Global Connections Television Podcast

Bill Miller
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Global Connections Television (GCTV), the only talk show of its type in the world, has featured a myriad of guests ranging from leaders at the UN to the private sector to academics to non-governmental organizations.

  1. DEC 13

    Dr. Enrique Dussel Peters, Author “Latin America, China & Great Power Competition”

    Enrique Dussel Peters has a Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Notre Dame. Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México since 1993. He is Coordinator of the Center for Chinese-Mexican Studies of the School of Economics at UNAM and of the Academic Network of Latin America and the Caribbean on China. His most recent book is “Latin America, China & Great Power Competition.”  The US appears to be abandoning the Bretton Woods structure and some UN programs. US leadership with President Donald Trump is no longer dependable. Withdrawal from international institutions is foolhardy and counterproductive. Many experts are touting China as the emerging world leader. China is using Soft Power, such as the Belt and Road Project, to accomplish foreign policy goals. Eliminating USAID by President Trump damaged the reputation, alliances, efficiency and effectiveness of the US in many areas of the world.

    26 min

  2. NOV 19

    Beyond Borders: How the UN Holds the World Together

    For over four decades, Kevin Cassidy has held senior roles within the United Nations system, the International Labour Organization (ILO), and has consulted for the World Bank. He is currently an Executive Fellow at the Iacocca Institute at Lehigh University and as the Co-Founder of iC One Global. His Global Village programme and UN Partnership train students to thrive in a global economy.  As a Consultant for the World Bank, he helped develop strategies, partnerships, and reforms that drove a transformation in Uzbekistan’s elimination of child and forced labour in the cotton sector. The UN has never been more necessary than it is today. Another project is to develop a wider set of audiences  develop an understanding of the UN and multilateral systems and its indispensable value; UN is critical in lowering trade costs, moving ships, planes, mail and weather information worldwide, and is invaluable to the US and world.

    27 min

  3. NOV 19

    David Swanson, Executive Director, World Beyond War

    David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is executive director of World BEYOND War and campaign coordinator of RootsAction.org. Swanson’s books include War Is A Lie and When the World Outlawed War   War adversely impacts all living things on the planet. W. Bush lied to Congress, the UN, Americans and the world to fabricate flimsy bogus evidence to illegally invade Iraq. Many legal scholars consider Bush and Cheney to be war criminals. Corporate media were complicit in the war propaganda machine. The UN General Assembly should adopt Uniting for Peace to override a US or Russian veto in the Security Council.   The Monroe Doctrine is a unilateral declaration by the US to control South America, keep Europeans out and spawn gunboat diplomacy that does not have the force of law. The destruction of fishing boats in the Caribbean is an illegal act that borders on war crimes.

    29 min

  4. NOV 7

    Dr. Francisco Javier Bonilla: Historian, Latin America and Panama Canal

    Dr. Francisco Javier Bonilla is a historian of Latin America specializing in environmental history, infrastructure, and urban development. His research focuses on Panama and the wider Caribbean, examining how water, cities, and U.S. empire have shaped everyday life across the region. He received his PhD in History from Carnegie Mellon University and is currently turning his dissertation, Downstream from the Locks: The Technopolitics of Water in Panama’s Urban Borderlands, into a book.    If the US wanted to seize the Panama Canal, it would be illegal due to its status of neutrality.  Much like the USA, Panama has a burgeoning inequality that breaks along racial and social lines.   Wealthy elites and corporations are purchasing media outlets.    Due to pressure of the US and Corporate Media a vigorous discussion seldom occurs re: the future of the Canal and extra-judicial bombings off the coast of Venezuela, with little or no proof of guilt.

    27 min

  5. NOV 7

    Dr. Joe Young, Director of the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce: Israel and Gaza, Ukraine and US abdication of world leadership

    Dr. Joe Young is a Professor at the University of Kentucky and Director of the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce in Lexington, KY. Previously, he held several positions at American University.  The recent Israeli peace swap and cessation of hostilities is a welcome respite, but it is more difficult to get the logistical issues resolved.   A 2-state solution is the only logical answer to bring peace.   US and Europeans should be committed to Ukrainian sovereignty and security; and not kowtow to Russia.  Blanket  tariffs are taxes mostly on the consumer. Unemployment, Inflation and costs of living have risen dramatically. The US helped create the UN, Bretton Woods Institutions and a stable world order, which are under attack.  China is moving rapidly to fill the US void in the WHO, the UN, and other institutions to be the world leader. A power vacuum will not remain long without being filled.

    30 min

  6. SEP 3

    Irene S. Wu, Ph.D., “Measuring Soft Power in International Relations.”

    Irene S. Wu, Ph.D. is author of “Measuring Soft Power in International Relations.”   She is a lecturer in the Communications, Culture, and Technology Program of Georgetown University and a former fellow at the Wilson Center for international Scholars. Her other books include Forging trust communities: how technology changes politics, and from iron fist to invisible hand: the uneven path of telecommunications reform in China.   Soft power, as opposed to hard power, is essential to persuade another country without the use of violence. Examples would include USAID, economic aid, international trade, US Peace Corps, UN projects and People to People Programs. Elimination of the successful USAID program and withdrawal from WHO have been detrimental to the perception of the US and accomplishments of many of its foreign policies.     China, who is assuming more of a leadership role, has developed one of the largest infrastructure programs called the Belt and Road project.

    27 min

  7. SEP 3

    Steve Schlesinger, Foreign Policy Expert on “80th Anniversary of the United Nations”

    Steve Schlesinger authored "Act of Creation: Founding of the United Nations. “ The UN mandate expanded since it was formed on June 26, 1945 to achieve three basic goals: eliminate scourge of war, promote economic and social development and enhance human rights. The US was the most important player at the UN; however, it is considerably weakened since the Trump administration withdrew from the UNHRC and WHO, and applied counterproductive policies that make China stronger. The UN covers the world  in working with Rotary to defeat polio, helping companies move ships, aircraft, mail and weather information worldwide, providing assistance to refugees and combatting climate crisis and dozens more. Polls show most Americans support the UN. Now, the US is the laughingstock of the world for its counterproductive policies at the UN and surrendering its leadership.  Generally speaking, most of the us Media have been incompetent in coverage of the UN.

    27 min

  8. AUG 19

    Dr. Benjamin Houghton, “China's Strategy in the Gulf: Navigating Conflicts and Rivalries”

    Dr. Benjamin Houghton is a postdoctoral fellow at Lancaster University, UK, where he researches transnational repression. He holds a PhD from Durham University, UK, in Government and International Affairs. He is the author of “China's Strategy in the Gulf: Navigating Conflicts and Rivalries,” and has published two other books and several articles on global affairs.   China intends to have friendly relations through its policy of “strategic hedging .” China launched the Belt and Road Project, one of the largest infrastructure programs in the world, with the goal of pursuing “soft power.”  The recent dismantling of USAID, and withdrawal from WHO, has allowed China to fill a leadership void.   The key to reducing the possibility of war between China and another country is to reenter the nuclear deal that Trump negated during his first term, and reinforce areas of cooperation, such as the reduction of piracy through the Red Sea Dialogue.

    26 min
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