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Global Futures
by Global Futures
Global Futures is a podcast about global politics and how rising powers like China and India are changing it. We discuss foreign policy, economics, war and peace, and how the world is changing with experts from across the world.
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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 through the multilateral dialogues forum. We asked: What were their highest hopes for the…
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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 availability, exacerbate existing water scarcities and contaminate established water supplies. In some...
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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 country where the COVID-19 outbreak originated is now supporting other countries to fight the...
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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 “estado de catástrofe“ (state of catastrophy), sending in the military, while Mexico’s president...
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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 entrench unilateral approaches and nationalistic attitudes at a time when a global response is...
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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 the politics of inequality with our fellows and other leading experts from around the world. How...
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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 bursts of violence as riot police deployed to major street corners, locked down the city, and...
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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 species, 12 percent of mammal species, and 17 percent of all known bird species, making Indonesia...
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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 are the greatest. Protest and frustration are also frequently the most intense when local...
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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 people of France had high hopes for their new centrist leader post-election, but through his term...
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Aryaman Bhatnagar: What Are the Prospects for Indian-German Cooperation on Afghanistan?
In May 2019, American and Taliban negotiators began a new round of peace talks in Doha, Qatar, hoping to settle the nearly two-decade long conflict in Afghanistan. The talks are aimed at securing a lasting peace agreement that includes Taliban guarantees regarding terrorism and a phased…
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Maria Laura Canineu: The State of Human Rights in Brazil
In this episode, Thorsten Benner from the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) talks to Maria Laura Canineu about police violence, the prison system and human rights in Brazil under the government of President Jair Bolsonaro. Maria Laura Canineu is the Brazil Director in the Americas Division of...
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Andres Schipani: Cities as the Last Line of Defense
In this episode of the Global Futures podcast, Joel Sandhu from the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) sits down with Andres Schipani in Sao Paulo, Brazil. They talk about the role that cities can have in national and international politics and how cities could be more active on the global...
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Tze-wei Ng: Where is Hong Kong’s Lion Rock Spirit?
Hong Kong has recently returned to the spotlight, as China cracks down on critics and pro-democracy activists in the city. Many Hong Kong observers see the erosion of the city’s civil liberties and democratic freedoms as a sign of China breaching the “one country, two systems” framework –...
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Cyril Prinsloo: South Africa. Taking Stock of Ramaphosa's First Year in Office
Cyril Ramaphosa took over as South Africa’s president when Jacob Zuma resigned in February 2018 following years of corruption scandals and what many consider gross economic mismanagement. Ramaphosa’s victory sparked optimism in a country tied down by recession, rising fuel prices and high levels…
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Matias Spektor: Brazil. Breaking an Addiction to Bad Governance
Since the beginning of January 2019, Brazil has new president - Jair Bolsonaro - a right-wing, conservative, nationalist whose beliefs in country, God, and anti-corruption swayed many to vote him into Brazil’s highest office. In this episode Joel Sandhu from the Global Public Policy Institute...
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David Bandurski: Media, the Internet and Censorship in China
In this episode Joel Sandhu from the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) talks to David Bandurski about the media landscape, internet and state censorship in China. They discuss the growing digitisation of media and its influence, the (in)famous Chinese social credit system, the state of…
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Matthieu Tardis: How Does the EU Work with African Countries on Migration?
In this episode, Joel Sandhu from the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) sits down with Matthieu Tardis to discuss his recent study,European Union Partnerships with African countries on Migration: Common Issues and Conflicting Interests. Since 2015 and what some would call the refugee crisis,...
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Mathieu Lefèvre: Finding the Story of Us
Global Futures is a podcast about global politics and how rising powers like China and India are transforming it. We discuss foreign policy, economics, war and peace, and how the world is changing with experts from across the world. Countries, their citizens and politics, seem more and more...
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Aarti Tikoo Singh: Refugees and Internally Displaced People in India
Forced migration is one of the critical issues of our time. 1 in 110 people in the world is currently displaced because of conflict, violence or persecution, or natural and environmental disasters. More common among those who are already vulnerable, forced migration also often creates tensions in...
