Nine Questions for the World

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The world is changing, and its future is forming around high-stakes challenges such as climate change and shifting geopolitical power. In this limited series, Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass sits down with nine extraordinary thinkers to explore fundamental questions about the century to come.

12/15/2021

Does World Order Have a Future?

CNN Host Fareed Zakaria and Richard Haass examine the concept of “world order” and what to do to promote it in an age of revived great-power rivalry and global challenges. Episode Guest: Fareed Zakaria (Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN). This episode is based on a live event that took place on November 16, 2021. For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/does-world-order-have-a-future.

39 min
12/15/2021

Can Societies Keep Up With Technology?

Richard Haass and Stanford University Professor Fei-Fei Li discuss how to contend with technologies that can do both good and harm. Episode Guest: Fei-Fei Li (Codirector, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence; Sequoia Professor, Stanford University). This episode is based on a live event that took place on November 1, 2021. For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/can-societies-keep-up-with-technology.

36 min
12/15/2021

Will This Century Belong to China?

By all accounts, China is sure to have an outsize impact on the world over the next one hundred years. Richard Haass and Elizabeth Perry, director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, consider China’s rise and the implications for global order. Episode Guest: Elizabeth J. Perry (Director, Harvard Yenching Institute). This episode is based on a live event that took place on October 6, 2021. For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/will-this-century-belong-to-china.

33 min
12/15/2021

Can Biotech Be Harnessed?

Richard Haass and Michelle McMurry-Heath, president and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Institute, discuss the future of biotechnology and its potential impact on food production, climate change, energy production, and medicine. Episode Guest: Michelle McMurry-Heath (President and CEO, Biotechnology Innovation Organization). This episode is based on a live event that took place on September 29, 2021. For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/can-biotech-be-harnessed.

37 min
12/15/2021

Is Population Change a Problem?

Birth rates are booming in some countries and plummeting in others. Leading demographer Nicholas Eberstadt and Richard Haass analyze the most important trends and their consequences. Episode Guest: Nicholas Eberstadt (Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute). This episode is based on a live event that took place on September 14, 2021. For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/is-population-change-a-problem.

37 min
12/15/2021

Does the Twenty-First Century Need a New Social Contract?

Richard Haass and Minouche Shafik, director of the London School of Economics, assess the future of the labor market and examine how to provide workers with the skills and training they need in an era of ongoing technological change. Episode Guest: Minouche Shafik (Director, London School of Economics and Political Science). This episode is based on a live event that took place on July 15, 2021. For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/does-the-twenty-first-century-need-a-new-social-contract.

35 min
12/15/2021

Will the World Meet the Challenge of Climate Change?

Richard Haass and economist Nicholas Stern, chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, discuss the realities of climate change as well as renewable energy, carbon pricing, and the prospect of building a carbon-neutral economy. Episode Guest: Nicholas Stern (Chair, Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy). This episode is based on a live event that took place on June 16, 2021. For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/will-the-world-meet-the-challenge-of-climate-change.

36 min
12/15/2021

Can Democracy Survive?

In the face of democratic backsliding around the world, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Anne Applebaum and Richard Haass discuss what needs to happen for democracy to survive. Episode Guest: Anne Applebaum (Staff Writer, Atlantic). This episode is based on a live event that took place on May 4, 2021. For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/can-democracy-survive.

34 min
12/15/2021

How Can We Use (but Not Abuse) History?

Richard Haass and Margaret MacMillan, one of the world’s foremost historians, discuss how best to apply history to better understand current global challenges, including the erosion of democracy, the rise of China, and Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Episode Guest: Margaret MacMillan (Professor, University of Toronto). This episode is based on a live event that took place on April 13, 2021. For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/how-can-we-use-but-not-abuse-history.

35 min
12/08/2021

Trailer: Nine Questions for the World

The world is changing, and its future is forming around high-stakes challenges such as climate change and shifting geopolitical power. In this limited series, Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass sits down with nine extraordinary thinkers to explore fundamental questions about the century to come.

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Trailer: Nine Questions for the World

The world is changing, and its future is forming around high-stakes challenges such as climate change and shifting geopolitical power. In this limited series, Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass sits down with nine extraordinary thinkers to explore fundamental questions about the century to come.

12/08/2021

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Terrific Listening

02/09/2022

reroford

The big questions addressed in this series are thought-provoking and complex. Mr. Haass and his distinguished guests break some of them down in reasoned and rational ways which are refreshing in these days of knee jerk assumptions. Thank you.
Big questions for the next 100 years

12/16/2021

IanBeijing

Richard Haass talks to some of the world’s most influential thinkers about everything from the rise of China to climate change.

The world is changing, and its future is forming around high-stakes challenges such as climate change and shifting geopolitical power. In this limited series, Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass sits down with nine extraordinary thinkers to explore fundamental questions about the century to come.