Podcasts about IMEC

Elizabeth Tsurkov returns for another Conflicted Conversation. This time, the conversation turns to Israel after October 7th. Elizabeth traces her own political journey from the Israeli right to a hard-won humanism, then explains how Israel's old security doctrine collapsed — and why the new one may lead not to safety, but to permanent war. Elizabeth and Thomas discuss: Israel's security doctrine after 7 October Israel's shift from deterrence to pre-emption Why deterrence without a political endgame failed Gaza, Hamas and the limits of military victory Hezbollah, Lebanon and Israel's buffer-zone strategy Israel's new "buffer zone" security perimeter Iran's missile threat and Israel's war with Tehran The Abraham Accords, IMEC and bypassing Palestine Why real Israeli fears may be producing the wrong answers Join the Conflicted Community here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://conflicted.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Elizabeth's personal website: ⁠https://elizabeth-tsurkov.net/en/⁠ Find Elizabeth on X: ⁠https://x.com/LizHurra⁠ Find Elizabeth on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-tsurkov-79491b15/⁠ Find us on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/MHconflicted⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/MHconflicted⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/conflictedpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Conflicted is a Message Heard production. Executive Producers: Jake Warren & Max Warren. Produced and edited by Thomas Small. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

סגירת מצר הורמוז והתקפות החות'ים המחישו עד כמה הסחר העולמי תלוי במעברי ים פגיעים. במקביל סין, הודו, מדינות המפרץ וארצות הברית מקדמות מסדרונות סחר חלופיים שאמורים לחבר בין אסיה לאירופה. ד"ר גדליה אפטרמן מאוניברסיטת רייכמן מסביר כיצד פרויקט IMEC עשוי להפוך את ישראל לשחקנית מרכזית במפת הסחר החדשה //מגישה: שרון כידון//תחקיר, עריכה והפקה: נסטיה שוסטר, עדן דוידוב וגילעד רוסקSupport the show: https://www.ynet.co.il/radioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Retrouvez Romane en direct de l'IMEC à l'occasion du vernissage de la nouvelle exposition Autoprotrait avec Nathalie Léger, Directrice générale de l'IMEC, et Thomas Clerc, écrivain et performeur. L'IMEC, c'est aussi un lieu de résidence. Nous en parlons avec Coline du Couëdic, Chargée de médiation, accompagnée de la romancière Shane Haddad. Enfin l'émission se termine avec Cyril Meniolle de Cizancourt qui vous parlera de la programmation de cette nouvelle saison.

The U.S. State Department's Pax Silica initiative reframes Pax Americana for the AI age — chips, semiconductors, critical minerals, energy, data centers, payment rails. This week in Beijing, two of the Trilogy of Boards Patrick Wood predicted clicked into place. The Trilogy is now whole. In this two-and-a-half-hour conversation, Courtenay Turner and Patrick Wood — co-authors of The Final Betrayal: How Technocracy Destroyed America — walk the architecture being built around you: Pax Silica, the IMEC corridor, the Abraham Accords as the template for the China play, the Five Walls boxing China in, Gaza's new order under the Board of Peace, Taiwan as silicon shield and silicon hostage, the tokenization of property and the New York Stock Exchange, the occult roots of the technocratic movement, and how to think about preserving sovereignty, autonomy, and property in a rapidly closing system. Read the full essay: https://courtenayturner.substack.com/p/pax-silica ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 — Opening: The Petrodollar Ends, Pax Silica Begins 1:31 — Welcome to the Technocracy Roundtable 5:11 — Property, Rights, and the Founders' Distinction 6:44 — What Is Pax Silica? (Video Explainer) 9:08 — Locke, Private Property, and Sovereign Property 13:05 — The Regime That Comes With Tokenized Property 14:01 — Tokenization, Titles, and the Loss of Control 21:57 — When Your Home Becomes a Programmable Asset 24:58 — Sovereign Farm Rights and Self-Sufficiency 25:54 — Daniel's Silicon Kingdom: The Biblical Frame 29:22 — The State Department Pax Silica Declaration 30:45 — The Allies Joining the Corridor 34:29 — Terms-of-Service Control of Everything 39:05 — Why Technocratic Countries Rise to the Top 41:53 — Trump's Empire Strategy in Beijing 46:33 — How China Gets Boxed In: The Five Walls 51:46 — Global Power Shifts: BRICS, Gulf, India 58:18 — The Trump-Xi Meeting: Body Language and Substance 1:01:31 — Abraham Accords as the Template for China 1:06:54 — Israel, Zionism, and the Technocracy Conflation 1:11:56 — Gaza's New Order: USD1, CENTCOM, and the Board of Peace 1:15:13 — Gulf Sovereign Wealth, Islamic Finance, and Tokenization 1:25:32 — Pax Silica's New Power Triangle 1:37:53 — Taiwan and the Chip Leverage Question 1:45:02 — How the Trade Boards Replace the Global Order 1:52:25 — Why Technocracy Is Beyond Politics 1:56:04 — Occult Roots, AI Consciousness, and the 2025 Conclave 2:05:21 — HOAs as Control Layers 2:08:40 — Tokenization and the Financial Fallout 2:13:19 — Protecting Assets: Cash, Land Patents, UCC Article 8 2:30:00 — Closing: "Use AI to Destroy AI" ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ KEY NUMBERS & SOURCES MENTIONED ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • New York Stock Exchange (ICE): $25 trillion in U.S. assets targeted for tokenization by end of 2026; $170 trillion globally • UN Security Council Resolution 2803: Board of Peace authorized November 17, 2025 • Trump-Xi Beijing summit: Boards of Trade and Investment agreed May 14, 2026 • Pax Silica Declaration: signed in Washington, December 12, 2025 • H.R. 3633 / Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act: passed July 17, 2025 by 294–134 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FURTHER READING ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • Courtenay Turner & Patrick Wood, The Final Betrayal: How Technocracy Destroyed America • Patrick Wood, The New Economics of Technocracy • Patrick Wood, "The China Card: Global Technocracy Is Emerging Under Trump's Reign" • Courtenay Turner, "The Tokenization of Everything" • Courtenay Turner, "The Governance Stack: How Technocracy Was Built Over 200 Years" • Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt & Craig Mundie, Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CONNECT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Courtenay Turner: • Substack • Website • X: @CourtenayTurner Patrick Wood: • Technocracy.News • X: @StopTechnocracy ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ The Final Betrayal: How Technocracy Destroyed America — co-authored by Courtenay Turner & Patrick Wood. Available through Coherent Publishing. #PaxSilica #Technocracy #Tokenization #PatrickWood #CourtenayTurner #TheFinalBetrayal #IMEC #CLARITYAct #Geopolitics #BeijingSummit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Met de nieuwste generatie chipmaakmachines van ASML, High NA EUV, is het gelukt een bruikbaar onderdeel voor quantumcomputers te produceren. Dat heeft onderzoekscentrum Imec vandaag bekend gemaakt rond hun jaarlijkse mondiale chipcongres, waar ook ASML-topman Christophe Fouquet sprak over ontwikkeling op de kortere termijn. Je hoort daarover Joe van Burik in deze Tech Update. Verder in deze Tech Update: Er wordt in Nederland reikhalzend uitgekeken naar de komst van advertenties naar Netflix, althans vanuit de bond van Adverteerders (bvA) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

De Emiraten zijn uit OPEC gestapt. Op het eerste gezicht een technisch besluit over productiequota, maar in werkelijkheid het meest zichtbare teken dat de Arabische eenheid in het Midden-Oosten aan diggelen ligt. Rajeev Lachmipersad en Michel Don Michaloliákos ontleden hoe Iran erin slaagde de golfstaten tegen elkaar uit te spelen, waarom Saudi-Arabië voor een kernwapendeal met Pakistan koos, en wat de twee nieuwe kampen in de regio betekenen voor Europa, India en het IMEC-handelscorridor.Kernpunten:

Rassegna stampa economico-finanziaria del 16 Maggio 2026, strutturata per macro-temi e basata sulle principali testate giornalistiche nazionali.   Investimenti e MercatiTestate: Repubblica / La Stampa / Il Sole 24 Ore / Avvenire / Milano Finanza* Inflazione e debito tornano al centro del rischio Italia. L'inflazione italiana sale ad aprile al 2,7%, dall'1,7% di marzo, ai massimi da settembre 2023. Il debito pubblico tocca un nuovo record a 3.159 miliardi, con un incremento mensile di 19,5 miliardi. S&P conferma il rating dell'Italia a BBB+ con outlook positivo, ma il messaggio è chiaro: la tenuta dei conti resta centrale.* Mercati sotto pressione tra energia, tassi e tech. Le tensioni geopolitiche spingono il WTI oltre 105 dollari e alimentano vendite su Borse, titoli di Stato e tecnologia. La BCE mantiene un'impostazione prudente: crescita dell'Eurozona stimata allo 0,1% nel primo trimestre 2026, inflazione area euro al 3,0%, tassi ancora al 3,9%.* Allarme bolla AI. Stiglitz segnala una possibile sopravvalutazione del Nasdaq fino al 50%, concentrata su poche società tecnologiche e sull'intelligenza artificiale. Lettura utile per gli investitori: il trend resta strategico, ma la selezione dei titoli diventa decisiva.Industria, Imprese e Golden PowerTestate: Il Sole 24 Ore / Milano Finanza* Golden power sempre più rilevante. Nel 2025 risultano 903 operazioni segnalate, 26 approvate con prescrizioni e 2 vietate. Il tema non è solo difensivo: la normativa diventa una variabile strutturale per M&A, private equity, industria strategica e investimenti esteri.* Caso Ferretti-KKCG sotto osservazione. Il governo valuta la richiesta di golden power avanzata dal socio KKCG. Il dossier conferma che nautica, manifattura avanzata e asset industriali italiani restano al centro dell'attenzione strategica.* Difesa: EDGE pronta a investire in Italia. Milano Finanza segnala un piano da 3 miliardi di euro del gruppo emiratino EDGE. Indicazione positiva: la difesa si conferma uno dei settori con maggiore capacità di attrarre capitali esteri, tecnologia e partnership industriali.Fisco, Normativa e Capitale UmanoTestate: Il Sole 24 Ore / Repubblica / Moneta* Concordato preventivo 2026-2027 in fase di test. Il Sole 24 Ore evidenzia i primi passaggi operativi in attesa delle modifiche al decreto fiscale. Tema chiave per imprese e professionisti: prevedibilità fiscale e compliance diventano leve competitive.* Rientro dei cervelli: bonus non rafforzati. Repubblica segnala il mancato aumento degli incentivi per chi rientra in Italia. Tra i KPI: detassazione ridotta rispetto al passato e beneficio ordinario su 5 anni, estendibile a 10 anni in casi specifici come acquisto casa o figli. Criticità: il Paese rischia di perdere competenze qualificate proprio mentre imprese e PA cercano profili ad alta produttività.* Casa e affitti: richiesta di IMU più leggera. Moneta affronta il tema degli sfratti rapidi e degli incentivi fiscali per chi affitta. Indicazione positiva: una fiscalità più equilibrata sugli immobili potrebbe aumentare l'offerta abitativa e ridurre tensioni sui canoni.Consumi, Prezzi e Potere d'AcquistoTestate: Repubblica / La Stampa* Il carrello alimentare resta sotto pressione. La Repubblica evidenzia rincari molto rilevanti.* Effetto business: margini sotto stress nella filiera food. La Stampa parla di costi triplicati su alcune produzioni. Per imprese e distribuzione il nodo è duplice: preservare margini e non scaricare integralmente gli aumenti sul consumatore finale.Energia e Geopolitica EconomicaTestate: Il Sole 24 Ore / Corriere della Sera / Repubblica / La Stampa / Il Messaggero* Hormuz e Medio Oriente impattano direttamente sui mercati. Le tensioni nell'area spingono energia, trasporti e aspettative d'inflazione. Il rischio principale è la trasmissione dei costi energetici a beni industriali, logistica e consumi.* Europa-Golfo: energia, difesa e infrastrutture. Il Sole 24 Ore segnala la missione di Meloni allo Europe Gulf Forum. Focus su energia, investimenti, difesa, infrastrutture e corridoio IMEC, con Trieste e Adriatico candidati a diventare hub logistici tra Asia ed Europa.* Biocarburanti come opportunità europea. Il Sole 24 Ore legge i biocarburanti come leva industriale e strategica. Indicazione positiva: l'Europa può ridurre dipendenze energetiche, sostenere filiere agricole-industriali e accelerare la transizione senza indebolire la competitività.Lavoro, Welfare e DemografiaTestate: Corriere della Sera / Il Foglio – Inserto* Longevità e sanità: costo sociale crescente. Il Corriere evidenzia il tema dell'invecchiamento: più anni di vita, ma non sempre in buona salute. Per imprese e policy maker il punto è la sostenibilità del welfare e la prevenzione come investimento produttivo.* Industria senza operai: rischio strutturale. Il Foglio richiama la scomparsa progressiva di competenze manuali e tecniche. Indicazione positiva: formazione professionale, ITS e riqualificazione possono diventare una leva concreta di produttività.

