Building the Future: Freedom, Prosper...
Hosted by Dan Runde, William A. Schreyer Chair and Director, Project on Prosperity and Development, Building the Future explores topics at the intersection of global development, foreign policy, and national security. In each episode, Dan sits down for a discussion with a leading expert from government, the private sector, and international organizations to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the world today.
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Taiwan’s Creative Response to Covid-19
Dan Runde and Leo Li discuss how Taiwan’s creative industries have adapted in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the increasing importance of 5G and digital technology, and potential avenues of collaboration between Taiwan and Latin American countries.
18 min
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A Post-Covid U.S. Development Strategy for the ...
Dan Runde is joined by Gloria Steele, Acting Administrator for USAID, to discuss the future of global development strategies in the Indo-Pacific region.
20 min
103
How Should President Biden Counter Digital Auth...
Erol Yayboke and Sam Brannen talk about the overlapping and expanding challenges of digital authoritarianism.
43 min
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America in the World – A Conversation on the Hi...
Dan speaks with Ambassador Bob Zoellick, an American public official who most recently served as the 11th President of the World Bank.
51 min
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Opportunities for Sustainable Development in th...
Dan and Romina Bandura discuss sustainable infrastructure in the Amazon.
17 min
106
The Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in In...
Dan and Nicole Aandahl discuss diversity and inclusion in the international affairs and foreign policy community.
21 min
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Present and Future Threats to Stability in Sout...
Dan speaks with Sergio de la Peña about factors currently destabilizing South America, including refugee flows, drug trafficking, illegal gold mining, and China's growing influence.
31 min
108
From Structures to Services: Improving Infrastr...
Tomás Serebrisky and Dan cover the growing need to prioritize service provision in Latin America, and how Covid-19 has impacted this need.
28 min
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Reducing Crime and Poverty: A Conversation with...
In a special Spanish-language episode, Dan speaks with María Eugenia Vidal, the former Governor of the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
37 min
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Foreign-Focused Propaganda: China's Belt and Ro...
Joshua Eisenman sits down with Dan Runde to talk about the specifics of China’s development narrative
25 min
111
A Moment of Global Adjustment: China’s Ambition...
Dan Runde and Dr. Jonathan Ward discuss how China’s relationship with the rest of the world has changed in the last 18 months.
15 min
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Brazil, Bolsonaro and Bossa Nova: A Conversatio...
Dan speaks with Ambassador Nestor Forster Jr. on the history of the U.S.-Brazil relationship and avenues for potential future collaboration.
31 min
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Using Machine-Learning to Predict China’s Next ...
Dan and Dr. Weifeng Zhong discuss the development of the Policy Change Index, which analyzes propaganda to predict policy changes.
26 min
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Revising U.S. Foreign Policy with Representativ...
In this episode of Building the Future, Dan Runde is joined by Representative Joe Wilson (SC-2) to discuss the recent Republican Study Committee National Security Strategy.
29 min
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U.S. Foreign Policy: The Case of Mexico
In this episode, Dan Runde speaks with Ambassador Bárcena on the President AMLO’s response to Covid-19, the future of Mexico – U.S. trade relations, and the significance of Mexico’s recently announced feminist foreign policy.
23 min
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Globalization: The Conservative Case for Partic...
In this episode, Dalibor Rohac (American Enterprise Institute) repudiates the recent push for isolationism in the name of national sovereignty and instead makes the case for maintaining and improving the multilateral system.
27 min
117
Middle Class People Change the World
In this episode, Dan Runde speaks to Jene Thomas, Mission Director for USAID Peru, about the strength of the middle class when it comes to economic growth, the conservation of the Amazon, and the U.S. government counternarcotics strategy in Peru.
26 min
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Fighting for Free & Fair Press
Dan Runde hosts Jamie Fly (President, Radio Free Europe) to discuss Radio Free Europe’s work providing free and independent media in countries where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established.
25 min
119
Covid-19: How Is This All Going to End?
In this episode of Building the Future, Dan speaks with Andrew Natsios, former USAID administrator, about what the future holds for Covid-19 in the United States and the developing world.
42 min
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A New Atlantic Charter for the Post-Coronavirus...
In this episode of Building the Future, Dan Runde talks to Richard Fontaine (President/CEO for the Center for New American Security) about the need to create a new Atlantic charter for the post-coronavirus era.
35 min
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The Lethal Legacy of Landmines
In this episode of Building the Future, Dan Runde sits down with General James Cowan (CEO of the Halo Trust) to discuss the continuing devastation caused by landmines, and the work of the Halo Trust, the oldest and largest humanitarian landmine clearance organization in the world.
23 min
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The Importance of the IADB: Historical Perspect...
In this episode, Dan is joined by Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla, head of the Latin American and Caribbean Program at the International Food Policy Research Institute, to discuss the importance of regional development banks (RDBs).
27 min
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Power Africa: Lessons Learned and the Future of...
Dan sits down with Andrew Herscowitz (former Coordinator of Power Africa) and Paul Weisenfeld (Vice President of RTI International) to discuss the Power Africa initiative, the East Africa energy project, and the future of electrification in Africa.
34 min
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A Conversation with Ambassador Siddiqui on the ...
In this episode, Dan is joined by Ali Siddiqui, Pakistan’s Ambassador for foreign investment, to discuss the future of Pakistan and U.S.-Pakistan relations.
22 min
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Reaching the Next Billion Internet Users
Jennifer Spies, product manager for Google's Next Billion Users (NBU) initiative, discusses the NBU project and the role of internet access in bringing emerging economies into a new age of technology development.
18 min