Skip to main content

Elmira Bayrasli

Elmira Bayrasli

3 commentaries
75 videos & podcasts

Elmira Bayrasli is the co-founder and CEO of Foreign Policy Interrupted and the author of From The Other Side of The World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlikely Places.

Sort by: Show:
  1. Climate Crunch Time
    mckibben3_GettyImages_dakotapipelineprotest Getty Images

    Climate Crunch Time

    Sep 29, 2020 Bill McKibben interviewed by Elmira Bayrasli about the past, present, and future of the environmental movement 50 years after the first Earth Day.

  2. US Foreign Policy After the Midterm Election
    trump pompeo pray white house Oliver Contreras-Pool/Getty Images

    US Foreign Policy After the Midterm Election

    Nov 21, 2018 Anne-Marie Slaughter & Elmira Bayrasli warn that Trump will be tempted to divert public attention by ratcheting up conflicts abroad.

  3. Entrepreneurship as a Diplomatic Tool
    Business in Africa Jonathan Torgovnik | getty images

    Entrepreneurship as a Diplomatic Tool

    Mar 23, 2016 Anne-Marie Slaughter & Elmira Bayrasli highlight how the profit motive can help to overcome longstanding political conflicts.

  1. thumbnail13.11

    PS Events: COP29 Live From Baku

    PS editors present the COP29 Live From Baku event.
  2. barfi27_MANDEL NGANAFP via Getty Images_trumpnetanyahu Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

    Trumpian Turmoil Is Coming to the Middle East

    Barak Barfi thinks that the regional leaders who are cheering now may soon be pining for a less capricious leader.
  3. galbraith38_MandelNganGettyImages_democrats_funeral Mandel Ngan/Getty Images

    The Democrats Committed Suicide This Year

    James K. Galbraith thinks the party has only itself to blame for losing the 2024 election on low voter turnout.
  4. chellaney181_JAM STA ROSAAFP via Getty Images_south china JAM STA ROSA/AFP via Getty Images

    America Must Stand Up to Asia's Bully

    Brahma Chellaney urges Donald Trump’s incoming administration to push back against China’s aggressive expansionism.
  5. terzi6_green transition degrowth Getty Images

    Inclusive Finance Is the Key to Climate Action

    Sophie Sirtaine & Sophie Sirtaine calls for COP29 to address the overlooked question of how to channel funds to vulnerable communities.
  6. tharoor196_Yawar NazirGetty Images_ladakh Yawar Nazir/Getty Images

    India’s Troubled Truce with China

    Shashi Tharoor fears that the recent agreement ending the military standoff in Ladakh will not bring the expected benefits.
  7. nsofor10_XinhuaNewsAgencyGettyImages_cancer_screening Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images

    Reducing Men’s Cancer Burden

    Ifeanyi M. Nsofor outlines a holistic approach that combines personal responsibility with community and government action.
  8. acemoglu80_ Joshua LottGetty Images_democrats Joshua Lott/Getty Images

    The Trump Shock Is the Democrats’ Fault

    Daron Acemoglu

    While the Democrats have won some recent elections with support from Silicon Valley, minorities, trade unions, and professionals in large cities, this coalition was never sustainable. The party has become culturally disconnected from, and disdainful of, precisely the voters it needs to win.

    thinks Kamala Harris lost because her party has ceased to be the political home of American workers.
  9. christiansen1_Alexis RosenfeldGetty Images_dead coral Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images

    Trouble Lurks Beneath the Surface of Ocean Conservation

    César Gaviria & Patti Harris warn that current marine protected areas come nowhere close to what is needed to preserve sea life.

Edit Newsletter Preferences

Set up Notification

To receive email updates regarding this {entity_type}, please enter your email below.

If you are not already registered, this will create a PS account for you. You should receive an activation email shortly.