Big World shines a spotlight on complex ideas and issues that matter. Each episode features an expert from the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC, breaking down a big, important topic into small bite sizes.
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The Intellectuals Behind the MAGA New Right (00:33:15)
In this new episode, SIS visiting scholar in residence Laura Field joins Big World to discuss the intellectual backbone of the New Right.Field is a writer, political theorist, and the author of the re...
So, You Want to Be a Diplomat? (00:28:35)
In this new episode, School of International Service professor and former US Ambassador to Mongolia Piper Campbell joins Big World to share reflections on her 30-year career in diplomacy and provide p...
Why the Kurds Still Don't Have a Country (00:27:29)
In this episode, School of International Service (SIS) professor Yerevan Saeed joins Big World to talk about Kurdish history, geopolitics, culture, and more.Saeed, the director of the Global Kurdish I...
How Are Governments Using AI? (00:23:28)
In this episode, School of International Service (SIS) professor William Akoto joins Big World to discuss the intersections of artificial intelligence and international affairs.Akoto, a member of the ...
The Economics of Hunger (00:28:45)
In this episode, School of International Service (SIS) professor Jesse Ribot joins Big World to discuss his current research on migration, vulnerability, and the “hungry season” in West Africa. Ribot...
US Immigration Realities and Futures (00:37:49)
In this episode, School of International Service (SIS) professors Tazreena Sajjad and Maria De Jesus join Big World to discuss the history of US immigration policy and unpack how recent shifts are imp...
Tariffs and Trade Wars (00:32:37)
In this episode, School of International Service (SIS) professor Michael Stanaitis joins Big World to discuss trade wars and tariffs during President Donald Trump’s second term.Stanaitis, a member of ...
A Development Dilemma in Haiti (00:25:53)
In this new episode, School of International Service professor and anthropologist Scott Freeman joins Big World to discuss development, displacement, and international aid in Haiti.Freeman, a professo...
The Power of the Dining Table (00:30:58)
In this new episode, School of International Service professor Johanna Mendelson Forman and University of Milan professor Andrea Borghini join Big World to discuss the power of the dining table.Mendel...
Lessons in Climate Resilience (00:19:38)
In this new episode, School of International Service professor Ken Conca joins Big World to discuss climate resiliency in the face of natural disasters.Conca, a professor in the Department of Environm...
What's Ahead for Mexico's Democracy? (00:22:23)
In this new episode, School of International Service Distinguished Diplomat in Residence and former US Ambassador to Mexico Earl Anthony Wayne joins Big World to discuss Mexico’s recent election and U...
How to Get a Job in International Affairs (00:24:38)
Sara Jones, the director of the SIS Office of Career Development joins Big World to discuss the topic at the forefront of many international affairs students’ minds: how to get a job. Jones oversees c...
Sports Diplomacy and the Olympic Games (00:34:06)
Cue the fanfare: in this new episode, School of International Service professor Robert Kelley joins Big World to talk about sports diplomacy and the soft power of the Olympic Games.Kelley, an expert i...
Abortion Access in a Post-Roe World (00:25:28)
*Note: This episode was recorded before the US Supreme Court in Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine unanimously rejected a lawsuit challenging the FDA's rules for prescri...
Intercultural Communication in the Global Workforce (00:17:17)
SIS online programs professor and intercultural consultant Melissa Hahn joins Big World to discuss the importance of fostering strong interpersonal relationships in the global workforce. Hahn is the a...
Star Wars, Imperialism, and Post-Conflict Societies (00:37:42)
School of International Service professor Patrick Thaddeus Jackson joins Big World to discuss imperialism, post-conflict societies, and the parallels between the Star Wars universe and our own.Jackson...
Thirty Years after the Rwandan Genocide (00:37:51)
School of International Service professor Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod joins Big World in this episode marking the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. In 1994, a roughly 100-day massacre by Hutu ...
Did the Woman, Life, Freedom Protests Change Iran? (00:38:48)
In this episode, School of International Service professor Shadi Mokhtari joins Big World to discuss the history of protests in Iran, the unprecedented international reaction to Mahsa Amini’s death, a...
Labor Strikes Back (00:37:26)
Organized labor is having a moment. In this episode, School of International Service professor Stephen Silvia joins Big World to discuss the evolution of the labor movement, the significance of the re...
How Do We End "Lies about Black People"? (00:30:34)
Can you think of a stereotype or lie you’ve heard about Black people? Do you know how or when that stereotype came to be? In this episode, SIS professor Omekongo Dibinga joins Big World to discuss his...
Will Climate Shock Cause Climate Change Action? (00:32:40)
Does throwing tomato soup at a famous painting force the world to respond to climate change? In this episode, Dana Fisher, School of International Service professor and director of American University...
Why are Rohingya and Ukrainian Refugees Treated Differently? (00:35:09)
In this episode, School of International Service professor Tazreena Sajjad joins Big World to discuss the difference in global responses to Rohingya and Ukrainian refugees.
Sajjad, an expert on refu...
Netanyahu and Democracy in Israel (00:34:36)
In this episode, Guy Ziv, School of International Service professor and associate director of American University’s Meltzer Schwartzberg Center for Israel Studies, joins Big World to discuss democracy...
Disinformation, Part 2: the US (00:32:25)
In this episode, SIS professor Samantha Bradshaw joins Big World to discuss the spread of disinformation online in the US.
Over the last decade in the United States, disinformation is a topic that h...
Disinformation Part 1: India (00:25:11)
“Disinformation” and “misinformation” are two words we often hear, but how many people know what those words mean? How do we identify disinformation? How is it spread? The disinformation issue is not ...
