25 Best CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies Podcasts

A list of the most popular CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies podcasts on Podyssey Podcasts.

25 Best CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies Podcasts

  • 1. Into Africa

    Fearless music activists. Savvy tech entrepreneurs. Social disrupters. Into Africa shatters the narratives that dominate U.S. perceptions of Africa. Host Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Africa program director and senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and...Show More

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    Great Power Debate

    45:18 | Jul 23rd, 2020

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    Since the start of the Trump Administration, the United States has identified strategic competition with China and Russia as a core objective in sub-Saharan Africa. Is great power competition the most...Show More

  • 2. ChinaPower

    A podcast unpacking critical issues underpinning China’s emergence as a global power.

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    China’s Quest to Engineer the Future: A Conversation with Dan Wang

    34:34 | Sep 4th

    In this joint episode of Pekingology and the ChinaPower Podcast, CSIS Freeman Chair Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin and co-host CSIS China Power Project Deputy Director and Fellow Brian Hart are joined ...Show More

  • 3. The Truth of the Matter

    Many of us have questions about global issues and not a lot of places to turn to for reliable and thoughtful answers. In The Truth of the Matter, hosts Bob Schieffer and Andrew Schwartz breakdown complex policy issues of the day. No Spin, No Bombast,...Show More

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    David Sanger’s “New Cold Wars”

    27:21 | Apr 29th, 2024

    The New York Times’ David Sanger joins the podcast to discuss his best-selling new book, “New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West.”

  • 4. CSIS Events

    The world's top leaders and thinkers come to CSIS to discuss pressing global challenges. Each week, “Curated Conference” culls the most critical of these discussions. For more on CSIS events, visit www.csis.org/events.

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    The Venezolana Perspective: Women and the Venezuelan Crisis

    2:07:14 | Mar 10th, 2020

    The severe humanitarian crisis in Venezuela has had significant impacts on the female population both inside and outside the country. This event will address the impact the humanitarian crisis is havi...Show More

  • 5. The Trade Guys

    Trade experts Scott Miller and Bill Reinsch break down the buzz around trade, how it affects policy, and how it impacts your day-to-day. The Trade Guys is hosted every week by H. Andrew Schwartz at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (...Show More

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    Demystifying De Minimis with the Simply Trade Podcast

    40:23 | Sep 2nd

    On this special crossover episode of the Trade Guys, Bill and Scott are joined by Lalo Solorzano and Andy Shiles of the Simply Trade Podcast to talk de minimis and current trade policy.  Check out th...Show More

  • 6. Russian Roulette

    Russian Roulette takes a look at the politics, economics, and culture of Russia and Eurasia through both interviews and lively discussion with experts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and around the world. Hosted by CSIS...Show More

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    Jade McGlynn with an Update from Ukraine

    45:01 | Sep 4th

    Max had wide-ranging conversation with Jade McGlynn while she was traveling in Ukraine. Topics covered include the Ukrainian war effort, the situation behind the lines in the Russian-occupied territor...Show More

  • 7. The Impossible State

    North Korea is the Impossible State. Each week join the people who know the most about North Korea—The Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Victor Cha, Mike Green, and Sue Mi Terry—for an insider's discussion with host H. Andrew Schwartz a...Show More

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    Are allies or autocrats managing Trump better?

    28:01 | Aug 29th

    This episode is a special crossover with our CSIS sister podcast, State of Play. After a busy month of U.S. diplomacy, Victor Cha and Max Bergmann join Will to discuss what East Asian and European al...Show More

  • 8. CogitAsia

    A weekly podcast from the Asia experts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who provide analysis on policy and trends in the region.

