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Welcome to this week's episode, where we delve into a very important topic, "The Ambassadorial Call," as implied in 1 Corinthians 7:24 (NKJV). Join us on this journey of discovery and empowerment as we explore the significance of responding to God's call to be His ambassadors irrespective of our vocations. As God's treasured people, our first call is to depart from sinful living and embrace righteous living. God's primary call to everyone is to become saved by believing in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the Cross. After responding to this primary and all-important call, God then expects us to become His ambassadors in the same vocations we were in when we were called – unless the vocation is sinful, in which case such will have to be changed. Surrendering one's life to Jesus Christ does not necessarily demand a change of job. You don't have to resign from your secular job to become a Pastor, a Bishop or take on other church-related engagements. God wants to use your job for His glory. He wants you to shine His light so that people will see the changes in your life after you answer His call to salvation. Also, He wants to use doctors to reach doctors, lawyers to reach lawyers, etc. He wants you to become His very representative in the same vocation you were in when He saved you. This is the Ambassadorial Call He wants you to answer. Join us in prayer as we seek the grace to continually shine the light of Jesus anywhere we find ourselves, and to represent Him in our vocations and generally in our spheres of influence. If you've never surrendered your life to Jesus, now is the time. Say the prayer of salvation with us, and start a new life in Christ. Congratulations on your journey of freedom! For More Info Go Visit: Gloem.org #Salvation #Empowerment #NewLifeInChrist #God #Jesus #prayer #vocation #JesusAndYourJob #calling --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gloem/message

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Dan, Deek, Steven, and Laec return with Joe Ligo for some extra tidbits not featured in Part 1! Including a 1955 Packard Clipper with manual, AMC's plan to put a rotary engine in the Pacer, and other Ambassadorial things about AMC!This is Part 2 of this colossal episode. Part 1 was published two weeks ago. Links Featured In This Episode!1955 Packard Clipper with 3 speed manual: https://imgur.com/a/uSgvYQp IG: @corinthian_cowboys https://www.facebook.com/CorinthianCowboys https://www.facebook.com/groups/453295002598271  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpukJy7K1i-mefgYJn_USPg Merch: https://tinyurl.com/CowboysShop  ---------------------------------------------------------Car Show Links https://www.eventcreate.com/e/malaise https://www.facebook.com/events/516450207164394   ---------------------------------------------------------Joe's Links https://www.youtube.com/@AutoMoments https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-last-independent-automaker-a-documentary https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMotorsMovieKenosha History Center https://kenoshahistorycenter.org/

The Ambassadorial Series is a collection of interviews with nine former U.S. ambassadors to Russia and the Soviet Union, presented in video, podcast, and PDF format, for use by scholars and students of international relations. A new segment, the interview with Ambassador John Sullivan by Jill Dougherty has been recorded in January 2023 and added to the Ambassadorial Series. In his interview for the Ambassadorial Series John Sullivan, US Ambassador to Russia for both the Trump and Biden administrations, shares his experience during the phase of increasingly tense relations between the United States and Russia that culminated in the February 24, 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Society approves titles and status, especially in Japan.  We rise through the ranks and following the Peter Principle, we peak at our upper level of incompetence.  On the way up, we pick up titles and accrue status, respect and credence amplified through the power of our title.  Our personal power though could be suddenly exposed as bogus, when we get up to open our mouths in public.  This is one of those “The Emperor Has No Clothes” moments, when all is revealed, and we are found severely wanting. I was at a function recently and one of the bureaucratic elite in Japan was there to give a keynote presentation.  You generally get to become an elite official in Japan because you went to the right elementary school, middle school, high school and then University.  The reason these were the right schools up until University, is because they have the absolute best system in place to help you be a legend in memorization, rote learning and test taking.  At University you take a couple of years off, before you start cramming for the national selection exam, where again memory and exam technique are the most rewarded skills. You join a Ministry and work like a dog for a squillion hours every day, for years, simultaneously looking for a powerful patron to whom you can pledge total loyalty.  After decades of glacial progress, you emerge a grey haired, elite official.  Now part of the bureaucratic upper crust, you are often called upon to represent your organization and speak in public and the whole edifice comes crushing down. This was the case with this official – sent out into the firing line to promulgate the new way forward for his political masters, to impress everyone with the potency of their new policies, to win adherents to the path forward.  Total fizzer.  Why?  Because he spoke without energy or passion – nothing to indicate he felt at all impressed with his own recommendations.  He looked down at his papers and hardly glanced at the audience.  The opportunity to make eye contact, to combine words with the power of his face and to use the tonal variations available to his voice,  were in total absence.  He was a truly dull correspondent and we were completely dulled to his message.  There were no converts that day.  He could tick the box though – the task was completed, a total failure, but completed.  Astonishingly, during the post speech Q&A session, he perked up like a man really engaged – sadly it was only sustained for 30 seconds, but it showed he could do it.  So why didn't he do it while he commanded the stage?  No concept and no appreciation for the immense power at his beck and call, I would proffer.  His self-concept seemed to be that he was just a grey bureaucrat, whose job was to be grey and boring.  Obviously he had received no training or preparation for his task.  So his brilliant university pedigree meant little when he was publically outed at the podium.  He was a total failure as a communicator, he became a message killer, a brand assassin instead.  Was he an exception, a one-off, the runt of the litter among the bureaucratic ranks of the gifted, great and plausible public speakers?  No he was typical of that bevy of elite officials, who are mainly acquired status and have almost no personal power projection. Another vaunted profession is that of the elite government official who works in the foreign service.  This has been a bad week for me, as I suffered more of the same, this time from an Ambassador.  You would think that given the high profile nature of their job, they would be experts in promoting their countries.  No, this was another national reputation suicide effort.  Monotone, weak voice sputtering forth Ums and Ahs aplenty, with no engagement with the audience.  A voice that sounded so very weary and where the last three to four words in every sentence, just slowly petered out.  The energy and tone just subsided, guaranteeing the key message was a total downer, regardless of the actual content of the words.  Was this a one off – just the Ambo having a bad day?  No, I have seen this gentleman in action on many occasions and there is a scary consistency to his public speaking murder of his country's brand.  He is not unusual – in my 37 years of survey here, I have found that most Ambassadors are hopeless public speakers.  Yes, yes, there are some exceptions, but they just prove the rule (send me a list of more than 10 Ambassadors you know who are any good?). Do these career diplomats get proper training in the art of public speaking?  Astoundingly no!  They become elite government officials due to their ability to write cables and reports, which usually almost no one reads, by the way.  They have large analytical abilities and very big brains. They can really shine in small meetings, where they can one up their rivals and be the smartest intellect in the room.  So they get promoted and then get propelled to the front of the stage, handed the mic and away they go into ineptitude, writ large under lights, in front of the assembled masses.  The good thing is that all of their colleagues are equally hopeless, so it seems normal to them.  The fundamental error is they simply don't value having a skilled public presentation facility. The worst public speaking experience of my diplomatic career was giving a speech on behalf of one of our Ambassadors.  I was “our man in Osaka” and had to deliver the speech on his behalf.  The talk was in Japanese, which was no issue, as I had given around 400 public speeches in Japanese.  The content however was challenging.  There are four main types of speeches – to inform, to persuade, to entertain and to impress.  Foreign Ministries around the world, tend to love the data dump, inform variety.  This automatically leads to lots of dull information being imparted.  Why they don't go for the persuade type is a bit of a mystery to me and all countries seem to make that selection.  I absolutely gave it my best shot to liven it up, while sticking religiously to the approved Ambassadorial text, but what torture it was!  Imagine when you combine dead data with a dead delivery?  You have a massive bromide of winter surf Hawaiian North Shore frightening proportions, thundering down to bludgeon unsuspecting audiences into stupefaction. This is what we usually get from elite Government officials and it doesn't have to be like that.  There are some bright spots of hope though, even in Japan!  Previous Ambassador Motohiko Nishimura, who I met in Osaka in the mid-1990s, during his posting to the Kansai (yes, Kansai is considered a foreign country by Tokyo, so they have to send an Ambassador down there), was skilled and excellent.  English or Japanese, it did not matter, he was the consummate diplomat in the sense he could use his speaking power, to capture an audience and have them love Japan.  He finished his career as Ambassador to Portugal, and I am sure he was a tremendous asset for his country in creating support for Japan there. Hello to all of you elite officials and aspirants out there, stop boring us all to death, get some proper training and represent your Ministries with aplomb.  Boys and girls – be ambitious? No be persuasive!        

