Podcast
Global Dispatches Episode 3: Dodge Billingsley, Filmmaker
Episode 3 of the podcast is here. No stopping us now!
Global Dispatches Episode 2: Laura Seay (AKA @TexasinAfrica)
How the daughter of a preacher from a cotton farming community near Lubbock became one of America’s most influential Africanists.
Global Dispatches Episode 1:
Heather Hurlburt
I’ve got a new podcast. Episode 1 kicks off with an interview with Executive Director of the National Security Network Heather Hurlburt.
UN Dispatch Podcast: Talking #MDGMomentum With Jeffrey Sachs
Today marks the 1,000 day sprint to the finish of the Millenium Development Goals. I caught up with the economist Jeffrey Sachs of the Earth Institute at Columbia University who was one of the intellectual fathers of the MDGs and a key UN adviser on development issues. We discuss why some goals were reached, and some may not be.
UN Dispatch Podcast: Talking North Korea with Ambassador Chris Hill
North Korea has grabbed the media’s attention this week with a series of increasingly provocative statements and moves. I caught up with Ambassador Chris Hill, formerly the lead US negotiator on North Korea and currently Dean of the Korbell School at the University of Denver to find out what is behind these latest bluster.
UN Dispatch Podcast: What’s Behind the Rebellion in the Central African Republic?
I speak with Louisa Lombard, the Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Geography, University of California at Berkeley who explains the roots of this conflict and what the international community can do to help mitigate this crisis.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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