Say More: An Interview with John Andrews

John Andrews on vaccine nationalism's geopolitical implications, Joe Biden’s Iran and Saudi Arabia policies, and his own experiences as a foreign... The PS Say More Newsletter | [View this message in a web browser]( [PS Say More]( This week in Say More, PS talks with John Andrews, a former editor and foreign correspondent for The Economist, and the author of [The World in Conflict: Understanding the World’s Troublespots](. To read the full interview – in which Andrews considers the geopolitical implications of vaccine nationalism, assesses Joe Biden’s approaches to Iran and Saudi Arabia, and recalls haunting experiences from his long career as a foreign correspondent – [click here](. John Andrews Says More… Syndicate: Last July, you [noted]( that, “MBS’s foreign policy is based on a loathing of the Muslim Brotherhood and a paranoid hostility toward Iran – a position shared by Israel.” As the Biden administration moves to re-launch negotiations with Iran on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which Trump abandoned in 2018, how should it navigate Saudi interests and pressures? Likewise, with Israeli forces [stepping up]( preparations for possible offensive action against Iran this year, what can the Biden administration – and other regional players – do to [prevent escalation]( John Andrews: In the days of the Shah, Iran was... [Continue reading]( [Low Dishonest Decades]( [Low Dishonest Decades]( By John Andrews Myriad political and economic factors, together with muddled leadership, eroded democratic institutions and enfeebled governments across Europe between 1918 and 1939. No one today can say how the damage wrought by former US President Donald Trump and his populist acolytes in Europe will ramify in the years ahead. By the Way... PS: Last year, you released the third edition of your book, [The World in Conflict: Understanding the World’s Troublespots]( which examines the causes and status of global hostilities. Among the conflicts that you added is the reawakening of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Now, despite the British government’s promise to ensure barrier-free trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain after Brexit, new checks have been introduced, renewing fears that the Good Friday Agreement could be under threat. How should officials mitigate the risks to peace? JA: The truth is that, unless the UK rejoined the EU’s single market – anathema to hardline Brexiteers – some kind of border check between Northern Ireland and Great Britain... [Continue reading]( [An Interview with Françoise Girard]( Previously in Say More [Françoise Girard]( – former president of the International Women’s Health Coalition – calls for a permanent end to the global gag rule, explains how the pandemic has vindicated feminism, and shows why intersectionality is the only way forward for feminists. [Read more](. [Check out the Say More archive]( [PS. Take 50% off a new subscription with the code SPRING2021]( [How to Start a Movement]( Previously in Opinion Has It [How to Start a Movement]( [Leymah Gbowee]( joins [Elmira Bayrasli]( in this PS podcast Liberian activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee launched a movement that toppled a dictatorship and ended a 14-year civil war. The key to her success: women. Listen on [PS]( [Apple]( [Soundcloud]( [Spotify]( [Google]( and all other listening apps. Or [read the transcript](. [Check out the Opinion Has It archive]( [PS Events. Watch the Investing in Climate Action virtual event]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.