Robert Daly, Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the U.S. at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, analyzes the 2017 U.S.- China Relationship. From topics of nuclear proliferation in Asia to the future goals of the Chinese government, Daly touches on the most important topics in understanding modern China.

How can we separate the truth from propaganda? And how can our democracy survive in the lightning-fast pace of the digital age? Veteran journalist Bob Schieffer offers answers in this provocative new interview with Jim Falk. Look for new episodes featuring some of the world's foremost thinkers, writers and diplomats every Tuesday and Friday. Sponsored by Greenberg Traurig LLP.

Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down and Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam, talks about Vietnam, Korea and the impact that the American press had on modern warfare.

Milan Vaishnav, Senior Fellow, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, is the author of "When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics." Vaishnav dives into the interesting links between criminality, wealth and power found in Indian politics in this can't miss Global I.Q. Minute podcast.

Francine Klagsbrun, columnist for the Jewish Week and author of Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel, joins Jim Falk to discuss the interesting and at times surprising life of Golda Meir, Israel's fourth prime minister.

What does the future of war look like? Retired Major General in U.S. Air Force, Dr. Robert Latiff, delves into topics like how how robots will effect future battles and the possibility of bio-enhancement in future soldiers in this new Global I.Q. Minute with Jim Falk.

Jeremi Suri returns to Global I.Q. Minute to discuss his new book, The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office. Suri argues that "the vastness of the [Presidency] makes it almost impossible to fulfill the expectations placed upon it."

Jim's guest this week is Leslie Schweitzer, president and chair of Friends of the American University of Afghanistan. She delves into education issues facing the country and how the college has sought to overcome them.

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Jim's guest this week is Columbia University professor Dr. Christopher Sabatini, who is also the editor of LatinGoesGlobal.com. He drills down into the tumultuous political environment in Venezuela and what it means for the continent.

This week's guest is a Harvard Kennedy School of Government international affairs professor and former Deputy National Security Advisor who is an expert on geopolitic and energy. Learn about the effect of America's energy abundance "windfall" on our nation's power around the world.