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In this episode, Merete, Joanna, and Sirte Pihlaja discuss the evolving landscape of customer experience (CX) and the significant role of artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping it. Sirte, known as the 'AI whisperer', shares insights on how AI can enhance customer and employee experiences, emphasizing the need for a human-centric approach. The conversation explores the concept of 'machine customers' and their implications for businesses, highlighting the necessity for companies to adapt their strategies to accommodate these digital entities. The episode also touches on the importance of creativity in CX and the ongoing efforts to grow the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA) in Finland. In this conversation, Sirte Pihlaja discusses the transformative impact of AI on customer service, emphasizing the need for businesses to adapt to AI-driven customer interactions. She highlights the importance of creating effective digital assistants and leveraging AI for customer insights, while also addressing the role of AI in promoting inclusivity and accessibility. The discussion culminates in reflections on achievements in customer experience and the collaborative efforts to enhance human connections through technology.Read more about Sirte and her work on the following links: Website:www.shirute.fi/enYou can follow Sirte on social media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sirte I Follow me on LinkedInInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sirteaceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shiruteInterested in AI, Agentic AI, Machine Customers, Digital Assistants and AI Twins?:www.machinecustomers.fi I www.koneasiakkaat.fi (Digital Assistants Experience Report)www.aiexperience.fi (The AI Experience Podcast)Talk with my AI Twin (Sirte AI)bit.ly/cx5book (The CX5 Book)CX and CEM Benchmark:www.shirute.fi/en/cemwww.cxmasterclass.fibit.ly/cx3book (The CX3 Book)LEGO Serious Play & Creativity:www.cxplay.fi I www.tosileikki.fibit.ly/cx2book (The CX2 Book)

Why You Can't-Miss This EpisodeDive into the fascinating future of customer interactions as Sirte Pihlaja discusses the rise of machine customers and digital assistants. Discover how this emerging technology will revolutionize customer experiences, reshape industries, and create a new era of business opportunities. This episode is your guide if you want to stay ahead in CX.About the GuestSirte Pihlaja is the CEO and Customer Experience Optimiser of Shirute, the first customer experience agency in Finland. She is also heading the activities of the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA) in Finland. Sirte is an internationally known expert in her field, a trainer, designer, and strategist with over 25 years of experience in advising large domestic and international corporations and brands in different industries (e.g., Elisa, Arabia, Fiskars, Hackman, Iittala, Marimekko, Nokia, Nordea, Rovio, S-Group, TeliaSonera, Veikkaus, VR and Finnish Broadcasting Company).Sirte delivers creative solutions in customer experience research and experience design, customer experience management, data-driven business, the voice of customer and reputation management, and concretizing solutions through multi-channel service design.Relevant Linkshttps://linkedin.com/in/sirte https://www.shirute.fi/en https://www.machinecustomers.fi The Top 3 Key LearningsMachine Customers Are the Future: Autonomous digital assistants are evolving rapidly, offering businesses a unique opportunity to innovate and engage with a growing market segment.Empathy Meets Automation: While human connections remain essential, companies must also adapt to machine interactions that prioritize efficiency and convenience.Prepare for Hyper-Personalization: The rise of machine customers will demand tailored customer journeys and proactive, AI-driven solutions.Chapters00:00 Introduction and Guest Presentation 04:18 Exploring the Concept of Machine Customers 06:24 Practical Examples and Uses of Digital Assistants 09:12 Creating and Utilizing Digital Assistants 13:12 Challenges and Opportunities for Companies 23:26 Future of Machine Customers and AI 27:38 Conclusion and Contact InformationKeywordsmachine customers, digital assistants, customer experience, CX innovation, autonomous systems, generative AI, hyper-personalization, customer journeys, CX strategy, future of CX, AI in CX, empathy in CX, AI tools, proactive solutions, digital transformationFinal NoteThank you for tuning into the CX Goalkeeper Podcast! If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, share, and leave a review. Stay connected for more insightful discussions:Podcast PageApple PodcastSpotifyYouTubeFeedback is always welcome—don't hesitate to reach out and share your thoughts!

