Global Futures Podcast
1) Multilateral Dialogues in a Changing World
In the final episode of the Global Futures podcast, we look back at 10 years of the Global Governance Futures (GGF) program and talk with some of our alumni about their experiences and insights gained...Show More
2) What Does Climate Change Mean for Water Security?
Climate change is disrupting weather patterns and leading to extreme weather events, such as wild fires, all around the world. Climate-related natural disasters also cause unpredictable water availabi...Show More
3) Kun Tang: China's Response to COVID-19
Three months after the novel Coronavirus outbreak, companies across China are re-opening their doors for business. On March 19, Beijing announced that there were no new local infections. In fact, the ...Show More
4) Yaotzin Botello: Coronavirus in Latin America and in the News
The coronavirus has paralyzed trade, caused stock markets to plunge and global economic activity to shrink. The pandemic has reached Latin America: Venezuela is under quarantine and Chile has declared...Show More
5) Mara Pillinger: The Coronavirus Pandemonium
International cooperation and multilateral approaches are being strained by rising populism and nationalism. The unabated march of the novel coronavirus (COVID19) across the globe threatens to further...Show More
6) Allister Fa Chang: Can Media Literacy Save Us?
This episode marks the start of season two of the Global Futures podcast. Over the course of the next few months, we will tackle the future(s) of climate-related conflict, media and information and th...Show More
7) Joel Sandhu: What's Next for Hong Kong?
As Beijing marked the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China with an enormous military parade, protests have erupted again in Hong Kong where the national day was marked by...Show More
8) Aidy Halimanjaya: Tackling Environmental Threats in Indonesia
Indonesia, an archipelago comprising of approximately 17,000 islands, holds just one percent of the Earth’s land area, but that one percent contains contain 10 percent of the world’s known plant speci...Show More
9) Jodi Allemeier: South African Lessons for City Activism
Cities are often described as sites of democracy at its deepest level – places where state actors are closest to citizens and their needs and the opportunities to plan and implement policies together ...Show More
10) Sophie Pedder: Who is Emmanuel Macron?
From the yellow vests movement to critiques on his political acumen throughout the “Great National Debate”, Emmanuel Macron has faced many public challenges to his presidency over this past year. The ...Show More