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Ilia Topuria opens up about mindset, war, legacy, and leadership. He reacts to Khabib, calls out Paddy Pimblett, reflects on trauma from the Russia-Georgia conflict, and explains why discipline, faith, and focus guide his path—inside the octagon and beyond.

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This week on International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey interviews Bertrand Ramcharan, former top UN diplomat and author of the recent book, The UN Security Council and Its Protective Function (Melrose Legal Publishers, 2024). Ramcharan describes the many instances in which the UN Secretaries-General worked discreetly to secure peace agreements in conflicts such as the Iran-Iraq war, the Cuban missile crisis, and the Russia-Georgia territorial dispute. He argues that these mediations followed three specific strategies: discreet diplomacy, patience, and waiting for the ripeness of conflicts, through which Secretaries-General have deployed their good offices. Ramcharan also proposes using previously successful approaches to address the current conflicts in Middle East, Ukraine, and Sudan, which involve working with Great Powers instead of lecturing them and appointing envoys whose prestige may enhance the credibility of the UN and facilitate conflict resolution. 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

This week on International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey interviews Bertrand Ramcharan, former top UN diplomat and author of the recent book, The UN Security Council and Its Protective Function (Melrose Legal Publishers, 2024). Ramcharan describes the many instances in which the UN Secretaries-General worked discreetly to secure peace agreements in conflicts such as the Iran-Iraq war, the Cuban missile crisis, and the Russia-Georgia territorial dispute. He argues that these mediations followed three specific strategies: discreet diplomacy, patience, and waiting for the ripeness of conflicts, through which Secretaries-General have deployed their good offices. Ramcharan also proposes using previously successful approaches to address the current conflicts in Middle East, Ukraine, and Sudan, which involve working with Great Powers instead of lecturing them and appointing envoys whose prestige may enhance the credibility of the UN and facilitate conflict resolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

This week on International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey interviews Bertrand Ramcharan, former top UN diplomat and author of the recent book, The UN Security Council and Its Protective Function (Melrose Legal Publishers, 2024). Ramcharan describes the many instances in which the UN Secretaries-General worked discreetly to secure peace agreements in conflicts such as the Iran-Iraq war, the Cuban missile crisis, and the Russia-Georgia territorial dispute. He argues that these mediations followed three specific strategies: discreet diplomacy, patience, and waiting for the ripeness of conflicts, through which Secretaries-General have deployed their good offices. Ramcharan also proposes using previously successful approaches to address the current conflicts in Middle East, Ukraine, and Sudan, which involve working with Great Powers instead of lecturing them and appointing envoys whose prestige may enhance the credibility of the UN and facilitate conflict resolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

This week on International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey interviews Bertrand Ramcharan, former top UN diplomat and author of the recent book, The UN Security Council and Its Protective Function (Melrose Legal Publishers, 2024). Ramcharan describes the many instances in which the UN Secretaries-General worked discreetly to secure peace agreements in conflicts such as the Iran-Iraq war, the Cuban missile crisis, and the Russia-Georgia territorial dispute. He argues that these mediations followed three specific strategies: discreet diplomacy, patience, and waiting for the ripeness of conflicts, through which Secretaries-General have deployed their good offices. Ramcharan also proposes using previously successful approaches to address the current conflicts in Middle East, Ukraine, and Sudan, which involve working with Great Powers instead of lecturing them and appointing envoys whose prestige may enhance the credibility of the UN and facilitate conflict resolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey interviews Bertrand Ramcharan, former top UN diplomat and author of the recent book, The UN Security Council and Its Protective Function (Melrose Legal Publishers, 2024). Ramcharan describes the many instances in which the UN Secretaries-General worked discreetly to secure peace agreements in conflicts such as the Iran-Iraq war, the Cuban missile crisis, and the Russia-Georgia territorial dispute. He argues that these mediations followed three specific strategies: discreet diplomacy, patience, and waiting for the ripeness of conflicts, through which Secretaries-General have deployed their good offices. Ramcharan also proposes using previously successful approaches to address the current conflicts in Middle East, Ukraine, and Sudan, which involve working with Great Powers instead of lecturing them and appointing envoys whose prestige may enhance the credibility of the UN and facilitate conflict resolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host: Tracy Shuchart for MicDropMarketsGuests: Eric Basmajian and Albert MarkoEric BasmajianEric is an economic cycle analyst and the founder of EPB Research, a firm providing research on the long-term and short-term factors influencing the US Business Cycle. EPB Research primarily works with institutional investors and corporate management teams of cyclical industries, including manufacturing, construction, and residential real estate.Eric is a patient advocate and board member of the FibroFighters Foundation, patient-centric advocacy and education organization dedicated to helping patients and caregivers affected by Fibrolamellar CarcinomaAlbert MarkoAlbert Marko began work in foreign affairs in Europe as a political consultant for multiple political parties. Spending 10 years in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus, including Georgia during the Russia-Georgia war, he was a registered defense broker for the State Department DDTC, specializing in procuring Russian equipment. Since returning from Europe to Washington, he has consulted with many U.S. Members of Congress in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Appropriations Committee and other legislative outfits on Capitol Hill, specifically who deal with international relations along with working groups on geopolitical risk events, campaign strategies. He is currently a political economic consultant for hedge funds financial firms in helping navigate the US political and financial process.DISCLAIMER: This material is presented solely for informational and entertainment purposes and is not to be construed as a recommendation, solicitation, or an offer to buy or sell / long or short any securities, commodities, or any related financial instruments. Please contact a licensed professional before making any investment or trading decisions

