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Groong Week in Review - May 25, 2025Topics:May 28, Republic DayArmenia's EU-Russia policy confusionConstitutional changes for “peace”Impeachment vs. election dilemmaAzeri invasion threat and silenceGuestArthur KhachatryanHostsHovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 441 | Recorded: May 28, 2025SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/441VIDEO: https://youtu.be/voqa1Sy5iZYSubscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

In this episode, Scott Becker shares nine major stories shaping the business world, including surging markets driven by tariff delays, Apple's tension with U.S. trade policy, NVIDIA's China concerns, and more.

In this episode, Scott Becker shares nine major stories shaping the business world, including surging markets driven by tariff delays, Apple's tension with U.S. trade policy, NVIDIA's China concerns, and more.

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A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/shadow-warrior-what-zelenskys-debacle-says-about-us-newfound-clarity-13867967.htmlThe tongue-lashing received by Vladimir Zelensky in the Oval Office, in full view of the media, was a point of inflection. It highlighted something that we had suspected: the end of the ‘European Century' (or two or three), wherein they had risen to be the Masters of the Universe. Trump is emphasizing that the Atlantic was a 19th century story; with the rise of the US, the Pacific was the story of the 20th century; and the 21st finds the Indian Ocean rising.Zelensky's debacle was not the only pointer: Keir Starmer of the UK, despite some polite talk about the mythical ‘special relationship', was told sharply by Vance that there is no more free speech in the UK, and that it affects American technology companies and citizens. Let us remember also how Elon Musk lambasted the UK for its Pakistani rape gangs, and the limp-wristed reaction of its authorities. Trump also told Starmer “That's enough!”JD Vance, again, spoke some home truths to the Europeans at the Munich Security Conference, telling them their problems are home-grown: excessive migration, lack of democratic values, and censorship.All this is shocking to the supercilious elites of Europe, who are now seeing their cozy world collapse in front of their eyes: no more free-loading, no more Uncle Sam to the rescue. Suddenly, NATO is meaningless, and decades of Greta Thunberg and V-dem style lecturing, virtue-mongering and pontification are coming back to bite them on the backside.They must be recalling William Blake's apocalyptic vision in The Second Coming. Their world is indeed falling apart.Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity.It's hard to blame the Europeans. They have forgotten how it was only yesterday, as it were, that they were being hounded by the Barbary pirates, enslaved and turned into janissaries by the Turks. I read how the author of Don Quixote had been himself captured, enslaved for five years, and ransomed in 1580 for 300 gold coins, worth some $40,000 today.The European Century has made Europeans, and us, Fourth Worlders or those formerly colonized by them (as V S Naipaul put it), forget that Europe is just a backwater, a mere peninsula, an appendage, to Asia. It is now reverting to just “Northwest Asia”. For most of recorded history, Europe was an uncivilized land of savages; it was only the lucky accident of the Industrial Revolution that gave it the wherewithal to dominate the world.But that is in the past: the economic center of gravity of the world has indeed moved from the Atlantic to Asia.Source: The Economist.comThe illusion that America is obligated to support Europe, and also to fight Russia to the bitter end as part of the Cold War, was nurtured by Atlanticist Eastern Europeans exercised by an age-old blood feud: that between the Russian Orthodox Church on the one hand, and Catholics and other Protestant churches on the other hand.Those certainties are now falling by the wayside, as Trump pivots to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, as well as back to isolationist Fortress America. As Zelensky did mention in his tirade, America has the good fortune to have two oceans around it, a serious moat. The US has been gaslighted for a long time by nose-in-the-air Europeans, most especially the mischief-makers at the UK's Whitehall (who are the real Deep State). But that's wearing off, and the blinkers are falling from their eyes. Sadly for Zelensky, he will be the first one affected by this new-found clarity.Zelensky also made several rookie mistakes. First, you don't go to your benefactor's lair (ie. the US Oval Office) dressed in a sweatshirt. Second, you don't talk over Trump. Third, you don't get into a shouting match in English with native speakers when English is your second language: you might miss the nuances of “you don't hold any cards”, for instance. Fourth, and most importantly, you don't trust Starmer, Macron, etc. and take up cudgels with Trump.The near-simultaneous “toolkit” tweets from a lot of EU grandees suggests they gaslighted Zelensky into his suicidal bit of bravado against Trump in the Oval Office. They used the exact same words! And Trump doesn't take slights lightly.The implications are dire. The Ukraine War is as good as over, because the Europeans alone cannot (or will not) supply Zelensky with enough weaponry to hold off Russia indefinitely. The most likely outcome is a ceasefire followed by a standstill agreement: what Ukrainian territory Russia currently holds it will continue to hold; Ukraine will be de jure partitioned. The rest is negotiable.If the Europeans had any sense, they would patch up with Russia. NATO as we know it will come to an end, and EU+Russia is a pretty powerful force, and neither will have to kowtow to China. With the US out of the picture, divided EU and Russia will both fall into the dhritarashtra alinganam of sweet-talking China. To their ultimate detriment, of course.It is good to contrast Trump's treatment of all these Europeans with his much gentler treatment of the Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba, and the Indian PM Narendra Modi, both Quad partners. He was polite and businesslike with them. Also, when a reporter asked about AUKUS, the brain-dead partnership with the UK that Biden dragged another Quad partner, Australia, into, his response was: “What's that?”There were early glimpses of a Trump foreign policy taking shape, as I mentioned in two prior columns: Chronicles of a Foreign Policy Foretold and Trump's America and Modi's India. Now things are clearer: there's a new Sheriff in town, and things are going to be different. But, William Blake notwithstanding, it's not the end of the world. We will all carry on.1000 words, 1 Mar 2025 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/subscribe

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Putin's justifications for invading Ukraine uncannily reflect the motivations of one of Russian literature's most famous antiheroes, Dostoevsky's Rodion Raskolnikov. Read by Helen Lloyd. Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. Image: Vladimir Putin at an EU-Russia summit in Brussels. Credit: Peter Cavanagh / Alamy Stock Photo

PREVIEW - EU: RUSSIA & PRC Colleague Judy Dempsey of Carnegie observes that EU states perceive Russia and China as hostile powers, yet are not ready to respond and show far less resolve than the Trump Administration.  More tonight. 1910 Brussels

China's economy sees massive company exodus & investment collapse, the EU debates China sending armed drones to Russia, & China's population woesChina Update provides listeners with the most up to date political, economic, and geostrategic analysis on China - so that you are on top of the world's number 2 economy.   These podcasts are based on hundreds of articles, think tank reports, government statements and other resources in English and Chinese every week. The views and analysis are all my own and I produce the podcasts.  My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chinaupdate  Disclaimer: China Update is not a financial advisory channel. While I take great care in researching everything discussed in these podcasts, nothing I say should be taken as investment advice. Please speak to a professional before making any investment decisions. #China

In today's war diary, Nikolai Feldman and Alexey Arestovich discussed the main news on the 873rd day of war (hr1):➤ 00:00 The data on the Russian pilots who are bombing Ukraine is already in the Main Intelligence Directorate of the UAF. The purpose of publishing such information. Do Russian pilots feel remorse when attacking Ukrainian infrastructure and civilians?➤ 02:55 In Russia, the production of X-101 missiles was increased 8-fold. Does the Russian Federation have missile shortage?➤ 04:49 Is the movement towards truce pushed back to November? Fight of peaceful plans. Pressure on Ukrainian President Zelensky.➤ 08:53 Ukrainian leadership possible plan.➤ 10:08 Russian goals before winter.➤ 13:43 Plan of China, USA, Russia and France.➤ 14:58 Hungarian Prime Minister Orban: Europe must take the initiative to launch peacekeeping processes in Ukraine to prevent brutal casualties in the coming months.➤ 16:35 Political decision on the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. How to stop the propaganda train? Ukrainian Armed Forces: the lower part of the army rebels against the higher due to the practice of “meat assaults” for the PR programs of the Office of the President.➤ 21:21 NATO summit: military assistance to Ukraine and collective accusation of China of using Russia in the war against the West. Ukraine will not join NATO.➤ 25:15 President of the Czech Republic Pavel: recapturing the territories seized by Russia is an unrealistic task for Ukraine at this time.➤ 27:50 President of Romania: Ukraine received about half of the promised assistance, which is not enough for victory.➤ 29:30 Who needed the mutual withdrawal of Ukrainian and Belarusian troops from the border?➤ 34:13 A Prevented attempt on the life of the general director of the German arms manufacturing concern Rheinmetall. Sabotage activities of Russian intelligence services in the EU: Russia poses a real hybrid threat to NATO.➤ 40:20 New Patriot systems are not enough to protect the front-line territories of Ukraine. The Ukrainian military made a number of mistakes that led to the destruction of some systems. Why weren't the Ukrainian military given permission to destroy military targets on Russian territory?➤ 48:15 The West and Russia are waging a rational war. Ukraine is waging an irrational war.➤ 49:10 Sociological research commissioned by Mirror of the Week: war or peace? The effectiveness of Ukrainian propaganda. The ideological catastrophe of Ukraine.➤ 58:45 Paradoxes of sociological research in the divided reality of Ukrainians.➤ 01:05:08 The danger of “Russian world” is realized in the east and center of Ukraine. Most of the draft dodgers are in the west of the country. The Fifth Project can unite Ukrainians.Ukraine War Chronicles and Analytics with Alexey Arestovych and Nikolay Feldman @ALPHAMEDIACHANNELOlexiy Arestovych (Kiev): Advisor to the Office of Ukraine President : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksiy_ArestovychOfficial channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjWy2g76QZf7QLEwx4cB46gNikolay Feldman - Ukranian journalist, social researcher, blogger.

