Podcast appearances and mentions of Jamie Shea

Today marks the end of what was perhaps the most consequential week for the future of Europe's security and defence since the beginning of the Ukraine war. Still reeling from a shocking security conference in Munich over the weekend, European leaders then gathered in Paris to attempt a coordinated response to America's provocations. Host Catarina Vila Nova is joined today by Jamie Shea, senior fellow for Peace, Security and Defence at Friends of Europe and former deputy assistant secretary general at NATO. If you want to comment on this episode you can send us an e-mail: press@friendsofeurope.org

Ukraine's future looks, increasingly, to be out of its own hands, with the US and Russia sending high-ranking officials for talks in Saudi Arabia about the end of the war - with Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisting he was not invited. But could European plans for boots on the ground - and a hasty and strong response to American rhetoric about the continent - provide Ukraine with some hope? Former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO. Jamie Shea, analyses what might push Donald Trump in one direction or another.The World in 10 is the Times' daily podcast dedicated to global security. Expert analysis of war, diplomatic relations and cyber security from The Times' foreign correspondents and military specialists. Watch moreRead more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In June, Admiral Pierre Vandier became NATO's new Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. A few days ago, Admiral Vandier came to Friends of Europe for a conversation with our senior fellow Jamie Shea, who is also the former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO. In this conversation, Jamie asks the Admiral about the role of Supreme Allied Commander Transformation and what exactly transition means nowadays. And, of course, about the war in Ukraine. If you want to comment on this episode you can send us an e-mail: press@friendsofeurope.org

Mark Rutte has officially survived his first month in office. To take stock of what Rutte has been up to since his new job started, host Catarina Vila Nova sat down with Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow for Peace, Security and Defence at Friends of Europe, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO. They go over Rutte's pivot to the Asia Pacific and what has been his biggest challenge so far: reports of North Korean troops fighting in Ukraine alongside Russia. If you want to comment on this episode you can send us an e-mail: press@friendsofeurope.org

In the second of a series of episodes about how countries across the globe are preparing for the US presidential election, Dr Jamie Shea, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary General of NATO, discusses the potential consequences for Ukraine, Europe and the NATO alliance.The World in 10 is The Times' daily podcast dedicated to global security. Expert analysis of war, diplomatic relations and cyber security from The Times' foreign correspondents and military specialists. Watch more: www.youtube.com/@ListenToTimesRadio Read more: www.thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Visit us at Network2020.org.Upcoming domestic election results in member states have the potential to drastically affect the stability and operational capabilities of NATO. Though the Alliance experienced a surge in popularity following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, political shifts across the North Atlantic including a surge of populism and isolationist movements have generated backlash to NATO and its efforts. Potential changes in government could have unpredictable effects on NATO's unity and future. How would a Trump victory in November impact the war in Ukraine? How will the political upheaval in the UK affect the country's stance on continental involvement? How might NATO insulate itself and its security priorities from potential dangers and take advantage of opportunities?Join us in a conversation with Jamie Shea, former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO and current Professor of Strategy and Security at the University of Exeter, Rachel Rizzo, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Europe Center, and Mathieu Droin, Visiting Fellow in the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

In this Frontline special, former NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Jamie Shea discusses the war in Ukraine and the recent NATO summit in Washington DC.The World in 10 is the Times' daily podcast dedicated to global security. Expert analysis of war, diplomatic relations and cyber security from The Times' foreign correspondents and military specialists. Watch more: https://www.youtube.com/@ListenToTimesRadio Read more: thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The success of last week's NATO Summit in Washington was mostly due to the management of expectations. The Ukrainian President already knew not to expect a formal invitation to join the military alliance and had to content himself with knowing that Ukraine's path to NATO's membership was “irreversible”. With that in mind, the summit was a success, even if overshadowed by a possible Trump return to the White House and Biden still trying to prove he's up for the job. Also looming large was China's military exercises with Belarus right outside NATO's border. To unpack the summit, host Catarina Vila Nova spoke to Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow for Peace, Security and Defence at Friends of Europe, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary-General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO. If you want to comment on this episode you can send us an e-mail: press@friendsofeurope.org

NATO is the longest lasting and most successful military alliance in human history. Today NATOs 75th Summit in Washington, DC comes to a close. What can NATO's past tell us about  its probably future?     To commemorate this symbolic occasion, Jason is joined by Peter Apps. He is the author of ‘Deterring Armageddon: A Biography of NATO', a global defence columnist for Reuters, and a British Army reservist. He has reported from more than 20 countries over two decades, despite being paralyzed in a frontline car crash in Sri Lanka in 2006.     Jason and Peter discuss: Lord Ismay's dictum; how has the Ukraine war affected the alliance?; how important are personalities to the alliance and how it works?; and how can NATO's history, institutional biography, and legacy of diplomatic flexibility shed some light on how it might respond to the unprecedented challenges around it — from the rise of the far right in National Rally in France, the AfD in Germany, to the spectre of Trump — and the challenges posed to NATO by Putin, Xi, climate change, AI, and misinformation.    Twitter: @DisorderShow    Subscribe to our Substack: https://natoandtheged.substack.com/     Website: https://natoandtheglobalenduringdisorder.com/     Producer: George McDonagh  Exec Producer: Neil Fearn    Show Notes Links    Peter's book Deterring Armageddon: A Biography of NATO: the "astonishingly fine history" of the world's most successful military alliance https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deterring-Armageddon-Biography-astonishingly-successful/dp/103540575X     Listen to Disorder Ep6. NATO: A Model for Ordering the Disorder? with Kori Shacke, Timothy Garton Ash, Jamie Shea and Charles Kupchan: https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/9472a8b7d262dd9fb0cd9827e8947964     About the NATO Defense College Foundation: https://www.natofoundation.org/about-us  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oana Lungescu groeide op in de ‘gruwelijkste dictatuur van het Oostblok', Roemenië, waar ze gevolgd werd door de geheime dienst. Als BBC-redacteur zag ze de executie van dictator Ceaușescu. Bijna 14 jaar was ze de eerste woordvoerder van de NAVO - die deze week 75 jaar bestaat - en de secretaris-generaal.Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger praten met Oana Lungescu over haar avontuurlijke leven, de schok van 2021, de oorlog in Oekraïne en de tweede jeugd van het Atlantisch Bondgenootschap: "Als we eensgezind zijn kunnen we elke tegenstander aan." ***Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt door de Atlantische Commissie en met donaties van luisteraars. Word ook vriend van de show!Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend een mailtje naar adverteren@dagennacht.nl en wij zoeken contact.Op sommige podcast-apps kun je niet alles lezen. De complete tekst en een overzicht van al onze eerdere afleveringen vind je hier***This podcast holds a wide ranging dialogue with Oana Lungescu, the longest serving NATO-spokesperson in history. The episode starts and ends in Dutch. The conversation in English starts after three minutes and ends at 1 hour and 15 minutes.At its 75th birthday Lungescu's perspective is quite unique. Oana witnessed at first hand all major summits, meetings, controversies and personalities since many years. And her background as a refugee from the Ceaușescu tyranny in Romania gives her analysis additional historical relevance.We first speak about life in Romania during that dark era. It is a tale of hunger, repression, Securitate persecution and escape to the West. Oana then tells about the fascinating times she witnessed at NATO in the years of upheaval of Obama, Trump, Putin, war in Ukraine and threats to Moldova, the Baltics and all of NATO. Riveting is her story about Yeltsin pleading Clinton to hand Europe over to Russia's geopolitical care, as a logical development from earlier history after the collapse of the Soviet Union.Working very closely with the NATO secretary generals for many years makes the portraits Oana sketches of people like Rasmussen and Stoltenberg, as well as Klaus Iohannis and Mark Rutte very interesting and enlightening. Key to success and leadership are excellent listening qualities and strong cultural empathy.***Oana Lungescu was 31 toen de Muur viel en net enkele jaren ontsnapt aan de tirannie in haar vaderland Roemenië. Het verhaal over armoede, honger, rantsoenen en repressie gedurende heel haar jeugd is huiveringwekkend. Hoe de beruchte Securitate haar stervende vader benutte in een vergeefse poging Oana informant te maken - het geeft de luisteraar koude rillingen.Langer dan wie ook trad zij op als woordvoerder van de NAVO. Politico omschreef haar als ‘een van de invloedrijkste vrouwen in Brussel'. Haar rijke ervaring klinkt door in heel het gesprek.Door haar ervaringen was ze nooit zónder diepe angst voor Rusland, erkent ze. De inval op de Krim werd in haar ogen naïef bekeken. En toch was hóe Vladimir Poetin eind 2021 zijn overval op Oekraïne plande ‘een stomp in mijn maag'. In een adembenemend relaas vertelt ze hoe de Russische president Boris Jeltsin in 1999 aan zijn Amerikaanse collega Bill Clinton voorstelde samen de wereld te verdelen. "Geef mij Europa." Ze werkte 24/7 met de secretarissen-generaal Anders Fogh Rasmussen en Jens Stoltenberg en vertelt aan wat voor eigenschappen een goede sg moet voldoen. Cruciaal is culturele empathie met 32 lidstaten, echt niet alleen met Amerika. Al is het best handig te weten welk dessert Barack Obama lekker vindt. En cruciaal is het vermogen met weinig woorden iets te zeggen dat afschrikt. 'Strategic ambiguity' is het toverwoord. Dat de statisticus Stoltenberg de cijfers rond het halen van de 2 procent van het bruto nationaal product aan defensie-uitgaven zeer precies bijhoudt, is een boeiend detail. Scherp wijst zij erop dat juist een eeuwenoud mercantiel land als het onze de betekenis van Pacta sunt servanda zou moeten begrijpen. "Niet om Joe Biden een plezier te doen. Niet omdat Donald Trump toetert. Maar omdat het in ons aller belang is voor de veiligheid van elk land." Met zoveel ervaring is het des te spannender haar en detail te volgen rond de opvolging van Stoltenberg. Haar portret van Klaus Iohannis – de rivaal van Mark Rutte als kandidaat secretaris-generaal - is zeer informatief. Haar analyse van wat een sg móet kunnen niet minder. "Héél goed kunnen luisteren, heel goed polderen en af en toe voor de toepen uit durven lopen op een cruciaal thema." Het 75 jaar Jubileum in Washington in juli noemt zij bewust geen 'feestelijk gebeuren." De wereldsituatie is meer gespannen dan ooit sinds 1989, ‘dat jaar van genade'. Oana Lungescu drukt ons – Europeanen - op het hart anders te leren kijken en denken. Er is geen specifiek 'Europees politiek en strategisch theater' meer. Zo kijkt Xi niet, zo kijkt Poetin niet en Washington kijkt al heel lang zo niet meer.***Verder luisteren404 - 75 jaar NAVO: in 1949 veranderde de internationale positie van Nederland voorgoed361 - Vilnius, juli 2023: NAVO-top in het oog van de storm348 – Oud-premier Natalia Gavrilița over Moldavië - het kleine, ook bedreigde buurland van Oekraïne339 – De geopolitiek van de 19e eeuw is terug. De eeuw van Bismarck336 - Timothy Garton Ash: Hoe Europa zichzelf voor de derde keer opnieuw uitvindt279 - Jaap de Hoop Scheffer over Poetin, Oekraïne, de NAVO en de toekomst van de EU 272 - Dankzij Poetin: nu écht intensief debat over de toekomst van Europa265 - Toetreding tot de NAVO, de reuzensprong van Finland257 - Het machtige Rusland als mythe: hoe 'speciale militaire operaties' een fiasco werden256 - Na de inval in Oekraïne: 'Nu serieus werk maken van Europese defensiesamenwerking'163 - De ondergang van de Sovjet-Unie: hoe een wereldmacht verdampte31 - Jamie Shea, oud-woordvoerder van de NAVO***Tijdlijn00:00:00 – Deel 100:23:49 – Deel 200:40:37 – Deel 301:24:00 – Einde Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, reports on the shocking news of the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in the Polar Wolf penal colony north of the Arctic Circle. In order to honour Navalny's name and legacy, Jamie contends that outrage alone is not enough. Instead, he must become just as effective an opposition leader form beyond the grave as he was alive. Jamie outlines four key steps the EU and its member states must take to strengthen democracy in Russia and weaken Putin‘s regime.

