# Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde A podcast by CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies. Hosted by Dan Runde, William A. Schreyer Chair and Director, Project on Prosperity and Development, Building the Future explores topics at the intersection of global development, foreign policy, and national security. In each episode, Dan sits down for a discussion with a leading expert from government, the private sector, and international organizations to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the world today. Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/BuildingTheFutureWithDanRunde ## Latest episodes - [Shaping the Future of Financial Services Through Innovative Technologies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/7f7f09ea1328) (2025-07-10, 23 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1054721212.mp3?updated=1752097547 - [Shaping Tomorrow: USAID’s Digital Future with Chris Burns](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/392e34f9398a) (2024-09-09, 45 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3122309942.mp3?updated=1725987113 - [Bridging the Gender Digital Divide with Jamie Zimmerman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/92d5819d5fb9) (2024-06-12, 39 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9149903472.mp3?updated=1718220479 - [Digital Transformation and Digital Public Infrastructure in India with Shatakratu Sahu](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/89183be4e89f) (2024-05-30, 26 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5089346818.mp3?updated=1717086369 - [The Historical Appeal of Foreign Dictators among American Conservatives with Jacob Heilbrunn](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/b7b11b19fd3f) (2024-04-19, 22 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1341682777.mp3?updated=1713559059 - [Climate-Related Migration and Adaptation Funding with Sarah Bermeo and Kerilyn Schewel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/7c5b13d598b9) (2024-04-03, 36 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1868886341.mp3?updated=1712253228 - [Creating an International Anti-Corruption Court with Judge Mark Wolf](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/0b49ac9a38ce) (2024-03-25, 23 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS7080196932.mp3?updated=1711387276 - [A Conservative Policy Approach to the New Cold War against China with Dan Negrea and Matthew Kroenig](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/2ecd9fe76fcb) (2024-03-07, 31 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1214249209.mp3?updated=1709838459 - [Leading Private Investment in Global Nutritional Security with Drs. Antonio Tataranni and Marianne O'Shea](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/8ea9ff2adaaf) (2024-02-21, 35 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS6098932027.mp3?updated=1708553943 - [Private Equity Investment and Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa with Drs. Louise Fox and Michael Nicholson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/b8d6862d6868) (2024-02-07, 22 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS6763727888.mp3?updated=1707342481 - [Diplomacy in Latin America with former U. S. Ambassador Luigi Einaudi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/9d2f7acc5c7c) (2024-01-24, 36 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5702694257.mp3?updated=1706116625 - [The Key Role of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) in Global Development with Priya Vora](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/c7510a5f12cf) (2024-01-10, 20 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9838386259.mp3?updated=1704907685 - [How to Evaluate and Measure Long-Term Aid Development Projects with William Warshauer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/2b4769b71890) (2023-12-14, 17 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS7414996649.mp3?updated=1702567769 - [Congressional Visit to Ukraine, Poland, and Moldova with Elizabeth Hoffman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/dbfe21e74221) (2023-11-29, 19 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1952788729.mp3?updated=1701289532 - [Shifting Mindsets to Enable Entrepreneurship in the Developing World with Professors Shad Morris and Chad Carlos](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/e1e256f53426) (2023-11-15, 20 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS6008218489.mp3?updated=1700070403 - [Freedom as a Path to Prosperity with Dan Negrea and Joseph Lemoine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/ba7dbf437109) (2023-11-01, 20 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3551798006.mp3?updated=1698870909 - [Critical Minerals and National Security with Veronika Shime](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/9f8952b668cc) (2023-10-24, 19 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3307148454.mp3?updated=1698154973 - [Russia's Democratic Future with Ilya Ponomarev](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/606317c9cc55) (2023-10-04, 17 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1451608144.mp3?updated=1696425622 - [Lessons in Leadership: A Conversation with Aaron S. Williams](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/7c4aedc67306) (2023-09-21, 22 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS7837419397.mp3?updated=1695313498 - [The Importance of "Cross-Cultural" Sensitivity with Jessica Stone](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/3a9be097ab88) (2023-09-07, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4407909570.mp3?updated=1694119914 - [Water Strategy: Investment and Security](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/d14279faff2f) (2023-08-24, 29 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1412955351.mp3?updated=1693940237 - [Agricultural Financing with Tim Strong and Mark Castellino](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/876959d2bcd6) (2023-08-10, 43 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3348128091.mp3?updated=1691692663 - [Global Water Security and Safe Water with Mary Beth Cote-Jenssen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/591909de9c50) (2023-07-26, 21 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS7484022506.mp3?updated=1690389687 - [Building Peace and Keeping It with Bob Berg](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/cf9c5c826a59) (2023-07-13, 