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EPISODE THIRTY-SIX

July 18, 2023

45 MINS

Michael Mandelbaum on Our Brittle Global Security Landscape

There are multiple sources of risk to our future, from accelerating climate change, to renewed arms races and an unsteady nuclear order, to unresolved poverty and inequality problems. But we must not despair: these challenges are amenable to creative solutions.

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EPISODE THIRTY-FIVE

July 1, 2023

53 MINS

Steven Phelps on the Interconnectedness of Science and Religion

How can an enhanced recognition of the interconnectedness of science and religion contribute to helping us understand how to better govern our increasingly interdependent global community of nations?

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EPISODE THIRTY-FOUR

June 28, 2023

34 MINS

Fernando Iglesias on the Fight Against Organized Crime in Latin America

Latin America is by far the most violent continent in the world. Transnational organized crime, weak rule of law and the highest levels of inequality on the planet are the culprits. A Criminal Court against Transnational Organized Crime could be part of the solution.

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EPISODE THIRTY-THREE

April 30, 2023

39 MINS

Cedric Ryngaert on Why the World Needs an International Anti-Corruption Court

We need to fill an accountability vacuum with respect to kleptocratic regimes that are engaged in grand corruption. Grand corruption has huge economic costs and undermines efforts aimed at sustainable development.

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EPISODE THIRTY-TWO

April 4, 2023

48 MINS

Michael Penn on Human Rights and the Development of Human Capabilities

How can human rights become a catalyst for the transformation of latent capacities into capabilities that will create the conditions for the development of the human family? Why is this question vital for the future of humanity?

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EPISODE THIRTY-ONE

March 30, 2023

49 MINS

Kerstin Carlson on the Evolution of International Criminal Law

International criminal law has evolved in impressive ways over the past half a century. What are some of the key questions that emerge as we seek to empower our courts to constrain states to act within the bounds of the rule of law?

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EPISODE THIRTY

March 15, 2023

56 MINS

Jeffrey Knopf on the Unraveling of Our Nuclear Order

We have had “nuclear peace” since 1945, following the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At a time when arms control agreements are quickly unraveling, how to reinforce the guardrails that will deliver a world free of the scourge of nuclear weapons?

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EPISODE TWENTY-NINE

March 2, 2023

49 MINS

Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Susana Malcorra and Jody Williams on Rethinking Global Affairs to Confront Global Challenges

A conversation held in Madrid at the Instituto de Empresa—one of Spain's leading universities—focused on some of our most critical global catastrophic risks.

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EPISODE TWENTY-EIGHT

February 6, 2023

56 MINS

Daniel Deudney on Humankind’s Nuclear Predicament

Johns Hopkins University Professor Daniel Deudney compellingly argues that our current nuclear weapons stalemate is neither viable nor stable, putting at great risk our one and only home: spaceship Earth. Why is nuclear arms control and disarmament our only way out?

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EPISODE TWENTY-SEVEN

January 6, 2023

42 MINS

Lisa Palmer on Our Hot and Hungry Planet

Climate change will interact in toxic ways with food security and precipitate more frequent episodes of civil unrest and political instability. How can we strengthen the resilience of our food systems to an acceleration of climate change?

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EPISODE TWENTY-SIX

November 13, 2022

51 MINS

Frank Van Gansbeke on Financial Innovations for Climate Change Mitigation

There is an urgent need to think imaginatively about changing incentives and channeling financial resources to fund the transition to a renewable energy economy. We are falling short although we have the instruments to do it. Much is at stake if we fail.

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EPISODE TWENTY-FIVE

November 8, 2022

53 MINS

Tad Daley on the Idea of a Global Republic

We need to evolve from our long tradition of sovereign tribes focused on our narrow interests to the stage when our first loyalty will be to the common global good and to the building of supporting institutions to make this possible.

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EPISODE TWENTY-FOUR

September 28, 2022

54 MINS

Maria Joao Rodrigues: The EU as a Template for International Cooperation

The European Union is the most important experiment in international economic and political integration. Its experiences highlight key lessons for the rest of the world, at a time of increasing factionalism and multiple threats to democracy.

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EPISODE TWENTY-THREE

August 30, 2022

47 MINS

Margarita Konaev on the Changing Nature of Warfare

Russia’s war on Ukraine has intensified the debate about the future of warfare in an age of rapid technological change. Our guest argues that we need to rethink the concept of national security away from unduly militaristic and outdated conceptions.

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EPISODE TWENTY-TWO

August 5, 2022

48 MINS

Olga Tokariuk on Russia’s Unprovoked War on Ukraine

Our guest argues that there is more at stake in the war than Ukraine's future as an independent nation. The entire architecture of our rules-based global order is in danger of collapse.

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