Jay and Mark discuss the 2011 action film 5 Days of War. Directed by Renny Harlin, and starring Rupert Friend, Richard Coyle and a very important memory card, the movie focuses on the 2007 Russia-Georgia conflict. In this episode, they also talk about Val “bathtub” Kilmer, real-looking beer, and Rupert Friend's Letterboxd account? Enjoy!

State Universities against Zourabichvili, Russia-Georgia tourism dialogue, Natsebi exodus, International Volunteer Day, Christmas tree in Tbilisi, and more! Thanks for tuning in!Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at georgia@rorshok.com. You can also contact us through Instagram @Rorshok__georgia or Twitter @RorshokGeorgia or Mastodon @georgia@rorshok.socialLike what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds.Our website: https://rorshok.com/Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link:https://bit.ly/rorshok-donateOops! It looks like we made a mistake.In 8:31, the reader should have said "Mother's Garden."Sorry for the inconvenience!

I'm safely in Kyiv, met local journalists, will be on my way to the front tomorrow. In this episode, we look at the absolute mess that is Russian mobilisation, I try to explain how Kremlin's trying to salvage the situation and some fun messages from the escaping guys, stuck on the Russia-Georgia border.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Khatuna Mshvidobadze is a Professorial Lecturer of Cybersecurity at the George Washington University and Adjunct Professor of Cyber Security at Champlain College. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Rondeli Foundation in Tbilisi, Georgia. Earlier, she developed and taught cyber security courses for M.S. and M.P.S. programs at Utica College. She has been Deputy Director of the Information Center on NATO in Georgia and Adviser to the Office of the Minister of Defense of Georgia. Her articles have appeared in Georgian and in English, including in Defense News, Jane's Defense Weekly, US News & World Report, Jane's Foreign Report, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and more.  She has presented topics on cyber threats at different venues inside and outside of the country: The Office of the Secretary of Defense, US Department of Defense, FBI Headquarters and field offices, Department of Justice, Defense Intelligence Agency, U.S. Healthcare Sector Coordinating Council, Mitre Corporation, Raytheon BBN Technologies, NATO and EU events. She has also been a speaker at TEDx, DefCon and RSA conferences and more. In this podcast, Dr. Khatuna Mshvidobadze traces the history of Russian information warfare doctrine, and its subset of cyber warfare, operating under an umbrella of “an integrated system of systems”. Through examples such as the Russia-Georgia conflict of 2008 and Ukraine critical infrastructure disruptions of 2015/2016 – she elaborates how the doctrine evolved, from its foundation days in the 1970s, rooted in the military writings of Nikolai Ogarkov, then Chief of the Soviet General Staff, to today. Laying out how the cyber troops units are structured under Russia's military and intelligence organizations, the GRU (Military Intelligence Directorate), Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), and Federal Security Service (FSB), she points out how they carried out the cyber intrusions, using such tactics as phishing and remote desktop protocols exploitations. Besides state sponsored cyber-attacks, she also notes the wave of ransomware attacks launched by Russian criminal groups such as REvil and Ryuk during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Mshvidobadze highlighted how outsourcing is a key element in carrying out the attacks, where criminal groups work with Russian threat actor groups, and sometimes across national borders. One example is the information warfare campaigns prevalent during the current Russia-Ukraine conflict carried out by “GhostWriter”, which has alleged ties to Belarus, a Russian ally. Referencing the recent supply chain attacks such as the SolarWinds and Kaseya incidents by Russian groups, she advises cyber defenders to step up defensive measures on critical infrastructure, re-assess supply chains, and build threat intelligence into cybersecurity frameworks. Recorded with Jane Lo, Singapore Correspondent, Wednesday 27th April 2022 1pm (Italy)/ 7pm (Singapore)

