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In this episode of Energy Vista, Leslie Palti-Guzman speaks with Phil Chaffee, editor of Nuclear Intelligence Weekly at Energy Intelligence, about the global nuclear energy revival, its geopolitical supply chain challenges, and policy drivers shaping the industry. Is nuclear energy finally making a comeback, or are we still in a phase of big plans with little execution? How are AI-driven energy demand, climate policies, and energy security concerns shaping this revival? What role does gas play as a bridge fuel, and could nuclear truly compete in the long term? They also dive into the U.S. push for nuclear enriched fuel independence-- notably from Russia-- Europe's shifting stance—is Germany rethinking its nuclear exit?—and China's aggressive reactor expansion. Plus, Phil shares insights from nearly two decades of reporting on nuclear energy. Tune in for a deep dive into one of the most debated energy sources of the future.

Sony's 6th film in their cinematic universe was directed by JC Chandor and stars Aaron Taylor Johnson, Russell Crowe, Ariana DeBose, Alessandro Nivola & Fred Hechinger. In this film, after an encounter with a lion leaves a young teenager with super human abilities, he leaves his father and half brother behind to live on his own. 15 years later and now a man, Kraven spends his life catching criminals in Russia & Europe but then the past returns for him in the form of a mysterious organization that could use a man with his abilities. This movie had been tossed around during the pandemic in hopes for the character to join the MCU. However, the script went through several writers and rewrites and eventually became part of Sony's spinoff cinematic universe. The film's initial 2023 release date was pushed back due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA Strike. In December 2024 after the film bombed at the box office, Sony announced that this would be the final film in this cinematic universe.

Joining Pat this morning on the show was Theresa Fallon, Director, Centre for Russia, Europe, Asia Studies (CREAS) is in Dublin to speak at the DLA Piper Transatlantic Summit. Theresa is an expert on European security, transatlantic relations, Asian and Russian foreign relations policy.

#EU: #NATO: Russian and PRC agents and the Gray Zone. Theresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.ft.com/content/bf128ebf-2e3f-40a3-b7ec-bcd1b477ab9a   1898 Brussels

What is the connection between oil, war, and climate crisis? In a long article “Oil, climate and war: The curse of the petrostate”, Alexander Etkind explores the tendency of authoritarian petrostates, such as Russia and Iran, to launch wars and downplay climate change. ---------- SPEAKER: Alexander Etkind is a historian and cultural scientist. Alexander Etkind was born in 1955 in St. Petersburg, Russia, and is a professor at CEU Vienna. He was formerly a professor of history and the Chair of Russia-Europe relations at the European University Institute in Florence. He is fellow of the European Institute for International Law and International Relations. Etkind's research focuses on European and Russian intellectual history, memory studies, natural resources and the history of political economy, empire and colonies in Europe, and Russian politics, novels, and film in the 21st century. His has written many compelling books, including Russia Against Modernity, Rethinking the Gulag and Nature's Evil: A Cultural History of Natural Resources. Links will be added to the video description. ----------   LINKS: Alexander Etkind on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sasha_Etkind Alexander Etkind on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Etkind Alexander Etkind at the Moscow Times: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/author/alexander-etkind-2 ---------- BOOKS: Russia Against Modernity (2023) Rethinking the Gulag: Identities, Sources, Legacies (2022) Nature's Evil: A Cultural History of Natural Resources (2021) Eros Of the Impossible: The History of Psychoanalysis In Russia (2019) Development and Dystopia: Studies in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Eastern Europe (2018) War and Memory in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus (2017) Cultural Forms of Protest in Russia (2017) Warped Mourning: Stories of the Undead in the Land of the Unburied (2013) Internal Colonization: Russia's Imperial Experience (2011) Remembering Katyn (2013) ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org ---------- WATCH NEXT: Julia Tymoshenko https://youtu.be/mLqB7ShA2l4 Anastasiya Shapochkina https://youtu.be/AUbSEiqJk1o Luke Harding https://youtu.be/YRgCJ4HqIbo Yuri Felshtinsky https://youtu.be/_Jhj4Z32e_Q Ian Garner https://youtu.be/j9l4PYBD0_o ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube's algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

#EU: Brussels, nest of spies.  Theresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.ft.com/content/6c115d61-7948-457e-ace9-f65c3cbb6ee9 1911 Brussels

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Review of: The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America, by Timothy Snyder Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book Blog

#PRC: #EU: Wang Yi tries a charm offensive for the disdainful and retreating Europe.  Theresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.reuters.com/world/china/europe-should-not-shy-away-working-with-china-wang-says-2023-11-24/ 1849

Photo: 1917 London. No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Brussels: #PRC: Europe starts to turn away from Beijing. Theresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/italy-suggests-exit-chinas-belt-road-shift-us-rcna97230

Much of Russian history was shaped by the “imperial experience”. Alexander Etkind suggests the process was a simultaneous of internal colonization as well as the more obvious external one. The characteristic phenomena of colonialism, such as missionary work, exotic journeys, and ethnographic scholarship, were directed inwards toward the interior provinces of the Russian empire – villages and timeless peasant lifestyles, as well as outwards and overseas. To an extent Russia is still an ‘undiscovered country' from the perspective of its urban elites, and we see this starkly in the current war – with the burden of fighting and dying falling on minorities and the impoverished. We also see a radical lack of empathy for other people within the empire experiencing violence, whether that be Belgorod or Buryatia. It even leads us to ask, can Russia even be compared to the modern nation states of Europe? #alexanderetkind #colonisation #ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #zelensky #putin #propaganda #war #disinformation #hybridwarfare #foreignpolicy #communism #sovietunion #postsoviet ---------- SPEAKER: Alexander Etkind is a historian and cultural scientist. Alexander Etkind was born in 1955 in St. Petersburg, Russia, and is a professor at CEU Vienna. He was formerly a professor of history and the Chair of Russia-Europe relations at the European University Institute in Florence. He is fellow of the European Institute for International Law and International Relations. Etkind's research focuses on European and Russian intellectual history, memory studies, natural resources and the history of political economy, empire and colonies in Europe, and Russian politics, novels, and film in the 21st century. His has written many compelling books, including Russia Against Modernity, Rethinking the Gulag and Nature's Evil: A Cultural History of Natural Resources. Links will be added to the video description. ----------   LINKS: Alexander Etkind on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sasha_Etkind Alexander Etkind on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Etkind Alexander Etkind at the Moscow Times: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/author/alexander-etkind-2 ---------- BOOKS: Russia Against Modernity (2023) Rethinking the Gulag: Identities, Sources, Legacies (2022) Nature's Evil: A Cultural History of Natural Resources (2021) Eros Of the Impossible: The History of Psychoanalysis In Russia (2019) Development and Dystopia: Studies in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Eastern Europe (2018) War and Memory in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus (2017) Cultural Forms of Protest in Russia (2017) Warped Mourning: Stories of the Undead in the Land of the Unburied (2013) Internal Colonization: Russia's Imperial Experience (2011) Remembering Katyn (2013) ----------