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PREVIEW: #EU: #RUSSIA: #PRC: Conversation with colleague Theresa Fallon in Brussels  re the alarm in Europe, especially the frontline NATO states, at the increasing number of hybrid attacks by Russian agents -- from warehouse fires to disinformation campaigns against the Paris Olympics.  Agents for both Russia and PRC.  More tonight. 1917 Vilnius, capital of Lithuania

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With the next round of EU Russia sanctions to be shortly introduced, luxury & fashion companies are having to navigate, yet again, what this means for their own business operations.  Even if not importing from Russia, the need to prove this is not the case can cause logistical issues and problems at customs if not anticipated. Customs and trade experts, Lionel Van Reet and Jean-Guillaume Benoit discuss the latest thoughts in advance of the official announcement of the 12th round of Russian sanctions, in which diamonds take center stage. They explore what this means in practical terms and what businesses need to be doing now to reduce the risk of supply chain disruption.

GUEST: Anastasiya Shapochkina - Founder and president of Eastern Circles, and energy industry expert. ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- INTRO: Grain. Energy. Fuel. There seems to be nothing Russia won't weaponize to achieve its imperialistic and expansionist ambitions. But are all these strategies now failing? Will Russia face a perfect storm of battlefield losses combined with losses in its hybrid economic warfare? #AnastasiyaShapochkina #ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #zelensky #putin #propaganda #war #disinformation #hybridwarfare #foreignpolicy #communism #sovietunion #ussr ---------- SPEAKER: Anastasiya Shapochkina is Founder and president of Eastern Circles, she has 11 years of experience in consulting and energy industry, where she worked on companies, technologies and market analysis in the renewable energy, utilities, nuclear energy, and e-mobility. She led development of international cross-industry partnership research projects on these subjects and represented business in European industrial and research associations. Anastasiya is a lecturer on geopolitics in Sciences Po Paris since 2012, focusing on the role of business in the EU-Russia relations. Anastasiya is author of articles on the geopolitics and geoeconomics in the Former Soviet Union, she has regular TV and radio appearances. Anastasiya graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, German, and European Studies Program. ---------- LINKS: https://easterncircles.com/en-about https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasiya-shapochkina-96081b5/ https://cges.georgetown.edu/profile/anastasiya-shapochkina/ ----------

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Life is becoming harder in Ukrainian cities as winter sets in and the supply of power and heat become uncertain. People in big cities cannot survive for long periods without heat. Russia's campaign to cripple Ukraine's power infrastructure could therefore trigger a new wave of emigration to Europe. Putin is resorting to terroristic threats, against nuclear facilities, as his army loses on the frontlines. Anastasiya Shapochkina is Founder and president of Eastern Circles, she has 11 years of experience in consulting and energy industry, where she worked on companies, technologies and market analysis in the renewable energy, utilities, nuclear energy, and e-mobility. She led development of international cross-industry partnership research projects on these subjects and represented business in European industrial and research associations. Anastasiya is a lecturer on geopolitics in Sciences Po Paris since 2012, focusing on the role of business in the EU-Russia relations. Anastasiya is author of articles on the geopolitics and geoeconomics in the Former Soviet Union, she has regular TV and radio appearances. Anastasiya graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, German, and European Studies Program.

In this episode Brendan and Charelle look at the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine one year after it started. Joined by Anna Herranz-Surrallés and Giselle Bosse, both Associate Professors at Maastricht University, they explore how the conflict has affected Ukraine and the EU. They also look at how the relationship between EU-Ukraine and EU-Russia have evolved since the beginning of the conflict, as well as the consequences of the EU's reaction, and the impact it had on the way the EU operates as a global actor. Secondary Sources: Dr. Giselle's recommendations: Putin vs The West (BBC Docu-series) Grey Bees, by Andrey Kurkov Giselle Bosse (2022) Values, rights, and changing interests: The EU's response to the war against Ukraine and the responsibility to protect Europeans. Contemporary Security Policy, 43:3, 531-546. Dr. Anna's recommendations: The Orphanage: A Novel by Serhiy Zhadan The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister by Olesya Khromeychuk Rebuilding Ukraine: Principles and Policies, edited by Yuriy Gorodnichenko Ilona Sologoub Beatrice Weder di Mauro --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maastricht-diplomat/message

***** Please note, the sound quality is not great because of an echo. I hope the quality of the content means that you'll persevere! ***** ---------- Russia used energy as an economic weapon against Ukraine in 2007. But it seems that it has now fully played the gas and oil cards, and Russia is losing the energy war. Has Vladimir Putin's winter gas attack backfired, as Moscow has been frozen out of lucrative European energy markets? Or will the terroristic threats against nuclear facilities re-emerge if Russia starts to lose badly on the battlefield? ---------- SPEAKER: Anastasiya Shapochkina is Founder and president of Eastern Circles, she has 11 years of experience in consulting and energy industry, where she worked on companies, technologies and market analysis in the renewable energy, utilities, nuclear energy, and e-mobility. She led development of international cross-industry partnership research projects on these subjects and represented business in European industrial and research associations. Anastasiya is a lecturer on geopolitics in Sciences Po Paris since 2012, focusing on the role of business in the EU-Russia relations. Anastasiya is author of articles on the geopolitics and geoeconomics in the Former Soviet Union, she has regular TV and radio appearances. Anastasiya graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, German, and European Studies Program.

This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Michael Thumann, foreign affairs correspondent for the German weekly newspaper Die ZEIT, longtime expert on Russia, and one of the only German correspondents still reporting from Moscow. Following the publication of Thumann's new book, “Revanche. Wie Putin das bedrohlichste Regime der Welt geschaffen hat” (“Revenge: How Putin created the most threatening regime in the world”, currently only available in German), he and Leonard discuss the roots of the Russian regime's imperialistic behaviour. What is the relevance of Vladimir Putin's interpretation of Russian history? Could Russia become a ‘normal country' in the future? And how have Germans' views of Russia changed since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine? This podcast was recorded on 1 February 2023. Further reading: - Revanche by Michael Thumann [available only in GER]: https://buff.ly/3lppnPn - The old is dying and the new cannot be born: A power audit of EU-Russia relations by Kadri Liik: https://t.co/W42ylXEfDp Bookshelf: - Geschichten aus der Heimat by Dmitry Glukhovsky [available only in GER] - Day of the Oprichnik by Vladimir Sorokin - The Frontline Essays on Ukraine's Past and Present by Serhii Plokhy

World News in 7 minutes. Wednesday 8th February 2023.Support us and read the transcripts at send7.org/transcriptsToday: Turkiye Syria rescue. Ukraine updates. Iran base. Ecuador referendum. China balloon 2. Burkina attack. Kenya Meta. EU Russia misinformation. France cancer ants.Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.With Stephen Devincenzi.Contact us at podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7If you enjoy the podcast please help to support us at send7.org/supportSEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi, Namitha Ragunath and Juliet Martin every morning. Transcripts can be found at send7.org/transcripts. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it. For more information visit send7.org/contact

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Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #NATO: #EU: #Russia: #PRC: Both Hapsburg-Empire-born economic modelers --  Hayek vs Polanyi -- market vs management  -- fail in a crisis. Antonia Colibasanu, Bucharest, Geopolitical Futures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/to-change-the-world-china-must-change/

