Conversations

In-depth dialogues with leading minds on the world's most pressing questions.

Global Health and Public Leadership: Lessons from COVID-19

Dr. Shannon Hader

Dean, School of International Service, American University

In our fourth episode of Worldviews we talk to Shannon Hader, the previous Assistant Secretary-General of the UN and Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS. The conversation delves into public health and the different perspectives on how to control diseases. After the COVID-19 pandemic we are left with the question: how did we get here?

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March 17, 2025•NaN:NaN

Episode 3

China-India-US Relationships: Entrepreneurship and Economic Leadership

Prof. Tarun Khanna & Prof. Yasheng Huang

Harvard Business School & MIT Sloan School of Management

For this third episode of Worldviews, we had the privilege of talking to two esteemed professors about their views on the relationship between India, China, and the United States. Professors Khanna and Huang delve into topics of entrepreneurial and economic leadership. They discuss the question: 'Can India overtake China in terms of entrepreneurial innovation?'

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March 4, 2025•NaN:NaN

Episode 2

Trump 2.0, Changing World Orders, and the Indo-Pacific Region

Ambassador Piper Campbell

Director of ASEAN and Indo-Pacific Studies Initiative, Inaugural Chair of Foreign Policy and Global Security, American University

In the second episode of Worldviews, we are talking to Piper Campbell, Director of the ASEAN and Indo-Pacific Studies Initiative (AIPSI) and Inaugural Chair of the Department of Foreign Policy and Global Security (FPGS) at American University. Professor Campbell was posted to various places and nominated by President Barack Obama as the US Ambassador to Mongolia. In this episode, our podcast host, Hansong Li, and Professor Campbell discuss the changing world order, specifically within the Asia Pacific and Indo-Pacific region.

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February 9, 2025•NaN:NaN

Episode 1

The Role of Islam, ASEAN, and the State of Western Politics

Dr. Akbar Ahmed

Distinguished Professor and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University

In this first episode, Dr. Hansong Li talks with Dr. Akbar Ahmed, a renowned Pakistani-American poet, writer, and former diplomat, as well as Distinguished Professor and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University. Dr. Ahmed has taught at Princeton University, Harvard University, and has occupied many public service roles, including Commissioner in Balochistan, Political Agent in the Tribal Areas including Waziristan, and Pakistan High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland.

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January 14, 2025•NaN:NaN