Sinan Ciddi compares Eurasian trade corridors, noting that the U.S.-backed IMEC currently holds an advantage. He identifies Turkey's infrastructure deficits and economic instability as major hurdles for its ambitious regional transport and finance projects. (11/16)1930

SCHEDULE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, 5-13-26.JULY 1930 ASTOUNDING.Vladimir Putin's isolation and paranoia were evident during a significantly diminished Victory Day parade in Moscow. Ivana Stradner notes that North Korean troop presence reflects Russia's military degradation and growing domestic security concerns. (1/16)Drone technology has shifted the war in Ukraine's favor while Putin seeks to exhaust Western resolve through protracted conflict. Ivana Stradner warns that the Kremlin uses psychological tactics to gain leverage during negotiations. (2/16)Iran's violation of uranium enrichment limits challenges the Non-Proliferation Treaty's effectiveness. Peter Huessyexplains how nations like North Korea and China have successfully circumvented international rules to develop and proliferate nuclear weapons. (3/16)U.S. allies like Saudi Arabia pursue nuclear power, raising proliferation concerns. Peter Huessy argues that Chinastrategically facilitates proliferation to create global instability while draining American military resources and testing international diplomatic authority. (4/16)Donald Trump's Beijing summit focuses on trade and Taiwan arms sales. Grant Newsham warns that relaxing advanced chip exports would provide China a dangerous advantage in AI warfare and broader geopolitical competition. (5/16)The CCP is "Sinicizing" Christianity by rewriting biblical stories to promote socialist values. Samuel Bener explains that state-run churches now emphasize loyalty to Xi Jinping and the party over traditional religious teachings and scripture. (6/16)European leaders monitor the Trump-Xi summit while seeking economic autonomy. Judy Dempsey notes that Europeremains strategically divided and lacks a unified response to the global energy crisis caused by Middle Eastern conflicts. (7/16)Germany's far-right AfD party is surging by exploiting voter anger over inflation and the Iran war. Judy Dempseyhighlights the party's success in eastern Germany, where it taps into deep-seated cultural and political resentments. (8/16)Mary Kissel highlights the scripted nature of Chinese diplomacy and warns against using Taiwan as a bargaining chip. She stresses that U.S. national security must be prioritized over short-term corporate interests and business deals. (9/16)Ukraine's innovative defense industry has enabled it to resist a larger Russian force. Mary Kissel criticizes weak European leadership and argues that only overwhelming military force will effectively bring Iran back to diplomatic negotiations. (10/16)Sinan Ciddi compares Eurasian trade corridors, noting that the U.S.-backed IMEC currently holds an advantage. He identifies Turkey's infrastructure deficits and economic instability as major hurdles for its ambitious regional transport and finance projects. (11/16)Russian oil production and exports are declining due to technological sanctions and successful Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries. Mikhail Bernstam notes that Russia's air defenses have proven ineffective against low-cost, highly destructive drone attacks. (12/16)Simon Constable reports on rising global commodity prices, including energy and food. He explains that inflation is outpacing take-home pay in Europe and the U.S., creating severe political challenges for current governing administrations. (13/16)Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a significant revolt within the Labour Party due to extreme unpopularity. Simon Constable cites unpopular economic policies, like cutting winter heating allowances, as primary drivers of widespread public discontent. (14/16)Bob Zimmerman discusses private sector aerospace growth, including SpaceX's potential expansion in Louisiana. He highlights the success of vertically integrated companies like Rocket Lab and new private space station ventures involving multiple international partners. (15/16)Future Mars exploration will utilize high-speed helicopter rotors and data from the Psyche probe. Bob Zimmerman also emphasizes the abundance of water on Mars and the growing global alliance of Artemis Accords nations. (16/16)

ถ้าพูดถึงศูนย์กลางของโลกเทคโนโลยี หลายคนคงนึกถึง Silicon Valley ในสหรัฐอเมริกา หรือฐานทัพของ TSMC ในไต้หวัน แต่เชื่อหรือไม่ครับว่า สถานที่ที่กุมชะตาของวงการชิปแทบทุกตัวบนโลกใบนี้ กลับไม่ได้อยู่ในประเทศมหาอำนาจ แต่ซ่อนตัวอยู่อย่างเงียบ ๆ ในเมืองเล็ก ๆ ของประเทศเบลเยียม ที่มีชื่อว่า Leuven ที่นี่คือที่ตั้งของ IMEC องค์กรเบื้องหลังที่ทำให้ศัตรูคู่อาฆาตทางธุรกิจอย่าง Intel, Samsung และ TSMC ต้องยอมวางอาวุธ แล้วเดินมาจับมือกัน ทำไมองค์กรที่ไม่แสวงหาผลกำไรแห่งนี้ ถึงกลายเป็นผู้กุมอนาคตของอุตสาหกรรม Semiconductor มูลค่าหลายล้านล้านบาท และกำหนดทิศทางเทคโนโลยีของโลกใบนี้ได้ คลิปนี้มีคำตอบครับ เลือกฟังกันได้เลยนะครับ อย่าลืมกด Follow ติดตาม PodCast ช่อง Geek Forever's Podcast ของผมกันด้วยนะครับ #เซมิคอนดักเตอร์ #อุตสาหกรรมชิป #ผลิตชิป #เทคโนโลยี #นวัตกรรม #ธุรกิจเทคโนโลยี #ข่าวไอที #เล่าเรื่องธุรกิจ #ชิปคอมพิวเตอร์ #การผลิตชิป #IMEC #ASML #TSMC #Intel #Samsung #ความรู้รอบตัว #นวัตกรรมอนาคต #geekstory #geekforeverpodcast

What If the Iran War Is Not What You Think? The headlines are shouting about "ancient grudges" and nuclear encroachment, but what if the chaos in the Middle East is actually a calculated architectural reset of the global economy? While the world watches the cease-fire lines, a much bigger picture is unfolding—one that replaces vulnerable maritime chokepoints with a private-equity-managed system controlled by a Board of Peace. In this episode, we pull back the curtain on a strategy that didn't just underestimate the conflict—it counted on it. We explore how the "burning ocean" became the ultimate sales pitch for a new world order. In this deep dive, we reveal: The Hormuz Shutdown: How the U.S. Navy effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, stripping Iran of its oil income and forcing a global energy emergency that made alternatives mandatory. The Saudi-Israel Connection: How the IMEC creates a seamless link from India through the Saudi desert to the Port of Haifa in Israel, bypassing the Iranian "veto". Netanyahu and the New Axis: The strategic collaboration between Netanyahu's government and Saudi Arabia to finalize the "Abraham Gateway," turning GAZA into the primary Mediterranean terminal for the world's energy. The Mastermind Team: The strategic roles of Rubio, Vance, Witkoff, and Kushner in navigating the shift from maritime dependency to a land bridge where the risk is borne by the American taxpayer. The Insurance Trap: Why private markets fled a $352 billion risk, leaving the DFC as the only insurer of last resort—effectively making the IMEC the only "safe" route left on the planet. Chairman for Life: The internal mechanics of the Board of Peace, a "private club" with no UN oversight and a $17 billion private military force. The Gaza Terminus: Why the reconstruction of Gaza is actually the key to controlling the gateway of European trade. Is this the strategic genius the world needs to bypass "ideological lunatics," or the most dangerous concentration of power in modern history? Skims: Shop Everyday Cotton, and all of my favorite bras and underwear at http://www.skims.com/jillian  Superpower: Head to https://Superpower.com and use code JILLIAN at checkout for $20 off your membership. Live up to your 100-Year potential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Decline of the American Empire" Hosts: Darren Weeks, Vicky Davis Website for the show: https://governamerica.com Vicky's website: https://thetechnocratictyranny.com COMPLETE SHOW NOTES AND CREDITS AT: https://governamerica.com/radio/radio-archives/22660-govern-america-april-4-2026-decline-of-the-american-empire Listen LIVE every Saturday at 11AM Eastern or 8AM Pacific at http://governamerica.net or on your favorite app. DISCLOSURE: AI used for top-of-the-hour newscasts and break bumper music. Iran war stretches into the sixth week with no end in sight. Destruction will take years from which to recover as critical infrastructure to supply the world with cheap energy has been destroyed. Supply chains begin to break down and comparisons are now being drawn between the war and COVID. The 72 hour "just-in-time" food system. Diesel and fertilizer will be a pressure point. Technocracy and the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), and more.

