WORLD: we got this
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WORLD: we got this
Join Esau Williams and guests on The 'WORLD: we got this' podcast series as they discuss some of the biggest - and most neglected - world news stories. Brought to you by the School of Global Affairs, King's College London. kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com
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Podcast - Dust Storm Diplomacy
In March 2021, Seoul woke up under a thick yellow haze - the worst dust storm in a decade. South Korea blamed China, who promptly blamed Mongolia. Fin...
Too hot to live
A recent assessment found that the area of Earth's landmass that will be too hot for even healthy adults to keep a safe core body temperature will app...
Dam clever: is world's biggest hydro scheme a good idea?
The proposed Grand Inga dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo would be the largest power station in the world - if its ever built. With twice the ou...
A deep dive into DeepSeek
What is the new app DeepSeek? How does it differ from other LLM providers? And why has it caused such a significant impact on the US AI industry?
Forty years on from Band Aid, what is the UK-Africa relationship? And what happened at COP29?
As the 40th anniversary version of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' hits the charts, and with Ed Sheeran igniting a row over whether it and similar char...
What Trump 2.0 means for Ukraine, India, China and the world
Donald J Trump is set to make a historic comeback as the 47th US President after a decisive electoral victory over Democratic candidate Kamala Harris....
Should we super tax the super rich? And what happened at the BRICS+summit
In the wake of the UK budget, and a report from Greenpeace on the feasibility of a wealth tax on the super rich, the panel discuss whether such a meas...
Spotlight on China – SEZs in Africa, China’s ghost cities and China in the US elections
In this special episode for the Lau China Institute’s China Week, Esau is joined by Dr Charlotte Goodburn to discuss her new report on the impact of C...
Nuclear energy; Modi in US; September flooding
With Esau this episode: Prof Frans Berkhout talks about the pledge by the big banks to triple nuclear energy by 2050; Dr Anastasia Piliavsky digs deep...
In conversation about studying loneliness and ageing in Southeast Asia
When Samia Akhter-Khan spent a year in Myanmar with older adults, she became curious to understand how loneliness operates in such social contexts whe...
The far-right and the changing politics of Europe
The far-right has seen its popularity grow across Europe in recent years and is expected to gain a quarter of the seats in the European Parliamentary...
In conversation about the disruptive potential of Argentina’s feminist movements
What can feminist movements worldwide learn from Argentina? A lot it seems.
In this episode, Lea Happ, PhD student in the Department of Global H...
What do current conflicts tell us about the world today and our prospects for peace?
As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, there is also ongoing fighting in Gaza, attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea and subsequent US and UK ai...
Can we really rely on planting trees to help limit climate change?
In this episode, researcher Ol Perkins explores whether land-based carbon dioxide removal schemes such as reforestation can live up to their promises...
In conversation about Nigeria's strategic role in West Africa
What strategic role has Nigeria played on issues of peace and security in West Africa? What do Nigeria's past interventions in Liberia and Sierra Leon...
The impact of colourism on people and societies around the world
This episode looks at how colourism affects people and their life chances, plus how research is helping to fill the gaps in our knowledge around this...
In conversation about the Dravidian movement's transition into party politics
How does a movement for social justice transform into a viable political party? How are the ideas of the movement reshaped in the process?
In t...
How Russia is outmanoeuvring Western sanctions
The international community imposed far-reaching sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in a bid to weaken its economic base and curtai...
In conversation about Brazil’s defence agenda in the South Atlantic
What life skills can one learn from doing a PhD?
In this episode, Dr Maísa Edwards who recently completed a joint PhD from the King’s Brazil Ins...
What is the world’s problem with migration?
Migration is a topic that preoccupies many countries around the world and this new episode looks at some of the current global challenges around migra...
In conversation about China and UK relations through film
Why aren't mainland Chinese films box office hits in the UK? Do Chinese people watch films produced in the UK? PhD student, Giulia D'Aquila researches...
In conversation about digitalisation and welfare entitlements in India
Is technology really helping people in India to receive their welfare entitlements? Or is digitalisation affecting their agency? And how does it affec...
Guest episode - A year of war in Ukraine: what have we learned?
As we recently marked a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, we are sharing an episode of The War Studies Podcast produced by our Department of War Stud...
Are public protests challenging authoritarian regimes around the world?
This new episode looks at recent large-scale public protests in Russia, China and Iran including what has sparked them and what they tell us about the...
In conversation about state-society relations and studying at King's
Master's alumna Linette Lim's focused her dissertation looked at why some Indian states far out-perform others in the Human Development Index (HDI).
In conversation about sand dunes, climate change and Mars
What can the life of sand dunes on Mars tell us about climate change on Earth? In this episode, PhD student Lucie Delobel shares her love of sand dune...
Are we at a pivotal moment in the climate crisis?
This episode looks at where we are in the climate crisis, how recent events including war and economic crises have affected the priority of environmen...
In conversation about decolonising sexual reproductive health
What shapes and enables women's rights to be fully enacted in a world where sexual reproductive health is politicised? What exactly is the reproductiv...
The political consequences of the pandemic
This podcast episode looks at the huge political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and how its effects are still being felt at every level around...
In conversation about marine conservation
What can we do to protect our oceans? Are 'Marine Protected Areas' an effective method of ecosystem management? These are some of the questions that P...
Facing up to the energy crisis
This episode explores the important role of energy in the geopolitical order on our planet.
It explores how China can meet its energy needs and...
In conversation about the war on drugs in Guatemala
With the mass incarceration of women quintupling in Guatemala as a result of the 'war on drugs', Gloriana Rodriguez Alvarez, PhD candidate and human r...
The role of space in modern-day warfare
The invasion of Ukraine has shown how new technologies are now used alongside more traditional means of waging war.
This episode, the second on...
How cyber operations, social media and artificial intelligence are changing warfare
In this episode Dr Tim Stevens and Dr Kenneth Payne, both based in the School of Security Studies in the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at...
In conversation about how foreign policy interacts with health
How does foreign policy interact with health? And how is power intertwined with health policy?
In this episode, Maria Berta Ecija Salgado, PhD a...
Why does global poverty exist and could we share wealth more evenly?
The latest episode of the ‘WORLD: we got this’ podcast explores how poverty affects people around the world and hears what could be done to distribute...
In conversation about a future with no humans as we know them
Last year, Sara Dahlen won King’s Biotechnology & Society Essay Contest on the theme: "In the future there will be no humans as we know them. So what?...
In conversation about communicating the risk of COVID
During the pandemic, how have governments’ approach to communication impacted our sense of risk? Have our governments helped us to feel safe and alert...
How gender inequality impacts society
The latest episode of the WORLD: we got this podcast explores how gender inequalities are having an impact on different societies across the globe and...
In conversation about corporate accountability
What is the role of companies in complex crises, such as pandemics, inequality and climate change? How responsible are they for their impact on societ...