Podcasts about Kofi Annan

How might we weave stories together as a response to ecological breakdown, using sound to connect to place?In this episode, I speak with Mike Edwards. Mike began his career researching climate change in the Southwest Pacific, where his work—cited by the IPCC—was among the first to explore ecocolonialism: how climate discourse is manipulated by the powerful to control those most affected. His research challenged dominant narratives, sparking debate among those reluctant to rethink the status quo. In 2015, he co-founded Sound Matters, pioneering work in sonic rewilding, regenerative soundscaping, and Integral Listening (IL). His book Soundscapes of Life is set for release in 2025. Beyond sound, Mike has been a Climate Change Advisor to The Elders Foundation, working with leaders like Kofi Annan and President Jimmy Carter ahead of COP21. He has lectured worldwide, led the Arts and Ecology programme at Dartington Arts, and founded InnerDigenous, a movement helping people reconnect with self and place for personal and planetary healing. We discuss:

The legend returns! Adland's original rock ‘n' roller Robert Campbell is back for another round of epic stories, outrageous lessons and jedi-wisdom you won't find anywhere else.

Informativo de primera hora de la mañana, en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital Radio.Un buen 'lío' meteorológico en Canarias: este fin de semana habrá calima y «goterones» La Aemet ha señalado que el viento del sur «se intensifica» Las temperaturas máximas subirán este sábado y el domingo, las mínimas. Hace un año: Feijóo advierte de que usarán "todos los recursos legales" contra la amnistía: "Es la sesión más triste desde el 23F". Hoy se cumplen 1.023 días del cruel ataque e invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. Hoy es viernes 13 de diciembre de 2024. El 13 de diciembre se celebra la patrona de los ciegos y las modistas. 1474: Isabel la Católica es proclamada reina de Castilla. 13 de diciembre de 1902: Se inaugura la presa de Asuán (presa baja de Asuán) en el Nilo, construida por los británicos, se convierte en la más grande hasta esta fecha. 1938: En España se crea la ONCE (Organización Nacional de Ciegos de España). Tal día como hoy, 13 de diciembre de 1939 se estrena en Estados Unidos Lo que el viento se llevó. La película adaptada de la novela de Margaret Mitchell publicada en 1936. La película, protagonizada por Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland y Hattie McDaniel, ambientada en el sur profundo, cuenta una historia de la Guerra Civil y sus consecuencias desde un punto de vista blanco del sur. Años más tarde, el 13 de diciembre de 1996, el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU elige a Kofi Annan de Ghana como el séptimo secretario general de las Naciones Unidas. 2003: En Tikrit (Irak) soldados estadounidenses capturan al ex-dictador Saddam Hussein. 2006.- La Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas aprueba la Convención Internacional sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad. Santa Lucía /San Lucio, san Diego y Santa Otilia. Rumanía y Bulgaria obtienen la plena adhesión a Schengen con una condición. La UE, dividida sobre el futuro de los refugiados sirios tras la caída del régimen de Al Assad. La UE reforzará su apoyo a Ucrania con el modelo danés de Defensa, según Kiev. El BCE despide el año con los tipos de interés en el 3% tras un cuarto recorte de 25 puntos básicos. Caso Koldo. Ábalos niega el cobro de comisiones en su declaración ante el Supremo: "No he dejado nada en el tintero" Madrid se abre a la propuesta de Clavijo de pactar con Junts el reparto de menores. El ministro de Política Territorial y Memoria Democrática, Ángel Víctor Torres, aseguró que trabajan para establecer un mecanismo de derivación de los menores migrantes no acompañados. Las solicitudes de eutanasia en Canarias se disparan: aumentan un 195% en un año. El perfil del solicitante es el de una persona solicitante entre 70 y 79 años (28%) con enfermedad oncológica (35%) o la neurológica (35%). Canarias ha registrado un total de 62 solicitudes de eutanasia durante 2023 –de las que se realizaron 25–, lo que supone un 195,2% más que el año anterior, cuando hubo 21 peticiones –10 realizadas–.Canarias fue la tercera comunidad con más solicitudes de eutanasia el año pasado por de tras de Cataluña y Madrid Los aeropuertos canarios registraron 4,7 millones de pasajeros en noviembre, un 11% más que en 2023. Del total de viajeros, 1,7 millones corresponden a vuelos nacionales (+12,5%) y 3 millones, a internacionales (+10,7%) Una sentencia anula la destitución del anterior jefe de la Policía Local de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. El juez concluye que no existe “una mínima prueba de la realidad de los hechos” que el gobierno municipal atribuyó a Carlos Saavedra, a quien acusó de deslealtad y de desobediencia, para justificar el cese. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria rechaza el proyecto del ciclotrón para diagnosticar tumores en el Doctor Negrín. El Ayuntamiento deniega la propuesta del Servicio Canario de Salud para construir un edificio anexo por no ajustarse a la ordenación y apunta a la necesidad de elaborar un plan especial. Mogán aprueba una tasa turística que la oposición califica de “pirueta” y “chapuza” Para el PSOE y Nueva Canarias, en el expediente no queda definido qué servicios van a recibir quienes paguen esa tasa. A juicio de estos partidos, se trata de un impuesto disfrazado de tasa. Juan José Cardona, Exalcalde de Las palmas deja el Partido Popular y se acerca a Coalición Canaria: "Es una alternativa segura para las Islas" Define a CC como una “alternativa segura para la defensa del futuro de las Islas en un escenario político cada vez más polarizado” Un día como hoy nació en 1989.- Taylor Swift, cantante y compositora estadounidense ganadora de varios premios Grammy.

Bienvenidos a La Diez Capital Radio! Están a punto de comenzar un nuevo episodio de nuestro Programa de Actualidad, donde la información, la formación y el entretenimiento se encuentran para ofrecerles lo mejor de las noticias y temas relevantes. Este programa, dirigido y presentado por Miguel Ángel González Suárez, es su ventana directa a los acontecimientos más importantes, así como a las historias que capturan la esencia de nuestro tiempo. A través de un enfoque dinámico y cercano, Miguel Ángel conecta con ustedes para proporcionar una experiencia informativa y envolvente. Desde análisis profundos hasta entrevistas exclusivas, cada emisión está diseñada para mantenerles al tanto, ofrecerles nuevos conocimientos y, por supuesto, entretenerles. Para más detalles sobre el programa, visiten nuestra web en www.ladiez.es - Informativo de primera hora de la mañana, en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital Radio.Un buen 'lío' meteorológico en Canarias: este fin de semana habrá calima y «goterones» La Aemet ha señalado que el viento del sur «se intensifica» Las temperaturas máximas subirán este sábado y el domingo, las mínimas. Hace un año: Feijóo advierte de que usarán "todos los recursos legales" contra la amnistía: "Es la sesión más triste desde el 23F". Hoy se cumplen 1.023 días del cruel ataque e invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. Hoy es viernes 13 de diciembre de 2024. El 13 de diciembre se celebra la patrona de los ciegos y las modistas. 1474: Isabel la Católica es proclamada reina de Castilla. 13 de diciembre de 1902: Se inaugura la presa de Asuán (presa baja de Asuán) en el Nilo, construida por los británicos, se convierte en la más grande hasta esta fecha. 1938: En España se crea la ONCE (Organización Nacional de Ciegos de España). Tal día como hoy, 13 de diciembre de 1939 se estrena en Estados Unidos Lo que el viento se llevó. La película adaptada de la novela de Margaret Mitchell publicada en 1936. La película, protagonizada por Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland y Hattie McDaniel, ambientada en el sur profundo, cuenta una historia de la Guerra Civil y sus consecuencias desde un punto de vista blanco del sur. Años más tarde, el 13 de diciembre de 1996, el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU elige a Kofi Annan de Ghana como el séptimo secretario general de las Naciones Unidas. 2003: En Tikrit (Irak) soldados estadounidenses capturan al ex-dictador Saddam Hussein. 2006.- La Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas aprueba la Convención Internacional sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad. Santa Lucía /San Lucio, san Diego y Santa Otilia. Rumanía y Bulgaria obtienen la plena adhesión a Schengen con una condición. La UE, dividida sobre el futuro de los refugiados sirios tras la caída del régimen de Al Assad. La UE reforzará su apoyo a Ucrania con el modelo danés de Defensa, según Kiev. El BCE despide el año con los tipos de interés en el 3% tras un cuarto recorte de 25 puntos básicos. Caso Koldo. Ábalos niega el cobro de comisiones en su declaración ante el Supremo: "No he dejado nada en el tintero" Madrid se abre a la propuesta de Clavijo de pactar con Junts el reparto de menores. El ministro de Política Territorial y Memoria Democrática, Ángel Víctor Torres, aseguró que trabajan para establecer un mecanismo de derivación de los menores migrantes no acompañados. Las solicitudes de eutanasia en Canarias se disparan: aumentan un 195% en un año. El perfil del solicitante es el de una persona solicitante entre 70 y 79 años (28%) con enfermedad oncológica (35%) o la neurológica (35%). Canarias ha registrado un total de 62 solicitudes de eutanasia durante 2023 –de las que se realizaron 25–, lo que supone un 195,2% más que el año anterior, cuando hubo 21 peticiones –10 realizadas–.Canarias fue la tercera comunidad con más solicitudes de eutanasia el año pasado por de tras de Cataluña y Madrid Los aeropuertos canarios registraron 4,7 millones de pasajeros en noviembre, un 11% más que en 2023. Del total de viajeros, 1,7 millones corresponden a vuelos nacionales (+12,5%) y 3 millones, a internacionales (+10,7%) Una sentencia anula la destitución del anterior jefe de la Policía Local de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. El juez concluye que no existe “una mínima prueba de la realidad de los hechos” que el gobierno municipal atribuyó a Carlos Saavedra, a quien acusó de deslealtad y de desobediencia, para justificar el cese. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria rechaza el proyecto del ciclotrón para diagnosticar tumores en el Doctor Negrín. El Ayuntamiento deniega la propuesta del Servicio Canario de Salud para construir un edificio anexo por no ajustarse a la ordenación y apunta a la necesidad de elaborar un plan especial. Mogán aprueba una tasa turística que la oposición califica de “pirueta” y “chapuza” Para el PSOE y Nueva Canarias, en el expediente no queda definido qué servicios van a recibir quienes paguen esa tasa. A juicio de estos partidos, se trata de un impuesto disfrazado de tasa. Juan José Cardona, Exalcalde de Las palmas deja el Partido Popular y se acerca a Coalición Canaria: "Es una alternativa segura para las Islas" Define a CC como una “alternativa segura para la defensa del futuro de las Islas en un escenario político cada vez más polarizado” Un día como hoy nació en 1989.- Taylor Swift, cantante y compositora estadounidense ganadora de varios premios Grammy. - Sección de actualidad con mucho sentido de Humor inteligente en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital radio con el periodista socarrón y palmero, José Juan Pérez Capote, El Nº 1. - Sección en el programa El Remate con el Director de Capital Radio en Gran Canaria, Pepe Rodriguez. Una sentencia anula la destitución del anterior jefe de la Policía Local de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. El juez concluye que no existe “una mínima prueba de la realidad de los hechos” que el gobierno municipal atribuyó a Carlos Saavedra, a quien acusó de deslealtad y de desobediencia, para justificar el cese. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria rechaza el proyecto del ciclotrón para diagnosticar tumores en el Doctor Negrín El Ayuntamiento deniega la propuesta del Servicio Canario de Salud para construir un edificio anexo por no ajustarse a la ordenación y apunta a la necesidad de elaborar un plan especial. Mogán aprueba una tasa turística que la oposición califica de “pirueta” y “chapuza”. Para el PSOE y Nueva Canarias, en el expediente no queda definido qué servicios van a recibir quienes paguen esa tasa. A juicio de estos partidos, se trata de un impuesto disfrazado de tasa. Juan José Cardona, Exalcalde de Las palmas deja el Partido Popular y se acerca a Coalición Canaria: "Es una alternativa segura para las Islas" Define a CC como una “alternativa segura para la defensa del futuro de las Islas en un escenario político cada vez más polarizado” PP y la exsocialista Candelaria Mendoza presentan una censura en Agaete. La moción se registró este lunes, después de que el pacto de gobierno entre BNR-NC y PSOE, que está en minoría, perdiera la votación de los presupuestos. - Entrevista en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital radio con el Doctor y Catedratico, Antonio Alarcó. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria rechaza el proyecto del ciclotrón para diagnosticar tumores en el Doctor Negrín. El Ayuntamiento deniega la propuesta del Servicio Canario de Salud para construir un edificio anexo por no ajustarse a la ordenación y apunta a la necesidad de elaborar un plan especial. - Sección en La Diez Capital radio con el maestro, José Figueroa Facilitador de crecimiento personal y especialista en Medicina holística y tradiciones ancestrales, nos adentramos en la provincia de Soria en la España mágica.

