Global Insights (Audio)

Two presentations from the Constructions of Terrorism Conference at UCSB in December 2015: Defining Terrorism as Tactic with David Schanzer, Duke Sanford School of Pubic Policy, and Terror as Performance Violence with Mark Juergensmeyer, UC Santa Barbara. Series: "Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30468]

Based on his experience as President Barack Obama's Science Advisor through both terms, John Holdren discusses how priorities and policies for science, technology, and innovation (ST&I) have been developed under Obama; how specific challenges and opportunities relating to ST&I for economic prosperity, environmental sustainability, and national security have been approached; and the role that partnerships across the public, private, academic, and civil-society sectors and across nations have played and must continue to play. Holdren is the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Series: "Herb York Memorial Lecture" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30494]

Two presentations from the Constructions of Terrorism Conference at UCSB in December 2015: Can Terrorism be Defined? with Lisa Stampnitzky, University of Sheffield, and Misoverestimating Terrorism with John Mueller, Ohio State University. Series: "Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30467]

Climate change policy expert David Victor, a professor of International Relations at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy & Strategy and two of his graduate students provide insights into the process and the outcome of the 2015 COP 21 climate talks in Paris. Victor has been a participant in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) proceedings since the IPCC’s inception Victor is presented here by the UC San Diego Library Channel. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30487]

Margaret Leinen, a paleo-oceanographer and climatologist who is now the director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, shares tales of leading the University of California’s delegation to the Paris Climate Conference, the career path that began in the Midwest and moved out to sea, and her excitement about the imminent arrival of the Research Vessel Sally Ride, named for the late astronaut who was the first American woman in space. Leinen speaks with Karen Flammer, the director of education for Sally Ride Science@UC San Diego aboard the R/V Melville in the San Diego Bay. Series: "Women in Science" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30330]

Natalia Molina, professor of history and urban studies at UC San Diego, traces the ways US public health and immigration policies intersected and influenced the country’s response to Mexican immigration. Series: "Immigration" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30180]

Two presentations from the Constructions of Terrorism Conference at UCSB in December 2015: The World vs. Daesh: Constructing a Contemporary Terrorist Threat with Scott Englund, UC Santa Barbara, and Contemporary Threat Roundtable led by Alan Cullison, Wall Street Journal. Series: "Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30474]

Filmmaker Iva Radivojevic joins Professors Bhaskar Sarkar and Laila Shereen Sakr of the Department of Film and Media Studies at UCSB for a discussion about her poetic documentary Evaporating Borders that examines the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Public Affairs] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 30458]

Two presentations from the Constructions of Terrorism Conference at UCSB in December 2015: Constructing Cultures of Martyrdom, with Mia Bloom, Georgia State University, and Introducing Government Actions in Terror Environments (GATE) Dataset with Laura Dugan, University of Maryland. Series: "Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30473]

Ambassador Dennis Ross has been a direct participant in shaping US policy toward the Middle East, and Israel specifically, for nearly thirty years. He takes us through every administration from Truman to Obama, throwing into dramatic relief each president’s attitudes toward Israel and the region, the often tumultuous debates between key advisers, and the events that drove the policies and at times led to a shift in approach. Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30275]