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Elon Musk has stepped down from his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency, marking a dramatic end to one of the most unconventional chapters in recent White House history. Appointed by President Trump as a Special Government Employee, Musk’s mission was to slash waste and streamline federal operations through aggressive cost-cutting and structural overhauls. Though he claimed $160 billion in savings, critics allege mismanagement, inflated figures, and wide-reaching consequences for public services. His departure follows public opposition to Trump’s sweeping “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signaling a clear policy rift between the two once-aligned figures. What drove Musk to break ranks with the administration now? How does he reflect on the legacy of DOGE, and what does this mean for his return to the private sector? Most importantly, where does his political influence go from here? On The Big Story, Hongbin Jeong speaks to Kevin Chen, Associate Research Fellow with the US Programme at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, to find out more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Serbia's citizens have been protesting for over six months, taking part in demonstrations around the country in reaction to their government's alleged corruption. Though the country's president, Aleksandar Vučić, has attempted to appease them, the movement shows no sign of slowing down.Situated in the Western Balkans, Serbia has had a long history of conflict; from the Ottoman Empire to the dissolution of Yugoslavia, but the ongoing civil unrest comes at a crossroads moment for President Vučić. Serbia is awaiting approval to join the European Union yet remains closely tied with the Kremlin.As the Serbian government seeks to solidify its place in the world, protestors continue their calls for transparency and accountability. This week on The Inquiry we ask “Will Serbia's mass protests unseat the president?”Contributors: Gordana Andric, Executive Editor at Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Belgrade, Serbia Dr. Andi Hoxhaj OBE, Lecturer in Law and the Director of the European Law LLM pathway programme, King's College, London Ivana Randelovic, Senior Programme Officer for Europe at Civil Rights Defenders, Belgrade, Serbia Dr. Helena Ivanov, Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, Belgrade, SerbiaPresenter: Tanya Beckett Producer: Daniel Rosney Researcher: Maeve Schaffer Editor: Tara McDermott Technical Producer: James Bradshaw Production Management Assistant: Liam MorreyImage credit: Srdjan Stevanovic via Getty Images

As any parent knows, it is really important to help our children to make healthy food choices. I know as a father who cooks for my child, it is really critical that I introduce her to fruits and vegetables and encourage whole grains and try to manage the amount of additional sugars, but it's hard. We do this with the goal of trying to make sure that our child is able to eat healthy once she leaves the home. That she's able to make healthy choices there. But it's not just about the future. My child is making choices even today at school and outside of school, and the question is, can we help her make those choices that are going to lead to healthy food outcomes? Do food labels on products encourage children to make healthy food choices if it indicates good ingredients? Or would labels that warn against nutrients of concern actually discourage kids from using those or consuming those products? Today we're going to actually explore those questions in a particular context- in Chile. In 2016, the Chilean government implemented a comprehensive set of obesity prevention policies aimed at improving the food environment for children. Last year on this podcast, we actually explored how the Chilean food laws affected school food purchases. But now today, we're going to explore how food labels are influencing youth outside of school. It is my pleasure to welcome back my colleagues, Gabriela Fretes, who is an associate research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, or IFPRI; and Sean Cash, who is an economist and chair of the Division of Agriculture, food and Environment at Tufts University at the Friedman School of Nutrition, Science and Policy. Interview Summary Gabi and Sean, I'm excited to discuss our new paper, Front of Pack Labels and Young Consumers an Experimental Investigation of Nutrition and Sustainability Claims in Chile that was recently published in a Journal of Food Quality and Preference. Gabi, let's begin with you. So why look at Chile? Can you explain the focus of the Chilean labeling and food environment policies there? So, the setting of our study, as in the previous study, was Chile because recently the country implemented the law of food labeling and advertising, which includes three main components. The first one being mandatory front of package warning labels on packaged goods and beverages. The second one being restrictions on all forms of food marketing directed to children younger than 14 years. So, including printed media, broadcast, and also all digital media. And the third component being at school regulations at different levels including preschool, elementary, and high school levels. Briefly, food manufacturers in Chile must place front of package labels on packaged foods or beverages that are high in specific nutrients of concern, including added sugars, saturated fats, sodium, and or energy. This law was implemented in three stages, starting in June 2016. The last stage was implemented in June 2019. So, it has been already six or seven years since the full implementation of the regulation. Specifically talking about the school component because this, yeah, it relates to children and adolescents. The law mandates that foods and beverages with at least one front of pack warning label cannot be sold, promoted, or marketed inside schools. And this includes the cafeteria, the school kiosks, and even events that are happening inside the schools. And additionally, food and beverages that have at least one front pack warning label cannot be offered as part of school meal programs. In addition to this front of pack warning label regulation, Chile also implemented voluntary eco labels starting in 2022 that provide information about the recyclability of food packages specifically. There is a certification process behind this labeling regulation and the eco label can be displayed if the food or beverage package is at least 80% recyclable. Wow. This is a really comprehensive set of policies to encourage healthier food choices, both at the school and then also outside of the school. I'm excited to discuss further what this may do to food choices among children. Sean, that really brings up the question, why is it important to look at young consumers and their food choices and what makes them unique compared to adults? Thanks for asking Norbert. This is an area where I've been interested in for a while. You know, young consumers play a crucial role in shaping the demand for food and long-term dietary habits. And young consumers might be more open to incorporating dietary advice into those long-term habits than adults might be. Just perhaps kids are less set in their ways. Children and adolescents are both current, but also future consumers with growing autonomy in what they choose around food as they get older. To marketers, we sometimes would say they might represent a three-in-one market. First, they spend their own money on snacks. What you could think of as the primary market. And how children spend money autonomously is really something that hasn't been studied enough by researchers. Although it's an area where I have tried to make a contribution. Second, kids influence household purchases. This is sometimes called pester power. You can think of a kid in the supermarket begging a parent to buy a favorite snack or a certain brand of cereal. But this can also be more socially positive in that kids might be agents of change within their households. Encouraging perhaps other family members to buy healthier food items if they get more interested in that. And third, this three-in-one market is rounded out by the fact that children represent future purchasing power as future adults. So, the habits that they're forming now might influence what they do when they're older. Despite this importance for marketers, but also for pro-social behavior change, there really hasn't been a lot of research on youth food purchasing behaviors. And this question that we are looking at here of how kids might respond to front to package labels has been particularly limited. In this project, we wanted to understand how Chilean adolescents might respond both to nutrition warning labels, but also eco labels, and how they consider price when choosing snacks. We were lucky to be able to recruit a sample of over 300 kids, aged 10 to 14, to participate in these experiments. I know we're going to chat a bit more about what we found, but in general, our results suggest that while price is perhaps the biggest factor in explaining what the kids chose in our experiment, that some of these youth showed preferences for the eco labels, which could be indicative of an emerging interest in sustainability issues. But overall, understanding these behaviors is really important because the food choices made during childhood and adolescence can persist in adulthood. And this can be really something that helps change long-term health outcomes.   Gabi, let's talk a little bit more about eco labels for a moment. What are they, and how do these echo labels influence children's snack choices? What did they tell us about their awareness of sustainability? That's a great question, Norbert. Thanks. In our study specifically, we found that eco labels, had a greater influence on adolescents' snack choices than nutrition warning labels these black and white octagons that are displayed on the front of the package of products in Chile. And this suggests that some young consumers are becoming more aware of environmental issues, or at least in our sample. One possible explanation for this could be that eco labels suggest positive emotions rather than warnings, as with the nutrition labels. Which might feel more restrictive. Unlike the nutrition labels that tell consumers what not to eat, eco labels, on the other hand, highlight a product's benefits, making it more appealing. This could be one of the reasons. Related to that, adolescents may also associate eco-friendly products with social responsibility aligning with increasing youth-driven environmental movements that are very prevalent around the world. However, not all adolescents in our sample responded equally to the eco labels that were presented to them in the snacks. Our study specifically found that those who receive pocket money were more likely to choose eco label snacks. And this could be possibly because they have more autonomy over their purchases and their personal values could be playing a bigger role in their choices. If eco labels are really influencing children and adolescents with choices, one intervention that could be potentially beneficial could be to incorporate sustainability messaging in school food and nutrition education in order to reinforce those positive behaviors. And make them part of the daily food choices that they make. In making sustainable food more affordable, government incentives or retailer promotions could encourage youth to choose more eco-friendly snacks. Given that price, as we saw in our study, remains a key factor for choice. Lastly, not all eco labels are created equal. And this suggests that clear standardization and regulation are needed to prevent misleading claims. And ensure that adolescents receive accurate information about the sustainability of their food choices. Ultimately, the eco labeling, of course, is not a silver bullet. It's not going to solve all the environmental issues, but it represents a promising tool to nudge consumers. So our better dietary and environmental behaviors. Gabi, you talked about how the eco labels have a bigger effect than nutrition warning. And overall, the nutrition warning labels didn't really have that big of an effect on snack food choices. Why do you think that's the case? Yes, this was really one surprising finding in our study. That front of pack nutrition warning labels did not significantly impact children's and adolescents' snack choices. And this kind of contradicts some previous research suggesting that warning labels can help consumers make healthcare choices. And there are several possible explanations for why this could be happening. The first one could be just lack of interest. So compared to adults, children and adolescents may be just more responsive to positive rather than negative messaging. Because negative messages related to nutrition might not seem relevant to them because they feel healthy in the present. They just are not interested in those kinds of messages. The second could be label fatigue. We discuss this in our paper and basically it is because Chile's regulation was already introduced in 2016. Given that it has been already some time since implementation, young consumers may have become habituated to seeing the warning labels on food products. So, like how adults also experience label fatigue, and this is documented in the evidence, children and adolescents might no longer pay attention or pay less attention to the warning. Third possible explanation is it relates to taste and brand loyalty. For this point, research shows that for youth specifically, taste remains the top priority when they choose food. So often outweighing any other factors including health concerns. If a favorite snack, for example, has warning labels but remains tasty and familiar to the kid, the label alone may not discourage them from choosing that snack. And lastly, social and environmental factors. Our study found, as we already mentioned, that eco labels had a stronger influence that nutrition warnings, and this could indicate that children and adolescents are just more responsive to messages about sustainability than to warnings, which they may perceive as less immediate. Thank you for sharing that. And at this moment in the US there is a conversation about front of pack labels. And the work that you are showing in this paper may even point to some of the things that may happen if we see similar front of pack labels here in the US. I'll be looking forward to see what happens with that effort right now. Sean, I want to turn to you and ask an economist type question. What role does price play in adolescent food choices? Not only price, but the availability of pocket money? And how do you think that should influence policy? Our study shows that price is the most significant factor influencing the snack choices of the kids in our study. And higher prices definitely reduce the likelihood of seeing a certain product being selected. It was kind of interesting. Interestingly, this effect was consistent regardless of whether the kids regularly received pocket money. Suggesting that even those that don't receive spending money still are paying attention to price. And this was a little bit different from what we found in some other studies that I've been able to work on, in the US and Germany, that suggested that previous experience with pocket money, or getting an allowance, was really important for understanding which kids might be most careful about spending their own money. I don't know if that's something different in the Chilean context than those other contexts. Or if that was just about what the kids in this particular study were paying attention to because we're asking about different things. But when we look more closely at the kids in our Chilean study, we found some important differences. As Gabi already mentioned, those kids who received pocket money were the ones who were more positively inclined to choosing products with the eco labels. And that suggests that they might be valuing sustainability a little bit more when making their own choices. Perhaps because they're already a little bit more familiar with some of those dynamics of spending their own money. Whereas those without pocket money were more likely to choose cheaper options or sometimes the healthier options like the apples that we provided as an option in our study. And suggesting they're focused more on affordability or health. So, what this means for policy, given the strong influence of price, it means that policy interventions that focus on price, like taxes on unhealthy foods or perhaps subsidies for healthier options, might be effective tools in guiding better choices for these kids. But also, programs promoting budgeting skills and food literacy might help adolescents make more informed decisions both about the nutrition and the sustainability of the foods they're eating. Finally, since some kids are responding positively to eco labels, integrating sustainability messages with the nutrition education could enhance the impact of food labeling policies. Overall, combining price policies and education labeling strategies could be really effective in driving meaningful changes in children and adolescent food choices. Sean, thank you. And it's really important to appreciate the differences that may occur when we think about a country like Chile versus the US or in some of your other work in Germany. And understanding that youth culture may be different and may be shaping these behaviors. But it's very clear that all people, it sounds like, are responding to price. And that's a constant that we're seeing here. Sean, here's my final question for you. What is the take home implications of this study? Well, first and foremost, our findings here suggest that nutrition labeling alone isn't necessarily going to be enough to drive healthier choices among children and adolescents. It can be part of an answer, but policymakers looking to promote healthier food choices might need to compliment labeling with education campaigns that reinforce the meaning of these warnings and integrate them into school-based nutrition programs. That said, I think that Chile has already been a leader in this regard, because the food items that get the warning labels in the Chilean context are the same ones that are subject to different restrictions on marketing or sales in schools, as well. I do think that we're going to see kids and eventually adults just become more familiar with these categorizations because of the consistency in the Chilean law. Also, on the eco label side, leveraging that kind of eco labeling alongside nutrition messaging might be an effective combination to help promote both healthier and more sustainable food choices. And finally we've been talking about new front to pack labeling schemes here in the United States. And it's really important to make sure we learn as much as possible from the experiences with such policies in other countries. Chile's really been a world leader in this regard and so I'm very happy to have tried to contribute to an understanding of how people use these labels through this study and through some of the other projects that Gabi, you and I have all been involved in. Bios Gabriela (Gabi) Fretes is an Associate Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health (NDH) Unit of the International Food Policy Research Institute. She received her PhD in Food and Nutrition Policies and Programs at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, USA in 2022 and holds a master's in food and nutrition with a concentration on Health Promotion and Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases from the Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile. Her research interests are at the intersection of child obesity prevention, food policy and consumer behavior, and her doctoral thesis involved evaluation of a national food labeling and advertising policy designed to improve the healthfulness of the food environment and address the obesity epidemic in Chile, particularly among children. She has worked with a broad range of government, international organizations, academia, public and private sector stakeholders and decision-makers in Paraguay, Chile, and the United States of America. Sean Cash is an economist and Chair of the Division of Agriculture, Food and Environment at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. He conducts research both internationally and domestically on food, nutrition, agriculture and the environment. He is interested in environmental impacts on food and beverage production, including projects on crop quality and climate change, consumer interest in production attributes of tea and coffee, and invasive species management. He also focuses on how food, nutrition, and environmental policies affect food consumption and choice, with specific interest in children's nutrition and consumer interest in environmental and nutritional attributes of food. He teaches courses in statistics, agricultural and environmental economics, and consumer behavior around food. He is currently Specialty Chief Editor of the Food Policy and Economics section of Frontiers in Nutrition, and has previously served as an Editor of the Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics as well as the Chair of the Food Safety and Nutrition Section of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