27 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3583395846.mp3?updated=1689264010 - [US-China Competition through Higher Education with Dr. William Kirby](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/393c3f9994d5) (2023-06-29, 39 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9624909661.mp3?updated=1688041828 - [Multi-stakeholder and Public-Private Partnerships in Food Systems of the Future](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/35c38853c016) (2023-06-21, 37 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS6523705600.mp3?updated=1687359206 - [Diplomatic Relationships with the Vatican with Former Ambassador Francis Rooney](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/c268ca1cef45) (2023-05-31, 21 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS6992897538.mp3?updated=1685566070 - [The Rise of Autocracies and How to Combat It: Discussing Charles Dunst's New Book](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/5a3ef322cd26) (2023-05-17, 19 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3042493742.mp3?updated=1684330647 - [Character Driven Leadership and the Ukraine Conflict with Dr. Evelyn Farkas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/ae5bbcb58450) (2023-05-03, 24 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5460025532.mp3?updated=1683134420 - [Debt Transparency and the Future of International Development with Dr. Rafael Romeu](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/695a8be6307b) (2023-04-28, 37 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5799362260.mp3?updated=1682696510 - [Diversity in International Affairs with First Trip’s Dex M. Burns](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/60e081cfd72a) (2023-04-19, 15 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4295442257.mp3?updated=1681926366 - [Innovating Digital Technology in Agriculture with Agromovil’s Andrew Mack](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/99e56ecb9475) (2023-04-07, 18 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9050505416.mp3?updated=1680888967 - [Insights into International Diplomacy with Catherine Ashton](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/f3831b135039) (2023-03-23, 22 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9059029355.mp3?updated=1679604900 - [Denouncing Your Own Government with Nicaraguan Ambassador Arturo McFields](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/61fab16285ca) (2023-03-08, 17 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9869719457.mp3?updated=1678286136 - [Foreign Policy Lessons from the Bush Administration: Discussing Stephen Hadley's New Book Handoff](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/5efc01083198) (2023-02-22, 35 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS2592730160.mp3?updated=1677102269 - [The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership through Soft Power by Daniel F. Runde](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/8d11c569f484) (2023-02-07, 48 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8036716251.mp3?updated=1675796747 - [How the U.S Treasury Office of Technical Assistance Impacts the World's Economy with Larry McDonald](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/be38dd307f22) (2023-01-25, 20 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8580129556.mp3?updated=1674667950 - [How Loans Improve Lives with Kathy Guis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/3e36b1c709ad) (2023-01-12, 16 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS2547233497.mp3?updated=1673534313 - [The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter with Shannon O'Neil](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/540af21bc682) (2023-01-04, 18 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS7964571809.mp3?updated=1672841509 - [The Story of Opportunity with Atul Tandon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/826cc4f92488) (2022-12-14, 22 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5820995468.mp3?updated=1671036205 - [The Importance of U.S. Congressional Support for Ukraine with Peter Roskam](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/14d7004031bb) (2022-11-30, 19 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9942195839.mp3?updated=1669817824 - [PADF: 60 Years Creating a Hemisphere of Opportunity, with Katie Taylor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/6cda7bbc9c15) (2022-11-16, 20 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5215928766.mp3?updated=1668608126 - [Hong Kong Two Years Later with Olivia Enos](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/b9959472f653) (2022-11-02, 17 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9530830248.mp3?updated=1667394847 - [Bike Riding in Kabul: The Global Adventures of a Foreign Aid Practitioner with Jamie Bowman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/1b4ad550a340) (2022-10-26, 15 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4141103277.mp3?updated=1666790310 - [The Case for Panama with Ambassador Ramón Eduardo Martínez de la Guardia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/82ce396b0c23) (2022-10-19, 20 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1130586842.mp3?updated=1666185287 - [The Future of Myanmar with Erin Murphy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/cd5e1f302a77) (2022-10-12, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5769550584.mp3?updated=1665604137 - [The Launch of SCIF with Harry Bader](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/06f8a1bccf32) (2022-10-06, 23 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1961714810.mp3?updated=1665069919 - [The Road Ahead for Nicaragua with Ambassador John Feeley](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/6cadc6351944) (2022-09-28, 33 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8822606227.mp3?updated=1664389489 - [Asia’s Journey to Prosperity: Lessons from Takehiko Nakao](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/d410fe29a416) (2022-09-21, 35 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS6827073297.mp3?updated=1663782364 - [America's Great-Power Opportunity with Ali Wyne](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163347389/ab804dbf9068) (2022-09-14, 27 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9831120239.mp3?updated=1663013834 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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