Carnegie Council Video Podcast

Amidst political changes in the West, award-winning journalist Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times, cogently puts forward the case that "Easternization" is the trend of the 21st century. In reviewing not only China's challenge to America's decades-long predominance in Asia, but also a belligerent North Korea, and a Russia longing to reclaim its status as a great power, Rachman is the perfect guide to analyze these trends.

In this clip, Rachman puts the rise of the East in a global and historical context and explains why it's not hyperbole to say, "500 years of Western dominance are coming to a close." What do a rising China and India mean for Latin America and Africa? Is Brexit, in a sense, a reaction to this new order?

Rev. Robert Chase has spent 10 years as director of Intersections International, working "to bring disparate groups together in search of peaceful and socially just resolution to long-held conflicts." In this wide-ranging talk, he discusses his time in Pakistan and Kazakhstan, working with New York's Muslim community, and how then-Senator Obama inspired him in 2004.

"Financial Times" chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman says, "We've reached the point where the West's grip on world affairs begins to loosen." China's economic rise is, indeed, a big reason for this shift, but how do Brexit, Crimea, and "red lines" fit into the story? What will be the effect on Southeast Asia, Australia, and Africa?

"Democracy begins in bloodshed and it comes to life only through conflict," says Harvard's James T. Kloppenberg in this masterful talk. How have the French Revolution and civil wars in England and America "poisoned the ethic of reciprocity on which democracy depends"? Why is this so important in 2017?

Asia Society's Orville Schell recently co-chaired a high-level task force on U.S.-China relations that resulted in a series of recommendations for the Trump administration. At the top of the list were concerns about North Korea's continuing development of missiles and nuclear weapons. In this clip with journalist Stephanie Sy, Schell discusses this perilous situation, and China's key relationship with North Korea.

Orville Schell has been reporting on China since 1970. In this wide-ranging and insightful conversation he looks at China and the U.S. exit from TPP; North Korea; the South China Sea; China's values system (or lack of one); human rights; climate change; and more.

The Air Force is heading America's efforts to modernize and secure its digital infrastructure and incorporate cyberspace into every aspect of its operations. Learn more in this talk with Lt. Gen. Bender, the Air Force's chief information officer and the leader of nearly 55,000 cyber operators.

Concerned about where the world is heading? Don't miss this measured and comprehensive overview from Richard Haas, in which he lays out the global situation facing President Trump and what may lie ahead. Topics include the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Russia, NATO, the UN, and the main factor behind job losses.

J. P. Singh describes himself as working at the intersection of culture and political economy, examining how ways of life and their symbolic representations bleed over into politics and economics. This discussion ranges from cultural politics in the U.S. and the UK, to Singh's book "Sweet Talk" on post-colonialism paternalism in trade deals, and more.

Soon, humankind may be able to replace natural selection with intelligent design and to create the first inorganic lifeforms, says Yuval Noah Harari. If so, this will be the greatest revolution since life began. But what are the dangers, and are they avoidable?