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Talking Foreign Policy

Launched in 2012, "Talking Foreign Policy" is a one-hour radio program, hosted by CWRU School of Law Dean Michael Scharf, in which experts discuss the salient foreign policy issues of the day.

Aug 26, 2024

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,...


May 28, 2024

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...


Feb 19, 2024

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...