Tällä historiallisella päivämäärällä Abel Tasman löysi erään saaren, pystytkö päättelemään nimestä minkä? Kofi Annan valittiin YK:n pääsihteeriksi ja Lucia-päivää vietettiin Suomessa tiettävästi ensimmäistä kertaa yli 100 vuotta sitten.

If the 20th century was the American Century then, for Kishore Mahbubani, the controversial Singaporean writer and diplomat, the 21st century is the Asian Century. In his new memoir, Living the Asian Century, Mahbubani - Singapore's longtime permanent representative at the United Nations - offers what he calls an “undiplomatic memoir” of Singapore's rise from an impoverished outlay of the British empire into the world's wealthiest country. It's quite a story and Mahbubani tells it in his own bluntly undiplomatic way. Kishore Mahbubani is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore (NUS). Mr Mahbubani has been privileged to enjoy two distinct careers, in diplomacy (1971 to 2004) and in academia (2004 to 2019). He is a prolific writer who has spoken in many corners of the world. In diplomacy, he was with the Singapore Foreign Service for 33 years (1971 to 2004). He had postings in Cambodia, Malaysia, Washington DC and New York, where he twice was Singapore's Ambassador to the UN and served as President of the UN Security Council in January 2001 and May 2002. He was Permanent Secretary at the Foreign Ministry from 1993 to 1998. As a result of his excellent performance in his diplomatic career, he was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Gold) by the Singapore Government in 1998. Mr Mahbubani joined academia in 2004, when he was appointed the Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School), NUS. He was Dean from 2004 to 2017, and a Professor in the Practice of Public Policy from 2006 to 2019. In April 2019, he was elected as an honorary international member to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which has honoured distinguished thinkers, including several of America's founding fathers, since 1780. Mr Mahbubani was awarded the President's Scholarship in 1967. He graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Philosophy from the University of Singapore in 1971. From Dalhousie University, Canada, he received a Master's degree in Philosophy in 1976 and an honorary doctorate in 1995. He spent a year as a fellow at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University from 1991 to 1992. He has achieved several “firsts” in his two careers. He was the Founding Dean of the LKY School, the founding Director of the Civil Service College, the first Singapore Ambassador to serve on the UN Security Council, the first Singaporean to publish articles in globally renowned journals and newspapers like Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New York Times and the Financial Times and co-authored articles with distinguished global thought leaders like Kofi Annan, Klaus Schwab and Larry Summers. Mr Mahbubani has never shied away from taking on new challenges. He is also a prolific author, having published nine books: Can Asians Think?; Beyond the Age of Innocence; The New Asian Hemisphere; The Great Convergence; Can Singapore Survive?; The ASEAN Miracle (co-authored with Jeffery Sng); Has the West Lost It?; Has China Won?; and The Asian 21st Century, an open access book which has received over 3 million downloads. His memoir, Living the Asian Century, will be released in August 2024. Mr Mahbubani has received significant international recognition for his many accomplishments. The Foreign Policy Association Medal was awarded to him in New York in June 2004 with the following opening words in the citation: “A gifted diplomat, a student of history and philosophy, a provocative writer and an intuitive thinker”. He was listed as one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world by Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines in September 2005, and included in the March 2009 Financial Times list of Top 50 individuals who would shape the debate on the future of capitalism. He was selected as one of Foreign Policy's Top Global Thinkers in 2010 and 2011. In 2011, he was described as “the muse of the Asian century”. He was selected by Prospect magazine as one of the top 50 world thinkers for 2014.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Convinced that technology was the future of advertising, David Jones set out to build Brandtech. But again and again, investors rejected his model, doubting the potential of AI and digital technology in an industry where traditional models worked so well. Despite countless ‘no's,' David pressed on, believing he could redefine the industry. And that's exactly what he did. Today, he leads a billion-dollar company that blends tech and creativity to reshape advertising. In this episode, David shares actionable advice on staying resilient in the face of doubt, innovating in a traditional industry, and building a brand that stands out. David Jones is a serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, and founder of The Brandtech Group, a pioneering digital and Gen AI marketing company. He is also the co-founder of One Young World, a global organization empowering young leaders to drive social and environmental change. In this episode, Ilana and David will discuss: - His 180° shift from sports to advertising - The audacious cold call that got his foot in the door - Climbing to the top by breaking every rule - Finding courage by imagining the worst - Stepping back to leap forward - Taking Australia's digital ad scene by storm - Defying naysayers to bring AI to ads - Going from countless ‘no's' to billions in revenue - Why he's all-in on empowering young leaders - How Brandtech is using AI to reinvent ads - The business case for ‘doing good' in the world - Using your privilege to make an impact - Turning vision into action - How excellent storytelling creates opportunities - And other topics…   David Jones is a serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, and founder of The Brandtech Group, a pioneering digital and Gen AI marketing company. Previously, he became the youngest global CEO in advertising history, leading Havas and Havas Worldwide, and was the only British CEO of a publicly traded French company. In 2009, he co-founded One Young World, a global organization empowering young leaders to drive social and environmental change. He also collaborated on Kofi Annan's TckTckTck Campaign for climate justice and has advised numerous high-profile leaders. Connect with David: David's Website: youandmrjones.com/ David's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjonesoyw/ David's Twitter: https://x.com/davidjonesOYW Resources Mentioned: David's Book, Who Cares Wins: Why Good Business is Better Business: https://www.amazon.com/Who-Cares-Wins-business-Financial/dp/0273762532  One Young World: https://www.oneyoungworld.com/  Leap Academy: Ready to make the LEAP in your career? There is a NEW way for professionals to Advance Their Careers & Make 5-6 figures of EXTRA INCOME in Record Time. Check out our free training today at leapacademy.com/training

Uachtarán na hÉireann, President Michael D. Higgins delivered the 2024 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers' Lecture in a live online event from the State Reception Room in Áras an Uachtaráin. President Higgins was invited to deliver this year's lecture by the President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina. The lecture series was launched in 2006 and in 2018 was renamed in honour of the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan. The lecture has been previously delivered by seven Nobel laureates, including winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, as well as by a number of Heads of State, Heads of Government, academics and heads of global institutions.