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: Why I think there's a one-in-six chance of an imminent global nuclear war, published by MaxTegmark on October 8, 2022 on LessWrong. Many people have asked me what I think the odds are of an imminent major US-Russia nuclear war. My current estimate is about the same as losing in Russian roulette: one in six. The goal of this post is to explain how I arrived at this estimate. Please forgive its cold and analytic nature despite the emotionally charged topic; I'm trying not to be biased by hopes, fears or wishful thinking. My estimate is 30% x 80% x 70% ~ 1/6, as illustrated in the figure and explained below. The horizontal axis roughly corresponds to levels of escalation, while the vertical axis corresponds to how favorable outcomes are to the two sides. Possible outcomes To estimate the odds of pulling a spade out of a deck of cards, it's important to know how many suits there are. To estimate the odds that the current unstable situation ends up in the "KABOOM" outcome (a major US-Russia nuclear war that might cause nuclear winter and kill most people on Earth), it's similarly important to know what other reasonably stable outcomes it's competing against. The shorthand labels I've given these outcomes (grey boxes) should't be taken too literally: "Kosovo" & "Vietnam" refer to scenarios where one side wins outright (breakaway succeeds & Goliath is expunged, respectively). "Libya", "Korea" & "Finland" refer to intermediate outcomes involving simmering war, frozen war and full peace, respectively. I'm not showing the "Cuba" outcome (invasion averted by negotiated agreement) that was on the table in December 2021, since it's now off the table, as are resumed EU-Russia gas exports via the Nordstream pipelines. Escalation dynamics The grey ellipses represent relatively short-lived situations. We are currently in a vicious circle in the form of a self-perpetuating escalation spiral: since "Kosovo" is deemed unacceptable by Ukraine and the West while "Vietnam" is deemed unacceptable by Russia, both sides double down and escalate further whenever they fear losing. Such escalation has been both quantitative (more weapons, more mobilization) and qualitative (e.g., novel sanctions, heavier weapons, longer-range weapons, attacks inside Russia, scaled-up attacks on civilian infrastructure, shelling of a nuclear power plant, assassinations, sabotage of gas pipelines and Europe's longest bridge, annexations, and escalatory rhetoric about nuclear use). My assessment is that Russia, whose GDP is similar to Italy's, can no longer compete with the West in terms of quantitative escalation, and that Putin understands that his only chance to avoid the "Vietnam" outcome is to escalate qualitatively, with nuclear weapons use being his last resort. Last spring, I predicted that once loss of occupied territory loomed, he would annex what he controlled and start talking about nuclear defense of Russia's new borders – and here we are. Breaking the vicious circle I view it as highly unlikely (

Link to original articleWelcome 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: Why I think there's a one-in-six chance of an imminent global nuclear war, published by MaxTegmark on October 8, 2022 on LessWrong. Many people have asked me what I think the odds are of an imminent major US-Russia nuclear war. My current estimate is about the same as losing in Russian roulette: one in six. The goal of this post is to explain how I arrived at this estimate. Please forgive its cold and analytic nature despite the emotionally charged topic; I'm trying not to be biased by hopes, fears or wishful thinking. My estimate is 30% x 80% x 70% ~ 1/6, as illustrated in the figure and explained below. The horizontal axis roughly corresponds to levels of escalation, while the vertical axis corresponds to how favorable outcomes are to the two sides. Possible outcomes To estimate the odds of pulling a spade out of a deck of cards, it's important to know how many suits there are. To estimate the odds that the current unstable situation ends up in the "KABOOM" outcome (a major US-Russia nuclear war that might cause nuclear winter and kill most people on Earth), it's similarly important to know what other reasonably stable outcomes it's competing against. The shorthand labels I've given these outcomes (grey boxes) should't be taken too literally: "Kosovo" & "Vietnam" refer to scenarios where one side wins outright (breakaway succeeds & Goliath is expunged, respectively). "Libya", "Korea" & "Finland" refer to intermediate outcomes involving simmering war, frozen war and full peace, respectively. I'm not showing the "Cuba" outcome (invasion averted by negotiated agreement) that was on the table in December 2021, since it's now off the table, as are resumed EU-Russia gas exports via the Nordstream pipelines. Escalation dynamics The grey ellipses represent relatively short-lived situations. We are currently in a vicious circle in the form of a self-perpetuating escalation spiral: since "Kosovo" is deemed unacceptable by Ukraine and the West while "Vietnam" is deemed unacceptable by Russia, both sides double down and escalate further whenever they fear losing. Such escalation has been both quantitative (more weapons, more mobilization) and qualitative (e.g., novel sanctions, heavier weapons, longer-range weapons, attacks inside Russia, scaled-up attacks on civilian infrastructure, shelling of a nuclear power plant, assassinations, sabotage of gas pipelines and Europe's longest bridge, annexations, and escalatory rhetoric about nuclear use). My assessment is that Russia, whose GDP is similar to Italy's, can no longer compete with the West in terms of quantitative escalation, and that Putin understands that his only chance to avoid the "Vietnam" outcome is to escalate qualitatively, with nuclear weapons use being his last resort. Last spring, I predicted that once loss of occupied territory loomed, he would annex what he controlled and start talking about nuclear defense of Russia's new borders – and here we are. Breaking the vicious circle I view it as highly unlikely (

Earlier this week in Germany and the Czech Republic, tens of thousands took to the streets to demand an end to Russia sanctions and the start of the NordStream II pipeline. Then someone blew it up. With better EU/Russia commercial ties no longer an option, how much stronger will protests become? Also today, Kamala Harris tries her hand at foreign policy at the Korea DMZ...with predictable result.

Hosts: Ansel Lindner and Christian Keroles Watch this Episode: YouTube / Rumble  Slide deck Fed Watch is a macro podcast, true to bitcoin's rebel nature. Each episode we question mainstream and bitcoin narratives by examining current events in macro from across the globe, with an emphasis on central banks and currencies. In this episode, CK and I examine the current state of the Bitcoin market, the state of panic in Europe including some myths about the EU/Russia conflict, and finally read through an article about how China is really a Marxist country and proud of that fact.  Join my telegram for constant updates on bitcoin and macro, and go to bitcoinandmarkets.com to sign up for my free weekly newsletter the Bitcoin Fundamentals Report. Lower your time preference and lock-in your BITCOIN 2023 conference tickets today! Use the code BMLIVE for a 10% Discount!  https://b.tc/conference/2023 Use promocode: BMLIVE for 10% off everything in our store! https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/

Hosts: Ansel Lindner and Christian Keroles Watch this Episode: YouTube / Rumble  Slide deck Fed Watch is a macro podcast, true to bitcoin's rebel nature. Each episode we question mainstream and bitcoin narratives by examining current events in macro from across the globe, with an emphasis on central banks and currencies. In this episode, CK and I examine the current state of the Bitcoin market, the state of panic in Europe including some myths about the EU/Russia conflict, and finally read through an article about how China is really a Marxist country and proud of that fact.  Join my telegram for constant updates on bitcoin and macro, and go to bitcoinandmarkets.com to sign up for my free weekly newsletter the Bitcoin Fundamentals Report. Lower your time preference and lock-in your BITCOIN 2023 conference tickets today! Use the code BMLIVE for a 10% Discount!  https://b.tc/conference/2023 Use promocode: BMLIVE for 10% off everything in our store! https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/

World News in 7 minutes. Thursday 8th September 2022.Transcripts at send7.org/transcriptsToday: EU Russia energy cap. UK PM energy supply. Venezuela group missing. US stolen art. Vietnam karaoke fire. Hong Kong author arrests. Kenya Presidential candidate. Nigeria immorality investigations. Peppa Pig same-sex couple. Please leave a rating on Apple podcasts or Spotify.With Namitha Ragunath.Contact us at podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at speakpipe.com/send7If you enjoy the podcast please help to support us at send7.org/supportSEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the  world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, join Stephen Devincenzi and Namitha Ragunath every morning. Transcripts can be found at send7.org/transcripts. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, conflict, natural events, technology and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it. For more information visit send7.org/contact