This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, looks ahead at the Munich Security Conference, which is the annual gathering of the security policy community. Posing a great opportunity to assess the transatlantic temperature, Jamie predicts the mood to be rather downbeat. Donald Trump's statement, that if he were president, the United States would not provide NATO protection to those countries who are not reaching the 2% defence spending benchmark and even invited Putin to attack, weakens NATO deterrence and leads to a more uncertain world. Jamie outlines what precautions Europe must take to face challenges posed by a weakened transatlantic security structure, an increasingly Russian aggressor and escalation in the Middle East.

Jamie Shea, former NATO official, gives his reaction to Donald Trump's latest criticism of the defence spending of some NATO members.

This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, assesses whether Turkey should be expelled from NATO. At a time when the West is under a lot of geopolitical strain, the cohesion of alliances such as NATO becomes ever more important. Turkey blocking Sweden's admission to the Alliance, quarrels with the United States about the arming of Kurdish Syrian groups fighting the Islamic State, as well as Erdogan's support for Hamas, have led many commentators to demand for Turkey's NATO membership to be suspended. However, Jamie advises against this for several important reasons.

This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, claims that nowhere the cycle of hope and despair has been more visible than in Africa in recent times. Positive developments in the security situation in Africa - such as peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the end of conflict between Sudan and the breakaway South Sudan in 2011, and the 2015 Algiers Agreement - took a reverse turn as of late. Backsliding on the African continent is occurring in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, South Sudan and the DRC, with escalating conflicts and resistance to the return to democratic rule. To tackle these issues, Jamie contends that Africa needs the help of partners, such as the EU, that needs to establish long-term engagement with the continent.

This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, analyses the awkward squad within the European order: Turkey, Hungary and Slovakia. Not upholding the democratic principles on which the EU and NATO are based, these three countries freeze decision-making and assert their naked national interests. While Turkey maintains strong relations with Russia and takes a transactional approach to membership in international organisations, Hungary is led by an authoritarian leader who is using his veto power to block a financial aid package for Ukraine worth €50bn. Jamie thus proposes five principles that should guide action towards the disruptors.

This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, looks ahead to escalating conflicts and mounting tensions around the globe. In addition to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the Israeli offensive against Hamas in Gaza, conflicts in Sudan, Ethiopia, the DRC, Afghanistan and Myanmar, paint a dire picture of the year ahead. In view of this, Jamie outlines what European diplomats should focus on going forward, such as a clear strategy for Ukraine and the Middle East, not only to prevent further escalation, but to also secure peace in Europe.

This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, analyses what the 2023 United Nations Climate Conference in Dubai achieved and what should follow next. After two weeks of negotiations between almost 200 countries, a final COP text was adopted to begin reducing global fossil fuel consumption and thereby avert the worst consequences of climate change. With fossil fuels still representing 80% of energy production, Jamie outlines what concrete actions need to be taken to phase out oil, gas and coal use and incentivise investments in renewable energy.

This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, examines the longer-term strategic implications for the broader international community of nearly two months of crisis between Israel and Hamas. Jamie reflects on whether the humanitarian pause will continue, Israel's military objectives, as well as the future of Gaza. The larger question looming, however, is whether the war in Gaza will change the international order by generating new alignments and conflicts. Even if this will be negated, Jamie outlines several important strategic lessons to be learnt by diplomats and national security officials.

This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, examines where Kyiv and Moscow stand nearly two years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. With winter approaching, a growing ‘Ukraine fatigue' in Europe and the United States, and attention being diverted to other conflicts such as in Gaza, it is now more vital than ever for the West to uphold support to the Ukrainian war effort. Jamie thus outlines the necessary steps Western governments must take in order to ensure Ukraine wins the war.

In this week's episode of Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, discusses the implications of the European Commission's 2023 Enlargement Package adopted last week. The report recommends to open membership negotiations with Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as continue negotiations with existing candidates such as Turkey. Previous enlargement fatigue has been shaken up by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, demonstrating the pressing issue of grey zones in the EU's neighbourhood. Jamie therefore outlines several recommendations the EU ought to consider when faced with one of the biggest challenges in its history.

In this week's episode of Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, reflects on the world's first ever Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit convened near London. The Summit saw the three blocks, the EU, US and China, come together, with participation from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, US Vice President Kamala Harris and China's Vice Minister of Technology Wu Zhaohui. With new technologies posing risks such as cyber-attacks, deep fakes and election interference, the aim of the Summit was to start a global conversation on the regulation of AI. To that end, Jamie outlines five key principles that should guide this effort going forward.

In this week's episode of Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, discusses the importance of the 2024 United States presidential election. With two Republican Party candidates - Donald Trump and Vivek Ramaswamy - advocating for the US to withdraw from NATO and the UN, Jamie assesses what these elections mean both for the United States and the rest of the world. In order to ensure that the November 2024 elections are free and fair, Jamie stresses key elements that should be guaranteed, such as the absence of election interference and election denial, as well as mobilising the 50% of Americans that do not vote.

In this week's episode of Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, looks at last Sunday's national elections in Poland. Despite populists having achieved great electoral success as of late, such as Slovakia's Robert Fico for SMER and Germany's far-right AfD in two regional elections, Poland's opposition unexpectedly won against the ruling Law and Justice party. The victory of Donald Tusk's Civic Coalition came as a surprise to many due to Law and Justice having put its trusted supporters into all key levers of power, curtailed the freedom of the media and tilted the electoral playing field in its favour. Consequently, Jamie dismantles how it was possible for the populists to be defeated despite having rigged the system in their favour. He outlines five lessons learned for other EU countries that struggle with populist actors in power.

In this week's episode of Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, analyses Saturday's attacks by Hamas on Israel. Constituting Israel's worst intelligence and security failure in decades, Jamie unpacks the two main questions that arise, namely why Hamas attacked at this particular point in time and why Israel was taken by surprise. The strategic consequences that follow these events are ample, whereby the international community should ensure the proportionality of Israel's response, prevent the war from spreading to regional conflicts, as well as advance the political dialogue for a two-state solution.

Nation states no longer work effectively in tandem. Gone are the days of hegemonic US power directly ordering the allies. Furthermore, groups like the UN are ineffective, with disruptors often calling the shots. However, NATO stands apart as an example of how countries can work together successfully and how a global institution can remain largely uncontroversial, while doing serious coordinating work to solve real world problems.    In this episode our hosts and guests relate their perspectives about what NATO stands for, its strengths and limitations, and the threats it faces. Former NATO Deputy Sec General, Jamie Shea tells about how the organisation worked in the Balkans and Afghanistan, while Kori Schake mulls over the role of the US as NATO's hegemonic leader. Timothy Garton Ash comments on distinctions between NATO and the EU especially as pertains to values like liberty. Finally, Charles Kupchan examines why Russia chooses to actively disorder. Charles and Jason disagree agreeable on China's role as an orderer vs. disorderer.     Twitter: @DisorderShow  Website: https://natoandtheglobalenduringdisorder.com/nato-and-adversaries     Producer: George McDonagh  Exec Producer: Neil Fearn    Show Notes Links    For more on Kori Schake, visit here   For more on Jamie Shea, visit here    Get Timothy Garton Ash's book, Homelands here   For more on Charles Kupchan, visit here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the return of Frankly Speaking podcast after the Summer break, our senior fellows for Peace, Security and Defence, Jamie Shea and Paul Taylor, weigh in on the Ukrainian counter-offensive. What is the minimum benchmark for success? Is the West up for the challenge? Tune in to find out what they had to say.

This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, reflects on the 78th Annual Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Jamie describes the mood at this week's summit as particularly gloomy, pointing to the 4/5 missing Security Council members, the very slow international humanitarian response to the flooding disaster in Libya, as well as the great challenge of meeting the SDGs. Against the backdrop of the UN's lack of involvement in solving some of the big crises taking place around the world, the relevance of it as a global actor is being questioned. Jamie, however, contends that the UN remains irreplaceable in four main areas, namely in global climate change, international arms control, transnational justice, but most importantly, in providing the world with a platform for annual exchange. While the UN needs to reform, it is the only organisation we currently have to stop the world, as Secretary General Guterres said, from “ripping apart”.

This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, looks back on von der Leyen's State of the Union speech that focused on the achievements of her Commission. However, according to Jamie, von der Leyen has omitted one vital topic, namely that of security and defence. Indeed, security and defence have been at the core of recent EU politics with many new defence initiatives such as the creation of the DG DEFIS and the European Peace Facility. Jamie Shea pleads for these to be addressed in the next State of the Union speech, in order to strengthen European defence cooperation, avoid duplications and secure peace on the continent.

