Elmira Bayrasli

Writing for PS since 2016
2 commentaries
10 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.

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US Foreign Policy After the Midterm Election
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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.

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Entrepreneurship as a Diplomatic Tool
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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.

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A Referendum on the EU Experiment?

A Referendum on the EU Experiment?

May 21, 2019 Yascha Mounk & Elmira Bayrasli outline what’s at stake for Europe during this week’s elections for the European Parliament.

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The Secret Openings of US Foreign Policy

The Secret Openings of US Foreign Policy

May 7, 2019 Elmira Bayrasli & William J. Burns discuss the diplomatic back channels that helped drive the negotiations leading to the Iran nuclear deal, and how they help serve US interests abroad.

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Journalism on (Thin) Ice

Journalism on (Thin) Ice

Apr 23, 2019 Elmira Bayrasli & Jay Rosen examine the precarious state of the news media, and discuss strategies for revival.

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A Woman’s Fight for the Right to Play

A Woman’s Fight for the Right to Play

Apr 9, 2019 Elmira Bayrasli & Maria Toorpakai Wazir discuss defying the Taliban and how sports can be a platform for politics.

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Facing Up to Facebook

Facing Up to Facebook

Mar 26, 2019 Elmira Bayrasli & Roger McNamee discuss how the platform betrayed its promise.

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The Secret Openings of US Foreign Policy
May 8, 2019

Well said J.Von Hettlingen!
Journalism on (Thin) Ice
Apr 30, 2019

Thanks for your thoughts Peter. I do think that there are news outlets and publications that work hard to report facts. I can appreciate, however, your frustration with the media.
Facing Up to Facebook
Apr 1, 2019

Thanks Petey. You make excellent points. It will be interesting to see how Congress takes up this issue and moves it forward. One thing is for sure, this is going to be a major focus in 2020.
Facing Up to Facebook
Mar 26, 2019

*NB at 14:47: It was Michael Cohen's Rockefeller Center office that was raided by the FBI in April 2018. Paul Manafort's home was searched in August 2017.
Special Edition: Brexit, the Season Finale?
Mar 21, 2019

Yes, Steve. This is a point that I found fascinating as I prepared for the segment. Your point about employing Article 50 is a good one. Thanks for sharing it. And thanks for listening.

The Real Cost of Trump’s Tariffs

Jeffrey Frankel

Whereas winners tend to outnumber losers when trade is liberalized, raising tariffs normally has the opposite result. US President Donald Trump appears to have engineered a spectacular example of this: his trade war with China has hurt almost every segment of the US economy, and created very few winners.