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    Building Bihar

    17:58 | Jan 22nd, 2019

    In this episode, we focus on the Indian state of Bihar. Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Sushil Modi – a key leader in the BJP – and Sanjay Kumar, Principal Secretary of Health for Bihar – the state’s h...Show More

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  • 9. The Asia Chessboard

    The “Asia Chessboard” features in-depth conversations with the most prominent strategic thinkers on Asia. Co-hosts Jude Blanchette, Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS, and Michael Green, Henry A. Kissinger Chair at CSIS and CEO of the United Stat...Show More

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    Singapore’s Strategy for a New Indo-Pacific

    45:16 | Aug 5th

    This week Mike speaks with Ja Ian Chong, Associate Professor of Political Science at the National University of Singapore. They discuss the lessons and parallels of WWI and WWII for the contemporary I...Show More

  • 10. Babel: Translating the Middle East

    Babel will take you beyond the headlines to discuss what’s really happening in the Middle East and North Africa. It features regional experts who explain what’s going on, provide context on pivotal developments, and highlight trends you may have miss...Show More

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    Babel Special: Jon Alterman's Next Chapter

    34:59 | May 22nd

    This week on a special edition of Babel, Will Todman speaks with Jon Alterman, the creator of Babel and the show’s host since it began in 2019. They discuss Jon’s reflections on 22 years directing the...Show More

  • 11. Smart Women, Smart Power

    CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power is a speaker series on women in international business and global affairs. The weekly podcast features leading women from the corporate, government, and national security worlds discussing top international issues. This ...Show More

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    Inside Modern Defense Tech

    27:38 | Jun 11th

    Vannevar Labs at its core has a bold mission: bring the best technology American innovation can offer into close partnership with the U.S. government to equip public servants with the tools they need ...Show More

  • 12. Bob Schieffer's "About the News" with H. Andrew Schwartz

    Hosted by CBS News Bob Schieffer with H. Andrew Schwartz, About the News is series of conversations with the top people reporting the news, about the news, and its impact on politics and policy. A collaboration between the Center for Strategic & Inte...Show More

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    New Yorker’s Evan Osnos: Dispatch From Pyongyang

    37:39 | Sep 26th, 2017

    In this episode, we talk to the New Yorker’s Evan Osnos about his New Yorker piece “The Risk of Nuclear War with North Korea.” Osnos spent 5 days in late August visiting Pyongyang. His reporting on th...Show More

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  • 13. Cyber From The Start

    The Cyber from the Start podcast unveils the roots of today’s cybersecurity policies for critical infrastructure, surveillance, espionage, warfare and privacy. James A. Lewis interviews the people who helped lay the foundations for these policies bef...Show More

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    Leadership and Progress in Cybersecurity

    24:50 | Jun 3rd, 2020

    In this episode, host Jim Lewis talks with Michael Daniel, President and CEO of the Cyber Threat Alliance, and former Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and Cybersecurity Coordinator at the N...Show More

  • 14. 35 West

    The CSIS Americas Program podcast looks at the politics and policies of the 35 countries in the Western Hemisphere. It especially focuses on U.S. engagement with the region, whether on trade, diplomacy, or security issues like drugs and terrorism. Gu...Show More

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    Taiwan in the Western Hemisphere: A Status Update

    27:14 | Sep 4th

    Seven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean recognize Taiwan in lieu of the People’s Republic of China, the most of any other region in the world. However, the number of formal Taiwan allies ha...Show More

  • 15. Cybersecurity and Technology - Audio

    CSIS looks at how rapidly changing technology and cybersecurity are affecting the world in the twenty-first century. Issues covered include intelligence, surveillance, encryption, privacy, military technology, space, and more. Programs leading the re...Show More

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    A Conversation on the NIST Privacy Framework

    1:34:05 | Feb 19th, 2020

    Join us at CSIS to hear Dr. Walter Copan, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director, discuss the NIST Privacy Framework.  There is no one solution for organizations t...Show More

  • 16. Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde

    Hosted by Dan Runde, William A. Schreyer Chair and Director, Project on Prosperity and Development, Building the Future explores topics at the intersection of global development, foreign policy, and national security. In each episode, Dan sits down f...Show More

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    Shaping the Future of Financial Services Through Innovative Technologies

    22:33 | Jul 10th

    Innovative technologies are penetrating all sectors and all countries, including the financial services industry. In this episode, CSIS Senior Fellow Romina Bandura and Hedera Chief Policy Officer Nil...Show More