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @ #Brussels: Peace gestures. Theresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/24/china/china-ambassador-lu-shaye-baltic-soviet-states-europe-intl-hnk/index.html Batchelorshow

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1870 Beaver Dam #PRC: #France: #EU: Macron and the "vassal" states of Europe. Theresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230409-macron-says-europe-must-not-be-follower-of-us-china-on-taiwan

Russia is tearing itself away from modern civilization and its associated values, norms and comforts. Putin and his coterie of incompetent sycophants seem to be happily destroying the foundations of everything that has been built in the past 30 years. Instead, he's embracing an alternative future tied to eastern despotism as a vassal state of China – a source of assets to be mined, without any value-added production. What demons have resurfaced from Russia's past, and what is driving a form of sado-masochistic self-destruction and flagellation, that seems to be propelling Russia backwards in a painful civilisational decline. And where will this out-of-control Troika stop – possibly at an era that pre-dates Peter the Great's efforts to punch a window onto Europe in the façade of Russia's feudal-military despotism, established by the khans of the Mongol Horde. But what is the role of such a state in the modern world? ---------- SPEAKER: Alexander Etkind is a historian and cultural scientist. Alexander Etkind was born in 1955 in St. Petersburg, Russia, and is a professor at CEU Vienna. His book Russia against Modernity is forthcoming with Polity Press. He was formerly a professor of history and the Chair of Russia-Europe relations at the European University Institute in Florence. He is fellow of the European Institute for International Law and International Relations. He completed his B.A. and M.A. in 1978 in Psychology and English at Leningrad State University. Etkind taught at the European University at St. Petersburg then at Cambridge University where he was also a fellow of King's College. He was a visiting fellow at New York University, Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin, and other places. Etkind's research focuses on European and Russian intellectual history, memory studies, natural resources and the history of political economy, empire and colonies in Europe, and Russian politics, novels, and film in the 21st century. His has written many compelling books, including Russia Against Modernity, Rethinking the Gulag and Nature's Evil: A Cultural History of Natural Resources. ---------- LINKS: Alexander Etkind on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sasha_Etkind Alexander Etkind on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Etkind Alexander Etkind at the Moscow Times: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/author/alexander-etkind-2 ---------- BOOKS: Russia Against Modernity (2023) Rethinking the Gulag: Identities, Sources, Legacies (2022) Nature's Evil: A Cultural History of Natural Resources (2021) Eros Of the Impossible: The History of Psychoanalysis In Russia (2019) Development and Dystopia: Studies in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Eastern Europe (2018) War and Memory in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus (2017) Cultural Forms of Protest in Russia (2017) Warped Mourning: Stories of the Undead in the Land of the Unburied (2013) Internal Colonization: Russia's Imperial Experience (2011) Remembering Katyn (2013) ----------

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Russia: #PRC: The meeting in Moscow, the meager results. Theresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies,  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/economic-asphyxiation-puts-russia-chinas-orbit-2023-03-20/  

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1882 #Turkey: #NATO:  #Turkey vs #Sweden. Theresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies.  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.dw.com/en/turkeys-blockade-makes-nato-weaker/a-64938959

A fantastic discussion about the latest in Russia, Nord Stream sabotage, spy balloons AND MORE!

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #PRC: #EU: Awakening to the threat. Theresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-15/nato-china-tension-over-ukraine-flares-at-conference-in-iceland https://www.reuters.com/world/german-spy-chief-russia-is-storm-china-is-climate-change-2022-10-17/

*) Russia paves way to annex parts of Ukraine after 'sham' referendums Kremlin-supported authorities in four Ukrainian regions under Russian control have claimed victory in annexation votes, drawing global outrage. Ukraine and its allies have denounced the so-called referendums as a "sham". Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the votes mean Kiev will not negotiate with Moscow. Moscow hopes to annex Luhansk and Donetsk in the east and Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south, regions that make up about 15 percent of Ukraine. *) Leaders blame Russia-Europe pipeline leaks on sabotage Sabotage is the likely cause of leaks in two Baltic Sea gas pipelines between Russia and Europe, European leaders have said, while the Kremlin too has maintained that "no option can be ruled out". Seismologists have reported explosions around the Nord Stream pipelines. Two "massive releases of energy" were recorded by the Swedish National Seismic Network shortly before the gas leaks. The Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines have been at the centre of geopolitical tensions as Russia cut gas supplies to Europe in suspected retaliation against Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict. *) Erdogan hits out at Western countries protecting terrorists Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised European countries that protect terrorist organisations, including the PKK and FETO. The murderers who shed blood are embraced in almost every country in Europe, particularly in the Lavrion camp in Greece, Erdogan told a meeting in Ankara on Tuesday. Erdogan said he expects all countries, especially Türkiye's neighbours, to take necessary measures against terror groups. *) Hurricane Ian leaves Cuba without power, takes aim at Florida Powerful Hurricane Ian has left a trail of destruction and caused widespread blackout in Cuba, while Florida residents are bracing for a direct hit from the storm. Ian hit Cuba's western regions for more than five hours, before moving out over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The storm damaged Cuba's power network and plunged the island into darkness, leaving it "without electrical service," state electricity company Union Electrica said on Twitter. And finally… *) Alzheimer's drug succeeds in 'slowing' cognitive decline An experimental Alzheimer's drug has significantly slowed the cognitive and functional decline in a large trial of patients in the early stages of the disease. The injected drug slowed the progress of the brain-wasting disease by 27 percent compared to a placebo, meeting the study's main goal after a trial among 1,800 patients. It offers an apparent win for the drug manufacturers and potentially for patients and their families desperate for an effective treatment.

