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The United Nations secretary-general has been said to hold the “most impossible job in the world.” And for just the 10th time in the organization’s history, a new candidate will soon be stepping into that role. Through immersive storytelling and voices from around the globe, World’s Toughest Job explores the challenges facing the next UN leader. Over eight episodes, we’ll examine how the secretary-general might make a difference on issues including economic turbulence, superpower rivalries, artificial intelligence, inequality, and climate change. This is about more than the one person who will step up to lead an organization. It’s an existential moment for the UN, the one place where countries have a voice and a vote. Get it wrong, and we all feel the consequences. Get it right, and it could mark a turning point for the organization … and the world. World's Toughest Job is a co-production of Foreign Policy and the UN Foundation.

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lundi 20 avril 2026 • Durée 02:21

Between now and the end of this year, 193 member states will elect a new secretary-general of the United Nations. This person will oversee a staff of tens of thousands around the world and be asked to manage global emergencies, avert climate disaster, and end wars—all while answering to 193 bosses. What kind of leader does the world need right now? And how should candidates prepare to serve not just governments but 8 billion people? We’ll get into it all on World’s Toughest Job, coming April 28 from Foreign Policy and the UN Foundation.

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What Kind of Leader Does the UN Need Right Now?

Saison 1 · Épisode 1

mardi 28 avril 2026 • Durée 38:29

This year, 193 member states will elect a new secretary-general of the United Nations. Over the next eight episodes, we’ll ask how the next secretary-general might actually make a difference on issues from economic turbulence and superpower rivalries to artificial intelligence, inequality, and climate change. But today, we’re starting off with the most basic question: What kind of leader does the UN need right now? Host Jasmin Bauomy is joined by Thant Myint-U, a senior fellow at the UN Foundation; Susana Malcorra, the president and co-founder of GWL Voices; and Mark Malloch-Brown, a former UN deputy secretary-general and administrator of the UN Development Programme. World’s Toughest Job is a co-production of Foreign Policy and the UN Foundation.

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Can the Next Secretary-General Deliver for the World’s Young People and Young Countries?

Saison 1 · Épisode 3

mardi 26 mai 2026 • Durée 42:07

In 1960, when 17 African nations declared independence from colonial rule, the United Nations reinvented itself. Today, Africa and parts of Asia are home to the largest generation of young people in history. In Africa alone, 12 million young people enter the workforce every year, but only 3 million formal jobs are created. Development assistance is no longer enough. African leaders want real structural power in the global economy. On this episode of World’s Toughest Job, we ask: Can the next U.N. secretary-general deliver for the world’s young people and young countries? Host Jasmin Bauomy and co-host Mark Malloch-Brown are joined by Martin Kimani, president and CEO of the Africa Center and a former Kenyan ambassador to the U.N.; Joe Studwell, a senior fellow at the United Kingdom’s Overseas Development Institute and the Africa Urban Lab; and Saru Duckworth, a doctoral researcher at Oxford University. World’s Toughest Job is a co-production of Foreign Policy and the UN Foundation.

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Can the Secretary-General Still Act as a Firebreak on Peace and Security?

mardi 19 mai 2026 • Durée 44:07

During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, United Nations Secretary-General U Thant had three things on his side: personal diplomacy, the UN’s neutrality, and a few precious days to negotiate. Today, the risk from war is once again at a dangerous level. And on this episode of World’s Toughest Job, we ask what leverage the next secretary-general will have when a threat simmers for months or years and then explodes—not in 13 days, but in 13 hours. Can they still act as a firebreak when the old safety nets are gone? Or is it truly an impossible job? Jasmin Bauomy and Mark Malloch-Brown are joined by Lynn Kuok, the Lee Kuan Yew chair at Brookings Institution; Ankit Panda, nuclear weapons expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, president of the International Peace Institute. World’s Toughest Job is a co-production of Foreign Policy and the UN Foundation.

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Does the UN Have a Seat at the AI Table?

Saison 1 · Épisode 4

mardi 2 juin 2026 • Durée 36:30

In the United Nations’ early years, Secretary-General Trygve Lie negotiated with governments to stop the nuclear arms race. But today, the code that could reshape civilization is owned by private companies. This year, one of the leading artificial intelligence labs decided its new model was too dangerous to release. It was essentially a private CEO making a governance call for the entire world. The UN wasn’t in the room. In fact, it wasn't even invited. The UN is trying to catch up. It has launched a new scientific panel, and it is hosting global dialogues in Geneva to get everyone on the same page. But is that enough? Or will the next secretary-general get left behind while Silicon Valley writes the rules for the future? Host Jasmin Bauomy and co-host Mark Malloch-Brown are joined by Ambassador Philip Thigo, Kenya’s special envoy for technology; Nur Laiq, a technology and policy Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School; and Max Stauffer, co-founder of the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance in Geneva. World’s Toughest Job is a co-production of Foreign Policy and the UN Foundation.

