The Global Cable

This week on The Global Cable, John Gans talks to Trudy Rubin, legendary foreign affairs columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer and one of our Visiting Fellows at Perry World House. Trudy shares her experiences on a recent reporting trip to Hong Kong; how the concept of truth is being corrupted, and what that means for democracy; and how she finds the facts in complex situations. Music & Produced by Tre Hester.

Sarah Bush, Perry World House Lightning Scholar and an Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University, is this week's guest on The Global Cable. Her research focuses on the promotion of democracy and election interference. Professor Bush talks to us about the threats facing even established democracies like the United States; whether protests can achieve regime change, and the upcoming centenary of women's suffrage in 2020.  Music & Produced by Tre Hester. 

On this week’s episode of The Global Cable, we take a deep dive into cybersecurity with two experts in the field – Duncan Hollis, Professor of Law at Temple University and a Perry World House Visiting Fellow, and Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, Estonia’s first ever Ambassador for Cybersecurity. They talk about how cybersecurity has changed in the last twenty years; why an attack on Estonia in 2007 was the forerunner of modern hybrid warfare; and more. Music & Produced by Tre Hester.

This week's episode features Ambassador Alexander ('Sandy') Vershbow, one of our Distinguished Visiting Fellows this year.  A career diplomat since 1977, Vershbow was U.S. Ambassador to Russia and South Korea, and worked in Washington and NATO. Ambassador Vershbow talks about why alliances are still valuable and powerful in a fractured world, what it was like to work with Vladimir Putin, and what NATO can do to meet its biggest challenges in the months ahead.  Music & Produced by Tre Hester.

This week's episode of The Global Cable features Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. One of the country's leading experts in international law and human rights, he served for many years in government under presidents of both parties. On The Global Cable, Koh talks to us about his new book, The Trump Administration and International Law, why 'America first' so often means 'America alone', and his perspective on impeachment proceedings against the President.

On this episode of The Global Cable, we sit down with Ambassador William Lacy Swing, who has served as an American and United Nations diplomat for half a century. He was Ambassador to six countries under four U.S. presidents, serving in countries such as Nigeria, South Africa, and Haiti. Swing then went on to serve as Director General of the International Organization for Migration - effectively an ambassador for migrants - overseeing its transition to becoming a UN agency in 2016.

On this episode of The Global Cable, we sit down with Zaina Erhaim, an acclaimed Syrian journalist who is this year’s Perry World House and Kelly Writers House Writer at Risk. Over the last decade, she has trained over a hundred media activists in Syria – many of them women. In conversation with host John Gans, Erhaim talks about what objectivity means in war, what citizen journliasts need to learn, and what is happening in Syria right now. Music & Produced by Tre Hester.

On this episode of The Global Cable, we sit down with Ash Carter, U.S. Secretary of Defense from 2015 to 2017 In conversation with our host and his former chief speechwriter John Gans, Secretary Carter shares his thoughts on how to make decisions about new technology, what he’s learned about management from running the world’s biggest organization, and what he’s reading right now – the answer might surprise you. Music & Produced by Tre Hester.

Welcome to Season 3 of The Global Cable, a podcast from Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania. We’re starting out on our new season with a new host in John Gans, our director of communications and research, a new format inspired by Penn’s own founding father Ben Franklin, and an exciting new lineup of guests. Our first episode is a conversation with John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017. Music & Produced by Tre Hester.

Welcome to another year of The Global Cable. In this special episode, we mark the launch of the Great Powers and Urbanization Project (GPUP for short). GPUP is a new international initiative looking at the evolving role of cities on the world stage. Cities and city leaders are increasingly active in international diplomacy. We speak to leaders from three cities, and an expert on urbanization, to explore what cities can do, what they can't do, and what this means for a changing world.

While it is often presented as an issue of the future, climate change is already having an immense impact on our environment. On this episode of The Global Cable, our Director William Burke-White talks to Aromar Revi and Irina Marinov about how the international community can mitigate the impact, and adapt in the face of climate change. This is the final episode of Season 2 of The Global Cable, and we’ll be taking a break over the summer. Thank you for listening!

Is the threat at the Southern Border really as severe as President Trump claims it to be? On this episode of ‘The Global Cable’, our Director Bill Burke-White sits down with national security expert Richard Clarke to find out. While in recent months the migration crisis at the United States’ Southern border has dominated the news agenda, Burke-White and Clarke discuss the new developments that Clarke feels actually put the United States at risk.

On this episode of The Global Cable, Perry World House’s Director William Burke-White sits down with Bruce Jentleson, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University, to discuss his book ‘The Peacemakers: Leadership Lessons from Twentieth-Century Statesmanship.’ As a seasoned scholar with extensive real-world policy experience, Jentleson brings a unique perspective to the stories of 14 people who worked for peace at different moments in the 20th Century.

On this episode of The Global Cable, Perry World House Deputy Director LaShawn Jefferson is joined by Edith Kahbang (‘Kah’) Walla, our 2018-2019 Global Shifts Visiting Fellow and a Cameroonian political leader, activist, feminist and entrepreneur. They discuss how Cameroon can bridge the divide between French and English-speaking parts of the country - a legacy of its colonial past - and begin the transition from autocracy to a democratic, inclusive state. Music & Produced by Tre Hester.

On this episode of The Global Cable, Perry World House Inaugural Director William Burke-White and Global Shifts Program Manager Jocelyn Perry are joined by Dr. Victoria Herrmann, President of the Arctic Institute, a center for circumpolar security studies. They'll discuss Victoria's research on climate change & community adaptation, the role of the United States & Canada in protecting communities in the far north and the impact of climate change on the Arctic region. Music & Produced by Tre Hester