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The annual war authorization (NDAA) is an excellent opportunity to examine our military's roles and goals in the world. In this episode, learn about how much of our tax money Congress provided the Defense Department, including how much of that money is classified, how much more money was dedicated to war than was requested, and what they are authorized to use the money for. This episode also examines our Foreign Military Financing programs with a deep dive into a new partner country: Ecuador. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. 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Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 Jen's highlighted version Bills H.R. 8711 - United States-Ecuador Partnership Act of 2022 S. 3591 - United States-Ecuador Partnership Act of 2022 Audio Sources A conversation with General Laura J. Richardson on security across the Americas January 19, 2023 The Atlantic Council Clips 17:51 Gen. Laura Richardson: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that has been ongoing for the last over a decade in this region, 21 of 31 countries have signed on to this Belt and Road Initiative. I could take Argentina last January, the most recent signatory on to the Belt and Road Initiative, and $23 billion in infrastructure projects that signatory and signing on to that. But again, 21 of 31 countries. There are 25 countries that actually have infrastructure projects by the PRC. Four that aren't signatories of the BRI, but they do actually have projects within their countries. But not just that. Deepwater ports in 17 countries. I mean, this is critical infrastructure that's being invested in. I have the most space enabling infrastructure in the Western Hemisphere in Latin America and the Caribbean. And I just caused question, you know, why? Why is all of this critical infrastructure being invested in so heavily? In terms of telecommunications, 5G, I've got five countries with the 5G backbone in this region. I've got 24 countries with the PRC Huawei 3G-4G. Five countries have the Huawei backbone infrastructure. If I had to guess, they'll probably be offered a discount to upgrade and stay within the same PRC network. And so very, very concerning as we work with our countries. 20:00 Gen. Laura Richardson: What I'm starting to see as well is that this economy...the economy impacts to these partner nations is affecting their ability to buy equipment. And you know, as I work with our partner nations, and they invest in U.S. equipment, which is the best equipment, I must say I am a little biased, but it is the best equipment, they also buy into the supply chain of spare parts, and all those kinds of things that help to sustain this piece of equipment over many, many years. So in terms of the investment that they're getting, and that equipment to be able to stay operational, and the readiness of it, is very, very important. But now these partner nations, due to the impacts of their economy, are starting to look at the financing that goes along with it. Not necessarily the quality of the equipment, but who has the best finance deal because they can't afford it so much up front. 24:15 Gen. Laura Richardson: This region, why this region matters, with all of its rich resources and rare earth elements. You've got the lithium triangle which is needed for technology today. 60% of the world's lithium is in the lithium triangle: Argentina Bolivia, Chile. You just have the largest oil reserves -- light, sweet, crude -- discovered off of Guyana over a year ago. You have Venezuela's resources as well with oil, copper, gold. China gets 36% of its food source from this region. We have the Amazon, lungs of the world. We have 31% of the world's freshwater in this region too. I mean, it's just off the chart. 28:10 Gen. Laura Richardson: You know, you gotta question, why are they investing so heavily everywhere else across the planet? I worry about these dual-use state-owned enterprises that pop up from the PRC, and I worry about the dual use capability being able to flip them around and use them for military use. 33:30 Interviewer: Russia can't have the ability to provide many of these countries with resupply or new weapons. I mean, they're struggling to supply themselves, in many cases, for Ukraine. So is that presenting an opportunity for maybe the US to slide in? Gen. Laura Richardson: It is, absolutely and we're taking advantage of that, I'd like to say. So, we are working with those countries that have the Russian equipment to either donate or switch it out for United States equipment. or you Interviewer: Are countries taking the....? Gen. Laura Richardson: They are, yeah. 45:25 Gen. Laura Richardson: National Guard State Partnership Program is huge. We have the largest National Guard State Partnership Program. It has come up a couple of times with Ukraine. Ukraine has the State Partnership Program with California. How do we initially start our great coordination with Ukraine? It was leveraged to the National Guard State Partnership Program that California had. But I have the largest out of any of the CoCOMMs. I have 24 state partnership programs utilize those to the nth degree in terms of another lever. 48:25 Gen. Laura Richardson: Just yesterday I had a zoom call with the U.S. Ambassadors from Argentina and Chile and then also the strategy officer from Levant and then also the VP for Global Operations from Albermarle for lithium, to talk about the lithium triangle in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile and the companies, how they're doing and what they see in terms of challenges and things like that in the lithium business and then the aggressiveness or the influence and coercion from the PRC. House Session June 15, 2022 Clips Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA): The GAO found that the LCS had experienced engine failure in 10 of the 11 deployments reviewed. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA): One major reason for the excessive costs of LCS: contractors. Unlike other ships where sailors do the maintenance, LCS relies almost exclusively on contractors who own and control the technical data needed to maintain and repair. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA): Our top priority and national defense strategy is China and Russia. We can't waste scarce funds on costly LCS when there are more capable platforms like destroyers, attack submarines, and the new constellation class frigate. A review of the President's Fiscal Year 2023 funding request and budget justification for the Navy and Marine Corps May 25, 2022 Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Defense Watch full hearing on YouTube Witnesses: Carlos Del Toro, Secretary, United States Navy Admiral Michael M. Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations General David H. Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps Clips Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS): I think the christening was just a few years ago...maybe three or so. So the fact that we christened the ship one year and a few years later we're decommissioning troubles me. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS): Are there not other uses, if there's something missing from this class of ships, that we would avoid decommissioning? Adm. Michael Gilday: We need a capable, lethal, ready Navy more than we need a larger Navy that's less capable, less lethal, and less ready. And so, unfortunately the Littoral combat ships that we have, while the mechanical issues were a factor, a bigger factor was was the lack of sufficient warfighting capability against a peer competitor in China. Adm. Michael Gilday: And so we refuse to put an additional dollar against that system that wouldn't match the Chinese undersea threat. Adm. Michael Gilday: In terms of what are the options going forward with these ships, I would offer to the subcommittee that we should consider offering these ships to other countries that would be able to use them effectively. There are countries in South America, as an example, as you pointed out, that would be able to use these ships that have small crews. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary ofDefense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks to Traveling Press April 25, 2022 China's Role in Latin America and the Caribbean March 31, 2022 Senate Foreign Relations Committee Watch full hearing on YouTube Witnesses: Kerri Hannan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Policy, Planning, and Coordination, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State Peter Natiello, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Latin America and Caribbean Bureau, U.S. Agency for International Development Andrew M. Herscowitz, Chief Development Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Margaret Myers, Director of the Asia & Latin America Program, Inter-American Dialogue Evan Ellis, Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies Clips 24:20 Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA): Ecuador for example, nearly 20 years ago, former President Rafael Correa promised modernization for Ecuador, embracing Chinese loans and infrastructure projects in exchange for its oil. Fast forward to today. Ecuador now lives with the Chinese financed and built dam that's not fully operational despite being opened in 2016. The Coca Codo Sinclair Dam required over 7000 repairs, it sits right next to an active volcano, and erosion continues to damage the dam. The dam also caused an oil spill in 2020 that has impacted indigenous communities living downstream. And all that's on top of the billions of dollars that Ecuador still owes China. 56:40 Peter Natiello: One example that I could provide is work that we've done in Ecuador, with Ecuadorian journalists, to investigate, to analyze and to report on the issue of illegal and unregulated fishing off Ecuador's coast. And we do that because we want to ensure that Ecuadorian citizens have fact-based information upon which they can make decisions about China and countries like China, and whether they want their country working with them. 1:23:45 Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA): There are 86 million tons of identified lithium resources on the planet. On the planet. 49 million of the 86 million are in the Golden Triangle. That's Argentina, Bolivia, Chile. So what's our plan? 1:54:10 Evan Ellis: In security engagement, the PRC is a significant provider of military goods to the region including fighters, transport aircraft, and radars for Venezuela; helicopters and armored vehicles for Bolivia; and military trucks for Ecuador. 2:00:00 Margaret Myers: Ecuador is perhaps the best example here of a country that has begun to come to terms with the challenges associated with doing business with or interacting from a financial or investment perspective with China. And one need only travel the road from the airport to Quito where every day there are a lot of accidents because of challenges with the actual engineering of that road to know why many Ecuadorians feel this way. Examining U.S. Security Cooperation and Assistance March 10, 2022 Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Watch Full Hearing on YouTube Witnesses: Jessica Lewis, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State Mara Elizabeth Karlin, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities, U.S. Department of Defense Clips 1:23:17 Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): According to one study, the DoD manages 48 of the 50 new security assistance programs that were created after the 9/11 attacks and out of the 170 existing security assistance programs today, DOD manages 87, a whopping 81% of those programs. That is a fundamental transition from the way in which we used to manage security assistance. And my worry is that it takes out of the equation the people who have the clearest and most important visibility on the ground as to the impact of that security assistance and those transfers. Sen. Chris Murphy: We just spent $87 billion in military assistance over 20 years in Afghanistan. And the army that we supported went up in smoke overnight. That is an extraordinary waste of U.S. taxpayer dollars, and it mirrors a smaller but similar investment we made from 2003 to 2014 in the Iraqi military, who disintegrated when they faced the prospect of a fight against ISIS. Clearly, there is something very wrong with the way in which we are flowing military assistance to partner countries, especially in complicated war zones. You've got a minute and 10 seconds, so maybe you can just preview some lessons that we have learned, or the process by which we are going to learn lessons from all of the money that we have wasted in Iraq and Afghanistan. Jessica Lewis: Senator, I'll be brief so that Dr. Karlin can jump in as well. I think we do need to learn lessons. We need to make sure, as I was just saying to Senator Cardin, that when we provide security assistance, we also look not just at train and equip, but we look at other things like how the Ministries of Defense operate? Is their security sector governant? Are we creating an infrastructure that's going to actually work? Mara Elizabeth Karlin: Thank you for raising this issue, Senator. And I can assure you that the Department of Defense is in the process of commissioning a study on this exact issue. I will just say in line with Assistant Secretary Lewis, it is really important that when we look at these efforts, we spend time assessing political will and we do not take an Excel spreadsheet approach to building partner militaries that misses the higher order issues that are deeply relevant to security sector governance, that will fundamentally show us the extent to which we can ultimately be successful or not with a partner. Thank you. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): You know, in Iraq, last time I was there, we were spending four times as much money on security assistance as we were on non-security assistance. And what Afghanistan taught us amongst many things, is that if you have a fundamentally corrupt government, then all the money you're flowing into the military is likely wasted in the end because that government can't stand and thus the military can't stand. So it also speaks to rebalancing the way in which we put money into conflict zones, to not think that military assistance alone does the job. You got to be building sustainable governments that serve the public interests in order to make your security assistance matter and be effective. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. National Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activity in North and South America March 8, 2022 House Armed Services Committee Watch full hearing on YouTube Witnesses: Melissa G. Dalton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs Office of the Secretary of Defense General Laura Richardson, USA, Commander, U.S. Southern Command General Glen D. VanHerck, USAF, Commander, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command Clips 17:30 General Laura Richardson: Colombia, for example, our strongest partner in the region, exports security by training other Latin American militaries to counter transnational threats. 1:20:00 General Laura Richardson: If I look at what PRC (People's Republic of China) is investing in the [SOUTHCOM] AOR (Area of Responsibility), over a five year period of 2017 to 2021: $72 billion. It's off the charts. And I can read a couple of the projects. The most concerning projects that I have are the $6 billion in projects specifically near the Panama Canal. And I look at the strategic lines of communication: Panama Canal and the Strait of Magellan. But just to highlight a couple of the projects. The nuclear power plant in Argentina: $7.9 billion. The highway in Jamaica: $5.6 billion. The energy refinery in Cuba, $5 billion. The highway in Peru: $4 billion. Energy dam in Argentina: $4 billion, the Metro in Colombia: $3.9 billion. The freight railway in Argentina: $3 billion. These are not small projects that they're putting in this region. This region is rich in resources, and the Chinese don't go there to invest, they go there to extract. All of these projects are done with Chinese labor with host nation countries'. U.S. Policy on Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean November 30, 2021 Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Watch full hearing on YouTube Witnesses: Brian A. Nichols, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State Todd D. Robinson, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State Clips 1:47:15 Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX): I'd like to start with Mexico. I am increasingly concerned that the Mexican government is engaged in a systematic campaign to undermine American companies, and especially American energy companies that have invested in our shared prosperity and in the future of the Mexican people and economy. Over the past five months, Mexican regulators have shut down three privately owned fuel storage terminals. Among those they shut down a fuel terminal and Tuxpan, which is run by an American company based in Texas, and which transports fuel on ships owned by American companies. This is a pattern of sustained discrimination against American companies. And I worry that the Mexican government's ultimate aim is to roll back the country's historic 2013 energy sector liberalisation reforms in favor of Mexico's mismanaged and failing state-owned energy companies. The only way the Mexican government is going to slow and reverse their campaign is if the United States Government conveys clearly and candidly that their efforts pose a serious threat to our relationship and to our shared economic interests. 2:01:50 Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ): Mr. Nichols, can you can you just be a little more specific about the tactics of the GEC? What are some of the specific activities they're doing? And what more would you like to see them do? Brian A. Nichols: The Global Engagement Center both measures public opinion and social media trends throughout the world. They actively work to counter false messages from our strategic competitors. And they prepare media products or talking points that our embassies and consulates around the hemisphere can use to combat disinformation. I think they do a great job. Obviously, it's a huge task. So the the resources that they have to bring to bear to this limit, somewhat, the ability to accomplish those goals, but I think they're doing vital, vital work. 2:13:30 Todd D. Robinson: We are, INL (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement) are working very closely with the Haitian National Police, the new Director General, we are going to send in advisors. When I was there two weeks ago, I arrived with -- they'd asked for greater ability to get police around the city -- I showed up with 19 new vehicles, 200 new protective vests for the police. The 19 was the first installment of a total of 60 that we're going to deliver to the Haitian National Police. We're gonna get advisors down there to work with the new SWAT team to start taking back the areas that have been taken from ordinary Haitians. But it's going to be a process and it's going to take some time. Sen. Bob Menendez: Well, first of all, is the Haitian National Police actually an institution capable of delivering the type of security that Hatians deserve? Todd D. Robinson: We believe it is. It's an institution that we have worked with in the past. There was a small brief moment where Haitians actually acknowledged that the Haitian National Police had gotten better and was more professional. Our goal, our long term goal is to try to bring it back to that Sen. Bob Menendez: How much time before we get security on the ground? Todd D. Robinson: I can't say exactly but we are working as fast as we can. Sen. Bob Menendez: Months, years? Todd D. Robinson: Well, I would hope we could do it in less than months. But we're working as fast as we can. Global Challenges and U.S. National Security Strategy January 25, 2018 Senate Committee on Armed Services Watch the full hearing on YouTube Witnesses: Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Chairman of Kissinger Associates and Former Secretary of State Dr. George P. Shultz, Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University and Former Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage, President, Armitage International and Former Deputy Secretary of State Clips Dr. George Shultz: Small platforms will carry a very destructive power. Then you can put these small platforms on drones. And drones can be manufactured easily, and you can have a great many of them inexpensively. So then you can have a swarm armed with lethal equipment. Any fixed target is a real target. So an airfield where our Air Force stores planes is a very vulnerable target. A ship at anchor is a vulnerable target. So you've got to think about that in terms of how you deploy. And in terms of the drones, while such a system cannot be jammed, it would only serve to get a drone—talking about getting a drone to the area of where its target is, but that sure could hit a specific target. At that point, the optical systems guided by artificial intelligence could use on-board, multi-spectral imaging to find a target and guide the weapons. It is exactly that autonomy that makes the technologic convergence a threat today. Because such drones will require no external input other than the signature of the designed target, they will not be vulnerable to jamming. Not requiring human intervention, the autonomous platforms will also be able to operate in very large numbers. Dr. George Shultz: I think there's a great lesson here for what we do in NATO to contain Russia because you can deploy these things in boxes so you don't even know what they are and on trucks and train people to unload quickly and fire. So it's a huge deterrent capability that is available, and it's inexpensive enough so that we can expect our allies to pitch in and get them for themselves. Dr. George Shultz: The creative use of swarms of autonomous drones to augment current forces would strongly and relatively cheaply reinforce NATO, as I said, that deterrence. If NATO assists frontline states in fielding large numbers of inexpensive autonomous drones that are pre-packaged in standard 20-foot containers, the weapons can be stored in sites across the countries under the control of reserve forces. If the weapons are pre-packaged and stored, the national forces can quickly deploy the weapons to delay a Russian advance. So what's happening is you have small, cheap, and highly lethal replacing large, expensive platforms. And this change is coming about with great rapidity, and it is massively important to take it into account in anything that you are thinking about doing. Foreign Military Sales: Process and Policy June 15, 2017 House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Watch the full hearing on YouTube Witnesses: Tina Kaidanow, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State Vice Admiral Joseph Rixey, Director, U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency Clips 14:40 Tina Kaidanow: Arms Transfers constitute an element of foreign policy. We therefore take into account foreign policy considerations as we contemplate each arms transfer or sale, including specifically, the appropriateness of the transfer in responding to U.S and recipient security needs; the degree to which the transfer supports U.S. strategic foreign policy and defense interests through increased access and influence; allied burden sharing and interoperability; consistency with U.S. interests regarding regional stability; the degree of protection afforded by the recipient company to our sensitive technology; the risk that significant change in the political or security situation of the recipient country could lead to inappropriate end use or transfer; and the likelihood that the recipient would use the arms to commit human rights abuses or serious violations of international humanitarian law, or retransfer the arms to those who would commit such abuses. As a second key point, arms transfers support the U.S. Defense industrial base and they reduce the cost of procurement for our own U.S. military. Purchases made through the Foreign Military Sales, known as the FMS, system often can be combined with our Defense Department orders to reduce unit costs. Beyond this, the US defense industry directly employs over 1.7 million people across our nation. 20:20 Vice Admiral Joseph Rixey: FMS is the government-to-government process through which the U.S. government purchases defense articles, training, and services on behalf of foreign governments, authorized in the Arms Export Control Act. FMS is a long standing security cooperation program that supports partner and regional security, enhances military-to-military cooperation, enables interoperability and develops and maintains international relationships. Through the FMS process, the US government determines whether or not the sale is of mutual benefit to us and the partner, whether the technology can and will be protected, and whether the transfer is consistent with U.S. conventional arms transfer policy. The FMS system is actually a set of systems in which the Department of State, Department of Defense, and Congress play critical roles. The Department of Defense in particular executes a number of different processes including the management of the FMS case lifecycle which is overseen by DSCA (Defense Security Cooperation Agency). Technology transfer reviews, overseen by the Defense Technology Security Administration, and the management of the Defense Acquisition and Logistics Systems, overseen by the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, and the military departments. This process, or a version of it, also serves us well, in the DoD Title X Building Partnership Capacity arena, where the process of building a case, validating a requirement and exercising our U.S. acquisition system to deliver capability is modeled on the FMS system. I want to say clearly that overall the system is performing very well. The United States continues to remain the provider of choice for our international partners, with 1,700 new cases implemented in Fiscal Year 2016 alone. These new cases, combined with adjustments to existing programs, equated to more than $33 billion in sales last year. This included over $25 billion in cases funded by our partner nations' own funds and approximately $8 billion in cases funded by DOD Title X program or Department of State's Appropriations. Most FMS cases move through the process relatively quickly. But some may move more slowly as we engage in deliberate review to ensure that the necessary arms transfer criteria are met. 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The whole team's back together again to discuss the upcoming repeat election happening in Berlin on Sunday, February 12. Here's a link to the candidates' debate that we reference throughout the episode: https://www.rbb24.de/politik/hintergrund/livestream-ihre-wahl-kandidatencheck-berlin-abgeordnetenhaus.html You can check out the latest polls and coalition possibilities here: https://interaktiv.tagesspiegel.de/lab/wahl-wiederholung-abgeordnetenhaus-2023-umfragen-prognosen-analysen-ergebnisse-wahlkarten/ And for some more background to the repeat election, check out this article from Deutsche Welle: https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-gears-up-to-repeat-botched-elections/a-64621620 -- Co-hosted by Ted (@ted_knudsen) and Michelle (@shhellgames). Produced by Isaac (@wuermann). Follow Spaßbremse on Twitter (@spassbremse_pod). Music by Lee Rosevere. Art by Franziska Schneider.

