Join us this week for our finale episode of ABROADcast Season 3! We sit down with Martín Guzmán, former Minister of Economy of Argentina and the William S. Beinecke Visiting Professor of Public Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Our conversation explores the sovereign debt restructuring and the political complexity of restructuring within a state.

Thank you so much for tuning in this season! We welcome your feedback and would love to hear from you, so please feel free to send any comments to jiapodcast@columbia.edu. We would like to thank Sofia, Justin, Chris, Patrick, David, and Katherine for their work on this season, as well as the rest of the executive board and JIA team for their support!

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This week, ABROADcast is thrilled to present its first-ever episode recorded entirely in Spanish! Following up on last season's discussion of Chilean politics, one of our hosts, Sofia, sits down with Chilean comedian, political commentator, and economist Sergio Hirane to discuss the future of Chile's constitutional reform process. Are Chileans still interested, and in a polarized political climate, what kind of agreement can we expect to reach?

For more from ABROADcast and the Columbia Journal of International Affairs, visit our website at https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/.

On this week’s episode of ABROADcast, join us for a discussion on financial inclusion and women’s economic empowerment with Ana Demel, an adjunct professor at NYU Law School, and Carmen Correa, CEO of Pro Mujer. We explore the work of Pro Mujer, a nonprofit development organization which supports women across Latin America through a variety of financial inclusion, women’s health, skills and entrepreneurship, and gender equality initiatives. How do organizations like Pro Mujer make substantial change while navigating political hurdles and economic fluctuations?

For more on this topic, visit:

https://promujer.org/b2b/en/

@promujer on Twitter and Instagram

@emprendepromujer on TikTok

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On this week's episode, we sit down with Dr. Saskia Sassen, the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and a co-chairs of Columbia's Committee on Global Thought. We explore issues of inequality, inclusion, and health, and try to better understand how these problems have evolved in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

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This week on ABROADcast, we explore the work of agencies such as the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the wider UN system in refugee and migration crises. Alyssa Horvat, a humanitarian peace and security unit Coordination and Liaison Officer with the IOM, joins us to share her stories delivering humanitarian aid in Turkey, Bangladesh, and Yemen. Listen in to learn what challenges she faces working in mass crises, including the Rohingya refugee crisis, and what motivates her to conduct this work with the IOM in this week's episode.

For more on this topic, visit:

https://www.iom.int/

https://reliefweb.int/

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Over the course of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a new player has emerged on the battlefield: private tech giants such as SpaceX, Microsoft, Google, and more. These companies have supplied potentially game-changing technology and services to the Ukrainian government in the latest demonstration of private technology firms' power to influence the course of war. With this paradigm emerging, it has become necessary for us to grapple with a number of questions: what are these companies doing in Ukraine, and why? Is this phenomenon unique to the war in Ukraine, or has it occurred in other conflicts? What are the potential consequences of these companies' involvement in Ukraine and elsewhere? Join our conversation with Emelia Probasco, a Senior Fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology, as we explore these questions and more.

For more on this topic, visit:

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/big-tech-goes-war 

https://cset.georgetown.edu/

@EmmyProbasco

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ABROADcast is back for its third season with a brand new set of themes, ideas, and voices! In this introductory episode, the team recaps Season 2 and introduces our theme for Season 3: Thinking Outside the State. In this season, we center the voices and explore the roles of non-state actors in our state-centric world. Be sure to tune in every Tuesday for a new episode exploring how non-state actors are shaping every facet of contemporary foreign affairs.

Tune in for a recap of Season 2 and some listener feedback. See you in Season 3!

In 2016, one of the world's longest running conflicts came to an end after a five decade struggle. Colombia's re-elected President, Juan Manuel Santos, after directing the war as the country's Minister of Defense decided that it was time for his country to heal and began negotiations between his government and the FARC. What he soon realized is that he would not only have to convince the FARC that it was time to end the conflict but those who had been affected their entire lives because of the fighting between the two factions. Join us as President Santos shares his experience becoming a peacemaker and shares the lessons he learned that could help end other conflicts around the world.

