Elmira Bayrasli

Writing for PS since 2016
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33 videos & podcasts

Elmira Bayrasli is the director of the Bard Globalization and International Affairs program and the co-founder and CEO of Foreign Policy Interrupted. She is 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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What History Can Teach Us About COVID-19

What History Can Teach Us About COVID-19

Mar 31, 2020 Frank Snowden & Elmira Bayrasli discuss how global health crises have restructured societies in the past, and what lessons we can take from them in dealing with COVID-19.

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How to Start a Movement

How to Start a Movement

Mar 17, 2020 Leymah Gbowee & Elmira Bayrasli discuss how women are critical to building peace and security.

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Live from Brooklyn Public Library: How Democrats Can Win in 2020

Live from Brooklyn Public Library: How Democrats Can Win in 2020

Mar 3, 2020 Joseph E. Stiglitz, et al. take a hard look at widening inequality in the United States, and ask which policy proposals advanced by the 2020 Democratic candidates best address it.

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What do Mainstream Economists Get Wrong About Poverty and Growth?

What do Mainstream Economists Get Wrong About Poverty and Growth?

Feb 18, 2020 Abhijit Banerjee & Elmira Bayrasli discuss whether economic growth alone can alleviate global poverty and inequality.

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Is it Time for Iowa to Pass the Torch?

Is it Time for Iowa to Pass the Torch?

Feb 4, 2020 Edward L. Widmer & Elmira Bayrasli discuss the outsize influence Iowa has in determining US presidential candidates.

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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.

China and America Are Failing the Pandemic Test

Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

All national leaders must put their country’s interests first, but the important question is how broadly or narrowly they define those interests. Both China and the US are responding to COVID-19 with an inclination toward short-term, zero-sum approaches, and too little attention to international institutions and cooperation.