Undercurrents: Feminist foreign policy, and adapting to an age of crisis

What is the impact of feminist foreign policy on international relations? And how can we prepare the next generation for the turbulence of the 21st century?

Audio Published 11 March 2022 59 minute listen

The idea of feminist foreign policy has entered the political mainstream in recent years, but does adoption by governments risk diluting the more radical dimensions of its agenda? To mark International Women’s Day, Mariana is joined by Marissa Conway, co-founder of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy, to discuss the trajectory of FFP. 

Then Ben speaks with former UK Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher about his new book, Ten Survival Skills for a World in Flux. As the world contends with numerous overlapping crises from climate change and COVID-19 to the war in Ukraine, the capacity of individuals and societies to deal with geopolitical turbulence has rarely been so critical. Tom explains the skills needed to navigate the modern world, and how education systems must adapt to deliver the required change.