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"With the eurozone crisis going back to 2010, the refugee crisis that culminated in 2015, the crisis of the EU-Russia relationship going back to the Ukrainian Maidan revolution of 2013-14, to the Covid-19 crisis in 2020, the EU has struggled to live up to the expectations it raised both in relation to its own people and neighbouring countries. This is not an accident". Could this really be by design? In European Disunion: Democracy, Sovereignty and the Politics of Emergency (Hurst in the UK, OUP in the US, 2022), Stefan Auer argues that the EU's hybrid form – falling somewhere between a multinational state and a multilateral organisation – comes closest to the ideals of Germany, its most powerful member. This attempt to bypass politics has weakened the EU in the many emergencies it has faced over the last 15 years. Today, he says, "Europeans do not have the luxury of living in a politics-less world". Stefan Auer is an Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, having previously taught in Melbourne and Dublin and twice held Jean Monnet chairs. A prolific contributor to political science journals, he won the 2005 UACES Best Book in European Studies prize for his Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe (Routledge, 2004). *The authors' own book recommendations are: After Europe by Ivan Krastev (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017) and Time of the Magicians: The Great Decade of Philosophy, 1919-1929 by Wolfram Eilenberger (2022). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors (a division of Energy Aspects). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

"With the eurozone crisis going back to 2010, the refugee crisis that culminated in 2015, the crisis of the EU-Russia relationship going back to the Ukrainian Maidan revolution of 2013-14, to the Covid-19 crisis in 2020, the EU has struggled to live up to the expectations it raised both in relation to its own people and neighbouring countries. This is not an accident". Could this really be by design? In European Disunion: Democracy, Sovereignty and the Politics of Emergency (Hurst in the UK, OUP in the US, 2022), Stefan Auer argues that the EU's hybrid form – falling somewhere between a multinational state and a multilateral organisation – comes closest to the ideals of Germany, its most powerful member. This attempt to bypass politics has weakened the EU in the many emergencies it has faced over the last 15 years. Today, he says, "Europeans do not have the luxury of living in a politics-less world". Stefan Auer is an Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, having previously taught in Melbourne and Dublin and twice held Jean Monnet chairs. A prolific contributor to political science journals, he won the 2005 UACES Best Book in European Studies prize for his Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe (Routledge, 2004). *The authors' own book recommendations are: After Europe by Ivan Krastev (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017) and Time of the Magicians: The Great Decade of Philosophy, 1919-1929 by Wolfram Eilenberger (2022). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors (a division of Energy Aspects). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

"With the eurozone crisis going back to 2010, the refugee crisis that culminated in 2015, the crisis of the EU-Russia relationship going back to the Ukrainian Maidan revolution of 2013-14, to the Covid-19 crisis in 2020, the EU has struggled to live up to the expectations it raised both in relation to its own people and neighbouring countries. This is not an accident". Could this really be by design? In European Disunion: Democracy, Sovereignty and the Politics of Emergency (Hurst in the UK, OUP in the US, 2022), Stefan Auer argues that the EU's hybrid form – falling somewhere between a multinational state and a multilateral organisation – comes closest to the ideals of Germany, its most powerful member. This attempt to bypass politics has weakened the EU in the many emergencies it has faced over the last 15 years. Today, he says, "Europeans do not have the luxury of living in a politics-less world". Stefan Auer is an Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, having previously taught in Melbourne and Dublin and twice held Jean Monnet chairs. A prolific contributor to political science journals, he won the 2005 UACES Best Book in European Studies prize for his Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe (Routledge, 2004). *The authors' own book recommendations are: After Europe by Ivan Krastev (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017) and Time of the Magicians: The Great Decade of Philosophy, 1919-1929 by Wolfram Eilenberger (2022). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors (a division of Energy Aspects). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

"With the eurozone crisis going back to 2010, the refugee crisis that culminated in 2015, the crisis of the EU-Russia relationship going back to the Ukrainian Maidan revolution of 2013-14, to the Covid-19 crisis in 2020, the EU has struggled to live up to the expectations it raised both in relation to its own people and neighbouring countries. This is not an accident". Could this really be by design? In European Disunion: Democracy, Sovereignty and the Politics of Emergency (Hurst in the UK, OUP in the US, 2022), Stefan Auer argues that the EU's hybrid form – falling somewhere between a multinational state and a multilateral organisation – comes closest to the ideals of Germany, its most powerful member. This attempt to bypass politics has weakened the EU in the many emergencies it has faced over the last 15 years. Today, he says, "Europeans do not have the luxury of living in a politics-less world". Stefan Auer is an Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, having previously taught in Melbourne and Dublin and twice held Jean Monnet chairs. A prolific contributor to political science journals, he won the 2005 UACES Best Book in European Studies prize for his Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe (Routledge, 2004). *The authors' own book recommendations are: After Europe by Ivan Krastev (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017) and Time of the Magicians: The Great Decade of Philosophy, 1919-1929 by Wolfram Eilenberger (2022). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors (a division of Energy Aspects). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

"With the eurozone crisis going back to 2010, the refugee crisis that culminated in 2015, the crisis of the EU-Russia relationship going back to the Ukrainian Maidan revolution of 2013-14, to the Covid-19 crisis in 2020, the EU has struggled to live up to the expectations it raised both in relation to its own people and neighbouring countries. This is not an accident". Could this really be by design? In European Disunion: Democracy, Sovereignty and the Politics of Emergency (Hurst in the UK, OUP in the US, 2022), Stefan Auer argues that the EU's hybrid form – falling somewhere between a multinational state and a multilateral organisation – comes closest to the ideals of Germany, its most powerful member. This attempt to bypass politics has weakened the EU in the many emergencies it has faced over the last 15 years. Today, he says, "Europeans do not have the luxury of living in a politics-less world". Stefan Auer is an Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, having previously taught in Melbourne and Dublin and twice held Jean Monnet chairs. A prolific contributor to political science journals, he won the 2005 UACES Best Book in European Studies prize for his Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe (Routledge, 2004). *The authors' own book recommendations are: After Europe by Ivan Krastev (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017) and Time of the Magicians: The Great Decade of Philosophy, 1919-1929 by Wolfram Eilenberger (2022). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors (a division of Energy Aspects). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies

"With the eurozone crisis going back to 2010, the refugee crisis that culminated in 2015, the crisis of the EU-Russia relationship going back to the Ukrainian Maidan revolution of 2013-14, to the Covid-19 crisis in 2020, the EU has struggled to live up to the expectations it raised both in relation to its own people and neighbouring countries. This is not an accident". Could this really be by design? In European Disunion: Democracy, Sovereignty and the Politics of Emergency (Hurst in the UK, OUP in the US, 2022), Stefan Auer argues that the EU's hybrid form – falling somewhere between a multinational state and a multilateral organisation – comes closest to the ideals of Germany, its most powerful member. This attempt to bypass politics has weakened the EU in the many emergencies it has faced over the last 15 years. Today, he says, "Europeans do not have the luxury of living in a politics-less world". Stefan Auer is an Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, having previously taught in Melbourne and Dublin and twice held Jean Monnet chairs. A prolific contributor to political science journals, he won the 2005 UACES Best Book in European Studies prize for his Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe (Routledge, 2004). *The authors' own book recommendations are: After Europe by Ivan Krastev (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017) and Time of the Magicians: The Great Decade of Philosophy, 1919-1929 by Wolfram Eilenberger (2022). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors (a division of Energy Aspects). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"With the eurozone crisis going back to 2010, the refugee crisis that culminated in 2015, the crisis of the EU-Russia relationship going back to the Ukrainian Maidan revolution of 2013-14, to the Covid-19 crisis in 2020, the EU has struggled to live up to the expectations it raised both in relation to its own people and neighbouring countries. This is not an accident". Could this really be by design? In European Disunion: Democracy, Sovereignty and the Politics of Emergency (Hurst in the UK, OUP in the US, 2022), Stefan Auer argues that the EU's hybrid form – falling somewhere between a multinational state and a multilateral organisation – comes closest to the ideals of Germany, its most powerful member. This attempt to bypass politics has weakened the EU in the many emergencies it has faced over the last 15 years. Today, he says, "Europeans do not have the luxury of living in a politics-less world". Stefan Auer is an Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, having previously taught in Melbourne and Dublin and twice held Jean Monnet chairs. A prolific contributor to political science journals, he won the 2005 UACES Best Book in European Studies prize for his Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe (Routledge, 2004). *The authors' own book recommendations are: After Europe by Ivan Krastev (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017) and Time of the Magicians: The Great Decade of Philosophy, 1919-1929 by Wolfram Eilenberger (2022). Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors (a division of Energy Aspects). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*) EU: Russia ‘most direct threat to world order' Russia is the "most direct threat" to the international order because of its attacks on Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said. Russia "is today the most direct threat to the world order with the barbaric war against Ukraine, and its worrying pact with China," von der Leyen said after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. For his part, Kishida said Russia's offensive in Ukraine is not just a matter for Europe, but it shakes the core of the international order including Asia. *) Ukraine to hold first ‘war crimes' trial of captured Russian As fighting continues in Ukraine, Kiev's top prosecutor has disclosed plans for the first "war crimes" trial of a captured Russian soldier. The 21-year-old soldier is accused of gunning down a 62-year-old civilian in February, four days into Russia's attack on the country. While he could get up to 15 years in prison, it is not known when the trial will start. The prosecutor general's office added it has been investigating more than 10,700 alleged "war crimes" committed by Russian forces. *) North Korea confirms first Covid outbreak, orders nationwide lockdown North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for thorough nationwide lockdowns as the country confirmed its first-ever case of Covid-19. The country has detected an outbreak of a sub-variant of the highly transmissible Omicron version of the coronavirus, state news agency said. The agency called it a "severe national emergency incident" after more than two years of keeping the pandemic at bay. *) Calls for probe into killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh grow louder The killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during an Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank has drawn global condemnation. The United States, United Nations, European Union and Türkiye separately called for a fair probe into the incident. Al Jazeera said 51-year-old Palestinian-American Abu Akleh was killed "in cold blood" and demanded Israeli forces be held accountable. But Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett suggested "armed Palestinians" were "likely" responsible for the killing. And, finally... *) Oil giant Saudi Aramco overtakes Apple as world's most valuable company Oil giant Saudi Aramco has dethroned Apple as the world's most valuable company as surging oil prices drive up shares and tech stocks slump. The Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company was valued at 2.42 trillion dollars based on the price of its shares at close of market on Wednesday. Apple, meanwhile, has seen its share price drop over the past month and was valued at 2.37 trillion dollars when official trading ended.

