Global I.Q. Podcast

Beyond personality conflicts with President Donald Trump, Vicente Fox, Mexico's president 2000-2006, sees serious political and trade issues affecting the relationship between Mexico and the United States, i.e., the wall, NAFTA changes and "migration." In this Council Conference Call Series on U.S.-Mexico Relations, President Fox also answers insightful questions from callers who touch on not just...

U.S. Ambassador James Jones (1993-1997), in our Conference Call Series on U.S.-Mexico Relations, says that while government levels are operating "maturely," the challenge is at the people level as President Trump has "managed to do something no other politician has been able to do: That is unite all the Mexican people against us." Hear the Ambassador’s "experienced" solution for some of these issu...

Council President and CEO Jim Falk spoke with Sebastian Mallaby to discuss the future of the UK and the EU, along with how Fed Chair, Janet Yellen can learn from and avoid the same mistakes that Alan Greenspan made in his time as Federal Reserve Chairman.

In this fascinating Global IQ Minute, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is revealed as a Cicero-quoting historian and legal scholar who appreciates the American democracy. He is concerned about the "random nature of the death penalty," the careful balance of liberty and security and an America where citizens fail to understand "12th-grade civics." He also answers a question he was asked by the...

Council President and CEO sits down with Ambassador Thomas Pickering to discuss his views on President-Elect Trump's choice for UN Ambassador, Israel and Palestine's future and his role in the Bengazi hearings and legislative oversight.

Bob Woodward, Author and Journalist by World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

Council President and CEO Jim Falk spoke with best-selling author, Kati Marton to discuss her newest book, "True Believer: Stalin's Last American Spy", about the life of Noel Fielding, one of Stalin's most faithful American spies.

Parag Khanna, Best-Selling Author by World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

Council President and CEO Jim Falk spoke with French Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Gérard Araud, about his work in solidifying the Iran Nuclear Deal, how France and the EU are dealing with the influx of refugees and the similarities between the French and US elections.

Ex-CIA Briefer and Author, David Priess by World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

Gen. Michael Hayden by World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

General David Petraeus (US Army, Retired) by World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

Author and Journalist, Joby Warrick by World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

Author Steven Lee Myers by World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

Andras Vamos-Goldman, Justice Rapid Response by World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

Released August 23, 2016. Council President and CEO Jim Falk sat down with Jeffrey Toobin, CNN Legal Analyst and author of American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, to discuss the legacy of the Patty Hearst case, along with its connection to modern-day terrorism. Jeffrey Toobin also weighs in on the hotly contested Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garl...

Released July 22, 2016. Council President and CEO Jim Falk discusses the 2016 Republican National Convention with Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball and the author of The Bellwether: Why Ohio Picks the President. Kondik also serves as the Director of Communications for the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

Released May 31, 2016. Joshua Cooper Ramo, best-selling author of The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune and Survival in the Age of Networks, discusses how our personal and global networks affect international policy, trade and security.

Released May 27, 2016. His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, tackles a range of topics, from Canada's global role to the Canada-U.S. partnership.

Released May 12, 2016. German Ambassador Peter Wittig discusses the German strategy for dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis, the rise in European nationalism and the potential ramifications of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.

Released April 5, 2016. Council President and CEO Jim Falk had a chance to sit down Ambassador Cameron Munter, the former Ambassador to Pakistan from 2010-2012. They discuss the United States raid on Osama Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, as well as US-Pakistani relations moving forward.

Released Feb. 29, 2016. Council President and CEO Jim Falk had a chance to sit down with our February 29 speaker, Tom Wainwright, who is The Economist’s Britain Editor and the author of "Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel." The book explores the business side rather than criminal angles in the worlds of drug cartels.

Released Feb. 11, 2016. Jim Falk sits down with Sen. Jim Webb to discuss his foreign policy and his reasoning behind stepping back from an independent run.

Recorded on July 10, 2015. Jim Falk talks to Mexico’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, the honorable Jose Antonio Meade, about the unique partnership between Mexico and Texas and the opportunities for growth between the neighbors.

Recorded on July 7, 2015. Jim Falk talks to the “Desert Diplomat,” otherwise known as Amb. Robert Jordan, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2001 to 2003. Amb. Jordan discusses his book, unsurprisingly titled “Desert Diplomat,” and what happened to the U.S.-Saudi relationship following 9/11.