Photo: #EU #Ukraine #Russia   Theresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies, @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/29/china/china-nato-g7-russia-ukraine-intl-hnk-mic/index.html Theresa Fallon. @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil  Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (CREAS) NR Snr Fellow     @TheresaAFallon. Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (CREAS)NR Snr Fellow. @ChicagoCouncil 

Some Westerners have been optimistic that China would make the “economically sound” decision to move away from war-waging Russia to prevent jeopardizing trade with the United States and Europe. Xi Jinping's call to Vladimir Putin this week shows that optimism was misplaced. Despite Brexit, the European Union still wields serious control over the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the Islamic Republic of Iran is charging closer to achieving its nuclear goal. This episode also covers the U.S. Federal Reserve taking an aggressive swing at inflation, alarming changes in the German military, Israeli strikes on Syria, plans for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, and new claims that American voting machines can be hacked. Links [00:46] China Backs Russia (6 minutes) Russia and China in Prophecy “Chinese Leader Affirms Commitment to Russia, Despite ‘Ukraine Issue'” [06:47] EU Control Over UK (9 minutes) “Drug Cartels Take Charge of the Border” TRENDS: “Why the Trumpet Watches the UK's Break From Europe” [15:37] Iran Nuclear Gains (8 minutes) Nuclear Armageddon Is ‘At the Door' [23:58] Fed Fights Inflation (8 minutes) “Your Standard of Living” “Our Financial 9/11 Was Prophesied!”, from He Was Right [32:29] German Military Changes (4 minutes) “Germany Prepares to Deploy at Home and Abroad” [36:48] Israel Strikes Syria (6 minutes) America Under Attack [42:41] China and Taiwan (5 minutes) “What Are the Times of the Gentiles?” “Taiwan Betrayal” [47:10] U.S. Voting Machines (6 minutes) “America's Top Cybersecurity Agency Admits Voting Machines Are Hackable” “What Will Happen After Trump Regains Power”

Today's TruNews with the first of the week chant, “Let's have a nuclear war” news article. Poland's former foreign affairs minister, who is now a member of the European Parliament, told a Ukrainian television channel that Western Europe has the right to arm Ukraine with nuclear warheads. Let's see how that idea goes down in Moscow. Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 6/13/22.

Dave Ernsberger of S&P Global Commodity Insights joins the Essential Podcast to talk about the short, medium, and long term effects of the war in Ukraine on energy markets.

As Russia continues its aggression in the Ukraine it turns off the gas to parts of Europe. Europe responds seeking to ban Russian oil completely with plans underway to also ban Russian gas by the end of the decade. As all this unfolds, Israel eyes up the opportunities. In this weeks Bible in the News we consider these latest developments in the light of Bible prophecy.

Politicians have become accustomed to conjuring whatever they want through the “miracle” of printing money. But in the real world, it's still necessary to produce oil and gas through actual physical production. Original Article: "To Fight Russia, Europe's Regimes Risk Impoverishment and Recession for Europe" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.

Politicians have become accustomed to conjuring whatever they want through the “miracle” of printing money. But in the real world, it's still necessary to produce oil and gas through actual physical production. Original Article: "To Fight Russia, Europe's Regimes Risk Impoverishment and Recession for Europe" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.

On Today's Episode of the Punch Out:Russia, Europe and the RubleHardship in the USBiden Gives Corporate Criminals a Pass

Host Ruben Navarrette talks with his old friend, and college classmate, Ron Granieri -- who is now Dr. Ronald Granieri, Associate Professor of History at the US Army War College -- about his specialty: Europe, NATO and US-European relations, all in the context of the current crisis in Ukraine. Guest: Dr. Ronald Granieri, Associate Professor of History in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the United States Army War College

The American proxy war in #Ukraine against Europe is a masterclass in geopolitical chess, simultaneously set to weaken #Russia, #Europe, and #China. The US is looking ahead to the inevitable rise of the Muslim countries, and preemptively eliminating any alternative economic collaborators or partners that could provide an alternative to alignment with America. We have to think long-term -- beyond our own lifetimes -- so we can pursue a direction that will serve the best interests of our #Ummah in the future.

Photo:  Stamp of Georgia - 2016 - "Connecting with the European Union" #Ukraine: Brussels awakens alongside NATO. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill.  Theresa Fallon  @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies. VR.   https://www.reuters.com/world/nato-nations-meet-brussels-march-24-says-stoltenberg-2022-03-15/ https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/15/europe/ukraine-nato-zelensky-shift/index.html

Russia's war in Ukraine is expected to impact air travel and air cargo, because Europe banned Russian planes from its airspace and Russia did the same to Europe's planes. Royal Dutch Shell has become the latest energy company to announce that it’s divesting from Russian oil and gas, a move some experts say signals a “sea change” in how energy companies in the West deal with Russia. We check in on the strength of American manufacturing as demand keeps growing.

Russia's war in Ukraine is expected to impact air travel and air cargo, because Europe banned Russian planes from its airspace and Russia did the same to Europe's planes. Royal Dutch Shell has become the latest energy company to announce that it’s divesting from Russian oil and gas, a move some experts say signals a “sea change” in how energy companies in the West deal with Russia. We check in on the strength of American manufacturing as demand keeps growing.

Photo:  Tournament on the Grand Place in Brussels, 1569 Brussels EU hangs together. Theresa Fallon   @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies, on the latest on Ukraine. @GordonGChang https://news.yahoo.com/eu-leaders-hold-emergency-summit-173329737.html Theresa Fallon. @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil  Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (CREAS) NR Snr Fellow

William Taylor, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and Vice President, Russia & Europe at the U.S. Institute of Peace, talks to Chuck about Ukraine's history and why Russian President Vladimir Putin's push to control Ukraine could backfire.

Photo:  Brooklyn Museum - "Non madame je ne quitterai pas..." - Honoré Daumier  ("No, Madame; I will not stop.") PRC bullies and romances Europe.  Theresa Fallon @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil, director of the Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill A bully:  "harasser of the weak" https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/lithuania-considers-modifying-taiwan-representation-name-defuse-row-with-china-2022-01-25/ Theresa Fallon. @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil  Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (CREAS) NR Snr Fellow

Kurt Volker, former US Special Representative for the Ukraine Negotiation tells Target USA, there is a very real chance that Russia invades Ukraine and other neighboring countries. And if that happens, it will fundamentally change Europe.

Photo: . EU plays catch-up to PRC Belt & Road. Theresa Fallon @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59473071 Theresa Fallon. @TheresaAFallon, @ChicagoCouncil  Director, Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (CREAS) NR Snr Fellow. 

Jesus says the four parts of the world I refer to are the four big empires - the US, Russia, Europe and China. All prophecies foretold will involve these powers, around which all the upheavals in religious and political structures will occur.