In Adolf Ogis linker Hosentasche steckt stets ein Rauchquarz. Ohne Bergkristall, seinen Glücksbringer, geht er nicht aus dem Haus. Der ehemalige SVP-Bundesrat ist heute 82 Jahre alt, das Altwerden beschäftigt ihn.  Was mit dem Tod seines Sohnes Mathias zusammenhänge. «Sein Tod war das Schwierigste überhaupt», sagt Ogi. Weil er auf die Frage des «Warum» keine Antwort finde könne. Ogi, der umtriebige Kommunikator und Motivator, schaut zurück auf ein ereignisreiches Leben. Er war SVP-Bundesrat, Parteipräsident, Direktor des Schweizerischen Skiverbandes und Sonderberater von UNO-Generalsekretär Kofi Annan, mit dem ihm eine tiefe Freundschaft verband. Ogi wünscht sich eine bessere, friedlichere Welt und dient auch heute noch, wo er kann. Die Musiktitel 1. Swiss Ländler Gamblers: Im Felsa-Schuss 2. Joe Dassin - Aux Champs-Elysées 3. Chris Barbers Jazz Band - Runnin Wild, Ice Scream, Wild Cat Blues 4. Frank Sinatra – New York New York 5. Jodlerklub Wiesenberg: Büchel Juiz (Jauzer)

This Pride month, we chose to cover three biographical projects that focus on Black queer experiences. First, we talk about two different approaches to presenting the life of Marsha P. Johnson, an important activist involved in the 1969 uprising at the Stonewall Inn. With the Drunk History episode "Marsha P. Johnson Sparks the Stonewall Riots," and the short film "Happy Birthday, Marsha!" we see two paths to sharing Johnson's story & her connection to Pride. We also talk about the gaps in the documentary "The Gospel According To André" -  a recent study of the icon Andre Leon Talley. Join us for this look at the man called "the Kofi Annan of what you've got on" and the woman who insisted: "no pride for some of us, without liberation for all of us!" Also mentioned on this episode: Mini-Syllabus: Memes and Blackness by Amber Officer-Narvasa   Original air date: June 27, 2020

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Há mais de 30 anos que Catarina Furtado é uma das apresentadoras mais populares da televisão portuguesa. Cedo provou ter mais predicados além da evidente beleza e excelência na comunicação: Desde 2000 é embaixadora da Boa Vontade do Fundo das Nações Unidas para a População (UNFPA), um convite de Kofi Annan para angariar verbas e ajuda humanitária destinada a mulheres e jovens de países mais pobres e vulneráveis. Em 2012 ergueu a associação Corações com Coroa, que se dedica a projetos de empoderamento de raparigas e mulheres em situações de vulnerabilidade, risco ou pobreza. Catarina afirma que nunca teve um grande amor pela televisão, mas sim pelas pessoas. E que é esse o amor que nos salva. Ouçam-na aqui nesta primeira parte da conversa com Bernardo MendonçaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Abiodun Williams is Professor of the Practice of International Politics at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and The Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University.  He was Director of Strategic Planning to UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon and is past Chair of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS).  His latest book is “Kofi Annan and Global Leadership at the United Nations.” Annan was a proactive leader who launched monumental programs that improved the UN, such as the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), the UN Human Rights Council, the UN Global Compact and the Millennium Development Goals, which were the precursors to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Annan was also a transformational visionary who strengthened UN peacekeeping and involved academia, NGOs and the private sector in helping overcome many international problems. Annan was quite accurate in his critique of President Bush's illegal invasion of Iraq.

No one else has a “traveler” story quite like Rauli Virtanen. While reluctant to claim the title of “the first person to visit every country”, Rauli says that no one has challenged the assertion since NomadMania began proclaiming him as the first person to ever visit every country in the world. The organization says that many who had previous claims incorrectly counted visits to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that sits between North Korea and South Korea as having visited North Korea. What is undisputed is that Rauli is one of the few to have visited almost all of the countries for work – as a foreign correspondent, specifically. In Rauli's comprehensive interview, you'll hear about… His fascinating career that has led him to high-profile interviews with Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela, Pelé, and Kofi Annan, amongst others How he has been on the ground, reporting, at almost every major world conflict over the last 50 years, including the Angolan Civil War, Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge, Lebanon, Romanian Revolution, Tiananmen Square in China, and Afghanistan with the Taliban, amongst others Why Mongolia, Ecuador, and Oman were some of the mores surprising countries he visited How and why he took his kids on different types of “vacations” as they were growing up How Finland is teaching their youth to decipher real and fake news What he carries with him, emotionally, from covering conflicts for over 50 years… Listen on all your favorite apps – including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and more – or in video format below on YouTube or Podbean. (Although, Rauli's pictures from covering the world as a journalist are so incredible, video format is recommended!)

No one else has a “traveler” story quite like Rauli Virtanen. While reluctant to claim the title of “the first person to visit every country”, Rauli says that no one has challenged the assertion since NomadMania began proclaiming him as the first person to ever visit every country in the world. The organization says that many who had previous claims incorrectly counted visits to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that sits between North Korea and South Korea as having visited North Korea. What is undisputed is that Rauli is one of the few to have visited almost all of the countries for work – as a foreign correspondent, specifically. In Rauli's comprehensive interview, you'll hear about… His fascinating career that has led him to high-profile interviews with Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela, Pelé, and Kofi Annan, amongst others How he has been on the ground, reporting, at almost every major world conflict over the last 50 years, including the Angolan Civil War, Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge, Lebanon, Romanian Revolution, Tiananmen Square in China, and Afghanistan with the Taliban, amongst others Why Mongolia, Ecuador, and Oman were some of the mores surprising countries he visited How and why he took his kids on different types of “vacations” as they were growing up How Finland is teaching their youth to decipher real and fake news What he carries with him, emotionally, from covering conflicts for over 50 years… Listen on all your favorite apps – including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and more – or in video format below on YouTube or Podbean. (Although, Rauli's pictures from covering the world as a journalist are so incredible, video format is recommended!)

From the wars in Ukraine and Gaza to UN Security Council gridlock and escalating climate and migration crises, multilateral institutions face unprecedented tests. Amid these challenges lies a unique opportunity for a new generation of transformational leaders to emerge—driven by civic duty and the values of the UN Charter. In this special roundtable discussion hosted by Council President Joel Rosenthal, Tufts University's Professor Abiodun Williams, former director of strategic planning for UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon, draws upon his extensive experience to speak about the essential leadership traits and strategies needed to drive institutional change and benefit those they serve. Williams' latest book, Kofi Annan and Global Leadership at the United Nations, sets out the challenges that the secretary-general managed at a time of great change, and charts his ambitious efforts to reform and adapt the UN to the needs of the 21st century.  For more from Williams, read his recent Online Exclusive "Global Justice in a Turbulent World" for the Ethics & International Affairs journal website. For more, please go to: https://carnegiecouncil.co/global-leadership-williams Please see below the names and affiliations for those who offered questions during the event: 21:45 – George Shadrack Kamanda, Carnegie Ethics Fellow; Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the UN 29:43 – James Ketterer, Center for Civic Engagement, Bard College 34:39 – Eddie Mandhry, Trustee, Carnegie Council  38:51 – David Passarelli, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) 46:25 – Giovanni Bassu, New York Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 48:31 – Tinatin Japaridze, Eurasia Group

In Episode 369 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Jeffrey Sachs, a world-renowned economist, bestselling author, and professor at Columbia University, where he was the former director of The Earth Institute. He is also one of the most reputable critics of U.S. foreign policy and the ‘Deep State', especially as it pertains to the ongoing war in Ukraine and U.S. relations towards Moscow since the end of the Cold War. Demetri developed an extensive outline for this conversation, the scope of which vastly exceeded the time allotted for it. Dr. Sachs will be coming back on to complete this discussion because it is arguably one of the most important conversations that any policymaker, politician, and media pundit should be having at this moment. In the first hour of this multi-part conversation, Kofinas asks Jeffrey Sachs about his career in public policy, including his unique experience working directly with the most important foreign policy figures of the late 20th century. These figures include fmr. Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, U.S. President Bill Clinton, and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The two have an opportunity to touch on the 'deep state' (or national security state as it's also known), the history of the CIA, including any potential role it may have had in J.F.K.'s assassination, and Jeffrey Sachs' central critique of U.S. foreign policy, both during the Cold War and after the fall of the U.S.S.R. Part II of this conversation, which Demetri hopes to release soon, will dig deeper into the deep state and its influence on contemporary U.S. foreign policy. Demetri also hopes to discuss U.S. policy vis-à-vis post-Soviet Russia in the 1990s and the years leading up to both the 2014 and 2022 invasions of Ukraine. American policy toward China, America's Middle East Policy, Industrial Policy, the continued threat of Terrorism, and the steps Jeffrey Sachs believes that we should take to reform the U.S. government, revitalize our economy, and reformulate our foreign policy will be topics of discussion as well. You can subscribe to our premium content and access our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports at HiddenForces.io/subscribe. If you want to join in on the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius community, which includes Q&A calls with guests, access to special research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners, you can also do that on our subscriber page at HiddenForces.io/subscribe. If you enjoyed listening to today's episode of Hidden Forces, you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | CastBox | RSS Feed Write us a review on Apple Podcasts & Spotify Subscribe to our mailing list at https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/ Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe and Support the Podcast at https://hiddenforces.io Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @hiddenforcespod Follow Demetri on Twitter at @Kofinas Episode Recorded on 06/26/2024

In times where conflicts around the globe are an everyday topic, the place of the United Nations in resolving these conflicts is constantly being questioned. In this episode of International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey discusses this issue with Professor Abiodun Williams, Professor of the Practice of International Politics at Tufts University and former Director of Strategic Planning to UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon. A leading analyst of the UN, Williams is also a past Chair of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS).  The conversation is centered on the findings of Williams' recent book, Kofi Annan and Global Leadership at the United Nations (Oxford University Press, 2024). As a former UN official himself, Williams offers an insider's point of view on how to improve the UN's conflict prevention efforts, emphasizing the importance of strengthening the organization's means of preventing conflicts and recruiting talented international civil servants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In times where conflicts around the globe are an everyday topic, the place of the United Nations in resolving these conflicts is constantly being questioned. In this episode of International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey discusses this issue with Professor Abiodun Williams, Professor of the Practice of International Politics at Tufts University and former Director of Strategic Planning to UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon. A leading analyst of the UN, Williams is also a past Chair of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS).  The conversation is centered on the findings of Williams' recent book, Kofi Annan and Global Leadership at the United Nations (Oxford University Press, 2024). As a former UN official himself, Williams offers an insider's point of view on how to improve the UN's conflict prevention efforts, emphasizing the importance of strengthening the organization's means of preventing conflicts and recruiting talented international civil servants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

In times where conflicts around the globe are an everyday topic, the place of the United Nations in resolving these conflicts is constantly being questioned. In this episode of International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey discusses this issue with Professor Abiodun Williams, Professor of the Practice of International Politics at Tufts University and former Director of Strategic Planning to UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon. A leading analyst of the UN, Williams is also a past Chair of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS).  The conversation is centered on the findings of Williams' recent book, Kofi Annan and Global Leadership at the United Nations (Oxford University Press, 2024). As a former UN official himself, Williams offers an insider's point of view on how to improve the UN's conflict prevention efforts, emphasizing the importance of strengthening the organization's means of preventing conflicts and recruiting talented international civil servants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

In times where conflicts around the globe are an everyday topic, the place of the United Nations in resolving these conflicts is constantly being questioned. In this episode of International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey discusses this issue with Professor Abiodun Williams, Professor of the Practice of International Politics at Tufts University and former Director of Strategic Planning to UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon. A leading analyst of the UN, Williams is also a past Chair of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS).  The conversation is centered on the findings of Williams' recent book, Kofi Annan and Global Leadership at the United Nations (Oxford University Press, 2024). As a former UN official himself, Williams offers an insider's point of view on how to improve the UN's conflict prevention efforts, emphasizing the importance of strengthening the organization's means of preventing conflicts and recruiting talented international civil servants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics

In times where conflicts around the globe are an everyday topic, the place of the United Nations in resolving these conflicts is constantly being questioned. In this episode of International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey discusses this issue with Professor Abiodun Williams, Professor of the Practice of International Politics at Tufts University and former Director of Strategic Planning to UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon. A leading analyst of the UN, Williams is also a past Chair of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS).  The conversation is centered on the findings of Williams' recent book, Kofi Annan and Global Leadership at the United Nations (Oxford University Press, 2024). As a former UN official himself, Williams offers an insider's point of view on how to improve the UN's conflict prevention efforts, emphasizing the importance of strengthening the organization's means of preventing conflicts and recruiting talented international civil servants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In times where conflicts around the globe are an everyday topic, the place of the United Nations in resolving these conflicts is constantly being questioned. In this episode of International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey discusses this issue with Professor Abiodun Williams, Professor of the Practice of International Politics at Tufts University and former Director of Strategic Planning to UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon. A leading analyst of the UN, Williams is also a past Chair of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS).  The conversation is centered on the findings of Williams' recent book, Kofi Annan and Global Leadership at the United Nations (Oxford University Press, 2024). As a former UN official himself, Williams offers an insider's point of view on how to improve the UN's conflict prevention efforts, emphasizing the importance of strengthening the organization's means of preventing conflicts and recruiting talented international civil servants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us in this enlightening episode as we dive into the world of branding and digital transformation with Kofi Annan, a seasoned Brand Strategist, Technologist, Advisor, and Investor. With over 20 years of experience and more than 200 brand-building endeavors, Kofi brings a wealth of knowledge from his work with giants like PUMA, Pfizer, and Mercedes Benz, as well as innovative startups across the globe. In this discussion, we explore Kofi's journey from an oceanography student to a leading voice in brand strategy, and how he has navigated the shifts in digital trends to help brands stay relevant and impactful. Kofi shares his insights on integrating technology like AI and data analytics to create compelling brand stories and experiences that resonate across cultures and markets. We'll also delve into the challenges and opportunities that come with digital marketing today, how Kofi has helped brands adapt in a post-pandemic world, and his strategies for maintaining relevance in the rapidly evolving digital landscape. Whether you're a startup founder, a marketing executive, or just curious about the future of branding and technology, this episode will provide you with actionable strategies and inspiring stories to help you craft a standout brand in the digital age. To connect with Kofi, visit her website: https://gkofiannan.com/ Disclaimer: Not advice. Educational purposes only. Not an endorsement for or against. Results not vetted. Views of the guests do not represent those of the host or show. Do your due diligence. Click here to join PodMatch (the "AirBNB" of Podcasting): https://www.joinpodmatch.com/drchrisloomdphd We couldn't do it without the support of our listeners. To help support the show: CashApp- https://cash.app/$drchrisloomdphd Venmo- https://account.venmo.com/u/Chris-Loo-4 Buy Me a Coffee- https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chrisJx Thank you to our sponsor, CityVest: https://bit.ly/37AOgkp Click here to schedule a 1-on-1 private coaching call: https://www.drchrisloomdphd.com/book-online Click here to purchase my books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2PaQn4p Follow our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/chL1357 Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/drchrisloomdphd Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thereal_drchrisloo Follow us on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thereal_drchrisloo Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drchrisloomddphd Follow the podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3NkM6US7cjsiAYTBjWGdx6?si=1da9d0a17be14d18 Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://substack.com/@drchrisloomdphd1 Subscribe to our Medium newsletter: https://medium.com/@drchrisloomdphd Subscribe to our email newsletter: ⁠https://financial-freedom-for-physicians.ck.page/b4622e816d⁠ Subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=6992935013231071233 Join our Patreon Community: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=87512799 Join our Spotify Community: ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christopher-loo/subscribe⁠ Thank you to our advertisers on Spotify. Financial Freedom for Physicians, Copyright 2024

Are you armed with a compelling brand story that captivates your audience? Get ready to unleash your brand's superpower with G. Kofi Annan, the maestro of brand strategy who's shaped narratives for giants like Puma and Mercedes-Benz.  In an era where every second counts, your brand's story shouldn't just be heard—it should echo. That's what we explore with Kofi, dissecting the layers of strategy behind storytelling that doesn't just sell but sustains. Tune in for an episode that's less about listening and more about transforming the way you think about—and grow—your brand.You can find G. Kofi Annan here:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gkofiannanWebsite: www.linktr.ee/gkofiannanSupport the Show.

In this episode of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur, your host Josh Elledge speaks to the Founder of The Brand Sensei, G. Kofi Annan.Kofi Annan engaged in a detailed discussion about the branding landscape of 2024, emphasizing the profound impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on marketing strategies. Kofi's deep understanding of branding dynamics, especially AI's transformative role, provided valuable insights during the conversation.Kofi shared practical strategies for businesses to realign their branding efforts with core values and customer expectations. He emphasized the importance of revisiting the brand's mission, vision, and values to ensure all communications are rooted in these foundational elements, fostering a cohesive brand narrative.Kofi discussed his approach to client work, including oversized, established brands and smaller, emerging entities. His customized strategies cater to each brand's specific challenges and opportunities, showcasing his adaptability and expertise across various industries.Key Points from the Episode:Kofi Annan's expertise as a branding expert working with large and small brandsDiscussion on the rapidly changing landscape of branding in 2024Impact of AI on branding strategiesUnderstanding the gap between internal brand identity and external communication with customersPractical exercises for leaders to improve their branding strategiesInsights into Kofi Annan's work with clientsOffer of a free tool on The Brand Sensei website to evaluate readiness for AI in marketingValuable insights for business owners and professionals looking to enhance their branding strategies Practical and actionable advice for branding in the evolving marketAbout G. Kofi Annan: Kofi Annan has distinguished himself in the marketing and branding industry through a career spanning two decades, during which he has consistently driven innovation and growth for both multinational corporations and startups. His leadership roles at premier advertising agencies, including Saatchi & Saatchi and Ogilvy, have allowed him to leave a significant imprint on over 200 brands worldwide. Among these, notable names like PUMA and Mercedes Benz stand out, showcasing his ability to navigate and succeed in the complex landscape of global marketing.Beyond his professional achievements, Kofi Annan is recognized for his thought leadership and contributions to the discourse on marketing in a technological era. His insights have been sought after and featured in prestigious media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and Entrepreneur magazine. Kofi, a sought-after keynote speaker, has shared his vision and strategies for branding success at high-profile venues like Harvard, SXSW Interactive, and the United Nations. He is also the visionary behind The Brand Sensei, an innovative AI-powered marketing firm aimed at launching and nurturing smarter, more adaptive brands in today's fast-paced market.About The Brand Sensei:The Brand Sensei offers innovative solutions for brands at the cusp of launching or scaling, employing an AI-powered approach to marketing that demystifies technology used for business growth. Their SMTR BRND™️ methodology empowers brands to achieve more impactful, innovative, and quicker results without compromising their unique identity or authenticity. The service is tailored to provide scalable solutions that capture but inspire and convert audiences into loyal brand advocates, effectively addressing the challenge of maintaining relevance and engagement in a rapidly evolving market landscape.Addressing common hurdles businesses face today, such as evolving customer...

Professor Richard Landes book, “Can the Whole World be Wrong?” documents the inability of Westerners to understand the medieval mentality that drives Global Jihad. That misunderstanding has prompted a series of disastrous misinterpretations and misguided reactions that have contributed fundamentally to the ever-worsening moral and empirical disorientations of the mainstream media. The press reports Palestinian and Jihadi war propaganda as if official news which fuels distrust and deepens splits within their own western countries  - weakening the ability of democracies to defend themselves.The book cites the example of former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, who rejected Israel's denial that it committed a massacre at Jenin in 2002; “I don't think the whole world, including the friends of the Israeli people and government, can be wrong,” said Annan.Landes answer, however, is a resounding; “Yes.”https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/164469994X/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_4?smid=A2XZ7JICGUQ1CX&psc=1https://theaugeanstables.com/richard-landes-cv/ Get full access to Ilana Rachel Daniel at ilanaracheldaniel120.substack.com/subscribe

Tune in Today's SHOW as our well known successful guest speaker shares amazing insight around this very important topic. You will find ways to connect with our GUEST today on the website mentioned in the video and further continue the conversation.   SUBSCRIBE, REVIEW & SHARE the SHOW! Elona at the Life School helps Entrepreneurs and Organizations grow legacy purpose driven life and businesses for major Impact & Income.   Website: www.elonaloparicoaching.com   Follow our Page on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063162853244&mibextid=LQQJ4d Join our Facebook Group Community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/entrepreneursofthelifeschool   Connect with us on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elona-lopari/   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elona_lopari/  

L'Assemblée des Nations Unies pour les droits de l'homme fait bondir Abnousse Shalmani. Il y a bien longtemps que la situation se dégrade dans le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme. Kofi Annan, ancien secrétaire général des Nations Unies, en 2026, disait " la politique à miner les sessions du conseil des droits de l'homme à un tel point que la crédibilité déclinante de la commission fait une ombre sur la réputation du système des Nations Unies dans l'ensemble". “Le plus grand problème aujourd'hui, c'est le grand remplacement” conclut-elle Le président de la République, Emmanuel Macron, recevait ce jeudi 7 mars, les chefs de partis à l'Élysée. Il a affirmé qu'il n'y avait "aucune limite" ni ... aucune ligne rouge" au soutien de la France à l'Ukraine. Pour Arlette Chabot, il y a des calculs politiques intérieurs et il y a une vraie inquiétude exprimée par le président de la République, au-delà de l'opération politique dont on peut effectivement le suspecter. Selon François Lenglet, la France fait son entrée dans le jeu de l'Intelligence Artificielle, grâce à l'entreprise française Mistral AI. Elle a été créée en moins d'un an par trois jeunes français. Il s'agit d'Arthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample et Timothée Lacroix. C'est une licorne Française à 2 milliards d'euros. La question qui se pose est : peut-elle rester française ? Selon lui, les Européens n'ont pas la capacité financière suffisante pour pouvoir mettre des milliards sur un projet aussi grandiose. Du lundi au vendredi, à partir de 18h, David Pujadas apporte toute son expertise pour analyser l'actualité du jour avec pédagogie.

