Latest Global issues Podcast Episodes
Social Technology for Aging Societies (with Arthur Kleinman, Hong-Tu Chen, Ann Forsyth, and Fawwaz Habbal)
Epicenter - December 14, 2023 19:13 - 44 minutesPeople aged sixty-five and older make up the fastest growing population around the world, posing unique challenges to societies. A Harvard initiative called Social Technology for Global Aging Research is founded on the belief that there’s a great potential for technologies and interventions to b...
A Life in International Law
Graduate Institute In Conversation With - November 05, 2023 23:00 - 32 minutesIn this episode of In Conversation With, we explore Professor Abi Saab's unique approach to the study and practice of international law and how he seamlessly merged his roles as both a scholar and a practitioner. He also imparts invaluable lessons he has passed on to his students during his disti...
Who Can Stop a Dictator? Resistance to the War in Ukraine (with Sasha de Vogel, Serhii Plokhy, and Alexandra Vacroux)
Epicenter - August 25, 2023 20:39 - 53 minutesWhen the Wagner mercenary group staged a near coup in Moscow in June, it was seen as the greatest challenge to Vladimir Putin’s regime in decades. Though it didn’t come to fruition, it nevertheless exposed some of the fissures in Putin’s ironclad control over the military and the course of the w...
Can Erdogan be Unseated? (with Ahmet Akbiyik, Andrew O’Donohue, and SZ)
Epicenter - May 10, 2023 23:06 - 31 minutesThe presidential election in Turkey this spring is shaping up to be the most consequential in decades. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has led the country for twenty years, is facing the staunchest opposition in his career in the form of an unprecedented coalition of six parties, called the “Table of ...
What Is Holding Up the Transition to Green Energy? (with Dustin Tingley, Jeff Colgan, and Aleksandra Conevska)
Epicenter - February 06, 2023 18:37 - 52 minutesGreen technology has come a long way, to the extent that it can, in theory, be scaled up to solve the world’s energy problems. If this is true, then why does the US lag so far behind in transitioning away from fossil fuels? This episode addresses the politics of climate change by looking at the ...
Not a target! How to protect humanitarian organisations in the digital space?
Graduate Institute In Conversation With - December 08, 2022 10:00 - 24 minutesThis episode features a conversation between Stuart Campo, Team Lead for Data Responsibility at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’s Centre for Humanitarian Data, Charlotte Lindsey, Chief Public Policy Officer at the CyberPeace Institute, Balthasar Staehelin, S...
The Politics of Sports (with Susie Petruccelli, Justin Morrow, and Isabel Jijón)
Epicenter - November 30, 2022 20:19 - 49 minutesThere’s a shadow over World Cup Soccer this year, and it’s become impossible to separate the sports from the politics. Host country Qatar gained notoriety for bribes, exploitation of workers, and antigay laws. In this episode, a group of athletes and scholars take a close look at the concept of ...
Climate Emergency: What Role for International Geneva?
Graduate Institute In Conversation With - November 29, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutesThis episode features a conversation between Michel Jarraud, Secretary General Emeritus at the World Meteorological Organization, Maria Neira, Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health at the World Health Organization, Marek Harsdorff, Economist in the Green Jobs Progra...
Europe’s democratic project challenged ?
Graduate Institute In Conversation With - November 17, 2022 10:00 - 24 minutesThis episode features a conversation between Enrico Letta, President of the Jacques Delors Institute and former Prime Minister of Italy, and Christine Lutringer, Executive Director and Senior Researcher of the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy at the Geneva Graduate Institute. This discussion ...
Economic Power: Arsenal of Democracy or Feeble Weapon?
Graduate Institute In Conversation With - October 28, 2022 11:00 - 24 minutesThis episode features a conversation between Barry Eichengreen, the George C. and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, and Rui Esteves, Professor of International History and Politics at the Geneva Graduate Institute. The dramat...
Relating Philosophy to the World: Michael Sandel's Vision
Graduate Institute In Conversation With - September 28, 2022 09:15 - 28 minutesThis episode features a conversation between Michael Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government Theory at Harvard University, and Marie-Laure Salles, Director of the Geneva Graduate Institute. In his latest book, The Tyranny of Merit: Can We Find the Common Good?, Michae...
Mexico's feminist foreign policy
Graduate Institute In Conversation With - August 08, 2022 14:05 - 26 minutesWhat characterizes Mexico's feminist foreign policy and why was it proposed? How can a feminist foreign policy influence domestic policy regarding the gender perspective and equity? These are some of the questions that are addressed in this episode of In Conversation With. Our guest is Ms Martha ...
Lebanon in Free Fall (with Melani Cammett, Carmen Geha, Nate George, and Lana Salman)
Epicenter - March 16, 2022 17:15 - 34 minutesLebanon has been called many different things: a gem of the Middle East, a failed state, a geopolitical Gordian knot (or nightmare). Its financial system has recently collapsed, people cannot find basic services, and residents are still recovering from the massive Beirut explosion of 2020. It ma...
Negotiating with Terrorists Part 2 (with Annette Idler, Jytte Klausen, and Fredrik Logevall)
Epicenter - January 20, 2022 14:00 - 28 minutesPulling out of Afghanistan was the top foreign policy event of 2021. Perhaps overlooked in the collective relief to be done with this twenty-year war is the fact that the US had to negotiate with terrorists to get there. In fact, it ceded an entire country to a violent, extremist group. Througho...