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow EU in turmoil over AUKUS. Theresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies. @TheresaAFallon @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, @TheHill https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/20/france-seeks-delay-eu-australia-trade-deal-amid-aukus-fallout

JT Barnett is the Founder of Triple Deke Media & the Co-Founder of RESET & Honey House. Previously he played over 6 years of Professional Hockey in the US, Canada, Russia & Europe.      Topics : Having a positive + optimistic foundation within him from both parents being athletes Identify what you want so that you can create a roadmap of how to get there Difference of his community today vs his hockey community Simple things done savagely well The four corners of Exos Training : Movement, recovery, mindset & nutrition Staying committed to routines / the process Changing our perspective on instant gratification Breaking down the macro (big picture) into the micro (small daily steps) How meditation has positively impacted him Benefits of sitting with our feelings Identify changes from professional hockey player to influencer / creator / entrepreneur Ability to bet on himself & control his day to day schedule Staying organized and assessing where to spend his time / energy Creating a reality TikTok show via Honey House Lowering expectations to set us up for success How his relationship with his girlfriend Sami has positively impacted him Using the internet to meet & build community Build On Yesterday Lesson from hockey he still carries with him today : Don't listen to other people & go internal Daily routines : Walking, meditation, ice bath, writing & getting the body moving One morning motto : I create the life that I want by doing the small things each day Area of his life he needs to put more effort into : Letting go First step to reaching our inner potential : self awareness Challenge for the listeners : Evaluate the relationships in your life   Connect with JT! Instagram : @JTBarnett Check out his businesses! Triple Deke Media : @TripleDeke RESET : @Reset_ Honey House : @HoneyHouse   Sign up for my new Bearded Wisdom Newsletter! Support this podcast by donating $ via Venmo : @Bobbbaaaay You wanna help blow this podcast up? GREAT! Here's how: Leave a 5 star review on the podcast app with your hot take of the show Share out the episode on your IG story tagging me @Bobbbaaaay —- Follow The Bearded Man! Instagram : @Bobbbaaaay YouTube : @BobbyHobert Twitter : @Bobbbaaaay Website : ItsTheBeardedMan.com 

Ambassadors Gaston Stronck, Mikko Hautala, and Jean-Arthur Régibeau join Andrea Kendall to discuss Russian foreign policy and the state of Russia-Europe relations. H.E. Gaston Stronck became Ambassador of Luxembourg to the United States in September 2019. He has a longstanding diplomatic and professional career spanning four decades, and previously served as Secretary general at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg from 2017 to 2019. H.E. Mikko Hautala became Ambassador of Finland to the United States in September 2020. He is a career diplomat, and previously served as Ambassador of Finland to Russia from 2016-2020. H.E. Jean-Arthur Régibeau became Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to the United States in September 2020. He joined the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1998 and previously served as the Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Armenia, Belarus, and Uzbekistan.

Since the middle of the sixteenth century, Russia has been home to a large but little-known Muslim community that stretches from the Caucasus mountains across the Volga-Ural plains to Siberia. Today, Russia’s Muslims make up between 10 and 15 percent of the overall population, between two and three times the proportion of Muslims in the European Union. In this episode of Akbar’s Chamber, we’ll trace the history of Russia’s multiethnic Muslim mosaic, from its origins and expansion under the Tsarist empire through the persecutions of the Soviet period to the religious revival of more recent decades. We’ll pay particular attention to the intellectual and spiritual traditions that found expressions in thousands of manuscripts and printed books written in languages that range from Arabic and Persian to Tatar and Kazak. Nile Green talks to Alfrid Bustanov, the author of Soviet Orientalism and the Creation of Central Asian Nations (Routledge, 2015).