The UN CHARTER: A Question of Faith “The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” SAN FRANCISCO -- Our third and final episode of the podcast series “Act of Creation” is ready for your ears. It's a fitting end to a great journey. Episode 1 looks at the years leading up to the famous San Francisco Conference of 1945, when the Charter was signed and the United Nations was born; the episode then moves up to the Conference's opening day on April 24. Episode 2 dives into the Conference itself, showing the intense diplomatic maneuvering as well as the ambitious intentions that were needed to turn the Charter into a reality. Now, in Episode 3, we start on the day the Charter was signed and celebrated, June 26, 1945, and then take listeners decade by decade into the Charter's future. In this episode, Stephen Schlesinger, the American historian and author of the book “Act of Creation: The Founding of the United Nations,” does a stellar job of telling that story, spinning through the decades. We see more examples of international drama and exceptional leadership as well as their opposite. You'll hear the ideas and voices of such figures as Eleanor Roosevelt, Kofi Annan, Harry Truman and Dag Hammarskjold. They weave and bob in the large, deep mental space created by Schlesinger's brilliant point of view, both wickedly intelligent and often surprisingly poignant. Perhaps most movingly for me, and at first unexpected, is hearing the aural unfolding of humanity's profoundest values. The story of the founding of the UN, besides being riveting, entertaining and filled with vivid personalities, parades these values at the only moment in time –arguably-- where the entire world was paying attention: the end of World War II. These values and ideals may seem naïve to some listeners now, but when you hear them echoing loudly from the past, the words by St. Paul in our title may seem stubbornly wise and solidly reasonable. “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Our hope is that this final episode provides resonance to these words and demonstrates the persistent power of ideals not yet realized: a clarion call for all of us to get to work. Many thanks to Schlesinger for sharing these tales with such good will and tremendous smarts, and to Dulcie Leimbach, a founder, with Barbara Crossette, of PassBlue and the executive producer of this series, for her insights, encouragement and patience! Two truth warriors fighting the fight every day, it's been my honor and great pleasure to have been able to work alongside them for these last couple years. Thanks to all for listening. We look forward to your feedback: info@passblue.com. DAN BECKER, producer and composer

It is with great pleasure that I have invited my colleague Bruce Jones into the Virtual Studio for this episode on ‘Shaking the Global Order'. ‘The US-China relationship has been marked by growing competition and rivalry but leaders did gather for a Xi-Biden Summit on November 15th that took place near San Francisco at the margin of the APEC Summit. So what is the state of US-China relations as a result of that Summit, tensions between the two over Taiwan and in the Indo-Pacific. How are the two reshaping the global order in the face of US-China relations? Bruce Jones is a senior fellow with the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution; he also works with the Center for East Asia Policy Studies. From 2015 to 2020, Bruce served as the vice president and director for the Foreign Policy program. His research expertise and policy experience is in international security. Bruce's current research focus is on U.S. strategy, international order, and great power relations. His most recent books on the topic are “To Rule the Waves: How Control of the World's Oceans Shapes the Fate of the Superpowers” (Scribner, 2021) and “The Marshall Plan and the Shaping of American Strategy,” (Brookings Institution Press, 2017) Bruce also has had significant experience on multilateral institutions. He was a senior advisor to Kofi Annan on U.N. reform and served as deputy research director to the U.N.'s High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, as well as lead scholar for the International Task Force on Global Public Goods. So, let's join Bruce in the Virtual Studio to examine the US-China relationship and relations between the two in the Indo-Pacific.

De beroemde bedenker van het woord "terugslapen" Yunus Aktas is weer te gast! Ze blikken terug op de afgelopen jaren waarin hij o.a. Cameretten heeft gewonnen en maken met de questionnaire de balans op. Hoe kies je een naam voor je programma? Kan AI de comedyscene overnemen? En verder; Kofi Annan een hand geven, grappige en niet grappige mensen op social en het eiland van Epstein.

**Paid subscribers get full access to my interview with Ezzedine Fishere and Bernard Avishai, Dartmouth professors who teach a joint course on Israeli/Palestinian politics.** **The first hour and five minutes of this episode is available to all listeners. Want to hear the whole conversation? Upgrade your subscription here.**  As university campuses have become sharply divided in the wake of the October Hamas attack and the ensuing war between Israel and Gaza, Dartmouth has emerged as a model for productive dialogue among students and faculty alike. This is due largely to the efforts of Bernard and Ezzedine, who lead by example in and out of the classroom and have recently been featured on Sixty Minutes, PBS, and elsewhere.  In this conversation, they talk about their approaches to teaching, the professional paths that led them to the classroom, and how to honor personal feelings while encouraging intellectual humility over reflexive emotional reaction. Ezzedine also discusses the limits of viewing political history through a colonial/anti-colonial framework and Bernard reflects on the complexities of Zionism and why he was so excited about the Zionist project back in 1968. GUEST BIOS: Bernard Avishai, a Visiting Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, has taught at Hebrew University, MIT, and Duke. He's a Guggenheim fellow and author of four books. A regular contributor to The New Yorker on political economy and Israeli affairs, he has also written for Harper's, The New York Review, The Nation, and New York Times Magazine. Formerly an editor of Harvard Business Review and KPMG's International Director of Intellectual Capital, his upcoming Harper's cover story on Israel's culture wars will be released on January 15. Ezzedine C. Fishere, a renowned Egyptian writer and academic, is currently a visiting professor at Dartmouth College, teaching Middle East politics and cultures. His vast diplomatic experience includes roles in the Egyptian Foreign Service; UN missions in the Middle East and East Africa; policy advising for the Egyptian foreign minister; and senior political advising in Sudan under Kofi Annan; a senior political advisor to the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) in Jerusalem; and heading the political section at the Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv. ALSO: What Is Real? Eli Lake on Disinformation, Despair and Dead Ends in the Israel-Hamas War Travel Notes From A War Our Keffiyehs, Ourselves **HOUSEKEEPING**

EPISODE 1900: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Kishore Mahbubani, author of THE ASIAN 21st CENTURY, about the end of Western domination and the rise of Asian societies, economies and philosophiesKishore Mahbubani is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore (NUS). Mr Mahbubani has been privileged to enjoy two distinct careers, in diplomacy (1971 to 2004) and in academia (2004 to 2019). He is a prolific writer who has spoken in many corners of the world. In diplomacy, he was with the Singapore Foreign Service for 33 years (1971 to 2004). He had postings in Cambodia, Malaysia, Washington DC and New York, where he twice was Singapore's Ambassador to the UN and served as President of the UN Security Council in January 2001 and May 2002. He was Permanent Secretary at the Foreign Ministry from 1993 to 1998. As a result of his excellent performance in his diplomatic career, he was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Gold) by the Singapore Government in 1998. Mr Mahbubani joined academia in 2004, when he was appointed the Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School), NUS. He was Dean from 2004 to 2017, and a Professor in the Practice of Public Policy from 2006 to 2019. In April 2019, he was elected as an honorary international member to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which has honoured distinguished thinkers, including several of America's founding fathers, since 1780. Mr Mahbubani was awarded the President's Scholarship in 1967. He graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Philosophy from the University of Singapore in 1971. From Dalhousie University, Canada, he received a Master's degree in Philosophy in 1976 and an honorary doctorate in 1995. He spent a year as a fellow at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University from 1991 to 1992. He has achieved several “firsts” in his two careers. He was the Founding Dean of the LKY School, the founding Director of the Civil Service College, the first Singapore Ambassador to serve on the UN Security Council, the first Singaporean to publish articles in globally renowned journals and newspapers like Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New York Times and the Financial Times and co-authored articles with distinguished global thought leaders like Kofi Annan, Klaus Schwab and Larry Summers. Mr Mahbubani has never shied away from taking on new challenges. He has also been a prolific author, having published eight books: Can Asians Think?, Beyond The Age Of Innocence, The New Asian Hemisphere, The Great Convergence, Can Singapore Survive, The ASEAN Miracle (co-authored with Jeffery Sng), Has the West Lost It? and Has China Won?.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who died in 2018, was one of the most famous diplomats of his time. In today's episode, we're sharing an Foreign Policy Magazine's The Negotiators about Annan's mediation of a Kenyan political crisis in 2008—which stands out as one of his most impressive acts of diplomacy.   What we can learn about the nuances of negotiating?    Guest:   Meredith Preston McGhie, Secretary General for the Global Centre for Pluralism   Hosts:   Ray Suarez   Jenn Williams   Producer:   Laura Rosbrow-Telem   If you appreciate this episode and want to support the work we do, please consider making a donation to World Affairs. We cannot do this work without your help. Thank you.

