Pittsburgh KQV Global Press Conference is the Council's weekly radio show, airing on KQV News Radio AM 1410 on Fridays at  7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. and Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

The half-hour program features weekly interviews with special guest experts on a range of foreign policy issues, hosted by Council President Dr. Schuyler (Sky) Foerster.  This program reaches over 26,000 listeners per week.

Program topics and/or times are subject to change.

Global Press Conference Past Interviews: Listen Online or Download Files

Use the links below to listen to our programs online. Or download the files by right-clicking and selecting Save As if you are using a Windows computer or <ctrl> click Save As if you are using a Macintosh.

Dr. D.A. Henderson, Distinguished Scholar at the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC and former Director of the World Health Organization’s Global Smallpox Eradication Campaign

June 26-28, 2009
BioSecurity and Preparedness

Ethan Casey, Journalist and Author of Alive and Well in Pakistan & Fawad Butt, Chief Executive Officer, Zeus Capital Advisers

June 19-21, 2009
Afghanistan and Pakistan

Michael Kraig, Stanley Foundation

June 12-14, 2009
Rising Powers

Manfred Honeck, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Music Director  

June 5-7, 2009
From Vienna to Pittsburgh: A Conversation with Manfred Honeck

Ambassador Marc Grossman, Vice Chairman, The Cohen Group;  former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

May 29-31, 2009
American Diplomacy in the 21st Century

Roger Cranville, OBE, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance  

Kent McElhattan, Chairman & CEO, Industrial Scientific Corp.

May 22-24, 2009
Opportunity Pittsburgh: Flight to Paris

Hermann Beck, President, Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry (United Kingdom)

May 15-17, 2009
Economic Challenges and Business Recovery Initiatives: United Kingdom

Michael Collins, Ambassador of Ireland to the U.S.

May 8-10, 2009
Update on Ireland

Vaclav Vochoska, Trade & Press Officer, Embassy of the Czech Republic

May 1-3, 2009
EU Series: Part 4: The EU and the Czech Republic

Professor Michael T. Klare, Five College Professor of Peace & World Security Studies, Hampshire College

April 24-26, 2009
EU Series, Part 3: Europe, Energy and the Global Economy

Wess Mitchell, Co-Founder and Director of Research at Center for European Policy Analysis

April 17-19, 2009
EU Series, Part 2: The Future of the Transatlantic Alliance

Dr. Christian Aulbach, First Secretary, Political Affairs, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

April 10-12, 2009
EU Series, Part 1: German Foreign Policy and the EU

Professor Shen Dingli, Director, Center for American Studies, Fudan University (Shanghai)

April 3-5, 2009
China & the United States – Security Relations for the 21st Century

Avi Ben-Hur, Scholar in Residence, University of Haifa Tourism School

March 27-29, 2009
Israel in the 21st Century

Jerry Fowler, President, Save Darfur Coalition

March 20-22, 2009
Update on Darfur

Wess Mitchell, Co-Founder and Director of Research at Center for European Policy Analysis & John Hulsman, Alfred von Oppenheim Scholar, German Council on Foreign Relations (Berlin)  

March 13-15, 2009
Approaches to Diplomacy: The Godfather Doctrine

Ambassador Ndilowe, Ambassador of Malawi to the U.S.

March 6-8, 2009
A Look at Africa

Panelists from the U.S. Army War College, Eisenhower Fellows

Feb. 27 -March 1, 2009
National Security

Dr. Marwan Kraidy, Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania

Feb. 20-22, 2009
Arab Media and U.S. Policy

Christine Fair, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corp.

Feb. 13-15, 2009
Pakistan’s Challenge in the Region

Dick Hoey, Chief Economist, BNY Mellon

Feb. 6-8, 2009
The State of Our Economy

Dr. Arnulfo Valdivia Machuca, Chief of International Affairs of the State of Mexico

Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2009
The Global Economy - A Look at Mexico City

Dr. Magid Shihade, UCIS Visiting Professor of Contemporary International Issues at the University of Pittsburgh

Jan. 23-25, 2009
Gaza in Conflict: Part II

Amos N. Guiora, Professor of Law, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law  

Jan 16-18, 2009
Gaza in Conflict

Jared Cohon, President, Carnegie Mellon University

Jan 9-11, 2009
Impressions on a Visit to Iran

Dr. Horst Freitag, Consul General for the Federal Republic of Germany

Jan. 2-4, 2009
Expectations of the Next Administration

Pete Robinson and Craig Connolly, Ernst & Young

Dec. 26-28, 2008
International Financial Reporting Standards

Ambassador Vasil Sikharulidze, Amb. of Georgia to the U.S.

Dec. 19-21, 2008
Spotlight on Georgia: Conflict and International Relations

Congressman Altmire (PA-4)

Dec 12-14, 2008
Looking Ahead: Opportunities and Challenges in the Next Administration

Congressman Tim Murphy (PA-18)

Dec. 5-7, 2008
Looking Ahead: Opportunities and Challenges in the Next Administration

Dr. Christina Michelmore, Professor of History, Chatham University

Nov. 28-30, 2008
Update on the Middle East: Iraq

David Francis, International Journalist

Nov. 21-23, 2008
The New Administration: Foreign Policy Challenges Part II

Click here to view a presentation by David Francis during the Council's recent World Affairs Institute.

Steve Clemons, Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation and Publisher, TheWashingtonNote

Nov. 14-16, 2008
The New Administration: Foreign Policy Challenges Part I

Ernst von Weizsaecker, Dean, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management Univ. of California Santa Barbara

Nov. 7-9, 2008
Redirecting Technological Progress: Greener, Profitable, Sustainable

Ambassador Antonio Patriota, Ambassador of Brazil to the U.S.

Oct. 31 - Nov. 2, 2008
Brazil- U.S. Relations

Hans-Ulrich Klose, Chairman, German-American Parliamentary Group

Oct. 24-25, 2008
Foreign Policy Challenges: Afghanistan, Iran, and Russia

Admiral Jonathan Greenert, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command

Oct. 17-19, 2008
Your Navy and the Maritime Strategy

John Zogby, President & CEO of Zogby International & Renowned Pollster

Sept. 19-21, 2008
Pittsburgh and the Middle East Gulf States: Forging Lasting Ties

Daniel Brutto, President, UPS International

Sept. 12-14, 2008
Staying Competitive in a Globalized World

David Iwinski, Chief Executive Officer and President, Acusis

Aug. 8-10, 2008
Pittsburgh in the Global Economy Series, Part II

Sue Suleski, Technology Investment Specialist, DCED

July 11-13, 2008
Connecting to the World, Technology, Development in Western PA

Ambassador Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Head of U.S. Delegation to the Six-Party Talks

May 18-20, 2007
Six-Party Talks on North Korean Nuclear Program

Larry Wilkerson, Former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell

April 13-15, 2007
Focus on the Future, Iraq

Anne Garrels, Senior Foreign Correspondent, Foreign Desk, National Public Radio

Ayub Nuri, Iraqi Freelance Journalist

April 13-15, 2007
Covering Baghdad

Senator Arlen Specter, U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

March 9-11, 2007
The Middle East and National Policy

Congressman Jason Altmire, 4th Congressional District, PA

March 2-4, 2007
Congressional Perspectives

John D. Hofmeister, President, Shell Oil Company

February 16-18, 2007
The U.S., Energy, and the Future

Madeleine Albright, Former U.S. Secretary of State

December 15-17, 2006
The State of Affairs

Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Winner

November 17-19, 2006
Development, Democracy and Peace

Condoleezza Rice,
U.S. Secretary of State

October 23-24, 2004
U.S. Strategy and Global War on Terror