In 2020, Oxford University Press published a second edition of Serhy Yekelchyk's Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford UP, 2020). This series is based on the reference format that allows to concisely present the most essential information on both generic and most recent acute issues. One will find in this addition answers to the questions pertaining to Kyivan Rus, the Cossacks, as well as the notorious Pereiaslav Treaty of 1654. In addition to this information, the book contains chapters that concisely describe both the Orange Revolution and the Euromaidan. These chapters are followed by inquiries into Russia's occupation of the Crimea and the Donbas war which is supported by the Kremlin. Yekelchyk emphasizes that the Euromaidan was, on the one hand, the Ukrainians' response to the corrupt regime which was being normalized by Yanukovych and his supporters; on the other hand, it was also a response to the turn to Russia, which Yanukovych promoted and supported: “Popular dissatisfaction with the corrupt regime had been mounting for years, but the sudden diplomatic turn from Europe to Russia was simply the last straw” (93). For the Ukrainians, “Europe” represented democratic values which were systematically violated by Russia: “‘Europe' served as a popular shorthand slogan implying democracy, rule of law, and economic opportunity—all the things ordinary citizens found lacking in Yanukovych's Ukraine” (93). Russia's aggression against Ukraine is viewed by Yekelchyk as part of Putin's ambitions to restore the mightiness of Russia—in terms of global positioning—within the traditions of both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Yekelchyk's book also contains brief inquiries into the most recent developments around the Russo-Ukrainian conflict on the international level: the evaluation of the presidency of Petro Poroshenko and his decisions during the years of the most active conflict; the investigation of the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines passenger flight; the international sanctions against Russia; the recent controversy about the Steinmeier Formula. There are sections which address the alleged meddling of the Ukrainian authorities in the 2016 presidential election in the US and the current presidency of Volodymyr Zelensky. With Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know, Serhy Yekelchyk shares his outstanding expertise that helps understand the complex overlaps and developments that shape the historical and political environment in contemporary Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2020, Oxford University Press published a second edition of Serhy Yekelchyk’s Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford UP, 2020). This series is based on the reference format that allows to concisely present the most essential information on both generic and most recent acute issues. One will find in this addition answers to the questions pertaining to Kyivan Rus, the Cossacks, as well as the notorious Pereiaslav Treaty of 1654. In addition to this information, the book contains chapters that concisely describe both the Orange Revolution and the Euromaidan. These chapters are followed by inquiries into Russia’s occupation of the Crimea and the Donbas war which is supported by the Kremlin. Yekelchyk emphasizes that the Euromaidan was, on the one hand, the Ukrainians’ response to the corrupt regime which was being normalized by Yanukovych and his supporters; on the other hand, it was also a response to the turn to Russia, which Yanukovych promoted and supported: “Popular dissatisfaction with the corrupt regime had been mounting for years, but the sudden diplomatic turn from Europe to Russia was simply the last straw” (93). For the Ukrainians, “Europe” represented democratic values which were systematically violated by Russia: “‘Europe’ served as a popular shorthand slogan implying democracy, rule of law, and economic opportunity—all the things ordinary citizens found lacking in Yanukovych’s Ukraine” (93). Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is viewed by Yekelchyk as part of Putin’s ambitions to restore the mightiness of Russia—in terms of global positioning—within the traditions of both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Yekelchyk’s book also contains brief inquiries into the most recent developments around the Russo-Ukrainian conflict on the international level: the evaluation of the presidency of Petro Poroshenko and his decisions during the years of the most active conflict; the investigation of the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines passenger flight; the international sanctions against Russia; the recent controversy about the Steinmeier Formula. There are sections which address the alleged meddling of the Ukrainian authorities in the 2016 presidential election in the US and the current presidency of Volodymyr Zelensky. With Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know, Serhy Yekelchyk shares his outstanding expertise that helps understand the complex overlaps and developments that shape the historical and political environment in contemporary Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2020, Oxford University Press published a second edition of Serhy Yekelchyk’s Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford UP, 2020). This series is based on the reference format that allows to concisely present the most essential information on both generic and most recent acute issues. One will find in this addition answers to the questions pertaining to Kyivan Rus, the Cossacks, as well as the notorious Pereiaslav Treaty of 1654. In addition to this information, the book contains chapters that concisely describe both the Orange Revolution and the Euromaidan. These chapters are followed by inquiries into Russia’s occupation of the Crimea and the Donbas war which is supported by the Kremlin. Yekelchyk emphasizes that the Euromaidan was, on the one hand, the Ukrainians’ response to the corrupt regime which was being normalized by Yanukovych and his supporters; on the other hand, it was also a response to the turn to Russia, which Yanukovych promoted and supported: “Popular dissatisfaction with the corrupt regime had been mounting for years, but the sudden diplomatic turn from Europe to Russia was simply the last straw” (93). For the Ukrainians, “Europe” represented democratic values which were systematically violated by Russia: “‘Europe’ served as a popular shorthand slogan implying democracy, rule of law, and economic opportunity—all the things ordinary citizens found lacking in Yanukovych’s Ukraine” (93). Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is viewed by Yekelchyk as part of Putin’s ambitions to restore the mightiness of Russia—in terms of global positioning—within the traditions of both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Yekelchyk’s book also contains brief inquiries into the most recent developments around the Russo-Ukrainian conflict on the international level: the evaluation of the presidency of Petro Poroshenko and his decisions during the years of the most active conflict; the investigation of the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines passenger flight; the international sanctions against Russia; the recent controversy about the Steinmeier Formula. There are sections which address the alleged meddling of the Ukrainian authorities in the 2016 presidential election in the US and the current presidency of Volodymyr Zelensky. With Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know, Serhy Yekelchyk shares his outstanding expertise that helps understand the complex overlaps and developments that shape the historical and political environment in contemporary Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2020, Oxford University Press published a second edition of Serhy Yekelchyk’s Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford UP, 2020). This series is based on the reference format that allows to concisely present the most essential information on both generic and most recent acute issues. One will find in this addition answers to the questions pertaining to Kyivan Rus, the Cossacks, as well as the notorious Pereiaslav Treaty of 1654. In addition to this information, the book contains chapters that concisely describe both the Orange Revolution and the Euromaidan. These chapters are followed by inquiries into Russia’s occupation of the Crimea and the Donbas war which is supported by the Kremlin. Yekelchyk emphasizes that the Euromaidan was, on the one hand, the Ukrainians’ response to the corrupt regime which was being normalized by Yanukovych and his supporters; on the other hand, it was also a response to the turn to Russia, which Yanukovych promoted and supported: “Popular dissatisfaction with the corrupt regime had been mounting for years, but the sudden diplomatic turn from Europe to Russia was simply the last straw” (93). For the Ukrainians, “Europe” represented democratic values which were systematically violated by Russia: “‘Europe’ served as a popular shorthand slogan implying democracy, rule of law, and economic opportunity—all the things ordinary citizens found lacking in Yanukovych’s Ukraine” (93). Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is viewed by Yekelchyk as part of Putin’s ambitions to restore the mightiness of Russia—in terms of global positioning—within the traditions of both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Yekelchyk’s book also contains brief inquiries into the most recent developments around the Russo-Ukrainian conflict on the international level: the evaluation of the presidency of Petro Poroshenko and his decisions during the years of the most active conflict; the investigation of the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines passenger flight; the international sanctions against Russia; the recent controversy about the Steinmeier Formula. There are sections which address the alleged meddling of the Ukrainian authorities in the 2016 presidential election in the US and the current presidency of Volodymyr Zelensky. With Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know, Serhy Yekelchyk shares his outstanding expertise that helps understand the complex overlaps and developments that shape the historical and political environment in contemporary Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2020, Oxford University Press published a second edition of Serhy Yekelchyk's Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford UP, 2020). This series is based on the reference format that allows to concisely present the most essential information on both generic and most recent acute issues. One will find in this addition answers to the questions pertaining to Kyivan Rus, the Cossacks, as well as the notorious Pereiaslav Treaty of 1654. In addition to this information, the book contains chapters that concisely describe both the Orange Revolution and the Euromaidan. These chapters are followed by inquiries into Russia's occupation of the Crimea and the Donbas war which is supported by the Kremlin. Yekelchyk emphasizes that the Euromaidan was, on the one hand, the Ukrainians' response to the corrupt regime which was being normalized by Yanukovych and his supporters; on the other hand, it was also a response to the turn to Russia, which Yanukovych promoted and supported: “Popular dissatisfaction with the corrupt regime had been mounting for years, but the sudden diplomatic turn from Europe to Russia was simply the last straw” (93). For the Ukrainians, “Europe” represented democratic values which were systematically violated by Russia: “‘Europe' served as a popular shorthand slogan implying democracy, rule of law, and economic opportunity—all the things ordinary citizens found lacking in Yanukovych's Ukraine” (93). Russia's aggression against Ukraine is viewed by Yekelchyk as part of Putin's ambitions to restore the mightiness of Russia—in terms of global positioning—within the traditions of both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Yekelchyk's book also contains brief inquiries into the most recent developments around the Russo-Ukrainian conflict on the international level: the evaluation of the presidency of Petro Poroshenko and his decisions during the years of the most active conflict; the investigation of the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines passenger flight; the international sanctions against Russia; the recent controversy about the Steinmeier Formula. There are sections which address the alleged meddling of the Ukrainian authorities in the 2016 presidential election in the US and the current presidency of Volodymyr Zelensky. With Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know, Serhy Yekelchyk shares his outstanding expertise that helps understand the complex overlaps and developments that shape the historical and political environment in contemporary Ukraine.