Over ten years Lineage Logistics has reshaped the identity of cold chain across the world. Mike McClendon led the global expansion of the business for most of that time, only recently stepping out from being President of International Business in to a new Ambassadorial role, including taking on the role of Chairman of the Global Cold Chain Alliance, the pan-national representative and networking organisation for cold chain businesses.  Mike talks to Shane about the rapid rise of Lineage Logistics, why the business has been able to grow as it has, he shares his optimism about the future and talks candidly about how Lineage is facing in to the major challenges of our time. A unique insight from a man that has, more than most, shaped the modern history of global cold chain. 

Eileen Gu, the top-rated story from the 2022 Olympics, is back in the headlines once again (1:00). She just announced she will be an ambassador for Salt Lake City's Olympic bid. Is she trying to have her cake and eat it too (2:15)? Mark says she's overcompensating for her switch from the U.S. to China, but what will the Chinese reaction be (4:15)? Could she even switch back to compete for the US in 2026 (4:55)? With athletes like skater Nathan Chen — a Salt Lake City native — or skier Mikael Shiffrin, what will Eileen Gu do for the bid that others can't? (7:44) How much do Americans care at this point? Old news or still a story (9:57)? It's clear she needs to come on the China Sports Insider Podcast (11:24)! Here's what Mark would ask her if he just had one question (12:10).At his customary pre-NBA finals press conference, Commissioner Adam Silver talked a lot about China (14:10). Silver was, again, trying to occupy something of a middle ground — and, so far, he seems to be doing OK (15:36). Silver says the NBA gets unfairly singled out. Mark tends to agree: if we give up on sports exchanges, then we might as well give up on diplomacy entirely (17:18).Our guest this week, Chris Fenton, sits at the intersection of sports, celebrity and China's global dealings (19:50). Hollywood seems to be turning the corner with regards to China — but where are we with sports (21:06)? Discussion of the WTA taking a stance on the Peng Shuai affair and being rewarded by sponsorship dollars as a result (26:06). But it's hard to see what a resolution between China and the WTA looks like. When it comes to money, will people always be swayed (28:38)? The WTA, and more recently, the Top Gun movie, shows that you can be profitable while bypassing the China market. Will the men's tour, the ATP, become the first frog to jump into the boiling water (31:52)? We end with a discussion about ESPN's recent articles about China and NBA owners — and what this means for the future (35:35).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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My last day of Black History Month message to all the men that continue to steal, kill, corrupt and destroy humanity for their Muslim or Jewish beliefs. The forces of Nature shall be with you all. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/taf-international-2019/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taf-international-2019/support

Is having Royal Blood & Decrees what makes a king or Queen? Where will the Royal luncheon be hosted? How can we deal with stress and anxiety in 2022? Has the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists heard of the Notorious Trump Pipe Papers? I am ready to give my personal deposition to Congress and the United States Supreme Court about what I did in my 16 year military and diplomatic service in Europe on behalf of The United States of America and how I predicted World War III since the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and left Budapest,Hungary and why no European Union Country took me seriously. “Relax you stress too much” you'd be stressed for 8 years if you saw this political outcome. This is the only way to ensure World Wars don't keep breaking out in Europe over and over again. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/taf-international-2019/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taf-international-2019/support

Fresh sanctions for Europe's last absolute dictators nicely packaged in European Union conventions of Human Rights and United States Constitution of a Free and Democratic Republic. I hereby invite the United Nations Representatives & Selected others for the Royal Feast of the decade with select dishes from across the globe to settle Russian/Ukrainian disputes and avoid World War III. My Parents, King Solomon Thomas Marafino I and Queen Felicia Jane Marquess always say International Cuisine is key to settling the worst of Diplomatic and Political disputes. Find the speech and full menu on my Instagram page. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/taf-international-2019/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taf-international-2019/support

Mr. Jair Bolsonaro is radically racist, extremely sexist, mentally sick, physically incapable, horribly homophobic and politically uneducated. They call him the Donald Trump of South America, and they call me the diplomat to end dictators and dictatorships. Is that Lady Liberty I see ready to serve you a court sentence? Or is it Madam Justice knocking on your door? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/taf-international-2019/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taf-international-2019/support

Health Ambassador Extraordinary: A diplomat of the highest rank, distinguished, sovereign, with excellent exemplary citizenship and on a special mission for global health. Minister Plenipotentiary: A person, especially a diplomat, invested with the full power of independent action; especially on behalf of their government or in a foreign country. How does a Health Ambassador Extraordinary sanction a President? By reminding him his powers are never simultaneously Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary. Find out my first Ambassadorial sanction to the President of the Russian Federation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/taf-international-2019/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taf-international-2019/support

"Just after Christmas I called on Ambassador Falin who then was head of the Central Committee, that he was known as Mr. Germany as far as their foreign policy is concerned, and I asked him, I said, 'I understand that you think this is a question for the future?' His answer was, 'We thought it was a question for the future, but it's clear now, it's one that's going to be resolved now.'" - Ambassador Jack F. Matlock The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute introduces The Ambassadorial Series: Deans of U.S. - Russia Diplomacy, Part Two of The Ambassadorial Series. Part Two consists of six plus hours of conversations with Ambassadors Jack F. Matlock, Thomas R. Pickering, and James F. Collins about crucial events and developments in U.S.-Russia relations. Focusing on the 1990s – from the disintegration of the USSR to President Putin's ascent to Russia's highest office a decade later, Part Two, hosted by Dr. Hanna Notte, continues to offer firsthand accounts and analyses of the cataclysmic changes that transformed Russian politics and society.

"Shultz stood up other side of the table, put out his hands. And as they shook hands, Shultz said, 'Eduard let me assure you. I will never ask you to do something that I do not think is in your country's interest.' I had trouble keeping the tears back. I was at the table watching. The Cold War was over for those two." - Ambassador Jack F. Matlock The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute introduces The Ambassadorial Series: Deans of U.S. - Russia Diplomacy, Part Two of The Ambassadorial Series. Part Two consists of six plus hours of conversations with Ambassadors Jack F. Matlock, Thomas R. Pickering, and James F. Collins about crucial events and developments in U.S.-Russia relations. Focusing on the 1990s – from the disintegration of the USSR to President Putin's ascent to Russia's highest office a decade later, Part Two, hosted by Dr. Hanna Notte, continues to offer firsthand accounts and analyses of the cataclysmic changes that transformed Russian politics and society.

"When Russian tanks went on the bridge over the Moscow River and fired at the Russian White House on October 3rd of 1993, the first thing that popped into my mind was, 'Are we going to have a civil war in Russia? And is it going to be as disastrous for the country as the civil war between the Reds and the Whites was after the end of the First World War and the beginning of the communist state?' I had a worry about that, that I don't think was misplaced. It was something that we all thought of as being a very damaging situation." - Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute introduces The Ambassadorial Series: Deans of U.S. - Russia Diplomacy, Part Two of The Ambassadorial Series. Part Two consists of six plus hours of conversations with Ambassadors Jack F. Matlock, Thomas R. Pickering, and James F. Collins about crucial events and developments in U.S.-Russia relations. Focusing on the 1990s – from the disintegration of the USSR to President Putin's ascent to Russia's highest office a decade later, Part Two, hosted by Dr. Hanna Notte, continues to offer firsthand accounts and analyses of the cataclysmic changes that transformed Russian politics and society.