  • 17. Take as Directed

    Take as Directed is a series of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center. It highlights important news, events, issues, and perspectives in global health policy, particularly in infectious disease, health security, and maternal, newborn, and child health...Show More

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    CommonHealth Live! with PAHO’s Dr. Jarbas Barbosa

    45:43 | Sep 4th

    In the fifteenth episode of the Common Health Live!, Katherine E. Bliss talks with Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), about challenges related to health secur...Show More

  • 18. Energy 360°

    Energy 360 examines the energy landscape from the intersection of policy, markets, technologies, and geopolitics. With commentary from leading energy and CSIS experts, we provide context and perspective on the most critical issues shaping energy toda...Show More

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    The Map We Drew | Power Map

    02:20 | May 8th

    From energy policy shifts to global currents, this final episode traces the map we charted together–featuring voices and insights that shaped Power Map.

  • 19. Defense 2020

    Join Kathleen Hicks, senior vice president, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, as she speaks with experts on the most important defense debates in the 20...Show More

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    The Transition, Part 2: DoD Lame Duck Developments and Biden Challenges Ahead

    37:24 | Dec 14th, 2020

    Guest host Beverly Kirk hosts a discussion on recent developments in the Department of Defense and early national security challenges the Biden administration will face after taking office. She is joi...Show More

  • 20. Europe - Audio

    In recent years, Europe has experienced a series of profound challenges: economic turbulence, terrorist attacks, a migration crisis, Russian aggression, Brexit, and a larger ongoing crisis of political confidence in European institutions and leaders....Show More

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    The Meat Situation

    26:42 | Apr 30th, 2020

    In this episode, the Trade Guys and Andrew welcome Joseph Glauber, a Senior Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC.  They discuss the motivations behind the lates...Show More

  • 21. Africa - Audio

    The Africa Program and the Middle East Program analyze broad political, economic, and security trends in Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa, respectively. The Global Health Policy Center, the Human Rights Initiative, the Prosperity and Development P...Show More

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    Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

    1:09:01 | Feb 26th, 2020

    Please join us for a conversation on Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, which seeks to increase connectivity and productivity of developing countries’ industries...Show More

  • 22. Asia - Audio

    CSIS's Asia portfolio includes the broader Asia Program encompassing numerous endowed chairs and programs — the Freeman Chair in China Studies, the Japan Chair, the Korea Chair, the Economics Program, the Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies, ...Show More

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    Tariff Man Gonna Tariff Man

    24:47 | Apr 22nd, 2020

    In this episode, the Trade Guys and Andrew kick off the episode with more good news. They also discuss updates on EU export restrictions and a recent executive order allowing deferrals on some tariff ...Show More

  • 23. Middle East - Audio

    The Middle East Program heads CSIS’s work on the region, which analyzes a wide range of political, security, and socioeconomic issues related to the Middle East and North Africa, with special attention to the ways that changes in the Middle East...Show More

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    Syria's Tragedy, Our Lessons

    59:23 | Mar 2nd, 2020

    The CSIS Middle East Program and Humanitarian Agenda are pleased to host David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, to discuss the current crisis in Idlib, the dangerous ...Show More

  • 24. Americas - Audio

    The CSIS Americas Program anchors the center’s work on this region with the objective to elevate the discussion to the strategic level. CSIS’s programming primarily focuses on the effect of impunity and abuse of power on defense and securit...Show More

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    The Venezolana Perspective: Women and the Venezuelan Crisis

    2:13:46 | Mar 10th, 2020

    Please join CSIS’ Future of Venezuela Initiative and Smart Women, Smart Power Intiative for a discussion on how girls and women have been disproportionately affected by the humanitarian crisis in Vene...Show More

  • 25. Russia and Eurasia - Audio

    Major areas of focus include regional security, domestic politics, economic development, trade and transit, defense technology, and energy, among others. CSIS also analyzes the political and economic relationships between the states of the former Sov...Show More

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    China, the United States, and the Cold War: How Much Damage Can One Historical Analogy Do?

    1:18:56 | Dec 5th, 2019

    Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, many in Washington foresee a new Cold War between the United States and China. The comparison to the U.S.-Soviet confrontation enjoys remarkable curren...Show More

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