Een nieuw #nerdland maandoverzicht! Met deze maand: Bizarre hybride wezens! Insectenzenuwstelsels! De SLS-Raket! Meta! Tennisrobots! Geavanceerde chipproductiemachines! Hinniktonen! PISSSTREAM! En veel meer... Gepresenteerd door Lieven Scheire met Hetty Helsmoortel, Bart Van Peer, Marian Verhelst, Kurt Beheydt en Peter Berx. Opname, montage en mastering door Jens Paeyeneers. Check ook https://podcast.nerdland.be/nerdland-maandoverzicht-april-2026/ (00:04:07) Herhaald klonen van hetzelfde dier levert nu een reeks van 57 generaties klonen op, wat vragen oproept over effecten op gezondheid en erfelijkheid (00:08:34) Het brein van een vlieg is tot in detail nagebouwd in een model om insectenzenuwstelsels te begrijpen (00:18:05) Muizenhersenen blijken een “cryosleep” te kunnen overleven en nadien weer activiteit te vertonen (00:19:18) De Ig Nobelprijzen verhuizen naar Europa uit vrees voor problemen met Amerikaanse reisvisa (00:21:25) NASA moest een ruimtestation tijdelijk evacueren wegens een medisch probleem bij astronaut Mike Fincke (00:25:50) De VS verschuiven hun ruimtebeleid om minder op ruimtestations en meer op een volwaardige maanbasis te focussen (00:32:03) De SLS-raket staat opnieuw op het lanceerplatform klaar voor een volgende test of missie (00:36:26) Menselijke hersencellen op een chip leerden in een week het computerspel Doom spelen (00:45:51) IMEC in Leuven installeert de meest geavanceerde chipproductiemachine ter wereld (00:55:51) Een hondenbaasje gebruikte ChatGPT en AlphaFold om zelf een experimentele behandeling voor de kanker van zijn hond te ontwerpen (01:05:10) Silicon Valley Nieuws (01:05:24) Een incident rond militair gebruik van Anthropic's AI Claude voor nucleaire dreigingsanalyse zorgt voor grote commotie (01:09:58) Iran voert wraakacties uit door datacenters aan te vallen met bombardementen (01:10:52) Meta's slimme bril zou externe medewerkers toegang geven tot gebruikersbeelden, wat grote privacyzorgen oproept (01:15:29) Rechtszaak tegen Meta omdat Facebook opzettelijk verslavend gemaakt is (01:23:33) Chimpansees vinden glimmende kristallen fascinerend, maar de reden voor die voorkeur is nog onduidelijk (01:28:21) Een bizar hybride wezen combineert kenmerken van kikker, mug en bij in één ontwerp (01:34:45) Paarden produceren twee tonen tegelijk bij het hinniken, één met de stembanden en één via een fluitachtig structuurtje in het strottenhoofd (01:38:45) Een Chinese tennisrobot, Latent, toont opvallend vloeiende en mensachtige tennisvaardigheden (01:45:45) Slimme laptopstand “Slapmac” koppelt schermhoek aan sensoren om je houding en gebruik te optimaliseren (01:51:42) Trace deminges: PISSSTREAM die scherm vult (01:53:01) Mieren zetten uitgestoten CO2 om in harde, beschermende “pantser”-structuren in hun lichaam (01:57:43) Pokémon Go-technologie wordt gebruikt om bezorgrobots een extreem nauwkeurige kaart van de omgeving te geven (02:02:48) Aankondigingen (02:02:58) In memoriam: Julie Leurs (02:03:49) Nerdland Festival: vrijwilligers@nerdlandfestival.be (02:08:05) Bijenhotel Puyenbroeck (02:14:52) Op 23 april organiseert de KU Leuven een Dag van de Insecten, volledig gewijd aan insectenonderzoek (02:15:38) Nerdland voor Kleine Nerds op Ketnet (02:16:30) Meteoor gezien (02:20:41) Rechtzetting VAIA (02:21:09) Sponsor MAP: Mercator Museum Sint-Niklaas. Correctie: het museum is wekelijks open van dinsdag tot en met zondag!

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Dans cet épisode passionnant des Voix de l'Économie, Stéphane Pedrazzi s'entretient avec Gérard Mestrallet, l'envoyé spécial du président de la République française auprès de l'IMEC (Initiative pour le Moyen-Orient et l'Eurasie Continentale). Ensemble, ils explorent les enjeux stratégiques du projet de couloir logistique reliant l'Europe à l'Asie, un projet ambitieux qui pourrait transformer durablement les échanges commerciaux entre ces trois continents.Alors que le conflit au Moyen-Orient menace de nouveau la sécurité des routes maritimes, Gérard Mestrallet souligne l'urgence de trouver des solutions alternatives pour sécuriser les approvisionnements, notamment autour du détroit d'Hormuz. C'est dans ce contexte que l'IMEC, porté par la France, prend tout son sens. Cet ambitieux projet vise à créer un réseau multimodal de voies de communication terrestres et maritimes, offrant de nouvelles options aux pays du Golfe pour exporter leurs ressources énergétiques.Au-delà de cet enjeu sécuritaire, l'IMEC s'inscrit également dans une dynamique de renforcement des liens économiques entre l'Europe, le Moyen-Orient et l'Inde. Alors que ces trois régions ont signé récemment un important accord commercial, Gérard Mestrallet explique comment l'IMEC permettra d'accompagner cette croissance des échanges en modernisant et diversifiant les infrastructures de transport.Mais le projet IMEC n'est pas seulement une réponse pragmatique à des défis logistiques. Selon l'invité, il pourrait aussi jouer un rôle géopolitique majeur en créant une vaste « zone tampon » entre les deux superpuissances que sont les États-Unis et la Chine. Une manière d'éviter un affrontement trop brutal entre ces deux géants, dans un contexte de tensions commerciales exacerbées.Malgré les incertitudes liées à la guerre au Moyen-Orient, Gérard Mestrallet se montre confiant quant à l'avenir du projet IMEC. Il souligne notamment le soutien de l'administration américaine, qui y voit un moyen de contrebalancer l'influence grandissante de la Chine dans la région, tout en s'inscrivant dans la dynamique des accords d'Abraham signés sous la présidence de Donald Trump.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

On this edition of the program, Bob tries to dig deep behind the headlines and narratives to bring clarity to the ongoing global war of disinformation. What is the real story behind the headlines in the Middle East? What is “The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor?” What's its relationship to the ongoing military action in Iran, Israel, and other Gulf countries? Are we being told the complete truth? Listen, be patient, as Bob starts to break it down.Now, do you believe in this ministry? If you do, you can keep us on the air as a radio program and podcast by visiting our website. It is vastly more urgent than ever that you do. https://truth2ponder.com/support. You can also mail a check payable to Ancient Word Radio, P.O. Box 510, Chilhowie, VA 24319. Thank you in advance for your faithfulness to this ministry.

SHOW SCHEDULE 3-18-261900 OTTAWA1. Guests Gordon Chang and Steve Yates discuss the postponed Trump-Xi summit during the Iran war. They analyze Chinese negotiation tactics that favor theater over substance and Xi's belief in the inevitable decline of the West.,,, (2)2. Guest Captain James Fanell analyzes China's AR2000 shipborne drone, describing it as a propaganda signaling tool. He notes the PLA Navy currently lacks the carrier experience and volume necessary to sustain major bombing campaigns.,,, (3)3. Guest Charles Burton critiques Canada's import of Chinese electric vehicles as a dangerous economic concession. He warns of "maple washing," security risks, and "elite capture" by Beijing, which threatens Canadian sovereignty and human rights.,, (4)4. Guests Gordon Chang and Charles Burton express skepticism about U.S.-China trade truces, noting Beijing's history of non-compliance. They advocate for North American collaboration on critical mineral processing to reduce dependence on Chinese state-controlled monopolies.,,, (5)5. Guest Simon Constable reports on surging energy prices and diesel shortages in France caused by the Iran war. He addresses global inflation driven by rising shipping costs and the UK's struggle to provide naval support.,,, (6)6. Guest Simon Constable examines the political unpopularity of Prime Minister Starmer and the debate over King Charles's U.S. visit. Constable argues the monarch must proceed to maintain essential diplomatic ties despite ongoing regional wartime tensions.,, (7)7. Guests Mariam Wahba and Natalie Ecanow discuss the International Union of Muslim Scholars, identifying it as a Muslim Brotherhood-aligned group in Doha. They describe the organization's strategy of hedging between Iran and Arab states.,,, (8)8. Guests Natalie Ecanow and Mariam Wahba address the IMEC project to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. They emphasize the need for U.S. energy dominance and strategic infrastructure to reduce Iran's ability to leverage global trade routes.,, (9)9. Guest Michael Bernstam details how Russia benefits from the Iran war, earning $150 million extra daily as oil prices soar. He explains that lifting sanctions on the shadow fleet significantly strengthens Putin's wartime budget.,, (10)10. Guest Michael Bernstam analyzes the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a narrow choke point currently controlled by Iran. He warns of a massive shipping traffic jam that will cause prolonged high energy prices.,, (11)11. Guest Sinan Ciddi explains Turkey's deployment of NATO Patriot systems after Iranian missile provocations. Turkey seeks to stay out of the war, preferring a weakened but stable Iranian regime to prevent regional Kurdish uprisings.,,, (12)12. Guest Cliff May defines Iranian interference in the Strait of Hormuz as an act of international piracy. He urges U.S. action to guarantee freedom of navigation, comparing the threat to historical North African pirate states.,,, (13)13. Guest Peter Berkowitz discusses the book "Mobilize," which advocates for rebooting the American industrial base. He critiques central planning and argues the U.S. must leverage private-sector entrepreneurial innovation to counter the Chinese Communist Party.,, (14)14. Guest Peter Berkowitz outlines reforms for the Department of Defense, including cutting bureaucratic red tape and encouraging technological competition. He stresses the importance of higher education in teaching the free-market principles necessary for national security.,, (15)15. Guest Bob Zimmerman reports on the private space industry, highlighting SpaceX's flight records and plans for orbital AI data centers. He also discusses startups in South Korea and Germany facing technical challenges during their launches.,,, (16)16. Guest Bob Zimmerman explores archival space data on Uranus's moons and the upcoming Apophis asteroid mission. He highlights the "Mothra" telescope in Chile as a prime example of private enterprise funding successful scientific exploration projects.,, (17)SHOW SCHEDULE 3-18

De nieuwste high NA EUV-machine van ASML, bedoeld voor de productie van de meest geavanceerde halfgeleiders, wordt vanaf vandaag verder ontwikkeld in België, bij chiponderzoeksinstituut Imec in Leuven. BNR's techredacteur Joe van Burik was daarbij aanwezig en sprak onder meer met IMEC's CEO Luc Van den hove en Peter Vanoppen van ASML.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dans cette émission, Cyril, de l'IMEC est venu nous parlé de la programmation à venir au sein de l'IMEC. Il est venu accompagné de Grégoire Sourice, auteur en résidence à l'IMEC, et il est venu nous parler de son nouveau projet littéraire en cours.

Ο επικεφαλής του Τμήματος Ασιατικών Σπουδών του Ινστιτούτου Διεθνών Οικονομικών Σχέσεων, Πλάμεν Τόντσεφ, αναλύει τις διεθνείς διαστάσεις της κρίσης γύρω από το Ιράν, εξετάζοντας κυρίως τις σχέσεις της χώρας με την Κίνα, την Ινδία και τη Ρωσία. Υποστηρίζει ότι η σημαντικότερη διμερής σχέση του Ιράν είναι με την Κίνα, κυρίως λόγω της ενεργειακής συνεργασίας, καθώς μεγάλο μέρος του ιρανικού πετρελαίου κατευθύνεται προς την κινεζική αγορά, ενώ η συνεργασία επεκτείνεται και σε γεωπολιτικό επίπεδο μέσω οργανισμών όπως οι BRICS και ο Οργανισμός Συνεργασίας της Σαγκάης. Παράλληλα αναλύεται ο ανταγωνισμός Κίνας–Ινδίας, με τον οικονομικό διάδρομο IMEC να λειτουργεί ως αντίβαρο στον κινεζικό «Νέο Δρόμο του Μεταξιού». Ο Τόντσεφ επισημαίνει επίσης τη στρατηγική σχέση Ρωσίας–Ιράν και τη διαμόρφωση ενός ευρύτερου αντιδυτικού άξονα με τη συμμετοχή της Κίνας και της Βόρειας Κορέας. Σύμφωνα με τον ίδιο, η σύγκρουση στη Μέση Ανατολή συνδέεται με βαθύτερες γεωπολιτικές ανακατατάξεις στην Ευρασία, καθώς το παγκόσμιο κέντρο βάρους μετατοπίζεται σταδιακά προς την Ασία. Τονίζει ακόμη ότι η Δύση καλείται να προσαρμοστεί σε έναν πιο πολυπολικό κόσμο, ενώ επισημαίνει πως οι εξελίξεις στη Μέση Ανατολή ενδέχεται να προκαλέσουν περαιτέρω αστάθεια και νέες περιφερειακές ανακατατάξεις τα επόμενα χρόνια. Συντελεστές: Sound design, Ηχοληψία, Μοντάζ: Θάνος Ψυλλίδης, Όλγα Καραγιάννη Η ηχογράφηση έγινε στο Athens Voice Studio

