In a world facing multiple overlapping crises and wars, understanding how existing international institutions can tackle mounting global challenges is more crucial than ever. At Global Shocks, the podcast of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders, we enter the conversation with leading figures from the world’s major international organisations — from the International Committee of the Red Cross to the World Health Organisation. Join us to find out what lessons they draw from the past and what future prospects they have.
Host and producer: Jan Eijking (University of Oxford)
Special thanks to Patricia Clavin (University of Oxford) and Melissa FitzGerald (Zinc Media).
Music: “Space!” by HoliznaCC0 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/) / CC0 1.0 Universal License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Logo: Roger Gray (Oxford Martin School)
Changing Global Orders is a research programme at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, and led by Professor Patricia Clavin, Professor Andrew Thompson, Professor Louise Fawcett, and Professor Andrew Hurrell.
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How does the European Union conduct its foreign policy in a turbulent world? Since its creation in 2010, what has the European External Action Service learned from shocks and crises? Jan Eijking speaks to former EEAS Managing Director for Africa and for the Middle East, Dr Nicholas Westcott, who is Professor of Practice at SOAS University of London. We spoke about crisis in the Sahel, the EU’s engagements in Libya and Syria, and the future of the EU in a turbulent world.
More about the EEAS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_External_Action_Service)
More about Nick Westcott (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Westcott)
More background on EU diplomacy (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137383037)
Global Shocks is the official podcast of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders, University of Oxford. Changing Global Orders is a collaboration of members of the Faculty of History and the Department of Politics and International Relations. Our co-directors are Professor Andrew Thompson, Professor Patricia Clavin, Professor Louise Fawcett, and Professor Andrew Hurrell. Our postdoctoral fellows are Dr Boyd van Dijk and Dr Jan Eijking.
Host and producer: Jan Eijking (University of Oxford)
Music: “Space!” by HoliznaCC0 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/), CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Logo: Roger Gray (Oxford Martin School)
Audio consultant: Melissa FitzGerald (Zinc Media)
Website: changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk (http://changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk/)
Twitter/X: twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders (http://twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders)
Changing Global Orders is a programme of the Oxford Martin School.
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15 Apr 2024
Greenpeace
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our times. One of the most important organisations dedicated to the topic is Greenpeace. How has Greenpeace dealt with shocks in the past, and what is the future of climate activism in a turbulent world? Jan Eijking speaks to the former head (2009-2015) of Greenpeace International, Dr Kumi Naidoo. We spoke about his life as an activist, about the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, and why international organisations need to do better.
More about Greenpeace (https://www.greenpeace.org/international/about/)
More about Kumi Naidoo (https://www.kuminaidoo.net/) and the Riky Rick Foundation (https://www.rikyrickfoundation.co.za/)
Kumi Naidoo's podcast (https://www.powerpeopleplanet.org/)
Kumi Naidoo's memoir "Letters to My Mother (https://jacana.co.za/product/letters-to-my-mother/)"
More historical background (https://environmentalhistory.org/people/greenpeace/)
Global Shocks is the official podcast of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders, University of Oxford. Changing Global Orders is a collaboration of members of the Faculty of History and the Department of Politics and International Relations. Our co-directors are Professor Andrew Thompson, Professor Patricia Clavin, Professor Louise Fawcett, and Professor Andrew Hurrell. Our postdoctoral fellows are Dr Boyd van Dijk and Dr Jan Eijking.
Host and producer: Jan Eijking (University of Oxford)
Music: “Space!” by HoliznaCC0 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/), CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Logo: Roger Gray (Oxford Martin School)
Audio consultant: Melissa FitzGerald (Zinc Media)
Website: changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk (http://changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk/)
Twitter/X: twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders (http://twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders)
Changing Global Orders is a programme of the Oxford Martin School.
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1 Apr 2024
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
The growing membership of the OECD today accounts for 41.1% of global GDP. This powerful organisation is dedicated to stimulating economic growth and setting international standards. But what does the OECD do exactly? How has it dealt with past crises? In this episode, Jan Eijking speaks to the OECD’s former Deputy Secretary-General (2014-19) Mari Kiviniemi, who previously was Prime Minister of Finland (2010-11). We spoke about Mari Kiviniemi’s experience working for the OECD, about aftershocks of the 2008 financial crisis, the effects of the 2015 European migrant crisis, and what lessons the organisation draws from the past.