Det är svårt att säga att det inte finns nog många berättelser om och perspektiv på andra världskriget. Dagens avsnitt är dock en av de mindre ofta undersökta. Det vågar vi påstå. I såväl de franska som de brittiska leden fanns hundra och åter hundratusentals människor från de afrikanska kolonierna. De stred mot tyskar i Frankrike och Nordafrika, samt mot japaner i Burma.Vi försöker denna gång få grepp om hur och varför afrikaner hamnade i europeiska arméer. Hur deras verklighet i kriget såg ut samt vilka följder det afrikanska andra världskriget fick.Läslista:Schimanski, Folke, De bortglömda: andra världskriget i Afrika, Asien, Oceanien och Latinamerika, Leopard, Stockholm, 2015"Africas Forgotten World War II Veterans" i Deutsche Welle 2/6 2016Morrow, John "Black Africans in World War II: The Soldiers' Stories" i the Annals of the American Academy 11/2010 Lyssna på våra avsnitt fritt från reklam: https://plus.acast.com/s/historiepodden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a lot of pressure, the German government has authorised the delivery of German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine, both directly and via third countries. Chancellor Scholz had been criticised by allies who believed he was taking too long to decide and was not communicating his intentions properly. Scholz says it was necessary to coordinate closely with allies, in particular the United States, which has also decided to send some of its own tanks to Ukraine. Also, Europe's economy seems to be performing better than previously thought with Thomas saying experts are predicting that the Eurozone will avoid a recession this year. Thomas Sparrow is a political correspondent for Deutsche Welle, based in Berlin

