Beyond the Scoop: A Harriman Magazine Podcast
Beyond the Scoop: A Harriman Magazine Podcast
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In this podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University’s Harriman Magazine, we go beyond the content on our pages into the stories shaping Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe. Interviews, insights, and deeper dives with the authors behind the headlines.
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Covers a variety of topics related to contemporary and historical issues in Russia and Eastern Europe, including the implications of the Ukraine conflict, the evolution of media during the Glasnost era, and reflections on Soviet history, with episodes like interviews with key authors and journalists addressing critical geopolitical shifts.
In this podcast from the Harriman Institute at Columbia University’s Harriman Magazine, we go beyond the content on our pages into the stories shaping Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe. Interviews, insights, and deeper dives with the authors behind the headlines.
Ambassador Sarah Mendelson (Ph.D., Political Science, GSAS ‘93) has been working in democracy and human rights promotion for decades, including posts in the Obama Administration, first leading USAID’s democracy, human rights and governance work and later as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Mendelson has long noticed cracks in the field of international democracy promotion, particularly in the United States. In this episode, she discusses the problems in the field, why we need new approaches to human rights and development, and how she hopes to implement these approaches through a Carnegie Mellon initiative called Sustainable Futures. The project, in the pilot stages in Pittsburgh, is based on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals framework. It uses AI to collect data on the most pressing local issues and brings these issues to the attention of local representatives. If successful, Mendelson hopes it can serve as a model for global development.
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