In 2020, Oxford University Press published a second edition of Serhy Yekelchyk's Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford UP, 2020). This series is based on the reference format that allows to concisely present the most essential information on both generic and most recent acute issues. One will find in this addition answers to the questions pertaining to Kyivan Rus, the Cossacks, as well as the notorious Pereiaslav Treaty of 1654. In addition to this information, the book contains chapters that concisely describe both the Orange Revolution and the Euromaidan. These chapters are followed by inquiries into Russia's occupation of the Crimea and the Donbas war which is supported by the Kremlin. Yekelchyk emphasizes that the Euromaidan was, on the one hand, the Ukrainians' response to the corrupt regime which was being normalized by Yanukovych and his supporters; on the other hand, it was also a response to the turn to Russia, which Yanukovych promoted and supported: “Popular dissatisfaction with the corrupt regime had been mounting for years, but the sudden diplomatic turn from Europe to Russia was simply the last straw” (93). For the Ukrainians, “Europe” represented democratic values which were systematically violated by Russia: “‘Europe' served as a popular shorthand slogan implying democracy, rule of law, and economic opportunity—all the things ordinary citizens found lacking in Yanukovych's Ukraine” (93). Russia's aggression against Ukraine is viewed by Yekelchyk as part of Putin's ambitions to restore the mightiness of Russia—in terms of global positioning—within the traditions of both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Yekelchyk's book also contains brief inquiries into the most recent developments around the Russo-Ukrainian conflict on the international level: the evaluation of the presidency of Petro Poroshenko and his decisions during the years of the most active conflict; the investigation of the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines passenger flight; the international sanctions against Russia; the recent controversy about the Steinmeier Formula. There are sections which address the alleged meddling of the Ukrainian authorities in the 2016 presidential election in the US and the current presidency of Volodymyr Zelensky. With Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know, Serhy Yekelchyk shares his outstanding expertise that helps understand the complex overlaps and developments that shape the historical and political environment in contemporary Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2020, Oxford University Press published a second edition of Serhy Yekelchyk’s Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford UP, 2020). This series is based on the reference format that allows to concisely present the most essential information on both generic and most recent acute issues. One will find in this addition answers to the questions pertaining to Kyivan Rus, the Cossacks, as well as the notorious Pereiaslav Treaty of 1654. In addition to this information, the book contains chapters that concisely describe both the Orange Revolution and the Euromaidan. These chapters are followed by inquiries into Russia’s occupation of the Crimea and the Donbas war which is supported by the Kremlin. Yekelchyk emphasizes that the Euromaidan was, on the one hand, the Ukrainians’ response to the corrupt regime which was being normalized by Yanukovych and his supporters; on the other hand, it was also a response to the turn to Russia, which Yanukovych promoted and supported: “Popular dissatisfaction with the corrupt regime had been mounting for years, but the sudden diplomatic turn from Europe to Russia was simply the last straw” (93). For the Ukrainians, “Europe” represented democratic values which were systematically violated by Russia: “‘Europe’ served as a popular shorthand slogan implying democracy, rule of law, and economic opportunity—all the things ordinary citizens found lacking in Yanukovych’s Ukraine” (93). Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is viewed by Yekelchyk as part of Putin’s ambitions to restore the mightiness of Russia—in terms of global positioning—within the traditions of both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Yekelchyk’s book also contains brief inquiries into the most recent developments around the Russo-Ukrainian conflict on the international level: the evaluation of the presidency of Petro Poroshenko and his decisions during the years of the most active conflict; the investigation of the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines passenger flight; the international sanctions against Russia; the recent controversy about the Steinmeier Formula. There are sections which address the alleged meddling of the Ukrainian authorities in the 2016 presidential election in the US and the current presidency of Volodymyr Zelensky. With Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know, Serhy Yekelchyk shares his outstanding expertise that helps understand the complex overlaps and developments that shape the historical and political environment in contemporary Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anti China Coalition?In previous episodes, I talked about how the USA gets its national priorities wrong, and Europe and Britain's national priorities do not include containing China. So, who else can the USA recruit to join its infamous “anti-China coalition? Let's go through the list.Apart from the EU and the United Kingdom, Russia has a very special relationship with China. Can the United States lure Russia to contain China? Let's analyze from the perspective of national priority .What is Russia's first priority? I think it is still the development of the economy. If the economy no longer grows, it will be difficult to maintain its existing political, diplomatic, and military influence, let alone expansion. The question is, can the US help Russia's economic recovery? The fact is that the United States and Russia have a competitive relationship at the economic level, such as energy, military and agricultural exports. Both the United States and Russia are direct competitors. How can the United States help Russia complete the task of economic development?. So across the world, only Europe and China can help Russia's economic recovery. However, the EU's political rejection of Russia and the United States' opposition to Russia-Europe energy cooperation will make it difficult to have more economic cooperation with the European Union.In the end, everyone will ask this question, since China has been strong for thousands of years, but has it ever expanded to conquer the Philippines or Malaysia that are so close to China? On the contrary, Indonesia, Australia and many others all became Western colonies instead of being occupied by the more powerful China. Therefore, now that the United States has stepped up the rhetoric of the China threat theory in Southeast Asia, it is actually talking to itself, because the United States views Southeast Asia in terms of the history of the European continent. What puzzles the United States is, why can South East Asian countries tolerate and accept a continuously rising China? In fact, what the United States does not know is that in the thousands of years without the United States, people have accepted a China that is dozens of times stronger than themselves, and have lived in peace for thousands of years. Now the US keeps saying that China is a "threat", people begin to doubt its sincerity and true motive.China Explained will show you that because of China's continued success in industrial upgrading, technological innovation and realizing its huge potential, it is an unstoppable process. The inevitable rise of China may feel intimidating and some simply reject it. Don't be. More importantly, we will answer the million-dollar question: how can you, as an individual or a small business owner, also profit from the rise of China ?Creating original content is hard work, your support is what keeps us going. Please donate to this channel: paypal.me/ChinaExplained

