<a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/season-3-ep-3-path-autocracy-venezuela-and-beyond" hreflang="en">Season 3 Ep. 3 - The Path to Autocracy: Venezuela and Beyond</a></h1> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/season-3-ep-3-path-autocracy-venezuela-and-beyond" hreflang="en">Season 3 Ep. 3 - The Path to Autocracy: Venezuela and Beyond</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2024-12-13T13:13:33-0500</p> In this episode, Mark Williams sits down with political scientist Javier Corrales, to discuss his latest book—‘Autocracy Rising: How Venezuela Transitioned to Authoritarianism’. Listen in to their discussion as they explore Venezuela’s political history, and the critical lessons its slide into autocracy might teach about the fragility of democratic governments worldwide. </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/season-3-ep-2-east-india-company-commerce-conquest-and-colonialism" hreflang="en">Season 3 Ep. 2 - The East India Company: Commerce, Conquest, and Colonialism</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2024-11-01T17:13:00-0400</p> Established in 1600 to secure trade relations between India, East and Southeast Asia, and Britain, the East India Company did this and much, much more. For nearly 300 years it ran a global trading network that operated for profit, politics, and eventually empire. In the process it not only became the world’s first multinational corporation, but — thanks to its own army, navy, currency, and legal system—came to rule<em> </em>territories far more extensive than its home base of the British Isles. </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/season-3-ep-1-election-2024-and-us-foreign-policy" hreflang="en">Season 3 Ep. 1 - Election 2024 and US Foreign Policy</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2024-09-17T14:00:01-0400</p> Although foreign policy doesn’t usually play much of a role in US presidential elections, the consequences of those contests can have profound effects on American foreign policy, and by extension, on US interests, allies, and other countries around the world. In this episode, Ambassador Michael McKinley joins Mark Williams to discuss the foreign policy implications of the 2024 US presidential election. </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/season-2-ep-6-us-militias-guarding-tradition-or-courting-chaos" hreflang="en">Season 2 Ep. 6 - U.S. Militias: Guarding Tradition or Courting Chaos</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2024-05-30T08:50:37-0400</p> In this episode of “New Frontiers,” sociologist Amy Cooter explores the rise, goals, and philosophies of American militia groups. She explains why their actions could mar the 2024 elections and highlights how a more thorough, accurate teaching of American history could address misconceptions and reduce societal tensions that fuel some of these groups’ strongest grievances. </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/season-2-ep-5-india-today-one-question-three-perspectives" hreflang="en">Season 2 Ep. 5 - India Today: One Question, Three Perspectives</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2024-03-18T12:36:28-0400</p> In this episode of “New Frontiers” three experts—an art historian, economist, and diplomat/political scientist—explore what’s going on in India today. Join host Mark Williams and co-host Arjun Kumar ’25.5 for three fascinating discussions about the world’s largest democracy, and find out why what’s happening on the political/diplomatic, cultural, and development fronts <em>matters</em> to India, Indians, and the world beyond. </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/season-2-ep-4-race-empire-and-policing-paris" hreflang="en">Season 2 Ep. 4 - Race, Empire, and Policing in Paris</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2024-01-05T15:25:49-0500</p> In June 2023, French police killed 17-year-old Nahal Marzouk during a traffic stop outside of Paris. The killing led to days of street protests, widespread condemnation of racialized police practices, and over 1,300 arrests. This was particularly significant in a country like France, where discussions about race are often avoided or rejected. To gain a deeper understanding of French police practices, Mark Williams sits down with historian Amit Prakash, whose new book—<em>Empire of the Seine</em>—explores how France’s colonial history helped shaped how French law enforcement policed North Africans living in Paris from 1925 to 1975. </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/season-2-ep-3-after-insurrection-assessing-american-democracy" hreflang="en">Season 2 Ep. 3 - After the Insurrection: Assessing American Democracy</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2023-10-30T12:29:57-0400</p> After losing the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump summoned supporters to Washington where—after listening to him speak of a “stolen election” at the Ellipse—they launched a violent attack on the US capital to stop the peaceful transfer of power to Joe Biden. What does the January 6 insurrection tell us about the state of American democracy?<br><br>In this episode, political scientist Bert Johnson reflects on the state of American democracy, the dangers it faces, and some of the ways Americans might preserve their democratic political system. <br><br> </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/season-2-ep-2-intl-ngos-what-you-need-know" hreflang="en">Season 2 Ep. 2 - INTL' NGOs: What You Need to Know</a></h1> <p>mdefoor@middlebury.edu — 2023-09-08T00:00:00-0400</p> What do Amnesty International, Care International, Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam International, or World Vision all have in common? They all are international nongovernmental organizations which operate around the world — independently of governments — which in broad terms, aim to provide services or influence governments with respect to specific goals. But what do we really <em>know </em>about such organizations or their operations, credibility, efficacy, and constraints? In this episode political scientist Sarah Stroup examines INGOs and explains what we <em>need </em>to know to understand their operations and limitations.<br> </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/season-2-ep-1-why-we-need-environmental-justice" hreflang="en">Season 2 Ep. 1 - Why We Need Environmental Justice</a></h1> <p>admin — 2023-03-23T00:00:00-0400</p> What is meant by such terms as environmental injustice or environmental racism? What is the environmental justice movement and how is it manifest—in the United States and beyond? In this episode of <em>New Frontiers</em>, political scientist Kemi Fuentes-George discusses these topics and what achieving environmental justice for marginalized populations might actually entail. </article> <article> <h1><a href="/rohatyn/new-frontiers-podcast/season-1-ep-7-whatever-happened-essential-workers" hreflang="en">Season 1 Ep. 7 - Whatever Happened To “Essential” Workers?</a></h1> <p>admin — 2023-02-15T00:00:00-0500</p> How did the COVID pandemic affect America’s workers—especially those deemed “essential” who often were poorly paid, nonunionized, lacked meaningful benefits, and were required to continue working while most other workers stayed home? How did these workers respond to the health risks they encountered on the job, and how did their struggle for labor justice transform—at least for a while—political discourse and consciousness in America? Jamie McCallum and Mark Williams explore these and other issues in this episode of <em>New Frontiers.</em> </article> </main></body></html>