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UNDER THREAT: WOMEN, POWER, and DEMOCRACY
Why are fewer women seeking political leadership today? In this episode of The Forum Plus, journalist and author Linda Robinson examines the growing threats, harassment, and intimidation that are driving many women away from public service both in the United States and around the world.
As threats, harassment, and intimidation increasingly target women leaders, and often their families, many are deciding that the personal cost of public service is simply too high. Robinson explores how attacks on democracy and gender equality frequently go hand in hand, particularly under authoritarian movements. Drawing on her extensive interviews with women who have led their countries’ defense against authoritarianism, she describes similarities among these inspiring leaders.
Host: Jim Falk
Guests: Linda Robinson, Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy, and author of Women in Power: Fighting for Democracy in an Age of Authoritarianism
ROGUE STATES: LEARNING FROM THE PAST
A Conversation with Diplomatic Historian Matthew Frake
In our conversation, Matthew Frakes, author of Rogue States: The Making of America’s Global War on Terror, takes us back to the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush presidencies—when policies forged in that era help explain, in part, what we’re witnessing today in Iran and, earlier this year, in Venezuela.
Listeners will also hear a short archival clip of George H. W. Bush and Margaret Thatcher speaking to reporters at the Aspen Institute on August 2, 1990, just as Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait was unfolding, a moment that would help shape the future U.S. approach to state-sponsored aggression.
If you missed the live program, you can listen to the recording of ROGUE STATES on WorldNow with Jim Falk HERE.