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The Council’s Global I.Q. podcast series includes interviews with some of the world’s foremost thinkers, writers, and diplomats.
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Unlocking Education: A Discussion on Freedom and Opportunity
05/01/2025 | 70 minutes
Debates over voucher programs, public school funding, and the government’s role in education have dominated headlines across Texas
The Human Cost of War: A Reporter’s Firsthand Perspective from Ukraine
04/29/2025 | 62 minutes
War is often described in impersonal ways – through moves and countermoves, land disputes, and troop movements. But
Power and Money: The Feud Between Presidents and Business Leaders
04/23/2025 | 37 minutes
It’s a universal truth that U.S. presidents need businessmen and businessmen need U.S. presidents. But competing interests have
Marc J. Sievers, former U.S. Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman | Robert Jordan, Diplomat in Residence in the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies and International Affairs at SMU
04/22/2025 | 16 minutes
Ambassador Marc J. Sievers (ret.), inaugural Director of AJC Abu Dhabi: The Sidney Lerner Center for Arab-Jewish Understanding,
Middle East Alliances: What’s in the Crystal Ball?
04/22/2025 | 50 minutes
How can the past help us predict the future? Can diplomacy make progress despite rising tensions? How will
Remember Us: Untold Stories of World War II Heroes
04/21/2025 | 49 minutes
The first member of the 101st Airborne to receive the Medal of Honor. A soldier who escaped the
Cullum Clark, Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative Director
04/08/2025 | 26 minutes
Cullum Clark is Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative and Adjunct Economics Professor at SMU. Cullum’s work
The U.S. National Debt: How Does It Affect Foreign Policy?
04/08/2025 | 65 minutes
Debt apologists argue that the U.S. has the leading reserve currency and the strongest geopolitical power. However, what
Kharkiv’s Story: Leadership, War, and the Fight for Democracy
04/03/2025 | 54 minutes
As Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv became a major target at the outset of the Russian invasion in
Ihor Terekhov, Mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine
04/03/2025 | 8 minutes
Ihor Terekhov has served as the mayor of Kharkiv in Ukraine since November 2021. In 2007, he was