The Global Cable

Perry World House Associate Director Michael Horowitz quarterbacks this episode, which features an all-star line-up of national security experts. In advance of this Sunday’s Super Bowl, Horowitz and our guests discuss what the Super Bowl has to do with global affairs and foreign policy. They also share their thoughts on the Eagles vs. Patriots matchup. Will they fumble in their predictions, or will they soar towards the Punditry Hall of Fame? Listen to find out!

Perry World House Associate Director Michael Horowitz quarterbacks this episode, which features an all-star line-up of national security experts. In advance of this Sunday’s Super Bowl, Horowitz and our guests discuss what the Super Bowl has to do with global affairs and foreign policy, and then gets their thoughts on the Eagles vs. Patriots matchup. Will they fumble in their predictions, or will they soar towards the Punditry Hall of Fame? Listen to find out! Music and Produced by Tre Hester

Stewart Patrick is a senior fellow in global governance and director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. In this podcast, he sits down with Perry World House Director Bill Burke-White to discuss international engagement in an era of isolation, U.S. foreign policy, and the biggest threats to the world over the short- and long-term. Come for the foreign policy, stay for the statistics about tigers left in the wild.

Is President Trump’s new National Security Strategy doomed to fail? How important are principles in guiding foreign policy? What are the merits of Judy Blume’s adult novels? These are the hard-hitting questions that Perry World House’s Rebecca Friedman Lissner and Michael Horowitz answer in the latest episode of The Global Cable.

Derek Chollet, author most recently of “The Long Game: How Obama Defied Washington and Redefined America’s Role in the World”, was an Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Obama administration. He’s now Executive Vice President at the German-Marshall Fund. In this podcast with Perry World House Director Bill Burke-White, Chollet discusses strategy differences between Obama and Trump, what makes for a great Secretary of State, and the most important challenges facing the world.

Adotei Akwei is the Managing Director for Government Relations for Amnesty International USA. In this conversation with Perry World House Deputy Director LaShawn Jefferson, Akwei discusses his work in human rights, advocating for important issues, and engaging the next generation of noisemakers.  

Loren DeJonge Schulman and Bob Scher sit down with Dr. Michael Horowitz to discuss careers in national security, global threats, and the blue whale. Ms. Schulman is the Deputy Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security. Before that, she served as Senior Advisor to National Security Advisor Susan Rice. Mr. Scher is the head of International Affairs, BP America. Before that, Scher served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities in the DoD. 

Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira is the Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary General for UN-Habitat. Before this, Dr. Kacyira served as the mayor of Kigali and Member of Parliament in Rwanda. In this conversation with Perry World House Deputy Director LaShawn Jefferson, the two discuss Sustainable Development Goals, issues of urbanization, and the role of the United Nations in driving development.

Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro is an expert on the Chinese military, Asia-Pacific security issues, and coercive diplomacy. When Dr. Mastro is not teaching or researching at Georgetown University, she serves as an officer in the United States Air Force Reserve as a Political Military Affairs Strategist. In this podcast, Dr. Michael C. Horowitz and Dr. Mastro discuss China, threats to the United States, and career advice for university students.

Professor Michael Horowitz sits down with Professor Hal Brands and Dr. Alina Polyakova to figure out where the Global Order is going in an era of populism, nationalism, and retrenchment.

Drum roll please... Welcome to the first episode of The Global Cable, a brand new podcast from Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania! In our first episode, Kori Schake of the Hoover Institution, and William Wohlforth of Dartmouth University discuss the future of the global order with Perry World House's Michael Horowitz.