Moreno comprueba en Lovaina el "cumplimiento de plazos" para que el IMEC se instale en Málaga

La Junta prevé pérdidas de 190 millones de euros para el sector turístico en Málaga por problemas de conexión ferroviaria con Madrid. El director de IMEC en Málaga, Karel Van Gils, ha avanzado que la fábrica de microchips de la multinacional belga empezará a construirse en el parque tecnológico a finales de este año. La junta de Gobierno del ayuntamiento de Málaga ha aprobado este martes el estudio de ordenación urbanística que permitirá el cambio de uso del antiguo edificio de correos de Málaga. La criminalidad en Málaga aumentó un 2% en 2025 con un total de 104.234 infracciones penales. En deportes, desde hoy hasta el 1 de marzo Málaga acoge el primer open de pikcleball. Y este finde semana llega al teatro del Soho uno de los grandes clásicos de la comedia 'La Venganza de Don Mendo', hablamos hoy en nuestros estudios con su director Paco Mir.Escuchar audio

Wist je dat de chip in je smartphone is uitgevonden in een Belgisch lab waar zelfs een baardhaar een heel productieproces kan verpesten? Tweakers-redacteur Daan van Monsjou ging de cleanroom in en vertelt wat hij daar aantrof. IMEC in Leuven is het onderzoeksinstituut waar TSMC, ASML, Intel en Samsung samenwerken aan de chiptechnologie van morgen. Daan van Monsjou, PC-hardwareman bij Tweakers, was een van de weinige journalisten die de gloednieuwe NanoIC Pilot Line cleanroom mocht betreden. In deze aflevering legt hij uit hoe chips écht gemaakt worden, van tindruppeltjes die met 300 km/u worden beschoten tot spiegels die gladder zijn dan Duitsland vlak is. We ontdekken waarom 2 nanometer eigenlijk marketing is, hoe een chip maken drie maanden duurt, en waarom zelfs startups en studenten straks hun eigen 1,4nm-chips kunnen ontwerpen. Plus: wordt 2026 het jaar van Linux op de gaming-desktop? Over Daan van Monsjou Daan van Monsjou is redacteur bij Tweakers, waar hij al ruim zes jaar schrijft over PC-hardware, processors en chiptechnologie. Hij is de drijvende kracht achter de interne "Core"-nieuwsbrief over chipfabricage en interviewde onder meer de CTO van ASML. Tweakers: Daan van Monsjou Bluesky: Daan van Monsjou In deze aflevering 0:00:00 IMEC, kleine chips en een stukje geluk0:03:18 Wordt 2026 het jaar van Linux op de gaming-desktop?0:10:22 Wat is IMEC en waarom werkt de hele chipwereld daar samen?0:15:11 De cleanroom in: luchtdouches, kapjes en extreme schoonheid0:17:55 Waarom 2 nanometer niet echt 2 nanometer is0:20:04 Piu-piu-lasers: hoe EUV-licht wordt gemaakt met tindruppeltjes0:22:13 Transistors uitgelegd: van planar tot FinFET en gate-all-around0:27:05 Drie maanden voor één chip — en tienduizenden wafers per maand0:32:24 De nieuwe NanoIC Pilot Line: 1,4 nanometer voor startups en studenten0:35:01 Chipsoevereiniteit: waarom Europa meer zelf moet kunnen0:40:08 Een stukje geluk: waarom zelfs Intel vastliep op 10 nanometer0:44:14 De atomaire limiet: hoe ver kunnen chips nog krimpen?0:47:46 Worden onze thuiscomputers ooit quantum? Genoemd in deze aflevering IMEC (Belgisch onderzoeksinstituut voor nanoelectronica) ASML en hun EUV / High-NA EUV machines TSMC, Samsung, Intel — de drie grote chipfabrikanten NanoIC Pilot Line (nieuwe IMEC cleanroom, 2,5 miljard euro) Process Design Kit (PDK) voor 1,4nm chipdesign Steam Deck / Steam Machine en Linux gaming (Valve / SteamOS) Cadence en Synopsys (EDA-software) MNOT S04E21 – Lasers en zandpannenkoeken van ASML met Sander Blok Fedora KDE (Linux-distributie die Daan privé gebruikt) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AAOMPT Fellow and educator Laura Wenger joins us to explore the future of membership, community, and belonging within orthopaedic manual physical therapy.Laura teaches foundational clinical reasoning at the University of Utah's hybrid DPT pathway, treats patients weekly in a rural outpatient ortho practice, and serves as Co-Chair of AAOMPT's Inclusive Membership & Engagement Committee (IMEC). Her work sits at the intersection of education, patient care, and organizational leadership.In this episode, Laura shares what IMEC is working on, how AAOMPT can better serve clinicians across training levels, and why belonging and representation matter for the future of the profession.In this episode, we cover:???? Who AAOMPT members actually are — and who we want to reach???? The biggest opportunities for member engagement year-round???? How AAOMPT supports professional + personal growth???? The value of SIGs, committees, and leadership pathways???? Fellowship pathways & mentorship: where they shine???? Why DEI work is essential for OMPT's long-term health???? How Laura teaches clinical reasoning to a new generation of DPT students???? Practicing in rural settings + hybrid education insightsThis one is essential listening for current AAOMPT members — and anyone curious about joining.

Please take 5 minutes to fill out Ark Media's LISTENER SURVEY____Subscribe to What's Your Number?____For years, normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel was seen as the ultimate goal of the Abraham Accords and the final step towards unlocking regional stability. But a sharp rivalry is heating up between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed. Dan is joined by Yonatan Adiri and Yael Wissner-Levy to unpack the economic, political, and personal dynamics driving this feud, what it means for Israel, and why India and global energy corridors may matter more than most people realize.In this episode:- MBS's Vision 2030 under pressure and the internal Saudi recalibration- The Yemen flashpoint that ruptured the Saudi–UAE relationship- Mentor turned rival: How MBS and MBZ went from alignment to confrontation- Energy corridors, IMEC, and the India factor- Is Israel collateral damage or strategically positioned?- Why UAE's “infrastructure diplomacy” may be winning quietly- The future of normalization versus regional integrationThis episode was sponsored by United Hatzalah. Donate today at IsraelRescue.org/CallMeBack. Add this number to your phone right now if you live in Israel – 1221, and for those visiting it's 972-2-5-383838.More Ark Media:Subscribe to Inside Call me BackExplore Israel VotesListen to For Heaven's SakeWatch Call me Back on YouTubeNewsletters | Ark Media | Amit Segal | Nadav EyalInstagram | Ark Media | DanX | DanDan Senor & Saul Singer's book, The Genius of IsraelGet in touchCredits: Ilan Benatar, Adaam James Levin-Areddy, Brittany Cohen, Ava Weiner, Martin Huergo, Mariangeles Burgos, and Patricio Spadavecchia, Yuval Semo 

A União Europeia inaugurou na Bélgica uma infraestrutura onde empresas podem testar como fabricar chips antes de investirem à escala industrial. Chama-se NanoIC e é a maior linha-piloto europeia de semicondutores. Mas como vai funcionar esta nova “fábrica experimental” e o que muda, na prática, para a indústria europeia?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan talks with JD Dalfonso from the Discover Peoria Communications Bureau about the Illinois Music Education Conference (IMEC), taking place in Peoria from January 28th-31st. He explains how the event benefits the community, including the urban landscape experience, smooth traffic flow, and hotel occupancy that is 80% higher throughout the region. IMEC has been hosted in Peoria for over 30 years and provides incredible music education while Discover Peoria ensures the attendees have everything they need. He highlights how this annual event is a major success for Greater Peoria. For more information, visit https://ilmea.org/imecintroSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

durée : 01:47:57 - Soft Power - par : Frédéric Martel - Nouvelle route commerciale reliant l'Inde au Moyen-Orient et à l'Europe, le corridor IMEC se rêve comme une alternative aux Nouvelles Routes de la Soie tissés par le géant chinois. Entre ambitions immenses et défis gargantuesques, analyse d'un projet géopolitique majeur. - réalisation : Peire Legras, Alexandra Malka - invités : Gérard Mestrallet Président-Directeur Général d'Engie; Bruno Sportisse Président directeur général de l'INRIA

CHAMPION Now!® Founder Terry M. Iverson “As a former business owner serving the manufacturing community, I believe there is nothing more important than the young people of this country. The manufacturing industry relies on the next generation of skilled workers, managers, and entrepreneurs to lead this country into a prosperous future. CHAMPION Now!® exists to change the image of manufacturing from the unrealistic, stereotypical “dark and dirty” industry to one that is filled with extremely technological, advanced innovations, and exhilarating and good-paying careers available for the next generation. With the CHAMPION Now!® message, we have created a platform to move manufacturing forward. Together with the power of the industry supporting us, we will reach the next generation with exciting educational films, presentations, and internships that demonstrate how manufacturing is the foundation of our American economy and offers exhilarating career choices. This effort will only succeed with the enthusiastic support and generous financial contribution from the manufacturing industry to fund outreach into the classrooms, out to the influencers, parents, teachers, and the general public. The CHAMPION Now!® team is working with local companies, schools, various associations, IMEC, and a variety of industry partners to bring successful young people's path in their own manufacturing careers to others. We hope that role models will help inspire others to pursue a passionate career choice in manufacturing.