This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, focuses on what happened this Summer, especially the consequences of climate change that have been observed this summer. He details the dramatic temperature “records” reached in many parts of the world, for instance in the UK, but also the floods and forest fires happening in other parts of the world. Jamie suggests the creation of a Summer task-force to prepare countries to face and anticipate natural disasters, and thus make those countries more resilient.

This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, focuses on the outcomes of the 15th Annual Summit of BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, China, India, China and South Africa) which happened this week. Those 5 countries have announced the admission of 6 more countries to the group: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Argentina and United Arab Emirates. Jamie details in this podcast the stakes of BRICS' expansion and what would be the consequences of this expansion for the BRICS, the West and the Global South.

Join us in a discussion first held on April 19, 2022 between Jamie Shea, Visiting Professor of Strategy and Security of the Strategy and Security Institute, University of Exeter, United Kingdom and member of the Group of Strategic Advisors of the NATO Special Operations Forces Command at SHAPE in Belgium, Rachel Rizzo, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Europe Center, and Rajan Menon, Anne and Bernard Spitzer Chair in Political Science at the City College of New York/City University of New York and a Senior Research Scholar at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University and a Global Ethics Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs, exploring the purpose of NATO amidst the invasion of Ukraine and beyond.Follow us at:Network2020.orgTwitter: @Network2020LinkedIn: Network 20/20Facebook: @network2020Instagram: @network_2020Credits:"Sunrise Expedition" by Joseph McDadeMusic: Meditative Space by MaxKoMusichttps://soundcloud.com/maxkomusichttps://protunes.net/ Follow us at:Network2020.orgTwitter: @Network2020LinkedIn: Network 20/20Facebook: @network2020Instagram: @network_2020

This week on Keeping an Eye on the Geopolitical Ball, Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe, focuses on the law passed by the U.S. Congress last week that suspended the debt ceiling of the U.S. She reminds us that the current U.S. debt reaches $31.4 trillion dollars. Thus, to avoid an economic catastrophe, the U.S. Congress, with a strong bipartisan support, has passed a law that suspends the debt ceiling as well as establishes a rule that allows to defer the federal debt limit for 2 years, allowing the State to borrow an unlimited amount of money to pay its obligations for instance. Jamie Shea also details that this bipartisan support, needed to vote this law, has led to some comprises from the Democrats, including the construction of a gas pipeline as well as less strong and powerful environmental laws.

27 April 2023: In this Frankly Speaking Podcast, host Jamie Shea is joined by Senior Fellows for Peace, Security & Defence at Friends of Europe, Paul Taylor and Chris Kremidas-Courtney, to discuss the latest developments in Ukraine's security. Tune in to hear what our speakers have to say.

2 March 2023: In this Frankly Speaking Podcast, host Chris Kremidas-Courtney is joined by Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow for Peace, Security and Defense at Friends of Europe, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and Birgitte Ebbesen, Regional Director for Europe of the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) to discuss the humanitarian consequences of the Türkiye-Syria earthquake, and how Russia has assessed the damage. Tune in to find out what our speakers have to say.

Prasidėjo keturias dienas truksianti 23-ioji Vilniaus knygų mugė. Šiemet ji skiriama Vilniaus jubiliejui ir karą išgyvenančiai Ukrainai, taip pat Europos laisvės kovų literatūrai. Mugėje laukiama daugiau kaip 60 svečių iš Ukrainos – rašytojų, poetų, iliustruotojų, žurnalistų, kino režisierių, diplomatų, politikų.Rytoj sukaks vieneri metai nuo didelio masto karo Ukrainoje pradžios. Šiandien Jungtinėse tautose bus balsuojama dėl dar vienos Rusijos agresiją pasmerkiančios rezoliucijos.Buvęs NATO pareigūnas, atsakingas už saugumo iššūkius, profesorius Jamie Shea sako nėra nerealu, kad Putiną vieną dieną pamatysime teisiamųjų suole, o šis karas ir agresija prieš ukrainiečius taip pat yra ir lemiamas išbandymas Tarptautinei teisei.Diskusijoje apie plastiko atliekų ir pakuočių tvarkymą mokslininkai ragina verslą galvoti, kaip komercinį plastiką pakeisti biologinės kilmės bioskaidžiomis medžiagomis. Už tai, kad Lietuva perdirba mažai plastiko pakuočių, kasmet Europos Sąjungai sumokama apie 13-ka milijonų eurų siekianti bauda. Lietuvos užduotis yra perdirbti 55-is procentus plastiko taros. Šalyje per metus susikaupia apie 90 tūkstančių tonų šių atliekų.Smiltynėje pradedami pėsčiųjų ir dviračių tako Smiltynė–Nida tvarkymo pirmojo etapo darbai. Šis etapas apima 13 kilometrų atkarpą nuo Smiltynės iki Juodkrantės.Lietuvoje skinami pirmieji naujojo derliaus agurkai, o štai Didžiojoje Britanijoje atskiri prekybos tinklai dėl tiekimo problemų riboja vaisių ir daržovių pardavimą. Kai kuriose parduotuvėse vienas pirkėjas gali įsigyti tik tris agurkus, griežtai limituojamas ir pomidorų bei paprikų pardavimas.Ved. Madona Lučkaitė

Jamie Shea of Strive Gaming joins us on the Knup Sports Show to tell us all about Strive Gaming, her extensive career in the iGaming industry, and her upcoming panel at iGamingNEXT NYC.

16 February 2023: In this Frankly Speaking Podcast, host Jamie Shea is joined by Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, Ambassador of Georgia to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Head of the Mission of Georgia to the EU, and Paul Taylor, Senior Fellow for Peace, Security & Defence, to discuss how Georgia represents a paradox for EU integration. Tune in to find out what our speakers have to say. LINKED CONTENT Commission Analytical report on Georgia's alignment with the EU acquis: https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/commission-analytical-report-georgias-alignment-eu-acquis_en European Parliament resolution of 9 June 2022 on violations of media freedom and the safety of journalists in Georgia: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2022-0239_EN.html

Jamie Shea, exportavoz de la OTAN, habló sobre la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania, y lo que podría llegar a pasar en el 2023.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

9 February 2023: In this Frankly Speaking Podcast, host Jamie Shea is joined by Paul Taylor, Senior Fellow for Peace, Security & Defence, to discuss how things stand in the war in Ukraine. Ahead of the visit President Volodymyr Zelenskyy may pay in Brussels today – leaked by European Parliament officials – we delve into how a war of attrition has begun to wear armed forces down, and why now more than ever Western unity must hold firm.

Het digitale tijdperk heeft ons veel gebracht, maar de economische giganten erachter zijn moeilijk te temmen. Ook de politieke cultuur zelf is door de digitalisering veranderd – en niet ten goede. Nog even en de democratie crasht, waarschuwt oud Tweede-Kamerlid Kees Verhoeven in deze aflevering van Betrouwbare Bronnen.***Op sommige podcast-apps kun je niet alles lezen. De complete tekst met verwijzingen vind je altijd hier***De overheid krijgt geen grip op big tech-monopolies, datalekken en privacyschandalen. Intussen raakt de politiek oververhit, schrijft Kees Verhoeven in zijn nieuwe boek De democratie crasht, politieke onmacht in het digitale tijdperk. Naar aanleiding van dat boek praat Jaap Jansen met het oud D66-Kamerlid. Digitalisering en democratie gaan niet goed samen. Hoe komt dit en hoe lossen we het op?Verhoeven praat uit eigen ervaring. Als politicus werkte hij aan wetgeving waar hij soms behoorlijk wat mee bereikte, maar soms ook niet. En sommige dingen doorzag hij pas later. Hij twitterde zich een ongeluk en was zeer aanwezig in media. Maar - zoals steeds meer Kameleden en bewindslieden overkomt - hij raakte overwerkt en besloot na elf jaar de politiek te verlaten.Door te vertellen over zijn ervaringen wil hij zijn opvolgers – Kamerleden uit alle politieke stromingen – helpen de digitale wetten beter te doorgronden. En hij heeft een lijst met tips om de politieke cultuur afscheid te laten nemen van de giftige bijverschijnselen van digitalisering.***Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show!Als vriend kun je meedingen naar een exemplaar van het boek van Kees Verhoeven. Met dank aan uitgeverij Business Contact.Heeft u belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Dat zou helemaal mooi zijn! Stuur voor informatie een mailtje naar adverteren@dagennacht.nl***Verder lezenHet boek van Kees Verhoeven***Verder luisterenWaarom je nerdfluisteraars nodig hebt bij de overheid - Volkskrant-podcast Stuurloos: Kustaw Bessems met Bert Hubert297 - De kwestie-Arib en de Tweede Kamer als prettig gestoorde anarchie255 - Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen 2022: hoe de Tweede Kamer kan leren van de lokale democratie249 - Gedrag en omgangsvormen in de Tweede Kamer232 – Kabinetsformatie 2021: Kan de Kamer haar rol wel aan? En wat te doen met antidemocratische partijen? 191 - Kabinetsformatie 2021: Hoe krijgen we de balans terug in de trias politica? De Kamer kan zelf al heel veel doen!78 - Roberto Viola: Shaping Europe's Digital Future36 - Commissioner Margrethe Vestager on Europe's future31 - Jamie Shea on NATO and cyber warfare***Tijdlijn00:00:00 – Deel 100:47:38 – Deel 201:08:14 – Deel 3 (hoe je de politieke cultuur verandert)01:34:19 – Einde Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

15 December 2022: In this Frankly Speaking Podcast, host Jamie Shea is joined by Senior Fellows for Peace, Security and Defence, Paul Taylor and Chris Kremidas Courtney to hazard a personal prediction for what to expect geopolitically in 2023. Tune in to find out what our speakers have to say.

