Brookings Cafeteria Podcast

Gaelle Dule Asheri, 17, a soccer player, who is amongst the first wave of girls being trained by professional coaches at the Rails Foot Academy, attends a course at a bilingual high school as she prepares for her final baccalaureate exams in Yaounde, Cameroon, May 2, 2019. Asheri never gave up her dream despite strong opposition from her mother who feared she would lose her daughter to a "men's game". "I used to train with boys, so with boys there were some exercises I was not allowed to do because I am a girl," she said. When she first started playing soccer in the dirt streets near her home, she was the only girl on the informal neighbourhood teams. "I picked up the ball, I kicked it and I never looked back," Asheri said, recalling the childhood street soccer games with her male cousins and neighbours. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "CAMEROON GIRLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1B9C9DB020

Echidna Global Scholars: Learning across a girl’s lifetime

Fred Dews and Christina Kwauk

Friday, October 11, 2019

Soldiers of People's Liberation Army (PLA) march in formation past Tiananmen Square during the military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China, on its National Day in Beijing, China October 1, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee - SP1EFA10HSD12

Global China’s plan for overseas military bases

Lindsey Ford, Mara Karlin, and Leah Dreyfuss

Friday, October 4, 2019

Military vehicles carrying DF-5B intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Tiananmen Square during the military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China, on its National Day in Beijing, China October 1, 2019. - SP1EFA10JHH15

Deterring military conflict with a global China

Lindsey Ford, Michael E. O’Hanlon, and Caitlin Talmadge

Thursday, October 3, 2019

REFILE - REMOVING EXTRANEOUS WORD A float carrying a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping moves through Tiananmen Square during the parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China, on its National Day in Beijing, China October 1, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC15CA56C990

Chinese domestic politics in the rise of global China

Lindsey Ford and Cheng Li

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

A man rides an electric bike past the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) building in Beijing, China February 14, 2019. Picture taken February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA. - RC177131E7F0

How might a global China use economic sanctions?

Lindsey Ford and Richard Nephew

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. dollar banknote featuring American founding father Benjamin Franklin and a China's yuan banknote featuring late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong are seen among U.S. and Chinese flags in this illustration picture taken May 20, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo - RC1965288CA0

What does a global China mean for the US and the world?

Lindsey Ford, Tarun Chhabra, and Ryan Hass

Monday, September 30, 2019

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump, at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC15CC524510

And now the hard part: Resetting the US Relationship with Saudi Arabia

Bruce Riedel and Jonathan Tepperman

Friday, September 27, 2019

A woman poses next to a polar bear mural in the town of Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway, August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay SEARCH "SVALBARD CLIMATE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC157F319730

A global response to the climate crisis

Amar Bhattacharya, Samantha Gross, and Fred Dews

Friday, September 20, 2019

Sheetal Prakash More (R), a 30-year-old teacher, teaches at Aajibaichi Shaala (Grandmothers' School) in Fangane village, India, February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "AAJIBAICHI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1D60A88720

Addressing the global learning crisis

Jenny Perlman Robinson and Chris McKenna

Friday, September 13, 2019

Visitors walk past a wall with a map showing the species of peony in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries, at horticultural exhibition Beijing Expo 2019, in Beijing, China April 29, 2019. Picture taken April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1FBEBC8750

US-China competition in global development

Merrell Tuck-Primdahl and Fred Dews

Friday, September 6, 2019

Volunteers serve lunch at a community kitchen set-up by USAID and World Food Programme in Cucuta, Colombia February 7, 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello - RC1AED504B00

Will foreign aid matter in the 2020 election?

Merrell Tuck-Primdahl and Fred Dews

Friday, August 30, 2019

A graffiti that reads "FARC-EP present" is seen at the door of a mechanical workshop, on the road between El Palo and Toribio, where indigenous guards were killed by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) dissidents, according to the Colombian Ombudsman in Toribio, Colombia August 10, 2019. Picture taken August 10, 2019. REUTERS/Federico Rios - RC122B235D10

Colombia’s search for peace and justice

Vanda Felbab-Brown, Ted Piccone, and Fred Dews

Friday, August 23, 2019

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1FA07A2FE0

Don’t be fooled by deepfakes

John Villasenor and Fred Dews

Friday, August 16, 2019

A woman holds a sign during a rally against white supremacy in the wake of mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso in front of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC18B8E32740

On racism and white supremacy

Andre M. Perry, Vanessa Williamson, and Fred Dews

Friday, August 9, 2019

Wristbands for voters are seen at a polling station during early voting in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 14, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young - S1BEUGZEKGAA

Protecting American elections from foreign interference

Darrell West and Fred Dews

Friday, August 2, 2019