Durven dromen, plannen, investeren. Eigenlijk wil Peter Wennink van ons land één groot PPS-project maken: publiek-private samenwerking. Het doet denken aan 50 jaar geleden, toen op 1 december 1975 Wim Leeman de eerste sleutel kreeg van een groepje tijdelijke houten huizen, het Bivak, in het nieuwe Almere. Nederland bouwde een nieuwe stad op drooggelegde zeebodem. Een nieuwe omgeving in een nieuw landschap in een nieuw land. Letterlijk een poldermodel. Nu, 50 jaar later, wil Rob Jetten maar liefst tien nieuwe steden, Henri Bontenbal overal 'een wijkje erbij' en Wennink wil het hele land op de schop nemen. Lukt dat? En wat leren zij, wij en u van Almere? Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger nemen u mee naar de toekomst van gisteren en de noodzaak, uitdaging en inspiratie om in het komende nieuwe jaar weer vooruit te durven kijken. *** Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show! Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend ons een mailtje en wij zoeken contact. *** In de jaren van wederopbouw en woningnood vonden de grote politieke families elkaar in een maatschappelijk ideaal waarin beginselen als 'volksverheffing', 'eigen verantwoordelijkheid', 'bezitsvorming' en 'zelfstandig leven' tot uitdrukking kwamen. Toen de ergste nood gelenigd was, ontstond de ambitie van een herontwerp naar een modern, welvarend en geëmancipeerd land. Grote projecten en nieuwe locaties als de Maasvlakte, de Bijlmermeer, Zoetermeer, Nieuwegein en Purmerend werden aangepakt. Daar hoorde Almere bij, ‘de zuidweststad’ in de nieuwste polder. Het begon met een nostalgisch imitatie-Hanzestadje en een ontwerp van een verzameling losse kernen, à la Los Angeles. Maar dat concept veranderde allengs tot een meer urbaan geheel. Almere groeide naar 100.000 bewoners in 1995, meer dan 232.000 inwoners nu en tijdens het kabinet-Balkenende IV werd zelfs gedacht aan expansie naar 350.000 in 2030. Maar het deels verkrotte Amsterdam herleefde en werd een onverwachte concurrent voor de nieuwe stad. Almere 'verzoetermeerde'. De samenwerkingsplannen van de Vrije Universiteit en Hogeschool Windesheim voor een kenniscentrum sneefden en het idee om de stad met de Floriade op de kaart te zetten werd een dure flop. Niet drie miljoen, slechts 600.000 bezoekers vonden de weg naar de stad in de polder. In het ambitieuze advies van Peter Wennink heeft Almere een bijzondere plek gekregen. In een gloednieuw Institute for Advanced Materials and Metrology (IAMM) moeten ‘A.I., materialenwetenschap en metrologie in één geïntegreerde omgeving worden samengebracht’, schrijft hij. 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From Pony.ai launching a robo-taxi service during a Shanghai storm to E Ink revolutionising the way supermarkets label their shelves – emerging market companies are in many cases leapfrogging western counterparts. In this episode, investment manager Alice Stretch reveals to host Leo Kelion some of the most disruptive companies innovating at speed in Asia and Latin America. Background:Alice Stretch is an investment manager in Baillie Gifford's Emerging Markets Equity Team. In this conversation, recorded as part of our annual Disruption Week briefings, she explores some of the growth companies in her portfolios turning constraints to their advantage and reducing friction in their customers' lives. Companies discussed include: PolicyBazaar – the Indian insurance platform making it easier for people to protect themselves against life's financial shocks.Nubank – the Brazilian digital lender extending access to banking and credit.Meituan – the food delivery and local services app extending its reach beyond China.MercadoLibre – the Latin American ecommerce and fintech giant expanding into advertising.Mobile World – the Vietnamese conglomerate that has expanded from mobile phones to competitively priced groceries.Sea Ltd – the Singaporean gaming, shopping and fintech group eyeing the possibilities of agentic AI.TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) – the world's leading chip manufacturer.E Ink – the Taiwanese e-paper pioneer building on its ebook success to provide supermarkets with updateable price tags and marketers with low-power digital billboards.Pony.ai – the first driverless car company to offer a robo-taxi service in four of China's most populous cities. Resources:Disruption Week Emerging markets: how we do what we doEmerging markets: from imitators to innovatorsEmerging markets: the next engines of growth (podcast)Emerging markets in 2050: growth in a changing worldImecShort Briefings on Long Term Thinking hub Companies mentioned include:AmazonByteDanceChromaE InkMercadoLibreMobile WorldMeituanNubankNVIDIAPolicyBazaarPony.aiSea LtdStellantisTSMC Timecodes:00:00  Introduction – Pony.ai takes to Shanghai's roads02:00  The imitators become the innovators05:10   How PolicyBazaar benefits from not being locked into a legacy system 07:10   Nubank: reducing friction while expanding access to banking and credit09:25  MercadoLibre's multi-act expansion leads it to advertising technology10:25   Mobile World's move from selling handsets to groceries11:50   Ways Sea Ltd developed capabilities while operating under constraints13:45   Sea CEO Forrest Li's ability to adapt and pivot15:25   Taking the long-term view and a generalist approach17:30   Studying the semiconductor industry with the help of Imec and TSMC19:45   Investing in Chroma and E Ink in Taiwan21:10   Walmart and other supermarkets adopt E Ink's updateable price labels22:45  The case for investing in Pony.ai as a long-term growth investor24:10   Pony.ai's cost advantage and international partnerships25:55  Taking macroeconomic and geopolitical risk into account27:15   Putting deep knowledge and research to our clients' advantage

Europe's chip future is being built in real time, and the view from Munich is electric. We sit down with IMEC's leadership and ESMC's founding CEO to unpack how pilot lines, a major Dresden fab, and the EU Chips Act are reshaping the continent's strategy—from research to high-volume manufacturing. Along the way, we track the evolution of Semicon Europa over 50 years, from a supplier-centric expo to a convening force that brings equipment makers, materials leaders, device companies, and end users into one space.Our guests open the hood on what resilience actually looks like: a 28 nm to 12 nm FinFET roadmap with integrated RRAM for microcontrollers, a half‑million‑wafers‑per‑year target, and a hiring plan that scales with purpose-built training in Dresden and Taiwan. On the R&D front, IMEC's expanded pilot line infrastructure—fueled by multi‑billion‑euro investment—helps Europe retain technology leadership while translating breakthroughs into products. We also examine advanced packaging, where 3D integration and chiplet architectures blur the line between front end and back end and create fresh opportunities for automotive and industrial electronics.The conversation gets candid on sovereignty versus interdependence. Full autarky is a myth; durable relevance comes from global collaboration, reverse dependencies, and focus on areas where Europe is indispensable—lithography, metrology, materials, and increasingly packaging and system design. We talk talent, too: why workforce visibility, skills pipelines, and on-the-job training will determine whether ambitious ramps hit their marks. If you care about semiconductors, policy, and the future of manufacturing in Europe, this is your inside track.If this resonated, follow the show, share it with a colleague, and leave a quick review—your support helps more builders and thinkers find us.Support the show

בפרק זה של הפודקאסט "על המשמעות" מארח עו"ד תמיר דורטל את חבר הכנסת לשעבר אל"מ (במיל׳) יוני שטבון, לשיחה על "אזור הדמדומים" בו נמצאת מדינת ישראל - בין קריסת הקונספציות הישנות לסדר החדש שטרם התעצב.הראיון צולל למתח שבין השאיפה להכרעה צבאית מוחלטת לבין האילוצים המדיניים מוושינגטון, ומנתח את המשמעות האסטרטגית של ההישגים בלבנון ובאיראן אל מול האתגר המתמשך בעזה.במהלך השיחה, שטבון מצביע על שינויי עומק בחברה הישראלית ובחזרה למסורת כבסיס לביטחון, וחושף את תופעת "מרד דרגי הביניים" המאתגרת את המערכת המשפטית מבפנים.כמו כן, נידון חזון כלכלי-ביטחוני לעתיד: מההזדמנויות במסדרון הסחר ההודי (IMEC) ועד הצורך הקיומי בפיתוח עצמאות ייצור בתחום התחמושת.האזינו לשיחה שמשרטטת את מפת הדרכים של ישראל לעשורים הבאים, מביטחון פנים ועד גיאופוליטיקה גלובלית.00:00:00 שלב המעבר: בין קריסת הקונספציה לסדר החדש00:06:05 קרב התודעה: סוגיית החטופים והניצחון המוחלט00:14:33 שיקום ההרתעה: ההישגים בלבנון והמסר לאיראן00:19:40 התיישבות וביטחון: הוויכוח על השליטה בשטח00:27:00 זהות ומסורת: השינויים העמוקים בחברה הישראלית00:37:15 מרד הפקידים: דרגי הביניים מאתגרים את המערכת המשפטית00:49:00 הזווית האמריקאית: ממשל טראמפ והאינטרס הישראלי00:55:10 הזדמנות כלכלית: ישראל כצומת במסדרון IMEC01:00:10 לקחי המלחמה: המעבר לייצור תחמושת עצמאי01:07:35 הכרעה פנימית: התחזית למבצע נרחב בנגב (פרימיום)#פודקאסט #על_המשמעותSupport the showתוכנית המנויים "על המשמעות פלוס" ➕: https://bit.ly/MashmaPlus גישה מוקדמת לפרקים

In this episode of Beyond the Indus, Ambassador Talmiz Ahmad and John Calabrese from the Middle East Institute join host Tushar Shetty to examine India's evolving strategy in the Middle East.We discuss the region's critical importance to India as a source of energy and trade, India's expanding security presence from the Bab al-Mandeb Strait to Afghanistan, and the country's ambitious infrastructure initiatives including the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC). The conversation also explores how India is responding to growing Chinese economic influence and the emerging Saudi Arabia-Pakistan alliance, and whether IMEC can realistically compete with China's Belt and Road Initiative as a transformative regional project.For more in-depth analysis on South Asia, subscribe to the Beyond the Indus podcast.