Protests - sparked by the death of a young woman in the custody of Iranian morality police - have continued for over four months, evolving to incorporate women's rights, economic concerns and regime change. The authorities have fought back with a severe, violent crackdown, but how long can protesters continue? And could it lead to a revolution?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest: Ramita Navai, foreign affairs investigative journalist, and former Tehran correspondent for The Times. Host: Manveen RanaClips: BBC Persian, 1500 Tasvir, CBS News, Deutsche Welle, BBC News, Sky News, PBS, WION, UK Parliament, Babak Taghvaee, via Twitter, Holly Dagres, via Twitter, Jonathan Swain, via Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Una nueva forma para viajar, a traves de las grandes obras musicales del genero clasico. Conducido por Juan Fernando Villafuerte Ex colaborador de la Deutsche Welle de Alemania y la Elizabeth Trabanino, Directora de Radio Clasica, quienes a traves de una tertulia contaran las historias que se esconden detras de las operas a manera de poner en contexto al publico sobre el origen de estas grandes composiciones.

Ciro Gómez Leyva, periodista y titular del espacio de “Por la Mañana”, dio una entrevista al medio Deutsche Welle. El periodista dijo sentirse muy preocupado y triste por el atentado que sufrió. Agradeció las muestras de solidaridad que ha recibido. Afirma que a través de los años ha estado en situaciones de tensión, pero nunca en la Ciudad de México se había escuchado que le dispararan ‘a la cabeza' a un periodista. Ciro Gómez Leyva asegura que no hará hipótesis del responsable del atentado y que vivir con el dispositivo de seguridad que se la asignado es una manera de vivir muy diferente, con incertidumbre.