"No Assistant Secretary ever suggested that to me before. I don't think I'd ever approached the question of writing the president United States a personal message from overseas. But Strobe believed that my judgment would be useful to the President, and that was, in itself, an honor." - Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute introduces The Ambassadorial Series: Deans of U.S. - Russia Diplomacy, Part Two of The Ambassadorial Series. Part Two consists of six plus hours of conversations with Ambassadors Jack F. Matlock, Thomas R. Pickering, and James F. Collins about crucial events and developments in U.S.-Russia relations. Focusing on the 1990s – from the disintegration of the USSR to President Putin's ascent to Russia's highest office a decade later, Part Two, hosted by Dr. Hanna Notte, continues to offer firsthand accounts and analyses of the cataclysmic changes that transformed Russian politics and society.

"Yeltsin was in a bit of a corner in all of this. I think he himself felt it was an absolute disaster to use a military option against Serbia. Now, were we prepared for this. Were the Americans, I think, sensitive enough to what this was going to mean? No, they weren't. I'm not sure we at the embassy even understood how deeply the reaction was going to go or how effective the people who were Yeltsin's critics were going to be in using what we did in Serbia against him and against the, if you will, the Westerners, but they were and it put them on the defensive and it made it very difficult for the Yeltsin team for quite some time." - Ambassador James F. Collins The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute introduces The Ambassadorial Series: Deans of U.S. - Russia Diplomacy, Part Two of The Ambassadorial Series. Part Two consists of six plus hours of conversations with Ambassadors Jack F. Matlock, Thomas R. Pickering, and James F. Collins about crucial events and developments in U.S.-Russia relations. Focusing on the 1990s – from the disintegration of the USSR to President Putin's ascent to Russia's highest office a decade later, Part Two, hosted by Dr. Hanna Notte, continues to offer firsthand accounts and analyses of the cataclysmic changes that transformed Russian politics and society.

"But I think what I learned, perhaps it's most significant, I took away lessons that I think are valid all the way through all of my experience, were two or three important things. One, that Russia has its own culture, history, interests, values, and so forth. And they are not Americans. They are different from America. Their experience is different. Their geography is different. They face different issues. They have different aspirations in many ways. And that one has to start with the premise that you respect that." - Ambassador James F. Collins The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute introduces The Ambassadorial Series: Deans of U.S. - Russia Diplomacy, Part Two of The Ambassadorial Series. Part Two consists of six plus hours of conversations with Ambassadors Jack F. Matlock, Thomas R. Pickering, and James F. Collins about crucial events and developments in U.S.-Russia relations. Focusing on the 1990s – from the disintegration of the USSR to President Putin's ascent to Russia's highest office a decade later, Part Two, hosted by Dr. Hanna Notte, continues to offer firsthand accounts and analyses of the cataclysmic changes that transformed Russian politics and society.

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On Season 1 Episode 45 of Dialégomai: The PĒØPŁËŠ Conversation, hosts Travis and Kyra Gold start the final week of their daily Advent Meditation series with Day 16.In this episode, Travis explains what it means to be the church in a fallen world and shares what our assignment is as His ambassadors.Join us this Advent season as we learn to treasure Christ more deeply together, as we gather around the fire of His Word, empowered by the Holy Spirit and make our King's glorious arrival visible in our homes and our churches. To our children, family, friends and our congregations. Be sure to check back in everyday, Monday through Friday, each week to join us for daily Advent meditations this Christmas season running from November 29th through December 24th as we make space in our days in the lead up to Christmas and learn to receive, more fully, the gift of Jesus Christ. Would His Name be hallowed and His will be done!In Jesus name, Amen. If you feel led to support this podcast, we humbly invite you to prayerfully check us out at buymeacoffee.com/dialegomai For accessibility information, Q&A submissions or to get in touch, please email dialegomai@forthepeopleschurch.org For more information about For The PĒØPŁËŠ Church, please visit forthepeopleschurch.org! Instagram: @dialegomai @forthepeopleschurch @travisandkyraSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dialegomai)

Nearly one year into office, the Biden administration is still missing ambassadors in key parts of the world -- including India and Pakistan. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee considered candidates for those two posts Tuesday -- marking a step forward in what has been a painstakingly slow process to fill embassies. Amna Nawaz explores what this means for U.S. diplomacy. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Nearly one year into office, the Biden administration is still missing ambassadors in key parts of the world -- including India and Pakistan. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee considered candidates for those two posts Tuesday -- marking a step forward in what has been a painstakingly slow process to fill embassies. Amna Nawaz explores what this means for U.S. diplomacy. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

A bonus episode on U.S.-Russia relations from The Ambassadorial Series at the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Ambassador Tom Pickering, Chair of the ISD Board of Advisers and a seven-time U.S. ambassador, discusses his experiences as ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1993 to 1996 with Georgetown University's Jill Dougherty.  Watch all eight video conversations: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiPyUMZMRG090RRIITQCS4gBdaVOH_p99 Learn more about the series: https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/academics/centers-initiatives/monterey-initiative-russian-studies/ambassadorial-series Diplomatic Immunity: Frank and candid conversations about diplomacy and foreign affairs Diplomatic Immunity, a podcast from the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University, brings you frank and candid conversations with experts on the issues facing diplomats and national security decision-makers around the world.  For more, visit our website, and follow us on Twitter @GUDiplomacy. Send any feedback to diplomacy@georgetown.edu.

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In this episode of the National Security Podcast, the latest in our Security Summit series, Tobias Feakin – Australia’s Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology – joins Professor Rory Medcalf to unpack the government’s recently-launched International Cyber and Critical Tech Engagement Strategy.Cyber and critical technology are at the centre of geostrategic competition in the 21st century and affect all aspects of international relations. They affect Australia’s national security, economic prosperity, the protection and realisation of human rights and freedoms, sustainable development, and international peace and stability. The new Strategy sets out the government’s goal for a peaceful, stable and prosperous Australia, Indo-Pacific region, and world and provides a framework to guide the whole-of-government international engagement across the broad spectrum of cyber and critical technology issues guided by three pillars: values, security, and prosperity. In this National Security Podcast, Australia’s Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology Tobias Feakin joins Professor Rory Medcalf to provide his insights into Australia's new International Cyber and Critical Tech Engagement Strategy.Dr Tobias Feakin is Australia’s inaugural Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology. He commenced as Ambassador for Cyber Affairs in January 2017, before having his mandate expanded to reflect the central role that technology issues have in geopolitics. Prior to his Ambassadorial appointment, Dr Feakin was the Director of National Security Programs at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute from 2012 to 2016 where he established the Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre.Professor Rory Medcalf is Head of the National Security College at The Australian National University. His professional experience spans more than two decades across diplomacy, intelligence analysis, think tanks, and journalism.We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or find us on Facebook. The National Security Podcast and Policy Forum Pod are available on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, and wherever you get your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Russia had also, in the third term of President Putin, really started to turn inward. There was almost a feeling of withdrawal from the world. There were sanctions put on, of course, that blocked visas and tended to isolate Russia. Russia was not accepted into the G7. But there was the Foreign Agents law, there was an aggressive FSB effort to intimidate scientists and people who had foreign contacts. And it became very clear and accelerated during my time there." - Ambassador John F. Tefft The Ambassadorial Series is a one-of-a-kind docuseries featuring in-depth interviews with eight of the living former U.S. ambassadors to Russia and the Soviet Union. In eight, hour-long podcast episodes, the ambassadors recall their experiences in strikingly personal terms. They share insights from high-stakes negotiations and reflections on the challenges and dangers they sometimes faced. The ambassadors discuss a range of geopolitical issues from their decades of experience, including the Soviet Union's breakup and the tense months that preceded it, the 1991 attempted coup, President Yeltsin's 1993 standoff, the early years of President Vladimir Putin, Russia's response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the 2008 Russo-Georgian war. The ambassadors also discuss nuclear, cyber, and economic cooperation, the impact of sanctions, and how social media and other technology changed their ability to communicate with the Russian people, among much else.