In this episode, we discuss the security of deep-sea internet cables with Dr. Bruce Jones. Bruce Jones is a senior fellow with the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution; he also works with the Center for East Asia Policy Studies, and is a consulting professor at the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University. His current research focus is on U.S. strategy, international order, and great power relations. His most recent books on the topic are “To Rule the Waves: How Control of the World's Oceans Shapes the Fate of the Superpowers” (Scribner, 2021); “The Marshall Plan and the Shaping of American Strategy,” (Brookings Institution Press, 2017); and “Still Ours to Lead: America, Rising Powers, and the Tension between Rivalry and Restraint” (Brookings Institution Press, 2014). Dr Jones has extensive experience and expertise on intervention and crisis management. He served in the United Nations' operation in Kosovo, and was special assistant to the U.N. special coordinator for the Middle East peace process. He was also a senior advisor to Kofi Annan on U.N. reform and served as deputy research director to the U.N.'s High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, as well as lead scholar for the International Task Force on Global Public Goods. Dr Jones holds a doctorate from the London School of Economics, and he was the Hamburg fellow in conflict prevention at Stanford University.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EncyclopediaGeopolitica

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Cohost Janet Bush talks with Carlos Lopes. He is a professor in the Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town. He's also an affiliate professor at Sciences Po, Paris, an associate fellow in the Africa Program at Chatham House, and a member of the African Union reform team. Lopes was the policy director for UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa. He serves as an advisor on MGI's research on Africa, including our latest report, which discusses the continent's human capital and natural resources and how they can help to accelerate productivity and reimagine Africa's economic growth. His views are his own. In this podcast, he covers topics including the following: The factors constraining Africa's potential The promise of AI for Africa The threat and opportunity of climate change for Africa See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