Stocks are trading mostly flat on the session, thanks to a spate of bullish earnings, with investors focused on the Fed's much-anticipated rate hike later this afternoon.

In the context of EU-Russia tensions and attention on security within Europe, what is the possibility of future trans-Atlantic cooperation on China and in the broader Indo-Pacific region? In an interview conducted on April 13, 2022, Ivana Karásková, a China and international relations scholar in Prague, discusses recent developments in EU-China relations and implications for the Sino-American bilateral relationship in a conversation with Matt Ferchen.

Former EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Stefan Füle and FEPS Secretary General László Andor analyse in this episode the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the consequences for the European Union. They argue that the common answer given by the member states will eventually make the EU stronger. Strategic autonomy will mean that the EU becomes a more united and autonomous actor with a global role. Füle and Andor also discuss the future of EU enlargement and what could potentially change in the accession process. They also assess the role of EU diplomacy in the current conflict and look back to some previous episodes of the EU-Russia relations. A key conclusion is that the war and the united European response will make the EU rethink its defense strategy and a new continental security architecture will emerge.

PUTIN: Mad, Bad or Strategic? NATO, the EU, Russia and the Ukraine War Black Spy Podcast Season 3, Episode 0010 The Black Spy answers your questions concerning Russia and President Putin's invasion of the Ukraine. Will there be a nuclear war? Why has Russia invaded the Ukraine? Is Putin's army committing war crimes? Is this war more brutal than other current and past wars? What is Putin's aim, why has he attacked the Ukraine? Will Russia win the war? In this must hear podcast on a very current theme the black Spy uses all of his past and present secret Intelligence, national security and geo-political knowledge to provide listeners with a seldom heard strategic overview of this much featured conflict.      

Let's talk engergy for a few. There is an engery componet ot the Russia/Ukraine conflift. There is a large energy component to the EU/Russia relationship. And there is of course a huge energy component to the United Stated involvment in conflicts around the world.

This week's episode is dedicated to understanding what is going on in Ukraine and Putin's decision to invade the country. The invasion of Ukraine by Putin's led forces takes Western countries' diplomatic ties with Russia back to 1945 according to diplomat and former ambassador of Italy to Moscow, Guido Lenzi. The diplomat also added that Russia refused to take EU leaders seriously, their only interlocutors are the Americans. However, Putin's Russia must take the EU seriously, especially when it comes down to diplomacy. Other topics with Lenzi were the Bucharest Treaty, Minsk Agreements, "Compatriots abroad", history of EU-Russia relations and the escalation in Ukraine. Our second guest is M.B., whose identity is not disclosed as she is doing a traineeship in an institution in Kyiv and, as we did not have the greenlight for the interview by the institution, she prefers to stay anonymous. She also added that everything she says is her own view and do not express the views of the institution she is working for. M.B. talked about Ukrainian media, the press' reaction to the escalation and a comparison with Western media. The interviews were recorded on 24/02/2022, therefore, any missing information or change of events might be due to the date. Host of the episode: Luca De Cristofaro Guests: Diplomat Guido Lezzi and our informant M.B. Follow United Citizens of Europe: IG: @unitedcitizensofeurope Twitter: @ucofeurope Facebook: United Citizens of Europe www.unitedcitizensofeurope.com

“we should acknowledge the simple fact that, in economic terms, Russia matters much more to the EU than it does to the US, and that the EU matters to Russia much more than the US does to Russia.” In this episode, Justine is joined by George Voloshin, corporate intelligence expert and ACAMS CGSS instructor, in which they discuss Russian-EU trade and considerations for entities with Russian exposure. George provides a detailed overview of the dynamics of Russia and the EU's economic relationship, including energy dependency, and talks to the difficulties of ascertaining ownership and control and conducting due diligence on high profile Russian business people of corporations, as well as what companies need to think about to prepare for a potential worst-case scenario. George is the Head of Paris Branch, Aperio Intelligence, having joined the firm in December 2016. Prior to joining Aperio, George headed the Russia/CIS coverage at a leading French corporate intelligence firm and previously collaborated with a number of UK-based advisory and analytical organisations as well as government clients. He is the author of two books on the geopolitics of Central Asia and over a hundred articles on international affairs, with a focus on Russia and the former Soviet Union which are the primary areas of his specialisation. You can read George's full bio at: https://www.aperio-intelligence.com/team/george-voloshin/

Robert Prokop, author and retired intelligence analyst for the US Department of Defense specializing in the Soviet Union, joins us to discuss the EU/Russia border crisis. Russia has said that it will formulate its response to its security demands once it receives the written response from the US. Also, French President Emmanuel Macron is set to share his vision for a path to de-escalation regarding the crisis on Russia's western border.Dr. Yolandra Hancock, board-certified pediatrician and obesity medicine specialist, joins us to discuss covid. Several studies seem to show immune system problems arising from multiple boosters. Also, Pfizer and other companies are now creating omicron-specific vaccines. Scott Ritter, former UN weapon inspector in Iraq, joins us to discuss Iran. Neocon hawks in DC are restarting their campaign for a disastrous war with Iran. Also, we discuss the issues that are creating a difficult environment for the US to return to the deal in a manner that Iran accepts as fair and reasonable.KJ Noh, activist, writer, and teacher, joins us to discuss China. President Xi Jinping will chair a summit marking 30 years of China's ties with other central Asian nations. Also, there has been an accident in which a F35C fighter crashed in the South China Sea.Mark Sleboda, Moscow-based international relations security analyst, joins us to discuss Ukraine. There are multiple reports that Kiev is preparing for an all-out assault on Eastern Ukraine. Also, the CIA may be training Ukrainian Nazis for European terrorist missions.John Burris, civil rights attorney, joins us to discuss the SCOTUS. The Supreme Court is set to review race-conscious university admission policies.Leo Flores, Latin America coordinator for Code Pink, joins us to discuss Venezuela. Venezuela has doubled its oil production with Iran's assistance. Also, Russia's ambassador to Venezuela has stated that Juan Guaido does not represent anyone. Dan Lazare, investigative journalist and author of "America's Undeclared War," joins us to discuss NATO as an international tool for US hegemony. The article we review argues that NATO is simply a tool of US armed supremacy and that the expansion of the organization into the China/US adversarial conflict, along with its actions in the Global South, is strong evidence to support that theory.

