ABOUT THIS EPISODE
As world leaders set their countries' foreign policies, history (https://www.fpri.org/article/2016/04/history-foreign-policy-making-relationship-work/) might seem an obvious basis upon which to base sound policy. Other potential bases that might seem obvious include game theory (https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2017-02-01/trump-and-putins-game-theory) and perhaps even evolutionary theory (http://oxfordre.com/politics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-294). But is feminism an underappreciated basis? I discuss this topic with Jamille Bigio, Alexandra Bro, and Rachel Vogelstein, all at the Council on Foreign Relations. At a time when Sweden explicitly labels its foreign policy as "feminist," we explore what that means and whether there's evidence that feminist foreign policy is smart foreign policy.
LINKS
--Jamille Bigio's CFR profile (https://www.cfr.org/expert/jamille-bigio)
--Alexandra Bro's CFR profile (https://www.cfr.org/staff/alexandra-bro)
--Rachel Vogelstein's CFR profile (https://www.cfr.org/expert/rachel-vogelstein)
--"Sweden's Feminist Foreign Policy: Long May It Reign" (by Rachel Vogelstein and Alexandra Bro, in Foreign Policy) (https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/30/sweden-feminist-foreignpolicy/)
--"Growing Economies Through Gender Parity" (interactive CFR report) (https://www.cfr.org/interactive/womens-participation-in-global-economy/)
--"Countering Sexual Violence in Conflict" (by Jamille Bigio and Rachel Vogelstein) (https://www.cfr.org/report/countering-sexual-violence-conflict)
--Nadia Murad Wikipedia entry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Murad)
--Denis Mukwege Wikipedia entry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Mukwege)
--"A Place of Her Own: Women's Right to Land" (Alexandra Bro, coauthored with Meighan Stone) (https://www.cfr.org/blog/place-her-own-womens-right-land)
--"Let Women Work" (by Rachel Vogelstein, in Foreign Affairs) (https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2017-12-12/let-women-work)
Special Guests: Alexandra Bro, Jamille Bigio, and Rachel Vogelstein.
