Michelle Bernier-Toth, special advisor for children’s issues at the Office of Children’s Issues, explains how her office prevents international child abductions, supports international adoptions and works with other countries on these efforts

Jennifer Brody, U.S. Policy and Advocacy Manager at Access Now, discusses protests in Iran and internet blackouts amid historic unrest as well as U.S. government assistance

Michael Walsh, affiliate at the Center for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Studies at Georgetown University, discusses the summit in Washington with leaders from Pacific Island nations and the strategic importance of the region

Michael Polt, Ambassador-in-Residence at Arizona State University, details a new set of blueprints that he helped develop for revitalizing and modernizing the U.S. diplomatic service

Sarah Charles, assistant to the administrator of USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, describes the impact of historic flooding in Pakistan, the food shortage it has led to and U.S. assistance

Sam Edwards, associate professor at Manchester Metropolitan University, discusses changes in the diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and U.K. in light of a new prime minister and new monarch

Elizabeth Wishnick, senior research scientist at CNA, discusses the recent meeting between Putin and Xi and China’s level of support for Russia’s war in Ukraine