Inside Geneva
126 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago -A podcast from SWI swissinfo.ch, a multilingual international public service media company from Switzerland, where Imogen Foulkes puts big questions facing the world to the experts working to tackle them in Switzerland’s international city.
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What does a new US president mean for international Geneva?
December 01, 2020 08:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBJussi Hanhimaki of Geneva’s Graduate Institute, Peggy Hicks of the UN’s Human Rights Office and analyst Daniel Warner join host Imogen Foulkes for an in-depth discussion about what the next four years might hold for Geneva, the US, and the world. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review ...
Africa and Covid-19: What can be learned?
November 17, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBWhy does Africa have so few coronavirus cases compared to Western Europe and North America? What are countries on the African continent doing right, and is the West prepared to learn from them? A discussion from Geneva. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsle...
Special episode: The future of the United Nations
November 03, 2020 12:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBThe United Nations: fit for another 75 years, or extinct in 5? Host Imogen Foulkes joins guests Mallika Goel, Mohamed-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou and Daniel Warner for a special live edition of Inside Geneva to mark 75 years of the UN. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to ...
Who holds aid agencies accountable?
October 27, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBHow do we know aid agencies and their workers are really delivering on what they promise? Host Imogen Foulkes discusses aid agency accountability with Tanya Wood of CHS Alliance, Charles-Antoine Hofmann of Unicef, and analyst Daniel Warner. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or su...
Coping with coronavirus as winter looms
October 13, 2020 06:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBPandemic Fatigue: we’ve all got it. How are we going to cope this winter? Imogen Foulkes talks to global health expert Ilona Kickbusch, and members of the Swiss government’s Covid-19 taskforce for perspective. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter.
Aid organisations and racism: a reckoning
October 05, 2020 14:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBGeneva-based humanitarian aid agencies are soul searching as they stand accused of institutional racism. What's behind the accusations, and how are they being addressed? Please sign up for our newsletter for Swiss Democracy. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review.
Aid agencies face racism accusations
October 05, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBGeneva-based humanitarian aid agencies are soul searching as they stand accused of institutional racism. What's behind the accusations, and how are they being addressed? Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter.
Unalienable rights, unpacked
August 29, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this episode we discuss the much-heralded intervention by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo into the human rights debate, with his report on what he calls "unalienable rights". But what is this, exactly, especially now that the US has left the United Nations Human Rights Council? Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you li...
Can Covid-19 'vaccine multilateralism' work?
July 24, 2020 12:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBWhere are we in the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine, and who will have access to it? A discussion with pharmaceutical manufacturers and those behind international collaborations meant to ensure that everyone can get the vaccine, if and when it's here. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a re...
World trade at a crossroads
July 09, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBEvery country has to trade: to sell goods, and to import others that aren’t produced at home. But who makes the rules around trade? A look at the role of the World Trade Organization as chooses a new leader amid challenging times. Host Imogen Foulkes joins former WTO official Peter Ungphakorn, former Reuters correspondent and trade journalist Tom Miles, and analyst Daniel Warner, to look at what the WTO can do, and what it can’t. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Sw...
Why can’t we unite in the face of a global health crisis?
June 30, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MBIn this episode, we speak with Ilona Kickbusch of the Graduate Institute, Maria Guevara of Medecins sans Frontieres and Daniel Warner about the challenge of bringing a multilateral approach to health, about the US threat to leave the World Health Organization, and about who might fill the gap left by the US. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank yo...
In charge at the UN in trying times
June 16, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBWith questions swirling about the role of the United Nations and its agencies in today’s world, what’s it like to be in charge of one? We speak with former UN Human Rights Commissioner Zeid Raad Al Hussein, who provides an honest look at the challenges facing the UN system and what needs to change. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for list...
What’s the point of multilateralism? The UN at 75
May 26, 2020 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBAs the collective memory of the Second World War fades, how much do we know about the international laws and conventions designed to protect civilians during health crises and prohibit atrocities? Do we still think those laws are worthwhile, or is “my country first” a more appealing policy?And where does that leave multilateralism? A look at the highs, and the lows, of the UN over the last 75 years. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! ...
Pandemics and power
April 28, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBUnder the coronavirus pandemic, the relationship between leader and citizen has changed. World leaders have more power - in some cases, much more. Host Imogen Foulkes unpacks the implications with Ken Roth of Human Rights Watch and Meg Davis of Geneva's Graduate Institute. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we...
Coronavirus: global scenarios and impact
April 09, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBWhat does the coronavirus pandemic mean for us, our society, our economy and our future? A discussion with Dr Margaret Harris of the World Health Organization and Professor Vinh-Kim Nguyen of the Centre on Global Health at Geneva’s Graduate Institute. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a re...