8 December 2022: In this Frankly Speaking Podcast, host Jamie Shea is joined by Senior Fellow for Peace, Security and Defence, Paul Taylor, to discuss Friends of Europe's latest European Defence Study on the Western Balkan region. Tune in to find out what our speakers have to say. Linked Content: Seize the geopolitical moment: The Western Balkans and European security: https://www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/seize-the-geopolitical-moment-the-western-balkans-and-european-security

10 November 2022: In this Frankly Speaking Podcast, host Jamie Shea is joined by Senior Fellows for Peace, Security and Defence, Paul Taylor and Chris Kremidas Courtney, to discuss the latest developments on the frontline in Ukraine, the crises around energy and military supplies facing into the winter, and whether Western solidarity can hold true. Tune in to find out what our speakers have to say. --------------------- Linked Content --------------------- Kiel Institute For the World Economy news report: “Coverage in container shipping declines, sanctions hit Russia's trade hard” https://www.ifw-kiel.de/publications/media-information/2022/congestion-in-container-shipping-declines-sanctions-hit-russias-trade-hard/ European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations: https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/what/civil-protection/eu-civil-protection-mechanism_en

20 October 2022: In this Frankly Speaking Podcast, host Jamie Shea is joined by Negar Mortazavi, Journalist and European Young Leader (EYL40), to discuss the Iran in Focus report published by Friends of Europe in the context of Iran's recent mass protests calling for regime change. Tune in to find out what our speakers have to say. -------------------- Linked Content --------------------- Friends of Europe's “Iran in Focus” report: ttps://www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/iran-in-focus/

6 October 2022: In this Frankly Speaking Podcast, host Jamie Shea is joined by Paul Taylor, Senior Fellow for Peace, Security & Defence, and Peter Ricketts, Member of the House of Lords to discuss Britain's role in the upcoming EU Summit in Prague, the European Political Community, and why Anglo-French relations may have deteriorated. Tune in to find out what our speakers have to say.

29 September 2022: In this Frankly Speaking Podcast, host Jamie Shea is joined by Chris Kremidas Courtney, Senior Fellow for Peace, Security & Defence, and Liam Gibson, journalist for Nikkei Asia, Al Jazeera, and Taipei Times, to give a geopolitical, economic, and technological overview of the Indo-Pacific region, and what hopes exist for trans-Pacific cooperation between the US and the liberal Asian democracies as well as China. The tech race is well under way with China leaps and bounds ahead of the rest in 5G, the US blazing a trail in quantum computing, and AI a toss-up. What lessons can the West learn from the Indo-Pacific, and what does the West do well that the Indo-Pacific could stand to gain? Tune in to find out what our speakers have to say. --------------------- Linked Content --------------------- Tabletop Report: “Europe in 2030: strengthening public-private cooperation in hybrid crises”: https://www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/europe-in-2030-strengthening-public-private-cooperation-in-hybrid-crises/ Friends of Europe's Peace, Security, and Defence Summit, 17 November: https://www.friendsofeurope.org/events/peace-security-and-defence-summit/ The Australian Strategic Policy Institute's proposal for an Indo-Pacific hybrid threat centre: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/countering-hydra

8 September 2022: Kickstarting our brand-new season of the Frankly Speaking Podcast, we delve into the question of European resilience against hybrid crises. In this special, host Jamie Shea is joined by Senior Fellow and lead author of the tabletop report, Chris Kremidas-Courtney, and Hanna Linderstål, CEO and Founder of EARHART Business protection agency. We discuss the metaverse, extended reality, and what safety measures Europe can take to protect itself against hybrid threats down the line. Tune in to find out what our speakers have to say. _____________ Linked Content: Tabletop Report: “Europe in 2030: strengthening public-private cooperation in hybrid crises”: https://www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/europe-in-2030-strengthening-public-private-cooperation-in-hybrid-crises/ Paul Taylor's European Defence Study: “Running out of space: European security in space”: https://www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/running-out-of-space-european-security-in-space/ Friends of Europe's Peace, Security, and Defence Summit, 17 November: https://www.friendsofeurope.org/events/peace-security-and-defence-summit/ XRSI Website: https://xrsi.org/ Metaverse Safety Week: https://metaversesafetyweek.org/

In 1999, NATO planes began bombing Yugoslavia to stop the ethnic cleansing of Albanians. This followed other interventions by the alliance in the Balkans wars, a far cry from NATO's original mission: to stop the Soviet Union from expanding westward. Our guest this week, Jamie Shea, helped explain this shift during the Kosovo campaign over two decades ago as NATO's spokesperson and later served as Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges. Last week, NATO held a summit in Madrid to redefine its strategic concept. The Eurasia Group Foundation's Mark Hannah spoke with Jamie about NATO's chance to revitalize itself amidst Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, and discussed whether or not the alliance has a role to play outside of Europe.   Jamie Shea worked for NATO for 38 years, including as a spokesperson during the Kosovo campaign in 1999 and retired from the alliance as Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges.

5 July 2022: In Episode 18 of Friends of Europe's Frankly Speaking Podcast's special on the war in Ukraine, host Paul Taylor is joined by Director of Global Risk Analysis at Control Risks Group, Oksana Antonenko, and Senior Fellow for Peace, Security, and Defence at Friends of Europe, Jamie Shea. We discuss the outlook for Russian gas supplies to Europe, the financial and economic situation of Ukraine, and the outcome of last week's NATO Summit in Madrid. Tune in to find out what our speakers have to say.

Jamie Shea, with 30 years experience as a NATO official including as NATO spokesperson during the war in Kosovo and as NATO's Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, discusses NATO's 2022 Strategic Concept, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, NATO's response, and what Sweden and Finland's membership means for the alliance.  Jamie Shea - Strategy and Security Institute  Jamie Shea - Chatham House For episode updates follow on twitter: @jessicagenauer  

23 June 2022: In Episode 17 of Friends of Europe's Frankly Speaking Podcast's special on the war in Ukraine, host Jamie Shea is joined by our Senior Fellow for Peace, Security and Defence, Paul Taylor. We discuss the connections between space-based capabilities and the surprisingly significant role they have played in the evolution of the Ukrainian conflict. Fresh off the launch of Taylor's latest European Defence Study entitled “Running out of space: European security in space” on 20 June, we cover the power dynamics that exist between vying nations, from powering the internet, to running our banking systems, and why it matters for Europe. Tune in to find out what our speakers have to say.

2 June 2022: In Episode 14 of Friends of Europe's Frankly Speaking Podcast's special on the war in Ukraine, host Tracey D'Afters is joined by our Senior Fellows for Peace, Security and Defence, Paul Taylor and Jamie Shea. Energy is top of the agenda. With the EU deal to ban Russian oil this week, we discuss how effective these oil sanctions are likely to be and whether the EU would go a step further and adopt an embargo on Russian gas. We ask Jamie for an update on what's happening on the ground in Ukraine and Russia's ongoing military strategy. Paul considers the role that Turkey can play in mediation. And finally, we ask: ‘is the West still united or losing its way when it comes to the strategic approach towards the war in Ukraine?'

21 April 2022: After a short break we are back with Episode 10 of Friends of Europe's Frankly Speaking podcast on the War in Ukraine, hosted, Tracey D'Afters is joined by Senior Fellows Paul Taylor former Reuters journalist, contributing editor at Politico and author of our newly published report on the Black Sea and Jamie Shea, former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO. Tune in to hear what our Senior Fellows have to say.

7 April 2022: In Episode 9 of Friends of Europe's Frankly Speaking podcast on the War in Ukraine, host, Tracey D'Afters is joined by Senior Fellows Paul Taylor former Reuters journalist, contributing editor at Politico and author of our newly published report on the Black Sea and Jamie Shea, former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO. This week we also welcome our special guest Gordana Čomić, Serbian Minister for Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue

31 March 2022: In Episode 8 of Friends of Europe's Frankly Speaking podcast on the War in Ukraine, host, Tracey D'Afters is joined by Senior Fellows Paul Taylor former Reuters journalist, contributing editor at Politico and author of our newly published report on the Black Sea and Jamie Shea, former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO.

Patrick Reevell, Moscow reporter for ABC News, joins the programme live from Kyiv in Ukraine, and we speak to Jamie Shea, a former senior NATO official and currently an advisor to the organisation.

Contribute your ideas to the Conference on the Future of Europe here!In series two of Global Europe Unpacked, commonspace.eu is collaborating with the City of The Hague to bring you several conversations looking at the future of Europe in the world. This series runs alongside the EU's largest citizen consultation to date, the Conference on the Future of Europe. Our objective is to spark your interest in some of the important issues under discussion and encourage you to get involved.Since its establishment, the EU has relied on soft power – such as diplomacy – and economic instruments as its main foreign policy tools, leaving hard and military power to its member states and the main Western military alliance, NATO. The concept of EU hard power is hardly new but has by-and-large remained, up to now, abstract; however, in light of the EU's growing place in the world and recent events in Ukraine exposing threats that were thought to have been consigned to the history books, what was once inconceivable is starting to gain ground.To address this topic, Will Murray speaks to Prof Dr Jamie Shea – Professor of Strategy and Security at the University of Exeter and former NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges. This is the second time that Prof Shea joins the podcast, having spoken last series on the question, ‘Is EU ‘strategic autonomy' compatible with NATO?'.Amongst other things, they discuss:Whether EU hard power necessary in light of what is happening in Ukraine and the EU's geostrategic ambitions;What the EU's Strategic Compass is and how it relates to the future of European defence and security;Whether the ongoing events in Ukraine have changed the thinking on the Strategic Compass and EU hard power more generally;The shape of the EU's current relationship with NATO and how it is changing;Whether the situation in Ukraine has affected the EU-UK relationship, and if so, how; andWhether after the invasion of Ukraine, EU soft power is still relevant.The interview was recorded 11 March 2022. 

10 March 2022: In this fifth episode of Friends of Europe's Frankly Speaking podcast on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Senior Fellows Paul Taylor and Jamie Shea are joined by guest speaker and Fellow for Health, Tamsin Rose. Since 1990, Tamsin has had a successful career working internationally. Following her role in media relations for the EU Delegation in Moscow, she has since specialised in public health and public participation issues, serving as Secretary General of the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA). Tune in to hear what our Senior Fellows have to say.