On this episode, we have a discussion with political geographer Dr. Gerard Toal about the 2008 August War that embroiled Georgia, Russia and South Ossetia in conflict, along with the contingencies and background that led to the fighting and what this event can tell us or not tell us about Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Dr. Toal wrote a book in 2016 entitled "Near Abroad: Putin, The West and the Contest Over Ukraine and The Caucasus" - here's a description of the book below: "Before Russia invaded Ukraine, it invaded Georgia. Both states are part of Russia's "near abroad"--newly independent states that were once part of the Soviet Union and are now Russia's neighbors. While the Russia-Georgia war of 2008 faded from the headlines in the wake of the global recession, the geopolitical contest that created it did not. In Near Abroad, Gerard Toal moves beyond the polemical rhetoric that surrounds Russia's interventions in Georgia and Ukraine to study the underlying territorial conflicts and geopolitical struggles. Central to understanding are legacies of the Soviet Union collapse: unresolved territorial issues, weak states and a conflicted geopolitical culture in Russia over the new territorial order. Toal explains the road to invasion and war in Georgia and Ukraine, thereafter, and provides an account of real life geopolitics, one that emphasizes changing spatial relationships, geopolitical cultures and the power of media images. Not only a penetrating analysis of Russia's relationships with its regional neighbors, Near Abroad also offers an analysis of how US geopolitical culture frequently fails to fully understand Russia and the geopolitical archipelago of dependencies in its near abroad.

Vladimir Putin wanted to keep NATO far from Ukraine, but what Russia's attack on Ukraine seems to have done is united the West against Moscow like never before. Putin's deadly gambit has resulted in a revival of NATO and the European Union as global players. The EU had struggled with internal disputes, but the bloc has been jolted into unified conviction and action, and now, in addition to Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia have applied for EU membership. Kosovo has aslo signalled its intention to join. Similarly, a year ago NATO was struggling with relevance and funding, but the transatlantic military alliance has found renewed purpose, direction and strength. And countries like Sweden and Finland are for the first warming to the idea of joining. Guests: Sergey Utkin Russian government adviser Tengiz khaladze Former Adviser to the President of Georgia Matthew Bryza Former US diplomat who mediated the Russia-Georgia war

What does it take to scale European Amazon sellers? How does language play a part in expanding businesses in Europe? Find out in today's podcast. Augustas will have different events in 4 countries Augustas wants to bring sellers together which is much harder to do in Europe.  Every country has its own culture and gets isolated, especially European Amazon sellers. Rumanian sellers communicate with Rumanians; Lithuanians with others etc.  Most Europeans are excited to meet other nationalities.  You find different perspectives on how people see the same thing.  Different perspectives on the same thing from different nationalities For example, in China - big learning -visiting China for 3 weeks 20 years ago. In Europe we say “round table” - if a Chinese person looks at it - it’s an “Ellipse”. From the side, it is an eclipse.  What are your experiences between British sellers and other countries? Multiple languages Brits often have a disadvantage as they are mono-lingual. Even Germans tend to speak German and English.  It opens up information that is shared among those people for European Amazon sellers.  Even if you don’t speak German and sell in Germany - you’re going to need to hire a translator.  Recently Augustas was organising an event in Israel - and he didn’t realise how hard it would be to organise! He was relying on the business partner for marketing. He couldn’t read any of the Hebrew.  There weren’t systems in place to translate quickly and easily for European Amazon sellers.  Central & Eastern European experience as Amazon sellers Especially Central and Eastern Europe, he holds lots of events in Russia - Georgia in a few weeks. Ukraine is more known in the Russian community.  They tend to go for less expensive services, they are more geared to keep cheap in Western Europe. Photographer in Lithuania Lithuanian Amazon sellers run away when he tells them the price.  They think it should be €200-300, not €700  Trends - seller behaviour Eg selling in The USA? European marketplaces?  Augustas’s Story as an entrepreneur - background He was a programmer who went into the Amazon industry Not native English speaker - got known with virtual summits Now does live events.  Events (English language)  Augustas jumped into the arena about 3 years ago and has done 6 virtual summits. In 2019, he started doing live events.  He’s done several events so far:  He has done one event in Prague - for European ones “European Seller Conference.”  One in Israel - Sellerfest -for local sellers. He has also done one event in Lithuania - Sellerfest  Uses the same event name for multiple countries.  Topics Lithuania is serving different market segments: Some intermediate sellers;  However, the PPC Congress in Oct 3,4 in Amsterdam will be only talking about Amazon advertising.  This will be the first of its kind. There are conferences around Google ads etc. but not yet Amazon advertising. Hopefully he will attract some agencies who help a lot of Amazon sellers.  Augustas is looking to serve 3 types of companies: Amazon sellers, agencies, software.  He’s bringing interesting speakers who will talk about PPC strategies; but he’ll also have a slot for sharing experience in running an agency Liran Hirschkorn, Danny McMillan.   Speakers Brian Johnson, Liz Martin Adamson (known in the advertising industry) Then less-known names but Augustas always asked friends about their opinion.  He’s also serving different regions - 10 speakers in Israel. In Lithuania, he’s bringing in 14 speakers from 9 different countries.  Organising events What are the pros and cons of doing this? Augustas is trying to help people first of all. It’s not driven by Monday.  March 2019 Prague - mentally he prepared 2 years in advance.  There were 8-9 months of planning for this.  Augustas’s first thought - creating an event or a conference. 