Thế giới vẫn sôi sục ngay trong ngày đầu năm mới 2023. Chiến sự tại Ukraina vẫn diễn ra ác liệt mà không chút hy vọng đàm phán hòa bình. Tại châu Á, eo biển Đài Loan, một thùng thuốc súng khác, cũng chực chờ bùng nổ trước nguy cơ xảy ra đối đầu quân sự Mỹ - Trung. Ukraina bắt đầu năm mới 2023 giống như khi kết thúc năm cũ 2022 : Người dân Ukraina hứng chịu những làn mưa tên lửa trong những ngày giao thừa và đầu năm mới. Cuộc chiến xâm lược Ukraina do Nga tiến hành bắt đầu từ tháng 2/2022 nay đã bước sang tháng thứ 11, làm cho gần 200 ngàn người thiệt mạng và bị thương ở cả hai phía. Những lời kêu gọi đàm phán cho một lệnh hưu chiến mỗi lúc một nhiều, mà vẫn không hạ được mức độ khốc liệt của cuộc xung đột. Một mặt, Nga gặp khó khăn trên chiến trường, giờ đổi chiến thuật, cho oanh kích ồ ạt bằng drone hay tên lửa hành trình, bắn phá các cơ sở năng lượng của Ukraina. Mặt khác, Washington vẫn tiếp tục cung cấp vũ khí ngày càng tinh vi hơn cho Kiev, dù cũng tỏ ra cảnh giác, tránh leo thang để đi đến đối đầu trực diện với Matxcơva. Ukraina : Chiến tranh kéo dài đến khi nào ? Trong hoàn cảnh này, giới quan sát đánh giá ít có hy vọng cho các cuộc đàm phán hòa bình trong năm nay. Nguyệt san Le Monde Diplomatique (số ra tháng Giêng năm 2023) bi quan nhận định : « Cuộc xung đột giờ đã ác liệt đến mức khó thể đảo ngược tình thế. Cả điện Kremlin, hiện đang đánh cược cho sự sống còn của chế độ, lẫn Kiev đang hứng chịu sự tàn phá nặng nề, đều không muốn quay trở lại bàn đàm phán. Lập trường của hai bên tham chiến giờ đã trở nên cứng rắn. » Đối với học giả về quan hệ quốc tế Gilbert Achcar, trường Nghiên cứu Phương Đông và Châu Phi, đại học Luân Đôn, những tuyên bố kêu gọi đó có ý nghĩa tuyên truyền nhiều hơn, mang tính tối hậu thư hơn là thực tâm muốn đàm phán. Trên kênh truyền hình độc lập Democracy Now của Mỹ, ông giải thích : « Về phía Nga, ông Vladimir Putin từ hồi tháng 9/2022, đã kêu gọi ngưng bắn và đề nghị phía Ukraina trở lại bàn đàm phán. Đó chỉ là những lời lẽ của ông ấy. Nhưng nếu quý vị đọc rõ những gì Putin đang nói, thì đồng thời ông ấy cũng nói rằng không đời nào có chuyện thảo luận về bốn tỉnh của Ukraina mà ông ấy cho là đã chính thức sáp nhập vào Nga. Nếu điều này bị loại ra khỏi bất kỳ cuộc đàm phán nào, thì làm thế nào các cuộc đàm phán đó, thậm chí lệnh ngừng bắn đi đến cuộc đàm phán lại có thể xảy ra ? Về phía Ukraina, họ có thể linh hoạt hơn nhưng đôi khi quý vị thấy có những tuyên bố như kiểu gần đây của ngoại trưởng Ukraina rằng điều kiện để đàm phán là Vladimir Putin và các lãnh đạo khác của Nga phải bị đưa ra trước tòa án quốc tế. Tất nhiên, một lần nữa, điều đó đặt ra tiêu chuẩn quá cao để cho bất kỳ một cuộc đàm phán nào có thể diễn ra. » Đâu là lối thoát cho cuộc chiến tại Ukraina, cuộc chiến tàn khốc nhất kể từ sau Đệ Nhị Thế Chiến ? Trả lời cho câu hỏi này, nhiều nhà quan sát lấy làm tiếc về sự vắng bóng vai trò của Liên Hiệp Quốc, mà theo ông Gilbert Achcar, đây có thể là cách duy nhất để thay đổi tình hình và chấm dứt chiến tranh. « Cách duy nhất để kết thúc cuộc chiến này là Liên Hiệp Quốc phải nhập cuộc. Điều đó có nghĩa là có sự tham dự của Trung Quốc. Nhưng tôi thấy rằng cả Hoa Kỳ và Trung Quốc đều không háo hức để Liên Hiệp Quốc giải quyết vấn đề này. Ý tôi là, một nền hòa bình lâu dài và công bằng, chỉ có thể khi đó là một nền hòa bình không có sự thôn tính và một nền hòa bình dựa trên quyền tự quyết của người dân tại những vùng lãnh thổ có tranh chấp. Các vấn đề phải được giải quyết một cách hòa bình, dân chủ, không bằng vũ lực. Đây cũng chính là một trong số các nguyên tắc chính, nền tảng cơ bản của Hiến Chương Liên Hiệp Quốc. Điều đó có nghĩa là giải pháp cho các vấn đề nên thông qua Liên Hiệp Quốc, các cuộc đàm phán cũng nên thông qua Liên Hiệp Quốc và tôn trọng các nguyên tắc trong Hiến Chương Liên Hiệp Quốc. Chỉ có điều tôi không thấy chính quyền Biden thực sự tích cực trong việc cố gắng đạt được điều đó. Bởi vì, cách làm này còn đòi hỏi có sự hợp tác của Trung Quốc. Mà chính quyền Biden thì cực kỳ hiếu chiến và thù địch với Trung Quốc. Một lập trường vốn dĩ đã bắt đầu từ thời ông Donald Trump. Và thái độ này là hoàn toàn phản tác dụng cho triển vọng hòa bình, bởi Trung Quốc  rõ ràng nắm giữ một vị trí quan trọng, là đồng minh quan trọng duy nhất mà Matxcơva có thể xem xét đến và do đó,Trung Quốc ảnh hưởng rất nhiều đến bất kỳ quyết định nào mà Nga đưa ra. » Đài Loan : Thùng thuốc súng chực chờ phát nổ Một điểm nóng khác trên thế giới mà nguy cơ bùng nổ cũng đã chực chờ từ nhiều năm qua : Đài Loan. Nhật báo Kinh tế Les Echos của Pháp, khi điểm ra 12 sự kiện có thể đánh dấu năm 2023, ghi nhận trong những ngày cuối năm 2022, số chiến đấu cơ Trung Quốc xâm nhập vùng nhận diện phòng không của Đài Loan đã tăng lên mức kỷ lục. Tình hình này buộc chính phủ Đài Bắc thông báo kéo dài thời hạn nghĩa vụ quân sự từ 4 lên 12 tháng. Ý đồ của Tập Cận Bình gia tăng áp lực trong năm 2023 sẽ còn mạnh mẽ hơn vào lúc cuộc bầu cử tổng thống Đài Loan tháng 01/2024 đang đến gần. Giống như đối với Ukraina, Đài Loan là một trong số hiếm hoi hồ sơ có được sự đồng thuận mạnh mẽ của lưỡng đảng Quốc Hội Mỹ rằng cần phải duy trì việc cung cấp vũ khí cho Đài Loan để nâng cao hơn nữa khả năng tự vệ của hòn đảo. Đương nhiên, quyết định này của Mỹ đã khiến Trung Quốc tức giận, cho rằng Washington đã phá vỡ những thỏa thuận được thực hiện từ nhiều thập niên qua. Việc cựu chủ tịch Hạ Viện Mỹ Nancy Pelosi thăm Đài Bắc hồi tháng 8/2022 khiến Bắc Kinh nổi dóa, tổ chức một cuộc tập trận hải không quân quy mô lớn chưa từng có. Rồi tổng thống Mỹ Joe Biden nhiều lần khẳng định sẽ bảo vệ quân sự Đài Loan làm cho Trung Quốc nghĩ rằng Hoa Kỳ không còn tôn trọng chính sách « Một nước Trung Hoa duy nhất », như lời đả kích mạnh mẽ từ vị đại tá Trung Quốc đã về hưu Châu Bá, trên kênh truyền hình quốc tế Deutsche Welle của Đức : « Đây là điều mà chúng tôi tin rằng họ đang làm : Họ đang bác bỏ khái niệm Một Nước Trung Quốc duy nhất, cho dù Hoa Kỳ vẫn nói về điều này, nhưng bản chất đang bị thay đổi với nhiều kiểu thăm viếng như vậy hơn, với nhiều hợp đồng bán vũ khí cho Đài Loan, với việc ông Joe Biden bốn lần nói rằng Hoa Kỳ sẽ bảo vệ Đài Loan bằng quân sự. Chúng tôi e rằng bản chất sự việc đang thay đổi. » Theo quan điểm của chuyên gia Meia Nouwens, Viện Nghiên Cứu Chiến Lược Quốc Tế (IISS), chính sự phát triển mạnh mẽ của quân đội Trung Quốc mới là yếu tố thay đổi cuộc chơi. Cũng trên kênh truyền hình Deutsche Welle, bà Nouwens giải thích : « Quân đội Giải phóng Nhân dân vào lúc này đang trải qua một quá trình cải cách và hiện đại hóa quy mô lớn dưới sự lãnh đạo và chỉ đạo của chủ tịch Tập Cận Bình, qua việc bổ sung nhiều hơn các khả năng tiên tiến, hiện đại hơn vào kho vũ khí cho không quân, hải quân, bộ binh và tất nhiên cả trong các lĩnh vực không gian và mạng. » Về phần mình, Kevin Rudd, cựu thủ tướng Úc và cũng là một chuyên gia về Trung Quốc, cho rằng khi quan sát sự việc từ hai phía, có thể thấy rằng cả Washington và Bắc Kinh đang đồng thời cắt đứt quan niệm truyền thống về Chính Sách Một Nước Trung Quốc. « Khi Mỹ bắt đầu xoay quanh câu hỏi về cấp độ chính thức trong mối quan hệ giữa chính quyền Đài Loan và chính quyền Hoa Kỳ, thì Trung Quốc sẽ lập luận rằng Washington bắt đầu cắt từng chút một toàn bộ khái niệm "một nước Trung Quốc" để trở thành "hai nước Trung Hoa". Điều đó được thúc đẩy bởi sự xói mòn học thuyết truyền thống của Mỹ chuyển từ "mơ hồ chiến lược" thành "rõ ràng chiến lược", đó là điểm mà tổng thống Biden đã cho thấy gần đây nhất. Ở phía bên kia, Mỹ cũng nói rằng Trung Quốc luôn biết rõ là Washington sẽ phản đối mọi hành động đe dọa sử dụng vũ lực. Và việc triển khai các khí tài quân sự sau chuyến thăm của Pelosi đã diễn ra sau một loạt các nỗ lực của Trung Quốc trong những năm gần đây nhằm tăng cường sức mạnh quân sự ở trong nước và xung quanh Đài Loan. Vì vậy, Mỹ sẽ lập luận rằng Trung Quốc cũng đang cắt khúc Chính sách Một nước Trung Quốc để bắt đầu sử dụng nhiều hơn nữa các hoạt động quân sự chuẩn bị chiến dịch đánh chiếm đảo. » Đương nhiên, những tính toán này của Mỹ và Trung Quốc khiến các nước trong khu vực lo ngại. Chưa có lúc nào nguy cơ va chạm quân sự giữa hai cường quốc hàng đầu thế giới lại cao như lúc này. Michèle Flournoy, chuyên gia hàng đầu về an ninh quốc phòng, Trung Tâm An Ninh Mới Của Mỹ tại Washington, trên Deutsch Well cảnh báo :   « Chúng ta không có biện pháp giảm thiểu rủi ro nào như chúng ta đã từng có ngay cả khi ở đỉnh điểm của Chiến Tranh Lạnh với Liên Xô. Quả thật, không có đường dây nóng nào mà chúng tôi tin sẽ có người nhấc máy ở đầu dây bên kia. Không có giao thức giảm thiểu rủi ro nào mà người ta có thể sử dụng trong một cuộc khủng hoảng để giảm leo thang nếu như có một số tính toán sai lầm ».