"My dad is considered to be one of the few, maybe the only American G.I. who in World War II fought against the Germans in both the American and the Soviet armies …. He hid out for a couple of days until a Russian Tank Unit rolled into the small village, and then very carefully – my dad was a very shrewd guy – he found the right time to present himself to the Russian soldiers. He had a pack of Lucky Strikes cigarettes, and he knew a few words of Russian, two of which were amerikanskii tovarish, American comrade. Well, the Russian Soviet soldiers looked at him like he just dropped off of a Martian spaceship: 'Who is this guy? Where did he come from?'" - Ambassador John Beyrle The Ambassadorial Series is a one-of-a-kind docuseries featuring in-depth interviews with eight of the living former U.S. ambassadors to Russia and the Soviet Union. In eight, hour-long podcast episodes, the ambassadors recall their experiences in strikingly personal terms. They share insights from high-stakes negotiations and reflections on the challenges and dangers they sometimes faced. The ambassadors discuss a range of geopolitical issues from their decades of experience, including the Soviet Union's breakup and the tense months that preceded it, the 1991 attempted coup, President Yeltsin's 1993 standoff, the early years of President Vladimir Putin, Russia's response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the 2008 Russo-Georgian war. The ambassadors also discuss nuclear, cyber, and economic cooperation, the impact of sanctions, and how social media and other technology changed their ability to communicate with the Russian people, among much else.

"We said we're not going to check our values at the door in order to negotiate with the Russian autocratic regime. We were pretty blunt. If anybody knows me, they know that I speak pretty bluntly about these things, and it's not my first rodeo dealing with Russian officials, 2009, I've been at this for a long time. We didn't call Medvedev a democratic leader of the free world; we didn't praise him. We said, 'We're going to do this deal here, and then we're going to talk about these other things where we have disagreements.'" - Ambassador Michael McFaul The Ambassadorial Series is a one-of-a-kind docuseries featuring in-depth interviews with eight of the living former U.S. ambassadors to Russia and the Soviet Union. In eight, hour-long podcast episodes, the ambassadors recall their experiences in strikingly personal terms. They share insights from high-stakes negotiations and reflections on the challenges and dangers they sometimes faced. The ambassadors discuss a range of geopolitical issues from their decades of experience, including the Soviet Union's breakup and the tense months that preceded it, the 1991 attempted coup, President Yeltsin's 1993 standoff, the early years of President Vladimir Putin, Russia's response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the 2008 Russo-Georgian war. The ambassadors also discuss nuclear, cyber, and economic cooperation, the impact of sanctions, and how social media and other technology changed their ability to communicate with the Russian people, among much else.

"We really saw opportunities, in the horrible tragedy, we saw opportunities to cement the kind of strategic partnership with Russia that we had been trying to build during the 1990s with Yeltsin. And of course we had, I think, tremendous public support for doing just that. I remember, I'll never forget, the outpouring of sympathy and solidarity by the people of Moscow. The whole country came converging on the old embassy building on Ulitsa Chaikovskovo with flowers, with candles, children leaving their precious teddy bears, all out of sympathy for our loss of so many Americans and other nationalities in the 9/11 attacks." - Ambassador Alexander Vershbow The Ambassadorial Series is a one-of-a-kind docuseries featuring in-depth interviews with eight of the living former U.S. ambassadors to Russia and the Soviet Union. In eight, hour-long podcast episodes, the ambassadors recall their experiences in strikingly personal terms. They share insights from high-stakes negotiations and reflections on the challenges and dangers they sometimes faced. The ambassadors discuss a range of geopolitical issues from their decades of experience, including the Soviet Union's breakup and the tense months that preceded it, the 1991 attempted coup, President Yeltsin's 1993 standoff, the early years of President Vladimir Putin, Russia's response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the 2008 Russo-Georgian war. The ambassadors also discuss nuclear, cyber, and economic cooperation, the impact of sanctions, and how social media and other technology changed their ability to communicate with the Russian people, among much else.

"I sent my first message that the Soviet Union might break up in July 1990, 18 months before it happened. I didn't predict it then precisely. But I said it was possible, which I think came as a very great surprise to Washington." - Ambassador Jack F. Matlock The Ambassadorial Series is a one-of-a-kind docuseries featuring in-depth interviews with eight of the living former U.S. ambassadors to Russia and the Soviet Union. In eight, hour-long podcast episodes, the ambassadors recall their experiences in strikingly personal terms. They share insights from high-stakes negotiations and reflections on the challenges and dangers they sometimes faced. The ambassadors discuss a range of geopolitical issues from their decades of experience, including the Soviet Union's breakup and the tense months that preceded it, the 1991 attempted coup, President Yeltsin's 1993 standoff, the early years of President Vladimir Putin, Russia's response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the 2008 Russo-Georgian war. The ambassadors also discuss nuclear, cyber, and economic cooperation, the impact of sanctions, and how social media and other technology changed their ability to communicate with the Russian people, among much else.

"I think it was around two o'clock in the afternoon. I was asked to come over and receive a message from President Yeltsin at that time. That was also a fairly exciting time because we were inside the barricades. There were crowds of people, and when I went in the car to the White House with the flag, I didn't know whether they were going to throw rocks or cheer. Well, they cheered. In essence, the message was asking Washington not to recognize these self-proclaimed authorities, and to stay with the constitutional order and support the rule of law and President Gorbachev." - Ambassador James F. Collins The Ambassadorial Series is a one-of-a-kind docuseries featuring in-depth interviews with eight of the living former U.S. ambassadors to Russia and the Soviet Union. In eight, hour-long podcast episodes, the ambassadors recall their experiences in strikingly personal terms. They share insights from high-stakes negotiations and reflections on the challenges and dangers they sometimes faced. The ambassadors discuss a range of geopolitical issues from their decades of experience, including the Soviet Union's breakup and the tense months that preceded it, the 1991 attempted coup, President Yeltsin's 1993 standoff, the early years of President Vladimir Putin, Russia's response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the 2008 Russo-Georgian war. The ambassadors also discuss nuclear, cyber, and economic cooperation, the impact of sanctions, and how social media and other technology changed their ability to communicate with the Russian people, among much else.

"What I saw on that afternoon, perhaps mid-afternoon, was first a sea of aluminum shields moving towards the American Embassy and toward the Russian White House, which are opposite each other on the street, followed by the crowd from the front of the Foreign Ministry. So, I called the Embassy Marines and told them to get to the security officer and have the people who were residing in the embassy perimeter in the townhouses to go to our underground safe haven underneath the center of the embassy residence area because I was not sure in fact that we would not have firing and indeed other difficulties in that kind of confrontation as this crowd, which was headed in that direction, met the NKVD or the then KGB paramilitary force surrounding the White House." - Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering The Ambassadorial Series is a one-of-a-kind docuseries featuring in-depth interviews with eight of the living former U.S. ambassadors to Russia and the Soviet Union. In eight, hour-long podcast episodes, the ambassadors recall their experiences in strikingly personal terms. They share insights from high-stakes negotiations and reflections on the challenges and dangers they sometimes faced. The ambassadors discuss a range of geopolitical issues from their decades of experience, including the Soviet Union's breakup and the tense months that preceded it, the 1991 attempted coup, President Yeltsin's 1993 standoff, the early years of President Vladimir Putin, Russia's response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the 2008 Russo-Georgian war. The ambassadors also discuss nuclear, cyber, and economic cooperation, the impact of sanctions, and how social media and other technology changed their ability to communicate with the Russian people, among much else.