On this live Youtube Q&A, we answer quite a few questions including: 7:30 How to get your significant other to train BJJ. 13:00 How to train at home alone without being able to go to the gym. 20:00 Tips on time management. 30:40 How to stay motivated with training BJJ. 38:20 Should police be mandated to train BJJ to blue belt level 49:00 Safely returning to BJJ with the Covid pandemic 52:50 Decreasing risk of injury in BJJ 57:40 What advice would you give your “white belt self.” 1:03:00 When you realized you were going to train forever. 1:09:50 Training partner not letting go of submissions. 1:12:40 Thoughts on “Wim Hof Breathing.” 1:16:00 On-line BJJ resources. 1:20:00 Predictions for UFC 251 Usman vs. Masvidal 1:23:30 Anxiety about starting BJJ 1:27:00 Would Chewy do a seminar in Russia/Europe? 1:28:40 Being embarrassed to go back to training after a long break. 1:31:00 Recommendations for home mats. 1:33:00 Why do instructors have favorite students? 1:34:30 Most challenging part of being a coach. 1:41:40 Most unexpected and rewarding part of grappling. 1:48:30 How effective is sport jiu-jitsu for self-defense? Thanks to our podcast sponsors: Charlotte's Web CBD. Head over to www.charlottesweb.com and use the promo code Chewjitsu to get 15% off of your total purchase. Epic Roll BJJ. Check out www.epicrollbjj.com and use the promo code Chewjitsu to get 15% off of your total purchase. Check out exclusive podcast interviews and conversations, videos, and tons more at www.patreon.com/thechewjitsupodcast

To conclude our first season, Olga and Hugh talk energy security with Alissa de Carbonnel, Crisis Group’s Deputy Program Director for Europe and Central Asia. They assess who is dependent on who in the Russia-Europe relationship, the impact of energy on conflicts, what an increasingly assertive U.S. policy will achieve, and how energy prices in a COVID-19 era could affect Russia. We’ll be back in September with a brand new season. Until then, stay safe!

In this episode of the Power 3.0 podcast, featured guest Alina Polyakova discusses how authoritarian regimes have bet big on technology—including social media manipulation as well as new applications of artificial intelligence—as a tool to control political debate at home and disrupt democracy abroad. Alina Polyakova is the David M. Rubenstein Fellow in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution and an adjunct professor of European studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. She specializes in Russian foreign policy, European populism, and U.S.-Russia-Europe relations. Christopher Walker, NED vice president for studies and analysis, and Shanthi Kalathil, senior director for NED’s International Forum for Democratic Studies, cohost the conversation. The views expressed in this podcast represent the opinions and analysis of the participants and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for Democracy or its staff.  

Listen to Alexey Gromyko's talk on Russia and Europe and what to expect of their relations in a new emerging global order. Moderator: Martin Kragh

Timothy Snyder, author of the 2019 Lionel Gelber Prize shortlisted book “The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America”, speaks with Robert Steiner, Director, Fellowships in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

Day 3 in Finland, and Alex moves on to Rovaniemi Rovaniemi is the capital of Lapland, in northern Finland. Almost totally destroyed during World War II, today it’s a modern city known for being the "official" hometown of Santa Claus, and for viewing the Northern Lights. It’s home to Arktikum, a museum and science center exploring the Arctic region and the history of Finnish Lapland. The Science Centre Pilke features interactive exhibits on northern forests.Highlights:The Arktikum is a museum and science centre in Rovaniemi, Finland. Arktikum is an attraction, popular culture destination as well as a memorable venue for meetings and conferences. There is also Arktikum Café and library to serve the customers. WikipediaThe Rovaniemi City Library! The library was founded in 1860. At present, it is housed in a beautiful building completed in 1965 and planned by the architect Alvar Aalto.A visit to the modern art museum KorundiA trip with beyondarctic.com to photograph and experience the Northern Lights...or Aurora BorealisLinks:https://www.visitrovaniemi.fi/ https://beyondarctic.com www.afrankidea.com Subscribe, rate and review Travel First at any good podcatcher app, including ApplePodcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworthy), Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, CastBox.fm and more.Email: travelfirst@bitesz.comFor more, follow Travel First on Facebook, twitter, Google+ and Instagram:Facebook:  @travelfirstpodcasttwitter:   @biteszHQtravelInstagram:  www.instagram.com/biteszhqtravelGoogle+:      https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/wi0YaB If you're enjoying Travel First, please share and tell your friends. Thank you... #travel #Russia #Europe #holiday #podcast #travelfirst #stpetersburg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Day 1 in Finland (yes, Alex has relocated) and it’s straight off to Kemi...Santa’s Port.Kemi is a town on Bothnian Bay in Lapland, Finland. It’s known for the massive Sampo icebreaker, a giant ship built to ply the Arctic waters. At Kemi’s harbor is the SnowCastle, a seasonal carved-ice complex. Kemi Lutheran Church is a Gothic Revival structure with an ornate, red-brick exterior. To the north, Bothnian Bay National Park has old fishing huts, rare plants and abundant birds, including Arctic terns.For more, visit: http://www.experience365.fi/ Subscribe, rate and review Travel First at any good podcatcher app, including ApplePodcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworthy), Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, CastBox.fm and more.Email: travelfirst@bitesz.comFor more, follow Travel First on Facebook, twitter, Google+ and Instagram:Facebook:  @travelfirstpodcasttwitter:   @biteszHQtravelInstagram:  www.instagram.com/biteszhqtravelGoogle+:      https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/wi0YaB If you're enjoying Travel First, please share and tell your friends. Thank you... #travel #Russia #Europe #holiday #podcast #travelfirst #finland #kemi #santa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Day 4 (and the final one) in St Petersburg...and it’s an Uber ride to visit the opulent Catherine Palace, Pushkin.The Catherine Palace is a Rococo palace located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo, 30 km south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars. WikipediaSubscribe, rate and review Travel First at any good podcatcher app, including ApplePodcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworthy), Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, CastBox.fm and more.Email: travelfirst@bitesz.comFor more, follow Travel First on Facebook, twitter, Google+ and Instagram:Facebook:  @travelfirstpodcasttwitter:   @biteszHQtravelInstagram:  www.instagram.com/biteszhqtravelGoogle+:      https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/wi0YaB If you're enjoying Travel First, please share and tell your friends. Thank you... #travel #Russia #Europe #holiday #podcast #travelfirst #stpetersburg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Day 3 in St Petersburg...and on foot again covering 20 plus Kms in the day.Highlights of the day include:The Moika Palace or Yusupov Palace was once the primary residence in St. Petersburg, Russia of the House of Yusupov. The building was the site of Grigori Rasputin's murder in the early morning of December 17, 1916.Wikipedia                                   Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral in the city. It is the largest orthodox basilica and the fourth largest cathedral in the world. WikipediaThe Bronze Horseman is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Commissioned by Catherine the Great, it was created by the French sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet. WikipediaThe Admiralty building is the former headquarters of the Admiralty Board and the Imperial Russian Navy in St. Petersburg, Russia and the current headquarters of the Russian Navy. WikipediaSmolny Convent or Smolny Convent of the Resurrection, located on Ploschad Rastrelli, on the bank of the River Neva in Saint Petersburg, Russia, consists of a cathedral and a complex of buildings surrounding it, originally intended for a convent. WikipediaSubscribe, rate and review Travel First at any good podcatcher app, including ApplePodcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworthy), Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, CastBox.fm and more.Email: travelfirst@bitesz.comFor more, follow Travel First on Facebook, twitter, Google+ and Instagram:Facebook:  @travelfirstpodcasttwitter:   @biteszHQtravelInstagram:  www.instagram.com/biteszhqtravelGoogle+:      https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/wi0YaB If you're enjoying Travel First, please share and tell your friends. Thank you... #travel #Russia #Europe #holiday #podcast #travelfirst #stpetersburg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Day 2 in St Petersburg...and it's New Years Day 2019 so all public buildings are closed.Alex takes to foot to see what he can find.Highlights of the day include:The Grand Choral Synagogue of St. Petersburg is the third largest synagogue in Europe. It was built between 1880 and 1888, and consecrated in December 1893. The Synagogue is located at 2 Lermontovskii Prospekt, St. Petersburg, Russia. The Chief Rabbi of St. Petersburg is Menachem Mendel Pewzner. Wikipedia                                      New Holland Island is a historic triangular artificial island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, dating from the 18th century. WikipediaSubscribe, rate and review Travel First at any good podcatcher app, including ApplePodcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworthy), Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, CastBox.fm and more.Email: travelfirst@bitesz.comFor more, follow Travel First on Facebook, twitter, Google+ and Instagram:Facebook:  @travelfirstpodcasttwitter:   @biteszHQtravelInstagram:  www.instagram.com/biteszhqtravelGoogle+:      https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/wi0YaB If you're enjoying Travel First, please share and tell your friends. Thank you... #travel #Russia #Europe #holiday #podcast #travelfirst #stpetersburg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Academy Securities presents Major General James "Spider" Marks, Rachel Washburn, and Head of Macro Strategy Peter Tchir.  Spider shares his view on the current situation in Ukraine and how it plays a part in the relationship between Russia & Europe.     Peter also shares his thoghts on SOFR bonds vs LIBOR bonds.

