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.
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.
Dr. John Barkdull, Texas Tech University Emeritus, taught Political Science at Texas Tech University, established the Global Studies program, taught two years as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the US Air Force Academy and was a Fulbright scholar in Bangladesh and Southeast Asia. His most recent book is “Confronting Climate Change.” The United Nations has been in the forefront of combating the climate crisis in a multitude of ways, such as the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, the IPCC, the UN Paris Agreement, the SDGs and the UNFCC, just as examples. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is warning the globe is suffering from global boiling.” Scientists and governments proffered they might control the rapidly rising temperatures through adaptation, mitigation and transformation. If the world is unable to adapt more quickly, it may have to confront Deep Adaptation which is the collapse of the global civilization.
Jerry Glenn is a futurist who serves as the executive director of the Millennium Project. He authors an annual publication titled, “State of the Future.” He was the executive director of the American Council for the United Nations University and the deputy director of Partnership for Productivity International. He was also a Peace Corps Volunteer from 1968 to 1970. The Millennium Project is focused on the future and the myriad of challenges and resources available to deal with these challenges. A key challenge is to manage expectations of the Artificial General Intelligence, which is different from the narrow AI of today. AGI can address novel problems with unique solutions and act immediately. The third type of AI is the Super AI . As it has done in mobilizing the world to battle climate change, The UN will be a major player in understanding and regulating this unknown Super AI resource.
Thom Hartmann is an American radio personality, author, former psychotherapist, businessman, and progressive political commentator, whose talk show has been rated in the top 10 shows for over a decade by Talkers Magazine. His most recent book is “The Hidden History of the American Dream?” America, primarily thanks to FDR and unionization, was a catapult for the middle class until the early 1980s. The Reagan influence of Neoliberal economics contributed to the decentralization of regulations, race to the bottom, union busting and globalization for cheaper wages. The National Relations Labor Act legalizing unions was some of the most substantive legislation supported by FDR. Five suggestions to reactivate the American Dream: 1) encourage unionization and National Labor Relations Act; 2: raise top income bracket for the rich; 3) raise top corporate income tax to reduce bogus tax deductions; 4) reestablish inheritance tax; and, 5) guarantee social safety movement with health insurance.
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.
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.