The World Unpacked
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The World Unpacked
The World Unpacked is a weekly podcast where insiders, intellectuals, and iconoclasts dive deep into the most pressing global issues. In a time of violent convulsions and heady new possibilities, host Jon Bateman mixes it up with the thinkers making sense of what’s happening and the power brokers bu...
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Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts Aren’t What You Think
The end of USAID was among the biggest early controversies of President Donald Trump’s second term. The world watched in horror as Elon Musk’s DOGE to...
Did the Bolsonaro Trial Really Save Brazil's Democracy?
Brazil’s Supreme Court has just convicted former president Jair Bolsonaro of attempting a coup to nullify his 2022 election loss. The country’s judici...
Will AI Kill us All? Nate Soares on his Controversial Bestseller
Nate Soares is one of the world’s leading AI “doomers” and co-author of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All—the Ne...
Trump’s Greenland Fixation and the China-Russia Strategic Opportunity in the Arctic
In this episode of The World Unpacked, host Isaac Kardon is joined by Alexander (Sasha) Gabuev, Director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berl...
The New Geopolitics of Subsea Cables
Subsea cables carry 95% of the world’s data—but remain largely invisible in global policy debates. In this episode, Isaac Kardon is joined by Carnegie...
Party-State Capitalism: China's Communist Party and Rule by Market
How should we understand China’s unique variety of party-state capitalism? In this episode of The World Unpacked, Isaac Kardon sits down with Dr. Meg...
Why We All Need to Care About Nukes Again
The world is entering a new nuclear age—one defined by proliferating arsenals, eroding arms control, and rising geopolitical tensions. In this episode...
How China Is Reshaping International Security Cooperation
As U.S.-China tensions deepen, Beijing is carving out a new role for itself—not just as an economic powerhouse, but as a global security player. What...
Outposts of Influence: Great Power Competition and Overseas Military Bases
In this episode of The World Unpacked, Isaac B. Kardon sits down with Ashley J. Tellis, Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and Senior Fellow at the Carn...
Can the U.S. Rebuild Its Maritime Power? Competing with China and Cooperating with Korea
In this episode of The World Unpacked, Isaac Kardon is joined by Darcie Draudt-Véjares to explore how the shipbuilding industry is reshaping global se...
Latin America and Trump 2.0: Deportations, Trade Wars, and China's Rising Influence
In President Donald Trump’s second term, Latin America has taken center stage in U.S. foreign policy—but not without controversy. From aggressive depo...
Gaza's Ceasefire in Limbo: U.S. Policy, Regional Plans, and What's Next
After over a year of devastating conflict, Israel and Hamas reached a three-phase ceasefire agreement in January 2025, brokered by Qatar, Egypt, and t...
Abandoning Ukraine? Trump's Policy and Europe's Challenge
Nearly a week after the tense Oval Office meeting between President Trump and President Zelensky, and just days after the Trump administration’s abrup...
Power Ball on the Korean Peninsula
What's going on in the Korean Peninsula following the impeachment of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol? How will evolving politics shape Seoul's fu...
A New Housing Bubble? How Climate Change Could Destabilize the Global Economy
Rising sea levels and climate-driven flooding are reshaping the global economy, with major implications for the U.S. housing market and the global eco...
How Will AI Export Policies Redefine U.S. Global Influence?
China’s new AI model, DeepSeek, has rattled markets and raised questions about the global AI race. Meanwhile, just before leaving office, the Biden ad...
Biden, Trump, and a Foreign Policy That’s Gone Off Course
The Biden administration contends it has left the United States in a better geopolitical position than when it entered office four years ago. In a yea...
Navigating the 2025 World: Advanced AI, Economic Competition, and Power Shifts
As we enter this new year of 2025, Sophia Besch sits down with President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Tino Cuéllar. They take a s...
Can the U.S. Win the Clean Energy Race Against China?