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Yamini Aiyar: Creating an Indian Bureaucracy for the 21st Century
India aspires to a global leadership role and expansion of its already rapidly growing economy. At the same time, the country faces developmental challenges around access to food, education and health care. India’s bureaucracy has been criticized for not being nimble, adaptable and/or innovative...
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Johannes Gabriel: Mapping Possible Futures
The future is a topic that inspires speculation, fear and hope. In a world of rapid change and growing insecurity, scenario planning is a method that can provide a way to structure our thinking and foster much-needed debates. It deserves more attention. In this episode, our strategic foresight...
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Julian Lehmann: The Migration and Refugee Challenge in the European Union
The migration and refugee challenge is probably the biggest challenge the European Union has faced in recent years. The EU is divided on how to handle the internal and external dimensions of the so-called migration crisis. And the issue has not only become a security challenge, but also a tool in...
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Scott Moore: The Politics and Financing of Water
The recent water shortage crisis in Cape Town refocused attention on this precious resource, the procurement of which is a serious concern for millions across the globe. The world’s fresh water supplies are unevenly distributed and the scarcity of clean water has already led to tensions within…
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Thomas Wright: A New Era of Geopolitical Competition
It seems we are entering a new era of global order, with increasing divergence between countries such as China, Russia, the US, and the member states of the European Union. How will international politics evolve and what will define it? Will it be cooperation based on mutual interests or...
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Julie Smith: Beyond the Beltway. Talking to Americans About US Foreign Policy
What are the concerns that preoccupy American citizens beyond the Washington, DC policy bubble? They range from US relations with Russia and engagement in the Middle East, to migration and refugee issues in the US homeland and in Europe. In this episode of the Global Futures podcast, Thorsten...
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Michele Acuto: Cities. How Urban Life and Global Politics Come Together
Urban growth is one of today’s major challenges. What does this mean for world politics? Are cities and their leaders more able than national governments to find solutions to the world’s most pressing problems? In this episode of the Global Futures podcast, Joel Sandhu discusses these questions...
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Tanvi Madan: How will India Shape Regional and Global Issues in the Coming Years?
India is the world’s largest democracy, its second-most populous country, one of its fastest-growing economies, and a nuclear power. Is the country ready to play a bigger role in global politics in pursuit of its national interests and in the face of the emerging global challenges? What about...
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Johannes Gabriel: How Can We Plan For an Uncertain Future?
What are the upcoming global challenges that demand our consideration in order to avoid surprises, mitigate risks, and make use of the opportunities they offer? In search of the answers, the 27 fellows of the Global Governance Futures 2030 program will meet over the course of 2018 and 2019 in…
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Wolfgang Reinicke: Europe and the Future of Liberal Democracies
It seems as if the global political climate has never been more volatile since the end of the Cold War. Confidence in liberal democracy, Western-led institutions and the free market economy has eroded over the past decade. The European Union also lacks common responses to major challenges, such…
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Thomas Gomart: France. A Balancing Power on the Global Stage?
President Emmanuel Macron is the first foreign leader to be invited for a state visit to the US under the Trump administration. He is considered by many a visionary leader with big plans for his own country and for Europe. He started several reforms in French domestic policy, and his foreign…
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Matias Spektor: Brazil Unraveling. The Country of the Future in Crisis
In this episode of the Global Futures podcast, Joel Sandhu from the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)meets Matias Spektor, an associate professor in the Center for International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas in Sao Paulo, to discuss Brazil's current political crisis and economic...
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Elizabeth Sidiropoulos: The Ramaphosa Era. Challenges at Home and Abroad for South Africa
In the first episode of the Global Futures podcast, Thorsten Benner from the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) travelled to Johannesburg, South Africa, to speak with Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, chief executive of the South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg, and asks…
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Global Futures is a podcast about global politics and how rising powers like China and India are changing it. We discuss foreign policy, economics, war and peace, and how the world is changing with experts from across the world.
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