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How Apps and Social Media Are Helping to Save Vietnam's Environment 27.04.2018 37:04

In this week's Trend Lines podcast, WPR's editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss the state of trans-Atlantic ties, against the backdrop of Washington visits by French Preside...

Can Mexico's Faith in Its 'Disgraced' Politicians Be Restored? 20.04.2018 55:14

In this week's Trend Lines podcast, WPR's editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss American foreign and trade policies in Asia. For the Report, Paul Imison talks with WPR's sen...

Decades Later, Victims of Chad's Ruthless Dictator Find Justice in a Senegal Court 13.04.2018 45:33

In this week's Trend Lines podcast, WPR's editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss the political fallout from another suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, including a po...

How a Tradition of Denial Fuels Racial Discrimination in the Netherlands 06.04.2018 40:54

In this week's Trend Lines podcast, WPR's editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss what Hungary's upcoming election reveals about the state of democracy in Europe, and the grow...

Why Golf With Trump Is Not Translating Into Policy Wins for Japan's Abe 30.03.2018 41:16

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss the collective expulsion of Russian diplomats from Europe and the United States, as well as N...

Can NATO Change? Hubs, Spokes and the Future of the Alliance 23.03.2018 38:48

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s lengthy visit to the United States and Washington’s ...

The Celebrity Candidate in Russia's Election Is Struggling to Be Taken Seriously 16.03.2018 42:55

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss the week’s big news, including the firing of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the es...

Fifty Years After Nigeria’s Civil War, the Dream of an Independent Biafra Lives On 09.03.2018 33:04

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and associate editors Robbie Corey-Boulet and Omar H. Rahman discuss the announcement of face-to-face talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jung...

How the Murky World of Taiwan's Telecom Scammers Is Stoking Tensions With China 02.03.2018 33:05

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss what Chinese President Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power could mean for U.S.-China ties. Fo...

To Survive Sissi, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Will Need to Reinvent Itself 23.02.2018 51:17

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss the recent indictment of 13 Russians and three Russian entities for meddling in the 2016 U.S....

How Has Finland Managed to Rebuff Russian Interference? 16.02.2018 35:12

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss a tale of two corruption scandals in Israel and South Africa. For the Report, Mackenzie Weing...

Is the Trump Administration Running Out of Time on Syria, North Korea and Venezuela? 09.02.2018 43:00

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss three international crises faced by the Trump administration that are now coming to a head. I...

Are Muslims Taking a Backseat in a New, Pluralistic Nepal? 02.02.2018 40:33

In this week's Trend Lines podcast, WPR's editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss the Trump administration's new National Defense Strategy, which declares that "inter-state co...

Serbia's Failure to Reckon With Its Past Weighs Heavily on Its Future 26.01.2018 43:30

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss the week’s biggest news, including Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria and European leaders’ ...

'Our Mission Is Impossible’: Inside the U.N.’s Struggle to Keep the Peace in Congo 19.01.2018 36:52

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Frederick Deknatel and Omar Rahman look back on the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency. For the Report, Philip Kleinfeld talks with Andrew Green about why President Joseph Kabila’s efforts...

How Big Tech Navigates the Challenges of Operating in China 12.01.2018 39:41

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss the sharpening debate over immigration in the United States and around the world and the Trum...

How Portugal Resisted Europe’s Populist Wave 05.01.2018 38:09

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss the ongoing protests in Iran. For the Report, Trish Lorenz talks with Peter Dörrie about how ...

A Look Back on 2017, From the Liberal World Order to the Not-So-United Kingdom 29.12.2017 1:01:28

In a special episode of our Trend Lines podcast, we look back on 2017 through three of our most popular Report interviews. They take us from the state of liberal world order in the Trump era, to the not-so-United Kingdom after Brexit, to the Horn of Af...

Why 2017 Was a Year of Living Dangerously for the United Nations 22.12.2017 50:11

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, take a look at some of the top international affairs stories of 2017. For the Report, WPR columnist R...

On the Run From Maduro, Venezuelans Reshape Migration Patterns in South America 15.12.2017 39:09

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss Russian President Vladimir Putin’s victory lap during his visit to Syria on Dec. 11 and the e...

Support for Universal Basic Income Is Growing Worldwide. Can It Work in Kenya? 08.12.2017 40:13

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of...

Islamist Radicalization Gains a Foothold in the ‘Rainbow Nation’ of Mauritius 01.12.2017 39:39

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss North Korea’s latest missile test and why it is so difficult to de-escalate tensions on the Kor...

Can Colombia Achieve Peace Again, This Time With the ELN? 24.11.2017 42:20

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss what German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s precarious position in Berlin means for the European Uni...

What’s Driving Iran’s Opposition to Independence for Iraqi Kurds? 17.11.2017 43:40

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Robbie Corey-Boulet, discuss the latest developments in Zimbabwe and what factors will shape political outcomes there f...

A New Wave of Grass-Roots Activists Take On Slavery and Its Legacy in Mauritania 10.11.2017 39:14

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Frederick Deknatel discuss the regional implications of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s power grab in Saudi Arabia. For the Report, Jillian Kestler-d’Amours talks with Peter Dörrie about ...