China, EU/Russia, Travel Ban Bear Intel Brief, 29 December 2021 Welcome to the Bear Independent Podcast. The Bear Special Report originally airs as a livestream video on the Bear Independent YouTube channel, but we are now making it available as a podcast so that it's easier for you to listen and catch up on the latest intel even if you don't have time to watch. Disclaimer: The Bear Special Report is a curation of intel regarding current events in our nation. We're neither a news agency nor an intelligence agency; we're facilitating the sharing of information amongst the Bear Nation. You can find more from Bear Independent at all of our places where we talk about preparedness, saving lives and souls, and navigating the current and future challenges of life in America today. BearIndependent.com YouTube Patreon Instagram Facebook

World News in 7 minutes. Thursday 16th December 2021.Transcript at: send7.org/transcripts English Learning for Curious Minds podcast: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/Please help to support the podcast by giving what you would spend on a cup of coffee just once a month at send7.org/supportToday: Cameroon refugees. South Africa Zuma parole. Nigeria loan. Brazil polls. US Secretary of State tour. Malaysia capsize. Australia reopening. EU Russia measures. Russia China cooperation. French leave Timbuktu. Poland dinosaurs.Send your opinion or experience by email to podcast@send7.org or send an audio message at send7.org for us to broadcast. Please help to support the podcast by giving what you would spend on a cup of coffee just once a month at send7.org/supportWith Juliet MartinSEND7 (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) tells the most important world news stories in intermediate English. Every day, listen to the most important stories from every part of the world in slow, clear English. Whether you are an intermediate learner trying to improve your advanced, technical and business English, or if you are a native speaker who just wants to hear a summary of world news as fast as possible, this podcast is for you. Transcripts are totally free and can be found at send7.org/transcripts. Simple English News Daily is the perfect way to start your day, by practising your listening skills and understanding complicated stories in a simple way. It is also highly valuable for IELTS and TOEFL students. Students, teachers, and people with English as a second language, tell us that they listen to SEND7 because they can learn English through hard topics, but simple grammar. We believe that the best way to improve your spoken English is to immerse yourself in real-life content, such as what our podcast provides. SEND7 covers all news including politics, business, natural events and human rights. Whether it is happening in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas or Oceania, you will hear it on SEND7, and you will understand it. For more information visit send7.org/contact

This episode was recorded on August 11, 2021. There will be 3 segments : Segment 1 : post-NATO summit analysis, NATO 2030 Segment 2 : Geopolitical realities in the East Med Segment 3 : Outside players, regional powers in the East Med (US, China, Russia, Iran) GUEST : Prof. Dr. Vişne Korkmaz is professor of International Relations at Nisantasi University. She is vice-director of a research center, CEMES, Center of Mediterranean Security. Prof. Dr. Korkmaz has also given lectures at the National Defense University of the Turkish Republic on current affairs and regional security issues in the Middle East, Russia, Caucasus, and the national security strategies of Turkey. Her research interests cover IR theories, FP theories, regional security and security issues, Russian, American, and Turkish foreign policy. She is author of several books and has published several scholarly papers, chapters and articles on these issues, including newly launched contributions in the edited books of Nursin Guney (New Geopolitical Realities for Russia, From the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, Lexington, September 2019) and Banafsheh Keynoush (Iran's Interregional Dynamics in the Near East, Peter Lang, April 2021). Her recent analysis which is entitled “Waiting for the Biden Administration: Can we expect a Change in EU-Russia relations?” was published by SETA Brussels, (https://www.setav.org/en/analysis-waiting-for-the-biden-administration-can-we-expect-a-change-in-eu-russia-relations/). She is columnist in Yeni Birlik and gives comments on international and foreign policy developments on regular basis to national tv and radio news channels. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message

This episode will be recorded on August 11, 2021. There will be 3 segments : Segment 1 : post-NATO summit analysis, NATO 2030 Segment 2 : Geopolitical realities in the East Med Segment 3 : Outside players, regional powers in the East Med (US, China, Russia, Iran) GUEST : Prof. Dr. Vişne Korkmaz is professor of International Relations at Nisantasi University. She is vice-director of a research center, CEMES, Center of Mediterranean Security. Prof. Dr. Korkmaz has also given lectures at the National Defense University of the Turkish Republic on current affairs and regional security issues in the Middle East, Russia, Caucasus, and the national security strategies of Turkey. Her research interests cover IR theories, FP theories, regional security and security issues, Russian, American, and Turkish foreign policy. She is author of several books and has published several scholarly papers, chapters and articles on these issues, including newly launched contributions in the edited books of Nursin Guney (New Geopolitical Realities for Russia, From the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, Lexington, September 2019) and Banafsheh Keynoush (Iran's Interregional Dynamics in the Near East, Peter Lang, April 2021). Her recent analysis which is entitled “Waiting for the Biden Administration: Can we expect a Change in EU-Russia relations?” was published by SETA Brussels, (https://www.setav.org/en/analysis-waiting-for-the-biden-administration-can-we-expect-a-change-in-eu-russia-relations/). She is columnist in Yeni Birlik and gives comments on international and foreign policy developments on regular basis to national tv and radio news channels. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message

After the Putin-Biden summit, European leaders such as Germany's Merkel and France's Macron called for renewed dialogue with Russia. The Baltic States and Poland said, “Not so fast.” Thus, there's no consensus within the EU as to how to move forward, and the ball remains firmly in Brussels' court. CrossTalking with John Laughland, Thomas Schwartz, and Dmitry Suslov.

In this week's episode, we discuss the Putin-Biden summit with Steven Erlanger, chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe for The New York Times. Also in this episode: Germany and France's idea to ‘reset' EU-Russia relations, V4 finance ministers' meeting and their approach toward G7 tax on multinational companies, as well as continuing tensions around LGBTQI issues in Hungary and Poland. Read Visegrad Insight's featured piece by Asya Metodieva, who asks if online terrorism can be effectively combated by illiberal states: https://visegradinsight.eu/online-terrorism/

In her address to the IIEA, Dr Nadia Arbatova discusses the current state of EU-Russia relations. She argues that relations between the EU and Russia have been shaped by the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and shares her insights on the post-Soviet space as an arena of rivalry between Russia, the EU and the West. About the Speaker: Nadia Alexandrova-Arbatova holds a PhD in Political Sciences and is currently Head of Department for European Political Studies at the Institute for World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences. She is also Director of the Discussion Forum “European Dialogues”, Vice-President of the Russian Pugwash Committee, a Member of Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, a Member of NewMed Network and author of numerous publications including four individual monographs and brochures on the EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia's foreign policy.

EU-Russia tensions and a scandalous League A fraught week this week with Russia-EU tensions flaring up again, leaving Russia’s relations with the US, EU and NATO are at their worst point since the end of the Cold War, according to Der Spiegel. Besides, much attention for the potential launch of a so-called new Super League, a plan that turned into a bitter failure.

Today on The Leaders' Brief - In what could be a major setback for Anglo-Swedish firm, AstraZeneca, US health officials said last week that results from a US trial of company's Covid-19 vaccine may have provided an incomplete view of the efficacy data. The US National Institute of Health has urged AstraZeneca to “review the efficacy data and ensure the most accurate, up-to-date efficacy data be made public as quickly as possible.” Several countries in Europe had temporarily paused the administration of its vaccines over concerns of blood clot formations as a side-effect. However, after assurance from the European Medical Agency, most of the countries resumed administering the AstraZeneca shots.  Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, recently stated that presently, the Kremlin does not have any relationship with the EU. The 27-member bloc has been at loggerheads with Russia since the arrest of kremlin critic Alexei Navalny leading to a flurry of sanctions against Russian officials. However, speaking at a press conference alongside his Chinese counterpart last week, Mr Lavrov said that Russia is still willing to resume cooperation with the EU if Brussels agrees. Notably, the development comes at a time the EU has found itself in a fresh conflict with Beijing, it's largest trade partner for 2020, sanctioning several Chinese officials over the treatment of Uighur Muslims.  US social media giant is facing a lawsuit in France for failing to provide a safe environment for users. Media advocacy group, Reporters Without Borders has sued the company accusing it of engaging in "deceptive commercial practices" by allowing disinformation and threats to flourish despite promising users that it will "exercise professional diligence" to create "a safe, secure and error-free environment. Presently, the lawsuit has been filed in France with RWB considering similar lawsuits in other countries. About egomonk: Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedInegomonk is a global intelligence platform delivering asymmetric outcomes by bringing organizations closer to the communities they want to serve and the leaders they wish to influence. If you wish to collaborate with us then email us at contact@egomonk.com.

