This Week in the World with Jaden Jefferson

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Geopolitics, climate change, challenges to the future of liberal democracy, and how a changing world order intersects with a changing global economy. Each week, host Jaden Jefferson discusses them all — alongside expert voices in international relations, history, science, and economics — for insight into where our world is now, as well as its future.

Episodes

  1. May 2

    This Week in the World: In the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, who blinks first?

    There is no shortage of political and economic incentive for the U.S. to end its war in Iran — but that doesn't mean it'll be over anytime soon. On 'This Week in the World,' I discuss those incentives, and the larger political picture, with Dr. Joel Voss, an associate professor of political science at the University of Toledo.

    24 min

  2. Apr 25

    This Week in the World: U.S.-Iran talks (?) and Lebanon in focus

    This Week in the World: Conflicting narratives about whether the U.S. and Iran will be negotiating, this weekend, in Pakistan + details on the latest killing of a journalist, by an Israeli airstrike, in Lebanon.

    8 min

  3. Apr 18

    This Week in the World: Hungarian election results, 50 days of the war in Iran

    This Week in the World: A look back at last week's Hungarian election, which led to a landslide victory for the country's opposition party. Plus, the latest on the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, now in day 50.

    9 min

  4. Apr 11

    This Week in the World: Russia, Ukraine, the U.S., and a changing world order

    Dr. Ronald Suny is a renowned professor emeritus, of both history and political science, at the University of Michigan and University of Chicago. He joins This Week in the World to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war's current impacts — and its long-term implications.

    33 min

  5. Apr 4

    This Week in the World: Trump's speech on war in Iran + war in Ukraine update

    Today on This Week in the World: Dissecting President Trump's formal address regarding the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran — over a month after it began — plus, an update on Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.

    9 min

  6. Mar 28

    This Week in the World: The global oil market

    The Strait of Hormuz, an artery in the global oil trade, is effectively closed by the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. This week in the world, an interview with Patrick De Haan, GasBuddy's head of petroleum analysis, who provided his insight into the impact.

    15 min

  7. Mar 21

    This Week in the World: Former political prisoner of Iran on the prospect of 'regime change'

    On 'This Week in the World,' an interview with Iranian-American scholar & democracy activist Kian Tajbakhsh, who — from 2009 to 2016 — was a political prisoner in Iran. He provides his perspective on the country's past, present, and possible future.

    34 min

  8. Mar 14

    This Week in the World: The implications of U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran

    Two weeks since U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran began — marking the start of a new Middle East war — this week in the world, I'm sitting down with Dr. Camron Amin, professor of Middle East and Iranian diaspora studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

    29 min

  9. Feb 28

    This Week in the World: The global climate change response and U.S. role in it

    The Trump administration has significantly scaled back the federal government's response to climate change. So what does that mean — not only for the U.S. — but countries around the globe? This week in the world, a conversation with Julie McNamara from the Union of Concerned Scientists.

    27 min

  10. Feb 21

    This Week in the World: Cuba in Context

    Since 1960, a trade embargo has been in place between the U.S. and Cuba. And as of late last month, Cuba is also alienated from its only allies, due to a U.S.-imposed fuel blockade. So, as Cuba's authoritarian government grows ever more vulnerable, what could the future hold? This week in the world, Sebastián Arcos – interim director of the Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University – offers his perspective.

    31 min

  11. Feb 14

    This Week in the World: Press freedom threats, European security, & a bridge dispute

    On the inaugural edition of This Week in the World: Katherine Jacobsen, from the Committee to Protect Journalists, discusses global threats to press freedom. Ian Kelly, former U.S. ambassador to Georgia, shares his thoughts on Europe's self-defense abilities. And, a new hiccup in the U.S.-Canada relationship.

    30 min
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Geopolitics, climate change, challenges to the future of liberal democracy, and how a changing world order intersects with a changing global economy. Each week, host Jaden Jefferson discusses them all — alongside expert voices in international relations, history, science, and economics — for insight into where our world is now, as well as its future.

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