Media & Appearances

Interviews, podcasts, lectures, and features

Explore Dr. Jared O. Bell's interviews, podcasts, lectures, and features across global media outlets.

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Featured video interviews

Three recent broadcast conversations on U.S. foreign policy, sanctions, and the use of force.

Television & Broadcast

On air

  • Television news panel discussing US sanctions on Iran, featuring three people in a split-screen format with topic banner at the bottom.

    TV Interview

    Expert Analysis · U.S. Sanctions

  • A screenshot of a television news broadcast featuring three analysts: Ali Mammadov, Mahnoor Qureshi, and Dr. Jared O. Bell. They are discussing Tehran's rejection of direct U.S. talks, as indicated by the headline at the bottom of the screen. Ali Mammadov is on the left, Mahnoor Qureshi in the middle, and Dr. Jared O. Bell on the right.

    TV Panel

    Diplomacy & the Iran File

  • Jared Bell, an ex-diplomat from the USA, speaking during a live television broadcast on NTN24, with a news ticker displaying the time as 4:11 PM in Chicago.

    NTN24

    Former U.S. Diplomat · Interview

  • A news broadcast discussing the rift between the Shah and the Iranian regime, showing a split screen with a woman speaking at a press conference behind a microphone, with two men listening, one of whom has a headset, and a man in a suit and tie speaking remotely, with the news channel NTN24 logo and the time 10:18 PM on the bottom right.

    NTN24

    Regional Alliances & Foreign Policy

  • A news broadcast with a female anchor on the left and a male geopolitical analyst on the right. The anchor is wearing a beige blazer and white shirt, and the man is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, red tie, and glasses. The background of the left side features a blue digital pattern, while the right side has a plain wall. There are text banners discussing US-Israel tensions and Iran war debate.

    TV Interview

    Geopolitical Analysis

  • Screenshot of Al-Qahera News app with host speaking on camera, Arabic text and news images, including a press conference and a ship, with a red background and logo.

    Al Jazeera

    Arabic Broadcast Feature

01 “No creo que haya invasión total a Venezuela, pero Washington sí está buscando un cambio” NTN24 02 Maduro, Cabello y Padrino, cabezas del Cartel de los Soles, oficialmente terroristas internacionales NTN24 03 Granice istoka: Kraj američke hegemonije? AL JAZEERA BALKANS 
Podcasts

Long-form conversations

  • A screenshot of a virtual meeting featuring two people with the title 'Reparations' at the bottom. The person on the left is a woman with glasses and black hair, wearing a purple top, sitting in an office with bookshelves, artwork, and plants. The person on the right is a man with glasses, a beard, wearing a dark jacket and light shirt, sitting in a room with built-in cabinets.

    Video Podcast

    Life, Conflict, and Chocolate Podcast Interview.

  • A man with dark skin, glasses, and a beard wearing a light gray blazer and white shirt, sitting in front of a wooden cabinet in a virtual meeting.

    Video Podcast

    Black Wall Street Times Interview

01 Ep. 8 — A Passion for Travel: Discovering Cultures through the Foreign Service VIDEO PODCAST 02 The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza — S4E146 07.28.2025 03 UNESCO and USAID — S4E144 07.24.2025 04 A trade deal with Japan. Are Trump's tariffs actually working? — S4E148 07.30.2025 
Essays & Commentary

Published writing

Non-academic essays and op-eds across international policy and current affairs outlets.

