Global Futures

It seems as if the global political climate has never been more volatile since the end of the Cold War. Confidence in liberal democracy, Western-led institutions and the free market economy has eroded over the past decade. The European Union also lacks common responses to major challenges, such as rising populism, growing social and economic inequalities and migration issues. So how did we get there? What are the reasons that led to the current state of global governance and liberal democracy? How will the world order develop in the future? And what do we need in order to create an inclusive and functioning global political space?

In this episode of the Global Futures podcast Joel Sandhu from the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) speaks with Wolfgang Reinicke, president of GPPi and founding dean of the School of Public Policy at Central European University in Budapest. Wolfgang also supports the Global Governance Futures Program as a senior fellow, providing expert input on the futures of global order.

President Emmanuel Macron is the first foreign leader to be invited for a state visit to the US under the Trump administration. He is considered by many a visionary leader with big plans for his own country and for Europe. He started several reforms in French domestic policy, and his foreign policy is also ambitious.

In this episode of the Global Futures podcast Thorsten Benner from the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) meets Thomas Gomart, director of the Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri), in Paris to discuss President Macron's foreign policy agenda, his priorities and interests, and what challenges France will face.

In this episode of the Global Futures podcast, Joel Sandhu from the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)meets Matias Spektor, an associate professor in the Center for International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas in Sao Paulo, to discuss Brazil's current political crisis and economic recession. The country’s image as a rising economic power is under threat, so how badly hit is Brazil, the country of the future?

In the first episode of the Global Futures podcast, Thorsten Benner from the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) travelled to Johannesburg, South Africa, to speak with Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, chief executive of the South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg, and asks: What’s next for South Africa after Jacob Zuma, now that Cyril Ramaphosa is leading the country?