Global Shocks

The growing membership of the OECD today accounts for 41.1% of global GDP. This powerful organisation is dedicated to stimulating economic growth and setting international standards. But what does the OECD do exactly? How has it dealt with past crises? In this episode, Jan Eijking speaks to the OECD’s former Deputy Secretary-General (2014-19) Mari Kiviniemi, who previously was Prime Minister of Finland (2010-11). We spoke about Mari Kiviniemi’s experience working for the OECD, about aftershocks of the 2008 financial crisis, the effects of the 2015 European migrant crisis, and what lessons the organisation draws from the past.

• More about the OECD
• More about Mari Kiviniemi
• More historical background

Global Shocks is the official podcast of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders, University of Oxford. Changing Global Orders is a collaboration of members of the Faculty of History and the Department of Politics and International Relations. Our co-directors are Professor Andrew Thompson, Professor Patricia Clavin, Professor Louise Fawcett, and Professor Andrew Hurrell. Our postdoctoral fellows are Dr Boyd van Dijk and Dr Jan Eijking.

Host and producer: Jan Eijking (University of Oxford)

Music: “Space!” by HoliznaCC0, CC0 1.0

Logo: Roger Gray (Oxford Martin School)

Audio consultant: Melissa FitzGerald (Zinc Media)

Website: changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk

Twitter/X: twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders

Changing Global Orders is a programme of the Oxford Martin School.

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In this first episode of Global Shocks, we speak to humanitarian leader Yves Daccord, former Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva. Tune in to hear Yves share his first-hand experience with how the ICRC dealt with humanitarian crises in Yemen, how social media affects the work of ICRC staff, and how 9/11 has affected the work of Red Cross organisations around the world.

More about the ICRC: https://www.icrc.org/en

The history of the Red Cross:

• Caroline Moorehead (1999), Dunant’s Dream: War, Switzerland and the History of the Red Cross (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dunants-Dream-Switzerland-History-Cross/dp/0786706090);
• History of the ICRC in 5 volumes (https://blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/history-of-the-icrc-in-5-volumes/);
• Boyd van Dijk (2023) Preparing for War: The Making of the 1949 Geneva Conventions (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/preparing-for-war-the-making-of-the-1949-geneva-conventions-9780198912613)

More about Yves Daccord: https://edgelands.institute, https://principlesforpeace.org/, www.linkedin.com/in/YDaccord1

Global Shocks is the official podcast of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders, University of Oxford. Changing Global Orders is a collaboration of members of the Faculty of History and the Department of Politics and International Relations. Our co-directors are Professor Andrew Thompson, Professor Patricia Clavin, Professor Louise Fawcett, and Professor Andrew Hurrell. Our postdoctoral fellows are Dr Boyd van Dijk and Dr Jan Eijking.

Host and producer: Jan Eijking (University of Oxford)

Music: “Space!” by HoliznaCC0 / CC0 1.0

Logo: Roger Gray (Oxford Martin School)

Audio consultant: Melissa FitzGerald (Zinc Media)

Website: changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk

Twitter/X: twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders

Changing Global Orders is a programme of the Oxford Martin School.

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Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our times. One of the most important organisations dedicated to the topic is Greenpeace. How has Greenpeace dealt with shocks in the past, and what is the future of climate activism in a turbulent world? Jan Eijking speaks to the former head (2009-2015) of Greenpeace International, Dr Kumi Naidoo. We spoke about his life as an activist, about the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, and why international organisations need to do better.

• More about Greenpeace
• More about Kumi Naidoo and the Riky Rick Foundation
• Kumi Naidoo's podcast
• Kumi Naidoo's memoir "Letters to My Mother"
• More historical background

Global Shocks is the official podcast of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders, University of Oxford. Changing Global Orders is a collaboration of members of the Faculty of History and the Department of Politics and International Relations. Our co-directors are Professor Andrew Thompson, Professor Patricia Clavin, Professor Louise Fawcett, and Professor Andrew Hurrell. Our postdoctoral fellows are Dr Boyd van Dijk and Dr Jan Eijking.

Host and producer: Jan Eijking (University of Oxford)

Music: “Space!” by HoliznaCC0, CC0 1.0

Logo: Roger Gray (Oxford Martin School)

Audio consultant: Melissa FitzGerald (Zinc Media)

Website: changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk

Twitter/X: twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders

Changing Global Orders is a programme of the Oxford Martin School.

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How does the European Union conduct its foreign policy in a turbulent world? Since its creation in 2010, what has the European External Action Service learned from shocks and crises? Jan Eijking speaks to former EEAS Managing Director for Africa and for the Middle East, Dr Nicholas Westcott, who is Professor of Practice at SOAS University of London. We spoke about crisis in the Sahel, the EU’s engagements in Libya and Syria, and the future of the EU in a turbulent world.

• More about the EEAS
• More about Nick Westcott
• More background on EU diplomacy

Global Shocks is the official podcast of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders, University of Oxford. Changing Global Orders is a collaboration of members of the Faculty of History and the Department of Politics and International Relations. Our co-directors are Professor Andrew Thompson, Professor Patricia Clavin, Professor Louise Fawcett, and Professor Andrew Hurrell. Our postdoctoral fellows are Dr Boyd van Dijk and Dr Jan Eijking.

Host and producer: Jan Eijking (University of Oxford)

Music: “Space!” by HoliznaCC0, CC0 1.0

Logo: Roger Gray (Oxford Martin School)

Audio consultant: Melissa FitzGerald (Zinc Media)

Website: changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk

Twitter/X: twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders

Changing Global Orders is a programme of the Oxford Martin School.

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What is the future of global public health? In turbulent times, will we be ready for the next pandemic? To find out, in this episode Jan Eijking is joined by Professor Ilona Kickbusch, a global public health expert with many years of experience working for the World Health Organisation (WHO). They discuss questions including: how has the WHO dealt with past public health crises? How can it learn from that experience? Ilona Kickbusch shares first-hand experience working for the WHO during the HIV/AIDS epidemic, what lessons the organisation has drawn from tackling some of the world’s most difficult public health crises, and how it can reform to be prepared for future challenges.

• More about the WHO
• More about Ilona Kickbusch
• More historical background

Global Shocks is the official podcast of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders, University of Oxford. Changing Global Orders is a collaboration of members of the Faculty of History and the Department of Politics and International Relations. Our co-directors are Professor Andrew Thompson, Professor Patricia Clavin, Professor Louise Fawcett, and Professor Andrew Hurrell. Our postdoctoral fellows are Dr Boyd van Dijk and Dr Jan Eijking.

Host and producer: Jan Eijking (University of Oxford)

Music: “Space!” by HoliznaCC0, CC0 1.0

Logo: Roger Gray (Oxford Martin School)

Audio consultant: Melissa FitzGerald (Zinc Media)

Website: changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk

Twitter/X: twitter.com/OxGlobalOrders

Changing Global Orders is a programme of the Oxford Martin School.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.