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When Trump stormed into UNGA last week, complained about escalators and tele prompters, and swung back out… the UN was faced with some questions. How do we naviga ... Show More
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Ep 165. Why Another World is Possible with Sir Geoff Mulgan
Hear real life stories about meeting the Pope, briefing the Prime Minister, and creating legislation to safeguard future generations! As we settle in to 2026, it feels like we are stuck in a permanent state of Disorder: Trump’s power grabs around the world, the timidity of Starme ... Show More
57m 38s
Jan 20
Ep 163. Greenland, Iran, International Law, and where has decency gone? RIP Greg Merriman—Real Life Mega-Orderer
This episode is dedicated to Disorder’s only ‘Founding Sponsor’, Greg Merriman, who passed away from Pancreatic Cancer last week. He was a software entrepreneur, a wine lover, and an American-Anglophile. To Jason’s mind he was a classic example of that old time Midwestern decency ... Show More
58m 7s
Sep 2024
The United Nations in a Divided World
<p>In the first episode of <em>Hold Your Fire</em>’s new season, Richard Atwood is joined by Richard Gowan, Crisis Group’s UN director, to speak about the UN General Assembly high-level week and the UN’s global role. They look at how the UN has responded to the Gaza war and confl ... Show More
45m 8s
May 2025
469: Tracking Trump's Global Grift
Tommy and Ben are on the Trump corruption beat, including Vietnam’s fast-tracking of a Trump golf project for favorable treatment, the administration pushing Elon Musk’s Starlink on foreign countries, the president’s grotesque dinner for buyers of his memecoin, and Cory Booker’s ... Show More
1h 40m
Jan 2024
Peacekeeping power: Can the UN prevent wars?
Since its inception in 1945, the United Nations has committed to preventing world wars. However, recent and devastating conflicts, like the wars in Gaza, Ukraine and elsewhere, have brought the UN's shortcomings on this front into high relief. Is the United Nations capable of pre ... Show More
34m 30s
Sep 2024
Alliance vs. Isolation: Harris and Trump’s Competing Views on Foreign Policy
<p>As wars in Ukraine and the Middle East deepen, the U.S. presidential campaign is raising a crucial question: Whose idea of American foreign policy will the world get next?</p><p>Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The Times, walks us through the plans put forw ... Show More
31m 9s