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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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EPISODE TWENTY-ONE

August 1, 2022

45 MINS

Michael Mandelbaum on War and Peace and the Lessons of History

Today we face an extremely complex geopolitical environment: to the perils of climate change we must add the global ramifications of the war in Ukraine, rising tensions between the superpowers and the unraveling of our nuclear order.

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EPISODE TWENTY

July 23, 2022

43 MINS

Thomas G. Weiss on Rethinking Global Governance and the UN’s Founding

Powerful insights on why we need to reinforce the crumbling foundations of our global order.

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EPISODE NINETEEN

July 15, 2022

44 MINS

Johan Rockström on the Climate Challenges We Face

Climate change is the most important and sizable shock to the earth and its ecosystems. Our guest argues that scientists, policymakers and the business community must work together to translate biosphere boundaries into operational targets that create guardrails for the future evolution of the global economy.

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EPISODE EIGHTEEN

May 26, 2022

42 MINS

Professor Robert Klitgaard on Corruption, Heroes and the Purpose of Life

Drawing on a lifetime of experience advising governments on tackling corruption our guest addresses some of the critical questions of development, from poverty, education and opportunity to the question of life’s purpose and the development of human potential.

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EPISODE SEVENTEEN

March 30, 2022

32 MINS

Sweden’s Ambassador Johanna Lissinger on our Climate Emergency

Our response to the challenges of climate change needs a significant boost; we need to do more and move more rapidly if we are to forestall its calamitous consequences. Stockholm+50 later this year will provide a unique opportunity to do so.

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EPISODE SIXTEEN

March 13, 2022

42 MINS

Maria Fernanda Espinosa on Why This is no Time for Incrementalism

The world faces multiple crises. Climate change and the associated temperature rise will interact in noxious ways with biodiversity, pollution, and the global economy. This is no time for incremental change; indifference is not an option.

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