The Outlook
World Outlook is a student-run, peer-reviewed international affairs journal at the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College. In "The Outlook," we publish outstanding commentary by Dartmouth students and undergraduates worldwide.
Episodes
43 episodes
A Conversation with Professor Jennifer Lind | 02/23/2026
Professor Lind is an Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth and the author of the new book, Autocracy 2.0: How China’s Rise Reinvented Tyranny. It argues that China has risen to become a superpower and technological leader – which defie...
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A Conversation with Dr. Michael Rubin | 02/26/2026
Michael Rubin is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he specializes in Iran, Turkey, and the broader Middle East. A former Pentagon official, Dr. Rubin has lived in post-revolution Iran, Yemen, and both pre- and postwar ...
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A Conversation with Robert Malley | 02/23/2026
Robert Malley is a lecturer and Senior Fellow at the Yale Jackson School and the author, with Hussein Agha, of Tomorrow is Yesterday: Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine. He served as Special Envoy for Iran from January 20...
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A Conversation with Ambassador Mark Brzezinski | 01/12/2026
Mark Brzezinski has a distinguished career in public service and the private sector. He currently is President and CEO of Brzezinski Global Strategies, a boutique strategic consulting firm. Mark served as U.S. Ambassador to Poland from 2021-202...
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A Conversation with Dr. Vasu Vaitla | 02/16/2026
Dr. S. Vasu Vaitla is an international security scholar and practitioner with twenty-five years of experience across the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations, the U.S. Air Force, and Initiatives of Change (an international peacebuilding...
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A Conversation with Ambassador Frank Lavin | 02/12/2026
Ambassador Frank Lavin served as Under Secretary for International Trade (2005-2007), acting as lead trade negotiator for China and India and overseeing global commercial policy, export promotion, and trade talks. Previously, he was U.S. Ambass...
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A Conversation with Geeta Anand | 10/21/2025
Anika Mukker ‘26; Daphna Fineberg ‘26; Victor Lago ‘26; and Sophia Sahni ‘28 sit down for a conversation with Geeta Anand. Geeta Anand ‘89 is editor-in-chief of VTDigger. A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, author and former univer...
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A Conversation with Mona El Naggar | 03/04/2025
Victor Lago ‘26, Madeline Shaw '25, and Sophia Sahni ‘28 sit down for a conversation with Mona El Naggar.Mona El-Naggar is an international correspondent and documentary filmmaker with twenty years of experience producing and driving awa...
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A Conversation with Nicholas Opiyo | 10/27/2025
Victor Lago ‘26, Sophia Sahni ‘28, Alex Rockmore ‘27, Hannah McGee ‘27, Amber Pascovici ‘29, and Victoria Webb ‘29 sit down for a conversation with Nicholas Opiyo.Nicholas Opiyo is the Senior Director for Human Rights at the African Midd...
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A Conversation with Rose Gottemoller | 04/03/2025
Pranav Akella ‘27 sits down for a conversation with Rose Gottemoller.Gottemoeller was the Deputy Secretary General of NATO from 2016 to 2019, where she helped to drive forward NATO’s adaptation to new security challenges in Europe and in...
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A Conversation with Candace Rondeaux | 04/09/2025
Daphna Fineberg ‘26, Pranav Akella ‘27, Alex Rockmore ‘27, and Sophia Kohmann ‘28 sit down for a conversation with Candace Rondeaux.Candace Rondeaux directs Future Frontlines at New America. Future Frontlines is a public intelligence ser...
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A Conversation with Dr. Yael Berda | 05/01/2025
Daphna Fineberg ‘26, Anika Mukker '26, Hrishik Roy ‘27, and Naomi Franzblau ‘28 sit down for a conversation with Dr. Yael Berda. Dr. Yael Berda is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Hebrew University and Academy S...
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A Conversation with Shiori Ito | 10/09/2025
Brook Mind '26 sits down for a conversation with Shiori Ito.Shiori Ito is an Oscar and BAFTA nominated documentary filmmaker, journalist, writer, and co-founder of Hanashi Films, focusing on gender-based human rights issues. Named one of...
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A Conversation with Henry Wooster | 05/13/2025
Daphna Fineberg ‘26, Fiona Hood ‘26, Ryder Zufi ‘28, Eli Jacobs ‘28, Pranav Akella ‘27, and Madeleine Shaw ‘25 sit down for a conversation with Henry Wooster.Henry T. Wooster serves as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary ...
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A Conversation with Susan Stignant and Michael Woldemariam | 03/22/2025
Sophia Sahni ‘28, and Pranav Akella ‘27 sit down for a conversation with Susan Stignant and Michael Woldemariam.Susan Stigant is the director of Africa Programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace that last month established an Af...
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A Conversation with Rania Aziz | 03/05/2025
Daphna Fineberg ‘26, Pranav Akella ‘27, Sophia Kohmann ‘28, and Sophia Sahni ‘28 sit down for a conversation with Rania Aziz.Rania Aziz is Sudanese activist who is deeply enmeshed in Sudan’s transformative landscape. She played a pivotal...
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A Conversation with Wendy Cue | 05/06/2025
Sophia Sahni '28, Pranav Akella '27, and Anika Mukker '26 sit down for a conversation with Wendy Cue.Ms. Wendy Cue joined the Inter-Agency Standing Committee secretariat at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian A...
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A Conversation with Dr. Khalil Shikaki | 10/31/2024
Madeleine Shaw ‘25, Victor Lago ‘26, Amen Salha ‘26, Luke Hilborn ‘27, Ryder Zufi ‘28, Sophia Sahni ‘28 sit down for a conversation with Dr. Khalil Shikaki.Khalil Shikaki is a professor of political science and direc...
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A Conversation with Evgenia Kara-Murza, Vladimir Kara-Murza, and Tikhon Dzyadko | 10/16/2024
Madeine Shaw, Victor Lago. Sophia Sahni, Arian Chimenson, and Pranav Akella sit down for a conversation with Evgenia Kara-Murza, Vladimir Kara-Murza, and Tikhon Dzyadko.Bios: Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russia...
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A Conversation with Justice Tsogt Tsend | 05/23/2024
Alex Rockmore, Vidhi Piparia, and Himmat Grewal sit down for a conversation with Justice Tsogt Tsend. Justice Tsend studied law at the National University of Mongolia. Receiving a degree from Willamette University College of Law. He was a...
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A Conversation with Margot Wallström | 04/11/2024
Walker Wilson and Parnav Akella sit down for a conversation with Margot Wallström. Today we're excited and honored to be joined by Margot Wallström. Margot Wallström served as the European Commissioner for the environment, European Commissioner...
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A Conversation with Dr. Babu Rahman | 04/08/2024
Julia Stewed, Prescott Herzog, and Nelson Zhang sit down for a conversation with Dr. Babu Rahman. Dr. Rahman has been a British diplomat since 1998. He is a Research Analyst in the Diplomatic Service, specializing in the UN, with a particula...
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A Conversation with Ambassador Erica Barks-Ruggles | 10/23/2024
Madeleine Shaw, Victor Lago, Amen Salha, Pranav Akella, Josephine Kramer, Taanvi Gowdar, and Daniel Park sit down with retired Ambassador Erica Barks-Ruggles. Ambassador Barks-Ruggles served for 32 years in senior leadership and diplomatic p...
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