Talking Foreign Policy
Talking Foreign Policy is a one-hour radio program that launched in 2012. It is hosted by CWRU School of Law Dean Michael Scharf. Each episode brings together experts to discuss important foreign policy issues of the day. The show offers analysis and debate on current international affairs.
Episodes
Talking Foreign Policy - What is the future of the NATO alliance?
Case Western Reserve University School of Law's "Talking Foreign Policy" radio show/podcast discusses the future of the NATO alliance with leading experts including: Host Michael Scharf, former co-dean of CWRU School of Law and president of the American Branch of the International Law Association; John Bellinger, who served as the Legal Adviser of the National Security Council and the Legal Advi
Talking Foreign Policy - Board of Peace and its prospects for success and potential risks
March 24, 2026 Talking Foreign Policy - Board of Peace and its prospects for success and potential risks
Talking Foreign Policy - Age of Atrocity: A Fire-Side Chat with Ambassador Beth Van Schaack
January 20, 2026 Talking Foreign Policy - Age of Atrocity: A Fire-Side Chat with Ambassador Beth Van Schaack Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Talking Foreign Policy - U.S. Attacks on Venezuelan and Colombian Narco Vessels
Talking Foreign Policy - U.S. Attacks on Venezuelan and Colombian Narco Vessels December 1, 2025 Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Talking Foreign Policy - The UN at 80: Is it Still Relevant
Talking Foreign Policy - Turning Points and Paradigm Shifts in U.S. Foreign Policy
Every so often there is a tectonic shift in American foreign policy -- a fundamental turning point marked by new ways of approaching the world. The post-World War II era of institution-building, the Cold War period of competition and militarization, and the 9/11 global war on terrorism are examples. Has the return of President Trump ushered in one of these historic turning points? What are the ra
Talking Foreign Policy - Prosecuting Russian Environmental War Crimes
In its war with Ukraine, Russia has targeted the environment as its most insidious means of warfare. It has blown up dams, flooded coal mines, burned down national forests, and even targeted the black sea dolphins that inhabit the waters off Ukraine's coast. With an effort to obtain a peace agreement now underway, will the perpetrators of these attacks be brought to justice? Where will they be t
Talking Foreign Policy - Is Taiwan at Risk?
Talking Foreign Policy - Is Taiwan at Risk? Dec. 2, 2024
Talking Foreign Policy - Foreign Policy and the 2024 Presidential Election
Conventional wisdom says that foreign policy doesn't matter in U.S. Presidential elections. Quote "It's the economy, stupid," was long thought to be political gospel. But this election might be different. According to polls, a divided America cares deeply about the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, about the influx of migrants from south of the border, about the looming trade war with Chi
Talking Foreign Policy - 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
This August, the world will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions on the Law of War. These seminal treaties were negotiated following the horrors of the Second World War. Their object was to lay down rules to limit the savagery of armed conflict. Every country in the world has signed them, making the Geneva Conventions the most ratified of all treaties. But are the 75-y
Talking Foreign Policy - Ukraine Endgame
Two years ago, on February 24, 2022, Russia launched a massive invasion of neighboring Ukraine. The International community responded with military aid and sanctions. The U.N. expelled Russia from the Human Rights Council and the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia failed to capture Ukraine's largest cities or topple Ukraine's gove
Talking Foreign Policy - Foreign Policy and Climate Change
September was the hottest month in recorded history. Last summer, smoke from Canadian forest fires blanketed the United States. Maui ignited. Libya was deluged by flooding of biblical dimensions. Sea levels rose as glaciers and ice sheets melted at an accelerating rate. The world's great rivers and lakes are drying up, while climate migrants are pouring across borders. Is it too late to stop
Talking Foreign Policy - The Age of the Strongman
Talking Foreign Policy - The Indictment of Vladimir Putin
May 30, 2023 Two-months ago, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. He's been charged with orchestrating the abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children and transferring them to Russia for adoption. It's the first time a major world leader has been indicted by the International Criminal Court. How will this affect the course of world ev
Talking Foreign Policy - What Went Wrong in Afghanistan?
February 21, 2023 Case Western Reserve University School of Law Since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, the situation there has gone from bad to worse. Today, 20 million Afghans are starving and millions are internally displaced. The Taliban is back in power. They are once again providing sanctuary to terrorist groups that threaten the United States. They have decreed tha
Talking Foreign Policy - The US-Iran Crisis
January 23, 2020 Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Talking Foreign Policy - Prosecuting Russian Leaders for War Crimes
October 24, 2022 Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Talking Foreign Policy - Responding to the Ukraine Crisis
March 21, 2022 Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Talking Foreign Policy - Blood & Treasure
Sept. 28, 2021 Case Western Reserve University School of Law