As China increases its ‘grey zone' pressure, can Taiwan defend its sovereignty without sparking open conflict? In this episode of Global Security Briefing, host Neil Melvin speaks with Dr. Philip Shetler-Jones, RUSI Senior Research Fellow for Indo-Pacific Security, Sze-Fung Lee an independent researcher specialising in Chinese hybrid warfare, and Dr. Jyun-yi Lee, Associate Research Fellow at Taiwan's Institute for National Defense and Security Research to examine how Taiwan is confronting the growing coercive pressure from China, a pressure which falls just below the threshold of war. Drawing on a new RUSI report, they explore what grey zone tactics are, how Taiwan is responding, and what lessons can be shared between Europe and the Indo-Pacific. With rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait, this episode asks: Can grey zone threats be deterred – and how close are we to open conflict? This episode is brought to you as part of our Indo-Pacific Security Programme, under which our research on the grey zone and lawfare receives sponsorship from the Taipei Relations Office in London.

Last week, French opposition leader in the national parliament, Marine le Pen, was found guilty of helping to embezzle €4m of EU funds for use by her party. Alongside a four year sentence, le pen was also barred from running from public office with immediate effect. Over the weekend, le Pen called the ruling political and not judicial. So what effect will the sentence have on the far right in France and across Europe? Political Analyst and Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, The French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs Jean-Yves Camus joins us to discuss.

Introducing Part 1 – The Data Revolution from Science Will Win.Follow the show: Science Will WinThe intersection of biology and technology is revolutionizing drug discovery. In this episode, host Jeremiah Owyang and expert guests explore the crucial role of data in advancing medical science, from the serendipitous discoveries of the past to the cutting-edge techniques of today. They delve into the history of drug development, the rise of "omics," and the innovative single-cell sequencing that is transforming our understanding of the human body for the benefit of drug discovery. Today, scientists are using vast amounts of data to fuel artificial intelligence models, in the quest for new and better medicines. Featured Guests:– James Lowe, Research Fellow at the University of Exeter– Kellie Kravarik, Associate Research Fellow and Cellular Genomics Group Leader for Systems Immunology at Pfizer– Miguel Garcia-Sancho, Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Edinburgh Season 4 of Science Will Win is created by Pfizer and hosted by Jeremiah Owyang, entrepreneur, investor, and tech industry analyst. It's produced by Wonder Media Network. DISCLAIMER: Please note, this is an independent podcast episode not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in conjunction with the host podcast feed or any of its media entities. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the creators and guests. For any concerns, please reach out to team@podroll.fm.

Send us a textDr. Martin Brenner, DVM, Ph.D. is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of iBio ( https://ibioinc.com/team/martin-brenner-dvm-ph-d/ ), a biotech company developing the next generation of cardiometabolic and obesity medicines to promote higher quality weight loss and enhance overall metabolic health and function, as well as a pipeline of therapeutic candidates in immuno-oncology for some of the most-difficult-to-treat cancers, including solid tumors in lung, colorectal, and breast cancer, head and neck cancer, pancreatic cancer and glioblastoma, a fast-growing brain tumor. Dr. Brenner has a strong history of success heading drug discovery and development teams at several of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, including AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and Company, Pfizer Inc., and Merck Research Laboratories. Most recently, Dr. Brenner served as the CSO at Pfenex Inc., which, using its patented Pfēnex Expression Technology® platform, created an advanced pipeline of therapeutic equivalents, vaccines, biologics and biosimilars. Pfenex was acquired by Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated for approximately $516 million in October 2020. Previously, Dr. Brenner served as the CSO at Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company focused on accelerating drug discovery for rare diseases and diseases with high unmet medical need. Prior to his time at Recursion, Dr. Brenner was Vice President and Head of Research & Early Development at Stoke Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company using antisense oligonucleotides to increase gene expression for the treatment of rare diseases. Prior to Stoke, Dr. Brenner was Executive Director at Merck, where he built a biotech unit from scratch, focusing his team's research on diabetes and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Earlier in his career, Dr. Brenner was the Senior Director and Head of cardiovascular, renal, and metabolism (CVRM) biosciences at AstraZeneca. In addition, Dr. Brenner was an Associate Research Fellow at Pfizer where he led the islet biology and in vivo pharmacology in the CVMED Target Exploration Unit before assuming the role of Head of the Insulin Resistance Group.Dr. Brenner has a DVM, Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and a Ph.D., Pharmacology  Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover.#MartinBrenner #iBio #Cardiometabolic #Obesity #Medicines #WeightLoss #MetabolicHealth #ImmunoOncology #GLP1 #BispecificAntibodies #ArtificialIntelligence #TransformingGrowthFactorBeta #Myostatin #ActivinA #ActivinE #MuscleMass #ProgressPotentialAndPossibilities #IraPastor #Podcast #Podcaster #ViralPodcast #STEM #Innovation #Technology #Science #ResearchSupport the show

Introducing Part 1 – The Data Revolution from Science Will Win.Follow the show: Science Will WinThe intersection of biology and technology is revolutionizing drug discovery. In this episode, host Jeremiah Owyang and expert guests explore the crucial role of data in advancing medical science, from the serendipitous discoveries of the past to the cutting-edge techniques of today. They delve into the history of drug development, the rise of "omics," and the innovative single-cell sequencing that is transforming our understanding of the human body for the benefit of drug discovery. Today, scientists are using vast amounts of data to fuel artificial intelligence models, in the quest for new and better medicines. Featured Guests:– James Lowe, Research Fellow at the University of Exeter– Kellie Kravarik, Associate Research Fellow and Cellular Genomics Group Leader for Systems Immunology at Pfizer– Miguel Garcia-Sancho, Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Edinburgh Season 4 of Science Will Win is created by Pfizer and hosted by Jeremiah Owyang, entrepreneur, investor, and tech industry analyst. It's produced by Wonder Media Network. DISCLAIMER: Please note, this is an independent podcast episode not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in conjunction with the host podcast feed or any of its media entities. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the creators and guests. For any concerns, please reach out to team@podroll.fm.