"We missed the one element of diplomacy that is absolutely critical in balancing some of these very sensitive relationships, and that's a level of connectivity and dialogue that allows both sides to frame the priorities and to get working toward some shared outcomes and solutions. So, in that empty environment, Russia and China came together, each having different interests in coming together." - Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. The Ambassadorial Series is a one-of-a-kind docuseries featuring in-depth interviews with eight of the living former U.S. ambassadors to Russia and the Soviet Union. In eight, hour-long podcast episodes, the ambassadors recall their experiences in strikingly personal terms. They share insights from high-stakes negotiations and reflections on the challenges and dangers they sometimes faced. The ambassadors discuss a range of geopolitical issues from their decades of experience, including the Soviet Union's breakup and the tense months that preceded it, the 1991 attempted coup, President Yeltsin's 1993 standoff, the early years of President Vladimir Putin, Russia's response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the 2008 Russo-Georgian war. The ambassadors also discuss nuclear, cyber, and economic cooperation, the impact of sanctions, and how social media and other technology changed their ability to communicate with the Russian people, among much else.

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Ambassador Wilks CMG (HM British Ambassador to Iraq), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. Jon Wilks has just finished a two year posting as UK Ambassador to Iraq, his third posting to Iraq since he reopened the Embassy in Baghdad in 2003. He has served 30 years in the UK diplomatic service with a Middle East focus, including Ambassadorial postings to Yemen (10-11) and Oman (14-17). He was also UK Syria Envoy 2012-2014. He is a fluent Arabist and was the first UK Arabic Spokesperson based in the region 2007-2009. He will be taking up a new Ambassadorial appointment in the region next year. His deep interest in Middle East Politics and International Relations led him to take a sabbatical to complete an MA in Middle East Politics at Durham University (99/00) and an MPhil in International Relations at St Antony’s (00/02). He is a previous speaker at the Middle East Centre having shared his reflections with us on his posting to Yemen in 2011 and his Syria responsibilities in 2014.

Imagine the consequences when you combine dead data with a dead delivery?  You have a massive bromide of frightening winter surf Hawaiian North Shore proportions, thundering down to bludgeon unsuspecting audiences into stupefaction. I was one of the bludgeoned in that audience that day and it was dreadful.  Are these people really elite, I was left thinking? Welcome back to this weekly edition every Tuesday of "THE Cutting Edge Japan Business Show" I am your host Dr. Greg Story, President of Dale Carnegie Training Japan Well, where is this Cutting Edge?  For all of us, the quality of our people is the cutting edge for success in Japan. In this show I will: Stimulate your thinking about ramping up your business Bring you insights from the best training organisation on the planet Provide you with the highest quality Japan information Motivate you to motivate yourself and motivate those around you Help you to shoot the lights out at results time I don't want to just help you succeed in your business.  I want you to dominate! Before we get into this week's topic, here is what caught my attention lately. Dentsu the advertising giant has announced it will trim its working hours by 20%.  From a high of 2,252 hours per year in 2014 or 45 hours a week (assuming a 50 week work year), Dentsu is aiming for 1,800 hours per employee annually or 36 hours a week by March 2020.  It will also ban working between 10.00pm and 5.00am.  This was in response to the suicide of Matsuri Takahashi aged 24 who jumped to her death from her dormitory on Christmas day 2015 because she was depressed from all the illegal overtime work hours she was made to put in. The suicide was determined to be a case of karoshi or death from overwork. She was putting in 100 hours per month in illegal overtime. Prosecutors said there 1400 other Dentsu employees also working above the overtime limit. Dentsu President Toshihiro Yamamoto appeared in court for Dentsu's trial over suspected labour violations.  They were fined 500,000 yen or around $4500.  Has justice been served – what do you think? This is episode number 10and we are talking about Japanese Elites Who Can't Cut It  Soredewa ikimasho, so let's get going.         Society approves titles and status, especially in Japan.  We rise through the ranks and following the Peter Principle, we peak at our upper level of incompetence.  On the way up, we pick up titles and accrue status, respect and credence amplified through the power of our title.  Our personal power though could be suddenly exposed as bogus, when we get up to open our mouths in public.  This is one of those “The Emperor Has No Clothes” moments, when all is revealed, and we are found severely wanting. I was at a function recently and one of the bureaucratic elite in Japan was there to give a keynote presentation.  You generally get to become an elite official in Japan because you went to the right elementary school, middle school, high school and then the most elite of the Universities.  The reason these were the right schools up until University, is because they have the absolute best system in place to help you become a legend in memorization, rote learning and test taking.  At University you take a couple of years off, before you start cramming for the national selection exam, where again memory and exam technique are the most rewarded skills..  this is when You join a Ministry and work like a dog for a squillion hours every day, for years, simultaneously looking for a powerful patron to whom you can pledge total loyalty.  After decades of glacial progress, you emerge a grey haired, elite official.  Now part of the bureaucratic upper crust, you are often called upon to represent your organization and speak in public.  This is when the whole edifice comes crashing down. This was the case with this official – sent out into the firing line to promulgate the new way forward for his political masters, to impress everyone with the potency of their new policies, to win adherents to the path forward.  The result - total fizzer.  Why?  Because he spoke without energy or passion. He showed us nothing to indicate he felt at all impressed with the potency of his own recommendations.  He looked down at his papers the whole time and hardly glanced at the audience.  The opportunity to make eye contact, to combine words with the power of his face and to use variations available to his voice through speed and power, were in total absence.  He was a truly dull correspondent and we were completely dulled to his message.  There were no converts to the cause that day.  He could return to his desk and tick the box though – the task was completed, a total failure, but completed.  Astonishingly, during the post speech Q&A session, I noticed he perked up like man really engaged. Sadly it was only sustained for 30 seconds, but it showed he could do it.  I was wondering why didn't he energise the audience while he commanded the stage?  He could actually do it.  We all saw that he had the capacity.  I believe he didn't do it because he had no concept and no appreciation for the immense power at his beck and call.  His self-concept seemed to be that he was just a grey bureaucrat, whose job was to be grey and boring.  Obviously he had received no training or preparation for his task.  So his brilliant university pedigree meant little, when he was publically outed at the podium.  He was a total failure as a communicator, he became a message killer, a brand assassin instead.  He took the whole programme backwards not forwards.   Was he an exception, a one-off, the runt of the litter among the bureaucratic ranks of the gifted, great and plausible public speakers?  I would love to report that he was an outlier, an exception, a bad apple.  No, I can't do that.  He was typical of that bevy of elite officials, who are mainly all acquired status and have almost no personal power projection whatsoever.   Let me be fair and point out that Japan is not the only place where the elite run out of gas and are left stranded by the side of the road of bureaucratic progress.  Another vaunted profession is that of the elite government official who works in the foreign service of their country.  This was a bad week for me, as I suffered more of the same elite incompetence, this time from an Ambassador.  He was a lovely guy, but hopeless as a representative of his nation. You would think that given the high profile nature of their job, they would be experts in promoting their countries.  No, this was another national reputation suicide effort.  Monotone, weak voice sputtering forth Ums and Ahs aplenty, with no engagement with the countries fans here in Japan.  A voice that sounded so very weary and where the last three to four words in every sentence, just slowly petered out.  The energy and tone of his voice just subsided, guaranteeing the key message was a total downer, regardless of the actual content of the words.  When what we say is not congruent with how we say it, we lose 93% of the message. The audience get distracted by how we look and how we sound. What we are saying is just not registering.  Was this a one off – just the Ambo having a bad day?  Find out when we come back from the break Welcome back. Actually no, it wasn't the Ambo's rare bad day. I have seen this gentleman in action on many occasions and there is a scary consistency to his public speaking murder of his country's brand. He is not unusual. In my 31 years of survey here, I have found that most Ambassadors are hopeless public speakers. Yes, yes, there are some exceptions, but they just prove the rule.  If you doubt what I say,  then please send me a list of more than 10 Ambassadors you know who are any good?. Do these career diplomats get proper training in the art of public speaking?  Astoundingly no they don't!  They become elite government officials due to their ability to write cables and reports, which usually almost no one reads, by the way.  They have large analytical abilities and very big brains. They can really shine is small meetings, where they can one up their rivals and be the smartest intellect in the room.  So they get promoted and then get propelled to the front of the stage, handed the microphone and away they go into ineptitude, writ large under lights, in front of the assembled masses. The good thing is that all of their colleagues are equally hopeless, so it seems normal to them.  The fundamental error is they simply don't value having a skilled public presentation facility.  They miss the opportunity to establish a powerful, positive image of their country. The worst public speaking experience of my diplomatic career was giving a speech on behalf of one of our Ambassadors.  I was “our man in Osaka” and had to deliver the speech on his behalf because he couldn't make it.  The talk was in Japanese, which was no issue, as I had given around 400 public speeches in Japanese.  The content however was challenging.  There are four main types of speeches – to inform, to persuade, to entertain and to impress.  Foreign Ministries around the world, tend to love the data dump, inform variety.  This automatically leads to lots of dull information being imparted to the punters.  Why they don't go for the persuade type is a bit of a mystery to me and all countries seem to make that inform rather than persuade selection.  I absolutely gave it my best shot to liven it up, while sticking religiously to the approved Ambassadorial text, but what torture it was!  Imagine when you combine dead data with a dead delivery?  You have a massive bromide of frightening winter surf Hawaiian North Shore proportions, thundering down to bludgeon unsuspecting audiences into stupefaction. This is what we usually get from elite Government officials. It doesn't have to be like that.  There are some bright spots of hope though, even in Japan!  Previous Ambassador Motohiko Nishimura, who I met in Osaka in the mid-1990s, during his posting to the Kansai  - yes, Kansai is considered a foreign country by Tokyo, so they have to send an Ambassador down there,-  was skilled and excellent.  English or Japanese, it did not matter, he was the consummate diplomat in the sense he could use his speaking power, to capture an audience and have them love Japan. He finished his career as Ambassador to Portugal, and I am sure he was a tremendous asset for his country in creating support for Japan there.   Hello to all of you elite officials and aspirants out there, stop boring us all to death, get some proper training and represent your Ministries with aplomb.  Boys and girls – be ambitious? No, be persuasive!   Keep pushing hard with us here at THE Cutting Edge Japan Business Show.  Subscribe on YouTube, share it with your family, friends and colleagues, become a regular. Thank you for watching and remember to hit the subscribe button. Our website details are on screen now, japan.dalecarnegie.com, it is awesome value, so check it out. In episode 11we are talking about Salespeople Don't Care Are your salespeople communicating the right messages to the buyers?  Are you sure they have the right sales philosophy?  What do you need to look for to tell?  Find out the answers to all of these questions and much, much more next week.  So Yoroshiku Onegai Itashimasu please join me for the next episode of the Cutting Edge Japan Business Show Until then, create seriously massive levels of success. We are here to help you do that.  Dale Carnegie Training Japan has only one direction in mind for you and your business and that is UP!!!

