Chen Jian on his book Zhou Enlai: A Life and the Future of Chinese-US Diplomacy
Chen Jian is a professor of history at New York University. His 2024 book, “Zhou Enlai: A Life,” is the first comprehensive biography of the powerful Chinese st...
Category: Interviews
Beyond Temporary: Exploring Refugee Belonging in Pakistan
In Conversation with Ambassador Mansoor Ahmed Khan, Former Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan, conducted in December 2025 In 2025, Pakistan once again stood at...
A Conversation with Former Georgian MP, Tamar Chugoshvili
The South Caucasus has historically been at the center of great-power competition due to its unique location, which sits on the fault line between Europe and th...
“The Devil Is in the Details”: Hal Brands on Reforming American Grand Strategy
The Trump Administration’s policies have had global ramifications for America’s place in preserving stability and peace. For many, these policies are destructiv...
“China is Learning Super Fast:” Economist Zhiguo He on U.S.–China Financial Ties, Tariffs, and the Future of Global Markets
Zhiguo He is a Chinese economist and James Irvin Miller Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Before joining the Stanford faculty, h...
“We are in Uncharted History:” Liqian Ren on China’s Economy, DeepSeek, and US-China Relations
This transcript is from an interview conducted on March 9, 2025, in partnership with the Brown China Summit (BCS). Founded in 2014, the Brown China Summit is Br...
CNN Producer Nimi Princewell Discusses the Conflict in the DRC
This transcript comes from a written interview conducted in February 2025 with Nimi Princewill. Nimi Princewill is a news producer with CNN based in Abuja, Nige...
Oxfam International Country Director and Human Rights Advocate Fausto Belo Ximenes Discusses Peace Building and International Development
In December, the YRIS Interviews and Events Team sat down for an interview with Fausto Belo Ximenes, a member of the 2024 Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Pro...
Affinity Africa Founder and CEO Tarek Mouganie Discusses the Important Impact of Banking on Socioeconomic Development in Africa
As part of a series of conversations with the 2024 Class of the Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program, Abla Abdulkadir, Sarah Jeddy, and Owen Haywood of th...
“Follow events. Write. Get your voices to be known.” 2024 Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellow Babra Bhebe on How to Make an Impact on the Future of Democracy.
Last month, the YRIS Interview and Events Team sat down with Babra Ontibile Bhebe, a member of the 2024 Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program. A native Zim...