What does it take to scale European Amazon sellers? How does language play a part in expanding businesses in Europe? Find out in today's podcast. Augustas will have different events in 4 countries Augustas wants to bring sellers together which is much harder to do in Europe. Every country has its own culture and gets isolated, especially European Amazon sellers. Rumanian sellers communicate with Rumanians; Lithuanians with others etc. Most Europeans are excited to meet other nationalities. You find different perspectives on how people see the same thing. Different perspectives on the same thing from different nationalities For example, in China - big learning -visiting China for 3 weeks 20 years ago. In Europe we say “round table” - if a Chinese person looks at it - it's an “Ellipse”. From the side, it is an eclipse. What are your experiences between British sellers and other countries? Multiple languages Brits often have a disadvantage as they are mono-lingual. Even Germans tend to speak German and English. It opens up information that is shared among those people for European Amazon sellers. Even if you don't speak German and sell in Germany - you're going to need to hire a translator. Recently Augustas was organising an event in Israel - and he didn't realise how hard it would be to organise! He was relying on the business partner for marketing. He couldn't read any of the Hebrew. There weren't systems in place to translate quickly and easily for European Amazon sellers. Central & Eastern European experience as Amazon sellers Especially Central and Eastern Europe, he holds lots of events in Russia - Georgia in a few weeks. Ukraine is more known in the Russian community. They tend to go for less expensive services, they are more geared to keep cheap in Western Europe. Photographer in Lithuania Lithuanian Amazon sellers run away when he tells them the price. They think it should be €200-300, not €700 Trends - seller behaviour Eg selling in The USA? European marketplaces? Augustas's Story as an entrepreneur - background He was a programmer who went into the Amazon industry Not native English speaker - got known with virtual summits Now does live events. Events (English language)  Augustas jumped into the arena about 3 years ago and has done 6 virtual summits. In 2019, he started doing live events. He's done several events so far: He has done one event in Prague - for European ones “European Seller Conference.” One in Israel - Sellerfest -for local sellers. He has also done one event in Lithuania - Sellerfest Uses the same event name for multiple countries.  Topics Lithuania is serving different market segments: Some intermediate sellers; However, the PPC Congress in Oct 3,4 in Amsterdam will be only talking about Amazon advertising. This will be the first of its kind. There are conferences around Google ads etc. but not yet Amazon advertising. Hopefully he will attract some agencies who help a lot of Amazon sellers. Augustas is looking to serve 3 types of companies: Amazon sellers, agencies, software. He's bringing interesting speakers who will talk about PPC strategies; but he'll also have a slot for sharing experience in running an agency Liran Hirschkorn, Danny McMillan. Speakers Brian Johnson, Liz Martin Adamson (known in the advertising industry) Then less-known names but Augustas always asked friends about their opinion. He's also serving different regions - 10 speakers in Israel. In Lithuania, he's bringing in 14 speakers from 9 different countries. Organising events What are the pros and cons of doing this? Augustas is trying to help people first of all. It's not driven by Monday. March 2019 Prague - mentally he prepared 2 years in advance. There were 8-9 months of planning for this. Augustas's first thought - creating an event or a conference. But every event has 200 microtasks!

First: Derek Scally on the harshening of political rhetoric emanating from Bavaria, and in particular its ruling party the CSU. Later: Dan McLaughlin looks back at the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. What caused it, how did it play out, and what did it symbolise?

