Global Insights (Audio)

Dorothy Robyn, now an independent analyst, shares tales of her time in government overseeing energy and environmental budget issues on military bases, participating in a public/private partnership with Ivanka Trump that converted Washington’s Old Post Office Pavilion into a hotel, and preventing a life-saving satellite system from being destroyed, a feat most recently recounted "Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story." Robyn’s conversation with Henry E. Brady, Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, is the second of three in “The Budget Series,” featuring UC GSPP alumni who are fiscal policy experts in Washington.

Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 31726]

Marquee faculty of UC San Diego assess the stunning result of the 2016 presidential election and look ahead to what a Trump Administration will mean for US relations with China, Korea, Canada, Latin America, Israel and Iran; and how Trump’s policies will affect domestic politics and international students who want to study in the United States. Series: "What's Next for Washington?" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31655]

Jamal Khokhar, former Canadian Ambassador to Brazil and now President of the Institute of the Americas, assesses Canada's reaction to the election of Donald Trump. Series: "What's Next for Washington?" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31743]

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes historian Niall Ferguson of the Hoover Institution who is the 2016 Underhill Lecturer at Berkeley. After discussing the importance of Anglo-American Studies and the wave of populism sweeping the West, including Brexit and the Trump phenomena, the conversation turns to an in depth look at Ferguson’s recent book, “Kissinger, 1923-1969, The Idealist.” Ferguson details the evolution of Kissinger’s thinking about international affairs up until the time he assumes the position of national security advisor to President Nixon. He chronicles the influence of mentors (Kraemer and Elliot), the impact of experience (service in military intelligence and Harvard education) and the evidence of Kissinger’s writings on international order and on nuclear weapons. The conversation concludes by highlighting the themes that emerge from Kissinger’s intellectual evolution in the period before he assumes power. Series: "Conversations with History" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31595]

Paul Pickowicz, Distinguished Professor & Endowed Chair in Modern Chinese History at UC San Diego, looks ahead to the next era of US-Sino relations, given how badly China was characterized by the Trump campaign. Series: "What's Next for Washington?" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31739]

UC San Diego Political Science Professor Sam Popkin talks about the 2016 election, polling, the FBI, Congress, immigration, the Supreme Court, infrastructure and other issues that are likely to dominate political discussions in the time of Trump. Series: "Immigration" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31740]

UC San Diego Professor Steph Haggard of the School of Global Policy and Strategy offers an overview on how Donald Trump will conduct foreign policy, based on his campaign statements and appointments to his administration. Series: "What's Next for Washington?" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31741]

David Mares, the director of the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies at UC San Diego, looks ahead to how a Trump presidency will impact Latin America. Series: "What's Next for Washington?" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31744]

Hasan Kayali, an associate professor of History at UC San Diego, surveys reaction in the Middle East to the election of Donald Trump. Trump. Series: "What's Next for Washington?" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31745]

Bashar Matti Warda, a Chaldean Catholic cleric and the current Archbishop of Erbil, speaks on the role that the Christians of northern Iraq are playing in removing ISIS and fostering peace and forgiveness in this long-troubled region. Archbishop Warda is presented by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego. Series: "Peace exChange -- Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31463]