Guests Dr. Alex Pravda - Senior research fellow in Russian and East European studies at Oxford Uni Dr. Jamie Shea - former deputy assistant secretary-general of NATO See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ukraine has been invaded by Russia. But why? What is NATO's purpose, and why does it bother Vladimir Putin so much? In this episode of Warfare, we're joined by Jamie Shea, the Former Deputy Assistant Secretary-General at NATO, who's sat across the table from the Russian President himself. Jamie and James explore the birth of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the questions surrounding its membership, and how it impacts the current situation in Ukraine. Jamie has decades of experience working for NATO since the Cold War era, and shares incredible insights into the ups and downs of its relationship with Russia over the years.To hear more from Jamie, check out his weekly look at emerging geopolitical crises as well as threats in security and defence here.For more Warfare content, subscribe to our Warfare newsletter here.If you'd like to learn even more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! To download, go to the Android or Apple store. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ukraine has been invaded by Russia. But why? What is NATO's purpose, and why does it bother Vladimir Putin so much? In this episode of Warfare, we're joined by Jamie Shea, the Former Deputy Assistant Secretary-General at NATO, who's sat across the table from the Russian President himself. Jamie and James explore the birth of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the questions surrounding its membership, and how it impacts the current situation in Ukraine. Jamie has decades of experience working for NATO since the Cold War era, and shares incredible insights into the ups and downs of its relationship with Russia over the years.To hear more from Jamie, check out his weekly look at emerging geopolitical crises as well as threats in security and defence here.If you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! To download the History Hit app please go to the Android or Apple store. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

17 FEBRUARY 2022: In this episode of Friends of Europe's Frankly Speaking podcast, Senior Fellows Chris Kremidas-Courtney, Paul Taylor and Jamie Shea discuss the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Will he, won't he invade? In a week which saw US President Joe Biden warn of imminent war and German Chancellor Olaf Sholz fly to Moscow aiming to keep diplomacy alive, the whole world tried to second guess Vladimir Putin's next moves regarding the ongoing crisis with Ukraine.. If an attack were to take place, how would it unfold? Is there more military significance to the troops that NATO allies have deployed than mere political signalling? And what further NATO reinforcement can we expect in the coming weeks? Tune in to hear what our Senior Fellows have to say.

Jamie Shea, exsecretario General Adjunto para Desafíos de Seguridad de la Otan, habló en Mañanas BLU cuando Colombia está al aire sobre la tensión entre Rusia y Ucrania, que hace temer al mundo ante la posibilidad de una nueva guerra mundial.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's episode take a closer look at Monday's Russian anti-satellite missile test and the debris field it caused, which forced the seven astronauts and cosmonauts on board the International Space Station to take cover. Jamie Shea, who after three decades with NATO, and having served as that organization's Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, says he does not believe the ASAT test is a coincidence, but part of an effort to keep the Allies on the back foot as tensions rise on Eastern Europe's border with Russia. Daniel Dumbacher, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics's Executive Director and U.K. Amb. Aidan Liddle discuss their efforts to codify norms of behavior and what's at stake if governments do not agree to a set of rules for space.

Negar Mortazavi joins a panel discussion about the future of the nuclear deal and diplomacy between Tehran and Washington with Sussan Tahmasebi, Director of FEMENA, Jon Wolfstahl, senior advisor at Global Zero, and Eldar Mamedov, foreign policy adviser at the European Parliament. This discussion was moderated by Jamie Shea and hosted by Friends of Europe. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theiranpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theiranpodcast/support

In the latest episode of the Centre for Army Leadership Podcast, we have the privilege to speak with Professor Jamie Shea, former Deputy Assistant Secretary-General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO. Jamie's NATO career spanned an incredible 38 years, in which time he worked his way from Assistance Committee Secretary and Minute Writer to Deputy Assistant Secretary-General. As one would expect, Jamie speaks passionately about the importance and strength of coalitions and interoperability, highlighting the benefits of diversity and of having a unifying purpose at the strategic level. He talks about the challenges of leading without authority and unpacks the concept of 'leading through diplomacy'. Jamie looks to the future in highlighting the future challenge's leaders will face in an ever-changing and increasingly complex world, highlighting the issues that NATO leaders will face, specifically in dealing with sub-threshold Article 5 activity. Finally, he speaks to us about leading in a crisis, highlighting how good leaders are comfortable making decisions with incomplete information and being comfortable with taking risks.  An energetic and reverting interview with a man who has had a front row seat to history. 

Hungerkatastrophe bei den Armen. Ein Kommentar von Rainer Rupp. Einführung Der Kampf gegen die so genannte „Corona-Epidemie“ wurde von vielen westlichen Regierungen als „Krieg“ definiert und über weite Strecken auch wie ein Krieg geführt, hauptsächlich gegen die eigene Bevölkerung. Die dabei entstandenen Kollateralschäden wurden von den herrschenden Eliten weitgehend ignoriert oder heruntergespielt, zumal die Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländer viel verheerender davon betroffen sind als die im einkommensstärkeren Westen, obwohl auch im reichen Westen die unteren Bevölkerungsschichten immer mehr verarmen. Der militärische Begriff “Kollateralschaden” ist ein Synonym für nicht beabsichtigte Schäden. Während der Monate langen, völkerrechtswidrigen und angeblich „humanitären“ Bombardierung Restjugoslawiens im Jahr 1999 durch die NATO unter Beteiligung der sich gerne als Friedensstaat präsentierenden Bundesrepublik Deutschland wurde der Begriff international bekannt und verhasst. Denn der damalige NATO-Informationsdirektor mit dem ewig lächelnden Gesicht, Jamie Shea, hatte in den alltäglichen TV-Abendnachrichten über die NATO-Erfolge die Tausende von NATO-Bomben zerfetzten oder verstümmelten Zivilisten, Frauen, Kinder und Alte beiläufig als „Kollateralschäden“ abgetan. Aktuell führen die neo-liberalen Eliten und ihre Regierungen in den Ländern des kapitalistischen Westens mit Lockdowns und anderen, die Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft zersetzenden Maßnahmen erklärtermaßen wieder Krieg, diesmal allerdings gegen die eigene Bevölkerung. Und in diesem nun fast eineinhalb Jahre wütenden Kampf gegen Corona, dessen destruktive Folgen denen eines Schießkrieges kaum nachstehen, sind die Kollateralschäden besonders hoch. Tatsächlich dürfte die Zahl, der auf Grund von anti-Corona-Maßnahmen produzierten Toten bei weitem die Zahl der Menschen übertreffen, die angeblich von den Maßnahmen vor einem Covid-19 Tod gerettet werden. Dabei geht es nicht allein um Todesfälle wie z.B. durch verpasste Krebsbehandlungen, obwohl auch die eine beängstigende Dimension erreichen. Zur Erinnerung: Richard Sullivan, Professor für Krebserkrankungen am berühmten King‘s College in London, warnte (1) bereits vor einem Jahr, dass wegen des Corona Lockdowns in den nächsten 5 Jahren es mehr Todesfälle durch verpasste Krebsbehandlungen geben werde, als die Zahl der Menschen, die Dank des Lockdowns von Covid-19 verschont geblieben sind. Ähnliche Untersuchungen gibt es für Deutschland. In Erinnerung sollte hier auch nochmals gerufen werden, wie betrügerisch die Zählweise der Corona-Toten ist: Zuerst hieß es in den offiziellen Nachrichten an Corona gestorben, dann an oder mit Corona gestorben und aktuell heißt es „in Zusammenhang mit Corona“ gestorben. Je größer die Zahl der „Turns“ bei der Laboranalyse der PCR-Test, desto sicherer konnten irgendwelche Spurenelemente von Corona-Viren gefunden werden, die jedoch für die Gesundheit des Getesteten keine Gefahren darstellten. Dieser Fake wurde bereits vor über einem halben Jahr in einem Bericht (2) des amerikanischen „Center for Disease Control“ (CDC) aufgedeckt. Unter dem Titel „Komorbiditäten“ stellte das CDC Anfang Herbst letzten Jahres fest, dass bei von den damals über 200.000 als COVID-19 deklarierten Todesfälle in den USA tatsächlich nur 6 Prozent an Covid-19 als einzige Ursache gestorben waren. Bei den übrigen 94 Prozent der damals registrierten Todesfälle gab es im Durchschnitt 2,6 zusätzliche schwere Vorerkrankungen, die in hohem Alter auch ohne Corona leicht zum Tod geführt hätten, wie z.B. chronische Lungenerkrankungen oder Sepsis (Blutvergiftung). Somit gab es bis zum Herbst letzten Jahres in den USA nur 12.000 allein von Covid-19 verursachte Todesfälle. Zusammenfassend lässt sich daher sagen, dass die von der angeblichen „Pandemie“ ausgehende Gefahr von Politik, Medien und Pharma-Mafia stark übertrieben wurde und die ergriffenen Gegenmaßnahmen – abgesehen von den hierzulande angerichteten Schäden - in den einkommensschwächeren Ländern der Welt eine echte Katastrophe angerichtet haben. Es geht um dieses Unheil einer Hungerkatastrophe, von der Hunderte von Millionen Menschen betroffen sind, die aber von unseren selbst ernannten Qualitätsmedien – wenn nicht ganz ignoriert - höchsten als Kollateralschäden der guten anti-Corona-Maßnahmen unserer alternativlosen und verantwortungsvollen Politiker dargestellt werden. Fokus dieser Tagesdosis ist es, die Zusammenhänge zwischen wiederholten Lockdowns im hochentwickelten Westen und dem sprunghaften Anstieg von Hunger und Unterernährung in den einkommensschwächeren Ländern darzustellen.... hier weiterlesen: https://kenfm.de/corona-lockdowns-im-reichen-westen-von-rainer-ruppnato-und-russland-von-thomas-roeper +++ Jetzt KenFM unterstützen: https://de.tipeee.com/kenfm Dir gefällt unser Programm? Informationen zu weiteren Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten hier: https://kenfm.de/support/kenfm-unterstuetzen/ Du kannst uns auch mit Bitcoins unterstützen. Bitcoin-Account: https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/1edba334-ba63-4a88-bfc3-d6a3071efcc8 +++ Abonniere jetzt den KenFM-Newsletter: https://kenfm.de/newsletter/ +++ KenFM jetzt auch als kostenlose App für Android- und iOS-Geräte verfügbar! Über unsere Homepage kommt Ihr zu den Stores von Apple und Google. 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On this episode of the DraftKings Life Podcast, we celebrate Women’s History Month with a special guest, Jamie Shea, VP of Sportsbook Operations. We debunk myths about working in sports betting during the episode, learn about Jamie’s favorite woman in sports, and how she helped launch the first DraftKings Sportsbook App.  