Una nueva forma para viajar, a traves de las grandes obras musicales del genero clasico. Conducido por Juan Fernando Villafuerte Ex colaborador de la Deutsche Welle de Alemania y la Elizabeth Trabanino, Directora de Radio Clasica, quienes a traves de una tertulia contaran las historias que se esconden detras de las operas a manera de poner en contexto al publico sobre el origen de estas grandes composiciones.

Ukraine's capital Kyiv was once again targeted by Russian forces overnight. Elsewhere, dozens of Russian soldiers have been killed in a Ukrainian missile attack on a Russian base in the occupied Donetsk region. Emmanuelle Chaze of Deutsche Welle spoke with the programme from Kyiv.

Cities across the country have been been hit by a wave of Russian missile strikes today, in one of the largest bombardments since the war began. Deutsche Welle's Emmanuele Chaze spoke with the programme from Kyiv.

In the week between Christmas and New Year, we're listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2022.As the Ukraine war progressed, journalists, activists and critics were forced to flee the country. But as Putin's grip on the media tightened, what was it like for the people who were left? And when does it become too dangerous to stay? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guest: Marc Bennetts, foreign correspondent, The Times and The Sunday Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: The Guardian, Deutsche Welle, BBC Newsnight, France 24, CBS News, Sky News, The Telegraph, BBC News, NBC News, Times Radio, PBS Newshour, NEXTA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emmanuelle Chaze reporter with Deutsche Welle on the latest attacks in Kherson

Una nueva forma para viajar, a traves de las grandes obras musicales del genero clasico. Conducido por Juan Fernando Villafuerte Ex colaborador de la Deutsche Welle de Alemania y la Elizabeth Trabanino, Directora de Radio Clasica, quienes a traves de una tertulia contaran las historias que se esconden detras de las operas a manera de poner en contexto al publico sobre el origen de estas grandes composiciones.

In the week between Christmas and New Year, we're listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2022.From Squid Game to K-pop to kimchi, South Korea has taken the planet by storm. How did a once-impoverished country turn its fortunes around? And what has it done for South Korea's standing abroad?'Hallyu! The Korean Wave' is on at the V&A in South Kensington until June 2023: https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/hallyu-the-korean-wave This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guest: Josh Glancy, Special Correspondent, The Sunday Times.Host: Jenny Kleeman. Clips: BBC News, Deutsche Welle, Oscars, ABC News, Blackpink, The White House.Film and music excerpts:Crash Landing on You, dir. Lee Jeong-hyo, NetflixI Know, Seo Taiji and Boys, Genie MusicInto the New World, Girls Generation, SM EntertainmentGangnam Style, Psy, YG EntertainmentButter, BTS, Hybe Corporation/Big Hit MusicBoombayah, BLACKPINK, YG EntertainmentParasite, dir. Bong Joon Ho, CJ EntertainmentSquid Game, dir. Hwang Dong-hyuk, Netflix Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Den sjunde december 2022 slår 3 000 poliser till mot 130 olika platser i Tyskland. 25 personer grips i den största razzia som någonsin genomförts mot en misstänkt terrororganisation i Tysklands historia. Snart ska det visa sig att de misstänkta tillhör en högerextrem grupp som ska ha planerat att genomföra en våldsam statskupp för att störta den tyska demokratin. Dokumentären gjordes i december 2022 av Jonas David och Esfar Ahmad. Producent: Dennis Jörnmark. Ljuden är hämtade från Sveriges Radio, SVT, Aftonbladet, Die Spiegel, BILD, Deutsche Welle och Youtube.

We speak to Emmanuelle Chaze, Correspondent with Deutsche Welle .

Una nueva forma para viajar, a traves de las grandes obras musicales del genero clasico. Conducido por Juan Fernando Villafuerte Ex colaborador de la Deutsche Welle de Alemania y la Elizabeth Trabanino, Directora de Radio Clasica, quienes a traves de una tertulia contaran las historias que se esconden detras de las operas a manera de poner en contexto al publico sobre el origen de estas grandes composiciones.

Representing a district near several of Germany's largest coal mines and lignite-burning power plants, Kathrin Henneberger entered the Bundestag, Germany's Federal Parliament, on a mandate from Green voters to accelerate the clean energy transition both at home and abroad.  Long involved in the campaign to curtail global coal and fossil fuel production as well as human rights, during the summer of 2022, Henneberger traveled to Colombia, visited with front line coal, oil and gas communities and began forging a new intergovernmental climate alliance.  But with her own country struggling to phase out coal, her constituents living near the edges of Germany's still expanding open pit mines, and the energy crisis continuing to impact us all, instead of being able to make immediate progress, Henneberger has been fighting something of a rear-guard action to at least maintain the environmental and climate gains already in place a year ago.  In this podcast, Henneberger discusses why she traveled to Colombia, what she experienced while there and shares her insights with lead blogger and podcaster, Michael Buchsbaum.  The episode can also be played on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.  For more on Colombia's energy transition, listeners should check out the preceding podcast with Deutsche Welle correspondent, Judit Alonso as well as lead blogger, Michael Buchsbaum's seven-part Colombian Conundrum series: https://energytransition.org/2022/10/colombia-part-1-the-global-energy-transition-podcast-season-2-episode-1/  https://energytransition.org/2022/11/colombian-conundrum-resetting-development-relationships-with-germany-and-the-world/ https://energytransition.org/2022/11/colombias-first-ever-left-green-government-shakes-up-nations-energy-sector/ https://energytransition.org/2022/10/colombian-coal-connections-german-mep-kathrin-henneberger-works-to-phase-it-out-on-both-sides-of-the-atlantic/ https://energytransition.org/2022/10/russias-war-does-not-require-returning-to-energy-colonialism-in-colombia/ https://energytransition.org/2022/10/colombian-conundrum-cleaner-energy-or-green-extractivism-poses-another-challenge-for-nations-1st-left-green-government/ https://energytransition.org/2022/10/colombian-conundrum-banning-russian-fossil-fuels-ups-global-demand-for-blood-coal/ https://energytransition.org/2022/10/colombian-conundrum-global-demand-for-its-fossil-fuels-face-pleas-for-reform/

We speak to Emmanuelle Chaze, Correspondent with Deutsche Welle .