Scott Ritter, former UN weapon inspector in Iraq, joins us to discuss the latest US moves against the Nordstream 2 pipeline. The US is dropping all pretense of respect for German sovereignty, as the Secretary of State threatens their so-called "ally" with harsh sanctions. The German government struggles to maintain the appearance of independence, as the US empire pushes to dictate their economic decisions.Dr. Linwood Tauheed, associate professor of economics at the University of Missouri- Kansas City, joins us to discuss the pandemic economy. US Representative Rashida Tlaib has introduced a bill that would provide a universal income of two thousand dollars per month during the coronavirus crisis, and one thousand dollars a month for a year after it concludes. Also, the Biden administration may be forced to take further action to halt evictions, as landlord lawsuits threaten to unleash a nightmare scenario of homelessness and despair. George Koo, journalist, social activist, international business consultant and chemical engineer, joins us to discuss China. In the face of unsupported claims of human rights abuses by the US empire and its allies, China has issued a comprehensive US human rights report. They argue that the US human rights fight is a fight between those seeking US hegemony and those who oppose a unipolar world order. Alexander Mercouris, editor-in-chief at theduran.com & host of "The Duran" on Youtube, joins us to discuss the Russia-China alliance. Russia and China have agreed to join forces in an effort to push back against "illegal and illegitimate" sanctions that have been levied against them and their allies by the US empire and the EU. Russian foreign minister Sergie Lavrov commented that "We reject zero-sum geopolitical games and reject unilateral illegitimate sanctions that our Western colleagues resort to more and more often."Linn Washington, professor of journalism at Temple University, joins us to discuss the fallout from the Colorado massacre. Democrats are dealing with increased pressure to end the filibuster and pass new gun safety legislation. Also, Joe Biden calls for a new assault weapons ban, and conservative Senator Ted Cruz calls the gun law discussion "ridiculous theater."Mark Sleboda, Moscow-based international relations security analyst, joins us to discuss Ukraine's latest anti-Russia moves and the deterioration of EU-Russia relations. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelesnky has enacted sanctions against a number of Russian companies and media. Also, international security experts are predicting that the European Union's constant political, economic, and diplomatic attacks on the Russia federation will lead to the severance of diplomatic ties, as Russia looks to strengthen its alliance with China. Leo Flores, CodePink coordinator for Latin America, joins us to discuss Codepink's recommendations for US/Venezuela relations. Human rights activists recommend that US policy towards Venezuela should be centered around diplomacy and the well-being of its citizens. They recommend diverting from the counterproductive path forged by the Trump administration.Laith Marouf, broadcaster and journalist based in Beirut, Lebanon, joins us to discuss Syria. Human rights activists worldwide are fighting the deadly "Caesar sanctions" that have been levied against the Syrian people. Also, the US is occupying the oil fields of Syria, and there are numerous reports that they are looting the war-torn nation of valuable oil resources.

This week our guest on the podcast is Jens Siegert. Jens is a German citizen who has lived in Russia for many years. From 1999 to 2015 he headed the office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Moscow. More recently he was head of the European Union project ‘Public Diplomacy. The EU and Russia.' He is the author of the book 111 Reasons to Love Russia (the book is in German). It has to be said that Jens is the first person who appears twice in our podcast!The questions we discuss on the podcast include: the coronavirus in Moscow; the poisoning and return of Aleksei Navalny; Amnesty International's view of Navalny; is there a crisis in Russia; EU-Russia relations; what can the EU do in response to Russia's human rights violations; policing public assemblies in the EU; German politics after Angela Merkel; the future of Russia; a new book; the meaning of some intriguing Russian words.The podcast is in Russian. You can also listen to the podcast on Rights in Russia [https://rightsinrussia.org/podcasts/], SoundCloud, Spotify and iTunes. The music, from Stravinsky's Elegy for Solo Viola, is performed for us by Karolina Herrera.Sergei Nikitin writes on Facebook: “There is a knock at the door. ‘Who's there?' And the answer is ‘Svoyi.' How do you translate ‘svoyi' [roughly ‘your own'] and ‘chuzhoi' [roughly ‘alien'] into German? There is no such thing in Germany, it cannot be translated. So said Jens Siegert who is finishing a new book about Russia to be called, In Principle Russia. An Encounter in 22 Concepts. What is meant by the Russian words vlast, gopnik, propiska, geroi, Evropa, siloviki, SMI? The aim of the book, Jens said, is to try to convey to the German reader what is going on in the heads and hearts of people living in Russia. In our latest podcast, Simon Cosgrove and I spoke with Jens, the longtime director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation's Moscow office and more recently head of the European Union project ‘Public Diplomacy. The EU and Russia.' The conversation lasted more than an hour and among the many issues discussed were: Navalny and Amnesty International; what leverage the West has; what sanctions can do; the head of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany after Angela Merkel; Armin Lachet, and his chances of becoming Chancellor. An excellent Russian speaker, Jens, will give you all 111 reasons why you should love Russia. He is a great storyteller, let's listen to him…Simon Cosgrove adds: If you want to listen to this podcast on the podcasts.com website and it doesn't seem to play, please download by clicking on the three dots to the right. A summary of some of the week's events in Russia relevant to human rights can be found on our website here.

Jens Siegert on EU-Russia relations, economic and political.

Today on The Leaders' Brief - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was recently quoted by local media as saying that he is willing to mend the country's relationship with the European Union but accused the EU of unilaterally destroying beneficial diplomatic agreements between the two blocs. The already deteriorating relationship between the EU and Russia hit rock bottom this year after the Kremlin detained Russian activist Alexei Navalny. The EU has threatened fresh sanctions on Russia if it failed to free the jailed Kremlin critic who is presently undergoing trial for alleged libel against a WW-II veteran with EU foreign ministers scheduled to discuss Russia today.  Israel, which has successfully vaccinated a majority of its citizens from the novel coronavirus, has partially reopened its international airport. Israel's borders have remined closed since January 25th as a preventive measure to stop further spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus or freshly mutated strains of it. On Sunday, ministers had voted on a proposal to reopen Ben-Gurion Airport on February 20, limiting the number of people permitted to enter the country to 2,000 per day, in a first step towards returning normalcy on travel to and from the country.  In a positive development for virtual currencies, international payment system Visa may be moving towards allowing its cardholders to buy and sell cryptocurrencies in countries where virtual currencies are not banned by legislation. Visa CEO Alfred Kelly was quoted by media houses as saying that his company is in a position to make cryptocurrencies more “safe, useful and applicable” and may add them to the company's payments network. About egomonk: Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedInegomonk is a global intelligence platform delivering asymmetric outcomes by bringing organizations closer to the communities they want to serve and the leaders they wish to influence. If you wish to collaborate with us then email us at contact@egomonk.com.

EU member state Hungary decided to go it alone and approve Chinese and Russian Covid-19 vaccines before Brussels did. The move came at a tense time for EU-Russia relations, with sanctions mooted over the persecution of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, on top of those still in place due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But the Hungarian government, accused by Brussels of breaking the bloc's rules by attacking the media and the rule of law, seems to be cosying up to Moscow in a whole range of areas. Our correspondents report.

Today on The Leaders' Brief - South Korea's jobless rates hit a 21-year high this week as the country continues to grapple in controlling COVID-induced business losses. However, compared to other countries Seoul has done fairly well in checking the spread of the coronavirus, and ensured the least possible losses to its economy during the pandemic. Till Wednesday, the country had recorded a total of 81,930 cases with a little over 1,400 deaths. The country is now banking on a quick and efficient vaccination programme to revive sectors dependant on crowds and a sharp recovery in tech exports could create room for jobs in the manufacturing sector.  The European Union has said it is considering sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's government to pressurize the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. The development comes after Navalny allies Leonid Volkov and Vladimir Ashurov spoke to top diplomats from the EU, the UK, the USA, Ukraine and Canada over video call and requested them to take more punitive measures against politicians and influencers linked to the Russian President.  Iran's Intelligence minister Mahmoud Alavi hinted that Tehran may go back on its promise to not develop Nuclear weapons. Mr Alavi's veiled threat came two days after the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged the USA to lift all sanctions placed by the erstwhile Trump administration if it wanted Iran to live up to commitments under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The threats come as a matter of major concern for the Biden administration's foreign policy team working towards maintaining stability in the Arab world.  About egomonk: Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedInegomonk is a global intelligence platform delivering asymmetric outcomes by bringing organizations closer to the communities they want to serve and the leaders they wish to influence. If you wish to collaborate with us then email us at contact@egomonk.com.

