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
33 episodes
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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A Conversation with Dahlia Scheindlin
Vidhi Piparia, Madeleine Shaw, and Adam Saltzman sit down for a conversation with Dahlia Scheindlin. Dahlia Scheindlin is a fellow at Century International, based in Tel Aviv. She is a public opinion expert and an international p...
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A Conversation with Captain Omer Rafiq
Victor Lago, Madeleine Shaw, and Pranav Kela sit down to talk with Captain Omer Rafiq. Captain Omer Rafiq is a Captain in the United States MarineCorps Reserves, currently serving at Special Operations Central Command in Tampa, FL. He enlis...
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A Conversation with Elizabeth Shackelford | 05/07/2024
Elizabeth Shackelford is the Magro Family Distinguished Fellow in International Affairs for the Spring 2024 term. She served as a career diplomat in the U.S. State Department, with postings in Warsaw, Poland, South Sudan, Somalia, and Washingto...
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A Conversation with Josh Paul | 05/03/2024
Josh Paul resigned from the State Department in October 2023 due to his disagreement with the Biden Administration's decision to rush lethal military assistance to Israel in the context of its war on Gaza. He had spent over 11 years worki...
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A Conversation with Stewart Reid | 01/11/2024
Stuart Reid is an executive editor at Foreign Affairs magazine and author of The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination. He has written for publications includin...
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A Conversation With Vivian Salama | 02/06/2024
Vivian Salama covers national security for the Wall Street Journal, based in Washington. She has covered U.S. foreign policy and national security issues for nearly two decades, reporting from more than 80 countries. Before moving to Washing...
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A Conversation With Rose Mutiso | 10/09/2023
Dr. Rose M. Mutiso is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Mawazo Institute, which supports the next generation of female scholars and thought leaders in East Africa, and promotes public engagement with research. She is also the Research Director o...
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A Conversation with Daniel Runde | 5/22/2023
Daniel Fitzgerald Runde is a senior executive and strategist in international development, international trade, investment, global business and organizational change. Runde is the author of the book, "The American Imperative: Reclaiming Glob...
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A Conversation with Michael Kofman | 5/15/2023
Interview with Micheal Kofman. Michael Kofman is the director of the Russia Studies Program at CNA and an adjunct fellow at the Center for a New American Security. He specializes in the Russian armed forces, military thought, capabilities...
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A Conversation with Philip Short | 11/15/2022
World Outlook discusses journalism, Putin’s biography, domestic political implications for Putin due to the successful Ukranian resistance, the theory of Eurasianism in Russian political discourse, the ideological dispositions of Putin, Russia’...
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A Conversation with Garry Kasparov and Evan Mawarire | 10/20/2022
World Outlook senior editor Sri Sathvik Rayala '24 and associate editors Madeleine Shaw '25, Quinn Hall '26, and Anika Mukker '26 discuss propaganda tools of illiberal governments, democratic movements, challenges proponents of liberal democrac...
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