Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright: ‘Globalization is not a four-letter word’
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks with The World’s Marco Werman about US President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend funding for the World Health Organization and the future of multilateral diplomacy. Albright’s latest memoir, “Hell and Other Destinations,” was released this week.
Family Secrets: A Takeaway Listener’s Story
Last week, we talked with Madeleine Albright about her life, and her discovery in adulthood that she was Jewish. We asked our listeners: have you ever discovered a secret about your family or identity? We received a lot of responses, including one from Loren Levinson. She was adopted when she was a baby and raised her whole life […]
Madeleine Albright on History, Identity and American Power
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has spent her career working on complicated issues of history, ethnic identity and governance, but she didn’t realize the complexity of her own identity until the age of 59. In 1997, as the Clinton Administration vetted then-Ambassador Albright for the Secretary of State position, Albright discovered that most of […]
Madeleine Albright Explores the American Relationship with China
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright faced a number of complex challenges throughout her State Department career. Secretary Albright took office in 1997, and devoted much of her tenure to fallout from the Cold War – particularly the wars in the Balkans – but she also managed the United States’ relationship with a rapidly-changing China […]
Madeleine Albright on the Holocaust and Foreign Policy
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks with host Marco Werman about her new book Prague Winter. Sec. Albright considers how her family’s loss during the Holocaust might impact her view on how and when to intervene in global conflicts.