For more than seven decades the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has been the most potent security organisation on the European continent, an embodiment of the transatlantic relationship, and a bulwark against any threat to states that form part of it. NATO is based on the principle that an attack against one or several of its members is considered as an attack against all. This is the principle of collective defence, which is enshrined in Article 5 of the Washington Treaty signed in 1949. Today, NATO has 30 member states, all on the European continent except Canada and the United States. After the end of the cold war in 1991 some doubted if NATO was needed any more, yet subsequent developments have shown that the organisation's tasks, whilst evolving, remain absolutely pertinent to the present and future realities. Most EU member states are also NATO members, but not all. But calls for closer EU-NATO relations have increased, with ideas on burden sharing where appropriate. Some have even called for the EU to take over all of NATO's responsibilities, but these calls are widely dismissed. Defining an optimal way for EU-NATO co-operation to develop is one of the many challenges facing the two institutions Given the changing nature of conflict, NATO has had to change too. For the future, hybrid warfare, cyberattacks, and violent non-state actors are as much likely to be the sort of threats NATO has to deal with as were the classic tank battles of the past. In this episode of Global Europe Unpacked, Will Murray speaks to Dr Jamie Shea – a professor in Strategy and Security at the University of Exeter and NATO's former Deputy Sec Gen for Emerging Security Challenges, well known as the organisation's spokesperson during the Kosovo war – about:why NATO is still relevant in 2021;how NATO is dealing with emerging threats;how NATO should handle a modern Russia;whether Georgia and Ukraine should be allowed to join NATO;what President Joe Biden means for EU-NATO relations; andwhether the EU's global ambitions are compatible with NATO.For more news analysis and commentary on the EU and its neighbourhood, visit commonspace.eu or follow us on twitter @commonspaceEU.

Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger praten met minister Ank Bijleveld (Defensie) over haar politieke erfenis: de Defensievisie 2035. De bewindsvrouw schetst daarin de dreigingen en harde keuzes waarmee Nederland de komende decennia wordt geconfronteerd. “Vrijheid is niet vanzelfsprekend en zij is kostbaar.”Beatrice de Graaf, hoogleraar geschiedenis aan de Universiteit Utrecht met als leeropdracht ‘history of international relations & global governance’ en lid van de Adviesraad Internationale Vraagstukken, is ook te gast en praat mee.De machtsverhoudingen in de wereld zijn schuivende ijsschotsen. Ursula von der Leyen leidt ‘een geopolitieke Europese Commissie’. Oorlogen zijn hybride geworden, high tech en asymetrisch. We leven in een ‘voorspelbare onvoorspelbaarheid’, zegt De Graaf.Bijlevelds langetermijnvisie is een hulpkreet naar de politiek en de samenleving. “Keuzes zijn nodig.” Want de dreigingen zijn anders dan het bekende en bestaande. Bovendien kan Nederland die nieuwe dreigingen niet in zijn eentje aan en ook niet met de klassieke mechanismen. De minister analyseert in haar visie tot 2035 daarom zowel de dreigingen die op het koninkrijk afkomen – van ‘cyberwar’ tot natuurlijke rampen als orkanen en overstromingen – als de problemen waardoor ons land ‘niet adequaat toegerust is’.Ze wijst erop dat zowel de organisatie, de mensen als de toerusting en hun focus grote veranderingen moeten ondergaan. Dat vereist technologisch hoogwaardige medewerkers, teams en middelen die ‘informatie-gestuurd en zeer flexibel kunnen optreden’. Bijleveld zegt dat de Russische poging tot hacken bij de OPCW een enorme ‘wake up call’ was. En ook de Rotterdamse haven wordt via cyber bedreigd. Heel het Defensieapparaat moet daarom een soort ‘Leven lang ontwikkelen’-omgeving worden. Investeren in werving, opleiding, bijspijkeren en innoveren van de juiste hoogopgeleide mensen is daarvan een cruciaal onderdeel. Bijleveld spreekt van niets minder dan een ‘cultuurverandering’ die iedereen aangaat, zowel binnen de organisatie als bij de partners van Defensie. Daarbij is ook de maatschappelijke relevantie en zichtbaarheid van Defensie essentieel.Op dat laatste punt heeft zij al nadrukkelijk stappen gezet, zoals het opheffen van het verbod een uniform te dragen buiten de organisatie. Zorgen heeft zij op dit punt over de ruimte in het politiek debat voor zowel die strategische als die zichtbaarheidsbelangen. Beatrice de Graaf en de minister vrezen een overmaat aan ‘incidentgerichtheid’. Debatten in de Tweede Kamer gaan te weinig over lange-termijnvragen.Een groot thema voor Bijleveld is de rol van Nederland in de NAVO en steeds meer ook als Defensie-bondgenoot in de Europese Unie. Nederland wordt als betrouwbare partner ‘echt gewaardeerd’ en op hoog niveau betrokken bij grote besluiten. “Maar financieel en operationeel boksen wij ver benden ons gewicht. We zijn de vijfde economie in Europa, doen mee in de G20 maar we staan bij de investeringen in onze defensie op drie na onderaan. De kwaliteit van onze militaire bijdrage wordt wereldwijd erkend, maar dan is het zaak juist daar veel meer in te investeren zodat dit ook zo blijven kan. Andere landen gaan niet met ons samen omdat ze zo lief zijn.”Ank Bijleveld onderstreept nadrukkelijk de woorden van Angela Merkel dat Europa in de wereld moet beseffen dat het er uiteindelijk alleen voor staat. Dat heeft grote consequenties. “Europa moet zichzelf in de toekomst militair kunnen verdedigen”, zegt Bijleveld. Ze gaat hiermee veel verder dan Nederlandse kabinetten en de Tweede Kamer tot nu toe. “We werken al wel samen met andere Europese landen, maar nog niet als Europese Unie. Dat moeten we wel gaan doen.”Volgens haar moet dit rapport een belangrijke rol spelen in de komende kabinetsformatie. “Met dit rapport weten we in elk geval wat de feiten zijn en wat noodzakelijk is. Niemand kan dan nog zeggen dat hij dit niet wist.”***Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt door Weee Nederland en door donaties van luisteraars via vriendvandeshow.nl/bb***Verder lezenDefensievisie 2035Beatrice de Graaf - Tegen de terreur, hoe Europa veilig werd na Napoleon (Prometheus, 2019)Beatrice de Graaf - Fighting terror after Napoleon (Cambridge University Press, 2020)Robert M. Gates - Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War WorldAIV-advies Europese veiligheid: tijd voor nieuwe stappenHarvard Kennedy School: Nation Cyber Power Index 2020NAVO-opinieonderzoek december 2019Blik van een millennial op de nieuwe generatie militairenWebsite Beatrice de Graaf***Verder kijkenPaul Ducheine over targeting en oorlogsrecht***Verder LuisterenBB 59 - Ank Bijleveld, minister in een onveilige wereld met te weinig geld voor DefensieBB 54 - Christ Klep over de Nederlandse militaire identiteit: Van wereldmacht tot 'braafste jongetje'BB 31 - Jamie Shea, 70 jaar NAVO: cyberoorlog als nieuwe uitdagingBB 30 - 30 - Rob de Wijk: het gevaar van China en TrumpBB 19 - Anne Applebaum: Poetin en de destabilisering van het Westen***Tijdlijn00:00:00 - Intro00:02:46 - Deel 101:05:08 - Deel 201:33:53 - Uitro01:34:34 - Einde

Britain has left the EU, what happens now? We will be discussing the UK post-Brexit with Dr Jamie Shea, Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of Exeter, UK and Associate Fellow with the GCSP’s Global Fellowship Initiative and former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for the Emerging Security Challenges of NATO. And as a volatile political situation in Central Africa creates obstacles in the region, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s women are now key to lasting peace. As we mark International Women’s Day on 8 March we spoke to women’s activist Julienne Lusenge, a Congolese human rights activist, recognised for advocating for survivors of wartime sexual violence, as well as a former GCSP Executive-in-Residence Fellow with the Global Fellowship Initiative.

With the Super Bowl coming up this Sunday between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, sports betting is expected to be at an all-time high in states like New Jersey. Gov. Phil Murphy signed New Jersey sports betting into law in June of 2018, and the first legal bets were place three days later. DraftKings is a global sports technology and entertainment company that believes life is more fun with skin in the game. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA but last June DraftKings unveiled its new office space in Hoboken, NJ. SportsJam host Doug Doyle recently sat down with DraftKings Head of Sportsbook Digital Jamie Shea to talk about the growth of the company and her introduction into the sports betting industry. She says she has more than 65 people working at the Hoboken office. "It's a big business. It takes a lot of work. We have a fraud team here making sure everything is on the up and up, reviewing everything that goes up. We have a compliance team

