Global Thought Podcast

Part two of “Afghanistan and Women” features Dr. Massouda Jalal and a special guest—her daughter, Hasina. The pair explore the implications of Dr. Jalal’s work, how to fuel the fight for gender equality in Afghanistan, and the current state of affairs in the country. Dr. Jalal was the first woman to run for the Office of the President in the history of Afghanistan and, after placing 6th in the 2004 race, served in the first government after the fall of the Taliban that year. A graduate of...

In part one of our episode on "Afghanistan and Women," Dr. Massouda Jalal discusses her medical career, her extensive political career, and the famous race for the Office of the Presidency. Dr. Jalal recounts the threats from the Taliban and living in exile in Europe, all while preserving her commitment to human rights in her home country. Dr. Jalal was the first woman to run for the Office of the President in the history of Afghanistan and, after placing 6th in the 2004 race, served in the...

On this season of the GlobalThought Podcast, Dr. Vishakha N. Desai discusses her recent memoir, “World is Family.” In conversation with four former students, Dr. Desai weighs in on the public perception of globalism and the varying reactions to increased interconnectivity in the world. She touches on the transnational identities of immigrants, relationships transcending cultural boundaries and the idea of belonging through the lens of global thought. Dr. Vishakha N. Desai is a Senior Advisor...

CGT Chair Vishakha N. Desai speaks with committee member Manan Ahmed about his new book "The Loss of Hindustan: The Invention of India." Ahmed provides a radical interpretation of how India came to its contemporary political identity. He argues that a European understanding of India as Hindu has replaced an earlier, native understanding of India as Hindustan, a home for all faiths. Turning to the subcontinent’s medieval past, Ahmed uncovers a rich network of historians of Hindustan who...

In this episode of the Global Thought Podcast, Vishakha N. Desai speaks with Committee on Global Thought member Bernard E. Harcourt about his new book Critique & Praxis from Columbia University Press. Charting a vision for political action and social transformation, Harcourt argues that instead of posing the question, “What is to be done?” we must now turn it back onto ourselves and ask, and answer, “What more am I to do?”. Bernard E. Harcourt is a leading critical theorist and advocate for...

On the final episode of season two, Vishakha N. Desai interviews Committee on Global Thought member, and former chair, Saskia Sassen. She discusses her latest book with Mary Kaldor, Cities at War. The book examines cities as sites of contemporary warfare and insecurity. Sassen’s perspective on cities and their geographies provides new insight into how cities and their residents encounter instability and conflict, as well as the ways in which urban forms provide possibilities for countering...

Vishakha N. Desai interviews Committee on Global Thought member Rosalind C. Morris about the CGT Unsettlement project on this episode of the Global Thought Podcast. Led by Morris, the CGT project on Unsettlement aims to enable critical thought and a just response to issues that transcend the category of migrancy and border security. Beyond the false dichotomy of voluntary or forced movement, in areas where border regimes are mutating and climate change is precipitating profound demographic...

On April 13, 2020, the project held a Global Think-In, a virtual conversation between 70 youth from nearly 10 countries, to share observations about the Coronavirus pandemic and its impact on how they think about their future and the post-pandemic world. Specifically, we asked them: 1. How has the Coronavirus affected your life? What is the most unexpected part of this impact? 2. What influence do you think this pandemic will have on your future, your country, and the world? What would you...

On April 13, 2020, the project held a Global Think-In, a virtual conversation between 70 youth from nearly 10 countries, to share observations about the Coronavirus pandemic and its impact on how they think about their future and the post-pandemic world. Specifically, we asked them: 1. How has the Coronavirus affected your life? What is the most unexpected part of this impact? 2. What influence do you think this pandemic will have on your future, your country, and the world? What would you...

On April 13, 2020, the project held a Global Think-In, a virtual conversation between 70 youth from nearly 10 countries, to share observations about the Coronavirus pandemic and its impact on how they think about their future and the post-pandemic world. Specifically, we asked them: 1. How has the Coronavirus affected your life? What is the most unexpected part of this impact? 2. What influence do you think this pandemic will have on your future, your country, and the world? What would you...

On April 13, 2020, the project held a Global Think-In, a virtual conversation between 70 youth from nearly 10 countries, to share observations about the Coronavirus pandemic and its impact on how they think about their future and the post-pandemic world. Specifically, we asked them: 1. How has the Coronavirus affected your life? What is the most unexpected part of this impact? 2. What influence do you think this pandemic will have on your future, your country, and the world? What would you...

We asked CGT Faculty to share their responses to the the following question: What is the issue of greatest concern for the world in relation to the coronavirus in the short term and in the long term? Here are their answers.

We asked CGT Faculty to share their responses to the the following question: What is the issue of greatest concern for the world in relation to the coronavirus in the short term and in the long term? Here are their answers.

We asked CGT Faculty to share their responses to the the following question: What is the issue of greatest concern for the world in relation to the coronavirus in the short term and in the long term? Here are their answers.

In this Global Thought Podcast episode, host Vishakha N. Desai, Vice Chair of the Committee on Global Thought interviews Kian Tajbakhsh ,a professor of Urban Planning and Urban Studies at Columbia University, Senior Program Manager at Columbia Global Centers and Development, and Fellow of Committee on Global Thought. Tajbakhsh describes his experience of returning to Iran and dissects competing paradigms of understanding world order. Tajbakhsh discusses his features published this summer in...

In this episode of Global Thought Podcast, Vishakha N. Desai, Vice Chair of the Committee on Global Thought (CGT), interviews Neil K. Aggarwal, Committee on Global Thought Member, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University, and Research Psychiatrist at New York State Psychiatry Institute. Aggarwal discusses his new book, 'Media Persuasion in the Islamic State' and the role of language and messaging and psychology of persuasion behind media operations of terrorist...

In this Global Thought Podcast episode, Adam Tooze, Committee on Global Thought (CGT) Member and Professor of History at Columbia University, discusses his most recent book: 'Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World' with host, CGT Chair Carol Gluck. Tooze gives a bit of context into this prize-winning book as one of Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers for 2019. A key theme he discusses is the 2008 financial, global crisis and the ways that it was different than what...