Elmira Bayrasli

Writing for PS since 2016
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26 videos & podcasts

Elmira Bayrasli is the co-founder and CEO of Foreign Policy Interrupted and the author of From The Other Side of The World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlikely Places.

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US Foreign Policy After the Midterm Election
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US Foreign Policy After the Midterm Election

Nov 21, 2018 Anne-Marie Slaughter & Elmira Bayrasli warn that Trump will be tempted to divert public attention by ratcheting up conflicts abroad.

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Entrepreneurship as a Diplomatic Tool
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Entrepreneurship as a Diplomatic Tool

Mar 23, 2016 Anne-Marie Slaughter & Elmira Bayrasli highlight how the profit motive can help to overcome longstanding political conflicts.

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Disinfo Wars

Disinfo Wars

Jan 7, 2020 Nina L. Khrushcheva & Elmira Bayrasli discuss what the impeachment of Donald Trump means in an age of disinformation.

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America’s Impeachment Struggle

America’s Impeachment Struggle

Dec 18, 2019 Noah Feldman & Elmira Bayrasli discuss the congressional effort to remove the US president, and what it means for American democracy.

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How to Tax the Super Rich

How to Tax the Super Rich

Dec 3, 2019 Emmanuel Saez & Elmira Bayrasli discuss how a wealth tax would work in the United States.

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Is the War on Terror Over?

Is the War on Terror Over?

Nov 19, 2019 Karen Greenberg & Elmira Bayrasli discuss the global war on terror and US President Donald Trump’s role in ending it.

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Revisiting the End of the Cold War

Revisiting the End of the Cold War

Nov 5, 2019 John Lewis Gaddis & Elmira Bayrasli discuss the legacy of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and whether, as many declared 30 years ago, democracy really has won.

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The War on Women: The View from China
Jun 19, 2019

Thanks for this insight and background.
The Secret Openings of US Foreign Policy
May 8, 2019

Well said J.Von Hettlingen!
Journalism on (Thin) Ice
Apr 30, 2019

Thanks for your thoughts Peter. I do think that there are news outlets and publications that work hard to report facts. I can appreciate, however, your frustration with the media.
Facing Up to Facebook
Apr 1, 2019

Thanks Petey. You make excellent points. It will be interesting to see how Congress takes up this issue and moves it forward. One thing is for sure, this is going to be a major focus in 2020.
Facing Up to Facebook
Mar 26, 2019

*NB at 14:47: It was Michael Cohen's Rockefeller Center office that was raided by the FBI in April 2018. Paul Manafort's home was searched in August 2017.

Putin’s Meaningless Coup

Sergei Guriev

The message of Vladimir Putin’s call in his recent state-of-the-nation speech for a constitutional overhaul is not that the Russian regime is going to be transformed; it isn’t. Rather, the message is that Putin knows his regime is on the wrong side of history – and he is dead set on keeping it there.

The Truth About the Trump Economy

Joseph E. Stiglitz

It is becoming conventional wisdom that US President Donald Trump will be tough to beat in November, because, whatever reservations about him voters may have, he has been good for the American economy. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Work in the Twenty-First Century

Jane Humphries & Benjamin Schneider

Although work commands the bulk of most people's time and attention, there is very little clarity about how it will change with the adoption and diffusion of powerful new technologies. Fortunately, far from being predetermined, the future of work will be whatever we make it.

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Elmira Bayrasli

US Foreign Policy After the Midterm Election

Entrepreneurship as a Diplomatic Tool

Disinfo Wars

America’s Impeachment Struggle

How to Tax the Super Rich

Is the War on Terror Over?

Revisiting the End of the Cold War

The War on Women: The View from China

The Secret Openings of US Foreign Policy

Journalism on (Thin) Ice

Facing Up to Facebook

Facing Up to Facebook

The Best Tool to Fight Climate Change

Putin’s Meaningless Coup

Closing the SDG Gap

The Truth About the Trump Economy

Hostages of History

Work in the Twenty-First Century

The New Davos Challenge

What Could Spoil 2020?

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