2019 - 06 - 02 - Ambassadorial Prayer- Ps Wayne Sanderman by Every Nation Durban

Episode 83"A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine, Chapter TwoMahit helps us learn a bit more about Teixcalaan culture, then dips into the Ambassadorial mail bag. Meanwhile, Scott and Anita try not to choke on smoke, while discussing mysterious ship movements.The Read-Along is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @thereadalong, and join our Goodreads Group to get your discussion on! You can also follow Scott @scottybomb and Anita @nitabing.Until next time gentlereaders! Uncultured, Uncivil, Oaf - "A Memory Called Empire" Chapter Two

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump still has fifty-two unfilled Ambassadorial positions, and half of those are low IQ, right-wing lunatics.Then, on the rest of the menu, the House Appropriations Committee mocked the secretary of commerce's reason for refusing to testify; the House Intelligence Committee is looking into a friend of Melania Trump who made $1.6 million off the inauguration; and, the indicted North Carolina GOP chair refuses to resign after bribery charges.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where nearly a dozen prominent Saudi women activists returned to court to face charges related to contacts with foreign journalists, diplomats and human rights groups; and, in an address to Congress, the head of NATO warned of the military, counter-intel and cyber threats posed by “a more assertive Russia.”All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/4/1847635/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

The highway wave is not going anywhere on Angie's watch. So she's gone the full hog and started recruiting some Wave Ambassadors, because you can't start a movement without an Ambassador these days. Ask Jess she's got lots of Ambassadorial experience but the latest (and obviously most important cause) is the Wave campaign.

This is a challenging message concerning our God-given responsibilities as citizens of His eternal Kingdom and our own temporal earthly nation.

This is a challenging message concerning our God-given responsibilities as citizens of His eternal Kingdom and our own temporal earthly nation.

This is a challenging message concerning our God-given responsibilities as citizens of His eternal Kingdom and our own temporal earthly nation.

This is a challenging message concerning our God-given responsibilities as citizens of His eternal Kingdom and our own temporal earthly nation.

This is a challenging message concerning our God-given responsibilities as citizens of His eternal Kingdom and our own temporal earthly nation.

This is a challenging message concerning our God-given responsibilities as citizens of His eternal Kingdom and our own temporal earthly nation.

This is a challenging message concerning our God-given responsibilities as citizens of His eternal Kingdom and our own temporal earthly nation.

This is a challenging message concerning our God-given responsibilities as citizens of His eternal Kingdom and our own temporal earthly nation.

This is a challenging message concerning our God-given responsibilities as citizens of His eternal Kingdom and our own temporal earthly nation.

Ambassadorial Scholarships are the oldest program of the Rotary Foundation, having provided the opportunity for graduate study to over 42,000 students who have studied international relations in over 60 nations. Rotarian Susan Davis (Rotary District 7210 E-Club), who grew up in the swamps outside of New Orleans became one of the recipients and attended Oxford University in the UK in 1980-81, leading to a career in using nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to fight poverty in Bangladesh (with BRAC) and around the world. In this RadioRotary Interview, recorded live from West Point, where Ms. Davis appeared at the annual Rotary Foundation gala along with District 7210 Past-President Bill Bassett, she tells about her experience with Rotary and her work with microfinancing as a way to improve lives. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiorotary/support

What Diplomats Know - Nicholas Kralev Smithsonian Associates - Art of Living Series Few countries around the world cultivate a well-trained corps of professional diplomats— career Foreign Service officers with in-depth expertise in managing a country's relations with other states. Ambassadorial and other diplomatic posts are occasionally given out as rewards for political connections and campaign success to people who need a crash course in under- standing and engaging foreign societies, influencing governments and publics, conducting difficult negotiations, anticipating threats, and taking advantage of opportunities. Our interview today is with Nicholas Kralev, executive director of the Washington International Diplomatic Academy, he leads programs that teach diplomats what they need to know to be successful in an often-misunderstood and under-appreciated profession. Enjoy. For more details, click HERE, or go directly:   WHAT DIPLOMATS KNOW: AN INSIDER'S LOOK AT A UNIQUE PROFESSION https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/subscriptions/series/?id=175407

