GCTV explores and covers diverse world issues such as hunger, poverty, security, economic development, energy, world health, migration, war, human rights, tolerance and international trade.
GCTV explores and covers diverse world issues such as hunger, poverty, security, economic development, energy, world health, migration, war, human rights, tolerance and international trade.
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International relations specialist Bill Miller discusses world events with experts from various fields every week. All videos are made available for download in High Definition at no charge.
Ward Wilson is the founder and executive director of RealistRevolt. He is widely acknowledged as s leading source of innovative pragmatic arguments against nuclear weapons in the world today. His latest book, “It Is Possible: A Future Without Nuclear Weapons” has been endorsed by world leaders and scores of experts. About 90% of the 12,500 nukes are controlled by the USA and Russia; whereas, 10% are with China, France, United Kingdom, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea. The UN is in the forefront in promoting the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and also preventing their spread, especially through its Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Experts estimated it cost $82 billion a year to maintain our nuclear stockpile. There have been 12 incidents that could have mistakenly led to accidental nuclear discharges. 138 countries support the elimination of nukes. Ronald Reagan said that nuclear war cannot be won and should never be fought.
Dr. Susan Sturm is the George M. Jaffin Professor of Law and Social Responsibility and the Founding Director of the Center for Institutional and Social Change at Columbia Law School. Her scholarship and teaching focus on advancing racial equity and full participation in educational, legal, and cultural institutions, increasing access to justice, and the role of law and leadership in advancing institutional and social change. Her new book is “What Might Be: Confronting Racism to Transform Our Institutions.” We have systems that are dehumanizing many Blacks, Latinos and other people of color. The questions should be how do we all participate in our society? Who is and is not able to participate? How can we strive to make sure they can participate? DEI is a misunderstood term that is often incorrectly used to cover a myriad of generalities, stereotypes and myths. Full citizen participation is critical to a successful democracy.
Dr. Robert Farley has taught security and diplomacy courses at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and Commerce at UK since 2005. His most recent book is,” Waging War with Gold: National Security and the Finance Domain Across the Ages. “ Establishing the United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions were creative initiatives to provide stability and mechanisms to peacefully resolve conflicts. It would be extremely dangerous to move from the dollar to a cryptocurrency as the major currency. In the future, there are four potential scenarios, one in which the US remains a financial hegemon, a second in which we see a relatively orderly transition to another hegemon, a third that looks at the development of a bipolar finance domain and a fourth that witnesses the development of a multipolar financial commons. Regarding tariffs, the customer pays the tariff increases, not the country of origin or distributor, which raises overall costs.
Peter Yarrow, of the legendary "Peter, Paul and Mary," discusses the role of folk music to promote human and civil rights.
Dr. Mordecai Ogada, Director of the Conservation Solutions Afrika in Kenya, focuses on topics such as preserving protected areas as a conservation tool and how to define who are indigenous peoples. He authored "The Big Conservation Lie." June 15, 2019
Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary General of United Nations Disarmament Affairs, discusses UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' Disarmament Agenda and how it is working to forestall a new nuclear arms race, encourage the nuclear powers back into negotiations after two decades of stalemate and end the "state-led paralysis" regarding cyberwarfare and killer robots.
Dr. Jane Goodall, a UN Messenger of Peace, discusses climate change and its implications. Dr. Jane Goodall, a native of England, spent many years studying the chimps of Gombe in Tanzania.
Bill Miller
Bill Miller worked with the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (LRC), which is the bipartisan staff for the Kentucky General Assembly, from 1977-1999 primarily as a Federal/International Relations Specialist and Assistant Public Information Officer.
People worldwide are becoming more intricately intertwined in an interdependent world.
For example, polls show that Americans and many people worldwide are less aware of the importance of international affairs and governmental programs on their lives and are less informed about how to positively impact international problems that have local implications.
Miller and Associates International Media Consultants offer two basic services to confront this situation.
Is your institution looking for a supplemental course to your curriculum on international public administration, international relations or global governance? If so, you may want to use the following as a prototype.
The model and curriculum were independently developed by Professor Bill Miller. This is a public administration-international relations course offered at Kentucky State University's Graduate School of Public Administration titled “International Organizations: Focus on the United Nations and International Public Administration."
Mr. Miller, an international relations specialist, has written numerous articles on the United Nations for newspapers, such as the Lexington-Herald Leader, ASPA’s PA Times and Washington International.