International affairs and security analyst Mark Sleboda discusses the Biden administration’s first tough-on-Russia moves with Misfit hosts Bob Schlehuber and Michelle Witte. They also get into the ongoing EU-Russia spat, Biden’s troubling Iran stance, John Kerry’s private candour on Syria and the return of ISIS to that country. Author and economist John Ross, a senior fellow of the Chongyang Institute at Renmin University of China, discusses the economic dishonesty at the heart of the minimum wage debate in the US, the real reason covid remains so uncontrolled in the US and the future of employment in a very changed post-pandemic landscape. Jamal "DJ One Luv" Muhammad, host of the Love Lounge radio show and The Old School Lunch Bag Mix, talked about his return to the gym; statehood for Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico; the state of American democracy; and the efforts underway and obstacles ahead of reformist district attorneys around the country. The Misfits also talked about the saga of Britney Spears, the new documentary about her, the media feeding frenzy that upended her life and the people now, via social media, trying to liberate the pop star from what they see as a gilded prison.

AIES Director Velina Tchakarova speaks with Nicu Popescu, Director of the Wider Europe Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, about the EU-Russia relations.

The left has attacked Democracy and every aspect of the constitution for years. When they do, we tend to analyze their actions on that singular event but before we can fully analyze what they did they are already onto their next attack and scandal. We rarely have time to put all the pieces together to see what the left's endgame is. Taking a look at the most recent scandals and censorship moves show how much the left has accomplished in moving the US into an EU/Russia style of Government whereby you can be fined or imprisoned for expressing or sharing information not pre-approved by the Democrats. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thejacobjohnstonshow/message

Following the post-Cold War reset, EU-Russia relations have been strained, not least by Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, to which the EU responded with hard-hitting sanctions. Putin’s support for rebel groups in eastern Ukraine, his policies in the neighbourhood, disinformation campaigns and Russia’s intervention in Syria just added fuel to the fire... And yet, the two remain closely interdependent… So, how to deal with Putin’s Russia? http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_BRI(2020)652030 Source: © European Union - EP

Russia’s relationship with the European Union has been mired in tension and mistrust since Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014. But while relations at a political level are strained, in Russian society there is an appetite for more engagement.  Sabine Fischer is Team Leader for the Public Diplomacy EU and Russia Project, which seeks to build engagement between the EU and Russian civil society on bilateral and global issues and to strengthen mutual understanding where possible. She talks to Olga and Hugh about the project, Western perceptions of Russian foreign policy, how the new European Commission should engage Russia, and how the West can balance its rejection of the Crimea annexation with its broader policies toward Russia.

Russia wants to export more gas to China, should the EU be concerned? This week, Nicholas Barrett is joined by Georg Zachmann to discuss the EU-Russia-China energy triangle.

Welcome to another very special episode at Surviving Art. We’re doing market research in London as part of a cultural residency, provided by Slovenia’s Ministry of Culture and will be conducting a series of interviews and talks about the art market in London. In the series, I’ll be chatting with book publishers, both emerging and well-established artists, gallerists and other art world professionals and today I have the immense pleasure to introduce the wonderful Denis Maksimov: Denis is an aesthetico-political scholar and independent curator based in London and Athens. His research focuses on the supranormal phenomena of power in European mythography, world history, literature, arts, and audiovisual cultures. His advisory practice covers the issues of political technologies, EU-Russia, and international relations. In his artistic projects, many of which are developed under the aegis of Avenir Institute, he investigates political potentiality in futures, something we explore in-depth in the coming chat. We talked about the future & avenirs, art institutions and art fairs in the age when accelerating neoliberal capitalism reigns over defining value, questions of power and attention in the arts and much, much more. Enjoy: Links: Avenir institute’s FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/avenirinstitute/ Avenir institute’s WEB: http://www.avenirinstitute.info Avenir institute’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/avenir.institute/ Denis Maksimov’s webpage: https://maksimov.eu

Recorded at the "Perspectives on European Foreign Policy in the Context of Current EU-Russia Relations" Workshop - Friday 11 January 2019 - Leiden University, Netherlands * * * Tony van der Togt Tony van der Togt compares his experience with foreign policy making in the early 2000s with what the EU is capable to do now, and his reflections focus on three observations: 1. There is increasing soul-searching happening in many European capitals and beyond to the questions “Are we [Europeans] increasingly an exception”? but also “is the US still a partner”? The liberal rules-based order is indeed under threat and challenged from different sides, and many partners also wonder if the US is still a partner. What is “new” for the EU in all of this, is that for a long time Europeans could take it for granted that the others would automatically follow our example. The “EU was like the city on the hill”. This is now gone. The idea of a value-based foreign policy is increasingly challenged. 2. In principle, the EU is now much better equipped nowadays and institutionally organised. The EU can be more coordinated and more strategic. 3. But in practice, it is more complicated when one looks at the commitment of member states. To take the EU-Russia relations, there was at least a strategy in 2000. It was difficult to get all member states on board and it was a very general statement, but we had at least a common stance. And keeping this “unity in purpose, and unity in action” is now more difficult for the EU, also because the commitment of member states was guaranteed during the rotating presidency in foreign policy, and that we lost. * * * Note: UACES does not take responsibility for opinions expressed in this recording. All opinions are those of the contributors.

In a ruling from the WTO, published on 10 August 2018, several of Russia’s arguments regarding the alleged incompatibility of the EU’s energy policy measures with multilateral trade rules were dismissed. But was it a total defeat for Russia? In this podcast Moritz Wüstenberg, a researcher at the University of Eastern Finland, discusses the ruling and its wider implications. Following Russia’s withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty in 2009, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules offer the only comprehensive regulatory framework for EU- Russia energy trading, which means that the compatibility of WTO rules with the EU energy policy is vital. The key ambition of the Third Energy Package was to advance the integration of the internal energy market, and thus it contains legislation on unbundling – the separation of energy supply and generation from the operation of transmission networks, non-discriminatory access to energy infrastructures and the independence of national energy regulators. Russia had claimed that the EU was discriminating against Russia in the Package with regard to Russian pipeline transport services, service suppliers, and Russian natural gas. What standing does Russia have following the findings in WTO’s panel report? Should the findings of the report be refuted? Take a listen to our podcast to find out more. For the WTO report on the case, please follow the link: https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news18_e/476r_e.htm and for a brief history of the case, from the EC perspective, click on: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/wtodispute/show.cfm?id=644&code=2

We're joined by political scientist Marcel Dirsus, an expert in Russian and East European Affairs, to unravel the Russian dolls and make sense of poisoning, gas and fake news. We begin by mapping out the relationship between Russia and the European Union [03:00] The alleged poisoning of Sergei Skripal and whether Russia is to blame [06:45] Disunity within the European Union over Russia [10:17] Sending a message on assassinations but not on property [15:39] EU-Russia power balance post-Brexit [17:07] A bluffer's guide to Nord Stream II and Russian gas [19:21] RT and Fake news For more on Marcel, see his website - http://www.marceldirsus.com/ Or twitter - @marceldirsus

Ireland today joined the collective move by western nations against Russia, announcing that one diplomat is to be expelled after a nerve attack on a former Russian agent earlier this month. It follows similar declarations by 16 other EU countries on Monday, as tensions between Russia and the West deepen over the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Britain. On today's World View podcast, Europe editor Patrick Smyth reports from Brussels on what lasting impact the crisis is likely to have on EU-Russia relations and whether Europe can maintain a united front on the issue. But first, former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont is preparing to spend Easter in prison in Germany after he was detained on Sunday by local police just south of the Danish border. We hear from Derek Scally in Berlin and Guy Hedgecoe in Madrid.

In the week of the One Belt One Road Summit Ian Bond talks to Sophia Besch about the complex relationships and rivalries between Russia, China and the EU, and how the EU should move forward to defuse tensions.

Russia's annexation of Crimea and the invasion of Eastern Ukraine turned EU-Russia relations from problematic into an urgent strategic problem. Kadri Liik, ECFR senior policy fellow and author of the 1st chapter called Russia from our European foreign policy publication Scorecard 2015, speaks about last year's challenges and what the EU could have done better.

Rod B. & Mareis brings you Miami Sessions @ Miami Underground Movement - Holosound is a DJ/Producer from NYC that’s been at it since 2004. After going solo in 2008 from a partnership that initially began as a duo, he’s dotted the globe with gigs in over 22 countries, every major city in the US and released records and remixes on labels like Nurvous, HNQO’s Playperview and (a long time ago) Ultra. This past summer he finished his second tour of EU/Russia that included parties in Helsinki, Berlin, Ibiza and Moscow and enjoyed fall gigs at the epic CULPRIT Sessions party in Los Angeles on the rooftop of the Standard Hotel as well as BPM, and Rio de Janeiro. When he’s not traveling and playing his subversively sexy signature blend of deep house and techno, Holosound aka Alex Fish is helping tell the stories behind the most influential artists and brands in nightlife through his work as Head of US Development for Pulse Radio.