The Big Picture is a series on global events which comes to you from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This is the podcast companion to our Krasno Global Events Series which is available on our YouTube Channel. The Krasno Global Events series is hosted by Prof Klaus Larres, the Richard M Krasno Distinguished Professor of History and International Affairs, here at UNC-Chapel Hill. The “Big Picture” is narrated and produced by Willow Taylor Chiang Yang, a Krasno Events assistant. The Krasno Global Events series is a regular series of talks and discussions with high-profile experts from around the world, aiming to enhance our understanding and comprehension of global affairs, past and present. This podcast seeks to boil down these talks on some of the crucial problems of our world to its main points, provide a lot of historical context, and contribute to our greater understanding of world affairs. After listening to the “Big Picture” which we are offering here, we encourage you to head over to youtube.com/KrasnoUNC to watch the full event. Our introduction music is by audionautix.com.