Betrouwbare Bronnen aflevering 59De wereld is onveiliger dan in de Koude Oorlog, zegt minister Ank Bijleveld van Defensie. Daarom moet Nederland fors meer investeren in de krijgsmacht. "We hebben het minste aantal mensen op missies ooit: 466 mensen. En we zijn niet in staat ons eigen grondgebied te verdedigen; ook niet met de Europese bondgenoten. Dat kunnen we alleen met de Amerikanen en de Britten. Terwijl het een Grondwettelijke taak is. Dat is heel raar. Vrijheid moet ons wat waard zijn, dus daar moeten we dan ook in investeren.De belofte om in 2024 twee procent van het bruto nationaal product aan defensie te besteden gaat Nederland niet halen, bevestigt Bijleveld in gesprek met Jaap Jansen. Nederland dreigt in de achterhoede van de NAVO te komen. Ze wil van premier Mark Rutte ‘boter bij de vis’.Rutte zei eerder dat hij de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump gelijk geeft dat Nederland meer geld moet gaan besteden aan defensie. In 2014 beloofden de NAVO-landen elkaar plechtig om in 2024 twee procent van hun bnp aan defensie te besteden. Nederland staat nu op 1,3 procent en dat zal in 2024 volgens de prognose van Defensie zelf niet méér zijn,Bijleveld: “Ik ben het eens met Trump en Rutte – maar nu nog boter bij de vis, zeg ik dan tegen de minister-president.” Bijleveld krijgt in het kabinet af en toe ‘nee’ te horen op haar vraag om meer geld. De Amerikanen waarschuwen dat ons land in de NAVO ver achterloopt.Bijleveld: “Hier heeft Trump een reëel punt. Als je in 2014 een afspraak maakt met regeringsleiders dat je daar in 2024 aan moet voldoen, dan is het niet goed dat wij dat niet doen. De begroting is 11 miljard euro, maar als we aan die twee procent bbp willen voldoen, dan moet er nog zes miljard bij. Dat is aan investeringen bijna een verdubbeling. Nou, daar zitten we nog lang niet aan. Wij moeten voor december onze cijfers voor de NAVO updaten. Dan zullen we zien dat Nederland aan de onderkant zit van de lijstjes. En wij zijn natuurlijk best een rijk land. We zijn zelfs gezakt. We zijn nu van de Europese lidstaten vierde van onderen.”Minister Bijleveld benadrukt dat de twee procent geen dogma is, maar gebaseerd op een dreigingsanalyse. De wereld is volgens haar zelfs onveiliger dan tijdens de Koude oorlog.“De minister-president heeft die NAVO-belofte getekend, dus we hebben het met z’n allen beloofd. Het is een richting die we zouden moeten halen.”Bijleveld gaat bij de premier extra aandringen op meer geld voordat ze samen naar Londen gaan voor de viering van 70 jaar NAVO. Daar komt de belofte opnieuw aan de orde.Een van de mogelijkheden om snel extra geld te regelen is het nieuwe investeringsfonds van de ministers Wopke Hoekstra (Financiën) en Eric Wiebes (Economische Zaken), waar tientallen miljarden in komen. “Kennis is een van de dingen in dat fonds. Defensie is een kennis-gestuurde organisatie, dus als ik een mogelijkheid zie, zal ik hem natuurlijk grijpen.”***Eerdere afleveringen van Betrouwbare Bronnen over defensieAfl. 11: Sybrand en Wiete Buma over hun voorvader, de soldaat Gerlacus BumaAfl. 22: Jaap de Hoop Scheffer wil kernwapens onder F-35Afl. 31: Jamie Shea, 70 jaar NAVO: cyberoorlog als nieuwe uitdagingAfl. 54: Christ Klep over de Nederlandse militaire identiteit***Tijdlijn BB 5900:00:00 - Intro door Jaap Jansen met quotes Ank Bijleveld00:04:16 - Ank Bijleveld (deel 1)00:45:24 - Ank Bijleveld (deel 2)01:15:56 - Uitro01:16:38 - Einde

Where do the Colts stack up in the AFC after five games? The guys discuss and are joined in-studio by DraftKings Sportsbook Mobile head Jamie Shea, who talks about Indiana being just the third state to have mobile sports betting.

The Sportsbook Digital head for DraftKings joins us in-studio to give some clarity on legal (and mobile!) sports betting in Indiana.

Hamilton ON singer-songwriter Jamie Shea joins us on Episode 459 of Folk Roots Radio to chat about his first album “Come Down To The Water”. Well known on the Hamilton music scene as a band guitarist playing rock, pop, blues and jazz, Jamie’s solo debut is long overdue – and finally arrived on his 50th birthday. Come Down To The Water is an excellent album with a lovely upbeat feel. It’s a great interview, and quite inspirational – we definitely hope you’ll stay with us to check it out. We also take a first listen to new music from Daniel Norgren, Jessica Heine, Peter Light, The Small Glories, Shari Ulrich, Jesse Parent, Kevin Mitchell and Emily Mure. You can find the full playlist on the website: https://folkrootsradio.com/folk-roots-radio-episode-459-feat-jamie-shea-more-new-releases/

Live from the Turf Club at Monmouth Park Racetrack - where the first legal sports bet in New Jersey was placed by Governor Phil Murphy in June, 2018 – Gambling.com Group Plc presents the first-annual American Gambling Awards.  Designed to reward excellence in the online legal sports betting market in the United States, the AGA’s presented 14 Golden Eagle statues to stakeholders from politicians to sportsbooks. ESPN draft analyst and New York Times best-selling author (and Badder Beats veteran) Matthew Berry presided over the ceremonies and was delighted that acceptance speeches were brief or non-existent.   The sushi table was pretty good, too.  Over on the red carpet, hosts Brant James and Ryan Butler, nattily dressed in their finest awards show attire, swooped winners out of the crowd like voracious bears at a salmon stream. David Rebuck of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement? Got him. (He was presented with the first-ever Golden Eagle as regulator of the year). Jamie Shea of DraftKings? Got here after her group took home (all the way to Hoboken) top honors in fantasy sports.    EPISODE 32 TIME STAMPS  :55 – Michigan Representative Brandt Iden (he and Brant early tried to convince him to ditch that extraneous ‘d’) on being a Golden Eagle finalist. (He did not get to bring one home, however.)  1:38 – That said, he’s got his nose to the grindstone and thinks he will get legal sports betting over the line in 2019, perhaps even by football season.  1:50 – Rep. Iden wants to keep those Michigan dollars, building things for Michiganders.  2:37 – Is there momentum for sports betting not only in Michigan, but in the Midwest?  3:32 – Are lawmakers cognizant of what sports betting bills entail and what the benefits can be?  4:58 - “Senator Ray” Lesniak wins “Industry Supporter of the Year” in absentia. Gambling.com Group Plc founder and CEO Charles Gillespie briefly joins Matthew Berry at the podium to explain.  5:52 – Suddenly, Sen. Raymond Lesniak is on the phone, accepting his award in the first seminal moment of the first American Gambling Awards.  7:07 – Jamie Shea, director of digital sportsbook at DraftKings on defending the fantasy turf and going after FanDuel in the sports betting realm.  8:26 – Jamie Shea on how DraftKings differentiates itself. (Hint: data).  9:25 – Where will the Golden Eagle perch?  9:52 - Jamie Shea considers ripping some biceps curls with the Golden Eagle.  10:05 – Rock star regulator David Rebuck deflects all the credit he absorbs to his staff.  11:05 – On being the template for legal sports betting in the United States.  12:18 – David Rebuck on the regulator as a collaborator with operators.  14:28 – On the biggest piece of advice he’d give to counterparts: listen.  15:52 – What does New Jersey Year 2.0 portend?  17:04 – David Rebuck breaks news: the Score’s product will enter the ‘lab’ with folks with the laptops for testing the third week of June.  17:37 – Can New Jersey really get ahead and stay ahead of Nevada in terms of handle?  19:05 – On wrapping his fingers around the first Golden Eagle ever presented.  19:49 – Matthew Berry presents the award for “Operator of the Year” to Rush Interactive.  

The 2019 EU elections pose a new test for those seeking greater European strategic autonomy. Considerable gains for populist parties could see a change in the EU’s approach to defence and its geopolitical aspirations as a whole. On the other hand, pro-European coalitions could lead to the development of more autonomous enterprises such as the European Intervention Initiative. Furthermore, the question remains whether European countries can keep up with promises to increase their defence spending to levels that meet NATO standards. While full-throated calls for an EU army seem to have quieted, there continues to be support for efforts that seek greater European strategic autonomy. The EU’s geopolitical ambitions are likely to face pressure from both inside and outside the EU, from both EU countries that fear losing American support and NATO allies warning of the dangers of duplicating common efforts. Questions on what does European autonomy mean and look like, as well as concerns over how can this be achieved are not likely to go away any time soon. • What is European strategic autonomy? What is the level of ambition needed to meet the EU’s own interests? • On capabilities: Who has them? Can they be pooled and shared? And, what are the key capabilities still missing? • What practical implications can the results of the recent elections have on European defence cooperation? Speakers: General Fernando Alejandre Martínez, Chief of the Defence, Spain Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, former Secretary General of NATO and Trustee of Friends of Europe Jüri Luik, Minister of Defence, Estonia Natalia Pouzyreff, Secretary of the Defence Committee, National Assembly, France Moderated by Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe

In Betrouwbare Bronnen aflevering 31:- PG Kroeger: opmars en teloorgang van populistische partijen- Jamie Shea: nieuwe uitdagingen voor de 70-jarige NAVO***In de historische rubriek vertelt ‘cultheld’ (Trouw) en ‘geheim wapen’ (Volkskrant) PG Kroeger over vaste patronen bij de opmars en teloorgang van populistische, radicale partijen rechts en links. Hoeveel aanhang uit 2017 hield de SP van Lilian Marijnissen écht over op 20 maart? Waar gingen die kiezers naartoe? Wat verbindt de Duitse AfD met Leefbaar Nederland?Het eindeloze geruzie en scheuringen in 50plus en de LPF kwam evenmin uit de lucht vallen, net als de onaantastbare macht van het driekoppige bestuur van Forum voor Democratie. PG schetst de internationale analogieën van Geert Wilders en Thierry Baudet.De scheuringen, afsplitsingen, ‘het permanente kannibalisme intern’ leverden mensen op als Winny de Jong. instorting en drama. Je ziet deze processen zich voortdurend voltrekken, van Le Pen en UKIP tot PVV en Forum. Hoe komt dat?PG analyseert de culturele, historische en politieke aard van het beestje en noteert de eigenaardigheden. Darwin komt voorbij én Judy Garland.***Jaap Jansen praat met Jamie Shea (Londen, 1953). Hij werkte van 1980 tot 2018 bij de NAVO. Zijn laatste functie was te lang voor een visitekaartje: ‘Deputy Assistent Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO Headquarters in Brussels’. Jamie Shea werd wereldwijd bekend als woordvoerder bij de NAVO_bombardementen op Servië die moesten voorkomen dat Servië Kosovo inpikte. Dat daarbij burgerslachtoffers vielen, waren ‘de kosten om een kwaad te verslaan’, zei hij toen. Jaap sprak als journalist regelmatig met hem. Deze keer ‘on the record’.De NAVO moet zich gaan richten op hybride oorlogsvoering, zegt Shea. Het bondgenootschap, dat deze week 70 jaar bestaat, kan niet lijdzaam afwachten wat Rusland en China doen in cyberspace. Het moet zelf initiatieven nemen om die landen de baas te blijven. ‘Voor de eerste keer in de geschiedenis van de mensheid, kan iedereen iemand aanvallen op elke plek en op elk moment. Het maakt niet uit of je aan de andere kant van de wereld bent. En alles kan doelwit worden. Vroeger waren dat militaire installaties, maar nu kan het ook jouw containerbedrijf zijn, de haven van Rotterdam, de telecommunicatie, het bankensyseem. Het grote probleem met cyber is dat regeringen nu álles en iedereen moeten verdedigen’, zegt Shea.‘De persoon die de baas is over kunstmatige intelligentie, over biomedische technologie, hypersonische hogesnelheidsraketten, robots en ruimtetechnologie, die gaat de oorlog winnen. Daar ligt de uitdaging. Europa heeft de industriële kennis, belangrijke universiteiten en de mensen. Het gaat er nu om de juiste investeringen te doen. We moeten handelen voor het te laat is.’De voormalige NAVO-topman waarschuwt tegen China. De NAVO-landen moeten goed nadenken hoe daar mee om te gaan: ‘Anders komt er een dag dat je je realiseert dat een vreemde macht jouw vitale havens heeft opgekocht, een deel van je spoorwegen en al je moderne 5G-communicatie runt en dus ook de sleutel heeft tot jouw internet of things.’Volgens Shea moet snel werk worden gemaakt van modernisering van het internationaal recht. Wat mag een killer robot wel of niet en in welke omstandigheden, is bijvoorbeeld de vraag. ‘Als we daar tien of twintig jaar mee wachten, zijn we te laat. Dan is het paard de stal uit en op hol geslagen.’Shea heeft de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump een paar keer achter gesloten deuren meegemaakt: ‘Trump is een beeldenstormer. Hij houdt ervan heilige huisjes omver te schoppen. Hij is een zakenman, geen politicus. Hij stelt fundamentele vragen waar niemand anders mee komt. Dat doet-ie overal. Niet alleen bij de NAVO, maar ook bij de EU, de VN, NAFTA, WTO – er is nauwelijks een internationale organisatie waar Trump niet heeft gevraagd: waarom bestaat dit nog?’Nu hij met pensioen is, blijft Jamie Shea doen wat hij altijd deed: praten en advies geven over internationale veiligheidskwesties. Hij blijft in Brussel wonen en overweegt serieus - als het met Brexit zo door gaat – om zijn Britse nationaliteit op te geven, vertelt hij in Betrouwbare Bronnen.***Tijdlijn Betrouwbare Bronnen 31:00:00:00 - Intro door Jaap Jansen met quotes van Jamie Shea00:07:15 - PG over populisme (deel 1)00:47:43 - PG over populisme (deel 2)01:33:19 - Jamie Shea (deel 1)02:13:53 - Jamie Shea (deel 2)02:40:40 - Uitro door Jaap02:41:32 - Einde

