Tom Kellermann, the Head of Cybersecurity Strategy at VMware Inc, and Wilson Center Global Fellow stops by to talk about the continuing escalation of attacks in cyberspace, and recommendations for the next administration and Congress for what can be done to combat a "new cold war that is going on in cyberspace."
Global Health Policy watcher Alex Long joins me again to discuss the progress being made on a COVID-19 vaccine but also how in the world do you distribute 7 billion of them? Policy and Practice come together here on the Need To Know podcast.
The recently announced Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement brings together a trade bloc of Asian nations. But what is it exactly? Is it significant? And what is its relevance to US relations in the region? Experts Shihoko Goto and Robert Daly help us understand.
Over the last 20 years we have heard a lot of plans to take American and coalition troops out of Afghanistan. The most recent announcement to bring more home prior to the next administration entering office is just the latest. Asia expert Michael Kugelman comes back to help us sort out the domestic and foreign policy situation to help us get what we need to know.
A few months ago, we heard a lot of concern about how COVID-19 was going to affect Africa when it arrived there. But many of the assumptions that were held about the continent have failed to play out. Africa Program director Monde Muyangwa walks us through why that is, assessing the positives and negatives of COVID response among African nations.
It has its ups and downs, but on the whole when the US looks at Europe, we see general stability and a lot of democracy, and a lot of allies. But Dan Hamilton is here to remind us why Europe matters and why policymakers should not forget about the continent, and why Americans need Europe.
Ah, summer. we hardly knew ye. And yet here we are and it's already September. Policymakers are gearing up for a busy Autumn, so this episode gets us up to speed on some things we may have missed in the foreign policy world over the summer . We cover, the UAE/Israel deal, North Korea, the resignation of the Japanese Prime Minister, protests in Belarus, the poisoning of a Russian opposition leader and the administration's rhetoric and maneuvers on China in the run up to the election. Time to get ...
Abraham Denmark comes aboard the Need To Know book chat crew, to discuss his new book "US Strategy in the Asian Century," in which he discusses our competition with Asia - not just with China - and how we can empower allies and benefit from the rise of Asia. An engaging discussion and a good book to check out for your summer reading.
A new guest joins me today. Merissa Khurma of the Wilson Center's Middle East Program comes on the show to discuss the situation in Lebanon. Political unrest has been growing for some time and the economy sank. Then the novel coronavirus placed more pressure on the system. Now an explosion at the port in Beirut may place the country's political situation at a tipping point. Here's what you need to know.
The clock is ticking on TikTok and WeChat. With executive orders to restrict access in the US, legislation to bar the apps from government devices, and a general unease, Rui Zhong comes back to explain why these platforms have drawn ire.
Nina Jankowicz comes back to discuss her new book "How To Lose the Information War." It's a fun discussion about human nature, regulation, great powers, we even throw a little Shakespeare in there. Something to add to your summer reading list!
Duncan Wood and Chris Wilson come back to help us understand how a dip in the Mexican economy can affect USMCA implementation and how a visit from the Mexican President to the US plays politically in Mexico. Interesting stuff. This presentation and interview are taken from a briefing we conducted over zoom last week. So references to a visit "next week" refer to this week of July 5th.
We are living through a historic moment. In this episode, I talk with author Dorothy Crawford, who wrote an excellent book called "Deadly Companions: How Microbes Have Shaped Our History." She does an amazing job at providing a historical context to how pandemics shape human actions and civilization. I highly recommend taking a look at her book, where she predicted this current pandemic as being a coronavirus related to the SARS outbreak in the 2000s.
Asia Program Deputy Director Michael Kugelman explains the border dispute between China and India, which leads to an explanation of the complex web of relationships in the South Asia region. There's so much more to understand about these relationships, we hope to dive more into that soon.
It has been one year since we started this show, and this is the 50th episode. It's a big moment, and comes at a big moment in history. So in this episode, we go back to the guests of our most popular episodes and take a look back and a look forward. Matt Rojansky joins me to talk about Russia, Aynne Kokas and Robert Daly discuss China, and Mike Sfraga talks about the Arctic. Fun for everyone!
