Diplomacy and International Politics

An audio recording from Ishac Diwan, Distinguished Chair in Arab World Studies at Paris Sciences et Lettres, Visiting Researcher at Universite Dauphine and Paris School of Economics, and MEI Research Affiliate.

On November 19, 2014 at MEI, Professor Diwan presented his findings from analysis of the sixth wave of the World Values Survey, focusing on the Arab World and specifically on Arab Youth.

A conversation with Ambassador Antonio Patriota, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations, hosted by Ambassador Nicholas Burns.

A conversation with India's Chief Climate Negotiator and 2014 fall Fisher Family Fellow, Minister Jairam Ramesh, hosted by Ambassaor Nicholas Burns.

A conversation with UN Under-Secretary-General Sigrid Kaag, the Special Coordinator for the OPCW-UN Joint Mission to eliminate the chemical weapons program in Syria, hosted by Future of Diplomacy Project Executive Director Cathryn Clüver.

A conversation with Jan Eliasson, UN Deputy Secretary-General, hosted by Ambassador Nicholas Burns.

An audio recording from Monday, September 9, when the Middle East Initiative (MEI) hosted Fateh Azzam, former Regional Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights for the Middle East, as part of its MEI Speaker Series. Mr. Azzam discussed a study recently published by the American University in Beirut's Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy.  The study analyzed the human rights issues raised at the Universal Periodic Review of 10 Arab States and their acceptance and rejection of recommendations made by the Human Rights Council.

Esther Brimmer, US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, joins the podcast for a discussion on the role of collaboration through multilateral institutions in American foreign policy.