Inside the Issues: A CIGI Video Podcast
By Kris Young
To listen to an audio podcast, mouse over the title and click Play. Open iTunes to download and subscribe to podcasts.
Podcast Description
CIGI Chair of Global Security, David Welch, hosts a weekly podcast series with CIGI's global governance experts. Episodes feature timely and candid discussions on issues related to the core areas of CIGI expertise: Global Economy, Environment and Energy, Global Security and International Development.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoInside the Issues 2.25 - Human Rights and Conflict Resolution | In the final episode of the second season of Inside the Issues, host David Welch talks to Conrad Grebel University College's Lowell Ebert on the conceptual links between peace and human rights law. | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoInside the Issues 2.24 - China's Role in Global Governance | With China's emergence as a world economic superpower, its role in global governance is also seen as an area of potential growth for the Middle Kingdom. But despite the country's growing clout, Hongying Wang, visiting associate professor at the University of Waterloo, says that China is an "under-participant" in global governance, given its size and strategic importance in world politics. | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoInside the Issues 2.23 - North Korea and Regional Security | With a new leader installed in Kim Jong-un and fresh negotiations underway with the United States, some think that North Korea may finally be coming in from the cold of international estrangement. To test this theory, Inside the Issues talks to Seung Hyok Lee, adjunct assistant professor at Renison University College and South Korean national. | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoInside the Issues 2.22 - Diplomacy in Syria and Iran | With twin crises in Syria and Iran becoming increasingly challenging to solve diplomatically, this week Inside the Issues talks to Paul Heinbecker, long-time Canadian diplomat and former ambassador to the United Nations. | 3/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoInside the Issues 2.21 - The "Extraordinary" US-Canada Partnership | Prior to his February 29 signature lecture, the US Ambassador to Canada, David Jacobson, visited the CIGI studio to discuss what he calls the "most extraordinary closest relationship that exists between two countries in the world." | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoInside the Issues 2.20 - Sovereign Debtors in Distress | Following the recent CIGI-Institute for New Economic Thinking conference Sovereign Debtors in Distress, Pierre Siklos explains how European countries have become indebted in an unsustainable manner, and what financial mechanisms and policy options exist for states on the verge of default. | 2/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoInside the Issues 2.19 - International Migration and Development | While international migration and development are oft-discussed topics in global governance, the nexus between the two receives far less attention. Not so for Jonathan Crush, the newly-appointed CIGI Chair in Global Migration and Development, our guest this week on Inside the Issues. He argues against the notion of economic development "stopping migration," saying that the relationship between flows of wealth and people are not so straight-forward in today's complex global arena. | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoInside the Issues 2.18 - Improving Global Financial Governance | With an increasingly integrated (and sometimes chaotic) international financial system, how can growth and productivity in the world economy be sustained? With the proliferation of crises in the past 20 years, we ask Jim Haley, CIGI's director of global economy, to explain how better governance structures could contribute to economic stability and worldwide financial prosperity. | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoInside the Issues 2.17 - Borders, Islands and International Migration | As states seek to better protect their mainland territory from the threat of illegal migration, outlying islands are increasingly being used to create buffer zones against would-be human traffickers and refugees. Canada Research Chair in Global Migration Studies, Alison Mountz, suggests that detention centres are a populist overreaction to the actual threat posed by maritime incursions. | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoInside the Issues 2.16 - The Idea of North America | Though the appetite for North American integration has been in flux for the past 100 years, Robert Pastor argues that closer cooperation is not only possible, but an easier than many think. The author of The Idea of North America and professor at American University, Pastor describes the opportunities and challenges facing the emergence of a common continental identity. | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoInside the Issues 2.15 - Gaps in the Global Governance System | In this week's Inside the Issues, the program welcomes David Dewitt, vice president of programs at CIGI and noted expert on international affairs. | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoInside the Issues 2.14 - Domestic Responses to International Terrorism | Following the 9/11 attacks and others across Europe, domestic responses to international terrorism have increased in both scale and perceived importance, but how well are they working? In North America there has not been a significant terrorist event for over a decade, but as Veronica Kitchen tells us in this week's Inside the Issues, that doesn't mean that national security efforts are necessarily functioning as optimally as they should. | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoInside the Issues 2.13 - Reconstituting Iraq, from Power to Process | In this week's Inside the Issues, the program focuses on constitution-building in Iraq (or lack thereof) with Sven Spengemann, visiting scholar at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Having worked in Baghdad since 2005 and, from early 2007 on, as the Senior Constitutional Officer for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (currently on leave), Spengemann discusses the challenges involved in building a legitimate federal system within a country of competing sectarian interests. | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoInside the Issues 2.11 - "The Arab Spring, One Year Later" | In her third appearance on Inside the Issues, CIGI senior fellow and Middle Eastern economics expert Bessma Momani discusses the state of the so-called 'Arab Spring' one year after the uprising began. She says that democratic progress is likely to proceed in fits and