The battle for democracy will be fought one human rights issue at a time. In this biweekly podcast from the CSIS Human Rights Initiative, host Marti Flacks tackles current events with activists and policymakers at the center of global efforts to promote human rights and build stronger, more sustainable democracies. Share your feedback at humanrights@csis.org.
Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 11 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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Category | Government |
This week’s episode focuses on human rights and democracy news from across Africa: the results of the presidential election in Kenya, the release of the U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa, and the recent visit by Secretary Blinken to South Afric... more
This week’s episode focuses on the shocking executions of four pro-democracy activists in Myanmar. To understand the implications of this event for Myanmar and U.S. policy in Southeast Asia, we speak to Erin Murphy, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow ... more
This week’s episode is focused on two important court cases – in India and West Africa – that will help define the relationship between social media companies and government regulation in efforts to protect fundamental freedoms. We talk to Allie Funk... more
How do international institutions and fora help defend human rights? This episode discusses the human rights-related outcomes of the G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau, the first arrest warrants to come out of the ICC’s investigation into Russia’s 2008 invas... more
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Update: It’s now the Southeast Asia Radio format for the first half, which I think helps this podcast tremendously. The second half is tightening up, and improving, a bit. Interviews are beginning to feel more like interviews and less like prompting to begin a pre-written academic lecture. The guests are also getting much better and seem to understand the medium, which is making the show worthwhile.
Update: The podcast has started to improve with episode 4 and that format seems like it mig... more
Update: It’s now the Southeast Asia Radio format for the first half, which I think helps this podcast tremendously. Update: The podcast has started to improve with episode 4 and that format seems like it might have led the podcast to turn the corner with episode 5. I’d like to see more of that direction as opposed to the earlier lack of direction. I’ll stick around, for now. First 3 Episode Review: I’m disappointed in the quality of this show when compared to other CSIS podcasts. Maybe it’s the ... more
I’m disappointed in the quality of this show when compared to other CSIS podcasts. Maybe it’s the general types of responses that the activists are giving or the go-nowhere type of questions in the interview, but I been investing my time and I just don’t feel that I’m learning anything new. We hear about the problems, but we don’t hear much depth about what is being done, what are some of the novel ideas about what can be done, or what we can do. Maybe it’d help to hear from a few policy expe... more
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