Brookings Cafeteria Podcast

A Palestinian woman argues with an Israeli border policewoman over the removal of a Palestinian tent whose owners said they were informed by the Israeli forces that they didnt obtain a permit to erect the tent, in Susiya village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma - RC15417709C0

Is the Israeli-Palestinian peace process dead?

Khaled Elgindy, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Fred Dews

Friday, April 19, 2019

A woman leaves after casting her vote at a polling station during the first phase of general election in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi - RC11642136E0

A primer on India’s general elections

Tanvi Madan, Sadanand Dhume, Dhruva Jaishankar, and Milan Vaishnav

Friday, April 12, 2019

A combination picture shows Benny Gantz (left), leader of Blue and White party voting at a polling station in Rosh Ha'ayin and Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voting at a polling station in Jerusalem during Israel's parliamentary election April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Nir Elias, Ariel Schalit/Pool via REUTERS - RC122F5D90F0

Israel’s election result and what comes next

Natan Sachs and Ilana Dayan

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sits under a display of the U.S. national debt as he testifies to the House Financial Services Committee on "The Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC131089F510

How to cure America’s debt addiction (and invest in the future)

William G. Gale and David Wessel

Friday, April 5, 2019

Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev speaks during the official ceremony of raising the NATO flag in front of the Macedonian government in Skopje, February 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski - RC141C49A6B0

NATO at 70: More than a military alliance

John R. Allen, Michael E. O’Hanlon, and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Friday, March 29, 2019

A Cook County Sheriff's police car patrols the exterior of the Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, January 12, 2016. The Cook County Jail in Chicago -- the biggest single-site jail in the United States -- was placed on lockdown on Tuesday after staffing dropped below normal levels, said Cook County Sheriff's spokesman Ben Breit. REUTERS/Jim Young - GF20000092626

Fixing bail, fines, and fees in the criminal justice system

Jay Shambaugh and Fred Dews

Friday, March 22, 2019

A worker pulls a roll of flags of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party kept for drying at a flag manufacturing factory, ahead of the 2019 general elections, in Ahmedabad, India, March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Amit Dave - RC120850C5B0

India’s role as a democracy in the liberal international order

Torrey Taussig and Dhruva Jaishankar

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

A large Indonesian flag is carried over the crowd at a rally calling for national unity and tolerance in central Jakarta, Indonesia December 4, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside - RC127395AEE0

Indonesia, an unlikely democracy

Jonathan Stromseth, Thomas Pepinsky, and Fred Dews

Friday, March 15, 2019

People gather during a nationwide strike against the government's refusal to raise wages in Tunis, Tunisia January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC180C53AD40

The next democracy debate in the Middle East: Democracy and Disorder Podcast Series

Torrey Taussig, Salam Fayyad, and Sharan Grewal

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Rivlin podcast collage

Alice Rivlin: A career spent making better public policy

Alice M. Rivlin and Fred Dews

Friday, March 8, 2019

An officer adjusts China's national flag before the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit in Singapore, November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha - RC1C8843E420

Challenges to democracy in East Asia: Democracy and Disorder Podcast Series

Torrey Taussig, Mireya Solís, and Jonathan Stromseth

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Nathan Allen, 65, poses for a portrait in front of the motorhome where he sleeps in a homeless RV and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. Allen lost his job as a handyman, and so couldn't afford to pay the rent for his apartment. Los Angeles is grappling with a massive homelessness problem, as forecasted El Nino downpours threaten to add to the misery of thousands of people who sleep on the streets. Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed spending $100 million to combat the problem in the sprawling metropolis but stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson PICTURE 16 OF 17 - SEARCH "NICHOLSON MOTORHOME" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000270563

Why nonworking men are unhappiest in America

Carol Graham and Fred Dews

Friday, March 1, 2019

India's Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers patrol along the fenced border with Pakistan in Ranbir Singh Pura sector near Jammu February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta - RC1D32EEA1F0

The India-Pakistan crisis

Tanvi Madan and Joshua T. White

Thursday, February 28, 2019

The word "Frexit" is seen on a banner as protesters take part in a demonstration by the "yellow vests" movement in Paris, France, February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier - RC1752CAE600

Challenges to democracy in Europe: Democracy and Disorder Podcast Series

Torrey Taussig, Célia Belin, and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Things as they were, and things as they are, ca 1853 (via LOC)

How we connect: Network revolutions from Gutenberg to Google

Tom Wheeler and Bill Finan

Friday, February 22, 2019