On the eve of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) Football Club’s arrival in Seattle to face the Sounders in their final group match of the Club World Cup, the Director of the UW Global Sport Lab, Ron Krabill, sat down with two French scholars to discuss the European champions and their cultural and political significance within France and worldwide. Stéphane Mourlane (Professor of contemporary history and sport at the University of Aix-Marseilles) and David Do Paço (French Attaché for Academic Cooperatio...
Jun 20, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Ron Krabill, University of Washington Global Sport Lab Podcast Host, Director of the Global Sport Lab, and Professor in Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at UW Bothell, along with Cayley Cook, faculty and Director of Journalism, UW Department of Communication, discuss gender and development and sport in Africa, especially women and girls in soccer, with guest visitor Martha Saavedra. Saavedra is Associate Director of the Center for African Studies, University of California, Berkeley, where s...
Jun 18, 2025•59 min
Ron Krabill, Global Sport Lab Podcast Host, Director of the Global Sport Lab, and Professor in Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell, and Danny Hoffmann, Director of the Jackson School of International Studies and co-founder of the Global Sport Lab, interview Markku Jokisipilä, a distinguished professor of history at the University of Turku in Finland and rowing champion, about the Soviet Union's mobilization of hockey as a tool of diplomacy during the Co...
Apr 23, 2025•37 min
In the run-up to the 2026 FIFA Men's Soccer World Cup, Ron Krabill, Global Sport Lab Podcast Host, Director of the Global Sport Lab, and Professor in Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell, along with Jesús Hidalgo, a graduate adviser for the UW's Jackson School of International Studies who teaches a class about soccer and international studies, interview Laurent DuBois, John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor of the History & Principles of Democracy and...
Jan 21, 2025•50 min
A Jackson School interview with Latin American and Caribbean Studies Alum ‘01 Natalie “Tasha” Kimball, Associate Professor of History at the College of Staten Island, and affiliated faculty at the Graduate Center, both within the City University of New York, on their career and research trajectory in reproductive health care with a particular focus on Latin America. Kimball is the author of “An Open Secret: The History of Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion in Modern Bolivia” (Rutgers University Pre...
May 09, 2024•33 min
Regional Repercussions of the War is a public talk and discussion featuring Marc Lynch, faculty and director of the Project on Middle East Political Science at George Washington University. The event was held and recorded on Feb. 13, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. in Architecture Hall at the University of Washington in Seattle. This event is part of our Winter 2024 War in the Middle East Lecture Series on the aftermath of Oct. 7, the war in Gaza and responses worldwide. Moderator: Resat Kasaba, Jackson Schoo...
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 20 min
The 'New Elites' of X: Identifying the Most Influential Accounts Engaged in Hamas/Israel Discourse is a public talk and discussion featuring UW Center for an Informed Public faculty Kate Starbird, Mert Bayar and Mike Caulfield. The event was held and recorded on Feb. 6, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. in the HUB South Ballroom at the University of Washington in Seattle. This event is part of our Winter 2024 War in the Middle East Lecture Series on the aftermath of Oct. 7, the war in Gaza and responses worldwi...
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 18 min
The Question of Palestine and the Evolution of Solidarity and Resistance in the U.S. is a public talk featuring Karam Dana, Alyson McGregor Distinguished Professor; Associate Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell. The event was held and recorded on Jan. 30, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. in the HUB South Ballroom at the University of Washington in Seattle. This public event is part of our Winter 2024 War in the Middle East Lecture Series on the aft...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 34 min
Hope and Despair in Israel/Palestine is a public talk featuring Mira Sucharov (Carleton University) and Omar M. Dajani (University of the Pacific) in a conversation moderated by Liora Halperin (Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington). The event was held and recorded on Monday, Jan. 22 at 7:00 p.m. in Kane Hall at the University of Washington in Seattle. This public event is part of our Winter 2024 War in the Middle East Lecture Series on the aftermath of Oct. 7, the wa...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 25 min
On the Ground in Israel Now is a public talk that was held on Jan. 16, 2024, featuring Joel Migdal, Professor Emeritus, UW Jackson School of International Studies in a pre-recorded conversation with Reşat Kasaba, Professor, UW Jackson School of International Studies. It was followed by remarks and Q&A with Alan Dowty, UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies. This is a recording of the event, which was held at 5:00 p.m. on Jan. 16, 2024 in the HUB South Ballroom at the University of Washington. I...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 27 min
David Bachman, Henry M. Jackson Professor of International Studies and Associate Director of the Jackson School of International Studies, shares perspectives on the growing tension between China and Taiwan in an interview with Morning Wave in Busan. The 14-minute interview aired Oct. 26, 2022.
Oct 26, 2022•13 min
James Lin, a Taiwan historian and assistant professor of international studies at the University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies, is interviewed in an episode of NPR's The World on Taiwan's National Day celebrations.
Oct 11, 2022•4 min
James Lin, UW Jackson School assistant professor of international studies and a historian of Taiwan, is interviewed about latest US-China tensions over Taiwan in a BBC World Service "The Inquiry" podcast episode. This segment aired on August 11, 2022.
