Global Governance Podcast

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Kerstin Carlson on the Evolution of International Criminal Law Mar 29, 2023

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Kerstin Carlson is a professor of international law in Denmark at Roskilde University, as well as The American University of Paris. In this podcast she addresses a number of vital questions for the future of international criminal law. Can international criminal justice institutions remain broadly apolitical bodies? How does one reconcile a paradox at the center of the practice of international criminal law between the concepts of “progress” and “justice,” with the latter concept rooted on the idea that international law promises the end of impunity and a more just world? What is the importance of national discourse and cultural norms regarding the effectiveness of international criminal tribunals? And what role can specialized courts, such as a possible International Anti-Corruption Court, play in advancing international justice?

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Jeffrey Knopf on the Unraveling of Our Nuclear Order Mar 13, 2023

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Professor Jeffrey Knopf, with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California and with the Center on International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University explains why we can no longer rely only on deterrence, the nuclear taboo, arms control agreements and good luck. He argues that we must examine the psychological and societal aspects of maintaining nuclear peace. This is essential in a world of deeply entrenched nationalisms and autocratic leaders in many countries who can no longer be relied upon to be motivated by long-standing social norms that have contributed to keep nuclear peace for nearly 80 years.

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Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Susana Malcorra and Jody Williams on Rethinking Global Affairs to Confront Global Challenges Feb 28, 2023

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Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Susana Malcorra and Jody Williams have decades of combined experience in enriching the global debates on how to enhance the effectiveness of our mechanisms of international cooperation and innovate in ways that contribute to buttress our tottering global order. In this wide-ranging interview, before an audience of some 600 students and faculty at one of Spain´s leading universities, they discuss the aftermath of COVID, the meaning of human security, the climate emergency, our unraveling nuclear order, leadership in the 21st century, the future of the United Nations and more.

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Daniel Deudney on Humankind’s Nuclear Predicament Feb 03, 2023

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In an insightful interview Daniel Deudney, a distinguished author and teacher, likens the possession of nuclear weapons to owning a house in which we have placed boxes of dynamite with short fuses and given someone the authority, under some circumstances, to blow up the house. Except that, in the nuclear age, with much better knowledge about the lethal environmental consequences of the use of nuclear weapons, not only do we destroy our home, but we make the grounds on which it is built unlivable for us and for future generations. How do we get out of this madness, how do we walk away from this dangerous gamble?

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Lisa Palmer on Our Hot and Hungry Planet Jan 01, 2023

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In her book Hot, Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change, Lisa Palmer analyzed the challenges we face in global food security as they relate to climate change. Over the next decade we are likely to see continued population growth, an acceleration in global warming, the intensification of a water crisis, and an increase in the incidence of civil unrest associated with these trends. What are some of tools at our disposal to increase the resilience of our interconnected food systems? This podcast is an insightful look at the role of technology, a greater focus on women and girls’ education that is relevant to their local needs, and the need for greater international cooperation for a problem that will be disruptive everywhere, with particularly dire implications for the developing world.

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Frank Van Gansbeke on Financial Innovations for Climate Change Mitigation Nov 11, 2022

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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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Tad Daley on the Idea of a Global Republic Nov 01, 2022

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Dr. Tad Daley has been thinking about some of the greatest challenges of our time and his first book, Apocalypse Never, was a trenchant analysis of how to rid the world of nuclear weapons and the accompanying mechanisms of international cooperation that would make that goal achievable within our lifetimes. Like Dante more than 700 years ago, he believes that we need to set aside centuries of violence and war as instruments of state policy. We need to move to a world in which the energies and resources now dedicated to enforcing the rapidly eroding principle of national sovereignty need to give way to concerted institution building in pursuit of common global interests in a context of sustainable peace and security. A concept of peace that goes beyond simply the absence of war. In this podcast Dr Daley discusses the obstacles and challenges we face to implement that vision and how to get there.

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Maria Joao Rodrigues: The EU as a Template for International Cooperation Sep 27, 2022

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Maria Joao Rodrigues, the current President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies in Brussels, made the transition from Employment Minister in Portugal in the government of Antonio Guterres to the European Council and the European Parliament. For the past two decades she has taken part in some of the key debates within the European Union about the process of integration, from enlargement and deepening of the Union, to the development of strategies aimed at boosting the region’s growth prospects and competitiveness, to its broader role in the world. In this podcast with our host Augusto Lopez-Claros she argues that “there are different ways to respond to today´s challenges: paralysis, competition, cooperation or coordination for upward convergence. The European Union can play a key role in influencing which road is taken, but it must start with itself. It must assert itself as a full-fledged political entity, with economic, social and cultural dimensions,” all in context of respect for democratic norms.

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Margarita Konaev on the Changing Nature of Warfare Aug 29, 2022

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Dr. Margarita Konaev is Deputy Director of Analysis and a Research Fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). She is interested in military applications of AI and Russian military innovation. She has written extensively on international security, armed conflict, non-state actors and urban warfare in the Middle East, Russia and Eurasia. In a broad-ranging interview with our host Augusto Lopez-Claros she explores the changing nature of warfare and what this will mean for global security, for the international legal framework underpinning the conduct of war, and whether war will remain a permanent feature of the geopolitical landscape. Important insights in perilous times.

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Olga Tokariuk on Russia’s Unprovoked War on Ukraine Aug 04, 2022

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Olga Tokariuk is a distinguished independent journalist and researcher based in Kyiv, Ukraine. She writes mainly about Ukrainian politics, international affairs, and the role of disinformation and its impact on democracies worldwide. In a compelling interview with our host Augusto Lopez-Claros, Ms. Tokariuk talks about life in war-torn Ukraine, why Russia sees Ukraine and the West as security threats, and the role disinformation and propaganda play in Russia's campaign to disseminate a false narrative about the war. She comments on the end game in this war, both for Russia and Ukraine and why so much is at stake for our rules-based global order on the outcome of this war. Speaking with a rare combination of coherent arguments based on historical facts and a forceful voice, she comes across as an impressively effective spokesperson for the 44 million Ukrainians currently trying to survive the evils of unprovoked Russian aggression and violence.
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