Podcasts
Episode 58: Denuclearizing the Peninsula? Strategic Outlook for the U.S. and South Korea
The Republic of Korea has been a strategic U.S. military and economic ally since the 1950s. With regional tensions with China at an all-time high, a new Korean President since May, and global trade experiencing massive disruption, what does the future of the strategic U.S.-Korea relationship look like? And how might they jointly, or multilaterally,…
Read MoreEpisode 57: Prosperity and Peace: A Hopeful Future for the Abraham Accords with Robert Greenway
Significant moves in both diplomatic and economic relationships are already bearing fruit after the historic signing in September 2020 of the Abraham Accords to jointly normalize relations between Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates. In the two years since the first signing, four additional Arab countries have signed on to the Accords. Moreover, other…
Read MoreEpisode 56: Can the U.S. Reset the Agenda with Latin America? with Ambassador Michael McKinley
The Summit of the Americas, hosted in San Diego in June, brought about tense interactions between the U.S. and our hemispheric neighbors to the south. Debate about the guestlist, threats of boycott, and challenges to the agenda were just a few of the reasons many felt the gathering did not accomplish as much as it…
Read MoreEpisode 55: Foreign Policy Education for all Americans: an interview with Elizabeth Shackleford
In April 2022, The Cleveland Council on World Affairs had the opportunity to speak with Elizabeth Shackleford, a former U.S. Foreign Service Officer and now senior fellow on U.S. foreign policy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. In this interview with CCWA, she reflects on the importance of foreign policy education and discourse in…
Read MoreEpisode 54: From Russia to Rustbelts: Witness to Democratic Fragility with Fiona Hill
Guest: Fiona Hill Since her testimony in the 2019 presidential impeachment hearings, Fiona Hill is sounding the alarm on the conditions that lead to populism and democratic decline the world over in her book There Is Nothing for You Here. Drawing comparisons between economic dislocation in places like the Rust Belt, manufacturing regions of England…
Read MoreEpisode 53: How to Prepare for Climate Change
Guest: David Pogue, Cleveland native, six-time Emmy winner for CBS Sunday Morning, and New York Times bestselling author. With climate change leading the agenda for many world leaders and yet trailing in global cooperation to manage its effects, David Pogue brings the case that individuals all around the world must begin to adjust their daily…
Read MoreEpisode 52: Art and International Cooperation: The Bridges Cleveland Helps Build
Panelists included AndrĂ© Gremillet, President and CEO of The Cleveland Orchestra; Heather Lemonedes Brown, Chief Curator of The Cleveland Museum of Art; Yaron Kohlberg, President of Piano Cleveland; and international pianist, Bishara Haroni. In a partnership with Piano Cleveland, the Cleveland Council on World affairs hosted a panel discussion on the topic of Art and…
Read MoreEpisode 51: The Indo-Pacific “Quad:” Key Concepts and Prospects for the Region
Guest: Tanvi Madan, Director of The India Project at Brookings Institution. On February 8, 2022, we explored the relatively new Indo-Pacific quadrilateral coalition of Japan, Australia, the U.S. and India and what it means for the region.
Read MoreEpisode 50: The 2022 Global Economic Outlook
Guest: Michael Weidokal, Founder and Executive Director of International Strategic Analysis, a company providing country intelligence, economic forecasting and international market studies for many of the world’s leading companies. On January 19, 2022, in our first forum of the new year, Mr. Wiedokal shared his thoughts on economic performance in 2021 and his forecast for…
Read MoreEpisode 49: The United States and an Evolving Europe: Transatlantic Ties 2021-2022
Guest: Rachel Ellehuus On November 16, 2021, Â Deputy Director for the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, offered her insights into the current state of the transatlantic alliance.
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