Gäste: Roman Goncharenko, Deutsche Welle, Redaktion Russisch/Ukrainisch; Olivia Kortas, deutsch-polnische Journalistin; Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, USA; Thomas Mayer, Brüssel-Korrespondent Der Standard, Österreich Von Anke Plättner.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has delivered (yet) another speech, this time in Washington DC, and Darren thinks it's a big deal. Is he overreacting? Meanwhile, Allan draws some interesting contrasts analysing the recent 2+2s Australia's Foreign and Defence Ministers held with their US counterparts (AUSMIN) and then with Japan, and also summarises what we know about the Labor government's foreign policy so far. Darren's word of the year is ‘polycrisis' and he (tries to) explain why, while Allan's is ‘statecraft'. We thank Walter Colnaghi for research and audio editing and Rory Stenning for composing our theme music. Relevant links Penny Wong, “Speech to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace”, Washington DC, 7 December 2022: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/speech/speech-carnegie-endowment-international-peace Richard Marles, “Sasakawa Peace Foundation Speech”, Tokyo, 9 December 2022: https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/speeches/2022-12-09/sasakawa-peace-foundation-speech Doug Palmer, “WTO says Trump's steel tariffs violated global trade rules”, Politico, 9 December 2022: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/09/wto-ruling-trump-tariffs-violate-rules-00073282 Joint Statement on Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2022: https://www.dfat.gov.au/international-relations/joint-statement-australia-us-ministerial-consultations-ausmin-2022 Tenth Japan-Australia 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations, Joint Statement, 9 December 2022: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/tenth-japan-australia-22-foreign-and-defence-ministerial-consultations Penny Wong, “Why I'm imposing sanctions on human rights abusers”, Sydney Morning Herald, 10 December 2022: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/penny-wong-why-i-m-imposing-sanctions-on-human-rights-abusers-20221209-p5c51i.html?btis Adam Tooze, “Chartbook #130 Defining polycrisis - from crisis pictures to the crisis matrix”, 24 June 2022: https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-130-defining-polycrisis Reuters, “Factbox: Energy crisis revives coal demand and production”, 20 October 2022: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/energy-crisis-revives-coal-demand-production-2022-10-19/ Tim Schauenberg, “COP27 host Egypt criticized for climate targets, repression”, Deutsche Welle, 6 November 2022: https://www.dw.com/en/cop27-in-sharm-el-sheikh-climate-change-human-rights-violations-and-other-issues-making-waves/a-63624720 Guardian Australia, “Penny Wong on stabilising Australia's relationship with China”, 26 November 2022: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2022/nov/26/penny-wong-on-stabilising-australias-relationship-with-china National Security Podcast, “Gareth Evans on repositioning Australia for a new age of geopolitics”, 1 December 2022: https://www.policyforum.net/national-security-podcast-australias-new-geopolitical-outlook/ Ross Douthat, “Hootie and the Blowfish and the End of History”, New York Times, 9 December 2022: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/opinion/chatbot-hootie-friends.html

Una nueva forma para viajar, a traves de las grandes obras musicales del genero clasico. Conducido por Juan Fernando Villafuerte Ex colaborador de la Deutsche Welle de Alemania y la Elizabeth Trabanino, Directora de Radio Clasica, quienes a traves de una tertulia contaran las historias que se esconden detras de las operas a manera de poner en contexto al publico sobre el origen de estas grandes composiciones.

Under de senaste tio åren har K-pop-bandet BTS blivit ett av världens mest populära band. Musiken har spridits över världen och bandet beräknas ha dragit in miljarder till Sydkoreas statskassa. Men i oktober 2022 kommer beskedet som förändrar allt. Dokumentären är gjord i november 2022 av Jonas David. Producent: Moa Lindstedt. Ljuden är hämtade ifrån KBS, ABC 7, Sveriges radio, Deutsche Welle, GMA, Entertainment tonight, TNT, Bangtan TV, fankontot Thats Bangtan och BTS sociala medier.

Thousands of police in Germany carried out a series of raids today against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the state in an armed coup. Officials said 25 people were detained. Kieran was joined by Emmanuelle Chaze, Political Correspondent and reporter for Deutsche Welle and France 24.

Una nueva forma para viajar, a traves de las grandes obras musicales del genero clasico. Conducido por Juan Fernando Villafuerte Ex colaborador de la Deutsche Welle de Alemania y la Elizabeth Trabanino, Directora de Radio Clasica, quienes a traves de una tertulia contaran las historias que se esconden detras de las operas a manera de poner en contexto al publico sobre el origen de estas grandes composiciones.

Deutschland liefert weiter schwere Waffen an die Ukraine. Flakpanzer, Brückenlegepanzer, Panzerhaubitzen und Mehrfachraketenwerfer stehen auf der Liste der Bundesregierung. Aber auch Schlafsäcke, Zelte und Wintermützen, damit die ukrainischen Soldaten in der Kälte einen Vorteil gegenüber den russischen Angreifern haben. Anna Engelke und Carsten Schmiester gehen im Podcast der Frage nach, wie Kriegsparteien Desinformation einsetzen. Zu den gefälschten Videos in sozialen Netzwerken gehören auch Bilder aus der Militärsimulation Computerspiel „Arma 3“. Warum ist die Propaganda der russischen Staatssender Sputnik und Russia Today weiter im Internet bei uns zu finden? Den Schwerpunkt hat Julia Weigelt aus dem Streitkräfte-Team recherchiert. Liste der Bundesregierung über Waffenlieferungen und militärische Hilfe an die Ukraine https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/krieg-in-der-ukraine/lieferungen-ukraine-2054514 Entwickler von Computerspiel wehren sich gegen Fake-Videos aus Computerspiel: https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/arma-3-kriegspropaganda-bohemia-fake-videos,3387382.html Übersicht der Bundesregierung zu Desinformation https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/umgang-mit-desinformation/eu-gegen-desinformation-2007442 Faktencheck des Europäischen Auswärtigen Dienstes https://euvsdisinfo.eu/de/ Susanne Spahn: Russische Medien in Deutschland: Die Bundestagswahlen 2021 - Zwischen Einflussnahme und Desinformation, Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung (Februar 2022) https://shop.freiheit.org/#!/Publikation/1210 Wie russische Propaganda in der deutschen Gesellschaft verfängt, MDR (25.4.22) https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/russische-propaganda-in-deutschland-100.html Russian disinformation threat looms large over cold German winter, Deutsche Welle (12.9.22) https://www.dw.com/en/russian-disinformation-threat-looms-large-over-cold-german-winter/a-63096336 Russia has spent over $300 million on influencing foreign elections since 2014, US officials say, CNN (13.9.22) https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/13/politics/russia-foreign-elections-influence/index.html Gesetz über digitale Dienste und Märkte, Bundesregierung (6.7.22) https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/europa/eu-regeln-online-plattformen-1829232 Desinformation erkennen ‒ Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung https://www.bpb.de/themen/medien-journalismus/stopfakenews/ Psychological inoculation improves resilience against misinformation on social media, Science Advances (24.8.22) https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo6254 Podcast-Tipp: eat.READ.sleep https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/eat-read-sleep-buecher-fuer-dich/sonderfolge-buchtipps-zu-weihnachten-1-2/ndr-kultur/12140955/

Entrevista en La FM con William Yang, periodista corresponsal en Asia de la Deutsche Welle.

Una nueva forma para viajar, a traves de las grandes obras musicales del genero clasico. Conducido por Juan Fernando Villafuerte Ex colaborador de la Deutsche Welle de Alemania y la Elizabeth Trabanino, Directora de Radio Clasica, quienes a traves de una tertulia contaran las historias que se esconden detras de las operas a manera de poner en contexto al publico sobre el origen de estas grandes composiciones.

Una nueva forma para viajar, a traves de las grandes obras musicales del genero clasico. Conducido por Juan Fernando Villafuerte Ex colaborador de la Deutsche Welle de Alemania y la Elizabeth Trabanino, Directora de Radio Clasica, quienes a traves de una tertulia contaran las historias que se esconden detras de las operas a manera de poner en contexto al publico sobre el origen de estas grandes composiciones.

Poland's government is holding an urgent meeting of its national security and defence committee after reports Russian missiles crossed into its territory, killing two people. It's believed two stray missiles hit a Polish village near the border of Ukraine. Local firefighters told Reuters two people had died in an explosion - a senior US intelligence official told the Associated Press the missiles had crossed into Poland, which is a member of NATO. Russia had been bombarding cities in Ukraine overnight New Zealand time - hitting cities including Kyiv and Lviv in the west, Kharkiv in the northeast and Odesa in the south. Ukraine's government says it's the heaviest wave of missile strikes in nearly nine months of war. Kathryn speaks with Warsaw-based Deutsche Welle correspondent Rafal Kiepuszewski.