Perhaps America's most esteemed Central and Eastern European historian and academic, Timothy Snyder is the author of the no. 1 bestseller On Tyranny, Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning, Wall Around the West, and an impressive array of other books, articles, and essays about that continent's contentious and complicated past. His many honors include the Hannah Arendt Prize, the literature award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding. He is the Housum Professor of History at Yale, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. The Road to Unfreedom maps authoritarianism's rapid and alarming resurgence from Putin's Russia west toward the bastions of liberal democracy. Watch the video here. (recorded 4/9/2018)

Host Aroop Mukharji interviews Dr. Mary Elise Sarotte, Kravis Professor of Historical Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS, about the end of the Cold War, US-Europe relations, Putin's strategic calculus, and chocolate.

A book talk by Yale history professor, Timothy Snyder, on "The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America."

A book talk by Yale history professor, Timothy Snyder, on "The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America."

A book talk by Yale history professor, Timothy Snyder, on "The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America."

A book talk by Yale history professor, Timothy Snyder, on "The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America."

WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with Yale Professor and Author Timothy Snyder. Alan speaks with Professor Snyder about his new book The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America. Image Credit: Timothy Snyder on Twitter  

Tensions between Putin’s Kremlin and the UK are peaking following the 4 March nerve agent attack on Sergey Skripal in Salisbury, England; whilst Putin’s election victory heralds an anticipated broad continuation of existing trends. In this podcast, we look at how these two events have shaped the security and operating environment in Russia, and impacted our global outlook. Key points include: Analysis of the elections and the meaning of Putin’s victory. The threat to UK and Western firms operating in Russia following the Skripal attack, in particular to longstanding challenges associated with operating in Russia. The long term outlook We hope you enjoy the podcast and welcome questions and feedback. Please get in touch at info@sibylline.co.uk  

Alex’s travels continue as he moves to St Petersburg,  Russia...Day 1  St. Petersburg is a Russian port city on the Baltic Sea. It was the imperial capital for 2 centuries, having been founded in 1703 by Peter the Great, subject of the city's iconic “Bronze Horseman” statue. It remains Russia's cultural center, with venues such as the Mariinsky Theatre hosting opera and ballet, and the State Russian Museum showcasing Russian art, from Orthodox icon paintings to Kandinsky works. - Google For more visit: www.discoveryrussia.com.au                        www.hermitagemuseum.org Subscribe, rate and review Travel First at any good podcatcher app, including ApplePodcasts (formerly iTunes) (featured in New & Noteworthy), audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, CastBox.fm and more. Email: travelfirst@bitesz.com For more, follow Travel First on Facebook, twitter, Google+ and Instagram: Facebook: @travelfirstpodcast twitter: @biteszHQtravel Instagram: www.instagram.com/biteszhqtravel Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2/collection/wi0YaB If you're enjoying Travel First, please share and tell your friends. Thank you... #travel #stpetersburg #Russia #Europe #holiday #podcast #travelfirst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rob Black talks to Market Analyst about Economy, Russia, Europe, Housing and moreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rob Black talks to Market Analyst about Economy, Russia, Europe, Housing and more

Richard Weitz, Andrew C. Kuchins, Julie Smith and Richard Fontaine make up the panel that discussed the implications of the Ukraine Crisis on the relations between Russia, Europe and America.

Richard Weitz, Andrew C. Kuchins, Julie Smith and Richard Fontaine make up the panel that discussed the implications of the Ukraine Crisis on the relations between Russia, Europe and America.

The economic, military and political challenges for the new administration and for each of us as citizens are enormous. Explore the discussions and debates from the 2009 Annual Conference that reveal the key global issues to be addressed at this historical moment.