Ambassadorial Ministry Of Spirit

On today's 'Global Exchange' Podcast, we look at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's second visit to China, and what it means for the Canada-China relationship. Join Colin in conversation with Rob Wright, Hugh Stephens & Randolph Mank for an in-depth discussion on the possibility of a Canada-China free-trade agreement, the implications of a China visit on Canada's position in CPTPP & NATFA, as well as the broad development of a strong bilateral relationship between the Trudeau and Jinping governments. Bios: Colin Robertson (host) - A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and a Senior Advisor to Dentons LLP. Randolph Mank - a three-time former Canadian ambassador and businessman, with over thirty years of experience in Asia and around the world. His foreign service career included assignments in Tokyo, Stockholm and Jakarta, followed by Ambassadorial appointments in Indonesia (2003-06), Pakistan (2008-10) and Malaysia (2010-12). He is a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Hugh Stephens - Mr. Stephens has more than 35 years of government and business experience in the Asia-Pacific region. Based in Victoria, BC, Canada, he is currently Executive-in-Residence at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and Vice Chair of the Canadian Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (CanCPEC). He is also a CGAI Fellow. Rob Wright - Rob Wright served as Canadian Ambassador to China from 2005-2009. He served as Ambassador to Japan from 2001-2005. From 1995-2001 he was Canadian Deputy Minister for International Trade. He is a member of the CGAI Advisory Council. Related Links: - "After the TPP: What's Next for Canada in Asia?" by Hugh Stephens [CGAI Policy Paper] (http://www.cgai.ca/after_the_tpp_whats_next_for_canada_in_asia) - "A World Larger Than Trump's: China's" by Ferry de Kerckhove [CGAI Policy Paper] (http://www.cgai.ca/a_world_larger_than_trumps_chinas) - "With no formal trade talks, Trudeau leaves international trade minister in Beijing" by Chris Hall [CBC News] (http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-china-trade-talks-1.4432975) - "Trudeau says trade with China an answer to rising populism" by Mike Blanchfield [The Canadian Press] (http://business.financialpost.com/pmn/commodities-business-pmn/agriculture-commodities-business-pmn/justin-trudeau-set-to-meet-xi-jinping-on-second-day-of-china-trip) Book Recommendations: - Randolph Mank - "This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking" - by John Brockman (https://www.amazon.ca/This-Will-Make-You-Smarter/dp/0062109391/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512503759&sr=8-1&keywords=this+will+make+you+smarter) - Hugh Stephens - "Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice" - by Bill Browder (https://www.amazon.ca/Red-Notice-Finance-Murder-Justice-ebook/dp/B00LD1ORX6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512503768&sr=8-1&keywords=red+notice) - Rob Wright - "The Silk Roads: A New History of the World" - by Peter Frankopan (https://www.amazon.ca/Silk-Roads-New-History-World/dp/1101946326/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512503775&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Silk+Roads) Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website at cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Jared Maltais. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On today's 'Global Exchange' Podcast, we look ahead to Justin Trudeau's upcoming trip to Asia for the APEC and ASEAN Summits, as well as for officical state visits in Vietnam and the Philippines. Join Colin in conversation with Eric Miller & Randolph Mank for a discussion on Canada's agenda in Asia, the possibility of renewing TPP-11, as well as the Trump and Xi factors at the upcoming APEC Summit. Bios: Colin Robertson (host) - A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and a Senior Advisor to Dentons LLP. Eric Miller - a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and the President of Rideau Potomac Strategy Group, a cross-border consultancy that advises clients on government affairs, economics, cybersecurity and geopolitical developments. Randolph Mank - a three-time former Canadian ambassador and businessman, with over thirty years of experience in Asia and around the world. His foreign service career included assignments in Tokyo, Stockholm and Jakarta, followed by Ambassadorial appointments in Indonesia (2003-06), Pakistan (2008-10) and Malaysia (2010-12). He is a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Related Links: - "After the TPP: What's Next for Canada in Asia?" - Hugh Stephens [CGAI Policy Paper} (http://www.cgai.ca/after_the_tpp_whats_next_for_canada_in_asia) - "The Neglected Crisis: Myanmar's Rohingya" Sarah Goldfeder [CGAI Policy Update] (http://www.cgai.ca/the_neglected_crisis_myanmars_rohingya) Book Recommendations: - Eric Miller - "The Retreat of Western Liberalism" - by Edward Luce (https://www.amazon.ca/Retreat-Western-Liberalism-Edward-Luce/dp/0802127398/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1509993265&sr=1-1&keywords=the+retreat+of+western+liberalism) - Randolph Mank - "Stranger Than We Can Imagine: An Alternative History of the 20th Century" - by John Higgs (https://www.amazon.ca/Stranger-Than-Can-Imagine-Alternative/dp/077103847X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509993176&sr=8-1&keywords=Stranger+Than+We+Can+Imagine) | "Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World" - by Don Tapscott & Alex Tapscott (https://www.amazon.ca/Blockchain-Revolution-Technology-Changing-Business/dp/0670069973/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1509993216&sr=1-1&keywords=blockchain+revolution) Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website at cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Jared Maltais. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

Daniel Istvan Kiraly.     - Király István Dániel.

