

In this episode of The New Lines Institute’s Contours podcast series, Content Manager Minna Jaffery-Lindemulder is joined by Indian subcontinent experts Dr. Syed Mohammad Ali and Akhil Bery for an in-depth look at the geopolitics of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and the Indian Subcontinent as a whole. Highlights of the discussion include how Bangladesh and Sri Lanka balance their relationships with India...

In this episode of Contours, Senior Analyst and Program Head Caroline Rose sits down with Non-Resident Fellow and a co-author of a recent New Lines report, "A Crisis of Conscience: Aid Diversion in Syria and the Impact on the International Aid System," Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff, to unpack a recent crisis in the U.N. Security Council over the status and future of a cross-border aid delivery mandate in n...

Gendering Geopolitics with Emily Prey: Iuliia Mendel, former Spokesperson to President Zelenskyy, discusses her book The Fight for Our Lives & how women must have a seat at the table during the #Ukraine #Russia war & in any post-war talks.

In this episode, The New Lines institute proudly presents a new offering, Practitioner’s Perspective, where thought leaders with distinguished careers in foreign policy impart their wisdom from years of experience in the field. In the inaugural entry, former Ambassador Frederic Hof focuses on the ten-year-old case of Austin Tice, an American journalist kidnapped in Syria. Hof details “the enormous...

In this episode, learn more about why nearly a third of Ukrainian refugees are returning home, choosing to live in danger in Ukraine rather than live with the uncertainties of being a refugee. These Ukrainians are returning home for a variety of reasons – to reunite with family, to find a way to make money, and because of perceived safety in parts of Ukraine. However, better support for these refu...

In this episode, as Syed Mohammad Ali explains, India, the world’s largest democracy, which traditionally maintained a non-aligned stance, should be a natural partner. The U.S. has pursued a closer relationship with India since the Clinton administration, and for good reason. This is especially true as great-power competition grows and Washington seeks to counter Beijing in the Indo-Pacific. Howev...

In this Gendering Geopolitics episode, host Emily Prey invites Ethiopian journalist Lucy Kassa to learn more about how the war in #Ethiopia has affected Kassa's reporting capabilities, sexual & gender based violence in the region, and the importance of the political agenda to all groups party to the conflict.

On this Gendering Geopolitics with Emily Prey, Dr. Mia Brett discusses Roe v. Wade, the leaked SCOTUS draft, and what the future looks like for women in America.

On this Gendering Geopolitics with Emily Prey: MP Nusrat Ghani, on what the world can do to address the Uyghur Genocide and bring justice and accountability for the crimes against the Uyghurs.

On this Gendering Geopolitics with Emily Prey the BBC's Sana Safi discusses Biden's decision to unfreeze Afghan funds for in-country relief and 9/11 families, the risks facing the Hazara, and the situation for Afghan Women.

In this Gendering Geopolitics episode, host Emily Prey invites Ethiopian journalist Lucy Kassa to learn more about how the war in Ethiopia has affected Kassa's reporting capabilities, sexual & gender based violence in the region, and the importance of the political agenda to all groups party to the conflict.

On this Gendering Geopolitics with Emily Prey, Ukrainian MP Inna Sovsun on the human cost of the war in Ukraine, and what US and European leaders can do to help.

Gendering Geopolitics with Emily Prey: Esther Dingemans, Director of the Mukwege Foundation and the Global Survivors Fund, will discuss conflict-related sexual violence faced by women in Ukraine and strategies for prevention.

On this #GenderingGeopolitics with Emily Prey: Huma Abedin, NYT best-selling author & Chief of Staff to Hillary Clinton, discusses her new book Both/And, key lessons learned in her career, & the importance of having conversations about mental health.

A string of attacks that the Islamic State called the “Raid of Revenge for the Two Sheikhs” in recent months shows that the group has strengthened – at least in Syria, though it languishes in Iraq, its former stronghold. U.S. policy failures in Syria left the country open for the Islamic State to regroup and carry out operations. In this episode, author Abdullah al-Ghadawi shares why the United St...

In this episode, Claudia Gago Ostos explores what the months leading up to Brazil’s Oct. 2 general elections may look like — similar to the social unrest and political instability experienced during the the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol. The election results are likely to be close, and whichever of the frontrunners – current President Jair Bolsonaro or former President Luiz Inácio “Lul...

In this episode, Alexander Kochenburger explains why states exposed to authoritarian environments need further support from U.S. policymakers. Although several authoritarian states in the Maghreb have implemented transitional justice measures to investigate state-sponsored human rights abuses, these often do not lead to true and lasting reforms.

In this episode, Calvin Wilder details the current state of military cooperation between the SDF and the regime and shows how this security partnership will not necessarily translate to a political understanding between AANES and the regime. Turkey is intensifying its artillery and drone strikes against military and civilian targets in regions of Syria controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (S...

In this episode, Munira Mustaffa analyzes militant groups in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines and details the organizational weaknesses that have marked their recent ineffectiveness. The dissolution of the Islamic State’s caliphate in Iraq and Syria have prompted fears that transnational militant groups would use Southeast Asia to regroup. However, these militants have failed to galvanize...

In this episode, Ariel Cohen and Wesley A. Hill lay out a strategy for intelligent, limited, and targeted reconstruction aid. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, policymakers in the United States and elsewhere are already considering how to win the peace, offering hundreds of billions of dollars in aid for reconstruction. However, far from helping Ukraine’s post-war economic, political, and...

Despite the zero-sum approach that energy importers and exporters have taken, in this episode, Eugene Chausovsky shares why cooperation and collective action are crucial to staving off a potential global economic recession and fighting climate change. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, major players in the global energy sphere have adopted competing energy strategies in order to secure energy flo...

In this episode, Emil Avdaliani writes that the possible deal could have economic and political consequences far beyond the long-time enemies, with reverberations from the South Caucasus to Turkey, Russia, and Iran. As Azerbaijan and Armenia move closer to a peace agreement, there are several internal and external factors that could scuttle a rapprochement, especially in Armenia.

INTERPOL has reintegrated Syria into its information system and invited it to a summit on regional drug interdiction efforts. In this episode, Caroline Rose writes that giving the Syrian government – the chief player in the region’s captagon trade – access to information will allow it to carry out politically motivated arrest warrants and adapt to new counternarcotic efforts could undermine interd...