Topic: Parthenon

A massacre in Cameroon left 22 people dead, including 14 children, amid a conflict between the army and Anglophone separatists. In Europe, Brexit negotiations remain tense, with the EU reportedly pressuring the UK to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece as part of a trade deal. The marbles, also known as the Parthenon Marbles, have been a point of contention at the British Museum for decades.

Hillary Clinton used architectural metaphors to describe global diplomacy, comparing the post-war era of Truman and Acheson to the Parthenon's "classical geometry." She suggested the new world requires a "Frank Gehry" style of architecture—more complex and diffuse. The hosts mock the comparison, suggesting Gehry's "crumpled paper" designs are an apt metaphor for a chaotic new international order.