Dale Carnegie Training Japan: http://japan.dalecarnegie.com/mainsite/ Society approves titles and status, especially in Japan.  We rise through the ranks and following the Peter Principle, we peak at our upper level of incompetence.  On the way up, we pick up titles and accrue status, respect and credence amplified through the power of our title.  Our personal power though could be suddenly exposed as bogus, when we get up to open our mouths in public.  This is one of those “The Emperor Has No Clothes” moments, when all is revealed, and we are found severely wanting. I was at a function recently and one of the bureaucratic elite in Japan was there to give a keynote presentation.  You generally get to become an elite official in Japan because you went to the right elementary school, middle school, high school and then University.  The reason these were the right schools up until University, is because they have the absolute best system in place to help you be a legend in memorization, rote learning and test taking.  At University you take a couple of years off, before you start cramming for the national selection exam, where again memory and exam technique are the most rewarded skills. You join a Ministry and work like a dog for a squillion hours every day, for years, simultaneously looking for a powerful patron to whom you can pledge total loyalty.  After decades of glacial progress, you emerge a grey haired, elite official.  Now part of the bureaucratic upper crust, you are often called upon to represent your organization and speak in public and the whole edifice comes crushing down. This was the case with this official – sent out into the firing line to promulgate the new way forward for his political masters, to impress everyone with the potency of their new policies, to win adherents to the path forward.  Total fizzer.  Why?  Because he spoke without energy or passion – nothing to indicate he felt at all impressed with his own recommendations.  He looked down at his papers and hardly glanced at the audience.  The opportunity to make eye contact, to combine words with the power of his face and to use the tonal variations available to his voice,  were in total absence.  He was a truly dull correspondent and we were completely dulled to his message.  There were no converts that day.  He could tick the box though – the task was completed, a total failure, but completed.  Astonishingly, during the post speech Q&A session, he perked up like man really engaged – sadly it was only sustained for 30 seconds, but it showed he could do it.  So why didn't he do it while he commanded the stage?  No concept and no appreciation for the immense power at his beck and call, I would proffer.  His self-concept seemed to be that he was just a grey bureaucrat, whose job was to be grey and boring.  Obviously he had received no training or preparation for his task.  So his brilliant university pedigree meant little when he was publically outed at the podium.  He was a total failure as a communicator, he became a message killer, a brand assassin instead.  Was he an exception, a one-off, the runt of the litter among the bureaucratic ranks of the gifted, great and plausible public speakers?  No he was typical of that bevy of elite officials, who are mainly acquired status and have almost no personal power projection. Another vaunted profession is that of the elite government official who works in the foreign service.  This has been a bad week for me, as I suffered more of the same, this time from an Ambassador.  You would think that given the high profile nature of their job, they would be experts in promoting their countries.  No, this was another national reputation suicide effort.  Monotone, weak voice sputtering forth Ums and Ahs aplenty, with no engagement with the audience.  A voice that sounded so very weary and where the last three to four words in every sentence, just slowly petered out.  The energy and tone just subsided, guaranteeing the key message was a total downer, regardless of the actual content of the words.  Was this a one off – just the Ambo having a bad day?  No, I have seen this gentleman in action on many occasions and there is a scary consistency to his public speaking murder of his country's brand.  He is not unusual – in my 28 years of survey here, I have found that most Ambassadors are hopeless public speakers.  Yes, yes, there are some exceptions, but they just prove the rule (send me a list of more than 10 Ambassadors you know who are any good?).   Do these career diplomats get proper training in the art of public speaking?  Astoundingly no!  They become elite government officials due to their ability to write cables and reports, which usually almost no one reads, by the way.  They have large analytical abilities and very big brains. They can really shine is small meetings, where they can one up their rivals and be the smartest intellect in the room.  So they get promoted and then get propelled to the front of the stage, handed the mike and away they go into ineptitude, writ large under lights, in front of the assembled masses.  The good thing is that all of their colleagues are equally hopeless, so it seems normal to them.  The fundamental error is they simply don't value having a skilled public presentation facility. The worst public speaking experience of my diplomatic career was giving a speech on behalf of one of our Ambassadors.  I was “our man in Osaka” and had to deliver the speech on his behalf.  The talk was in Japanese, which was no issue, as I had given around 400 public speeches in Japanese.  The content however was challenging.  There are four main types of speeches – to inform, to persuade, to entertain and to impress.  Foreign Ministries around the world, tend to love the data dump, inform variety.  This automatically leads to lots of dull information being imparted.  Why they don't go for the persuade type is a bit of a mystery to me and all countries seem to make that selection.  I absolutely gave it my best shot to liven it up, while sticking religiously to the approved Ambassadorial text, but what torture it was!  Imagine when you combine dead data with a dead delivery?  You have a massive bromide of winter surf Hawaiian North Shore frightening proportions, thundering down to bludgeon unsuspecting audiences into stupefaction. This is what we usually get from elite Government officials and it doesn't have to be like that.  There are some bright spots of hope though, even in Japan!  Previous Ambassador Nishimura, who I met in Osaka in the mid-1990s, during his posting to the Kansai (yes, Kansai is considered a foreign country by Tokyo, so they have to send an Ambassador down there), was skilled and excellent.  English or Japanese, it did not matter, he was the consummate diplomat in the sense he could use his speaking power, to capture an audience and have them love Japan.  He finished his career as Ambassador to Portugal, and I am sure he was a tremendous asset for his country in creating support for Japan there. Hello to all of you elite officials and aspirants out there, stop boring us all to death, get some proper training and represent your Ministries with aplomb.  Boys and girls – be ambitious? No be persuasive!

本演讲为中国驻英大使刘晓明在英国48Group Club上的新年讲话。 It is always a great pleasure for me to join you at the 'Icebreakers' Chinese New Year dinner. I want to thank the 48 Group Club for being such generous hosts. It is especially pleasurable to gather at this time of year in celebration of the most important traditional festival in China. This is the fourth 'Icebreakers' Annual Chinese New Year Dinner I have attended. This dinner is of special significance, because this year marks the 60th anniversary of the 48 Group Club. Like the ancient Babylonian sexagesimal system, the Chinese lunar calendar records sexagenary cycles. For this reason, 60 years have a very special meaning in China. It concludes an old historical period and starts a new one. It means building on the past and looking ahead to the future. To celebrate this milestone, Premier Li Keqiang has sent a message of congratulations to Chairman Stephen Perry. In the message Premier Li said: Six decades ago, with outstanding courage and exceptional foresight, Mr. Jack Perry and other 'Icebreakers' of the older generation overcame obstacles of all sorts and opened the door of trade links between China and Britain and even the entire Western world. Inspired by the 'icebreaker spirit', later generations of our countries have been fully committed to China-UK economic cooperation and cultural exchanges. These endeavors have greatly advanced overall China-UK relations. I met with the Young Icebreakers during my UK visit in 2011. I was deeply impressed with their vigor and energy as well as their determination to increase British people's understanding of China and strengthen China-UK cooperation. This year also marks the 10th anniversary of China-UK comprehensive strategic partnership. Thanks to the support of the 48 Group Club and various social sectors of both countries, China-UK relationship has made encouraging progress. Not long ago, I had a successful meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron in Beijing. We reached broad consensus on pushing forward bilateral relationships and expanding practical cooperation. We have agreed to further enhance political mutual trust and increase cultural and people-to-people exchanges. We also identified the priority areas for our cooperation. These include nuclear energy, high-speed railways, finance and high technology. I am confident that all these will provide strong support to the long-term sound development of China-UK relations. China and the UK working together will benefit our two peoples and contribute to global peace and development. Ladies and Gentlemen, The above is the message from Premier Li. The 48 Group Club's six decades is only one chapter in the annals of China-UK relations. But it is undoubtedly the most splendid chapter. In the six decades, the 48 Group Club and its prototype the 48 Group witnessed all the key landmarks in our relations: · The upgrade from Charge d'Affaires to Ambassadorial relationship. · The resolution of the Hong Kong question. · And the launch of comprehensive strategic partnership Over these years, the 48 Group Club has been deeply involved in China-UK cooperation in political, economic, cultural and educational sectors. It is fair to say that over the past six decades, you have weathered through both 'rain and shine' in China-UK relations. As Shakespeare said, 'What's past is prologue.' Our relations have now come to a fresh start. We face great opportunities never seen before. Let me give you some examples: · Last year our bilateral trade hit a new record high and for the first time passed 70 billion US dollars. · Chinese investments in Britain in recent two years reached 13 billion US dollars. This figure exceeded the total of previous three decades. 2014 has got off to a 'flying start.' The first weeks of this year have already seen several highlights in China-UK economic and trade links: · Our two countries have signed a number of contracts with a combined value of nearly one billion pounds. · The first RQFII fund has been launched in the London Stock Exchange. · The Bank of China's London branch issued 2.5 billion RMB bonds in Britain, the largest of any such issue. · The CBBC hosted its very successful and high profile 2014 China Business Conference. Financial Times described this conference as a pep rally for British business contingents to march into the Chinese market. China-UK cooperation is not limited to economics. Remarkable advances have also been made in cultural and people-to-people exchanges. This first month of 2014 has set a 'cracking pace': · The First China-UK Media Forum was held in London · And the classic Chinese dance drama Silk Road was performed in London. Then the long-awaited season III of the BBC drama 'Sherlock' was broadcast simultaneously in China and the UK in response to the enthusiasm of millions of Chinese fans and thanks to Prime Minister Cameron's kind offer to pass the message. On New Year's day 'Sherlock' was broadcast with Chinese subtitles on Youku and other online video websites. This is the very first time that a British TV drama had been shown in Britain and China at the same time. I can tell you that really thrilled Chinese viewers! Cultural exchanges as such have not only increased mutual understanding of our people, but also secured stronger public support for our bilateral relations. According to Chinese lunar calendar, we will usher in the 'Year of the Horse' in just a few days. In Chinese language, there are many auspicious idioms with the word 'horse'. For example, 'yi ma dang xian' means taking the lead like the winner horse in a race. 'kuai ma yang bian' means riding whip and spur.

Last Monday I had a delightful lunch with the turkey ambassador. He didn’t appear to know anything much about Ankara or care whether Turkey joined the European Union, but seemed more interested in what people eat for Christmas. He was the chef, Marco Pierre White, who had just been given the title by Bernard Matthews, the biggest British turkey producer, and was therefore flying the flag of the battery bird. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.