On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, AJC hosted a conversation with Jason Greenblatt, a key architect of the Abraham Accords, and former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro. They discussed the challenges threatening regional stability, from unilateral moves on Palestinian statehood to political pressures within Israel, and underscored what's at stake—and what it will take—to expand the Abraham Accords and advance peace. *The views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views or position of AJC.  Episode lineup: Dan Shapiro (1:00) Jason Greenblatt (18:05) Full transcript: https://www.ajc.org/news/podcast/accords-of-tomorrow-architects-of-peace-episode-5 Resources: AJC.org/ArchitectsofPeace - Tune in weekly for new episodes. AJC.org/AbrahamAccords - The Abraham Accords, Explained AJC.org/CNME - Find more on AJC's Center for a New Middle East Listen – AJC Podcasts: AJC.org/ForgottenExodus AJC.org/PeopleofthePod Follow Architects of Peace on your favorite podcast app, and learn more at AJC.org/ArchitectsofPeace You can reach us at: podcasts@ajc.org If you've appreciated this episode, please be sure to tell your friends, and rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Transcript: Manya Brachear Pashman: In September 2020, the world saw what had been years – decades – in the making: landmark peace agreements dubbed the Abraham Accords – normalizing relations between Israel and two Arabian Gulf states, the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain. Later, in December, they were joined by the Kingdom of Morocco. Five years later, AJC is pulling back the curtain to meet key individuals who built the trust that led to these breakthroughs and turning the spotlight on some of the results. Introducing the Architects of Peace. On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September, American Jewish Committee hosted conversations with former Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt, a key architect of the Abraham Accords, and former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro:. Both diplomats discussed the dangers threatening peace in the region, including some countries' unilateral calls for Palestinian statehood. They shared what's at stake and what it will take to expand the Abraham Accords and make progress toward peace in the region. We're including those conversations as part of our series.  AJC's Chief Strategy and Communications Officer Belle Yoeli starts us off with Ambassador Shapiro. Belle Yoeli:  Ambassador Shapiro, thank you so much for being with us. We're going to speak primarily about unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood, but I, of course, want to ask you a couple of questions, because you have so much to share with us before we dive in.  First and foremost, as we've said, It's been almost two years, and at AJC, we're all about optimism and playing the long game, as you know, but it does feel like the challenges for the Jewish community and the state of Israel continue to build. And of course, the war looms very large. What is your analysis of the geopolitical horizon for the war in Gaza. Dan Shapiro:  First, thanks for having me. Thank you to American Jewish Committee and to Ted and everybody for all you do. Thank you, Ruby [Chen], and the families, for the fellowship that we can share with you in this goal. I'll just say it very simply, this war needs to end. The hostages need to come home. Hamas needs to be removed from power. And aid needs to surge into Gaza and move forward with a reconstruction of Gaza for Palestinians who prepare to live in peace with Israel. This is something that is overdue and needs to happen. I think there have been a number of missed opportunities along the way. I don't say this in a partisan way. I think President Trump has missed opportunities at the end of the first ceasefire, when the first ceasefire was allowed to expire after the Iran strike, something I strongly supported and felt was exactly the right thing to do. There was an opening to create a narrative to end the war. I think there have been other missed opportunities. And I don't say in a partisan way, because the administration I served in, the Biden administration, we made mistakes and we missed opportunities. So it can be shared. that responsibility.  But what I do think is that there is a new opportunity right now, and we saw it in President Trump's meeting with Arab leaders. It's going to take very significant, deft, and sustained diplomatic effort. He's got a good team, and they need to do the follow through now to hold the Arabs to their commitments on ensuring Hamas is removed from power, on ensuring that there's a security arrangement in Gaza that does not leave Israel vulnerable to any possibility of a renewal of hostilities against it. And of course, to get the hostages released. That's pressure on the Arabs. And of course, he's got a meeting coming up with Prime Minister Netanyahu, and I do think he's going to need to lean on Prime Minister Netanyahu to overcome the resistance that he has to deal with in his cabinet, from those who want to continue the war or who those who rule out any role of any kind for the Palestinian Authority in something that will follow in the day after in Gaza.  So there is a real opportunity here. Once the war is over, then we have an opportunity to get back on the road that we were on. Two years ago at this UN General Assembly, I was serving as the Biden administration's Senior Advisor on regional integration, the first State Department position to hold that, trying to follow through on the excellent work that Jason Greenblatt and Jared Kushner and, of course, President Trump did in the first term in achieving the Abraham Accords. And we were building out the Negev Forum. And in fact, at that UNGA meeting, we had planned the next ministerial meeting of the Negev Forum. It was to take place October 19 in Marrakesh. Obviously, no one ever heard about that summit. It didn't happen. But getting back on the road to strengthening and expanding the Abraham Accords, to getting Saudi Arabia to the table as a country that will normalize relations with Israel, to expanding regional forums like the Negev Forum. Those are all still within reach, but none of them are possible until the war ends, till the hostages are home, till Hamas is removed from power.  Belle Yoeli:  Absolutely. And we look forward to talking more about the day after, in our next segment, in a segment coming up. Ambassador, you just got back from Israel. Can you tell us about your experience, the mood, what's the climate like in Israel? And any insights from your meetings and time that you think should be top of mind for us? Dan Shapiro:  I think what was top of mind for almost every Israeli I spoke to was the hostages. I spent time in the hostage square in Tel Aviv, spent time with Ruby, spent time with other hostage families, and everywhere you go as everybody who spin their nose, you see the signs, you hear the anxiety. And it's getting deeper because of the time that people are worried is slipping away for, especially for those who are still alive, but for all of those hostages to be returned to their families, so deep, deep anxiety about it, and candidly, some anger, I think we just heard a little bit of it toward a government that they're not sure shares that as the highest priority. There's a lot of exhaustion. People are tired of multiple rounds of reserve duty, hundreds of days. Families stressed by that as well the concern that this could drag on with the new operation well into next year. It's allowed to continue. It's a lot of worry about Israel's increased isolation, and of course, that's part of the subject. We'll discuss how countries who have been friends of Israel, whether in the region or in Europe or elsewhere, are responding in more and more negative ways, and Israel, and all Israelis, even in their personal lives, are feeling that pinch. But there's also some, I guess, expectant hope that President Trump, who is popular in Israel, of course, will use his influence and his regional standing, which is quite significant, to put these pieces together. Maybe we're seeing that happening this week. And of course, there's some expectant hope, or at least expectant mood, about an election next year, which will bring about some kind of political change in Israel. No one knows exactly what that will look like, but people are getting ready for that. So Israelis are relentlessly forward, looking even in the depths of some degree of anxiety and despair, and so I was able to feel those glimmers as well. Belle Yoeli:  And relentlessly resilient, absolutely resilient. And we know that inspires us. Moving back to the piece on diplomatic isolation and the main piece of our conversation, obviously, at AJC, we've been intensely focused on many of the aspects that are concerning us, in terms of unfair treatment of countries towards Israel, but unilateral recognition of Palestinian state is probably the most concerning issue that we've been dealing with this week, and obviously has gotten a lot of attention in the media. So from your perspective, what is this really all about? Obviously, this, this has been on the table for a while. It's not the first time that countries have threatened to do this, but I think it is the first time we're time we're seeing France and other major countries now pushing this forward in this moment. Is this all about political pressure on Israel? Dan Shapiro:  Well, first, I'll say that I think it's a mistake. I think it's an ill advised set of initiatives by France, by Canada, Australia, UK and others. It will change almost it will change nothing on the ground. And so to that sense, it's a purely rhetorical step that changes nothing, and probably does little, if anything, to advance toward the stated goal of some sort of resolution of the Israeli Palestinian conflict. And in many ways, it may actually set it back in part because of the way it appears to and certainly many Israelis understand it too. And I'm sorry to say, many Arabs understand it to reward Hamas. Hamas is celebrating it as an achievement of October 7, and that October 7 will find its place in the pantheon of the Palestinian Liberation story that should never be allowed to happen. So doing it this way, doing it without conditioning it on the release of hostages, on the disarming and removal of Hamas from Gaza, is a mistake. And of course, it tells Israelis that their very legitimate concerns about obviously the hostages, but also that some future Palestinian state, wherever and whatever form it might take, could become a threat to them from other parts, from parts of the West Bank, as it was from Gaza on October 7. And you cannot get to that goal unless you're willing to engage the Israeli public on those concerns, very legitimate concerns, and address them in a very forthright way.  So I think it's a mistake. I'm sure, to some degree, others have made this observation. It is motivated by some of the domestic political pressures that these leaders feel from their different constituencies, maybe their left, left wing constituencies, some right wing constituencies, and some immigrant constituencies. And so maybe they're responding to that. And I think that's, you know, leaders deal with those types of things. I think sometimes they make bad decisions in dealing with those types of pressures. I think that's the case here, but I it's also the case. I think it's just fair to say that in the absence of any Israeli Government articulated viable day after, plan for Gaza, something we were urged Israel to work with us on all the time. I was serving in the Biden administration, and I think the Trump administration has as well, but it's remained blurry. What does what is that vision of the day after? Not only when does it start, but what does it look like afterwards? And is it something that Arab States and European states can buy into and get behind and and put their influence to work to get Hamas out and to do a rebuild that meets the needs of both Israelis and Palestinians. There hasn't been that. And so that could have been a way of satisfying some of those domestic pressures, but it wasn't really available. And so I think some of the leaders turn to this ill advised move instead. Belle Yoeli:  So perhaps catering to domestic political concerns and wanting to take some sort of moral high ground on keeping peace alive, but beyond that, no real, practical or helpful outcomes, aside from setting back the cause of peace? Dan Shapiro:  I think it has limited practical effects. Fact, I think it does tell Israelis that much of the world has not internalized their legitimate concerns, and that they will be, you know, cautious at best for this. Everybody knows that there are many Israelis who have been long standing supporters of some kind of two state resolution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict. And post October 7, they've, they don't still hold that position, or at least they say, if it can happen, it's going to take a long time, it's going to look very different. And I think that actually is some a real practical takeaway, that if we are going to talk about some future establishment of a Palestinian state and some two state arrangement, certainly separation between Israelis and Palestinians, so they don't try to live intermixed in a way that they govern each other. I think that is that is desirable, but it's not necessarily going to look like two state outcomes that were envisioned in the Oslo period, in the 90s and the 2000s it's going to look different. It's going to take longer. And so that is something that I think we have to make sure is understood as people raise this initiative, that their goal is not the goal of 1993 it's going to have to look different, and it's going to have to take longer. Belle Yoeli:  So as more and more countries have sort of joined this, this move that we find to be unhelpful, obviously, a concern that we all have who are engaged in this work is that we've heard response, perhaps, from the Israelis, that there could be potential annexation of the West Bank, and that leads to this sort of very, very, even more concerning scenario that all of the work that you were discussing before, around the Abraham Accords, could freeze, or, perhaps even worse, collapse. What's your analysis on that scenario? How concerned should we be based on everything that you know now and if not that scenario? What else should we be thinking about? Dan Shapiro:  We should be concerned. I was actually in Israel, when the UAE issued their announcement about four weeks ago that annexation in the West Wing could be a red line, and I talked to a very senior UAE official and tried to understand what that means, and they aren't, weren't prepared to or say precisely what it means. It doesn't necessarily mean they're going to break off relations or end the Abraham Accords, but that they would have to respond, and there's a limited range of options for how one could respond, with moving ambassadors or limiting flights or reducing certain kinds of trade or other visits. Nothing good, nothing that would help propel forward the Abraham accords and that particular critical bilateral relationship in a way that we wanted to so I think there's risk. I think if the UAE would take that step, others would probably take similar steps. Egypt and Jordan have suggested there would be steps. So I think there's real risk there, and I think it's something that we should be concerned about, and we should counsel our Israeli friends not to go that route. There are other ways that they may respond. In fact, I think we've already seen the Trump administration, maybe as a proxy, make some kind of moves that try to balance the scales of these unilateral recognitions. But that particular one, with all of the weight that it carries about what how it limits options for future endpoints, I think would be very, very damaging. And I don't think I'm the only one. Just in the last hour and a half or so, President Trump, sitting in the Oval Office, said very publicly that he, I think you said, would not allow Netanyahu to do the Analyze annexation of the West Bank. I think previously, it was said by various people in the administration that it's really an Israeli decision, and that the United States is not going to tell them what to do. And that's perfectly fine as a public position, and maybe privately, you can say very clearly what you think is the right course, he's now said it very publicly. We'll see if he holds to that position. But he said it, and I think given the conversations he was having with Arab leaders earlier this week, given the meeting, he will have his fourth meeting. So it's obviously a very rich relationship with Prime Minister Netanyahu on Monday, I think it's clear what he believes is necessary to get to the end of this war and not leave us in a worse position for trying to get back on the road to his goals. His goals of expanding the Abraham accords his great achievement from the first term, getting Saudi Arabia to normalize relations, of course, getting hostages released and getting Arabs involved in the reconstruction of Gaza in a way that Gaza can never become the threat it was again on October 7, those are his goals. They'll be well served by the end of the war that I described earlier, and by avoiding this cycle that you're referencing. Belle Yoeli:  Putting aside the issue of unilateral recognition, I think we've seen in our work with our Israeli counterparts, sort of differences in the political establish. Around how important it is in thinking about the day after and seeing movement on the Palestinian issue. And we've seen from some that they perhaps make it out that it's not as important that the Palestinian having movement towards a political path. It's not necessarily a have to be front and center, while others seem to prioritize it. And I think in our work with Arab countries, it's very clear that there does have to be some tangible movement towards the political aspirations for the Palestinian for there to really be any future progress beyond the Abraham accords. What's your take? Dan Shapiro:  My take is that the Arab states have often had a kind of schizophrenic view about the Palestinian issue. It's not always been, maybe rarely been their highest priority. They've certainly had a lot of disagreements with and maybe negative assessments of Palestinian leaders, of course, Hamas, but even Palestinian Authority leaders. And so, you know, it's possible to ask the question, or it has been over time, you know, how high do they prioritize? It? Certainly those countries that stepped forward to join the Abraham accords said they were not going to let that issue prevent them from advancing their own interests by establishing these productive bilateral relations with Israel, having said that there's no question that Arab publics have been deeply, deeply affected by the war in Gaza, by the coverage they see they unfortunately, know very little about what happened on October 7, and they know a lot about Israeli strikes in Gaza, civilian casualties, humanitarian aid challenges, and so that affects public moods. Even in non democratic countries, leaders are attentive to the views of their publics, and so I think this is important to them. And every conversation that I took part in, and I know my colleagues in the Biden administration with Arab states about those day after arrangements that we wanted them to participate in, Arab security forces, trainers of Palestinian civil servants, reconstruction funding and so forth. They made very clear there were two things they were looking for. They were looking for a role for the Palestinian Authority, certainly with room to negotiate exactly what that role would be, but some foothold for the Palestinian Authority and improving and reforming Palestinian Authority, but to have them be connected to that day after arrangement in Gaza and a declared goal of some kind of Palestinian state in the future.  