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  • Iran and U.S. Relations Two Years after Withdrawal from the JCPOA

    Episode 20
    Published: 2020-05-08
    Length: 30:08
    Hosts: Mahan Mirza

    Mahan Mirza, Executive Director of the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion and Kroc Institute Teaching Faculty, talks with Professor Emeritus George Lopez and Kroc Institute Faculty Fellow Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, about U.S. and Iran relations two years after the U.S. withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (or Iran Nuclear Deal).

    Topics: Iran, Nuclear, U.S. Foreign Policy

  • Iran, Saudia Arabia, the United States and the Way Forward

    Episode 4
    Published: 2019-09-27
    Length: 43:27
    Hosts: George Lopez

    A discussion of the escalating tensions between the United States and Iran following September 14 drone strikes on Saudi Aramco oil processing facilities. George Lopez, the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies sits down to talk with Susan Page, visiting professor of the practice at the Keough School of Global Affairs, Ebrahim Moosa, professor Islamic Studies, and David Cortright, Kroc Institute Director of Policy Studies and the Peace Accords Matrix Project.

    Topics: Iran, Middle East Politics, Oil, Saudi Arabia, U.S. Foreign Policy

  • What’s Happening with Afghan Women: An Inside Look

    Episode 50
    Published: 2022-01-25
    Length: 62:00
    Hosts: Malalai Habibi

    Kroc Institute alumna Malalai Habibi (MGA '19), Program Officer at the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), talks with Mahbouba Seraj, Executive Director of Afghan Women Skills Development Center who is joining us from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Founder and Executive Director of the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) and director of the London School of Economics Center for Women, Peace and Security, for a conversation about the current situation on the ground in Afghanistan.

    They focus in particular on the impact on Afghan women of the U.S. withdrawal and the country's subsequent return to Taliban control in summer 2021. 

    Topics: Afghanistan, Alumni, Gender, Taliban, U.S. Foreign Policy, Women