More about the OECD (https://www.oecd.org/about/)
More about Mari Kiviniemi (https://www.oecd.org/finland/mari-kiviniemi.htm)
More historical background (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-60243-1)
Global Shocks is the official podcast of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders, University of Oxford. Changing Global Orders is a collaboration of members of the Faculty of History and the Department of Politics and International Relations. Our co-directors are Professor Andrew Thompson, Professor Patricia Clavin, Professor Louise Fawcett, and Professor Andrew Hurrell. Our postdoctoral fellows are Dr Boyd van Dijk and Dr Jan Eijking.
Host and producer: Jan Eijking (University of Oxford)
Music: “Space!” by HoliznaCC0 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/), CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Logo: Roger Gray (Oxford Martin School)
Audio consultant: Melissa FitzGerald (Zinc Media)
Website: changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk (http://changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk/)
Twitter/X: twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders (http://twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders)
Changing Global Orders is a programme of the Oxford Martin School.
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18 Mar 2024
The World Health Organisation
What is the future of global public health? In turbulent times, will we be ready for the next pandemic? To find out, in this episode Jan Eijking is joined by Professor Ilona Kickbusch, a global public health expert with many years of experience working for the World Health Organisation (WHO). They discuss questions including: how has the WHO dealt with past public health crises? How can it learn from that experience? Ilona Kickbusch shares first-hand experience working for the WHO during the HIV/AIDS epidemic, what lessons the organisation has drawn from tackling some of the world’s most difficult public health crises, and how it can reform to be prepared for future challenges.
More about the WHO (https://www.who.int/about/history)
More about Ilona Kickbusch (https://www.ilonakickbusch.com/)
More historical background (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/world-health-organization/9A0B11E8BA52C41A2AD5504A6BEA8300)
Global Shocks is the official podcast of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders, University of Oxford. Changing Global Orders is a collaboration of members of the Faculty of History and the Department of Politics and International Relations. Our co-directors are Professor Andrew Thompson, Professor Patricia Clavin, Professor Louise Fawcett, and Professor Andrew Hurrell. Our postdoctoral fellows are Dr Boyd van Dijk and Dr Jan Eijking.
Host and producer: Jan Eijking (University of Oxford)
Music: “Space!” by HoliznaCC0 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/), CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Logo: Roger Gray (Oxford Martin School)
Audio consultant: Melissa FitzGerald (Zinc Media)
Website: changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk (http://changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk/)
Twitter/X: twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders (http://twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders)
Changing Global Orders is a programme of the Oxford Martin School.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
4 Mar 2024
The International Monetary Fund
How does the global financial system cope with a turbulent world? In this episode of Global Shocks, Jan Eijking is joined by Maurice Obstfeld, former Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Maurice Obstfeld is a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. From 2015 through 2018, he served as Economic Counsellor and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund. In 2014 and 2015, he was a Member of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. A leading macroeconomist, he has published widely on the international financial system and its resilience to crises and shocks.
More about the IMF (https://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/IMF-at-a-Glance)
More about Maurice Obstfeld (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Obstfeld)
More historical background (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/01/is-the-imf-fit-for-purpose)
Global Shocks is the official podcast of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders, University of Oxford. Changing Global Orders is a collaboration of members of the Faculty of History and the Department of Politics and International Relations. Our co-directors are Professor Andrew Thompson, Professor Patricia Clavin, Professor Louise Fawcett, and Professor Andrew Hurrell. Our postdoctoral fellows are Dr Boyd van Dijk and Dr Jan Eijking.
Host and producer: Jan Eijking (University of Oxford)
Music: “Space!” by HoliznaCC0 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/), CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Logo: Roger Gray (Oxford Martin School)
Audio consultant: Melissa FitzGerald (Zinc Media)
Website: changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk (http://changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk)
Twitter/X: twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders (http://twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders)
Changing Global Orders is a programme of the Oxford Martin School.
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19 Feb 2024
United Nations Peacekeeping
We speak to UN peacekeeping expert Renata Dwan, former Chief of Peacekeeping Policy at the UN headquarters in New York. Tune in to hear Renata share first-hand experience with peacekeeping in Mali, peacekeeping after the Arab Spring, and how peacekeeping was affected by the 2008 financial crisis.
