Global Affairs

On the Rhodes Scholarship and Making Yourself Useful

This past November, Prathm Juneja was named to the American Rhodes Scholar Class of 2020, becoming the 20th Rhodes Scholar in Notre Dame history. He talked with host Ted Fox in...

Researchers Study the Intricate Link Between Climate and Conflict

New research from the University of Notre Dame is shedding light on the unexpected effects climate change could have on regional instability and violent conflict. Previous studies...

Interreligious Dialogue with Professor Gabriel Said Reynolds

Leonard DeLorenzo for Church Life Today welcomes Gabriel Said Reynolds to discuss his upcoming conference, “Ways of Perfection and Devote Life: Saintliness Across Traditions”,...

Rethinking the Role of the Extractive Industries with Peter Bryant of the Development Partner Institute

Episode Five continues the discussion with the Catholic Peacebuilding Network, part of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, on the extractive industries....

International Law, Nonviolent Resistance, Intervention, and the Right to Assist

This episode is the third in a series of four episodes hosted by Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell focusing on themes laid out in her 2019 book, “The Art of Law in the...

On the EU, Allies, and the State of European Democracy

Janne Matláry is a professor of international politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo and the Norwegian Defence University College. A specialist...

Beyond the Ballot: Taiwan’s Elections and Their Implications for US Policy

On January 11, 2020, the citizens of Taiwan delivered a landslide victory to President Tsai Ing-wen in a consequential election with implications for US-China relations. What will...

In Post-Election Taiwan, Experts Say, Democracy is a Journey

Taiwan’s recent elections are yet another step in its larger democratic journey, the Pentagon’s former top Asia policy expert said during an important conversation at the...

Activism in the Extractive Industries with Ian Gary of Oxfam America

Ian Gary – Director of Power and Money at Oxfam America – talks with Ray Offenheiser and discusses the ethics and activism in the extractive industries. This episode is a...

Pop Culture, Youth, and Peacebuilding

Catherine Bolten, associate professor of anthropology and peace studies, sits down to talk with Siobhan McEvoy Levy, professor of political science and peace and conflict studies...

Notre Dame in the Holy Land

The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and Ethiopian Peacebuilding

Kroc Institute Communications Program Director, Hannah Heinzekehr, talks with Peter Wallensteen, the Richard G. Starmann Sr. Research Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies, and Kroc...