starts across countries that have experienced regime change, while economic dynamics are likely to preserve the reign of rulers in Syria and the Gulf states. | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoInside the Issues, Episode 2.10: Steven Mock on Nationalism | In episode10 of season two, Steven Mock discusses the complex topic of nationalism and its effects on domestic and international politics. As the author of the upcoming book, "Symbols of Defeat in the Construction of National Identity," Mock goes on to explain how symbols of unsuccessful historical events have been mythologized to strengthen states' conceptions of their national narrative. In the global arena, nationalism may seem irrational and even mystical at times but must be taken seriously as a vital political force, Mock argues. | 12/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoInside the Issues, Episode 2.9: Macrohistorical Governance Change | In episode 9 of season two, Mark Raymond discusses the longer-term, macro-level changes to international governance and social movements that have occurred over the past 1,000 years. As the co-lead researcher of the Ideational Conflict Project at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Raymond explains how and why institutions have changed so dramatically, and where they might be headed in the future. | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoWilliam Coleman on Globalization and Autonomy | In the eighth episode of season two, CIGI Chair in Globalization and Public Policy William Coleman discusses the academic approach to studying global flows of trade, culture and ideas. | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoInside the Issues, Episode 2.7: Looming East Asian Challenges | In episode seven of season two, Balsillie School of International Affairs' Postdoctoral Fellow James Manicom discusses the complex network of alliances, rivalries and regional governance structures at play in East Asian politics today. | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoThe Challenge of Governing International Migration | In the sixth episode of season two, Margaret Walton-Roberts discusses the difficulties governing of international migration. With national sovereignty and domestic political sensitivities at play, Walton-Roberts says that global conventions on migrant workers' rights are very difficult to agree upon and implement. | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoWindow Still Open For International Community to Help 'Fix' Haiti | In the fifth episode of season two, CIGI Distinguished Fellow and Chair of Global Governance, Jorge Heine, discusses issues and themes raised by his latest co-edited book, 'Fixing Haiti.' Heine outlines the massive challenges facing the Caribbean nation, but also suggests where international assistance could be invested to make a positive difference in the short- and long-term. | 11/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoChallenges and Opportunities Facing Japan | In the fourth episode of season two, Inside the Issues speaks to Japanese Ambassador to Canada Kaoru Ishikawa about the ongoing recovery from the March 2011 tsunami, and what global and regional governance structures can do to enhance disaster relief and security. | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoSir David King on Science and International Governance | In this week's Inside the Issues, Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Sir David King, talks with Inside the Issues about science and how it interacts with global political forces. | 10/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoTurkey's Emerging Regional and Global Role | With the Turkish economy booming and the country taking an increasingly active role in foreign relations and Middle Eastern diplomacy, Inside the Issues speaks to Rafet Akgunay, the Turkish ambassador to Canada | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoAfghanistan: After the International Community Departs | In the opening episode of Inside the Issues, season two, CIGI Senior Fellow and Afghan security expert Mark Sedra paints a grim picture of the prospects for peace in the country following the departure of Canada and, eventually, the international community. | 10/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoThe surveillance and reform of the IMF | In episode 22, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund's Independent Evaluation Office, Ruben Lamdany, discusses the Fund's performance in the run-up to the financial and economic crisis. | 6/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoGoverning Online Gambling and Casino Capitalism | In episode 21, Andrew F. Cooper, CIGI Distinguished Fellow and author of "Internet Gambling Offshore," discusses the global governance implications of what the book calls 'Casino Capitalism.' He takes the fascinating case of Antigua - a small Caribbean country that launched a successful appeal against the United States at the World Trade Organization - as a hotbed for online gambling that ran afoul of American political and moral sensibilities. | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoOpen Source Democracy Promotion in Egypt | In episode 20, Ben Rowswell, visiting scholar at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, discusses the transformative role of technology and social media in the politics of Egypt, the broader Middle East and other countries around the world. | 5/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoBin Laden's Death and the Muslim World | In episode 17, CIGI Distinguished Fellow Gordon Smith discusses the death of Osama bin Laden and what it means for the Arab Spring, the war in Afghanistan and international security at large. He predicts that eliminating bin Laden will ultimately lead to disengagement with Afghanistan, and that the revolutions across the Arab World will continue to develop for years to come. | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoFuture Paradigms in Global Development | In episode 18, Secretary General of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies Mukesh Kapila, talks about the next generation of international development - one that will go beyond "feeding and watering" those in need and move away from donor-driven official development assistance projects. | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoPeace Advocacy Organizations and Civil Society | In episode 19, co-founder of Project Ploughshares and Officer of the Order of Canada Ernie Regehr discusses his career as a peace advocate in civil society, from his early days as an outsider in the policy-making process to the current climate of mutual respect with government decision-makers. "The change came after the Cold War," explains Regehr, "and