WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

The second largest economy in Latin America, Mexico is undergoing rapid social, political, and economic change. A new generation of leaders is working to reclaim Mexico’s status as a dynamic and thriving global player.

With supply chains and end markets spread across the globe, companies are now more vulnerable than ever to country and geopolitical risk.

Over the last decade, drones have become a key tool in the US counterterrorism toolbox. But our technology may have outpaced our policy, with many questioning the program’s lack of transparency, morality, and long term political contributions.

The complex interaction of trade, capital, information, and technology is leading to an unprecedented level of human interconnectedness. This highly networked global society means record numbers of the world's population are moving into the middle class, especially in Asia.

Nearly two decades after Rabin and Arafat shook hands on the White House lawn, lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians remains elusive.

As November’s elections approach, the impending “fiscal cliff” of federal spending cuts and tax increases looms over the American economy, and uncertainty in Europe continues to add anxiety to U.S. markets. Can the eurozone survive? What will it take to keep the eurozone intact?

Young-Kee Kim, deputy director of Fermilab and professor of physics at the University of Chicago, presents recent advances in Higgs boson research and talks about the future directions of high-energy particle experimentation in Europe and the United States.