Wilson Center Canada Institute Director Christopher Sands has a project looking at how states, provinces and local jurisdictions on both sides of the northern border are approaching reopening their economies. And this begs the larger question of how reopening the international border will take place. It takes two to tango when dealing with opening a border. How are the US and Canada approaching this question?
What if you had to renegotiate all of your trade deals right now with everything go on in the global economy. Well, that's exactly what the UK has to do after Brexit. It has embarked on new trade negotiations with the EU and the US, all while trying to navigate the perils of the Corona Economy. Trade expert and Wilson Global Fellow Michelle Egan joins me to show how the UK is handling this and what to look for next.
Shihoko Goto, of the Wilson Center's Asia Program gives us an economic look at Asia, both in its recovery attempts in dealing with being the leading edge of the coronavirus impact - and the first on the other side of the bell curve - to what is on the horizon.
Continuing our look at economics in a time of global pandemics, I talk with Benjamin Gedan of the Latin American Program at the Wilson Center to see what Latin America is doing in this crisis, and the prospects for recovery.
Scott Cullinane, Executive Director at the US-Europe Alliance and alumni of the Wilson Foreign Policy Fellowship Program talks with me about European Union response to coronavirus, and what the challenges posed for an economic recovery on the continent.
If you like what you hear, could you leave us a review? Wilson Center Asia Program Director, Abraham Denmark joined us on a webinar briefing for congressional staff recently to explain where Kim Jong Un could possibly be and why, the small matter of succession in an authoritarian monarchy, and what it means for the future. This edited version of that briefing features questions submitted to us from congressional staff.
May 9th in Russia, is like the US' Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day rolled into one. Celebrating the end of WWII is a big deal every year. This year is the 75th anniversary, so it was supposed to be even bigger. To top it off Vladimir Putin weaved a complex constitutional change and plebiscite to extend his rule in office to correspond with the great patriotic celebration. Yuval Weber explains historical memory in Russia, and now that Coronavirus changes the celebration, what happens now?...
After an introduction from my kids, Duncan Wood and Chris Wilson from the Wilson Center Mexico Institute, and our brand new Canada Institute Director, Chris Sands, join me to discuss how our supply chain is holding up in North America, and what we are learning from the current COVID-19 crisis.
Two of our previous guests come together to talk to us about disinformation in general, and specific to COVID-19 in Europe and Asia. Nina Jankowicz, Disinformation Fellow with the Wilson Center's Science and Technology Innovation Program, and Rui Zhong, an Associate with the Wilson Center's Kissinger Institute take a look at what's out there and its effects on response and recovery.
2036 seems like a long way off. That must be why it was chosen as the end date for the next term of the Putin presidency -- if proposed constitutional changes go through -- which everyone believes they will. There is a pesky global pandemic that is slowing things down, but by all accounts, it looks like Putin will have his way. Why is Vladimir Putin such an enduring fixture of the Russian state? Could it survive without him? And what do people think of the plebiscite he has called for on these c...
Ben Buchanan, author of "The Hacker and the State" joins me to discuss his book and waiting for "the big one" in cyber. In short, we are not talking about coronavirus -- just your normal everyday other issues that could bring down the world.
Welcome Back to Need to Know! It has been a month since our last episode, which was on the coronavirus. And wow, the world has changed drastically. Here, we go back to the same three experts we spoke to a month ago, and try to go beyond the everyday news on the virus to what this means more broadly in society and ramifications for the economy and foreign policy. We hope that everyone is staying healthy... and distanced!
I'm joined by three experts today. Alex Long, who walks us through the public health perspective of understanding coronavirus, its implications for global health and security -- Rui Zhong, who explains some of the societal dynamics in China that we have seen from this outbreak -- And Shihoko Goto, who deftly explains how this is affecting the global economy and what it may mean for the future. This is a can't miss episode and the most comprehensive look you will find to understand the various an...
Disinformation Fellow Nina Jankowicz joins me to discuss what has been the impact of so many international incidents on the national psyche of Ukraine. And in a Need to Know first, we have questions submitted to our expert by congressional staff! If you have questions you'd like answered on the podcast, email us at needtoknow@wilsoncenter.org
Latin America Program Fellow Michael Penfold joins the Need to Know podcast to discuss the appearance of Juan Guaidó at the State of the Union, and what that means for the situation in Venezuela.