Una nueva forma para viajar, a traves de las grandes obras musicales del genero clasico. Conducido por Juan Fernando Villafuerte Ex colaborador de la Deutsche Welle de Alemania y la Elizabeth Trabanino, Directora de Radio Clasica, quienes a traves de una tertulia contaran las historias que se esconden detras de las operas a manera de poner en contexto al publico sobre el origen de estas grandes composiciones.

With Idayat Hassan I discuss the state of democracies in West Africa. She is the Director of the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), an organization that is advocating for democratic reforms across the West African Region, and based in Abuja, Nigeria. The organization was founded in 1997 in London by Nigerians in Exile when Nigeria was still under military rule. But it relocated to Lagos when Nigeria made the important transition to a democratic regime in 1999. It has remained a bridge building institution between policymakers, civil society activists, and academics in West Africa ever since. If Idayat Hassan could change one institution in her home country Nigeria, it would be to strengthen the whole system of Federalism, to give local governments more autonomy, and more decision making power. What currently worries her is the reemergence of coups d'etat across Western Africa that make politics less predictable, and destroy democratic principles. She elaborates how the situation has been developing in recent times. An institution that the CDD is advocating for is the proportional representation electoral system that would get rid of the zero-sum politics, and allow emerging political parties to gain fair representation in parliament. Yet, proportional representation has received very little attention in the region so far. Idayat Hassan is a lawyer and has held fellowships in universities across Europe and the United States. Idayat received her bachelor's degree in law from the Lagos State University, and she holds an LL.M. in legal theory from the European Academy of Legal Theory, based in Brussels. Her interests span democracy, peace and security, transitional justice, and information and communications technology for development in West Africa. Idayat frequently appears in international and local media as an expert on the region and is regularly quoted in the BBC, Washington Post, The Economist, Radio France Internationale,, Deutsche Welle and many more. Show notes with a full transcript and links to all material discussed: https://rulesofthegame.blog/the-state-of-democracy-in-west-africa/ Schedule: 00:00 Introduction / 04:10 Personal questions / 07:06 Main discussion / 36:50 Recommendations by Idayat Hassan. Follow Idayat on Twitter (https://twitter.com/HassanIdayat) and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hassan-idayat-60939824/). Check out the website of Centre for Democracy and Development: https://cddwestafrica.org/ Please send feedback to stephan.kyburz@gmail.com. If you find my discussions interesting and you'd like to support my work, consider buying me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rulesofthegame Many thanks to Ana Margarida Santos who edited the episode. Please enjoy this wide ranging conversation with Idayat Hassan.

Steph founded Body Banter in 2016 after realizing the powerful role that discussion and advocacy played in her own eating disorder recovery journey. Through providing opportunities for community-building, advocacy and open discussion, she hopes that Body Banter can amplify the voices of individuals and empower them to be the driving forces behind creating a more accepting and accommodating world.  Her fascination with the relationship between language and mental health has led her to her current PhD studies in a joint program between the University of Hong Kong and local mental health charity Mind HK, where she is exploring how cultural context and conversations shape the ways we view mental health issues in our community.  Her work is internationally recognized, and has been featured on media platforms such as BBC, Channel NewsAsia, NowTV, and Deutsche Welle.  (www.bodybanter.com )In this episode, we discuss topics around cultural and gender differences in body image, the power of language that shapes our attitude towards mental health and illness, how we develop healthy identity with fitness and more.About the guest:Steph's LinkedInSteph's InstagramBody BanterAbout Emily:Emily's WebsiteEmily's InstagramEmily's Projects: Mental Muscle Website | Mental Muscle InstagramTackling Minds Podcast Website | Tackling Minds InstagramMusic credit:DanyaVodovoz ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Una nueva forma para viajar, a traves de las grandes obras musicales del genero clasico. Conducido por Juan Fernando Villafuerte Ex colaborador de la Deutsche Welle de Alemania y la Elizabeth Trabanino, Directora de Radio Clasica, quienes a traves de una tertulia contaran las historias que se esconden detras de las operas a manera de poner en contexto al publico sobre el origen de estas grandes composiciones.

Brazil's left-wing former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has achieved a historic victory over his far-right rival, the incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro. With many seeing this election as the last chance to save the Amazon rainforest, will Lula be able to reverse Bolsonaro's destructive policies?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest: Stephen Gibbs, Latin America correspondent, The Times and The Sunday Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: Times Radio, CBC News, Deutsche Welle, Channel 4 News, Reuters, France 24, Al Jazeera. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Una nueva forma para viajar, a traves de las grandes obras musicales del genero clasico. Conducido por Juan Fernando Villafuerte Ex colaborador de la Deutsche Welle de Alemania y la Elizabeth Trabanino, Directora de Radio Clasica, quienes a traves de una tertulia contaran las historias que se esconden detras de las operas a manera de poner en contexto al publico sobre el origen de estas grandes composiciones.

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we are exploring the climate impact of flying with hosts Neil King and Natalie Muller. The airline industry is responsible for 3.5% of greenhouse gas emissions. If trends continue, airlines could contribute 25% of CO2 emissions by 2050. And the fact that more than 80% of the population has never been on an airplane, emphasizes that flying is a privilege. For the 20% of us who have flown this carbon belongs to us.  16 million planes take off every year– and the number is expected to increase year over year. So it is unlikely humans will stop flying. What, then, are the solutions? Our host Neil King explores this issue with Thomas Fowler the director of sustainability at Ryan Air, Lauren Riley the director of global environmental affairs at United Airlines, Magdalena Heuwieser, a campaigner for the Stay Grounded Network to promote alternative transportation, and Dietrich Brockhagen, the CEO and founder of Atmosfair, a carbon offset program.  From these varied viewpoints, we learn about the airlines' strategies to minimize their impact– including the use of alternative fuels and more efficient planes; a campaign to encourage people to find alternative, less polluting transportation; and a non-profit that helps passengers offset the carbon from their flights while funding renewable energy programs.   This episode is a must for anyone considering air travel in the near future. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/is-it-time-to-rethink-air-travel/id1474805073?i=1000569268981 (On the Green Fence) https://www.dw.com/en/on-the-green-fence-a-deep-dive-into-the-environment/a-48670967 (Deutsche Welle) https://thecarbonalmanac.org (https://thecarbonalmanac.org) https://thecarbonalmanac.org/757/ (Climate Change Actions From Large to Small) https://thecarbonalmanac.org/for-short-trips-trains-are-about-as-fast-as-airplanes/ (Daily Difference) CONTRIBUTORS Special Acknowledgment:  Neil King and Natalie Muller, hosts of On The Green Fence, in association with Deutsche Welle. Episode Producer: Katherine Palmer Editor: Tania Marien Production Team: Lori Anding, Manon Doran, Mary Paffard Senior Producer: Tania Marien Supervising Producer: Jennifer Myers Chua Music: Cool Carbon Instrumental, Paul Russell, Musicbed Episode Art: Jennifer Myers Chua Network Voiceover: Olabanji Stephen

SUMMARY In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we are exploring the climate impact of flying with hosts Neil King and Natalie Muller. The airline industry is responsible for 3.5% of greenhouse gas emissions. If trends continue, airlines could contribute 25% of CO2 emissions by 2050. And the fact that more than 80% of the population has never been on an airplane, emphasizes that flying is a privilege. For the 20% of us who have flown this carbon belongs to us.  16 million planes take off every year– and the number is expected to increase year over year. So it is unlikely humans will stop flying. What, then, are the solutions? Our host Neil King explores this issue with Thomas Fowler the director of sustainability at Ryan Air, Lauren Riley the director of global environmental affairs at United Airlines, Magdalena Heuwieser, a campaigner for the Stay Grounded Network to promote alternative transportation, and Dietrich Brockhagen, the CEO and founder of Atmosfair, a carbon offset program.  From these varied viewpoints, we learn about the airlines' strategies to minimize their impact– including the use of alternative fuels and more efficient planes; a campaign to encourage people to find alternative, less polluting transportation; and a non-profit that helps passengers offset the carbon from their flights while funding renewable energy programs.   This episode is a must for anyone considering air travel in the near future. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/is-it-time-to-rethink-air-travel/id1474805073?i=1000569268981 (On the Green Fence) https://www.dw.com/en/on-the-green-fence-a-deep-dive-into-the-environment/a-48670967 (Deutsche Welle) https://thecarbonalmanac.org/ (https://thecarbonalmanac.org) https://thecarbonalmanac.org/757/ (Climate Change Actions From Large to Small) https://thecarbonalmanac.org/for-short-trips-trains-are-about-as-fast-as-airplanes/ (Daily Difference) CONTRIBUTORS Special Acknowledgment:  Neil King and Natalie Muller, hosts of On The Green Fence, in association with Deutsche Welle. Episode Producer: Katherine Palmer Editor: Tania Marien Production Team: Lori Anding, Manon Doran, Mary Paffard Senior Producer: Tania Marien Supervising Producer: Jennifer Myers Chua Music: Cool Carbon Instrumental, Paul Russell, Musicbed Episode Art: Jennifer Myers Chua Network Voiceover: Olabanji Stephen

Social media and traditional media overlap now more than ever, with social media providing an opportunity to reach and resonate with new audiences – for better or worse. Rachel Baig knows this intersection well. As a social media journalist and trainer for Deutsche Welle, she knows the ins and outs of not only using social to identify a great story but also how to spot a fake one. In this episode, Rachel breaks down important lessons from her training to understand media spoofs, verify images and videos, spot tell-tale signs of bots and more.