Aug 19, 2022•23 min
Saadia Pekkanen, a Jackson School professor of space security, law, and policy, speaks with NPR about debris threatening satellites in space. This segment aired on March 30, 2022. Pekkanen also co-directs the Space Policy and Research Center (SPARC) at the University of Washington.
May 19, 2022•4 min
In "As Resistance To Myanmars Coup Grows The Country Slips Further Into Chaos" Mary Callahan, Jackson School faculty and an expert on Myanmar, is interviewed on the latest situation following the February coup in this 3-minute episode.
May 25, 2021•4 min
Mary Callahan, an expert on Myanmar politics and associate professor at the Jackson School of International Studies, gives a first-hand account and context to the unfolding civil war in Myanmar following a military coup there on Feb 1, 2021. (segment begins at 45:00).
Apr 16, 2021•50 min
James Lin, an assistant professor on modern Taiwan and Associate Chair of Taiwan Studies at the Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, talks about President Biden's foreign policy toward Taiwan in this interview with KUOW on Feb. 5, 2021.
Feb 08, 2021•4 min
In the BBC Sounds podcast "Thinking Allowed" UW Jackson School Herbert J. Ellison Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies Daniel Chirot is interviewed about his book "You Say You Want a Revolution? Radical Idealism and Its Tragic Consequences" (Princeton University Press, March 2020).
Oct 19, 2020•29 min
Bill Radke of KUOW The Record speaks to Resat Kasaba, director of the University of Washington's Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, about the U.S. airstrike in Iran and its ramifications.
Jan 07, 2020•12 min
Our introductory episode focuses on the successful campaign in early 2019 to create a Ukrainian Orthodox Church, independent from the Moscow Patriarchate. This religious nationalism formed a major plank of then-President Poroshenko’s platform for re-election. However, in the 2019 elections, he lost in a landslide to Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian that had impersonated him on a popular show, who ran against him as someone dividing the Ukrainian people. Joining the program to explain the Church th...
Nov 20, 2019•22 min
Narenda Modi, Prime Minister of India, rules in the name of hindutva or Hindu Nationalism. His party’s shared vision for India has resulted in massive violence between Muslims and Hindus, as it did during his rule as Chief Minister in Gujarat. Most recently, Modi’s values of Hindu strength have led to the occupation of Kashmir, a massively popular endeavor both in India an within its diaspora. Joining ReligioPolitics to explain the origins of hindutva, the rise of Modi’s BJP party, and its impli...
Nov 15, 2019•43 min
Our introductory episode to ReligioPolitics, our six-part podcast series, focuses on the successful campaign in early 2019 in Ukraine to create a Ukrainian Orthodox Church by then-President Poroshenko who later lost in a landslide to Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian that had impersonated him on a popular show. Joining the program to explain its implications for geopolitics in Eastern Europe is Dr. Gene Lemcio, Affiliated Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the UW.
Nov 14, 2019•22 min
Jackson School of International Studies Assistant Professor Vanessa Freije gives an interview with KOMO Radio from Mexico City about the results of the country's July 1, 2018 elections. Freije served as an international election observer.
Jul 03, 2018•4 min
Timothy Snyder, the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University, speaks at UW Kane Hall about ways to resist and create change in times of political trouble in On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. April 26, 2018.
Apr 30, 2018•56 min
Washington Lieutenant Governor Habib gives a talk to UW students, faculty and the wider community about global opportunities for Washington, from trade to foreign relations, and the role of the Lieutenant Governor's Office in creating a more prosperous Washington for all. About the speaker Before being elected as Washington state’s 16th Lieutenant Governor in 2016, Cyrus Habib represented east King County in the Washington state Senate and earlier as a member of the state House of Representative...
Apr 17, 2018•30 min
Daniel Bessner the Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Assistant Professor in American Foreign Policy in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies provides a fascinating account of Hans Speier, an oft forgotten yet highly influential figure within the mid-century national security state. Listen to a podcast interview of his latest book Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual (Cornell University Press, April 2018).
Apr 16, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Alumna Elise Carlson-Rainer discusses the role of bureaucrats in foreign policy and LGBTI rights under an a republican administration.
Apr 10, 2018•3 min
Assistant Professor Sasha Senderovich interviewed by NPR to share how he was personally affected by the order to close the Russian consulate in Seattle.
Mar 30, 2018•3 min
In a talk in Jackson School as part of the 2018 U.S. in the World Speaker Series, Harvard Kennedy School Professor Arne Westad explored an alternate, ideological interpretation of the Cold War. According to him, the Cold War may have begun on the perimeters of Europe, but it had its deepest reverberations in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, where nearly every community had to choose sides. And these choices continue to define economies and regimes across the world.
Mar 13, 2018•49 min
Golub Professor of International Studies in the Jackson School and Chair of the History Department in the University of Washington, Anand Yang speaking on “The Origins and Influence of Gandhi’s Ideas of Nonviolence” as part of the 2018 History Lecture Series on “Speaking Truth to Power: Protest & Dissent,” at UW’s Kane Hall on January 10, 2018.
Feb 01, 2018•58 min