IFPRI Webinar How Can We Improve Food Security Monitoring in Conflict-Affected Regions? Machine Learning for Spatially Granular Food Security Mapping Co-organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Initiative on Foresight March 25, 2025 Machine learning is transforming agricultural and food security research, enabling more accurate and timely insights. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is advancing data-driven approaches in various domains, including crop-type mapping, maize yield estimation, and boat detection. These innovations demonstrate the potential of machine learning in addressing complex challenges and informing policy decisions. A key challenge in this space is food security monitoring in fragile and conflict-affected settings, where timely, granular data is often lacking but essential for policymakers, humanitarians, and researchers. Traditional methods, such as in-person household surveys, are often expensive, infrequent, and spatially coarse, limiting their ability to provide timely insights at local scales. To address these challenges, IFPRI has developed a machine learning-based approach to estimate Food Consumption Scores—which is the most commonly used food security indicator by WFP and partners— at a granular village-tract level in Myanmar. This model leverages multiple data sources—including phone survey data, earth observation, crowd-sourced data, and GIS (Geographic Information System) datasets—to generate spatially explicit and near real-time food security assessments. During this seminar, we will discuss the development and application of this approach, the key data and modeling techniques used, and how this method can be scaled for other conflict-affected regions. We will highlight challenges such as data representativeness, feature selection, and model validation, and share insights into improving food security predictions. Finally, we will outline the broader implications of integrating machine learning with earth observation and survey data to support humanitarian efforts and policy decisions. Moderator and Opening Remarks Jawoo Koo, Senior Research Fellow, Natural Resource and Resilience Unit, IFPRI Presentations Joanna van Asselt, Associate Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit, IFPRI Zhe Guo, Senior GIS Coordinator, Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, IFPRI Links: More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/how-can-we-improve-food-security-monitoring-in-conflict-affected-regions-machine-learning-for-spatially-granular-food-security-mapping/ Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

US President Donald Trump has nominated entrepreneur Anji Sinha to serve as the new United States Ambassador to Singapore. Yet, Dr Sinha is relatively little known, with no presence on websites or social media platforms. This appointment is still subject to confirmation by the Senate. So, who exactly is Dr Sinha? Why did Trump choose Sinha as his ambassador? And how will the Senate confirmation process play out given that there are other high-profile nominees awaiting approval? On The Big Story, Hongbin Jeong speaks with Kevin Chen, Associate Research Fellow with the US Programme at IDSS, RSIS to find out more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Jeremy Neufeld, Senior Immigration Fellow at the Institute for Progress, and Wilson Miles, Associate Research Fellow at ETI, as they discuss their new report, "Strengthening the National Security Innovation Base Requires International STEM Talent." The podcast guests describe current workforce challenges facing the Department of Defense and defense industrial base and how foreign-born STEM talent could be leveraged to ensure that talent bottlenecks do not endanger U.S. technological leadership.Report Link https://www.emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org/publications/research-papers/hsiMeeting U.S. Defense Science and Engineering Workforce Needs https://ifp.org/meeting-u-s-defense-science-and-engineering-workforce-needs-a-progress-report/ The Immigration Advantage in the U.S.-China Strategic Contest for STEM Talent https://www.nbr.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/publications/asiapolicy19-2_neufeld_april2024.pdfSTEM Immigration Is Critical to American National Security https://ifp.org/stem-immigration-is-critical-to-american-national-security/High Skills Immigration a National Security Issue https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2022/8/19/high-skills-immigration-a-national-security-issueTo receive updates about the conference please join our mailing list here: https://www.emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org/sign-uphttp://emergingtechnologiesinstitute.orghttps://www.facebook.com/EmergingTechETIhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/ndia-eti-emerging-technologies-institutehttps://www.twitter.com/EmergingTechETI

Join Stephanie Halcrow, Senior Fellow at the GMU Baroni Center for Government Contracting, and Anna Kim, Associate Research Fellow at ETI, as they discuss ETI and GMU's joint upcoming report on how to take full advantage of prototyping activities for defense technologies. The podcast covers why prototyping is so valuable for defense innovation, what obstacles often hold government and industry back when directing prototyping activities, and recommendations for how DoD and the DIB can most effectively capture and leverage the knowledge created through prototyping.GMU Baroni Center for Government Contracting: https://business.gmu.edu/centers/center-government-contractingPower of Prototyping Symposium: https://www.ndia.org/events/2025/2/28/power-of-prototyping-symposiumTo receive updates about the conference please join our mailing list here: https://www.emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org/sign-uphttp://emergingtechnologiesinstitute.orghttps://www.facebook.com/EmergingTechETIhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/ndia-eti-emerging-technologies-institutehttps://www.twitter.com/EmergingTechETI

Silvia Boccardi e Francesco Rocchetti parlano con Luca Raineri, Assistant Professor al Sant'Anna di Pisa e Associate Research Fellow in ISPI, di come la regione del Sahel stia diventando sempre più centrale in politica internazionale, anche per l'Europa.

The continuing rise of the far right in Europe over the next number of weeks will be trained on both Austria and Germany. Austria's far-right freedom party is currently leading efforts to form a government there while, next month. To talk about the rise of the far right and its impact in those countries and across the EU, we are joined from Paris by Jean-Yves Camus, Political Analyst and Associate Research Fellow at the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs.

Donald Trump pronounced the start of a "golden age" in the United States after taking the oath for a historic second term as president on Monday, using his inaugural speech to lash out at what he described as a "broken" society that he would rescue. Can Mr Trump deliver on his promised 'Golden Age of America'? What can we take away from Trump’s inauguration? On The Big Story, Hongbin Jeong speaks with Kevin Chen, Associate Research Fellow with the US Programme at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore for a deeper analysis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us a textWith an uptick in flu, Covid, and RSV, virus hunter Mary Rodgers shares tips on navigating the winter months.Mary Rodgers, Ph.D. is an Associate Research Fellow in Abbott's diagnostics business.In her role, Mary manages research from the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition, the first industry-led global scientific and public health partnership dedicated to the early detection of and rapid response to future pandemic threats. As part of the coalition, over 20 sites around the world monitor circulating and emerging pathogens to help quickly detect outbreaks, and then work together with health officials to minimize the spread.Mary also tracks the diversity of infectious diseases including HIV, hepatitis and SARS-CoV-2 to track new variant's impact on diagnostic testing. In 2019, Mary and a team of Abbott scientists announced the discovery of a new subtype of HIV and made the sequence available to the global research community. This research marked the first time in 19 years that a new subtype of HIV-1 Group M had been identified.Mary joined Abbott in 2014 and has authored or coauthored more than 40 research papers and contributed thousands of viral genomes to public databases. Mary was named one of Business Insider's 30 under 40 Young Leaders in Biotech in 2017 and is an inducted member of Abbott's Volwiler Society, which recognizes its most distinguished scientists and engineers.Mary received her Ph.D. in biological and biomedical sciences from Harvard University. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Southern California.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukMy guest today is Paul Morland, Associate Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London and the author of ‘The Human Tide,' 'Tomorrow's People,' and most recently ‘No One Left.' We spoke about global fertility trends, pronatalism and policy interventions that could help solve declining birth rates, and the role of culture and technology in fertility…

Shadi Rouhshahbaz (she/her) is an Associate Research Fellow at The Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ADI). She is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne and holds a Double-Joint Master's degree in International Development - Migration and Mediation from the Ca Foscari University of Venice and Paul Valery University, Montpellier 3. Shadi has worked with UN Women HQ, UNICEF and the United Network of Young Peacebuilders. Her research focuses on the intersections of foresight studies, youth, gender, peace and security, the Middle East and multilateral institutions. Shadi is committed to conducting research that influences policy by bridging the gaps between the lived experience of individuals and the required developments of systems and academia. We are grateful she shared her time with Trailblazer host Poppy Bell.

With the US presidential election fast approaching on Nov 5, it's the ultimate showdown between US Vice President Kamala Harris versus former US President Donald Trump.Who will become the next president of the United States of America? While it ultimately is America's decision, how will the next administration impact Singapore? Who is better for us?  On The Hot Seat, Hongbin Jeong speaks with Kevin Chen, Associate Research Fellow with the US Programme at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University and Nicholas Fang, Director of Security and Global Affairs, Singapore Institute of International Affairs to find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Bennett has a lot to say about erotic relationships with God—but it's probably not what you think! As a former atheistic gay activist now turned celibate gay theologian and follower of Jesus, David's reflections on Christian sexuality and discipleship are both personal and deeply informed by Christian historical tradition. David sat down with TJ and David Frank to talk about a theology of desire, Christian thinkers from Augustine to Aquinas to today, Side B activism, and practical discipleship for Christians today. Join us!Note: This episode uses the terms “Side A” and “Side B” as shorthand quite a bit. If you're new to the conversation, you might find it helpful to check out Communion & Shalom episode #3, where we talk through the four “sides” in our conversation: ⁠#3 - A-B-Y-X | 4 Sides on SSA/Gay Sexuality⁠—★ About Our GuestDr. David Bennett recently completed his doctorate (DPhil) in theology at Oxford University where he now works as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Theology and Religion Faculty. His thesis is in the process of being published, tentatively entitled, Queering the Queer: A Theological Ethics of Same-Sex Desire and Gay Celibacy in Contemporary Anglican Thought. He specializes in the relationship between the Trinity, Christian ethics, patristics, queer theology, discipleship and contemporary Anglican theology, especially the role of desire in knowing God. David also serves as a theologian in residence at Reality San Francisco and Church of the City, New York, and an Associate Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall. Find him on Instagram or X (@DavidACBennett) or on his website at dacbennett.com.—★ Timestamps(00:00) Introduction(s)(05:00) The heart desires, the will chooses, the mind justifies(16:11) "You're just denying your sexuality" - defining “erotic”(25:45) How many kinds of love are there?(33:04) Eros and fear-of (or "Lutheran pietistic excess")(44:25) We need more Side B activism(56:58) What's going on with the Church of England?(01:13:20) Beyond an “ethic”: pursuing personal integration—★ Links and ReferencesEros and Agape (1930, 1936) by Anders Nygren (Wikipedia)Deus Caritas est (2005), Pope Benedict XVI (Wikipedia)—★ Send us feedback, questions, comments, and support…Email: communionandshalom@gmail.com | Instagram: @newkinship | Substack: @newkinship | Patreon: @newkinship—★ CreditsCreators and Hosts: David Frank, TJ Espinoza | Audio Engineer: Carl Swenson, carlswensonmusic.com | Podcast Manager: Elena F. | Graphic Designer: Gavin P. ★ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit newkinship.substack.com

In this second episode of the CEPS Tech Podcast series on “the Future of Work and AI” we are exploring the relationship between skills and competitiveness in Europe. We look at different strategies for competitiveness, such as operational excellence, product leadership, and customer intimacy, and how they require different types of skills. Furthermore, we closely look at the impact of AI on skill demand and how this is transformation the operations and strategies of companies. Finally, we discuss the importance of regional skills intelligence in building future-ready workforces. Our host Tom Parker is joined by co-host Laura Nurski, Associate Research Fellow and Head of Programme on Future of Work at CEPS. Joining them both to help unpack this topic are Cinzia Alcidi, Senior Research Fellow at CEPS and the Head of the Economic Policy and Jobs & Skills unit at CEPS and Mauro Pelucchi who is the Head of Global Data Science at Lightcast, a global leader in Labour Market Analytics in Europe. For further reading on CEPS' and Laura Nurskis's research on other interesting Future of Work and AI topics follow this link. For more information on Lightcast, their organisation and the work they do, please have a look here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this first episode of the CEPS Tech Podcast series on “the Future of Work and AI” we are discussing the hopes and fears in the labour market, the impact of AI on jobs and employment, and the changing task content and skills required in jobs of the future. Additionally, we examine historical perspectives on technological change and the importance of policy in shaping the future of work. The conversation highlights the need for interdisciplinary collaboration, monitoring of psychosocial risks, and shaping the reward function of society to create a better future of work. Our host Tom Parker is joined by co-host Laura Nurski, Associate Research Fellow and Head of Programme on Future of Work at CEPS. Joining them both to help unpick this topic are two leading experts on the Future of Work and AI. Carl Frey, Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor of AI & Work at the Oxford Internet Institute and a Fellow of Mansfield College, University of Oxford (UK). He is also Director of the Future of Work Programme and Oxford Martin Citi Fellow at the Oxford Martin School. Nicky Dries is a Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Department of Work & Organisation Studies at KU Leuven (Belgium) and at the Department of Leadership & Organisational Behaviour at BI Norwegian Business School (Norway). In Leuven, she runs the Future of Work Lab within the Faculty of Economics, that studies social imaginaries for the future. This episode is part of the CEPS activities under the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) which brings together OECD members and GPAI countries to advance an ambitious agenda for implementing human-centric, safe, secure and trustworthy AI. You can find more information on GPAI and the Future of Work working group here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Despite significant progress in addressing hunger, malnutrition remains a major challenge in all regions of the world. Unhealthy diets are a major driver of all forms of malnutrition, including undernutrition, overweight and obesity, and micronutrient deficiencies, as well as diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Worldwide, as many as 3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet. The imperative to transform our food systems to ensure sustainable healthy diets for all has never been stronger; meaningful change will require that we deploy high-impact, evidence-based solutions in context-specific ways that are adaptable, dynamic, and equitable. IFPRI's 2024 Global Food Policy Report on Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition presents policy and governance solutions to strengthen diet quality and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries, and examines priorities for future research on food systems for better nutrition. Drawing on a substantial body of research on diets, agriculture, and food systems from IFPRI and CGIAR, in partnership with colleagues around the world, the report emphasizes the critical need to focus on diets that benefit both people and the planet. It explores how demand-side approaches can support healthy dietary choices, the need to invest in improving affordability, and ways to strengthen food environments to support healthy diets. The report also highlights supply-side ways to improve diets, including increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables and assessing the role of animal-source foods, and discusses how effective governance can help achieve change. For each of the world's major regions, the report identifies critical challenges and opportunities for contextually relevant actions to deliver healthy diets and nutrition for all. Following a presentation of the report's key findings and recommendations by IFPRI's leading researchers in diets and nutrition, a distinguished panel of partners and experts will discuss the report. Remarks will focus on challenges and opportunities to transform food systems so that everyone everywhere can reap the benefits of sustainable healthy diets. Opening and Report Launch Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI and Managing Director, Systems Transformation Science Group, CGIAR Deanna Olney, Director, Nutrition, Diets, and Health (NDH), IFPRI Selected findings from the 2024 GFPR Opportunities and Challenges of Using a Food Systems Framework Marie Ruel, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Demand-side Determinants and Solutions Sunny Kim, Research Fellow, IFPRI Food Environments for Better Nutrition Gabriela Fretes, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI Enabling Environments Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Panel Reflections Moderated by Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI Soumya Swaminathan, Chairperson, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), India Namukolo Covic, Director General's Representative to Ethiopia, CGIAR Ethiopia Country Convenor and CGIAR Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopia Christopher Barrett, Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management and Co-Editor-in-Chief, Food Policy, Cornell University Lynnette Neufeld, Director, Food and Nutrition Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Italy Shelly Sundberg, Interim Director, Agricultural Development, Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) Closing Reflections Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/improving-diets-and-nutrition-through-food-systems-what-will-it-take Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

The word apartheid gets used in many different contexts to indicate the severity of crimes across the globe. But its use is controversial because the word has a very specific definition in international law. Even more controversial is the concept of expanding the term to include gender.If there is one place on earth where it could be argued that a gender apartheid designation is needed its Afghanistan. Since the US withdrawal from the country, the Taliban have instituted a brutal repression of women. But is it gender apartheid?What would it mean for us to create this designation and assign it to Afghanistan? Does cultural relativism throw a legitimate wrench into this argument or does that take the concept too far?We discuss all these questions on this episode with Mohammad “Musa” Mahmodi, a Research Fellow in Law at the Schell Center for International Human Rights at Yale, Zahra Motamedi, an Associate Research Fellow at Yale, and Karima Bennoune, the Lewis M. Simes Professor of Law at the University of Michigan and author of “Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here”.

In today's episode, we welcome Dr Taras Kuzio, who has just returned from a trip to Ukraine. Dr. Taras Kuzio is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy and an Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society. Winner of the 2022 Peterson Literary Prize for Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War: Autocracy-Orthodoxy-Nationality (Routledge, 2022). In the first section, we discuss the recent ISIS-K terrorist attack in Moscow and how President Putin is capitalising on that atrocity and attempting to blame Ukraine. We look at new Ukrainian tactics against Russia and an increasingly risk-averse US government to give Ukraine what it needs to defeat Russia. We then shift focus to Dr Kuzio's trip to Ukraine, in which he shares his observations, and then we look at how President Zelensky is holding up after recent reports that he has been at loggerheads with senior members of the Ukraine military. We also discuss some of the talking points about Ukraine on both sides of the political spectrum in the British and American press. After the break, we'll shift our focus to the lesser-known realm of the Ukrainian intelligence services and special forces, shedding light on their roles and actions. So, it's a pretty jam-packed episode, and we end with a few bonus questions about the Nord Stream pipeline attack, a strange conversation I had with a taxi driver in London about Ukraine that left me scratching my head, and a brief chat about Alexi Navalny's links to the Russian far-right. So pour yourself your favourite drink, make yourself comfortable and immerse yourself in an episode packed with revelations, analysis, and unexpected stories. Lawrence Freedman Substack mentioned: https://substack.com/profile/69709932-lawrence-freedman New York Times Article mentioned: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/europe/cia-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war.html Connect with Dr Kuzio: https://twitter.com/TarasKuzio Support Secrets and Spies: Become a “Friend of the podcast” on Patreon for £3 www.patreon.com/SecretsAndSpies Buy merchandise from our shop: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/60934996?asc=u   Subscribe to our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDVB23lrHr3KFeXq4VU36dg For more information about the podcast, check out our website: https://secretsandspiespodcast.com/  Connect with us on social media.  BLUE SKY https://bsky.app/profile/secretsandspies.bsky.social TWITTER twitter.com/SecretsAndSpies FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/secretsandspies INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/secretsandspies/ SPOUTIBLE   https://spoutible.com/SecretsAndSpies

SPECIAL EVENT From Commitments to Impact: Analyzing the Global Commitments Toward Promoting Food Security and Healthy Diets Co-organized by IFPRI and The Rockefeller Foundation FEB 6, 2024 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM EST Since the mid-2010s, progress in reducing food insecurity and improving diet quality has stalled. Multiple shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, have exacerbated the situation and put Sustainable Development Goal 2 on Zero Hunger further out of reach. There have been many calls for action to address the food and diets crisis facing vulnerable people around the world. The private sector has been called on to invest in transforming food systems—at an annual rate of $320 billion—while the development banks have been asked to align financial incentives with food system-related goals. While some of these actors have stepped up, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) opening of a food shock window to channel funds to countries beset by crisis, ultimately, progress depends on governments. National governments are responsible, and can be held accountable, for ensuring food security; healthy, diverse diets; and stable, dignified livelihoods, for their populations. Since the SDGs were announced in 2015, governments in both high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries have made commitments to actions to address food insecurity and poor diets by 2030, including at the UN General Assembly, the World Health Assembly, the G-20, and the UN Food Systems Summit. What remains uncertain at this midway point is which commitments and actions are most salient, whether and how much global and linked national commitments are both fit-for-purpose and fit for the future, and to what extent these commitments have the potential to address known challenges to achieving SDG goals on food security and healthy diets. This seminar will shed light on commitments already made, share research results on the potential of current commitments to achieve a focused set of food and nutrition security goals, and foster continued dialogue with global advocacy partners. A brunch reception will follow the presentations. Opening Remarks Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR and Director General, IFPRI Catherine Bertini, Managing Director, Food Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation Report Findings Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI Global Scenarios for Food Security: An imperative for action Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions (MTI), IFPRI From Commitments to Impact Christina Zorbas, Postdoctoral Researcher, Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition in the Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University Shoba Suri, Senior Fellow, Health Initiative, Observer Research Foundation Elyse Iruhiriye, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI Implications of Findings Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI Panelists Mwandwe Chileshe, Director, Food Security Nutrition and Agriculture, Global Citizen Oliver Camp, Environment and Food Systems Advocacy Advisor, The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Alexandre Brecher, Communications and Advocacy Advisor, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Pedro Vormittag, Deputy Director for External Relations, Brazilian Center of International Relations (CEBRI) Moderators Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI Asma Lateef, Policy and Advocacy Lead, SDG2 Advocacy Hub Links: The Rockefeller Foundation: https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/ From Promises To Action: Analyzing Global Commitments On Food Security And Diets Since 2015: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/c700ac9e-1b22-4319-b285-7e14e395b566 The SDGs And Food System Challenges: Global Trends And Scenarios Toward 2030: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/2961e6f2-5da4-41b4-80fe-8c61a02072a6

BOOK LAUNCH Food Systems Transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the Past and Policy Options for the Future Co-organized by IFPRI, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD), and CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) JAN 8, 2024 - 4:30 TO 5:45PM EAT Food systems transformation offers a promising avenue to achieve the goals Kenya has set out in the Bottom-Up Economic Agenda (BETA). The new book Food Systems Transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the Past and Policy Options for the Future, edited by Clemens Breisinger, Michael Keenan, Jemimah Njuki, and Juneweenex Mbuthia, takes a critical look at Kenya's whole food system, including food supply chains, the food environment, consumer behavior, external drivers, and development outcomes and considers the system's history and experiences from other countries. With chapters authored by Kenyan and international experts, this collaborative work presents both a bird's-eye view of the Kenyan food system and in-depth analyses of its components. Rigorous economic research provides unique insights into both broad policy themes and specific actions that can position Kenya as a global leader in tackling the challenges of food-system-led transformation. Join us for this hybrid book launch at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Nairobi campus and online. Speakers from academia, Kenyan research institutes, policy institutions, and CGIAR will discuss the recommendations. A light reception will follow the presentations. For in person attendance, please contact Ann Mureithi (a.mureithi@cgiar.org). Welcoming Remarks Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director, CGIAR Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRI Hon. Jonathan Mueke, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD) Gideon Obare, Executive Director, Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development Overview of the Book Juneweenex Mbuthia, Research Officer, IFPRI and co-editor Clemens Breisinger, Program Leader, IFPRI/CGIAR and co-editor Reflections on the Book and Panel Discussion Jane Ambuko, Professor, University of Nairobi Michael Keenan, Associate Research Fellow, IFPRI Rose Ngugi, Executive Director/Board Secretary, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) Nancy Laibuni, Associate Member, President's Council of Economic Advisors Anne Chele, Agriculture and Rural Development Partner Group (ARDPG) Representative; National Policy Specialist, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO-Kenya) Closing Remarks Appolinaire Djikeng, Director General, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI); Senior Director, Livestock Based-Systems, CGIAR and MD Resilient AgriFood Systems, CGIAR Moderators Esther Waruingi, Research Officer, IFPRI Joseph Karugia, Principal Scientist, Agricultural Economist and Policy Expert, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Links Food systems transformation in Kenya: https://www.ifpri.org/publication/food-systems-transformation-kenya-lessons-past-and-policy-options-future More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/food-system-transformation-kenya-lessons-past-and-policy-options-future Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Day 616. Today, we bring you the latest updates from the battlefront, discuss the potential endgame for Vladimir Putin and Francis Dearnley interviews academic Taras Kuzio on his new paper arguing how the West and Ukraine can defeat Russia. Contributors:David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.Dominic Nicholls (Host, Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.With thanks to Taras Kuzio, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Political Science, National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, an Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society.How Putin's rule will end - as Russia collapses around him | Defence in Depth:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvuS4NSScjkHow Russian women survive the betrayals of warring partners - and change their attitude towards war:https://verstka.media/kak-rossiyskie-zhenschiny-perezhivayut-izmeny-voyuyuschih-partnerov-i-meniayut-svoe-otnoshenie-k-voyneRussia and the Anti-Western Axis Must be Militarily Defeated: Shifting the Western consensus toward ending Russia's military threat to Ukraine and the Westhttps://henryjacksonsociety.org/publications/russia-and-the-anti-western-axis-must-be-militarily-defeated-shifting-the-western-consensus-toward-ending-russias-military-threat-to-ukraine-and-the-west/Find out more: Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.ukSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Philippians 2.6-11 has generated an immense amount of scholarly literature such as journal articles and monographs not to mention blog posts, video lectures, and podcasts. What does the enigmatic phrase "in the form of God" mean? Did Paul intend us to think Jesus refused to grasp at equality with God or that he refused to exploit the equality he already had? What does it mean that Jesus emptied himself? Today we are getting into the weeds in order to understand what Philippians 2 is all about. I don't want to say too much before you get a chance to listen, but I can at least tell you this: Dr. Perriman does not believe it's about a pre-existent being becoming a human. "Morphe is never used of the one living God, the one true God, for the simple reason that it always has reference to the external appearance of an object or a person or a god." -Andrew Perriman My guest today is Andrew Perriman who has a degree in English Language and Literature from Oxford as well as an MPhil and PhD from the London School of Theology where he currently works as an Associate Research Fellow. He teaches New Testament and works with graduate students on biblical interpretation. See also the previous episode on the other texts in Paul's epistle that traditional Christians think teach Jesus pre-existed. https://youtu.be/pLBX_DA1acQ —— Links —— Follow Andrew Perriman at his postost blog Get In the Form of a God from Wipf & Stock or from Amazon Check out these previous episodes about pre-existence Get the transcript of this episode Support Restitutio by donating here Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow Sean Finnegan on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan?  Read his bio here

Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts My guest today is Dr. Andrew Perriman of London who will discuss his recent book In the Form of a God, which is part of the Studies in Early Christology series. (Read Perriman's helpful summary of the book here.) The focus for our conversation is looking at the subject of pre-existence in Paul's epistles. The question before us is whether Paul taught or assumed that Christ had a literal prehuman career prior to his birth. In this interview we'll cover five of the six major texts, including Galatians 4.4, 1 Corinthians 8.6, 1 Corinthians 10.4, 2 Corinthians 8.9, and Colossians 1.15-16. Next week we'll tackle Philippians 2. Andrew Perriman has a degree in English Language and Literature from Oxford and an MPhil and PhD from the London School of Theology where he currently works as an Associate Research Fellow. He teaches New Testament works with graduate students on biblical interpretation. https://youtu.be/KfuCJCGVY00 —— Links —— Follow Andrew Perriman at his postost blog Get In the Form of a God from Wipf & Stock or from Amazon Check out these previous episodes about pre-existence Get the transcript of this episode Support Restitutio by donating here Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow Sean Finnegan on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan?  Read his bio here

Ukrainian/ English political scientist Dr. Taras Kuzio discusses ways that Russia is seeking to destroy Ukrainian national identity and replace it with militarization and glorification of the Soviet ethos.He discusses new textbooks being used to influence children, kidnapping of children, persecution and murder of Ukrainian citizens who facilitate Ukrainian civil society, and the contrived hunt for Nazis in Ukraine. Kuzio also discusses Russias historical antisemitism and the resurgence of Jewish culture in Ukraine.Dr. Taras Kuzio is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy. He is Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society in London. He was the Winner of the 2022 Peterson Literary Prize for his book Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War: Autocracy-Orthodoxy-Nationality (Published by Routledge, 2022)

Ukrainian political scientist Dr. Taras Kuzio discusses the global ramifications of Russias President Putins meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un in far Eastern Russia, early in September. He describes the coalition that is solidifying to support Russias invasion of Ukraine, including China, Iran and Korea, united against the West and their perception of a US-dominated uni-polar world.Kuzio also discusses how the war is transforming NATOs orientation, how it has affected Russia on the world stage, post-soviet oligarchic society, and what Russias defeat would mean for its allies and other regimes in the area. He draws a contrast between Russian hierarchical vertical society and Ukraines horizontal society where the military is integrated with citizens acting as volunteers and partisans.Dr. Taras Kuzio is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy. He is Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society. He was the Winner of the 2022 Peterson Literary Prize for his book Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War: Autocracy-Orthodoxy-Nationality (Published by Routledge, 2022)

In this episode we listen to a discussion on Asian-Nordic collaboration in the Arctic.The speakers are:Aileen Aseron Espiritu, Researcher & Network leader, The Arctic University of NorwayJacob Isbosethsen, Head of Representation in Beijing, Government of GreenlandKristín Ingvarsdóttir, Assistant Professor, University of IcelandMarc Lanteigne, Associate Professor, UiT The Arctic University of NorwayWrenn Yennie Lindgren, Senior Research Fellow, NUPI, The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs; Associate Research Fellow, UI, The Swedish Institute of International AffairsThe discussions are moderated by Juha Saunavaara, Associate Professor, Arctic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan.This event originally took place at the 2023 Arctic Circle Japan Forum and was organized by: the University of Iceland 

NATO reinforcements started arriving in Kosovo this week, following violent clashes in majority-Serb north Kosovo in late May. Outbreaks of violence erupted following disputed local elections, which Kosovo Serbs boycotted, allowing ethnic Albanians to take control of councils in northern Kosovo. The unrest comes after an apparent breakthrough in March when Kosovo and Serbia agreed to an EU-backed plan aimed at normalising ties. On the Real Story this week we'll ask whether the latest crisis endangers those negotiations, and what needs to happen to defuse tensions in both the short and long-term. How do people living and working in North Kosovo deal with the complex issues of ethnic identity that have shaped the region for decades? What is the role of outside players like the United States and European Union? And how has Russia's invasion of Ukraine changed the West's approach to the Balkans? Shaun Ley is joined by: Misha Glenny, Rector of the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna and a former BBC Central Europe Correspondent. Dr Gezim Visoka, Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University Dr Helena Ivanov, visiting fellow in the international relations department at the LSE and an Associate Research Fellow with The Henry Jackson Society, a London-based think tank that advocates the spread of liberal democracy. Also featuring: Albin Kurti, Prime Minister of Kosovo Nemanja Starović, State Secretary, Serbia's Ministry of Defence Jovana Radosavljevic, Executive Director at the New Social Initiative, a civil society organization based in North Mitrovica Guy Delauney, the BBC's Balkans Correspondent Image: Members of the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) stand guard in Zvecan, Kosovo, May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski Produced by Imogen Wallace and Rozita Riazati

In this episode of the Applied Geopolitics podcast, Rodger Baker, the director of the Stratfor Center for Applied Geopolitics at RANE, speaks with Zoltán Fehér about the origins and implications of the strategic competitive relationship between the U.S. and China.Zoltán Fehér is a Nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global China Hub and an Associate Research Fellow at the Hungarian Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade.RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In this episode of the Applied Geopolitics podcast, Rodger Baker, the director of the Stratfor Center for Applied Geopolitics at RANE, speaks with Zoltán Fehér about the origins and implications of the strategic competitive relationship between the U.S. and China. Zoltán Fehér is a Nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global China Hub and an Associate Research Fellow at the Hungarian Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade. RANE is a global risk intelligence company that delivers risk and security professionals access to critical insights, analysis and support to ensure business continuity and resilience for our clients. For more information about RANE's risk management solutions, visit www.ranenetwork.com.

In 2016, the Chilean government implemented a comprehensive set of obesity prevention policies aimed at improving the food environment for children. Results from a multi-year study of that regulation, published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, can now tell us if Chilean children are better off as a result of the policy. Guests on this podcast include: Dr. Gabriela "Gabi" Fretes. She is an Associate Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute. Dr. Camila Corvalan is the Director of the Center for Research in Food Environments and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases Associated with Nutrition at the University of Chile. And, Dr. Sean Cash is an economist, Associate Professor of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, and the Bergstrom Foundation Professor in Global Nutrition at Tufts University. Interview Summary   Sean, let's set the stage for this conversation. When crafting food policy, what should policymakers consider with respect to children and adolescents, both as current and future consumers in the food system?   I would argue that children and adolescents should be a priority, if not the priority in how we consider dietary policy for a few reasons. In the United States and elsewhere, we often argue quite heatedly about the proper role of government, with the arguments for health-promoting policies seemingly running into conflict with concerns about paternalistic interventions and restrictions on personal choice. These are important and perhaps unavoidable discussions to have. But when it comes to kids, we've already long had standards for school meals, what packaged snacks can be sold in schools, etc. We don't treat children as legally independent in other ways. So while there's still a lot of room for disagreement, it may be less daunting to actually keep child nutrition in the forefront when we consider how food policies around diet need to evolve. Perhaps more importantly, I would note that food marketers have long seen children as an important three-in-one market. One, kids have influence over food choices within their households. Think of a kid shopping with a parent in a supermarket and pointing at things she'd like mom or dad to buy. We sometimes call this pester power. Two, kids have their own spending money, and much of what they choose to spend it on is food. Often the types of energy-dense, nutrition-poor snack foods that are exactly the foods subject to labeling under the Chilean law we're talking about today. And three, kids grow up to be adult consumers, and their preferences and knowledge are heavily influenced by the things to which they're exposed in childhood. For the same reasons that food marketers are interested in children, policymakers should be. Kids have influence in in their households now. They're buying food on their own now. What they do now will influence their future behaviors and future health.   Thank you, Sean. I have got to say, I went grocery shopping with my child yesterday and I appreciate your thoughts on how we should think about what policymakers should engage, not just in the U.S. but anywhere when we are thinking about helping kids make good choices that will have long-term implications. Thank you for that. I want to turn our attention to the research paper that we're discussing now, titled, "Changes in Children's and Adolescent's Dietary Intake "After the Implementation of Chile's Law "of Food Labeling, Advertising, and Sales in Schools." So, Gabi, my question to you is this. One of the key components of the Chilean law was regulating food offerings in schools. Can you explain the focus of that policy and how it is intended to work?   Yes. Before we speak about schools, we should speak about Chile's law in general. Chile's law of food labeling and advertising includes three main components. The first one being mandatory front-of-package warning labels on packaged foods and beverages. The second being restrictions on all forms of food marketing directed to children younger than 14 years. The third one is school regulations at the preschool, elementary, and high school levels. Briefly, food manufacturers must place front-of-pack warning labels on packaged foods and beverages that are high in added total sugars, saturated fats, sodium, and energy. This law was implemented in stages starting in June, 2016. The law mandates that food and beverages with at least one front-of-pack warning label cannot be sold, promoted, or marketed inside schools. That includes school kiosks, cafeterias, and events that happen inside schools. Additionally, food and beverages with front-of-pack warning labels cannot be offered as part of the school meals program or as free samples or gifts. Chile's set of regulations is unique because it includes a package of interventions covering several aspects of the school food environments, such as the availability of foods for sale inside schools, school meal program standards, and restrictions on food marketing directed to children.   Wow, Gabi, this is a very comprehensive law. So what did the team hope to test in the longitudinal study? Could you explain the main findings?   Yes. So with this study, our team aimed to assess if children and adolescents' intake of total sugars, saturated fats, and sodium consumed at school changed after the initial implementation of the regulation. The team was also interested in exploring how children navigated different food environments. We also evaluated changes in intake at home and different settings from home and school. So, what did we find? Intake of most nutrients of concern, those nutrients under the scope of Chile's law, including total sugars, saturated fats, and sodium significantly declined at school both for kids and adolescents. At home, we also found significant declines in kids' total sugar intake, but no changes for adolescents. What makes this more interesting even is that we found evidence of partial compensatory behavior at restaurants, corner stores, street food, among others. Which means that kids and adolescents were consuming less healthy foods outside their school and home.   Thank you, Gabi. I want to now turn to Camila. I'm really curious about this compensatory behavior. The study found this evidence of students compensating somewhat for the healthy foods at school by eating more sugars, saturated fats, and sodium at other locations outside of school. Why do you think this happened?   Norbert, I believe this is a very interesting finding, and there are probably three main reasons why we observed this result in the study. First of all, we know that children, as they age, start to consume much more food from places outside of home. This is something that has been shown previously. We know that when kids start to age, they start to get more sugar, more saturated fat, more energy from restaurants and fast food outlets. This is something that we would expect in a longitudinal study such as the one that we conducted. Secondly, the Chilean law did not include regulation around the schools - so in the neighborhoods that surround the school. This was originally part of the regulation. But, during the discussion and designing, we had to drop this component of the regulation. Basically what we approved is that there were restrictions in the schools, but outside there was no restriction in terms of marketing or the offer of unhealthy foods to children. Finally, it's likely that the regulation influenced some kids in a positive way. They really changed their behavior. But it's also possible that other kids did not really change their behavior. Once they had the opportunity of going outside of the school, they just kept buying unhealthy foods with high content of sugar, saturated fat, and sodium.   Thank you so much for that. It does reflect the complexity of the decision patterns that children have in terms of how they eat. I think this is true for all of us. If we are trying to improve in one area, there may be some changes in other areas. But I want to pick up on something you said about why you believe the result occurred the way it did. It had to do with dialogue that went on in Chile about the law. So, I want to ask now, how can we best center the needs and voices of communities in the development of similar regulations? It sounds like some of this happened in Chile. Could you share your thoughts about this?   Yes. So, during the process of developing the regulation in Chile, the Ministry of Health held some participatory discussion throughout the country with families, parents, school teachers, and different stakeholders to actually get their ideas and also assess their concerns about the different components of the regulation. We do believe it's very important to include the community's views when we define this kind of policies or programs because what we actually want to modify is people's behaviors. We really want to understand what is the best way of actually achieving that transformation. We really need to get their view for doing that. In Chile, we did not have a very strong civil society organization that could coordinate these views, and that is why the Ministry of Health had to actively engage the community through participatory dialogues that actually delay a little bit the implementation of the law. But, we believe that certainly strengthened their application.   It's really interesting to hear about this deliberative process and to see what ultimately came out of that. I want to turn my attention back to Gabi. In the big picture of policymaking, what can we actually learn from Chile's experience with the food labeling law?   Thank you, Norbert, and I think that we can learn a lot. But, I will highlight three things that we learned from this study. First, I want to say that Chile was the first country in the world that implemented front-of-pack warning labels on packaged foods and beverages high in sugar, sodium, saturated fats, and calories. So, the first thing that I want to highlight is that what's unique about Chile is that it wasn't only a labeling regulation but a comprehensive set of actions that included restrictions on marketing as well as school regulations. Food environments as a whole should be conducive to healthier and sustainable diets, and therefore isolated actions would be limited in scope. However, we need to acknowledge that the policy process in Chile was not without complications because there was significant pushback from the food and beverage industry. This is something that countries in the process of designing or implementing similar regulations should expect to happen. They should be prepared to respond with arguments based on evidence. The second highlight is that our results showed that the set of policy interventions may be promising to improve kids and adolescents' diets at school, but that actions in out-of-school settings should be strengthened to improve overall diets. So for example, I will cite some actions that could complement these regulations, such as the introduction of junk food taxes, the reinforcement of nutrition education in schools and the community, particularly relevant now as we move into the post-COVID-19 era, social marketing campaigns, actions in other settings such as menu labeling in restaurants, improving the availability and acceptability of healthier foods by street vendors, among other actions. And lastly, the third point that I want to highlight is that moving forward, countries should consider equity aspects to overcome structural barriers that limit people's ability to choose healthier foods and combine mutually-reinforcing strategies to stimulate a holistic food systems response where everyone has access to and can afford healthier foods.   Thank you for those comments, and I really do appreciate this idea of even though this was a comprehensive law, that there are some other spaces that the law could touch on or think about because of the results that we saw with this compensatory behavior. Thank you for sharing that. Sean, my last question is for you. I'm wondering if you could share your thoughts on whether Chile might serve as an example to inform the current front-of-package label discussions we're having right now in United States.   Oh, absolutely. Chilean law has already served as a model for consideration in many other countries in the region and around the globe, including in our top food trading partner, Mexico, which enacted a Chilean-style labeling law in 2020. Several multilateral health organizations have also expressed support for the Chilean approach to be used elsewhere. And it's hard to argue against the logic of policymakers in the United States paying close attention to what works well and what doesn't work in other countries in considering any policies around dietary guidance that we choose to pursue here. But for me, one particularly compelling part of the Chilean law that we should pay attention to in the U.S. is how the standards are consistent, and that the same foods that bear the front-of-pack warning labels are those that are restricted in schools and cannot be marketed to children. Looking for opportunities for similar types of harmonization across different areas of dietary guidance and policy within the U.S. moving forward would certainly help with consumer education, and I think would make sense in other ways. And one interesting thing to keep in mind when talking about the use of mandatory warning labels in a U.S. context is that there are some potentially binding limits on what the government can or can't compel food manufacturers to put on a food pack. Think of cigarette labels for a moment. We've long required that cigarette packages have the rather bland, plain text Surgeon General's warning that we're all familiar with seeing. But in the late 2000 aughts, the FDA proposed rolling out a series of graphic warning labels modeled, in part, on similar images used in other countries. And in that case, the effort was scrapped because of a widespread concern that requiring tobacco manufacturers to put a picture of a body in a morgue with a body tag on it, for example, is interpretive language that appeals to an emotional response, and that this would actually be a form of government-compelled speech that runs up against our First Amendment protections in a way that a scientifically-factual, text-only statement would not. While I personally don't know that the Chilean labels would be interpreted in the same way here, I'm quite certain that legal challenges would be raised to clarify this question in the U.S. context. So, it might be a little bit tougher to take some warning label approaches here in the United States than what we've seen enacted elsewhere.     Bios   Gabriela (Gabi) Fretes is an Associate Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health (NDH) Unit of the International Food Policy Research Institute. She received her PhD in Food and Nutrition Policies and Programs at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, USA in 2022 and holds a Masters in Food and Nutrition with a concentration on Health Promotion and Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases from the Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile. Her research interests are at the intersection of child obesity prevention, food policy and consumer behavior, and her doctoral thesis involved evaluation of a national food labeling and advertising policy designed to improve the healthfulness of the food environment and address the obesity epidemic in Chile, particularly among children. She has worked with a broad range of government, international organizations, academia, public and private sector stakeholders and decision-makers in Paraguay, Chile, and the United States of America.   Camila Corvalán is a surgeon, a Master in Public Health, and holds a PhD in Nutrition. She is the Director of the Center for Research in Food Environments and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases Associated with Nutrition (CIAPEC), at the Public Health Unit of the Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA) of the University of Chile. CIAPEC is dedicated to the population study of the early nutritional determinants of obesity and associated chronic diseases, particularly metabolic diseases and breast cancer. Their work focuses on carrying out longitudinal epidemiological studies (both observational and intervention) in stages considered critical for the appearance of these diseases, such as pregnancy, childhood, and adolescence, considering various determining factors in both the environment food (set of factors that define population feeding patterns) as individual. CIAPEC is a part of the international network INFORMAS for monitoring food environments, and also carries out policy evaluations such as the Chilean Labeling Law; CIAPEC works in coordination with several governmental bodies.   Sean Cash is an economist and associate professor of agriculture, food and environment at Tufts University. He conducts research both internationally and domestically on food, nutrition, agriculture and the environment. He is interested in the environmental impacts in food and beverage production, including projects on crop quality and climate change, consumer interest in production attributes of tea and coffee, and invasive species management. He also focuses on how food, nutrition, and environmental policies affect food consumption and choice, with specific interest in children's nutrition and consumer interest in environmental and nutritional attributes of food. He teaches courses in statistics, agricultural and environmental economics, and consumer behavior around food. He is currently Editor of the Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics and on the editorial board of Agribusiness, and has served as the Chair of the Food Safety and Nutrition Section of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.  

From difficulties in obtaining funding to the lack of support and advice, minority-owned businesses face challenges that can make it difficult to succeed. Meet Cambridge Judge Business School research fellows, Professor Simone Phipps of Middle Georgia State University and Professor Leon Prieto of Clayton State University, who will be joined by Yvonne Lardner, an Associate Research Fellow at CJBS, who has done extensive research in the experiences of Black founder-owners in the UK, and hear about their experiences with host Conrad Chua, Cambridge MBA Executive Director.

Thomas Halliday is an Associate Research Fellow at the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Birmingham. His PhD won the Linnean Society Medal for the best thesis in the biological sciences in the UK, and he won the Hugh Miller Writing Competition in 2018. His book OTHERLANDS, a history of life on earth, was a Sunday Times bestseller, a Foyles Book of the Year 2022, and longlisted for Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. He was raised in Rannoch in the Scottish Highlands, and now lives in London with his family. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

About 32% of people in Taiwan identify as both Taiwanese and Chinese, while diaspora from Taiwan in America tend to identify as solely one or the other. We talk about blending Chinese, Taiwanese, and American identity with Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu. Michelle and Albert moved back to their heritage country mid-career and have been sharing their Asian American observations and introspections about living in Taiwan in their weekly newsletter, A Broad and Ample Road.Featuring Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu:Remembering Michelle's grandmother in A Broad and Ample RoadReflecting on Albert's mother in A Broad and Ample RoadIs “Asian-American” a viable category? in A Broad and Ample RoadBreaking Bad review by Albert Wu and Michelle Kuo in the Los Angeles Review of Books, their first collaborationReading with Patrick by Michelle Kuo (陪你讀下去 in Taiwan)Michelle Kuo: @kuokuomich on Twitter and Instagram Albert Wu: @albertowu on TwitterAbout Michelle: Michelle Kuo is a visiting professor in the law program at National Taiwan University. She has worked with Teach for America, the Criminal Justice Institute, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Centro Legal de la Raza, the Prison University Project at San Quentin, RAICES, and the Stanford Three Strikes Project. She has started a nonprofit, Dialogue & Transformation, which works to create dialogue among formerly incarcerated people across the world.About Albert: Albert Wu is a global historian, focusing particularly on the transnational connections between Germany and China, the history of religion, and the history of medicine. He is currently an Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica. After studying history at Columbia University, he has taught at the American University of Paris, UC Berkeley (where he earned his PhD), and the Prison University Project at San Quentin State Prison.Vocab:外省人 waishengren - Family from mainland China who moved to Taiwan to escape Communism in the late 1940s本省人 benshengren - Family who was already in Taiwan when waishengren cameOther resources mentioned:Changes in the Taiwanese/Chinese identity of Taiwanese as Tracked in Surveys by the Election Study Center, NCCU (1992-2021)The Ethics of Identity by Kwame Anthony AppiahI've Got the Light of Freedom by Charles M. PayneConnect:instagram.com/heartsintaiwanfacebook.com/heartsintaiwanbuymeacoffee.com/heartsintaiwan ← Buy us a boba!heartsintaiwan.com

Moscow's escalating confrontation with the West means that Russia is now more reliant on China, geopolitically and economically, than at any time in the two countries' history. What are the implications arising from Russia's invasion of Ukraine — the most serious conflict in Europe since the end of the Second World War? What impact will the war in Ukraine's have on the evolution of the Sino-Russian partnership, which has assumed pivotal importance — not just for the outcome of the war, but for the future of global order? On 1 June 2022, the Lowy Institute hosted an event at the National Press Club of Australia with Dr Bobo Lo, Nonresident Fellow to discuss his new Lowy Institute Analysis Paper Turning point? Putin, Xi and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The event was hosted by Hervé Lemahieu, Director of Research at the Lowy Institute. Dr Bobo Lo is a Nonresident Fellow with the Lowy Institute and is an independent analyst on global affairs. He is an Associate Research Fellow with the Russia/NIS Center at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) and has written extensively on Russian foreign and security policy, with a particular focus on Sino-Russian relations. Dr Lo is a former diplomat and served as Deputy Head of Mission at Australia's Embassy in Moscow. He is the author of Russia and the New World Disorder, which was shortlisted for the 2016 Pushkin House Prize and was described by The Economist as the ‘best attempt yet to explain Russia's unhappy relationship with the rest of the world'. His most recent book is A Wary Embrace: What the China-Russia relationship means for the world. He holds an MA from Oxford and a PhD from Melbourne University. Read Bobo Lo's full paper here: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/turning-point-putin-xi-and-russian-invasion-ukraine

Moscow's escalating confrontation with the West means that Russia is now more reliant on China, geopolitically and economically, than at any time in the two countries' history. What are the implications arising from Russia's invasion of Ukraine — the most serious conflict in Europe since the end of the Second World War? What impact will the war in Ukraine's have on the evolution of the Sino-Russian partnership, which has assumed pivotal importance — not just for the outcome of the war, but for the future of global order? On 26 May 2022, the Lowy Institute hosted this event with Dr Bobo Lo, Nonresident Fellow to mark the launch of his Lowy Institute Analysis Paper Turning point? Putin, Xi and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Dr Lo's address was followed by a conversation with Hervé Lemahieu, Director of Research of the Lowy Institute and audience questions. Dr Bobo Lo is a Nonresident Fellow with the Lowy Institute and is an independent analyst on global affairs. He is an Associate Research Fellow with the Russia/NIS Center at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) and has written extensively on Russian foreign and security policy, with a particular focus on Sino-Russian relations. Dr Lo is a former diplomat and served as Deputy Head of Mission at Australia's Embassy in Moscow. He is the author of Russia and the New World Disorder, which was shortlisted for the 2016 Pushkin House Prize and was described by The Economist as the ‘best attempt yet to explain Russia's unhappy relationship with the rest of the world'. His most recent book is A Wary Embrace: What the China-Russia relationship means for the world. He holds an MA from Oxford and a PhD from Melbourne University. Read the full paper: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/turning-point-putin-xi-and-russian-invasion-ukraine Event video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPMRHp-XUq0 Recorded on 26 May 2022

Ml. Sulaiman Ravat speaks to Abdul Basit, an Associate Research Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) in Singapore.

Farhana Yamin is an international climate change lawyer, public speaker, author and social justice activist.Farhana is a Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts in London, Associate Research Fellow at Chatham House, Senior Adviser to SystemIQ and Co Coordinator of Camden Think and Do.Farhana has spent over three decades working in the climate space – she represented small island and developing countries at climate conferences (she has been deputy chair of the Expert Group of Advisors to the Climate Vulnerable Forum), worked at Children's Investment Fund Foundation, served as a special adviser to the EU Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard, founded Track 0 and taught at a number of universities. Farhana was one of the Coordinators of Extinction Rebellion's Strategy team.Farhana read PPE at Somerville College, Oxford and is a qualified solicitor. She feature on the 2020 BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Power list.

Dr Peter Coe (University of Reading) gave an evening seminar entitled "Media Freedom in the Age of Citizen Journalism" on 11 March 2022 as a guest of CIPIL (the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law).Biography:Dr Peter Coe has been a Lecturer in Law specialising in Media Law and Criminal Law at the University of Reading since September 2019. Prior to this, he was a practising barrister specialising in privacy, defamation and reputation management, having been Called to Bar by Lincoln's Inn in 2007 as a Lord Denning Scholar and Hardwicke Entrance Scholar. He has also held a Senior Lectureship in Law at Aston University, where he taught Media Law and Criminal Law. His primary research interests are: (i) citizen journalism's impact on free speech, media freedom and regulation, and the concepts of privacy and reputation; (ii) defamation, including the protection of corporate reputation; (iii) media power and plurality, the role the media plays within society and its impact on democracy. His work in these areas has been published in leading journals such as Legal Studies, the University of Melbourne's Media & Arts Law Review, the Journal of Business Law and Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly. Peter is also co-editor (with Professor Paul Wragg) of "Landmark Cases in Privacy Law" which will be published by Hart Publishing in 2022. In 2021, his research led him to be invited to join the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and Information Law and Policy Centre as an Associate Research Fellow, having been a Research Associate at the ILPC since 2018. In 2020 he was also appointed as an Advisor to the University of East London's Online Harms and Cyber Crime Unit. For more information see: https://www.cipil.law.cam.ac.uk/seminars-and-events/cipil-seminars

Qual è il ruolo della NATO - e dei Paesi che lo compongono - nel conflitto che vede l'Ucraina in mezzo tra Occidente e Russia? E soprattutto, c'è una strategia comune o ogni Paese ha la sua? Per capirlo, Silvia Boccardi e Francesco Rocchetti parlano con Gianluca Pastori, Professore associato dell'Università Cattolica e Associate Research Fellow dell'ISPI.

