Global Translations

The globe is beset by giant problems that don’t respect political boundaries. But are political actors up to the task of solving them? Global Translations unpacks the political roadblocks to smart policy decisions, examining the long-term costs of the short-term thinking that drives many political and business decisions. Hosted by Luiza Savage and powered by POLITICO journalists around the world, Global Translations is a POLITICO podcast, presented by Citi, a leading global bank.

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Episode 29: The new Cold War?
This week The Global Politico examines whether America and Russia are really doomed to clash on the world stage, how we got Vladimir Putin so wrong — and what’s next for the Kremlin leader.
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Episode 28: The Republican Party's war within
The Republican Party under President Trump is a party divided, one at war with itself.
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Episode 27: What it's like to watch a democracy...
Hannah Dreier joins The Global Politico this week to recount her experience covering the Venezuela crisis, as an AP correspondent. She takes listeners inside what it is like to live through complete upheaval...
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Episode 26: Why the Middle East hated Obama but...
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, fresh from a summit with Trump, explains a region in turmoil.
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Episode 25: The Trump White House’s war within
Until a couple weeks ago Laurel Miller was America’s top diplomat charged with dealing with Afghanistan and Pakistan. Miller joins The Global Politico for an exclusive interview...
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Episode 24: Don’t compare Trump to Nixon. It’s ...
This week's guest Elizabeth Drew wrote the book, Washington Journal, as a real-time diary of how the American political world handled the spiraling Watergate investigations.
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Episode 23: Tom Donilon on the one thing Trump ...
Tom Donilon, the former national security adviser, says ‘no doubt about it’ Obama should have done more about Russian hacking of 2016 election.
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Episode 22: J.T. Rogers, foreign policy wonk me...
J.T. Rogers something most unusual in American public life: a playwright whose subject is world affairs — we call him America’s only foreign policy playwright — and he’s just won pretty much every award there is for his latest work, “Oslo".
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Episode 21: Why Rep. Adam Kinzinger is raising ...
Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger says he is prepared to wage a rebellion and raise “holy hell” in the face of new efforts by the White House and its allies to water down a bill enshrining into law tough sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s government.
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Episode 20: Tom Malinowski on arguing with dict...
Tom Malinowski served on President Clinton’s Nati…
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Episode 19: The shove heard round the world
A conversation with Montenegro Prime Minister Dus…
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Episode 18: A master class on Putin & Trump fro...
Brookings Institution President Strobe Talbott de…
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Episode 17: Is Prime Minister Theresa May a Bri...
The Global Politico hits the road again, to the s…
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Episode 16: John Podesta, the Clinton campaign ...
In an exclusive interview with Susan Glasser, Cli…
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Episode 15: Condoleezza Rice: American democrac...
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknow…
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Bonus episode: How France’s new president will ...
POLITICO’s European colleagues Nicholas Vinocur i…
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Episode 14: The resistance will be tweeted with...
The Connecticut senator has emerged as a leader o…
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Episode 13: Sweden's Carl Bildt on Europe vs. T...
"They thought the man had gone bananas": a conver…
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Episode 12: ‘I think there is a fantastic oppor...
In an exclusive for The Global POLITICO, Paul Wol…
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Episode 11: Inside Trump’s NSC with Michael Anton
Michael Anton wrote inflammatory essays backing T…
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Episode 10: Andrea Mitchell on Trump's media wars
After President Trump called her “Hillary Clinton…
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Episode 9: "This theory we didn't do anything" ...
Obama’s top homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco…
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Episode 8: The man who would beat Bibi: Israel'...
Donald Trump wants to team up with Prime Minister…
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Episode 7: A Russia trap? Masha Gessen on Trump...
Are the spiraling investigations around Trump and…
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Episode 6: Can Iraq survive Trump?
The Global POLITICO hits the road this week, trav…
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