I think there was a lot of room in my experience, and I think it's probably still the case for flexibility on the timing, on the dimensions, on some of the characteristics of that outcome. And I think a lot of realism among some of these Arab leaders that we're not talking about tomorrow, and we're not talking about something that might have been imagined 20 or 30 years ago, but they still hold very clearly to those two positions as essentially conditions for their involvement in getting to getting this in. So I think we have to take it seriously. It sounds like President Trump heard that in his meeting with the Arab leaders on Tuesday. It sounds like he's taking it very seriously. Belle Yoeli:  I could ask many more questions, but I would get in trouble, and you've given us a lot to think about in a very short amount of time. Ambassador Shapiro, thank you so much for being with us. Dan Shapiro:  Thank you. Thank you everybody.  Manya Brachear Pashman: As you heard, Ambassador Shapiro served under President Obama. Now AJC's Chief Policy and Political Affairs Officer Jason Isaacson speaks with Jason Greenblatt, who served under President Trump. But don't expect a counterpoint. Despite their political differences, these two men see eye to eye on quite a bit. Jason Isaacson: Jason first, thank you for the Abraham Accords. The work that you did changed the history of the Middle East. We are so full of admiration for the work of you and your team. Jared Kushner. Of course, President Trump, in changing the realities for Israel's relationship across the region and opening the door to the full integration of Israel across the region.  It's an unfinished work, but the work that you pioneered with the President, with Jared, with the whole team, has changed the perspective that Israel can now enjoy as it looks beyond the immediate borders, Jordan and Egypt, which has had relations with a quarter a century or more, to full integration in the region. And it's thanks to you that we actually are at this point today, even with all the challenges. So first, let me just begin this conversation by just thanking you for what you've done.  Jason Greenblatt: Thank you. Thank you, and Shana Tova to everybody, thank you for all that you do. Jason Isaacson: Thank you. So you were intimately involved in negotiations to reach normalization agreements between Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Kingdom of Bahrain, of course, the United Arab Emirates. Can you take us behind the scenes of these negotiations? At what point during the first term of President Trump did this become a priority for the administration, and when did it seem that it might actually be a real possibility? Jason Greenblatt: So I have the benefit, of course, of looking backward, right? We didn't start out to create the Abraham Accords. We started out to create peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians, which, as Dan knows, and so many people here know, including you Jason, seems to be an impossible task. But I would say that if I follow the breadcrumbs, my first meeting with Yousef Al Otaiba was a lunch, where it was the first time I actually ever met an Emirati, the first time I understood the psychology of the Emiratis. And others. I realized that the world had changed tremendously.  Everything that you heard about anti-Israel wasn't part of the conversation. I'll go so far as to say, when I went to the Arab League Summit that took place in Jordan in March of 2017 where I met every foreign minister. And I'm not going to tell you that I loved many of those meetings, or 85% of the conversation, where it wasn't exactly excited about Israel and what Israel stood for. There were so many things in those conversations that were said that gave me hope.  So it was multiple years of being in the White House and constantly trying to work toward that. But I want to go backwards for a second, and you touched on this in your speech, there are many parents and grandparents of the Abraham Accords, and AJC is one of those parents or grandparents. There are many people who work behind the scenes, Israeli diplomats and so many others. And I'm sure the Kingdom of Morocco, where the architecture was built for something like the Abraham Accords, everybody wanted regional peace and talked about Middle East peace. But we were fortunate, unfortunately for the Palestinians who left the table, which was a big mistake, I think, on their part, we're very fortunate to take all of that energy and all of that hard work and through a unique president, President Trump, actually create that architecture.  On a sad note, I wouldn't say that when I left the White House, I thought I'd be sitting here thinking, you know, five years out, I thought there'd be lots of countries that would already have signed and all the trips that I take to the Middle East, I thought would be much. Now they're easy for me, but we're in a very, very different place right now. I don't think I ever would have envisioned that. Jason Isaacson: Thank you. The administration has talked a great deal about expanding the Abraham Accords, of course, and as have we. Indeed, at an AJC program that we had in Washington in February with Special Envoy Steven Witkoff, he talked publicly for the first time about Lebanon and Syria joining the Accords. Obviously, with both of those countries, their new political situation presents new possibilities.  However, the ongoing war in Gaza, as we've been discussing with Ambassador Shapiro, and Israel's actions, including most recently striking Hamas in Doha, have further isolated Israel in the region and made an expansion of the accords harder to envision. At least, that's the way it seems. Given the current situation in the Middle East. Do you think the Trump administration can be successful in trying to broker new agreements, or do the current politics render that impossible in the short term? How hopeful are you? Jason Greenblatt: So I remain hopeful. First of all, I think that President Trump is a unique president because he's extremely close to the Israeli side, and he's very close to the Arab side. And he happens to have grandchildren who are both, right. I think, despite this terrible time that we're facing, despite hostage families, I mean, the terrible things that they have to live through and their loved ones are living it through right now, I still have hope. There's no conversation that I have in the Arab world that still doesn't want to see how those Abraham Accords can be expanded. Dan, you mentioned the Arab media. It's true, the Arab world has completely lost it when it comes to Israel, they don't see what I see, what I'm sure all of you see.  I'm no fan of Al Jazeera, but I will say that there are newspapers that I write for, like Arab News. And when I leave the breakfast room in a hotel in Riyadh and I look at the headlines of, not Al Jazeera, but even Arab News, I would say, Wow, what these people are listening to and reading, what they must think of us. And we're seeing it now play out on the world stage. But despite all that, and I take my kids to the Middle East all the time, we have dear friends in all of those countries, including very high level people. I've gotten some great Shana Tovas from very high level people. They want the future that was created by the Abraham Accords. How we get there at this particular moment is a big question mark. Jason Isaacson: So we touched on this a little bit in the earlier conversation with Dan Shapiro:. Your team during the first Trump administration was able to defer an Israeli proposal to annex a portion of the West Bank, thanks to obviously, the oped written by Ambassador Al Otaiba, and the very clear position that that government took, that Israel basically had a choice, normalization with the UAE or annexation. Once again, there is discussion now in Israel about annexation. Now the President, as Ambassador Shapiro just said, made a very dramatic statement just a couple of hours ago. How do you see this playing out? Do you think that annexation is really off the table now? And if it were not off the table, would it prevent the continuation of the agreements that were reached in 2020 and the expansion of those agreements to a wider integration of Israel in the region? Jason Greenblatt: To answer that, I think for those of you who are in the room, who don't know me well, you should understand my answer is coming from somebody who is on the right of politics, both in Israel and here. In fact, some of my Palestinian friends would say that sometimes I was Bibi's mouthpiece. But I agree with President Trump and what he said earlier today that Dan had pointed out, I don't think this is the time. I don't think it's the place. And I was part of the team that wrote the paperwork that would have allowed Israel to . . . you use the word annexation. I'll say, apply Israeli sovereignty. You'll use the word West Bank, I'll use Judea, Samaria.  Whatever the label is, it really doesn't matter. I don't think this is the time to do it. I think Israel has so many challenges right now, militarily, hostages, there's a million things going on, and the world has turned against Israel. I don't agree with those that are pushing Bibi. I don't know if it's Bibi himself, but I hope that Bibi could figure out a way to get out of that political space that he's in. And I think President Trump is making the right call. Jason Isaacson: So, I was speaking with Emirati diplomats a couple of days ago, who were giving me the sense that Israel hasn't gotten the message that the Palestinian issue is really important to Arab leaders. And we talked about this with Ambassador Shapiro earlier, that it's not just a rhetorical position adopted by Arab leaders. It actually is the genuine view of these Arab governments. Is that your sense as well that there needs to be something on the Palestinian front in order to advance the Abraham Accords, beyond the countries that we've established five years ago? Jason Greenblatt: You know, when I listened to Dan speak, and I told him this after his remarks, I'm always reminded that even though we disagree around the edges on certain things, if you did a Venn diagram, there would be a lot of overlap. I agree with how he sees the world. But I want to take it even back to when I was in the White House.  There are many times people said, Oh, the Arabs don't care about the Palestinians. They don't care. We could just do whatever we want. It's not true. They may care more about their own countries, right? They all have their visions, and it's important to them to advance their own visions. The Palestinian cause may not have been as important, but there is no way that they were going to abandon the Palestinians back then, and I don't think the UAE or the Kingdom of Morocco or others having entered into the Abraham Accords, abandoned the Palestinians. I think that was the wrong way to look at it, but they are certainly not going to abandon the Palestinians now. And I think that how Dan described it, which is there has to be some sort of game plan going forward. Whether you want to call it a state, which, I don't like that word, but we can't continue to live like this. I'm a grandfather now of three. I don't want my grandchildren fighting this fight. I really don't. Is there a solution?  Okay, there's a lot of space between what I said and reality, and I recognize that, but it's incumbent on all of us to keep trying to figure out, is there that solution? And it's going to include the Palestinians. I just want to close my answer with one thing that might seem odd to everybody. I'm not prone to quoting Saeb Erekat, who I disagreed with, the late Saeb Erekat, who I disagreed with just about on everything, but he used to tell me, Jason, the answer isn't in the Koran, it's not in the Torah, it's not in the Christian Bible, and the Israelis and the Palestinians are not leaving the space. So let's figure out a solution that we could all live with. So that's how I see it. Jason Isaacson: Thank you for that. One last question. I also heard in another conversation with other em righty diplomats the other day that the conflict isn't between Arabs and Israelis or Arabs and Jews, it's between moderates and extremists, and that the UAE is on the side of the moderates, and Morocco is on the side of the moderates, and the Kingdom of Bahrain is on the side of the moderates, and Israel is on the side of the moderates. And that's what we have to keep in our minds.   But let me also ask you something that we've been saying for 30 years across the region, which is, if you believe in the Palestinian cause, believe in rights for the Palestinians, you will advance that cause by engaging Israel, not by isolating Israel. Is that also part of the argument that your administration used five years ago? Jason Greenblatt: 100%. I think, I mean, I kept pushing for it and eventually they did it, for the Israelis and the Arabs to engage directly. Yes, the US plays a role, and they could play a moderating role. They could play somewhat of a coercive role. Nobody's going to force the Israelis, or frankly, even the Palestinians, to do anything they don't want to do, but getting them in the room so there are no missed signals, no missed expectations, I think, is the key part of this solution. I'm still hopeful, just to go back to your prior question, that they could get the right people in the room and somebody like President Trump, together with Emirati diplomats, Moroccan diplomats and others. They could talk rationally, and sanely, and appropriately, and we'll get somewhere good. Jason Isaacson: Ok, look ahead. We just marked the fifth anniversary of the Abraham Accords. Will there be a 10th Anniversary of the Abraham Accords, and will it look the same that it is now? Jason Greenblatt: No, I think it's going to be better. Yes, I think there's going to be a 10th Anniversary. I think there will be challenges. But maybe the best way I could answer this is, when the, I'll call it, the beeper incident in Lebanon happened. Okay, quite, quite a feat. I was in a conference room at a client of mine in the Middle East. Most of the room was filled with Lebanese Arabs, Christians and Muslims and some Druze. And it was unusual for everybody's phone to buzz at once, because I'm usually following the Israeli and American news. They're following Arab news. All the phones buzz. So somebody stopped talking, and we all picked up our phone to look at it. And I'm looking at the headlines thinking, oh, boy, am I in the wrong room, right?  And after a minute or so of people kind of catching their breath, understanding what happened, two or three of them said, wow, Jason. Like, that's incredible. Like, you know, I wasn't in the White House anymore, but they also want a different future, right? They are sick and tired of Lebanon being a failed state. Their kids are like my kids, and they're just . . . they're everything that they're building is for a different future, and I see that time and time again. So to go back to the UAE diplomats comment, which I hear all the time as well. It really is a fight of moderates against extremists. The extremists are loud and they're very bad. We know that, but we are so much better. So working together, I think we're going to get to somewhere great. Jason Isaacson: Very good. Okay. Final question. You can applaud, it's okay. Thank you for that. Out of the Abraham Accords have grown some regional cooperation agreements. I too, you too, IMEC, the India, Middle East, Europe, Economic corridor. Do you see that also, as part of the future, the creation of these other regional agreements, perhaps bringing in Japan and Korea and and other parts of the world into kind of expanding the Abraham Accords? In ways that are beneficial to many countries and also, at the same time, deepening the notion of Israelis, Israel's integration in the region. Jason Greenblatt: 100% and I know I think AJC has been very active on the IMEC front. People used to say, Oh, this is not an economic peace. It isn't an economic peace, but nor is economics not a very important part of peace. So all of these agreements, I encourage you to keep working toward them, because they will be needed. In fact, one of the fights that I used to have with Saeb Erekat and President Abbas all the time is, I know you're not an economic issue, but let's say we manage to make peace. What's going to happen the next day? You need an economic plan. Let's work on the economic plan. So whether it's IMEC or something else, just keep working at it. Go, you know, ignore the bad noise. The bad noise is here for a little while, unfortunately, but there will be a day after, and those economic agreements are what's going to be the glue that propels it forward. Jason Isaacson: Jason Greenblatt, really an honor to be with you again. Thank you.  Manya Brachear Pashman: In our next episode of the series, we will explore more of the opportunities and challenges presented by the Abraham Accords and who might be the next country to sign the landmark peace agreement.  Atara Lakritz is our producer. T.K. Broderick is our sound engineer. Special thanks to Jason Isaacson, Sean Savage, and the entire AJC team for making this series possible.  You can subscribe to Architects of Peace on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts, and you can learn more at AJC.org/ArchitectsofPeace. The views and opinions of our guests don't necessarily reflect the positions of AJC. You can reach us at podcasts@ajc.org. If you've enjoyed this episode, please be sure to spread the word, and hop onto Apple Podcasts or Spotify to rate us and write a review to help more listeners find us. Music Credits: Middle East : ID: 279780040; Composer: Eric Sutherland Inspired Middle East: ID: 241884108; Composer: iCENTURY Mystical Middle East: ID: 212471911; Composer: Vicher

