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Monica Medina, President and CEO of Wildlife Conservation Society and former US Special Envoy for Biodiversity and Water Resources, discusses the challenges facing ocean biodiversity including pollution, overfishing, and climate impacts. The podcast explores the role of oceans in protecting biodiversity and combating climate change, the impact of world events on policymaking, the importance of the High Seas Treaty, and the significance of ocean conservation for the US economy and climate.

Explore the causes and challenges of the world's refugee crisis, including conflicts, climate crisis, and political instability. Learn about the UNHCR's response to a major earthquake in Country X and the complex nature of refugee movements. Discover the importance of long-term resilience and finding solutions for those unable to return home. Hear stories of hope and resilience from people affected by conflict and displacement.

The podcast discusses the European Union's AI Act, the benefits and concerns of regulating artificial intelligence, Brussels's leading role in global conversations on technology regulation, the challenge of older leaders understanding AI, and the difficulty of planning for the future amidst multiple crises.

Rep. Andy Kim calls for a foreign policy focused on coalition building in US-China relations. Importance of comprehensive approach, boosting America's strength, and investing in talent pool. Significance of diplomatic engagement with China and proposal for more diplomacy. Persistence and open dialogue crucial in international relations.

Science journalist Angela Saini discusses her book 'The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality' and how to reset gender norms. Topics include the role of size and physical strength in male domination, gender dynamics in India, revolution vs reform in challenging the patriarchy, unpaid labor, and the origins of patriarchy throughout history.

Rory Stewart, a longtime administrator of foreign aid and president of GiveDirectly, discusses the effectiveness of direct cash transfers in alleviating poverty. He highlights the importance of coordination with other aid programs and the positive impact of empowering those in extreme poverty. The podcast also explores challenges in international development aid and proposes allocating half of the budget for cash transfers to eradicate poverty.

Global Reboot returns for a new season. Join host and Foreign Policy editor in chief Ravi Agrawal as he talks with top policymakers and thinkers focused on solving the world’s biggest problems. New episodes drop every week starting on Oct. 27.Global Reboot is produced in partnership with the Doha Forum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Doha Debates Podcast discusses the challenges of debt in developing countries and the impact of debt burden on essential investments. They explore the issue of debt relief, tax avoidance, trade deals, and the role of domestic lenders in accumulating debt. The podcast also discusses the perception of risk in investing in emerging markets and the need for responsible fiscal management. Debt cancellation and global south responsibility are emphasized as important solutions.

For much of the 20th century, the United States has toggled between two foreign policy impulses: to actively insert itself in the affairs of the world or to hang back and focus on its own domestic issues. Advocates of the two approaches to international relations have had various designations, including liberals and realists, or interventionists and isolationists.But these days, the world is shifting more dramatically than in decades, with the rise of China as a political and economic power and the increasing belligerence of Russia towards its neighbors. With those changes underway, is that old dichotomy still relevant? And what is America’s proper role in the world?FP Editor in Chief Ravi Agrawal sat down recently with political scientist Stephen Wertheim to discuss these very questions. Wertheim, a senior fellow at the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has written about the issue extensively, including in the pages of Foreign Policy. We are featuring their conversation in the last episode of our podcast, Global Reboot. The show is produced by Foreign Policy in partnership with the Doha Forum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As countries grappled with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic in recent years, many turned to global financial agencies for support, including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. But in some cases, at least, the agencies’ playbook of reforms and austerity in exchange for loans, no longer seemed suitable.The IMF and the World Bank—along with the United Nations and the world’s other dominant international organizations—were created after World War Two, to serve the global order at the time. In the decades since, that order had changed dramatically. Are these institutions serving the world in the best possible way? To answer that question, Foreign Policy’s Editor in Chief, Ravi Agrawal, sat down recently with Mark Malloch Brown, who spent years at the World Bank, the United Nations’ Development Program, and the United Nations thinking through these very issues. Malloch Brown is now president of the Open Society Foundations. We’re featuring their conversation in the latest episode of our podcast Global Reboot. The show is produced by Foreign Policy in partnership with the Doha Forum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices