Podcasts about civil conflict

HYBRID POLICY SEMINAR Sudan at a Crossroads: Food Systems, Hunger, and Humanitarian Aid During Civil Conflict MAY 2, 2024 - 10:00 TO 11:30AM EDT In April 2023, Sudan descended into a violent civil war that has displaced more than 8 million people, destroyed critical infrastructure, and left half the country's population in need of humanitarian assistance. More than one year later, the unresolved conflict threatens agricultural production, agroprocessing, and trade, exacerbating Sudan's status as a failed state. Sudan's trajectory is therefore relevant for the broader community of scholars and practitioners working to enhance food systems and food security in fragile states facing complex humanitarian emergencies. This IFPRI policy seminar will reflect on urgent data, analytical, and policy needs to mitigate food insecurity and revitalize food systems in Sudan. Several interrelated issues will be addressed, including options for policy engagement in the absence of a legitimate government, the viability of balancing immediate humanitarian needs with longer-term investments in agricultural development, and possible post-conflict scenarios that might affect priority-setting for the food system. The event will bring together researchers from IFPRI's Sudan country program, conflict analysts, humanitarian donors, and country experts in a hybrid format. Welcome Remarks Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit (DSG), IFPRI Overview Remarks from USAID Tyler Beckelman, Deputy Assistant Administrator, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Africa Bureau Sudan's Conflict and Complex Emergencies Alex de Waal, Professor and Executive Director, World Peace Foundation, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University Food Security Before and During the War: Evidence from National Rural Household Survey Khalid Siddig, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance (DSG) Unit and Sudan Country Strategy Support Program Leader, IFPRI Shocks, Coping, and Livelihood Strategies due to the War Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance (DSG) Unit, Sudan Country Strategy Support Program, IFPRI Economic Costs of the War and Recovery Options Karl Pauw, Senior Research Fellow, Foresight, Policy, and Modeling (FPM) Unit, IFPRI Local and External Competencies for Peacebuilding in Sudan Ibrahim Elbadawi, Managing Director of the Economic Research Forum and former Sudan Minister of Finance Closing Remarks Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRI Moderator Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategies and Governance Unit (DSG), IFPRI More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/sudan-crossroads-food-systems-hunger-and-humanitarian-aid-during-civil-conflict Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

Liberia has a complex relationship with women, human rights and international law; purportedly this nation which was intended to be the safe haven for freed slaves demonstrated the worst examples of civil armed conflict and yet produced the first female African president and an example of the power and resilience of women to stand for justice, and equality in political spaces. Hosts Furaha Joy Sekai Saungweme and DaJonna Richardson learn the strength of women survivors of war through the deeply touching experience of Dr Veronica Fynn Bruey. Additional Resources: Books: ⁠Political and Legal History of Liberia ⁠| ⁠Historical Dictionary of Liberia ⁠| ⁠This Child Will Be Great ⁠| ⁠Mighty Be Our Powers ⁠   Documentaries: ⁠Liberia: America's Stepchild ⁠| ⁠Firestone and the Warlords ⁠| ⁠Liberia the Uncivil War ⁠ Links: Kissi and Gola: First Peoples of Liberia | Paul Cuffee Back to Africa Movement | Marcus Garvet Black Star Line | American Colonization Society | The Mayflower of Liberia | African American Mosaic: Library of Congress | Liberia Declaration of Independence | Joseph Jenkins Roberts: First Governor/President of Liberia | Angie Elisabeth Brooks Randolph | Sanniquellie: The Birth Place of the Organisation of African Unity now the African Union | You kill my Ma, you kill my pa, I'll vote for you | George Bush: Taylor Must Leave Now | George Bush Dancing in Liberia | Charles Taylor Trial | Travel Embargo on Prince Yormie Johnson | UNSC Resolution 2288: Terminating 13 Years Embargo on Liberia | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: First Democratically Elected Female President in Africa | Leymah Gbowee: Pray the Devil Back To Hell | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee: Nobel Peace Prize Laureates | Gender Quota for Elections  Please note, the positions and opinions expressed by the speakers are strictly their own, and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers, nor those of the D.C. Bar, its Board of Governors or co-sponsoring Communities and organizations. Want to get ahead of the pack? Joining the D.C. Bar Law Student Community (LSC) can get you there. Your LSC membership will provide resume and skills boosting opportunities and one-on-one access to local practicing attorneys. To learn more, ⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week's episode is like the jetway bridging me between my two locations this week. From my Continental base in Accra, South Sudanese-Ethiopian-American, Nyamal Tutdeal, who is a conflict resolution and healing practitioner, joins us again to talk about, among other things, one of her homelands--Ethiopia, where I found myself (in Addis Ababa) for the weekend. Many may recall meeting Nyamal on the podcast prior to her move to Accra (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/nyamal-tutdeal), and now after a nearly two years, she's an “Accra-an.” With over a decade of work experience under her belt, Nyamal has developed and managed various programmes related togender, peace, security, and antiracist/race relations. She is a staunch advocate for women's empowerment, human rights, refugees, immigrants, displaced communities, and the fight against early child marriage. Nyamal is a Co-Director and Co-Founder of the NyaEden Foundation. She also works as an Adjunct Professor at both Arcadia University and Webster University in Ghana, where she provides academic support and teaches Introduction to Human Rights, Refugee and Migration Movement, Advocacy, NGO and Civil Society at Webster University Ghana campus. Nyamal is also involved in teaching Conflict Transformation, Restorative Justice, Mediation, and Conflict Coaching in the International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) program at Arcadia University. Prior to her relocation to Ghana, Nyamal served as the Director of Equity and Inclusion for CORA Services. Nyamal has a B.A. in Human Relations and an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Nyamal is now at the head of her own consultancy, The Nyamal Group (https://nyamal.org) which she launched this year. Where to find Nyamal? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyamal-tutdeal-a76b44b3/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nyamal_tutdeal/) On X (https://twitter.com/maltutdeal) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mal.tutdeal) Shades of Injera (https://www.instagram.com/shadesofinjera/?hl=en) What's Nyamal reading? Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad (https://a.co/d/cUyiDaP) by Damilare Kuku What's Nyamal watching? About Star Wars (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars) and the Ashoka TV Series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahsoka_(TV_series)) Other topics of interest? About the Nuer People (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR5Qr1oRLuw) Demographics in Ethiopia (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ethiopia/) Civil Conflict in Ethiopia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_civil_conflict_(2018%E2%80%93present)#:~:text=In%20November%202021%2C%20the%20Somali,in%20Ethiopian%20territory%20to%20date.) On Empire, here are some articles that analyze empire and colonization as major drivers of present-day inequality: "The Empire of Inequality: Introduction" by Himadeep Muppidi - Discusses how colonial empires created enduring global inequality through exploitation, extraction of wealth, and imposition of power structures. "The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa" by Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou - Economic analysis finding that artificial colonial borders continue to impact economic development and inequality across African nations today. "The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation" by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson - Research arguing colonialism set up institutions that continue to affect world inequality. "Imperialism and Colonialism" by Battiston et al. - Reviews how empires led to concentration of wealth and power for imperial nations that remains evident in 21st century global inequality. “How Western Colonization Launched Capitalism with Violence and Ruin" by Nicholas De Genova - Discusses direct links between violent colonization, slavery, genocide and the rise of global capitalism and inequality. “The Impact of Colonialism on African Economic Development” by Joshua Settles - Analysis of economic exploitation, extraction of resources, and disruption of existing systems during European colonization of Africa. SAD - Seasonal Effective Disorder (https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/seasonal-affective-disorder#:~:text=SAD%20is%20a%20type%20of,seasonal%20affective%20disorder%20(SAD).) 54th NAACP Image Awards (https://naacp.org/events/54th-naacp-image-awards) Sheryl Lee Ralph's dress (https://wwd.com/pop-culture/celebrity-news/sheryl-lee-ralph-naacp-awards-red-carpet-2023-dress-1235549800/) and designer, Pistis Ghana (https://www.pistisghana.com) South Sudan's Political Structure (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_South_Sudan) South Sudan's Vice Presidents (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_South_Sudan#:~:text=The%20vice%20president%20of%20South,2020%20creating%20five%20vice%20presidents.) and Fourth VP, Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Nyandeng_De_Mabior) About Hope Resoration South Sudan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Nyandeng_De_Mabior) About the South Sudanese Civil War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudanese_Civil_War#:~:text=The%20South%20Sudanese%20Civil%20War,attempting%20a%20coup%20d%27%C3%A9tat.) About South Sudan's Minister of Interior, Angelina Teny (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Teny) Bella Afrik in Accra (https://www.bellaafrik.com) The Mix Accra (https://www.themixdesignhub.com) Special Guest: Nyamal Tutdeal.

UN chief calls for climate justice as countries face historic voteWHO sounds alarm over heavy burden of violent injuries in conflictCounter-terrorism measures “misused” against protesters in Colombia: OHCHR

Victims of human trafficking more vulnerable due to wars: UNODCAfghan mission led by UN relief chief keeps pressure on TalibanArmed groups continue to displace refugees and civilians in Mali

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Elon Musk Says NO PUBLIC SIGNINGS As Assassination Fear Grows, My Home Was Broken Into, Shot Fired. Civil War, Civil Conflict, and The Collapse of social Cohesion is growing at an alarming rate. Power substations in North Carolina are suspected of being damaged in sabotage taking out the grid for some 40,000 people. Leftist activists and Democrat personalities claim it was a right wing attack. With Twitter Files being released government corruption and the weaponization of the DOJ has never been more clear. #elonmusk #twitter #twitterfiles Become A Member And Protect Our Work at http://www.timcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today we will be discussing the ongoing violence and civil conflict in Colombia, a country that has been marked by growing tensions between guerilla groups and the national government. Since the 2016 peace plan to ease such tensions and punish the extremist groups, there has been a rise in street protests, violence, and internally displaced … Continue reading Civil Conflict in Colombia

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Open Philanthropy Shallow Investigation: Civil Conflict Reduction, published by Lauren Gilbert on April 12, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Editorial note on this document This document is a “shallow” investigation, as described here. Over the last few years, we've moved towards trying to do more shallows quickly for internal audiences. We wanted to experiment with sharing more again to see how much work it takes and whether it generates informative feedback or leads, so this is the first shallow we've published in a number of years. This is a shallow on reducing civil conflict. It took me about two weeks to write. During this time, I read major papers in the field and spoke to about five experts, but did not fully critique their assumptions. I have tried to flag my major sources of uncertainty in the document. This document has been read and discussed by the cause prioritization team. At this point, we do not plan to proceed to a medium investigation, but that could change if we substantially update our estimates of either the financial costs of civil war or the tractability of the problem. We welcome comments either posted to the EA Forum, emailed to me at lauren@openphilanthropy.org, or shared to this Google Form (can be submitted anonymously). Major sources of uncertainty My major sources of uncertainty after writing this are the following: What is the best way to model the economic impact of civil war? I tended to make fairly conservative (in the sense of total size of the problem) assumptions – e.g. economies that experience civil war recover fully within ten years – but I am not sure how reasonable those assumptions are. We're currently hiring some academics to investigate these questions further. Am I fully capturing the health impacts of civil war on civilians? There is relatively little data about the social or economic consequences of being displaced within the Global South, and I am not sure my estimates of off-battle-field DALYs are particularly good. Fundamentally, I am quite uncertain how much of a difference micro-scale interventions like cognitive behavioral therapy will make on macro-scale events like war. Summary What is the problem? Living through a civil war is very bad for your health. The direct cost of civil conflict is about 10M DALYs per year, but the indirect cost probably quadruples that figure. (This is a fairly conservative estimate; one paper argues that there are 25x as many indirect deaths as there are direct deaths.) Infant mortality and malnutrition rates are twice as high in states either experiencing or recovering from civil conflict as in stable ones. Life expectancy is about a decade lower than would be expected in a peaceful state. Per my BOTEC, civil wars cause a loss approx. ⅔ as many DALYs per year as malaria and NTDs (combined). A civil war costs about $14,000 OP value per country resident per year, or 0.14 life years. (Malaria, by contrast, has a DALY burden of 0.038 life years / resident of sub-Saharan Africa - so civil wars are not as significant a burden on life as malaria, but not insubstantial either, at least in countries where they are ongoing.) But war's impacts are not limited to health. War impoverishes the populations that experience it, such that poverty is increasingly concentrated in and around states experiencing civil conflict. By 2030, about ⅔ of the global extreme poor will live in such states. This is not simply because poverty is declining elsewhere; an increasing percentage and an increasing number of the global poor live in countries either at war or at high risk of descending into war. Most of these wars are not wars of global importance; no major power has any particular investment in settling them. (Indeed, for the purposes of this shallow, I am choosing to focus on civil wars where great pow...

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Episode 132. I'm joined by Chris Weatherman, aka Angery American, author of the Going Home series, to talk training, Russia, Ukraine, and the bigger picture of America's looming civil conflict as a result of the fallout of mismanagement abroad. Radio Contra Sponsors: Civil Defense Manual Tactical Wisdom Blacksmith Publishing Radio Contra Patron Program Brushbeater Training Calendar Brushbeater Forum Palmetto State Armory Primary Arms ReadyWise Storable Food

IUPUI researchers are exploring how intelligent assistants can help older adults manage their daily health care tasks at home, and an IU political scientist says another civil war in the U.S. is unlikely.

There have been more than 200 civil wars since WWII — and the conditions that triggered those conflicts are now present here in America. Author Barbara Walter joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. Special Guest: Barbara Walter.

We've got a packed episode for you all this week! Katie (@KatesOfHeaven) and Victoria (@dirtbagqueer) bring you a G5-heavy college football recap, a painful NFL weekend, and a preview of all the games on Thanksgiving. - But first, STRONG takes about Thanksgiving sides - Air Force 41-Nevada 39, a glorious display of what makes college football great - UCF made an imposter ConFLiCT trophy, so we decide to point and laugh at Bob Diaco for like five minutes straight - Katie and Victoria cry about their NFL teams' very bad losses - Why the best game on Thanksgiving (and the one you should definitely watch) is the Egg Bowl If you like the show, follow our Twitter account (@tuckrulepod) and give us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts! Drop us a review and we'll read it on the show!

The show gets off to a hot start discussing Dave's tragic 500k loss on Virginia Tech last Saturday. And a very rare interview with Bob Diaco, only the second guest in Pick Em history to talk Civil ConFLiCT and all things about his career.

SMU Recap, Civil ConFLiCT, and Basketball! by UCF probs & Money Moo

Chris ist etwas wehmütig in dieser Folge: Das letzte mal das Thema Afghanistan. Wir schauen uns genauer an wie der Westen in Afghanistan versucht hat einen Staat aufzubauen. Auf der Petersberger Konferenz 2001 wurde hier beschlossen traditionelle Elemente und westliche Regierungselemente zu verbinden. Die Umsetzung wird zum Beispiel in der Loya Jirga deutlich. Was der Unterschied zwischen Natioanbuilding, Statebuilding und Peacebuilding ist und was das jetzt war in Afghanistan erfahrt ihr in der Folge. Quellen: Barnett, Michael and Christopher Zürcher (2009), “The Peacebuilder's Contract: How External Statebuilding Reinforces Weak Statehood,” in Roland Paris and Timothy D. Sisk, eds., The Dilemmas ofStatebuilding: Confronting Contradictions of Postwar Peace Operations (London: Routledge), pp. 23-52. Bleiker, Roland (2012), Conclusion –Everyday Struggles for a Hybrid Peace. in Oliver P. Richmond and Audra Mitchell, eds., Hybrid Forms of Peace: From Everyday Agency to Post-Liberalism (Houndmills and New York: Palgrave Macmillan), S. 293-310. Bogdandy, Armin von and Wolfrum, Roland (eds.): State-Building, Nation-Building, and Constitutional Politics in Post-Conflict Situations: Conceptual Clarifications and an Appraisal of Different Approaches. Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Volume 9, 2005 https://www.mpil.de/files/pdf2/mpunyb_bogdandyua_9_579_613.pdf Chesterman, Simon: Walking Softly in Afghanistan: The Future of UN State-Building. Survival 44:3, 2002, S. 37-46. de Guevara, Berit Blieseman (2008), “The State in Times of Statebuilding,” Civil Wars, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 348-368. Gollob, Sam & O'Hanlon, Michael: Afghanistan Index. Tracking variables of reconstruction and security in post-9/11 Afghanistan, 2020: https://www.brookings.edu/research/afghanistan-index/ Hippler, Jochen: Meinung: Afghanistan – Wie weiter? Bpb, 2016: https://www.bpb.de/internationales/asien/afghanistan/147052/meinung-afghanistan-wie-weiter Keane, Conor: US Nation-Building in Afghanistan. Routledge:2016: https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/ef44bf21-5894-4d85-ac09-f5a9e9695155/650045.pdf Mac Ginty, Roger (2008), “Indigenous Peace-Making Versus the Liberal Peace,” Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 139-163. Malejacq, Romain: Warlord Survival: The Delusion of State Building in Afghanistan. Cornell University Press: 2020. Meagher, Kate (2012), “The Strength of Weak States? Non-State Security Forces and Hybrid Governance in Africa,” Development and Change, Vol 43, No. 5, 1073-1101. Möller, Reinhard: Deutschlands Engagement in Afghanistan, BpB 2008: https://www.bpb.de/internationales/asien/afghanistan/48614/deutschlands-engagement?p=all Münch, Philipp: Creating common sense: getting NATO to Afghanistan. Journal of Transatlantic Studies, Nr 19, 2021, pp. 138-166. O'Hanlon, Michael & Petraeus, David, General: Why the decision to keep troops in Afghanistan is a good one. October, 2015: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2015/10/16/why-the-decision-to-keep-troops-in-afghanistan-is-a-good-one/ Paris, Roland: At War's End: Building Peace after Civil Conflict, Cambridge, 2004. Sabaratnam, Meera (2011), “The Liberal Peace? An Intellectual History of International Conflict Management, 1990-2010”.

Libyan coastal road reopening welcomed by UN chief UN envoy concerned by increased violence in southwest Syria Launch of #TheHumanRace UN-led campaign for climate action

Tigray aid convoy access call @WFP @WHO WHO chief Tedros in new COVID-19 vaccination appeal 270,000 Afghans newly displaced since January 2021: UNHCR

Tigray alert, with 350,000 at risk of famine Nine in 10 African nations to miss COVID-19 vaccine targets Europe COVID deaths continue downward trajectory

We sit down and examine the possibility of Trump return in the month of August. With himself and Lindell saying this will be the case, would the supreme court rule in a 9-0 decision? What would this cause? Why would this be a needed conflict for the elites and the Chinese? Also, we examine the web hacks and take down of online services. What could be causing this? Who is at the top of the suspect list? And, COVID vaccines stall, but woke corporations push forward with their propaganda campaigns. What will be the next move for the corporations and pharma companies? We ask the questions.  

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This essay is part of "On China's New Silk Road," a podcast by the Global Reporting Centre that tracks China's global ambitions. Over nine episodes, Mary Kay Magistad, a former China correspondent for The World, partners with local journalists on five continents to uncover the effects of the most sweeping global infrastructure initiative in history. The conflict between Ethiopia’s central government and local government forces in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has sparked a humanitarian crisis with tens of thousands of refugees. It has threatened to destabilize a wider region in which China is heavily invested — a sobering reminder that grand plans, like China’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), are only as good as ground truths allow them to be.Despite all of Ethiopia’s success in recent years as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, ethnic and political rivalries are fierce and deep. And they haven’t gone away just because China has invested heavily there over the past two decades, or because Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for ending a war with neighboring Eritrea. “We want the Horn of Africa to become a treasury of peace and progress,” Abiy said in his Nobel lecture in December 2019. “Indeed, we want the Horn of Africa to become the 'Horn of Plenty' for the rest of the continent.” The Horn of Africa, which includes Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia, has long been an area of strategic focus for world superpowers. It’s where the Gulf of Aden meets the Red Sea, in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait opposite Yemen, a strategic waterway for oil that leads all the way to the Suez Canal. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States fought proxy wars in Ethiopia and Somalia. Now, both the United States and China have military bases in the tiny coastal country of Djibouti, at a narrow part of the Strait.Much of China’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) involves building a belt of land routes and a maritime Silk Road of sea routes around the world, for both economic and strategic purposes. China’s many investments in Djibouti and Ethiopia include a railway that connects them and is also meant to connect Tigray’s capital of Mekelle to Djibouti.Chinese investment has helped transform Ethiopia from one of the world’s poorest and most famine-prone countries to a model for the region of what’s possible — both in terms of rapid progress and self-sabotage of that progress.Chinese investment has helped transform Ethiopia from one of the world’s poorest and most famine-prone countries to a model for the region of what’s possible — both in terms of rapid progress and self-sabotage of that progress.Long before Chinese investment started in earnest in the early 2000s, Ethiopia’s central government fought long wars with Tigray and Eritrea, then both northern Ethiopian regions. The war with Eritrea stretched over 30 years; the war with Tigray lasted 17. Both wars ended in 1991, when Eritrea declared independence and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) took over the central government. Tigrayans stayed in power until political protests elevated Abiy to the prime minister in 2018.Related: China's new Silk Road runs through cyberspace, worrying rivals and privacy advocatesTPLF leaders have not gracefully accepted being shunted aside, despite Tigrayans making up just 6% of Ethiopia’s population. When Abiy started replacing Tigrayns in government, the TPLF left the unity party, retreated to Tigray, and conducted an election in September, in defiance of a government decision to postpone elections due to COVID-19.Tigray’s regional militia is both well-armed and sizable with as many as 250,000 armed fighters. Its recent attack on a national government military base sparked the current conflict, which includes aerial bombing by the central government, in areas where Chinese companies have spent years building infrastructure. While in power, Ethiopia’s Tigrayan prime ministers invited in Chinese investment to build desperately needed roads, dams, industrial parks and more throughout much of Ethiopia, at a time when many Western investors saw Ethiopia as too risky.“China was courageous enough to get involved in such a market,” says Ethiopian economist Getachew Alemu. “So it really helped us.  We used to have a huge backlog of demand for infrastructure, but we didn’t have the finance to finance it and push our economy forward. So, Chinese capital came as a savior for us.” Related: Opening the door to Chinese investment comes with risks for Southeast Asian nationsChina counts the billions of dollars invested in or lent to Ethiopia as part of China’s BRI. By the Chinese government’s calculation, some 140 countries have signed on in some way, including 44 African countries, drawing closer to China over the past two decades under the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.“Always standing on an equal footing, China respects African countries’ own decision-making rights, and lets African economies go into global markets through the Chinese market,” wrote Wei Jianguo, a former Chinese vice-minister of commerce in the Chinese Communist Party-run newspaper, The Global Times.Wei counts China’s successes in Africa over the past two decades: building 3,750 miles of railways and roads, and “almost 20 ports, more than 80 large-scale power facilities…more than 130 hospitals and medical centers and more than 170 schools, which have brought significant progress to Africa’s economic and social development.” China’s approach in Africa has received mixed reviews from Africans. The African survey group Afrobarometer found in a survey in 36 African countries in 2014-15, that 63% of Africans surveyed had a favorable view of China. And some African leaders prefer Chinese loans because Chinese lenders aren’t particular, like the World Bank and IMF are, about human rights conditions, corruption levels and whether a project can generate enough economic growth to repay the loan. The Chinese-built African Union complex in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Credit: Courtesy of Mary Kay Magistad But Chinese loans often have higher interest rates and shorter repayment schedules. By contrast, Abiy has equated loans from the IMF and World Bank as being like borrowing from your mother. Ethiopia now owes an estimated $16 billion to Chinese lenders, roughly half of Ethiopia’s total debt. Abiy has called for debt forgiveness for the world’s poorest countries, from all international lenders. Related: China's new Silk Road traverses Kazakhstan. But some Kazakhs are skeptical of Chinese influence. Zambia, too, has struggled to repay its debt. It missed a Eurobond payment, becoming the first African country to default during the COVID-19 pandemic, amid reports that Chinese lenders were pressing to take control of at least one copper mine if Zambia couldn’t repay its debt to China. And then there’s Sudan, where China’s arms-for-oil approach in the early 2000s contributed to mass killings in Darfur, in what the US government later called a genocide, with an estimated 400,000 people killed and thousands more displaced. “In Sudan, in the early 2000s, this was the showcase country, that Chinese oil investment would bring peace, that Chinese infrastructure would develop the country,” says Luke Patey, author of “The New Kings of Crude: China, India and the Global Struggle for Oil in Sudan and South Sudan. ... And what happened — not the Chinese fault, of course, but the Chinese didn’t solve it — there was a civil war, multiple civil wars. Sudan hasn’t developed. Now you have the Janjaweed that were militias in Darfur, displacing and killing civilian populations. They’re now in charge of the country to a large degree. So there wasn’t a happy ending to China’s investments in Sudan.”Whether and when there will be a happier way forward in Ethiopia is now an open question. Here, too, China didn’t cause the conflict, and Chinese interests are squarely behind a peaceful and stable Horn of Africa, so China can move the commodities and other resources it needs from Africa.But one thing China has learned on its new Silk Road is that even the most careful strategic planning only gets you so far. Much is beyond China’s control. And in response to China’s global ambitions, more global players have started their own outreach, with loans and investments, with more countries exercising more agency in deciding who to partner with and how.“They have a lot more confidence than they did before,” says Parag Khanna, a global strategy adviser and author of books including “The Future is Asian.” “And the more the global system becomes a geopolitical marketplace of multiple competing powers, the more agency these smaller countries can actually have.”So for all its imperfections, the Belt & Road Initiative may actually leave as its legacy a more multi-polar world, with states having more infrastructure, more investment, and more options than before, allowing them to better make their own decisions about what kind of future they want, and how to get there. To borrow a phrase China’s leaders like to use: that certainly could be considered a win-win. On China’s New Silk Road podcast is a production of the Global Reporting Centre. Full episodes and transcripts are available here.

As rising violence in Ethiopia threatens to pull neighboring Eritrea into the fray, USIP’s Susan Stigant says, “There is a real need for some external, independent investigator to help diffuse some of that escalation” and look into disturbing reports of human rights violations stemming from the conflict.

The circus continues and we still don't have a president yet. Trump's path to victory keeps building up steam and the media continues to say Biden is the winner despite results not being certified. Two different realities are emerging and we are headed toward Civil Conflict.Website - https://thatsonpoint.squarespace.com/Follow Us On;Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/Thats-On-Point-102223388228157/Bitchute-https://www.bitchute.com/channel/8SXcz1rqDyu7/YouTube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRNHroldv9kuaatarS7uclAMinds-https://www.minds.com/thatsonpoint/ToP Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn_fZ4JhHN05YLijsdmkYSQ/Paler:https://parler.com/profile/DocComeauSupport Us On;Subscribe Star-https://www.subscribestar.com/that-s-on-pointPatreon-https://www.patreon.com/ThatsOnPoint?fan_landing=true

Eli's last stand on MNF was everything we wanted. The Eagles are sad but holding on. (2:04-13:16) Patriots spygate 2 even though we can't fully muster up the ability to care. (13:17-22:48) Hot Seat/Cool Throne. (22:49-36:36)Blake Bortles joins the show to do the Wikipedia on footspeed, check in on how the season is going and talk about his memories from the greatest rivalry in sports Civil ConFLiCT. (39:10-1:04:32) Segments include the finalists for the Lowman trophy award,(1:08:58-1:11:08) bad visual Lane Kiffin's face (1:11:09-1:14:48) and guys on chicks (1:14:49-1:23:28)

(photo courtesy of Megan Turner) -Civil ConFLiCT (UConn) recap -QB controversy? -Gabe Davis is an absolute animal -Aaron Evans opens up about football, coach Spurrier, and his transition to art -Meanwhile to the west... absolute dumpster fire -Money Moo's picks -Mailbag & more! LFG

This Beat Writer Bite features an interview with Matt Murschel who covers the Central Florida Knights for the Orlando Sentinel. We talk about UCF's surprising loss at Pittsburgh, the development of true freshman QB Dillon Gabriel, and some other players to be on the lookout for in the last (for now) installment of the Civil ConFLiCT.

Nathan Bond invites Brian Murphy from the recently acquired SBNation site Black & Gold Banneret to talk AAC Media Days, the 2019 season for UCF, UConn leaving the conference, and more. See guys, we can get along! 0:00: Is lobster in the shell overrated? (ed note: It's not.) 1:25: Final thoughts on AAC Media Day. Did lack of an overall conference star temper support? 5:10: With the injury to QB Darriel Mack, Jr. reported earlier this week, what does the starting QB race look like for UCF? 6:41: What unit are you most worried about for the 2019 season? Who do you see as a breakout player on the offense? 11:40: Thoughts on the conference media poll. 16:24: Thoughts on UConn leaving the American for the Big East and the official end of the Civil ConFLiCT. 20:38: Michael Kelly floated a potential April 2020 ground breaking date on the Football Center. Thoughts? 22:32: How has the move to SBNation been for Black & Gold Banneret? This concludes our AAC Media Day coverage from Newport, R.I. Make sure to listen to all five podcasts from Nathan Bond and Andrew Pina to be caught up on the latest before fall camp starts on August 1st. Don't forget to subscribe and listen to the podcast on our host site Soundcloud, one of these apps: Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn, Castbox, or your favorite podcast provider. You can also listen in the embed player below. While you're listening, take a moment to rate us five stars, leave a positive review, and tell your friends! If you sub, you'll be the first to know when there's a new upload so it pays to subscribe.

Faye and Austin discuss the role of right wing militias, Pinkertons, and the FBI in oppressing the left and propagating fascism. There is hope though, in the form of an old shouty dude from Vermont who probably won't be president. After the break, Faye interviews Robert Evans of the "Behind the Bastards" and "It Could Happen Here" podcasts about the potential for a Second American Civil War, the radical left's readiness for it, and how it can be avoided. Guest: Robert Evans Twitter: @IwriteOK Behind the Bastards: https://www.behindthebastards.com/podcasts It Could Happen Here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-it-could-happen-here-30717896/ Socialist Rifle Association Website: https://socialistra.org/ Twitter: @SocialistRA Instagram: @SocialistRA Facebook: @SocialistRifle

EP214: Coach Scott and Grandpa Hipster sit around the Christmas tree with knives in an unrequited rivalry with the Fighting Narwhals. The post Sports Dorks – Civil Conflict appeared first on Radio Misfits.

Season 1, Episode 2: UCF probs and money moo break down Coach Heup's first win as a head coach & just when you think usf can't get any dumber, they somehow do

College Football is back and the Civil Conflict was on fire. Previewing College Football Week 1 and talking about Aaron Rodgers new contract (2:20 - 13:20). Mt Rushmore of Mistakes (13:20 - 25:51). Sports Illustrated College Football Writer Andy Staples joins the show to talk about the 2018 College Football season, Power 5 Conference breakdowns, and who he has in his College Football Playoff (25:51 - 59:17). Segments include Talking Soccer, Jalen Ramsey Word Association, Thoughts and Prayers to Patrick Reed, and Explain it to Hank/Jimbos/Roast Grab Bag 

We look back at beating SMU, check in on 'Baby Watch' for head coach Scott Frost, lament the ending of the Civil Conflict and try to make sense of UCF's No. 18 ranking in the College Football Playoff rankings.

We're joined by Sheriff John Bunnell ok no I can't lie to you like that because that would be a crime. Plus, nobody knows where Sheriff John Bunnell is these days. But if you want to hear us explain why Mark Dantonio does all his shopping at Home Depot, show you why Georgia will be leaving Auburn with the Civil ConFLiCT trophy, predict the rise of the Mark Richt Reformation, and explore Spencer's deep and real love of cheese, we do those things. Again, no Sheriff John Bunnell, though.

Bridget Burnquist was backpacking around Southeast Asia. After weeks of drinking cheap liquor on beautiful beaches, she was beginning to feel as though her experiences were merely superficial. She heard rumors that the small country of Myanmar (formerly Burma) was home to beautiful mountain villages that have hardly changed for centuries, accessible only by hiking for days in the Burmese jungles. So she headed into Myanmar...

Brian Sandberg‘s Warrior Pursuits: Noble Culture and Civil Conflict in Early Modern France (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) significantly revises our understanding of early modern military culture and absolutism. By examining the frequent civil wars of the early seventeenth century in France, Sandberg demonstrates that the French nobility were neither merely resisting the spread of the absolutist state nor sitting idly by while modern economic and military forces swept them into obscurity. Rather, by examining the many local and regional conflicts of the era, Sandberg shows that the French nobles of the era were capable actors in a complex arena dominated by a culture of honor, sophisticated systems of credit, and dangerous civil conflicts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Sandberg‘s Warrior Pursuits: Noble Culture and Civil Conflict in Early Modern France (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) significantly revises our understanding of early modern military culture and absolutism. By examining the frequent civil wars of the early seventeenth century in France, Sandberg demonstrates that the French nobility were neither merely resisting the spread of the absolutist state nor sitting idly by while modern economic and military forces swept them into obscurity. Rather, by examining the many local and regional conflicts of the era, Sandberg shows that the French nobles of the era were capable actors in a complex arena dominated by a culture of honor, sophisticated systems of credit, and dangerous civil conflicts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Sandberg‘s Warrior Pursuits: Noble Culture and Civil Conflict in Early Modern France (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) significantly revises our understanding of early modern military culture and absolutism. By examining the frequent civil wars of the early seventeenth century in France, Sandberg demonstrates that the French nobility were neither merely resisting the spread of the absolutist state nor sitting idly by while modern economic and military forces swept them into obscurity. Rather, by examining the many local and regional conflicts of the era, Sandberg shows that the French nobles of the era were capable actors in a complex arena dominated by a culture of honor, sophisticated systems of credit, and dangerous civil conflicts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Sandberg‘s Warrior Pursuits: Noble Culture and Civil Conflict in Early Modern France (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) significantly revises our understanding of early modern military culture and absolutism. By examining the frequent civil wars of the early seventeenth century in France, Sandberg demonstrates that the French nobility were neither merely resisting the spread of the absolutist state nor sitting idly by while modern economic and military forces swept them into obscurity. Rather, by examining the many local and regional conflicts of the era, Sandberg shows that the French nobles of the era were capable actors in a complex arena dominated by a culture of honor, sophisticated systems of credit, and dangerous civil conflicts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Sandberg‘s Warrior Pursuits: Noble Culture and Civil Conflict in Early Modern France (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) significantly revises our understanding of early modern military culture and absolutism. By examining the frequent civil wars of the early seventeenth century in France, Sandberg demonstrates that the French nobility were neither merely resisting the spread of the absolutist state nor sitting idly by while modern economic and military forces swept them into obscurity. Rather, by examining the many local and regional conflicts of the era, Sandberg shows that the French nobles of the era were capable actors in a complex arena dominated by a culture of honor, sophisticated systems of credit, and dangerous civil conflicts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Sandberg‘s Warrior Pursuits: Noble Culture and Civil Conflict in Early Modern France (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) significantly revises our understanding of early modern military culture and absolutism. By examining the frequent civil wars of the early seventeenth century in France, Sandberg demonstrates that the French nobility were neither merely resisting the spread of the absolutist state nor sitting idly by while modern economic and military forces swept them into obscurity. Rather, by examining the many local and regional conflicts of the era, Sandberg shows that the French nobles of the era were capable actors in a complex arena dominated by a culture of honor, sophisticated systems of credit, and dangerous civil conflicts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global Economic Governance Seminar, 9 November 2012. Has there been, as many have argued, a precipitous decline in civil conflicts during the past decade? What are the underlying drivers of civil conflicts in the current era, and how do they differ from previous eras? Drawing from this analysis, what international and national policy responses are likely to be most, and least, effective in settling such conflicts? The panel for this session is: Richard Caplan, Professor of International Relations, Oxford, Monica Duffy Toft, Professor of Government and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and Dr Anke Hoeffler, Research Officer, Center for the Study of African Economies, Oxford

The panel explores the potentially deadly connections between climate change, food shortages, and civil conflict in the 21st century. Part of FSI's "Power and Prosperity: New Dynamics, New Dilemmas" conference. (November 15, 2007)