Over the past several years you have probably heard the term "misinformation" or "Fake News" thrown around a lot. What is misinformation? Is it disinformation? What about this term mal-information? To help clear up a few of these questions we are joined by Captain Margaret Smith, Ph.D. from the Modern War Institute at West Point. In our discussion, we talk about the role of social media plays in the spread of misinformation, our natural cognitive biases that make us susceptible to misinformation, and discuss ways in which you can counter the spread of false information.   

Articles mentioned in the interview: 

1. https://warontherocks.com/2021/05/more-than-a-buzzword-diversity-can-help-defeat-disinformation/

2. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/the-things-we-cant-face/600769/

3. https://www.nature.com/articles/2041118a0

4. https://www.sixthandi.org/event/how-to-stop-a-civil-war/

When people are engaged in conflict they are required to make ethical decisions everyday. Leaders, soldiers, and those in power at every level have to assess options and make decisions quickly and sometimes with unknown outcomes. How we conduct ourselves in war and the reasons why we go to war are extremely important. Join us as we speak with Professor Perez from the Army War College as we discuss the application of force, proportionality, and Just War Theory.

In this episode of ABROADcast, we speak with Professor Jason Healey, a Senior Research Scholar on Cyber Conflict at Columbia University. As the past few decades as computers and other electronic devices have become an integral part of our daily lives the threat from criminal hackers and state actors have greatly increased. The U.S. Government has been engaging with the private sector to improve the country's cyber defenses and deter attacks against our critical systems, yet the prevalence of malware has only increased. Listen in to learn about the history of cyber conflict and learn what the future holds in this evolving domain.

Urban warfare is one of the most difficult forms of military conflict. The presence of civilians, the natural choke points of urban terrain, and concealment from aerial assets all contribute to urban warfare’s complexities. And while the defender may have the advantage initially there are factors that complicate the ability for either side to truly “win”.  Join us as we talk to Michael O’Hanlon, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and an adjunct professor at Columbia University as we discuss these issues and multiple other facets of urban fighting.

The Myanmar people are not just numbers. On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s military conducted a coup d'état against the democratically elected government led by the National League for Democracy. Shortly after the coup, Myanmar citizens started organizing against the military takeover and to date over 1,500 Myanmar citizens have been killed since the military regime came to power. Join us as we talk with Esther Ze Naw, a Myanmar human rights activist and co-organizer of one of the largest anti-military protests after the coup. For her work on human and ethnic minority rights she was included in Time’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

What does the recent Chilean election say about the current state of democracy in Chile? How did Chile get here, and what will the results mean for the future? Come join us for insights from Dr. Maria Victoria Murillo, the Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs.

ABROADcast is back after many months with a new season, new theme, and new team! Here's our introduction episode giving you a recap of Season 1 and a preview to Season 2. Tune in every Tuesday to hear about the topics that affected our past, is influencing our present, and will change our futures.

Welcome to ABROADcast, and our first season “Changing World Order”. 2020 was a hectic year for countries worldwide from COVID-19 to Brexit to the Beirut explosion. We entered 2021 with new COVID-19 variations and a U.S. insurrection. The international order is changing, and in our first season, we will be addressing this “Changing World Order” through six biweekly episodes. Check out our first episode!

Hosts: Daniel Guelen & Seungmin (Helen) Lee

Soundtrack: Samir Kumar

Logo: Barbara Lantz

Climate change has been a debate since before the pandemic, but the last year has highlighted the issue even more. Furthermore, the effects and discussions of climate change spills over from the science field into economics, politics, international relations, academia, and education. Joining us today to discuss these issues is Professor Jason Bordoff.

After the Cold War, the world was mostly unipolar, with the United States as its leader. However, China has been rising and becoming more assertive in its territorial claims. The change is making people wonder if China is challenging the current system and the US. Joining us is Dr. Andrew Nathan to discuss this changing landscape.

COVID-19 control strategies have pushed the boundaries of how we integrate technology into our daily lives. The pandemic has highlighted gaps in current technology policies, underscoring the need for transparency as it creates a greater need for data privacy. Beyond the pandemic-driven changes, states have been locked in a race to develop superior AI and 5G capabilities. However, the pandemic has slowed the rollout of 5G with supply chain and hardware delays but increased data traffic globally. Today we are joined by Professor Wichowski to discuss these topics.