International Security Archives - The World from PRX
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International Security Archives - The World from PRX
A daily public radio broadcast program and podcast from PRX and WGBH, hosted by Marco Werman
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USA Freedom Act co-sponsor calls the bill a good step — but says more must be done
Rep. Jerry Nadler has been an outspoken critic of NSA surveillance. He was part of the effort to reform the Patriot Act that culminated in the USA Fre...
Afghan rapper escaped teen marriage by singing about it
A young girl from Afghanistan escaped being forced into marrying a man when she was 14 years old — by writing a rap song about it. The young rapper is...
After a year of torture in Syrian jail, an activist finally makes it to the US
After a year in a Syrian jail being tortured by the regime's police, activist Karam Al Hamad finally escaped to Turkey. He says he'll only feel safe o...
As Netanyahu campaigns on Iran, Israelis prepare to vote on their rent
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled big on national security in Israel's upcoming election, saying only he and his party could keep Isra...
How ISIS uses the tools of activism for its own violent goals
"Today, ISIS is running probably the most effective propaganda machine out there," says one analyst. But while ISIS may have the tools of activism dow...
The World explores youth activism at SXSW
Gezi Park. Tahrir Square. Hong Kong. Ferguson. What form is youth activism taking and how is it different from what came before? The World brings you...
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Demonstrators in Moscow seem to be living in a ‘parallel universe’
The "Anti-Maidan" rally in Moscow marked one year since a pro-Western uprising in Kiev's Maidan Square toppled Ukraine's president. But the attendees...
Pakistan is an unexpected leader in rehabilitating former jihadis
Experts are realizing there's no way to capture or kill our way out of the problem of Westerners joining radical groups in places like Iraq or Syria....
A Muslim and a Jew walk into a comedy club in Paris — and hilarity ensues
After the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists were murdered for their irreverent drawings of the Prophet Mohammed, some in France have accused Muslims of lackin...