Shownotes and Transcript... George Soros is one, if not the most, dangerous person in the world. This may sound like an overstatement but our guest today will explain why.  Richard Poe is a bestselling author and respected journalist, sixteen years ago he co wrote the most comprehensive analysis of the web that Soros has spun worldwide.  Detailing the connections, control, influence and how the monster we see today was created by the British and nurtured by the Americans.  This will shine a light on one of the most secretive and powerful individuals and show how ignorance has allowed his ascent. Richard Poe is a New York Times-bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He has written widely on business, science, history and politics. His books include The Shadow Party, co-written with David Horowitz; The Einstein Factor, co-written with Win Wenger; Perfect Fear: Four Tales of Terror; Black Spark, White Fire; the WAVE series of network marketing books; and many more. Richard was formerly editor of David Horowitz's FrontPageMag, contributing editor of NewsMax, senior editor of SUCCESS magazine, reporter for the New York Post, and managing editor of the East Village Eye. Connect with Richard... WEBSITE:     https://www.richardpoe.com/ TWITTER:     https://twitter.com/RealRichardPoe?s=20 SUBSTACK:  https://richardpoe.substack.com/ 'The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party' Available in print, e-book or audio book from Amazon  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Party-Hillary-Radicals-Democratic/dp/1595551034/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1 Interview recorded 21.6.23 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin and Twitter https://twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin?s=20  To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more...  https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please subscribe, like and share!   Subscribe now Transcript (Hearts of Oak) Hello, Hearts of Oak, and welcome to another interview coming up with Richard Poe. He has co-written a book with David Horowitz. This was back in 2006, but still as relevant today. And that is The Shadow Party, how George Soros, Hilary Clinton and 60s radicals seize control of the Democratic Party. George Soros is a huge figure, and this is the first book that actually delves into his life and how he's been involved in color revolutions, coups all around the world. His life story, moving to the States, his involvement with the left. So much packed in. I know you will really enjoy listening to Richard unpacking delve deep into the life of George Soros. Thankful to have you with us today. Thank you so much for your time. (Richard Poe) Thank you, Peter. Great to be here. Good to be. And we are going to discuss your book. We're also going to discuss some articles, but just for the viewers. Richard Poe's probably 10, 11 different books and here are a number of them that we are going to look, Hilary's Secret War, but we're actually going to look today at The Shadow Party, How George Soros, Hilary Clinton and 60s Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party and you wrote that along with David Horowitz, who we've had the privilege of having on before. And now you're a bestselling author, a journalist, investigative reporter, and people can find at Richard Poe, @RealRichardPoe on Twitter and RichardPoe.com. And of course, Substack is there as well @RichardPoe. And I, Richard, I've actually found your your kayak video strangely entertaining, off-topic. I've enjoyed watching them. You must be a kayaker yourself.  No, I'm not. No, I am not. I just, I was intrigued. It was a whole, something completely different. So I enjoyed watching your documentary on it. Well, there is something fascinating about the kayak role. And it took me many years before I finally committed myself to learning it after, but I always used to just be mesmerized to watch people do that, whether on videos or in person, there's something magical about it. And once you actually learn it, it doesn't feel any less magical. It's, you know, of course, it's just like anything else. You learn the moves, you learn how to do it, But there's magic in it. It's something that just feels so wonderful. And I just had to make a film. A short film, five minutes, just trying to convey to people as best I could what this feels like, what it's really like to capsize in a small boat where you're jammed into a cockpit, you know, by your waist, hang upside down in the water, and then turn yourself right side up. You know it's, in a small way, I guess it's like jumping out of a plane with no parachute, and then somehow lifting yourself back onto the plane. Maybe that's too dramatic, but, that's how I like to think of it.  It's fun watching, of course, it's on your website, people can people can see it and there I mean just in The Shadow Party going to source there's so much to cover we'll we'll not do one of your marathon sessions that you do with Noor Bin Laden, those are all available for the viewers to watch you've just started doing them in video I know and that's all on substack but probably the book it's been out 2006 it came out. What led you to write it because now this is part of the conversation, the whole thing with, money, with control, with Soros. What led you to actually putting pen to paper on the book? Well I had researched Soros for many years. I first wrote about him in 1993, in my very first published book. It was called How to Profit from the Coming Russian Boom, and I had some expertise in Russia and I had been there as a business writer for Success Magazine. I had gone there a number of times in the early 90s to, cover the fall of communism and Soros was there, you know, he was part of the party, a big part of it. And at that time, I wrote very positively about Mr. Soros because I felt he was one of us, whoever us are, you know, us Westerners who are... And at that time, I believed very much in the Cold War narrative that we of the West represented freedom and democracy and all those good things. And we had to overcome communism. Communism was the great dragon. And, so Soros, I felt, was just one more person helping us to dismantle the Soviet Empire and teach the Russians how to become capitalists, quote-unquote, and become like us. It all seemed like a very noble enterprise at the time, and I wrote very positively about Mr. Soros and everything he was doing in Russia. I wasn't unaware that there was a dark side to Soros and some of his activities, but well, let's just say I wrote positively about him. And my book was quite influential. It was praised by the London Financial Times as being the first book to explain the privatization process in Russia, which was done by means of a voucher system. The government issued vouchers to every Russian citizen, every Soviet citizen, which were worth 10,000, how did it work? Each one was worth, you could be traded for 10,000 rubles, I think, 10,000 rubles worth of shares in any of the state-owned companies that were being auctioned off. And what happened, of course, is that this happened after my book came out. No one had a clue that this was going to happen. Soros and his cronies, they convinced Yeltsin to do shock therapy, as they call it, to basically de-control all prices and currency values, all at the same time, which led to immediate hyperinflation at catastrophic levels. And so these vouchers became worthless overnight and all the Westerners bought them up, and used them to acquire eventually the crown jewels of the Soviet economy. So this was one of the things that actually led, this is back in the early 90s, but it led to a lot of the ill feeling, between the Russians and the West, which we're now dealing with today, because at that time, the Russians were really.... There was an innocence about them. They were really so grateful in many ways. They wanted this kind of help from Westerners, and especially Americans. They trusted us in a very special way, in a way that they didn't trust other Westerners. And unfortunately, thanks to Mr. Soros and Jeffrey Sachs, who was working with him on this project, and a lot of people at Harvard University, almost instantaneously with the image of America as friend and savior was destroyed and we were perceived as a gang of thieves who were coming to strip the country of all its wealth. And I don't think that perception has ever left. So I was aware of that as it was happening, but as I said, that happened after my book was published. So my book was totally positive about Soros, but... Please tell me if I'm going to too many details about this, but to me it's a very interesting story because, see, Soros himself had declined my request to be interviewed for the book, but he did kindly allow me to interview some of his people, and I had some expectation that maybe, you know, Soros would like the book, it might lead to some further talks, interviews, whatever. But instead what happened is, I think it was only two years after my book came out, a very similar book came out. And this happens a lot in publishing, by the way. If they, the aesthetic of a certain book, they actually replace it with a similar book. So my book was called How to Profit from the Coming Russian Boom. This other book comes out a couple years later, I think it was from the Free Press. And it was called The Coming Russian Boom. They basically took a fragment of my title and made this other book, which also looked kind of similar, the cover design. And on the back of this replacement book, this book that was meant to replace mine, was a big plug by George Soros himself saying, if you want to read a book by real Russia insiders who really know what's going on, read this book. And just to make it clear, a known Soros operative wrote a review saying, Richard Poe's book is now totally out of date. You should now read this new book, which has an almost identical title to his and a similar colour design and which was published only two years later. So you ask, how did I first come across Mr. Soros? Well, it was that. Was I particularly upset? No, not really. I was on to other things, you know, writing other books. I just thought, Well, that's a little curious. But I think the reason they did that, I think the reason my book was disliked is one for the very reason that the Financial Times had said, because I had given such a clear, explanation of the privatization process and how it worked, and then shortly thereafter Soros and his cronies had completely corrupted the privatization process. So I think that was one thing that I did bad. And another thing I did, was I told the truth about the corruption in the Moscow city government, and I was clued in by certain people in Russia that Mayor Lushkov, who I had accused by name, was very disturbed with me, and that sales of my book in Moscow, particularly in the crucial airport bookstores where foreigners would be likely to buy it had been banned. And so, this was my very first book. You know, it got a star for excellence from Publishers Weekly, got reviewed in all the right places but obviously Mr. Soros didn't like it. He endorsed this competing book which appears to have been manufactured for the express purpose of outdating mine. So anyway, I don't mean to go into all that except just to emphasize that me and Mr. Soros go back quite a ways. I first ran across him, one might say ran afoul of him in Russia in the early 90s, as did so many people. And so then much later in 2004, I got a phone call from Chris Ruddy, the founder and editor of Newsmax. I was one of the original columnists at Newsmax. It was started in 1998, I believe, and I started in 1999. And Chris called me up. He says, look, we wanna do a big expose about George Soros and put it on the cover of Newsmax magazine. Would you like to write it? I said, sure, let's do it. And so, that led to my next encounter indirectly with Soros. I never actually have met him or communicated with him in person or directly, but it seemed every time I ran across him, something ill-omened occurred, you know, it was strange. So, I wrote this article, which seemed a perfectly legitimate exercise of free speech in the home of the free and the brave, the United States of America as working journalists. Why shouldn't we write an expose of George Soros? After all, he was coming out very publicly, speaking out on political matters, saying he was going to donate $25 million to oust President Bush from office. And that's why Newsmax wanted to write about him, all seemingly fair game, you know, and the type of thing one would normally write about. Well, so I wrote, what I wrote about was the same subject I'm writing about now, all these years later, that what Soros was actually doing, and what he was boasting that he was going to do was to go outside of the normal bounds of political electioneering in the United States. And he said, what I have done in other countries, I am now going to do in the United States. And he said, actually, he was going to do a regime change, quote unquote, to remove President Bush. So I was familiar at that point in large part because I had some experience in Russia, in Eastern Europe. I knew what a colour revolution was. Most people didn't at that time. I knew that Soros was involved in these things, and I knew he had helped overthrow a number of governments, not only in Eastern Europe, but all over the world. People think he just does this in Eastern Europe. He's done it in Africa, Asia, everywhere. But, um...When I heard Soros saying these things, I knew exactly what he meant, and I felt I need to explain this to the American people. And so my article was called George Soros' Coup, and it basically explained this guy does color revolutions, and he seems to be implying that he's going to do that here in the United States. Well, it didn't quite happen in the election of 2004, although there were some strange goings-ons from the Democrat side. But for our story right now, what is interesting is that my Newsmax cover story was a big success. I was immediately called to appear on The O'Reilly Factor with Bill O'Reilly. And I did a seven-minute spot on The O'Reilly Factor. The very next day, a completely new outfit, called Media Matters for America, which George Soros had helped to found. It was it was something he and Hilary Clinton and John Podesta and a few others had been totally involved with from the ground floor. So, they attacked me, in a way I'd never been attacked. I mean, there must have been three, four different articles all all about little old me, and basically saying that I was a liar, that I got all my facts wrong. You know, saying exactly the things that if they were true, would completely disqualify me to work as a journalist ever again. They were in fact defamatory. And... Well, can I just step back a little bit just to continue now, but colour revolution, it's something you have mentioned as a phrase, and I know there's a great article, we might get into the British aspect of it, but How the British Invented Colour Revolutions, you wrote back May 2021, and that's available on your substack, but that term colour revolutions probably will not mean anything to many people. It's still a term which isn't widespreadly used. Do you want to just touch on that to let the viewers know what you mean by a color revolution? Sure. A color revolution is basically, it's just a term that's used to describe what is basically a fake revolution. When foreign intelligence services go into a country and create a fake revolution which is meant to look like a people's uprising, a spontaneous uprising of the people, but is actually a foreign-sponsored coup, hiding behind the facade of a people's uprising. And just to give an example, not to get into my recent articles, but I recently discovered and have argued in some recent articles that the French Revolution and the Russian Revolutions were, in fact, color revolutions. It is my contention that the British Secret Services were behind both. But that's just to give an example where a revolution that most of us until now, until recently, have assumed, entailed some kind of spontaneous uprising by an aggrieved population. Yes, to some extent they were, but this, whatever discontent among the people may have manipulated by foreign intelligence services, making it a fake revolution, making it a foreign-sponsored coup, and this type of revolution has been nicknamed in recent years a color revolution. It's called that because often these revolutions use team colours to identify themselves. That for example, there was a so-called orange revolution in the Ukraine in 2004. And if you look at pictures on Google, you'll see crowds in a sea of orange banners, orange everything. And interestingly, even going back to the French and the Russian revolutions, They too had their team colors, team symbols. The French, of course, had their tricolour badges and their so-called Phrygian caps that they wore. Which were red with the tricolour badge on it. In the Bolshevik Revolution, of course, the colour was red again, red for socialism, red for communism. And they also wore a distinctive cap called the Scythian cap, which looks strangely like the Phrygian cap that the French had worn, but whatever. So even in such details as the use of these kind of evocative coloured symbols, and they weren't always colours. Sometimes they were flowers or other kinds of symbols. But they're called colour revolutions for that reason, because somebody decided to name them that. Originally, the first one that came to wide public attention was the so-called Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, during the fall of communism. And that too was, George Soros was heavily involved in that, as were many Western governments and intelligence agencies and so forth. And that was called the Velvet Revolution. It still is to this day. And that term Velvet Revolution actually caught on in Eastern Europe for quite a bit. Often these revolutions were called Velvet Revolutions, but somewhere along the line, they started calling them Colour Revolutions and that stuck. So I now use the term, it's not my favourite term, but that's what it means. A fake revolution generally orchestrated by a foreign intelligence agency or agencies, to masquerade as a popular uprising. And so George Soros has been involved in these, for many decades, funding them, being a public apologist for them, going before the press just to justify them and basically act as a propaganda voice to explain why it was necessary to do these. And the propaganda is very necessary because generally what happens in these so-called colour revolutions is that an election occurs, somebody wins, and that somebody is not the person whom the Western powers wanted to win. And so then they create an uprising saying the election was stolen, it was all fake, it doesn't match the exit polls, so let's bring all the people out into the street, often with quite a good deal of real violence. These things are often called bloodless coups, but I think they are rarely bloodless, and often they involve pretty significant violence. Certainly in 2000, when they overthrew Milosevic in Yugoslavia, there was very significant violence. They set fire to the parliament building. They had armed paramilitaries blocking all the roads around Belgrade, armed with military weapons. And... So, although they're considered bloodless, stereotypically, they're usually not. Any more than the Russian or French revolutions were. So, that's what it is. It seems like an exotic idea, but it's really not. Governments have been doing this for ages, but the British, in particular, I've learned in the last few years, have been doing this for centuries and really excel at it. It's often assumed that Americans are the ones who invented this and who are the best at doing it, but it's not true. Whatever we know, we learned from the Brits.  Let's go on Soros, because Soros, he obviously ended up in London as a refugee, then went to LSE, London School of Economics, went to the U.S. and it seemed to be that his desire was to to make money and return and something kind of happened on the way to the point where I think the midterms, I read somewhere what was a figure was a hundred and twenty eight million dollars I read and that made him the largest single donor in the midterms just past that election cycle and kind of something happened along the way for him just wanting to make money to actually being part of a mass funding campaign off the left?  