A decade of war in Syria
March 27, 2020 16:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBWe take a look at the ongoing conflict in Syria. Shouldn’t it be over by now? Could humanitarian groups be doing more? Host Imogen Foulkes is joined by Jan Egeland, who served for several years as chair of the UN’s humanitarian task force for Syria, and Fabrizio Carboni, now the ICRC’s director of operations for the Middle East. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @s...
The United Nations and China
March 22, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBIn this episode of Inside Geneva we take a look at the shifting influences in the United Nations – especially with regard to China. As the United States slowly withdraws from the multilateral system and focuses on its ‘America First’ policy, China appears to be filling the political vacuum. Host Imogen Foulkes is joined by analyst Daniel Warner, China watcher Meg Davis from the Graduate Institute, and Sarah Brooks from the International Service for Human Rights. Please listen and subscribe ...
What should we be doing about human rights violations?
March 07, 2020 08:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBHost Imogen Foulkes welcomes Hilary Power of Amnesty International, Gerold Staberock of the World Organisation against Torture, and Nick Cumming-Bruce of the New York Times. Together they analyse UN Secretary General Guterres's statement to the Human Rights Council and take a closer look at the human rights situation worldwide. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @sw...
How to deal with coronavirus?
February 11, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBWith the coronavirus epidemic claiming thousands of lives, global health officials are increasing their efforts to contain its spread – as well as any rumours about the disease. Imogen Foulkes talks to two health experts at the Graduate Institute Geneva, Gian Luca Burci and Suerie Moon, as well as political scientist Daniel Warner. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes an...
Why humanitarian groups go to Davos
January 22, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBFor 50 years the World Economic Forum (WEF) has been a venue for the world’s political and business leaders, but increasingly, the big humanitarian aid agencies go to Davos, too. We talk to humanitarian leaders to find out why Davos is important for them. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave ...
What kind of year will it be for the UN?
January 12, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBFrom US tensions with Iran to wildfires in Australia, 2020 got off to an intense and challenging start for the world. How will the United Nations handle these and other issues coming up this year? And what does the future hold for the international organization? As part of our Inside Geneva series, host Imogen Foulkes joins UN representative Véronique Neiss as well as New York Times journalist Nick Cumming-Bruce and analyst Daniel Warner for a look at the year ahead. Please listen and subsc...
Humanitarians and counter-terror laws
December 17, 2019 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBTo do their work, humanitarian organisations must talk with everyone in the field, including groups that have been labelled terrorists. How do they do it? Correspondent Imogen Foulkes and analyst Daniel Warner discuss the challenges of counterterrorism legislation and its effect on humanitarian work with Tristan Ferrero, an ICRC senior legal advisor, and Duncan Mclean, a MSF researcher. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at ...
How to cope with killer robots
November 21, 2019 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBMost people in Switzerland would support a ban on lethal autonomous weapons systems - for example, drones that can shoot people. Correspondent Imogen Foulkes and analyst Daniel Warner discuss the legal and ethical aspects of killer robots with Mary Wareham of Human Rights Watch and Frank Slijper of Pax for Peace. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at [email protected] Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Th...
Potential and pitfalls for Syrian peace talks
October 31, 2019 11:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBA group of 150 people arrived in Geneva to try to work out the next steps for Syria, where war has raged for nearly a decade. Can these talks in Switzerland lead to peace in Syria? Host Imogen Foulkes and analyst Daniel Warner joined representatives from peacebuilding institutions in Geneva to discuss the ins and outs of the gathering. Who was – or wasn’t – invited to the Syria Constitutional Committee? What does that mean for a possible deal? And can there be lasting peace in Syria without ...
How the Human Rights Council works
October 06, 2019 09:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBYou’ve probably heard of the Human Rights Council, the UN body that’s responsible for protecting human rights all over the world. But what does it do, exactly? And who are the people who flock to Geneva every time the Council, is in session? Insider views from Bob Last, the Deputy Head of the UK Mission Political Team, John Fisher, the Geneva Director of Human Rights Watch, and analyst Daniel Warner of the Graduate Institute Geneva. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the ...
Populist rhetoric and humanitarian work
September 07, 2019 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBHow do humanitarian groups cope when politicians launch verbal attacks on refugees? swissinfo.ch correspondent Imogen Foulkes discusses that question with people who deal with it every day in Geneva: Liz Throssell of the UN Refugee Agency, Matt Cochrane of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and analyst Daniel Warner of the Graduate Institute Geneva. Please listen and subscribe to our science podcast -- the Swiss Connection. Get in touch! Email us at insi...