This week, Global Currents speaks with Noel V. Lateef, CEO and President of the Foreign Policy Association. Lateef discusses the importance of educating young students on international affairs, and outlines some of the important FPA programs, including Great Decisions in the Classroom, that are doing so in an increasingly effective way.
This week, Global Currents speaks with Professor Vijay Govindarajan, Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business and director of the Tuck School of Business Center for Global Leadership at Dartmouth University. Professor Govindarajan sheds light on recent fears the U.S. is falling behind in the classroom as millions of graduates in the science, technology and business sectors from China and India earn a greater share in the global marketplace of ideas. Can the U.S. compete? Tune in and find out.
The second installment of FPA’s online interview series Global Currents features a discussion with United Nations Under-Secretary General for Public Affairs Shashi Tharoor. Tharoor discusses the challenges facing the office of the Secretary-General, the impact of technology on United Nations outreach efforts and the importance of finding global solutions to what he calls “problems without passports.”
Global Currents is an FPA interview series that explores the intersection between business, globalization and foreign policy.
Available in streaming audio as well as a downloadable podcast, Global Currents kicks off its summer season with a discussion with Harold McGraw, Chairman, President and CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies on the current state of U.S. relations with China and the relationship between the two countries’ presidents.
Global Currents is hosted by Sarwar Kashmeri, whose upcoming book, “Europe and America after 9/11 and Iraq: The Great Divide,” will be published at the end of the year by Praeger Security International. Kashmeri advises senior corporate executives in handling their strategic communications and positioning their companies. He is also a business columnist for the Valley News of New Hampshire, and a Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association.
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