In the summer of 2012, South Korean rapper Psy released the song Gangnam Style and became a viral worldwide sensation. In the decade since, Korean culture has exploded - including cinema, drama, music, and fashion. So what drove the Korean wave? And what has it done for South Korea's standing abroad?'Hallyu! The Korean Wave' is on at the V&A in South Kensington until June 2023: https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/hallyu-the-korean-wave This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guest: Josh Glancy, Special Correspondent, The Sunday Times.Host: Jenny Kleeman. Clips: BBC News, Deutsche Welle, Oscars, ABC News, Blackpink, The White House.Film and music excerpts:Crash Landing on You, dir. Lee Jeong-hyo, NetflixI Know, Seo Taiji and Boys, Genie MusicInto the New World, Girls Generation, SM EntertainmentGangnam Style, Psy, YG EntertainmentButter, BTS, Hybe Corporation/Big Hit MusicBoombayah, BLACKPINK, YG EntertainmentParasite, dir. Bong Joon Ho, CJ EntertainmentSquid Game, dir. Hwang Dong-hyuk, Netflix Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Season 2, Episode 189 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Rebecca Liao on this week's show. Rebecca Liao is Co-Founder and CEO at Saga, a protocol for launching the next 1000 chains in the multiverse. The Saga platform allows developers to take a single tenant VM and automatically launch it on a dedicated blockchain, complete with fully provisioned validators and an optimally incentivized security structure. She is also a Co-Founder, Advisor and former COO at Skuchain, a currency agnostic blockchain for global trade and a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer for 2019. In 2020, the World Trade Organization named Skuchain one of the top three blockchain companies in trade and supply chain finance. Under her leadership, Skuchain's platform grew to $5 billion+ in annual volume. She is currently Advisor to Sommelier Protocol, where she is designing their DAO to optimize for governance, platform growth & regulatory compliance. She is also a Fellow at the Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology, where she produces and hosts the #global-public-policy podcast. She was a member of President Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign, advising on China, technology and Asia economic policy. She also served on Secretary Clinton's foreign policy team for her 2016 presidential campaign, responsible for Asia trade and economic policy. Prior to Skuchain, Rebecca was Director of Business Development and Head of Asia at Globality, Inc., a Softbank-backed B2B unicorn for AI-powered procurement of professional services. She began her career as an international corporate attorney at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Fenwick & West LLP. She represented clients in Asia, North America and Europe across a variety of industries, including Internet, mobile, semiconductors, enterprise software, energy, advertising technology, consumer technology and finance. Her work focused on domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments, venture financings, debt financings and public offerings of debt and equity. She also regularly advised public and private companies on corporate governance and securities law compliance. Rebecca is also a writer and China analyst. She regularly comments on China for Politico, Deutsche Welle and Channel NewsAsia and has also appeared on HuffPost Live and SiriusXM Radio. She is a contributing editor at SupChina. A graduate of Stanford University, where she studied Economics, and Harvard Law School, she serves on the Board of Advisors of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and is a Co-Chair of the Brookings Society. In the wake of rising anti-Asian hate, she co-founded, chairs and serves as an Executive Producer at The ACTION Project, a creative agency of Asian American Academy and Emmy Award-recognized creatives and leaders in entertainment, law, technology, business, education, and journalism leveraging our creative talent to shape the national narrative around our diverse community. She is also on the Board of Directors of Words Without Borders, Voices of Music and the Wagner Society of Northern California. She is also a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations. Rebecca is a jazz and opera singer and tweets at @beccaliao. If you're a small business owner, we highly recommend you take advantage of this offer. Comcast RISE is an initiative designed to help strengthen AAPI small businesses owners that have been hit the hardest by the economic impact of the pandemic. Comcast RISE aims to create sustainable impact and give meaningful support to the small businesses with FREE services. Head to https://bit.ly/RISE22Q3_Podcast_AHN to apply today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/asianhustlenetwork/support

On this first episode of season 5, Lera and Zach talk with Dr. Artyom Tonoyan about the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, delving into the history of tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russia's role and presence as mediator, and the various geopolitical vectors in the region. Thanks for listening! From the publisher: "East View Press aims to provide readers with the immediate context of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through the lens of Moscow, along with some insight into its complex historical, political and ethnic underpinnings." To purchase "Black Garden Aflame: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the Soviet and Russian Press" visit https://www.eastviewpress.com/resources/books/black-garden-aflame/. Enter the code BGA35 at checkout for 35% off the full price! https://www.eastviewpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Karabakh-cover-681x1024.jpg ABOUT THE GUEST Dr. Artyom Tonoyan was born and grew up in Gyumri, Armenia and now makes his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he was a research associate at the University of Minnesota's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (2015-2021). A sociologist by training, his research focuses on the intersection of religion and nationalism in Russia and the South Caucasus. His articles have appeared in Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Society, and Modern Greek Studies Yearbook, among others. He has been a frequent guest on the BBC, Deutsche Welle, France 24, and other outlets. He is currently working on a book charting the social, historical, and religious backgrounds of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He received his Ph.D. from Baylor University. Follow him on Twitter @ArtyomTonoyan. PRODUCER'S NOTE: This episode was recorded on September 16th, 2022 via Zoom. If you have questions, comments, or would like to be a guest on the show, please email slavxradio@utexas.edu and we will be in touch! CREDITS Associate Producer/Host: Lera Toropin (@earlportion) Associate Producer/Host: Zach Johnson Associate Producer: Cullan Bendig (@cullanwithana) Assistant Producer: Misha Simanovskyy (@MSimanovskyy) Assistant Producer: Sergio Glajar SlavX Social Media Manager: Eliza Fisher (@elizaafisher) SlavX Production Executive Assistant: Katherine Birch (@KatherineBirc12) Recording, Editing, and Sound Design: Michelle S Daniel Music Producer: Charlie Harper (www.charlieharpermusic.com) - Main Theme by Charlie Harper and additional background music by Shaolin Dub, Chad Crouch, Kirk Osamayo. Additional sound effects from NASA and Soviet space program archives. Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle S Daniel (@MSDaniel www.msdaniel.com) DISCLAIMER: Texas Podcast Network is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin. https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/9/9a59b135-7876-4254-b600-3839b3aa3ab1/P1EKcswq.png Special Guest: Artyom Tonoyan.

We talk to Emmanuelle Chaze, political correspondent with Deutsche Welle, who visited the mass grave site at Izium.

Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Paul Walker, who shares this recording of Deutsche Welle made on June 11, 2022 at 1515 UTC on 15195 kHz. The reception location was McGrath Alaska and receiver an ATS-25 paired with a loop antenna.

Para hablar de la capital estadounidense invitamos hoy a la corresponsal de la Deutsche Welle, Carolina Chimoy; a la periodista independiente María Luisa Rossel, y al director de "Post Opinión", Elías López

Sobre esas lecturas llamamos a cuatro periodistas: en Washington a Carolina Chimoy de la Deutsche Welle y Rafael Mathus Ruiz de "La Nación" de Buenos Aires", y en París a Marc Bassets de "El País" de Madrid y Amanda Sánchez de Caracol Radio

De sus mejores lecturas en el primer semestre de 2022 hablamos con Carolina Chimoy, corresponsal en Washington de la Deutsche Welle; Eusebio Val, corresponsal en París de "La Vanguardia" de Barcelona, y Juan Carlos Hidalgo, analista en San José