When a country’s security is threatened, UN peacekeepers must intervene only after politicians have exhausted all possibilities for conflict prevention. This key conclusion emerged in the first debate in a new series of ‘Lessons from history’, held in Brussels by Friends of Europe on 19 March 2019. Featuring three peace and security experts, focused on UN operations in Africa, the event aimed to better prepare for future crises. “We can learn lessons from UN peacekeeping operations in Africa, home to around half the UN’s work in that field,” said the moderator Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow, Friends of Europe and former Deputy Assistant Secretary General at NATO. He wanted to look at Rwanda and Liberia, respectively considered as a failure and success in UN peacekeeping. What more can the EU and NATO do to support peacekeeping on this continent and beyond? All three panellists agreed that countries and peacekeepers must prioritise the prevention of conflicts, with intervention only a last resort. That is more important than ever, noted Alice Musabende – a survivor of the 1994 Rwanda genocide and now an academic at Cambridge University – because conflicts are increasingly complex and involve new peacekeepers such as China. “Rwanda was the greatest failure in UN history, but it was not a UN failure, it was ours,” said Linda Melvern, Investigative Journalist and former consultant to the ‘Military One’ trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). She said some UN peacekeepers had tried their best to defend the Tutsi population during the genocide. However there was a shocking lack of accountability from UN member states and decision-makers for the UN’s withdrawal in April 1994 from most of its peacekeeping operation (UNAMIR) in the country. Even today, many of the peacekeepers involved have not been properly debriefed. Rwanda did lead to the African Union (AU) taking more responsibility for intervening in the continent’s conflicts, added Ms Musabende. However, the AU is still under-resourced and mainly relies on funding from the EU, hence the importance of partnerships like this in peacekeeping. Rory Keane, Head of the UN Liaison Office for Peace and Security in Brussels (UNLOPS), noted that Rwanda and other conflicts had also led to reforms in the UN. These include better pre-deployment training for peacekeepers, plus a merger of the peace operations and political teams. The 15-year UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia ended in March 2018 and is roundly considered a success story. For Mr Keane, it underlined the value of a long-term investment in peace, having an exit strategy (the UN lacked this in Libya, leading to chaos and instability) and linking UN operations with local structures. He also said women played a vital role in the peace process, backed later by a female UN peacekeeping force from India. As for the EU, panellists praised its partnership with UN peacekeepers and its security capacity building, among other assets. According to Ms Musabende, Europeans and others must also stop “meddling in Africa and learn to listen more to what Africans themselves want in times of conflict.” The factsheet is available here: https://www.friendsofeurope.org/publication/securing-future-lessons-history-1

Hamilton ON singer-songwriter Jamie Shea has just released his first album “Come Down To The Water”. Well known on the Hamilton music scene as a band guitarist playing rock, pop, blues and jazz, Jamie’s solo debut is long overdue. Come Down To The Water features 11 well-crafted songs about personal experiences, love and loss – and the triumph of the human spirit, that really draw you in. Produced by Michael Birthelmer at Pine Street Studio in Hamilton with some fine musical support, the new album has a really nice feel to it. We caught up with Jamie at home in Hamilton to chat about the solo project. For more information about the music of Jamie Shea, visit http://jamiesheamusic.com. Music: Jamie Shea “Think Again”, “Mercy Of The Wind” and “Come Down To The Water” from “Come Down To The Water” (2018, Self) CDN.

London ON based singer-songwriter John Muirhead first landed on our radar as a member of the Developing Artist Program (formerly the Youth Program) at the 2016 Folk Music Ontario conference. He has since released two E.P.s and is now working on his first full length record. John Muirhead joins us on Episode 432 of Folk Roots Radio for a great conversation about his music. We also check out new music from Pete Eastmure, Jamie Shea, Lula Wiles, Steve Poltz, Kate Weekes, Outside I'm A Giant, Matt Mays, Dave McEathron and Benjamin Dakota Rogers. Check out the full playlist on the website:

The first session of the Security Summit hosted by Friends of Europe on 20 September focused on the role of the European Union within a security landscape currently undergoing significant global change. As new threats require new capabilities, defence strategies may incorporate recent technological developments to adapt to the shifting nature of modern warfare. Speakers included Lowri Evans (European Commission Director-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs); Edvinas Kerza (Lithuanian Vice Minister of Defence); Frank Sauer (Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer at Bundeswehr University Munich) and Mary Wareham (Global Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots). The panel discussion was moderated by Jamie Shea, Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe and Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO (2010-2018).

Channeling Brussels, hosted by journalist Teri Schultz, gets newsmakers, movers and shakers to lose the lingo, burst out of the Brussels bubble and have real conversations about the critical foreign and security policies shaping our world. it's the rest of the story, beyond the few seconds of soundbites that make it into the news. This episode's guest is one of the best-known personalities at NATO, Jamie Shea, who will retire in late September after 38 years with the Alliance. His career has spanned from administrative jobs to spokesman to his final post as the Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges. Shea explains one big challenge for NATO is keeping up not just with military threats but in the battlefield of ideas and information. Channeling Brussels is brought to you by the Atlantic Council. [Intro/Outro music "Happy Rock" by Bensound under a CC-BY-ND license (www.bensound.com/royalty-free-mus…rack/happy-rock/)]

Episode 27 of POLITICO's EU Confidential podcast features a review of the year from POLITICO reporters and an interview with NATO's Deputy Assistant Secretary General Jamie Shea, a Brussels veteran of almost 40 years. With regular host Ryan Heath on holiday, news editor Andrew Gray talks to Shea about the alliance's future challenges, the EU's new defense pact and his role as frontman when NATO went to war for the first time, over Kosovo in 1999. Looking back: POLITICO policy reporters pick out the biggest stories on their beats this year and tell us why they matter. A couple of big names crop up — and one isn't even European. From tech to trade, and from fisheries to the environment, our journalists have everything you need to impress friends and family with your policy knowledge over the holidays. Looking forward: Jamie Shea is NATO's deputy assistant secretary general for emerging security challenges. In an interview in his office at the alliance's headquarters, he talks about those challenges in detail — Russia and Ukraine in the east, instability to the south and the tests for NATO countries posed by hybrid warfare, in which an adversary can destabilize a society through cyberattacks, fake news and other nonconventional means. Wartime spokesman: Shea recalls his time as NATO spokesman during the Kosovo war, when the alliance found itself in the spotlight as never before. "The day before we announced the beginning of the air campaign, there were five journalists downstairs in the press area ... the next day, 450. The media in fact mobilized as fast as the NATO military, if not faster," Shea remembers. EU on defense: NATO officially welcomes the EU's push into the military arena, with the launch of its PESCO pact at last week's European Council. But Shea also outlines the challenges for countries who are now members of two military alliances. "One of the key things is that we have similar capability requirements because if we have one set of EU requirements that says the priority is helicopters and NATO's saying no ... the priority is transport aircraft, your poor defense minister is there thinking: 'well, what is it?'" Bygone Brussels: Shea moved to the Belgian capital in 1980 and reflects on how NATO, the EU and Brussels have changed during that time. "The success of NATO was boredom in a funny kind of way," he says of the Cold War. "You didn't want anything to happen because the only happening scenario would have been a confrontation." Season's greetings: The podcast takes a holiday break next week but will be back in the first week of January. In the meantime, for your festive travels and downtime, our complete back catalog is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud and many other podcast platforms. Thanks to all our listeners in 2017!

Jamie Shea is Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges Division at NATO and Trustee of Friends of Europe. He participated Friends of Europe's policy insight on transatlantic cooperation and Europe's southern neighbourhood on 28 June 2017.

Marshall Center Conversations podcast interviews NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges Dr. Jamie Shea on the current state of the NATO alliance and his opinions regarding its relevance in today's security environment. He is interviewed by Marshall Center Dean Andrew Michta.

Will Ron McLean assume the hockey throne once again now that Strombo has been iced. Chefs Plate is the latest in culinary convenience and co founder Jamie Shea dishes with us. Plus the Tragically Hip put on their biggest performance ever.

Keynote speaker and panelist at the ESMT Annual Forum on June 9, 2016 at ESMT Berlin.