Over the past decade, China has emerged as a powerhouse here, producing the majority of key clean energy technologies. What does this mean for the Un...
Was 2024 the Year Democracy Faltered—or Fought Back?
What can the elections of 2024 tell us about the state of democracy worldwide? This year has seen a flurry of elections across democracies, sparking d...
Fixing Global Trade: Why Tariffs and Trade Wars Aren’t Enough
Our modern global trading system is broken. How can we fix it?
We seem to have moved beyond the free trade consensus of the globalization era. F...
Europe Inside Out: Is Europe Ready for Trump 2.0?
With Donald Trump returning to the White House, the future of the transatlantic alliance hangs in the balance.
Europe Inside Out's new host Rym...
Maritime Power Plays: The U.S. and China in the Indian Ocean
What if the future of global power dynamics and, the question of winners and losers in the US-China competition could hinge on one body of water – the...
Will America’s Next President Bring Real Change in Foreign Policy?
Why is meaningful change in U.S. foreign policy is so difficult to achieve? This question is especially relevant with the U.S. presidential election j...
Can Tunisia’s Democracy Survive Saied’s Second Term?
Following Sunday's controversial presidential election, Kais Saied has secured his second term in office. While this result was widely anticipated, it...
The Geopolitics of Climate Engineering: A Climate Lifeline or Pandora’s Box?
In the fight against climate change, a controversial new idea is gaining traction: solar geoengineering. Solar geoengineering, or solar radiation modi...
Inside the U.S.-China Rivalry: Great Power Competition in the Middle East and North Africa
The Middle East and North Africa region is witnessing a fierce competition among the world’s current “great powers”—the U.S., Russia, and China. These...
Macron’s Election Gamble: What’s Next for France and Europe?
Just a few weeks ago, French President Emmanuel Macron took a risky political gamble. After the European Parliament elections revealed gains for the f...
Ukraine at the NATO Summit
NATO’s 75th anniversary summit is coming up in Washington DC next month. With the war in Ukraine ongoing, Kyiv has sought to join NATO for a while now...
Winners and Losers: The 2024 European Parliamentary Elections
Just a few days ago, over 300 million voters across 27 countries were called to vote in the European Parliament elections. These elections take place...
The Politics of Biden's Latest Tariffs
On May 14, 2024, the Biden administration announced $18 billion dollars worth of tariffs on a range of Chinese imports from “strategic sectors," which...
China: Rising Tensions in the South China Sea
As China ramps up its military capabilities and tensions persist in the Taiwan Strait, there are growing concerns about the risk of conflict that coul...
Ukraine Aid: Will It Be Enough?
After months of gridlock, Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed the long-awaited foreign aid package into law, which includes $60.8 billion f...
Iran Strikes Israel - Here's What Might Happen Next
In the late hours of Saturday, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles in an unprecedented direct attack on Israel. There was limited damage as...
Barbecue Earth, Episode 6: Food Security Reimagined
Winners and losers—every major transition has them. For the world to meet its climate goals, it needs to undergo a partial shift away from traditional...
Barbecue Earth, Episode 5: Consider the Lobster
There’s a lot to learn from the lobster. Its transformation from disdained prison food to fine-dining delicacy reveals how culture shapes our palate a...
Barbecue Earth, Episode 4: Uncle Sam and the Magic Beanstalk
The soybean is more than just a humble legume—it’s a major geopolitical player that feeds the international meat market, shapes trade wars, and transf...
Barbecue Earth, Episode 3: How to Launder a Cow
What is cattle laundering—and how are big meat companies involved with it? Episode 3 explores the phenomenon of the smuggling and sale of illegal catt...
Barbecue Earth, Episode 2: The Farmers Strike Back
Tractors blocking government buildings. Manure piled on highways. The birth of a populist political party. In the Netherlands, government regulations...
Barbecue Earth, Episode 1: Hog Country
In the United States, agriculture plays by a different set of rules than other sectors. With its lax child labor laws and lack of environmental restri...