01 America's Defining Choice in 2026 and 2028: Justice or Amnesia LA PROGRESSIVE 02 The Donroe Doctrine and the Cost of Foreign Policy by Spectacle FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS 03 Manufacturing Global Crises Won't Give U.S. Foreign Policy Legitimacy ZNETWORK 04 The World Must Be Just FOREIGN ANALYSIS 05 Why America Needs Political Pluralism LA PROGRESSIVE 06 It's Time for America to Indict Itself: Cruelty and Dehumanization Never End Well MSN 07 New U.S. National Security Strategy Flies in Face of Global Development Realities FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS 08 History Will Repeat Itself in Venezuela. Unless Congress Breaks the Cycle THE CLINTON CHRONICLE 09 The Awkward Canonization of Dick Cheney MSN 10 America's Peril: The Rot of Anti-intellectualism and Demagoguery is Costing Us Our Future MSN 11 The 'Othered' Genocide: Sudan's Suffering and the World's Indifference MSN 12 When History Rhymes: America and the Ghost of Yugoslavia's Breakup ZNETWORK 13 Human Rights and Democratization Are Foreign Aid Done Right — Don't Cut Them Now ALLIANCE FOR AMERICAN LEADERSHIP 14 Jimmy Carter's Human Rights Legacy in US Foreign Policy THE HILL 15 Soft Power Isn't Charity — It's Strategy. So Why Are We Gutting It? INTERNATIONAL POLICY DIGEST 16 What Bosnia and Herzegovina's Flawed Peace Can Teach Syria's Future WESTERN BALKANS CENTER 17 Srebrenica, 30 Years Later: Genocide Still Lives Through Denial KONRAD-ADENAUER-STIFTUNG 18 Payback: Why Reparations Matter on the Road to Healing and Reconciliation in America PEACE & JUSTICE STUDIES ASSOCIATION 19 What the West Got Wrong: Muslim Women Don't Need Saving — And When They Do, Where Are You? ZNETWORK 20 The Age of Doublespeak, Weaponizing Democracy and Human Rights LA PROGRESSIVE 21 Why We Can't Just 'Get Over It': Unpacking the Echoes of the Past and Their Impact Today PEACE & JUSTICE STUDIES ASSOCIATION 22 America Needs a Formal Truth-Telling Process, and Right Now! DISSIDENT VOICE 23 Commentary: The Radical Power of Kindness — Mercy in the Face of Justice MSN 24 “Never Again” Is Happening to Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims DISSIDENT VOICE 25 BiH Recent Political Strife Challenges the Narrative of the International Community's Ability to Create Long Term Peace Building and Stability SARAJEVO TIMES 
Books, Academic & Reports

Frozen Justice: Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina's Failed Transitional Justice Strategy

Vernon Press, 2018. A quantitative study across Sarajevo, Mostar and Banja Luka examining whether the national transitional justice strategy could have delivered reconciliation.

01 Frozen Justice: Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina's Failed Transitional Justice Strategy VERNON PRESS, 2018 02 Understanding Transitional Justice and its Two Major Dilemmas JOURNAL ARTICLE 03 Re-Evaluating Implementation of SDGs for Social Development that Addresses Afrophobia through a Reparative Justice Framework JOURNAL ARTICLE 04 Dayton and the Political Rights of Minorities: Considering Constitutional Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Acceptance of its Membership Application to the European Union JEMIE 05 The Bosnian War Crimes Justice Strategy a Decade Later TOAEP 06 Conflict and Identity as a Major Impetus in Escalating or De-Escalating Conflict JOURNAL ARTICLE 07 The Conflict for Compromise: An Analysis of South Africa's Post-Apartheid Transition Period IJAR 08 Reconciling after Transitional Justice: When Prosecutions Are Not Enough, the Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina JOURNAL ARTICLE 09 Peacebuilding and Violent Extremism: Key Insights and Lessons from a Global Consultation PEACE DIRECT 10 Atrocity Prevention and Peacebuilding: Key Insights and Lessons from a Global Consultation Convened by Peace Direct PEACE DIRECT 
Professional Profiles

Where to find him

01 UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab UNESCO 02 SID-US SID-US 03 LinkedIn LINKEDIN 04 NYU Faculty Directory — Jared O. Bell NYU 05 The Scorned Diplomat SUBSTACK 
University News

Lectures and campus coverage

01 Lecture of Dr. Jared O'Neil Bell “Africa and Withdrawal from ICC” Held at IUS IUS SARAJEVO 02 The charity work of the IUS professors IUS SARAJEVO 03 Round table: Presidential Election 2016 IUS SARAJEVO 
Press Coverage

Reported in regional and international press

American ambassador in Bosnia and Herzegovina Eric Nelson visiting a women's cooperative in Visoko, Bosnia. Nelson is seen speaking to a group, with journalists and photographers present.
A screenshot of a news website with a headline about local officials in Brod discussing a project supported by USAID, featuring a photo of a meeting with several people wearing face masks around a table.
Group of people sitting around a conference table in a meeting room with large windows and a potted plant.
Deputy Mayor Vladimir Markovic and officials in a meeting room with flags and framed crests, wearing masks and seated at a wooden conference table.
Meeting room with seven people wearing masks, sitting around a table, discussing documents and using laptops.
Two men in suits standing in front of a white wall with flags in the background, discussing principles and standards of professional behavior of judges.
Poster for a mock atrocity prevention simulation event, featuring expert advisors including Dr. Jared O. Bell, Ambassador Robert Bradtke, Elizabeth (Liz) Hume, Ambassador Robin Raphel, and Jeffrey Sizemore, outlining event details and purpose.
Event poster for the BPIA Collin Powell Leadership Institute's Leadership Salon Dinner Series on March 28, 2024, at 6-8 PM, with speakers Amb. Harry K. Thomas Jr. and Alonzo Fulgham, featuring moderator Shawnesh Underwood and Hermes Grullon, with wel 
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