The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with risk management specialists from around the world. Our host is Dominic Bowen, originally from Australia, is one of Europe's leading international risk specialists. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests from around the world to discuss risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledgeFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for all our great updates.Russo-Ukrainian geopolitical tensions have been monopolizing news headlines as reports point to an imminent invasion reminiscent of the 2014 occupation of Crimea. However, there's a lot more than what originally meets the eye, in terms of the economic, risk, ideological and diplomatic implications of recent developments. To untangle the complexities of the situation, we are joined by Taras Kuzio, who is an Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and Professor in the Department of Political Science at the National University of Kyiv Mohlya Academy. He is a prolific author having published over 22 books and 130 scholarly articles, including "Putin's War Against Ukraine: Revolution, Nationalism, and Crime" and his most recent publication "Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War". He has made numerous media appearances due to his expertise on Eastern European affairs.You can read Taras's new book "Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War" here: https://www.routledge.com/Russian-Nationalism-and-the-Russian-Ukrainian-War/Kuzio/p/book/9781032043173 and learn more about the Henry Jackson Society here: https://henryjacksonsociety.org/Thank you for listening to another International Risk Podcast.  Do you know someone who would like to listen to this episode?  Share it with them now.Connect with us on LinkedIn here: The International Risk Podcast: LinkedInThank you for listening.

How should the church engage the challenges of our present moment in the West? What is the place of narrative, history, and missiology? This episode explores these question as Andrew Perriman and Michael Cooper discuss the frameworks of narrative-historical and missiological perspectives.  Dr. Andrew Perriman presents his work at the P.OST website. He has lived in various parts of the world over the last 30 years: the Far East, Africa, the Middle East, the Netherlands, and now London. He has combined theological studies and writing with pastoral and missional work in a wide range of contexts. He has a degree in English Language and Literature from Oxford and an MPhil and PhD from the London School of Theology, of which I am an Associate Research Fellow. His overriding theological interest at the moment is in how we retell the biblical story as we negotiate the difficult transition from the center to the margins of our culture following the collapse of Western Christendom. In addition to some articles in academic journals, he has written Speaking of Women: Interpreting Paul (IVP, 1998); Faith, Health and Prosperity: A Report on “Word of Faith” and “Positive Confession” Theologies (Paternoster, 2003); The Coming of the Son of Man: New Testament Eschatology for an Emerging Church (Paternoster, 2005; reprinted by Wipf & Stock); Re: Mission: A Vision of Hope for a Post-Eschatological Church (Paternoster, 2008); The Future of the People of God: Reading Romans Before and After Western Christendom (Wipf & Stock, 2010); and End of Story: Same-Sex Relationships and the Narratives of Evangelical Mission (Wipf & Stock, 2019). He also published a collection of blog posts on hell and heaven called Hell and Heaven in Narrative Perspective (2012). Dr. Michael Cooper works with Ephesiology, a missions agency, training national leaders in evangelism, discipleship, leadership development, and church planting. He is the former president and CEO of an international NGO. In 2010, he founded a Business as Mission initiative that focused on helping alleviate spiritual and economic poverty in the developing world. For a decade he equipped undergraduate and graduate students at Trinity International University with skills to engage culture. He has thirty years of ministry and missions experience, ten years as a pioneer church planter in Romania after the fall of communism. He holds a MA in Missions from Columbia International University and a PhD in Intercultural Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Throughout his career, Michael has focused on creative ways to engage difficult-to-reach people with the gospel. Michael has contributed numerous academic articles in Nova Religio, Pomegranate, Journal of Nature, Religion and Culture, Sacred Tribes Journal, Common Ground Journal, Missiology, Evangelical Missions Quarterly and he has presented academic papers at the University of Utah, London School of Economics, University of Bordeaux, University of Craiova and others. Michael is the author of Ephesiology: The Study of the Ephesian Movement (William Carey Publishers, 2020), Unwrapping the First Christmas (Ephesiology Press, 2019), Contemporary Druidry: A Historical and Ethnographic Study (Sacred Tribes Press, 2010) and co-editor of Social Injustice (The Timothy Center Press, 2011) and The Peaceable Christian (The Timothy Center Press, 2011) and Perspectives on Post-Christendom Spiritualities (Morling Press, 2010).  P.OST: https://www.postost.net/  Ephesiology: https://ephesiology.com/ Re: Mission: Biblical Mission for a Post-Biblical Church (Faith in an Emerging Culture) by Andrew Perriman https://www.amazon.com/Re-Mission-Biblical-Post-Biblical-Emerging/dp/1842275453/ Ephesiology: A Study of the Christian Movement by Michael T. Cooper https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0857GN1L3/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 You can listen to Multifaith Matters on your favorite podcast platform, including Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and iHeart Radio. Learn more about our work at https://www.multifaithmatters.org.  Support this work: One-time donation: https://multifaithmatters.org/donate  Become my patron: https://patron.podbean.com/johnwmorehead #MichaelTCooper #AndrewPerriman #missiology #theology #narrative-historical

In this episode, Josh, Lindsay, and Brent discuss declining church membership, the Suez Canal, Pfizer's vaccine for children, the fourth wave of coronavirus, abortion legislature in Kentucky, Kanakuk Kamps, and Opening Day. Lindsay gives a rundown of this week's ERLC content including Jason Thacker with “Why reading books you disagree with helps you grow,” Emily Richards with “Why building connection and trust is vital for vulnerable children: The gospel in Show Hope's Pre+Post Adoption Support,” and Adrian Warnock with “10 things you should know about the Resurrection.” Also in this episode, the hosts are joined by Casey Hough for a conversation about life and ministry. About CaseyCasey serves as the Lead Pastor of Copperfield Church in Houston, TX. Casey actively writes for various evangelical outlets, serving primarily as an Associate Research Fellow and Religious Liberty Channel Editor for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. He is a fellow in the St. Peter Fellowship of the Center for Pastor Theologians. In addition to his role at Copperfield, Casey serves as an Assistant Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Luther Rice College and Seminary. In the past, Casey has taught Old Testament, New Testament, Comparative Religions, and Philosophy at a regional junior college in Arkansas. Casey and his wife, Hannah, have three sons and two daughters. You can connect with him on Twitter: @caseybhough or his website. You can subscribe to his newsletter here. ERLC ContentJason Thacker with Why reading books you disagree with helps you growEmily Richards with Why building connection and trust is vital for vulnerable children: The gospel in Show Hope's Pre+Post Adoption SupportAdrian Warnock with 10 Things You Should Know about the ResurrectionCultureChurch members are minority in U.S. for first time, Gallup saysWith the Suez Canal Unblocked, the World's Commerce Resumes Its CoursePfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine is 100% effective in children ages 12-15The fourth wave is hereLegislature passes constitutional amendment declaring no right to abortion in KYKanakuk Kamps Abuse Reexamined In New ReportAmerica's pastime returnsLunchroomLindsay: Chosen: Season 2Josh: American Culture Is Broken. Is Theonomy the Answer?Brent: Dolly Parton Comic Book unveiled!Connect with us on Twitter@ERLC@jbwester@LeatherwoodTN@LindsNicoletSponsorsCaring Well: Churches should be a refuge for those who have experienced abuse. The Caring Well Challenge is a free resource from the ERLC in which we take you through a year long journey with 8 different steps to help make your church safe for survivors and safe from abuse.Stand for Life: At the ERLC, we stand for life. Our work to save preborn babies and care for the vulnerable is vital to our work. Believing that abortion can end in our lifetime, will you join us as we STAND FOR LIFE?

Register for the Communications and Geopolitics Webinar HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/communications-and-geopolitics-what-leaders-need-to-know-now-tickets-122586488487 (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/communications-and-geopolitics-what-leaders-need-to-know-now-tickets-122586488487)   In this episode, Jacob speaks with Max Suchkov, a Senior Fellow and Associate Professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). He is also a non-resident expert at the Russian International Affairs Council and an Associate Research Fellow at the Italian institute of International Political Studies.  Timestamps:  00:00 Introduction 2:46 What's the trajectory of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict?9:35  Whither Iran?15:07 What are the chances for direct Russia-Turkey conflict, now and in the future?25:55 What are Russia's top foreign policy priorities?32:50 What does Russia think about Xinjiang?36:49 A Russian's view of the US48:20 Will Putin still rule Russia in 2030?50:48 OutroSubscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any new episodes!  We put out new videos every other Monday Questions? Reach out at: info@perchperspectives.com Socials-Twitter: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2N5Rmh1ZUQxNWdsVGptSzU4aFNsSG5kMjg3Z3xBQ3Jtc0ttOV9nWGlVTzNqbWNQLTZrWmVpQVpXbndvY25FTlJIdzBrU2tad3NYcWxON0gyT204REw1b2xONVhSZW9JUEFNdDhVdnI3Mk9HYWJhQmlhMlhSRS1UcG1oMjV5WmtISDdMQ3JUdm5wU1MzRWhxdXhQOA%3D%3D&v=tfr8Wm8LpfE&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FPerchSpectives&event=video_description (https://twitter.com/PerchSpectives) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perch-perspectives/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/perch-perspectives/) Website: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmk0NDRSTGtBWVh2c0hVOWZiZTM1aEFBaVRNUXxBQ3Jtc0ttaFhSaXRwc09sSTBkNDJVWW5lajZlRFp4d2laOV93Q0hjNU4yT1NjSXUzRG1KdnN0NC1XeWJOdWVyOC11RHNVUU1SZE5LdUhFbjI0RW9MbmN3SVcxWEc2d043cEQ3bURpOVJmeHIyN2tVZGc2ek9Taw%3D%3D&v=tfr8Wm8LpfE&q=https%3A%2F%2Fperchperspectives.com%2F&event=video_description (https://perchperspectives.com/)