Negotiating with Terrorists Part 1 (with Annette Idler, Jytte Klausen, and Fredrik Logevall)
Epicenter - January 04, 2022 16:32 - 24 minutesPulling out of Afghanistan was the top foreign policy event of 2021. Perhaps overlooked in the collective relief to be done with this twenty-year war is the fact that the US had to negotiate with terrorists to get there. In fact, it ceded an entire country to a violent, extremist group. Througho...
The Blurry Lines of Belonging (with Talia Shiff, Anna Skarpelis, and Elke Winter)
Epicenter - May 12, 2021 20:37 - 46 minutesWe think of citizenship as a binary category: you’re either a citizen or you’re not. But the levels of membership can be complex. Refugees and asylum seekers often find that the criteria for acceptance change, as states devise rationales to exclude them. Three Weatherhead Center sociologists rev...
#2 - Cllr John Sheridan - The Role of a Councillor
Forás Media Podcast - March 03, 2021 23:00 - 39 minutesEoin and Shane were joined by Fianna Fáil councillor John Sheridan to discuss the role of a councillor, the devolution of power in Ireland's political decision making, the Fianna Fáil Party, and life as an LGBT+ councillor! Find us at forasessays.com and subscribe to our newsletter to keep up to...
#1 - Saoirse McHugh - CETA, Climate, Capitalism
Forás Media Podcast - February 16, 2021 20:00 - 34 minutesOn the first episode of the Forás Media Podcast, Shane and Eoin were joined by climate activist Saoirse McHugh to discuss the CETA agreement, climate action, eco-socialism, the Green Party, and more! Check us out on twitter @ForasMedia_ and at www.forasessays.com
COVID-19 and Climate Change Part 2 (with Alicia Harley, Rob Paarlberg, and Troy Vettese)
Epicenter - January 26, 2021 13:11 - 29 minutesCOVID-19 radically reduced global productivity, but isn’t that just what we need to combat climate change? Is there such a thing as a silver lining in this pandemic? In Episode 5, we continue the conversation about the relationship between COVID-19 and climate change. Three Weatherhead Center sc...
#1 - An Introduction
Global Reasoning - December 29, 2020 05:00 - 2 minutesIn this episode I go over what I want this podcast to be about and my goals moving forward with it. I hope to have guests on frequently to talk deeper about some of the worlds most significant issues in hopes of spreading many different and opposing points of views and understandings of these ce...
The impact of COVID-19 on contemporary conflict dynamics
Graduate Institute In Conversation With - December 17, 2020 15:35 - 34 minutesThis episode features a discussion between Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Co-Chair of the International Crisis Group, and Professor Keith Krause, Director of the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding at the Graduate Institute, Geneva...
COVID-19 and the future of food systems
Graduate Institute In Conversation With - December 15, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutesThis episode features a discussion between David Nabarro, Co-Director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London and Special Envoy of WHO Director General on COVID-19 and Ilona Kickbusch, founding Director and Chair of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institut...
COVID-19 and Climate Change Part 1 (with Alicia Harley, Rob Paarlberg, and Troy Vettese)
Epicenter - December 09, 2020 16:15 - 27 minutesCOVID-19 forced radical change on the world, but isn’t that just what we need to combat climate change? The simple concepts of how we use land and how we eat may very well determine the future of our species—and our planet. Three Weatherhead Center scholars guide us through the complex environme...
Drug Policy and Societal Transformation
Graduate Institute In Conversation With - October 27, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutesThis episode features a discussion with Helen Clark, Former Minister of New Zealand and former Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, and Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamedou, Professor of International History at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. The so-called War on Drugs has led to deva...
International law as story-telling: on writing and litigating
Graduate Institute In Conversation With - October 16, 2020 16:00 - 44 minutesThis episode features a discussion with Philippe Sands, Professor of Laws and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London, and Zachary Douglas, Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. Philippe Sands explains the challenges he...
Did You Know...? Soft Drinks
Did You Know...? Random Facts - October 12, 2020 23:00 - 10 minutesWant to make your own podcast!? Check out Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=849022 and receive a free $20 amazon gift card when you make your own podcast on a paid plan! In this episode of Did You Know...? Random Facts, we provide you with interesting and fizzy facts on soft ...
Did You Know...? Medicine and the Human Body
Did You Know...? Random Facts - October 05, 2020 13:00 - 11 minutesWant to make your own podcast!? Check out Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=849022 and receive a free $20 amazon gift card when you make your own podcast on a paid plan! In this episode of Did You Know...? Random Facts, we provide you with interesting and outstanding facts abo...
We're Back
Did You Know...? Random Facts - September 29, 2020 10:00 - 31 secondsWant to make your own podcast!? Check out Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=849022 and receive a free $20 amazon gift card when you make your own podcast on a paid plan! Hey Guys, hope you are all doing well. We would just like to say that we from now on we will be publishing ...
Africa and COVID-19
Graduate Institute In Conversation With - August 12, 2020 11:00 - 45 minutesThis episode features a discussion with Carlos Lopes, Professor in the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town, former executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and alumni of the Graduate Institute, and Gilles Carbonnier, Professor ...
Can the EU be a positive force for change in the global fight against COVID-19?
Graduate Institute In Conversation With - July 29, 2020 11:00 - 33 minutesThis episode features a discussion with José Manuel Barroso, former President of the European Commission, former Prime Minister of Portugal, and Visiting Professor at the Graduate Institute, and Erica Moret, Senior Researcher and Adjunct Professor in International Relations and Political Science ...
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