Rena Effendi is an Azerbaijani photographer, born in the capital, Baku, whose work focuses on issues of post-conflict society, social justice, and the oil industry’s effect on people and the environment. Rena, as she puts it herself, spent half her childhood in one country and the rest in another, growing up during the war, political instability, and economic collapse that marked Azerbaijan's path to post-Soviet independence. From 2002 to 2008, Rena followed a 1,700-kilometer oil pipeline through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey collecting stories along the way and documenting the impact this multibillion-dollar project had on impoverished farmers, fishermen, and other ordinary citizens. This six-year journey became her first book Pipe Dreams: A Chronicle of Lives Along the Pipeline, published in 2009. The project received numerous awards, including a Getty Images Editorial Grant, a Fifty Crows International Fund Award, a Magnum Foundation Caucasus Photographer Award, and a Mario Giacomelli Memorial Fund Award.  In 2012, Rena published her second monograph Liquid Land. The book presents a lyrical narrative, exploring themes of fragility and environmental decay, in which her images of communities living dangerously among the oil spills and industrial ruin of Baku and the rest of the Absheron Peninsula are paired with photographs of some of the 30,000 moths and butterflies collected from across the the Soviet Union by her father, Rustam Effendi, a dissident scientist and entomologist who devoted his life to lepidopterology - the study of these beautiful insects.  Over the past 10 years, Rena has covered stories across the post-Soviet region, as well as in Turkey and Iran, including the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict, female victims of heroin and sex trafficking in Kyrgyzstan, and the hidden lives of youth in Tehran. In 2011, she received the Prince Claus Fund Award for Cultural Development and in 2012, Rena was short-listed for the Prix-Pictet Global Award for Photography and Sustainability, for her series documenting life of the survivors of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and in 2014 won 2nd and 3rd places in Observed Portrait Stories and Observed Potrait Singles categories of the World Press Photo Contest. Rena's work has featured in publications such as the International Herald Tribune, Newsweek, The Financial Times, Time Magazine, and National Geographic. She is represented by National Geographic Creative and ILEX Gallery and is currently based in Istanbul, Turkey.

At this Open Society forum, speakers discuss their recommendations for U.S. policy for Georgia in the aftermath of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. Speakers: Alexander Cooley, Lincoln Mitchell, Fiona Hill, Anthony Richter. (Recorded: September 27, 2010)

Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad’s record in one of the most turbulent periods in US foreign policy has earned him broad respect throughout the world. Serving as the 26th United States Ambassador to the United Nations, he dealt with global issues during one of the most challenging periods in our history, including the recent Russia-Georgia conflict and the Mumbai terror attacks. The highest-ranking Muslim to serve in the US government, he has been the US Ambassador to both Afghanistan and Iraq, where he played a significant role in facilitating both countries’ constitutions, elections and formation of government. With first-hand knowledge and experience from these diplomatic positions, Ambassador Khalilzad provides an insider perspective on Afghanistan and Pakistan as the United States becomes more engaged in this region, as well as what must be done to reach peace in the entire Middle East.

Martin Luther King believed in choosing non-violence to deal with a variety of conflicts. Is non-violence always an option? At what point is violence a choice? Currently we are dealing with America/Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Russia/Georgia, and we are still dealing with racial conflicts, domestic violence, and child abuse. Violence is perpetuated on micro and macro levels in our society. How do we teach our children about conflict resolution? What can we do to stop the assault? SPECIAL GUEST: Betsy Raasch-Gilman from Training for Change, a non profit helping groups stand up for justice, peace and the environment through strategic non-violence. www.trainingforchange.org

An epic "new world vs old world" confrontation makes the august edition of The Phileas Club a memorable one. With only two panelists this time, Scott Johnson (from Utah) gets a chance to show his serious side when we tackle topics like the Russia / Georgia issue, the Beijing Olympics, the deaths of French soldiers in Afghanistan and more. They also talk about the Mormon "condition", drug enhanced cyber athletes and kids with a heightened sense of smell.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Liberals were a step slow reacting to the Russia-Georgia conflict. Plus, critically acclaimed novelist Aleksandar Sasha Hemon, of "The Lazarus Project," on building bridges between artists and activists, and on Russia's agenda.

Wealth coach and best-selling author William R. Patterson appears on CBS Radio Talk 1580 to discuss the best wealth-building strategies in the midst of global conflict and struggling world economies. For more information, visit http://www.baronseries.com/coaching.htm. Show topics: (1) The economic impact of Russia-Georgia conflict on consumers and investors (2) The best places for your money with inflation at a 17-year high (3) How to profit from the recent drop in oil prices and save up $500 a year on gas (4) How the proposed Republican and Democratic economic plans will affect your personal finances and business (5) Emerging market opportunities for savvy investors