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Ziyaretin en önemli nedeni, perde arkasında ABD'nin kurguladığı, Çin'in 2023'te açıkladığı Bir Kuşak Bir Yol Girişimi'ni zayıflatmayı hedefleyen ve Çin'in yükselen gücünü Hindistan üzerinden dengelemeyi amaçlayan IMEC projesidir. Yazan: Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Işıksal  Seslendiren: Halil İbrahim Ciğer

Conversations on Groong - June 6, 2025In this episode of Conversations on Groong, we speak with Abhinav Pandya about the emerging Turkey–Pakistan–Azerbaijan axis and its implications for India's security and regional posture. We explore the symbolism behind the opening of an empty airport in Berdzor (Lachin), the broader strategic coordination among these three nations, and how India responded with Operation Sindoor following a major terror attack in Pahalgam. The conversation also looks at Armenia's growing role as a strategic partner for India, the complexities of managing ties with Iran, and the challenges facing multilateral projects like IMEC. Pandya outlines the ideological and hybrid threats India faces and what it must do to stay ahead in a shifting geopolitical landscape.TopicsTurkey-Pakistan-Azerbaijan AxisOperation SindoorArmenia As a Strategic PartnerWest Asia and Eurasia ContextFuture OutlookGuestAbhinav PandyaHostsHovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 443 | Recorded: June 3, 2025SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/443VIDEO: https://youtu.be/nhKhHx_Tpwo#OperationSindoor #IndiaForeignPolicy #TurkeyPakistanAxis #ArmeniaIndiaRelations #india #armeniaSubscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

In this concluding episode of our deep dive into miniaturized perfusion systems, we tackle the most challenging aspect: implementing meaningful process analytical technology (PAT) at microscale while keeping costs realistic for high-throughput applications.Tom Valentin, group leader at CSEM for Automated Sample Handling, continues sharing CSEM's pioneering work in automated sample handling, revealing both the breakthrough opportunities and stubborn technical barriers that define the current state of small-scale perfusion development.Critical insights you'll gain from this episode:The PAT miniaturization challenge is about more than size: While optical density sensors work reasonably well for microbial cultures, mammalian cell applications demand more sophisticated solutions. Tom explains why viable cell density remains the "holy grail"—and how promising technologies from companies like IMEC and Inspec are pushing the boundaries, though cost-effective 96-well implementation remains elusiveSmart compromises can unlock practical solutions: Tom reveals why the industry may need to accept hybrid approaches—real-time pH and DO monitoring combined with once-daily viable cell density sampling. He also explains the unique challenges of sensor positioning in shaking deep-well plates where liquid dynamics create measurement complexitiesPartnership models that actually work for biotech innovation: Beyond the technical discussion, Tom outlines CSEM's proven collaboration approaches, including how Innoswiss funding can provide 50% cost reduction for development projects and why their 70% proposal success rate makes them an attractive R&D partner for both startups and established pharma companiesDiscover how bioprocessing is evolving - from high-throughput screening to digital twins and continuous manufacturing- in these expert-led episodes.Episode 155: From Process Bottlenecks to Seamless Production: How Continuous Bioprocessing Changes EverythingEpisodes 153-154: The Future of Bioprocessing: Industry 4.0, Digital Twins, and Continuous Manufacturing Strategies with Tiago MatosEpisodes 85-86: Bioprocess 4.0: Integrated Continuous Biomanufacturing with Massimo MorbidelliEpisodes 73-74: Bead-Based Assays: The Power of High-Throughput Screening with Sebastian GiehringConnect with Tom Valentin:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tom-valentin-5bb9091bWebsite: www.csem.ch/enEmail: thomas.valentin@csem.chNext step:Book a free consultation to help you get started on any questions you may have about bioprocessing analytics: https://bruehlmann-consulting.com/callDevelop bioprocessing technologies better, faster, at a fraction of the cost with our 1:1 Strategy Call: The quickest and easiest way to excel biotech technology development. Book your call at www.bruehlmann-consulting.com/call/Support the show

There's a new bipartisan bill - the Eastern Mediterranean Gateway Act - that's once again putting the spotlight on Greece, Cyprus, Israel, and their potential roles in IMEC, a project increasingly seen as the answer to China's Belt and Road Initiative. Endy Zemenides, the Executive Director of HALC, joins Thanos Davelis to break down why this new legislation matters, look at how the East Med can play a unique role as the West turns toward addressing the challenges posed by China, and explore how Greece and Cyprus fit into this story.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Initiative in US Congress seeks to establish EastMed as strategic hub within IMEC frameworkTurkey is not acting like a US ally, say AJC and HALC chiefsDesalination units arrive in CyprusIndia eyes strategic push in Greece

Since before President Trump's return to office, the focus in the US has been on China. As the Trump administration turns up the pressure on Beijing, this is also putting the spotlight on vital infrastructure - from the Panama canal to China's Belt and Road initiative. This has the potential to impact Greece as well, given its close ties to the US, the investment China's Cosco made in the port of Piraeus in the depths of the financial crisis, and its potential role in the IMEC corridor. Alexis Papachelas, the editor in chief of Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis as we explore how competition with China is reshaping the world, and break down what questions this raises for Greece.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Greece and the new cold warUS has its eye on Greek portsUS to appoint Turkey ambassador Thomas Barrack as special envoy for Syria, sources tell ReutersGreece's top diplomat calls war in Gaza a ‘nightmare'

The conflict between Pakistan and India has put Turkey's arms industry in the spotlight, exposing the limits of its much lauded drones and raising questions about whether Turkey's arms industry is a loser in this latest round of conflict. Michael Rubin, the director of policy analysis at the Middle East Forum and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Thanos Davelis as we look into the Turkey angle to the Pakistan-India conflict, and dig into what developments on the ground tell us about Ankara's arms industry and Erdogan's ambitions to position Turkey as a military export power.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Is Turkey's Arms Industry a Loser in the India-Pakistan War?Mitsotakis highlights Greece's commitment to maritime security in UN speechGreece an ‘ideal connector' in the IMEC corridor

Since President Trump stepped back into office, and amid escalating competition with China, it looks like one project we've been hearing more and more about is the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor - or IMEC. This is reflected in comments from President Trump, in diplomatic moves we're seeing in the wider region from Greece to India, and most recently in Congress, where a new legislative initiative is looking to establish the East Med as a strategic hub within the framework of IMEC. George Dikaios, who has been tracking developments related to IMEC, joins Thanos Davelis as we look into why this project is significant and what it could mean for Greece.George Dikaios is an adjunct lecturer and a researcher at the Department of Ports Management and Shipping at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Connecting Opportunities: Greece's Strategic Role in the India-Middle East-Europe Economic CorridorKurdish group PKK says it is laying down arms and disbandingKurdish Insurgent Group Says It Is Ending Conflict With Turkish StateItaly commits €360 mln to Greek trains

While visiting the Turkish-occupied northern part of Cyprus this weekend, Turkish President Erdogan said that his country's presence on the island will continue for centuries, adding that “whoever doesn't know this must learn it.” Erdogan's speech drew a swift response from Greece, and comes as the UN is looking to restart talks on the Cyprus issue. At the same time, Athens is looking to resume work on the Great Sea Interconnector that will link its electricity grid with Cyprus and eventually Israel. This could once again test Greek-Turkish relations as Ankara has tried to block this project in the past. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini's diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis with the latest analysis from Athens.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Athens decries Erdogan's remarks from Cyprus' Turkish-occupied northErdogan: Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus will last ‘for centuries'Athens and Sofia seal deal over river accessCyprus and Israel reach agreement on IMEC electrical interconnection and natural gas development

Central Asia is one of those regions that isn't getting a lot of attention these days, as it's not a major player in the escalating U.S.-China trade war. But that may soon change as both major powers look to the region to source energy, critical minerals, and build new logistics corridors. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spent a few days in the Kazakh capital Almaty meeting with his five Central Asian counterparts to plan an upcoming leaders summit that will take place in June. Meantime, the Uzbek government this month confirmed an ambitious critical minerals deal with the United States, highlighting the region's growing strategic importance. Yunis Sharifli, CGSP's non-resident fellow for Central Asia, joins Eric from Ankara, Turkey to discuss why this renewed attention on Central Asia will also propel the development of ambitious new transport routes linking Asia and Europe. JOIN THE DISCUSSION: X: @ChinaGSProject | @eric_olander | @ysharifli Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject YouTube: www.youtube.com/@ChinaGlobalSouth Now on Bluesky! Follow CGSP at @chinagsproject.bsky.social FOLLOW CGSP IN FRENCH AND ARABIC: Français: www.projetafriquechine.com | @AfrikChine Arabic: عربي: www.alsin-alsharqalawsat.com | @SinSharqAwsat JOIN US ON PATREON! Become a CGSP Patreon member and get all sorts of cool stuff, including our Week in Review report, an invitation to join monthly Zoom calls with Eric & Cobus, and even an awesome new CGSP Podcast mug! www.patreon.com/chinaglobalsouth

In today's episode on 3rd March 2025, we break down the roadblocks to the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), which aspires to connect Asia and Europe via the Middle East.Speak to Ditto's advisors now, by clicking the link here - https://ditto.sh/9zoz41