Global 360

As the world grapples with new realities and a once-in-a-generation pandemic, multinational corporations are shifting priorities to meet new business climates and polarizing policy environments.

Philip Morris International, no stranger to controversy, offers audiences a look at how this longstanding company is navigating the new normal to remain viable in the 21st century.

Global 360’s Anna Gawel and Eric Ham talk to Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the Represent America Abroad Act of 2021, the legislation she recently re-introduced to diversify the U.S. Foreign Service.

According to the American Academy of Diplomacy, out of 189 U.S. ambassadors serving abroad last year, only three were African American career diplomats, and just four were Hispanic.

And last year, a first-of-its-kind government report found that between fiscal 2002 and 2018, the proportion of racial or ethnic minorities working full time at the State Department only rose by 4% from an already low 28%.

Bass discusses her efforts to make America’s Foreign Service look more like the rest of America.

In addition, Bass — who also serves on House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism and was a recent chair of the Congressional Black Caucus — talks about her push for criminal justice reform, including her landmark George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, and the global fight against police brutality.

And as chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights, she tells us about her efforts to redefine America’s relationship with Africa.

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The impeachment trial is over and President Biden is moving full steam ahead with his legislative agenda, while former President Trump sits in a strange limbo at Mar-a-Lago — having lost his loudest megaphone in Twitter.

But Donald Trump won’t stay silent for long. He’s already declared himself to be the presumptive Republican presidential candidate for 2024.

Just how powerful will his voice be over the next four years?

Join journalists Anna Gawel and Eric Ham for a lively debate on whether Donald Trump has become the de facto face of the GOP Party, or whether his star will finally fade.

We survived the U.S. election, but did we survive the damage? From baseless allegations of voter fraud to the shattering of presidential norms, America’s democratic institutions are under attack.

Ditch the coffee and grab a cocktail for a special evening edition of Global 360 as journalists Anna Gawel and Eric Ham of The Washington Diplomat break down the latest Beltway drama.

It’s over! Sort of. Anna Gawel and Eric Ham break down what happened during last week’s election, what’s next for President-Elect Joe Biden and what’s left for President Donald Trump.

From Day One, Russia has cast a cloud over President Trump — and his aspirations for improving U.S.-Russia relations. As Americans head to the polls, we take a hard look at the country that has rocked not only the Trump White House, but also the sanctity of U.S. democracy itself.

Under the Trump administration, the transatlantic alliance has plunged to new lows. Many experts agree Joe Biden would reverse course, but how far would he really go? What are the longstanding effects of President Trump’s anti-Europe rhetoric? And what’s in store for the EU and NATO if he’s re-elected?

Journalists Anna Gawel and Eric Ham break down what Europe could be facing over the next four years.

China. That one word has so many implications for the U.S. presidential election, perhaps more so than any other nation. President Trump has made confronting China’s trade practices a cornerstone of his foreign policy agenda. Relations have now sunk to new lows with the pandemic — or, as the president calls it, the China plague. Meanwhile, Trump has accused of his Democratic rival Joe Biden of being soft on China.

But how true are these accusations? Is Trump’s confrontational approach long overdue, or is it ushering in a dangerous new Cold War? Join journalists Anna Gawel and Eric Ham for a lively conversation as they break down how China will shape the upcoming vote.

Latin America faces one of its worst crises in decades. COVID-19 is unleashing devastating economic and social consequences throughout the region, which accounts for only 8% of the world’s population but more than a third of its coronavirus infections.

Despite the region’s importance and geographic proximity, the United States routinely neglects Latin America — especially when compared to the Middle East, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Besides coronavirus, other major issues are continued Central American civil strife, deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, the ongoing U.S. embargo of Cuba, and of course, economic chaos in Venezuela — which as of 2020 now constitutes the world’s biggest refugee crisis, overtaking Syria.

How would Joe Biden deal with Latin America if he were president? What would U.S. relations with the region look like should Donald Trump be re-elected? Three expert journalists offer their insights on how Latin America will fare under either scenario.