The Looking Glass

We have arrived at The Looking Glass' third and final installment of our diplomacy series, a complement to the current print journal, "Ex Amicitia Pax: Diplomacy in Action." This episode focuses on how the expanse and power of corporations are tied to their international conduct a.k.a corporate diplomacy. In a world where public perception and company values have a growing impact on a corporation's success, understanding geopolitics is essential. To learn more, we had the pleasure of speaking with Prashanth Rajan, director of APCO Worldwide, and SAIS M.A. students Ananya Kumar and Andrew Pince. This episode was produced by Ester Fang, Gregory Kist, Emma Riley, and Vivian Chen.
This episode was produced by Ester Fang, Gregory Kist, Emma Riley, Vivian Chen, and Arthur Xie.

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Join hosts Jen Roberts and Derek Chuah as The Looking Glass enters its fourth season! This episode features a roundtable of cybersecurity professionals who discuss a variety of topics, ranging from how malware is implemented in cyberattacks to a review of the Biden Administration's cybersecurity policies.
Join us as we discuss choosing our weapon with Will Loomis, an Assistant Director at the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Ross Luo, a Software Engineer at Nvidia and a Cyber Officer in the Air Force Reserves, Justin Marinelli, an Analyst at the Department of Defense, and Alexandra Seymour, the Chief of Staff at CalypsoAI.
This episode was produced by Jen Roberts and Derek Chuah.

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This episode of The Looking Glass follows the rise of authoritarianism in Poland over the past forty years and considers the varied consequences; from rising tensions with the European Union, to the weaponization of conspiracy and revisionist history, to violations of human rights and threats to democracy. It considers the state of things, as well as the stakes–what it all means for Poles today and in the future.
Joining us in this episode are Professor Charles Gati of Johns Hopkins SAIS and American University Master’s candidate Abigail Steinsieck, whose testimonies shed light on how, when, and why Poland transitioned from a paragon of a post-Soviet democracy to a semi-authoritarian state–and what may be coming next.
This episode was produced by Mary Hopkins and Jen Roberts.

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Welcome to our inaugural episode! On this episode, we speak with SAIS Professor Emeritus David M. Lampton about the future of U.S.-China relations. Our student panel with Zhanping Ling, Logan Ma, and Chenyu Wu weigh in with insightful reflection. Join us as we peer into the Looking Glass.
This episode was produced by Ester Fang and Gregory Kist.

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Digital authoritarianism is a wide-ranging and, at times, difficult-to-define area of international security analysis. To help us tease out some key terms and analytical frameworks in this ever-evolving domain, we brought on international security expert and analyst Mr. Erol Yayboke, Director of the Project on Fragility and Mobility and Senior Fellow for the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

In 2020, Mr. Yayboke and Deputy Assistant Samuel Brannen of the U.S. Department of Defense jointly published a CSIS brief, “Promote and Build: A Strategic Approach to Digital Authoritarianism.” The publication puts forth a useful analytical set of concepts to develop a deeper understanding of the modern landscape of digital authoritarianism as a threat to global democracies and the subversion of human rights while also highlighting some specific key actors, models, and methods of the practice, and other overlapping challenges in our rapidly digitizing world.

You can read Mr. Yayboke and Deputy Assistant Brannen’s full CSIS brief here -

“Promote and Build: A Strategic Approach to Digital Authoritarianism.”
Other work by Mr. Yayboke and his colleagues:
"The Real National Security Concerns over Data Localization."
"Technology as a Driver of Gender Equality and Peace."
This episode was hosted and produced by Noelle Boyd.

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