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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’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, and the ability of international pressure and sanctions in bringing to an end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with Philip Short, and the positioning of India and China during this invasion. A former foreign correspondent in Moscow, Beijing, and Washington, D.C., for the BBC, the Economist, and the Times of London, Short authored definitive biographies of Mao, Pol Pot, and François Mitterrand. Recently, he has published the biography, Putin, which draws on deep research to reveal the Putin behind the invasion of Ukraine which has dragged Russia back to a dark past. Short spent the 2018-19 academic year with the Dickey Center at Dartmouth College as the Magro Family Distinguished Visitor in International Affairs, while conducting research for Putin.

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 democracy face, motivations that drive proponents of democracy to challenge the status quo, the utility of social media for democratic activists in the Global South, the war against truth by illiberal regimes, and more with Garry Kasparov and Evan Mawarire. Kasparov is a world-renowned Chess Champion, founder of the Renew Democracy Initiative, author, and democracy and human rights advocate from Russia. Mawarire is the creator of the #ThisFlag movement, advocate, speaker, and trainer on nonviolent citizen-driven change, democracy development and human rights from Zimbabwe. 

World Outlook senior editor Sri Sathvik Rayala '24 and associate editors Madeleine Shaw '25 and Quinn Hall '26 discuss the relations between Russia, India, and China following the invasion of Ukraine, the threat of nuclear proliferation in Eastern Europe, the stability of the European Union, the possibility of off ramps for de-escalation in the Russo-Ukrainian War, the women-led protests in Iran, and the tensions in the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia with Joseph Cirincione. Cirincione is one of America’s foremost national security experts on nuclear non-proliferation who served as Director for Non-Proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

World Outlook senior editor Sri Sathvik Rayala '24 and associate editors Madeleine Shaw '25 and Adam Tobeck '25 discuss civil conflict in Mali, the 2015 peace accord in Mali, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, population growth, climate change, inequality, migration, the various initiatives performed by the foreign service for Americans and the international community, and more with Ambassador Bisa William—a career diplomat whose tours include France, Mauritius, and Panama and who served as the ambassador to Niger for three years following her appointment by President Obama in 2010. 

World Outlook senior editor Sri Sathvik Rayala '24 and associate editors Madeleine Shaw '25 and Adam Tobeck '25 discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine, refugees and migration, human rights issues, and more with Ambassador Keith Harper, who served as U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council from 2014 to 2017 during the tenure of the Obama Administration. 

Annie Pforzheimer,  Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Afghanistan (2018-19), and Dr. Tina Dooley-Jones, Mission Director to USAID Afghanistan (2020-2021),  joined World Outlook editors Ben Vagle '22 , Charlie Bateman '22, and  Sathvik Rayala '24 to discuss topics concerning Afghanistan, including the U.S. withdrawal, the efficacy of U.S. foreign aid in Afghanistan,  the fate of Afghan refugees, and the role of women in U.S. foreign policy.

For the season finale, The Outlook has a special episode, with a discussion on Professor Rezvani's work on partially independent territories, a segment filled with takes on the Julian Assange extradition from World Outlook members, and a Q/A with Ambassador Rubin. Thank you for a great first season and thank you to the Class of 2020 for putting in so much time and effort into this organization! 

World Outlook editors Ben Vagle '22 and Sathvik Rayala '24  discuss American civil discourse with David Mindich, the Chair of the Department of Journalism at Temple University and the author of Tuned Out: Why Americans Under 40 Don't Follow the News.

Update on the implications of elections in Italy's Emilia-Romagna region and Trump's "Deal of the Century" in Israel.