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As Another Economic Crisis Looms, How Should the UN Respond?

Saison 1 · Épisode 5

mardi 9 juin 2026 • Durée 42:26

In 1994, United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali proposed a radical, new vision to reform the global financial infrastructure. He called it An Agenda for Development. But his proposal was watered down in committee and largely ignored by the financial powers of the time. Today, more than 50 countries are in serious distress because of their debt. And now, the crisis in the Hormuz Strait is affecting food prices, currencies, and fuel supplies all at once. And the G20 can’t seem to agree on a course of action for how to solve it all. So what could or should the next secretary-general do? Can the UN become a platform for global economic governance — the way Boutros-Ghali hoped it could be? Host Jasmin Bauomy and co-host Mark Malloch-Brown are joined by Homi Kharas, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C.; Carlos Lopes, professor at the Nelson Mandela School, University of Cape Town and a former UN under-secretary-general; and Attiya Waris, professor of fiscal law and policy at the University of Nairobi. World’s Toughest Job is a co-production of Foreign Policy and the UN Foundation.

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How Can a New Secretary-General Protect the Infrastructure We All Depend on?

Saison 1 · Épisode 6

mardi 16 juin 2026 • Durée 38:47

The cables that carry most of the world’s data, the shipping lanes that carry its energy and goods, and the satellites that keep its financial systems running were all built on the assumption that the global economy was something that most actors wanted to protect. But that assumption is now being tested. Our connectivity has created new vulnerabilities, with physical and digital chokepoints that are exposed as single points of failure. So now, the next United Nations secretary-general inherits a different problem: As the infrastructure connecting the world becomes a target for attacks, what can they do to protect it? Host Jasmin Bauomy and co-host Mark Malloch-Brown are joined by Sal Mercogliano, associate professor of history at Campbell University who runs a YouTube channel on shipping, Elisabeth Braw, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and the author of the upcoming book Undersea War, and Parag Khanna, founder and CEO of AlphaGeo. World’s Toughest Job is a co-production of Foreign Policy and the UN Foundation.

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What Can the Next Secretary-General Do to Protect the Future?

Saison 1 · Épisode 8

mardi 30 juin 2026 • Durée 47:47

In 1987, the United Nations called a huge meeting in Montreal to negotiate the phaseout of ozone-depleting chemicals. And… it worked. The ozone layer is healing. And the Montreal Protocol is probably the best environmental treaty that we’ve ever pulled off. But the Montreal Protocol had to deal with one set of chemicals. A handful of companies. A replacement that was already sitting on the shelf. And what the next U.N. secretary-general inherits is nothing like that. In this last episode of World’s Toughest Job, we’re asking: Can the next secretary-general turn the U.N. from a place where the future gets talked about into a place where it gets protected? Host Jasmin Bauomy and co-host Mark Malloch-Brown are joined by Ana Toni, the CEO of COP30 and Brazil’s national secretary for climate change; Arunabha Ghosh, the founder and CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water and COP30’s special envoy for South Asia; and Jacob Ellis, a policymaker, civil society leader, and champion for intergenerational fairness. He works at the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales in support of the implementation of Wales’ world-leading Well-Being of Future Generations Act. World’s Toughest Job is a co-production of Foreign Policy and the UN Foundation.

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Can the UN Still Act as the Emergency Platform the World Needs?

Saison 1 · Épisode 7

mardi 23 juin 2026 • Durée 38:56

The 1997 East Asian financial crisis, the 2008 global food and energy crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic are all examples of global systemic shocks. And when the next secretary-general takes office in January 2027, there will most likely be another complex crisis underway. These days, a new complex global crisis pops up about as often as the Olympics. And the UN secretary-general may be the only leader who can persuade a divided world to respond as one. Host Jasmin Bauomy and co-host Mark Malloch-Brown are joined by Sigrid Kaag, a former Dutch deputy prime minister and finance minister and UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process; Martin Griffiths, a former UN undersecretary for humanitarian affairs; and Aarathi Krishnan, the founder and CEO of RAKSHA Intelligence Futures. World’s Toughest Job is a co-production of Foreign Policy and the UN Foundation.

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