there was a sense that government nor civil society really knew how to do peacebuilding all that well. There was an understanding of the mutual conundrums we were facing." | 5/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoThe Global Responsibility to Protect | In episode 16, Thomas Weiss provides an insiders' perspective on crafting the Responsibility to Protect doctrine, and how it has (or has not) been applied ever since. He goes on to identify why the doctrine was applied in Libya, having failed in its implementation nearly everywhere else. | 4/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoChina and International Monetary Power | In episode 15, CIGI senior fellow and acting director, development program Gregory Chin explains the extent of Chinese monetary and economic power, and how its growing interdependence with the United States is actually increasing tension between the superpowers. He also discusses CIGI's development research agenda, and a new commentary series on China and the WTO: 10 Years After Accession. | 4/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | VideoRevolution and Change in the Middle East (Part Two) | In episode 14, we re-visit the themes of an earlier episode with Middle East expert Bessma Momani, to re-assess the tenuous situation in Libya, Syria, Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia. She notes the stalemate between rebels and regime in Libya, the dangers of regime change in Syria and the increasing hostility towards Iran on the part of Gulf countries. | 4/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoDemocracy, Diversity and Nation States | In episode 13, Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Yogendra Yadav, discusses the modern reality of multi-national states - countries with two or more identifiable nations within their borders. He says that the concept of 'nation states' is largely outdated, and most contemporary countries can be thought of as 'state nations'. | 4/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | VideoInternational Economic Cooperation and the G20 | In Episode 12, CIGI Executive Director Tom Bernes outlines the causes of the 'Great Recession,' evaluates the response from the G20, and describes the challenges facing the global economy moving forward. | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoSustaining the Structure of Global Order | In episode 11, Emmanuel Adler, Professor of international relations at the University of Toronto, discusses the current state of global order, and its historical and philosophical underpinnings. He goes on to explain the steps that need to be taken to craft more durable, and sustainable, global governance structures in the future. | 3/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | VideoComparative Social Policy Around the World | In episode 10, CIGI Chair Rianne Mahon discusses an oft-ignored area of international governance - comparative social policy. In her research, Mahon finds some surprising results between health and child care coverage in different countries, and goes on to contemplate what a coherent global social policy should look like. | 3/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoJorge Heine on The Dark Side of Globalization | In episode nine, CIGI Distinguished Fellow Jorge Heine talks about his recent co-edited book, "The Dark Side of Globalization." Published by the UN University Press in cooperation with CIGI, this new book asks how governments, international organizations and civil society can mute the baleful effects of globalization while maximizing the beneficial consequences. | 3/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoUnited Nations Reform: An Insider's Perspective | In episode eight - a special edition of the podcast series taped with a live audience - CIGI Distinguished Fellow Louise Fréchette assesses the past, present and future of the United Nations, through the lens of her experience as the organization's first Under-Secretary General. | 3/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoRevolution and Change in the Middle East (Part One) | In episode seven, CIGI Senior Fellow Bessma Momani examines the demographic and economic forces that have caused mass protest across the Middle East. She says that a combination of an educated population, economic inequality and open Internet access have been lead factors in the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, and also discusses the situation in Iran, Bahrain and Libya. | 2/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | VideoThe Global Governance of Human Rights | In episode six, human rights expert Andrew Thompson discusses the state of international human rights and how they are governed by global institutions. He says that, despite overall advancements in advancing rights, applying them consistently is an outstanding governance issue. | 2/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | VideoThe Politics and Science of Climate Change | In episode five, CIGI Senior Fellow Jason Blackstock discusses the state of international climate negotiations, why they have stagnated, and ideas for revitalizing global talks. He also addresses the prospect of geoengineering, and the governance challenges that surround deliberately manipulating the Earth's climate to counteract the effects of global warming. | 2/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | VideoGlobal Governance and Climate Catastrophe | In episode four, CIGI Chair of Global Systems Thomas Homer-Dixon discusses the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change, and how new technologies and international governance can help find solutions. | 2/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | VideoBrazil as an Emerging International Power | In episode three, CIGI Chair of Governance in the Americas Kathryn Hochstetler discusses Brazil as an emerging power in Latin America and on the world stage. | 1/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | VideoWar, Peace and Governance Challenges in Afghanistan | In episode two, CIGI Senior Fellow and Afghan expert Mark Sedra traces the roots of today's governance challenges in Afghanistan, and explains why he is now less optimistic that the country will eventually be stabilized. | 1/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 46 | VideoCanadian Diplomacy - Getting Back in the Game | In episode one, Paul Heinbecker argues that Canada has gradually downsized its foreign policy ambitions, and describes how the country can again be a leader on the international stage. | 1/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 46 Episodes |
Viewers also subscribed to
- Free
- Category: News & Politics
- Language: English
- © The Centre for International Governance Innovation 2011