More about UN peacekeeping: https://www.icrc.org/en (https://www.icrc.org/en)
The history of UN peacekeeping: “Blue Helmet Bureaucrats” by Margot Tudor, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/blue-helmet-bureaucrats/796DA861774D924CA2A7B829DAA5E103#fndtn-information (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/blue-helmet-bureaucrats/796DA861774D924CA2A7B829DAA5E103#fndtn-information)
More about Renata Dwan: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/renata-dwan (https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/renata-dwan)
Global Shocks is the official podcast of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders, University of Oxford. Changing Global Orders is a collaboration of members of the Faculty of History and the Department of Politics and International Relations. Our co-directors are Professor Andrew Thompson, Professor Patricia Clavin, Professor Louise Fawcett, and Professor Andrew Hurrell. Our postdoctoral fellows are Dr Boyd van Dijk and Dr Jan Eijking.
Host and producer: Jan Eijking (University of Oxford)
Music: “Space!” by HoliznaCC0 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/), public domain / CC0 1.0 Universal License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Logo: Roger Gray (Oxford Martin School)
Audio consultant: Melissa FitzGerald (Zinc Media)
Website: changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk (http://changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk)
Twitter/X: twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders (http://twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders)
Changing Global Orders is a programme of the Oxford Martin School.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
5 Feb 2024
The International Committee of the Red Cross
In this first episode of Global Shocks, we speak to humanitarian leader Yves Daccord, former Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva. Tune in to hear Yves share his first-hand experience with how the ICRC dealt with humanitarian crises in Yemen, how social media affects the work of ICRC staff, and how 9/11 has affected the work of Red Cross organisations around the world.
More about the ICRC: https://www.icrc.org/en (https://www.icrc.org/en)
The history of the Red Cross:
Caroline Moorehead (1999), Dunant’s Dream: War, Switzerland and the History of the Red Cross (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dunants-Dream-Switzerland-History-Cross/dp/0786706090 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dunants-Dream-Switzerland-History-Cross/dp/0786706090));
History of the ICRC in 5 volumes (https://blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/history-of-the-icrc-in-5-volumes/ (https://blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/history-of-the-icrc-in-5-volumes/));
Boyd van Dijk (2023) Preparing for War: The Making of the 1949 Geneva Conventions (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/preparing-for-war-the-making-of-the-1949-geneva-conventions-9780198912613 (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/preparing-for-war-the-making-of-the-1949-geneva-conventions-9780198912613))
More about Yves Daccord: https://edgelands.institute (https://edgelands.institute), https://principlesforpeace.org/ (https://principlesforpeace.org/), www.linkedin.com/in/YDaccord1 (http://www.linkedin.com/in/YDaccord1)
Global Shocks is the official podcast of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders, University of Oxford. Changing Global Orders is a collaboration of members of the Faculty of History and the Department of Politics and International Relations. Our co-directors are Professor Andrew Thompson, Professor Patricia Clavin, Professor Louise Fawcett, and Professor Andrew Hurrell. Our postdoctoral fellows are Dr Boyd van Dijk and Dr Jan Eijking.
Host and producer: Jan Eijking (University of Oxford)
Music: “Space!” by HoliznaCC0 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/) / CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Logo: Roger Gray (Oxford Martin School)
Audio consultant: Melissa FitzGerald (Zinc Media)
Website: changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk (http://changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk)
Twitter/X: twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders (http://twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders)
Changing Global Orders is a programme of the Oxford Martin School.
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30 Jan 2024
Trailer: Global Shocks
How can international organisations tackle crises, wars, and other global shocks? Understanding how to deal with such mounting global challenges is more crucial than ever. At Global Shocks, we enter the conversation with leading figures from the world’s major international organisations — from the International Committee of the Red Cross to the World Health Organisation.
Host and producer: Jan Eijking
Music: “Space!” by HoliznaCC0 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/), public domain / CC0 1.0 Universal License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Logo: Lorie Shaull (https://www.flickr.com/photos/number7cloud/25149951911/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/number7cloud/25149951911/)) CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en))
Audio consultant: Melissa FitzGerald, Zinc Media
Twitter/X: twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders (http://twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders)
Changing Global Orders is generously funded by the Oxford Martin School.
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