Well I gave my theory on this very subject in a recent article called How the British Invented George Soros and basically the answer to your question, I think, is that Soros is not his own man. It is my contention that he was recruited as an asset of the British government, the British Foreign Office, and possibly of British intelligence agencies. The fact is that he has been from the beginning involved in activities such as regime change. In foreign countries, activities which, frankly, he would not be allowed to take part in unless, he were under the supervision of some intelligence agency or another. And it's often assumed that he works with the CIA and that he is a CIA asset, and that's generally the default position that most people take. But I believe that he is a British asset, and I made what I think is a pretty strong argument for it in my article. He came to England as a refugee from a communist Hungary when he was 17 years old. He lived in England for 9 or 10 years, during which he graduated from the London School of Economics. He started work in the city of London, learned the arbitrage trade. And during that time, it appears he was selected by a group of very powerful men who include some of the most famous names in global finance. And he was sent, I believe, to the United States to basically act as an agent for this group, this cabal, if you will, of British financiers. And one Lord William Rees-Mogg, who happens to be the father of Jacob Rees-Mogg, I have named him the man who created George Soros because he almost single-handedly created the legend or the myth of Soros as one, the greatest financial genius in the world, and two, as quote-unquote the man who broke the Bank of England. These myths, and I think both are myths, actually. Both of these myths were created and promoted by Lord Rees-Mogg and his colleagues at the Times of London. Rees-Mogg was the editor of the Times for I think 15 years and then he became a vice president of the BBC. But perhaps more importantly, he has a very unique position, or he had, he died in 2012, I call him a gateway or a bridge between worlds, because he was a man who was a very close personal friend of the British royal family, and he was also a very close personal friend of Lord Jacob Rothschild. And he was a bridge between the British aristocracy, you know, the British blue blood society, if you will, and the grubby world of City of London investment, where one had to rub shoulders with such characters as Hungarian refugees, such as George Soros. And Rees Mogg had that job. He moved between those worlds and he was a bridge between those worlds. And it's a little known fact that Soros' quantum fund, Soros actually leaked in one of his books, it was an authorized, and I think Soros actually commissioned this book, it was called George Soros, Messianic Billionaire, something like that by a guy named Kaufman. And in that book is a leak that the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II, was one of the investors in the Quantum Fund. Now, there's a great deal of secrecy, as you know, regarding investments by the royal family, this information is closely guarded, but quite often they leak information about where they're investing, such as famously in the mining company Rio Tinto. There were a number of quasi-official leaks about royal investments in that company. And I think they do this in order to pump the stock. I mean, I think when these leaks occur, it's because they're trying to pump the stock. And there was such a leak regarding Soros' quantum fund. So I think, and it appears to me that Soros was really an artificially created person. I don't believe at all that he was was the greatest genius in the financial world. I think he was built up into that by Lord Rees-Mogg. And for example, his greatest act of genius supposedly was breaking the Bank of England. Where in 1992, he supposedly shorted the Bank of England to such an extent that Britain was forced to devalue its currency by 20% And it was a huge catastrophe. But in reality. That story, actually, the story that Soros did it, comes from Soros himself. And it can't be proven because his operations are in the Netherlands Antilles, which is a secrecy jurisdiction, a banking haven. And there is no way to prove what he actually did in that operation. But it's come out that there were many, many players, including some of the biggest banks, biggest pension funds, biggest financial institutions in the world who were taking part in that run on the pound. And Soros was allowed by Rees-Mogg and his colleagues at the Times to take credit for it. And they actually named him in a big banner headline, the man who broke the Bank of England. But he was just one among many and by far not the largest. So, why did Rees-Mogg do this? Well, he quickly demonstrated that because Rees-Mogg's next move was then to write a series of articles explaining to the British people why Soros was a hero and that his devaluation of the pound had saved Britain from having to honour its commitment to enter the Eurozone because by devaluing the pound by 20%, Britain was no longer qualified to enter the European exchange rate mechanism and was no longer qualified to become part of the Eurozone, and that's why it still isn't to this day. And so Rees-Mogg just sang the praises of Soros, called him a hero. He said there should be a statue erected in front of the treasury of him and things like that. And other British journalists have said similar things, that he should get a knighthood and so forth and so on. So that's why I say it was all a myth. Soros himself didn't actually do it single-handedly. And moreover, far from being an attack on the British establishment, It appears to have been a British economic warfare operation which the British establishment deliberately inflicted on its own central bank for political purposes, and for which Soros was assigned to take the blame or to take the credit. So once he had done that operation, then he was very famous. He had become a celebrity overnight. The Times was doing everything it could to convince people he was a wonderful guy. And they immediately started saying what a genius and a financial prophet he was. And Rees-Mogg started saying, oh my goodness, Soros is buying gold. Let's pay attention to what he's doing because if he's buying gold, maybe we should buy gold too. So what happened was, I think this was in 1993, Soros's next assignment for this group around Rees-Mogg and Jacob Rothschild. His next assignment was to buy a large number of shares of Newmont Mining Corporation, I think was and is the largest gold mining operation in North America, and he bought them from Jacob Rothschild and Sir James Goldsmith. And so Rees-Mogg, was telling everyone from the Times, look, Soros is buying gold, but some people noticed, well, yes, but Rothschild and Goldsmith are dumping it. So what does that mean? Despite these ambiguities and puzzlements, they did succeed in hyping the price of gold. The price of gold skyrocketed. Rothschild and Goldsmith made a killing, as I think did some of their other associates in the St. James Capital Group, of which Rees-Mogg was an officer at the time. And strangely Soros himself supposedly lost money on that deal, which is very interesting because although his myth touts him as a lone wolf who only looks out for number one for himself. It really looks like he took one for the team in the great gold scam, as I call it, this gold hyping scam. It appears to have been done for the specific purpose of allowing Jacob Rothschild and Sir James Goldsmith to realize a profit on their previous purchases of Newmont Mining, which had been performing sluggishly. And so this operation appears to have been done for no other reason than to allow these two men, to make some money. And Soros took a hit on that one. He took a hit for the team. He was a team player. So based on these kinds of things, I mean it goes on and on. You could say it's kind of circumstantial evidence, but it's pretty clear that from the beginning, Soros, whatever his gifts and abilities may have been, I'm sure he's very smart, I'm sure he was selected because he was deemed to be a talented person and all that, but he certainly is not the greatest financial genius in the world, that's not how he made his money. He made his money by being adopted by this very powerful group in the city of London and serving them, being a good servant and being the public face of them and their operations. And so he went to America and the rest is history. But now today, he's presumably still alive, despite recent reports of his death, I mean, who knows anymore who's alive and dead. So true. But he has passed it over, we're told, to one of his sons. Do you think it's the end then of that era? Do you think the damage is already done? Do you think it's being passed over just to keep the financial side and it's not the political engagement? What are your thoughts as you kind of see that transfer? Well, I don't imagine that with all the investment which I will say which the British have done in building up the Open Society Institute, I can't imagine they'll simply abandon it. Obviously, it's not going to be the same without George Soros there. Alex Soros, I presume, is nothing more than a figurehead. The man who runs the Open Society Institute is its president, and he's a guy named Lord Mark Malloch Brown, a name with which you may be familiar. Malloch Brown has a similar career trajectory to Soros. He has been involved for decades in regime change operations in foreign countries, in rigging elections in places like the Philippines, and other such targets. And then in 2015, He had just, there was a British takeover of this company called Smartmatic, and by the way, Smartmatic is going around suing people for billions of dollars, so if you want me to shut up right now, I will. I won't say another word.  Feel free to give us your opinion, Richard. Well, whatever else one may or may not say about Smartmatic, what they did was sell voting, a voting system. And so in 2015, the same Lord Mark Malloch Brown, who had notoriously been doing regime change operations all over the world, obviously connected with intelligence. He was a high-level UN official under Kofi Annan. I mean, this guy was obviously, you know, had some role in the intelligence community, I would say. I would say it's obvious. But now he's running the Open Society Institute, but he was given that position right after the US election in 2020. And some people said that was his reward. I'm not gonna comment about that. But his Smartmatic machines and software became very controversial. And in 2015, he was openly trying to market his Smartmatic system to the United States. In the States, it's the state governments which purchase, you know, they each has its own policy for voting systems. So he was trying to sell these to state governments and people often say, well, he never succeeded. I mean, they have a few Smartmatic machines in LA, supposedly, and not nowhere else. All I can tell you is. And this I believe is the very subject of this multi-billion dollar lawsuit that's going on, but there were people in high places who seemed to be in the know, who were close to the Trump campaign. I believe Rudy Giuliani was one, Sidney Powell, others who were basically saying that the Smartmatic software was actually being used by other companies to run other voting machines and that in fact the Smartmatic software was the evil potion that enabled them to do all these alleged alterations of the vote. So, is any of that true? Well, I don't know. I can't prove it. And, you know, anybody who opened their mouth in public and spoke of it is now being sued. You know, defamation law is a very good thing. People should be allowed to sue for defamation. I do think it's very odd to have foreign companies providing voting software to the United States of America and then being able to sue people into silence who legitimately raise questions about the integrity of those systems. I find that very strange and disturbing. But that's what's going on. You know, back in 2000, I remember very well, there was a dispute, started by, you know, Gore. Gore challenged the election result, famously, and for weeks and weeks and weeks, the world watched in astonishment and horror as the United States seemingly descended into a third world country unable to count its own votes. But no one at that time ever suggested that people should not be allowed to have an opinion or to speak? About whether they thought that Bush or Gore had won. That would have been unthinkable. Suddenly that's the case. Suddenly that's the situation we're in. But anyway, whatever that means. So this Lord Mark Malloch Brown was right in the middle of that, right in the middle of that storm, right in the eye of the storm. And let me just remind you that he was a long-time friend and collaborator of George Soros. In fact he lived next door to Soros in a house provided by Soros in upstate New York when Malloch Brown was working as a UN official. He was some sort of aid to Kofi Annan and he was basically put up by Soros. And they're very good friends. And they've collaborated on many regime change operations throughout the world, which is not the sort of thing every normal person gets involved in. But these two, for them, that's a big part of their lives and has been for decades. So strangely, you know, this same Malloch Brown ends up as the CEO of Smartmatic. And then as soon as that operation is finished, he's appointed by Soros to be the president of the Open Society Institute. And now he's disappeared from sight. And everyone's pointing to Alex Soros saying, Alex Soros is now going to take over for George Soros, and that's fine, but I've got my eye on Malloch Brown. I mean, I doubt very much whether Alex Soros is actually running it. In fact, I remember some years ago, Soros actually tried to pass on the baton to, at that time, I think all his sons, If I remember correctly, he was trying to... He was trying to turn over Soros Fund Management, which is his investment arm, to his sons, and then he all of a sudden reneged and took it back. And people said, I thought you were going to give this to your sons, why did you take it back? And Soros, here's an interesting father figure for you. He said, well, I discovered that my sons didn't have the talent to run it. And the interviewer said, what sort of talent do you mean? He said the talent for making money. Wow.  So without going into all the Freudian or psychoanalytic aspects of it, I mean, whatever else one can say about Mr. Soros' sons, I can't imagine they're big fans of their father. Can I just finish off on the book. In 2010, Glenn Beck did a series, Puppetmaster, that was based on the shadow party on your book. I know he was cancelled soon after on Fox. I don't know whether it was linked to that, but this was probably the first book to expose sources funding off of color revolutions which we've discussed. It's not something that people are supposed to discuss and then you produce this book by a large publisher which I always find intriguing. Maybe it would be different if you redid it today but that with Glenn Beck putting that in and bringing it with Glenn Beck's reach on Fox and then getting cancelled this obviously is something that you're not supposed to discuss. Yes, at that time, it was an extremely sensitive subject. I did not realize how sensitive it was until after I put my foot into the punji steak, so to speak. But I knew I was pushing it, and that's part of the reason why I invited my then employer, David Horowitz. I actually invited him to co-write the book with me, hoping that his name would not only help promote the book, and make people take it seriously, but I thought maybe it might afford some protection for me. And I think it did all of those things to some extent. I think it would have been much worse for me if I had tried to write the book myself, I think it was a wise thing to do. But nonetheless, I was punished quite severely by the powers that be for daring to write about that, because these color revolutions, these are intelligence operations, and especially at that time when people were not writing about it, when to write about such things and to do it with a co-author of the stature of David Horowitz, and then to appear on Glenn Beck reaching you know an audience of millions, a national audience on Fox News. If you're in the national security establishment, if you're somebody who's involved with these operations and you're trying to project a certain image of their innocence and spontaneity and then someone comes along and puts out a narrative that says, oh actually this guy George Soros is pulling the strings behind these things. Well, you know, we can see now how sensitive, a lot of these intelligence people are to anyone tampering with their narrative, you know, with all the recent hysteria over misinformation and disinformation. And so forth. Well, they didn't used to speak so publicly about it, still pretending, that they weren't involved in media, that is, the intelligence community. Now they've dropped that pretence. Back then, we still were allowed to have this illusion that we are a free press, and we can say what we want and all that, but clearly I was interfering with a very important intelligence narrative. And I was doing so almost uniquely, and certainly the size of the platform that I had accessed was, and getting on national TV and all the rest, it was a challenge to the, It was a challenge to the national security establishment, whatever you want to call them, to the security forces, if you will. It was a direct challenge to them, and I was a small target, nobody else was writing about this. So it was a simple matter to silence me. And I want to say, you know, we talk a lot today about cancellation, and you know, people being cancelled and un-personed. And it's important to understand, you know, nowadays we see Tucker publicly thrown out of Fox News and we think that's what it means to be cancelled or Matt Taibi kicked out of The Intercept. And so we have this illusion that to be cancelled means that you're publicly punished for doing something good and thrown out and then everyone rallies to your rescue and you're even bigger and better than before. And supposedly that's what it means to be cancelled. But those are not real cancellations. The way cancellation is really done, and the way it's been done traditionally, and the way it's done usually, especially in free societies like ours, is very quietly, behind the scenes, very insidiously, so that nobody even knows it happened. And that's all I'm going to say about that.  Well, that's perfect end. And let's again just leave the viewers the shadow party, how George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and 60s radicals seized control of the Democrat Party. It's available. I listened to it. You can get his hardback, paperback. It is a huge subject that is relevant today, if not more relevant than it was in 2006 when you wrote it. Richard, I appreciate your time. Thank you so much for coming along, sharing your thoughts on the book. Thank you.  Thank you, Peter.

Gideon talks to Indian opposition Congress politician and former diplomat Shashi Tharoor about the concept of the 'responsibility to protect', which allows countries to intervene militarily in order to protect a population from mass murder. This was first mooted by Kofi Annan in the late 1990s after the Rwandan genocide. Can it be applied today, and in what circumstances? Clips: Global News, C-SPANMore on this topic:Rwandan genocide fugitive arrested in South AfricaThere can be no impunity for the crime of aggression against Ukraine‘The garden of war': horseback killers return to DarfurPol Pot's prime minister loses appeal against genocide convictionSubscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen TurnerRead a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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