Este verão o Expresso recupera o melhor do primeiro semestre de 2024: oiça aqui o podcast de Pedro Coelho sobre Ricardo Salgado e a queda do BES. Se não fossem o petróleo e o gás líbios, se não fossem as riquezas naturais do feudo de Kadafi, que o ditador controlava e geria a seu belo gosto e prazer, as marcas das 270 mortes, provocadas pelo atentado ao avião da Pan Am, em 1988, essas marcas jamais teriam sido apagadas. Em Portugal, o primeiro-ministro Durão Barroso abriu a porta. José Sócrates, assim que tomou o poder, em 2005, escancarou-a. Em menos de cinco anos, o primeiro-ministro português visitou a Líbia quatro vezes. Certamente discreto, como convém aos que gostam de passar pelos filtros do poder, silenciosamente e sem atrito, lá estava Ricardo Salgado. O banqueiro integrou a comitiva na segunda visita oficial de José Sócrates à Líbia. E essa presença discreta terá servido de primeiro empurrão para que o banqueiro do regime se deixasse tentar pelos milhões que brotavam de tão extravagante geografia. Oiça aqui o quarto episódio da Agenda de Ricardo Salgado, um podcast sobre 2268 dias de vida do velho banqueiro, originalmente publicado a 28 de maio de 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Under Muammar Gaddfi we were told Libyans were subject to a Hitlarian dictator that threatened the Western way of life and democracy. So, the Western powers killed him. But, were we told the whole story? What is the truth? Was life better for Libyans under Gaddafi or was he as advertised? The lessons once again are wide and broad and the usual suspects are invloved.Email us at: downtherh@protonmail.com

Se não fossem o petróleo e o gás líbios, se não fossem as riquezas naturais do feudo de Kadafi, que o ditador controlava e geria a seu belo gosto e prazer, as marcas das 270 mortes, provocadas pelo atentado ao avião da Pan Am, em 1988, essas marcas jamais teriam sido apagadas. Em Portugal, o primeiro-ministro Durão Barroso abriu a porta. José Sócrates, assim que tomou o poder, em 2005, escancarou-a. Em menos de cinco anos, o primeiro-ministro português visitou a Líbia quatro vezes. Certamente discreto, como convém aos que gostam de passar pelos filtros do poder, silenciosamente e sem atrito, lá estava Ricardo Salgado. O banqueiro integrou a comitiva na segunda visita oficial de José Sócrates à Líbia. E essa presença discreta terá servido de primeiro empurrão para que o banqueiro do regime se deixasse tentar pelos milhões que brotavam de tão extravagante geografia. Oiça aqui o quarto episódio da Agenda de Ricardo Salgado, um podcast sobre 2268 dias de vida do velho banqueiro.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brittany Brown, Acting Assistant to the Administrator of USAID's Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization, joins Mike Shanley to discuss the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI). OTI has been an ongoing effort for 30 years, and Brittany shares some of their successes with working in other countries. Localization is a large aspect of the work that OTI is focused on, by working with local partners and change makers to ensure that everyone has a buy-in on the project a grant is funding. OTI partners with the National Security Council, State Department, and DOD in a variety of ways, and with someone from the OTI team on the Administration this year, they are seeing success with educating the government on impacts of certain decisions.   IN THIS EPISODE: [1:17] Brittany covers some of the key successes and lessons learned across 30 years of OTI.  [4:00] Brittany shares an example of the OTI's work in Libya.  [6:30] Brittany shares about the work that has been done in Columbia. [9:55] How does OTI work with local partners and what lessons can they share with other parts of USAID to best implement localization agendas and engage local partners? [18:22] Brittany explains how OTI engages with the National Security Council. [18:22] How does OTI work together with the State Department and DOD? [20:50] What are some of the innovations and challenges that OTI has come up with?  [23:00] Brittany shares what initiatives and strategies she is excited about looking forward to with OTI.  [28:22] Brittany talks about how impactful it is when everyone works together on a project.  KEY TAKEAWAYS:  [3:30] OTI goes to countries to create a collaborative model, where everyone has buy-in. It isn't only the U.S. Government that determines what they need, instead it is the country requesting what they need, and then everyone working together to make that happen.  [24:00] One of the reasons that OTI is an important organization is because they are limited and can be very targeted in the places they are engaging. They typically only have around 15 programs happening at any moment.  [27:26] None of us are as smart as all of us thinking together. There are a lot of creative ways that can help get things done better and differently than before, and those ideas will come with everyone working together.  QUOTES: [5:00] “We started asking the displaced people, what would it take for you to return? What is it, what do you need to return to Sirte, and then we immediately started doing the things they were asking for. So that meant we were just restoring regular services. It meant just government services, it meant sewage and trash collection, it meant running water, access to running water, it meant schools actually had to be functioning. It meant healthcare systems had to be stood up. We had to start cleaning up graffiti and signage that was left over from the ISIS occupation to make people feel like they actually had a future for themselves and their kids” - Brittany Brown [12:44] “We don't have the brilliant ideas. It's actually the people who live in these communities and understand the local context, the local dynamics about what is happening, and it's using systems that already exist in these countries.” - Brittany Brown [27:25] “I think government bureaucrats get a bad rap for not being innovative and creative in these different ways. Everytime I interact with anyone in this building at the state department, anywhere else, there are these big, brilliant change makers in government that are thinking about how we do things better. They also are very open to ideas from the outside.” - Brittany Brown RESOURCES: Aid Market Podcast Aid Market Podcast YouTube   BIOGRAPHY:  Brittany Brown serves as Deputy Assistant Administrator of USAID's Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization (CPS). She was appointed by the Biden-Harris Administration to also serve as the Director for the U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) in CPS. Prior to OTI, Brittany worked as the Chief of Staff at the International Crisis Group after more than a decade in the U.S. Government, working for a range of government agencies, including USAID, the U.S. Departments of Justice, State, and Defense, and both the Obama and Trump White Houses. She served on the staff of the National Security Council as the acting Senior Director for African Affairs under the Trump Administration, and as the National Security Council's Horn of Africa Director under President Obama. Brittany began her government career as a Presidential Management Fellow with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Before joining the U.S. Government, she worked with juvenile detainees and children in the foster care system. She also managed a GED program for women awaiting trial at Chicago's Cook County Jail. She holds a Bachelor's degree in political science and sociology from DePaul University in Chicago and a Master of Arts in Public Policy and Administration from Northwestern University.

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La Royal Navy dio batalla a la marina del Eje desde el primer día de guerra, principalmente en el Atlántico Norte y en el Mediterráneo, y el HMS Aurora, un crucero ligero de clase Arethusa, recorrió toda esa batalla, desde el asalto a Narvik, hasta el desembarco en el continente europeo desde el Mediterráneo. Buscó al Scharnhorst y al Gneisenau, también al Bismark, atacó convoys participó en la Operación Gauntlet, hundió al Bremse, se unió a la K Force en Malta, acosó a numerosos convoys italianos incluido al convoy Beta, participó en la Primera Batalla del Golfo de Sirte, se incorporó a la H Force, participó en Torch, se enfrentó a destructores franceses y destruyó al Tornade, capturó al Épervier, participó en la toma de Sicilia, bombardeó posiciones italianas en la península, fue bombardeado por la Luftwaffe, cubrió la Operación Dragoon, combatió en el Egeo y participó en la liberación de Atenas. Y esto solo es lo más destacado. Seguir la historia de un modesto crucero como el Aurora, nos permite no sólo estar en los principales campos de batalla navales, sino comprender el planteamiento doctrinal de la Royal Navy durante toda la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El invitado de hoy es 🎙 Josep Baqués, escritor del libro "HMS Aurora, el último corsario" de Ed. Salamina, y le acompaña 🎙 Juan Pastrana, 🎙 Esaú Rodríguez y 🎙 Dani CarAn. Puedes encontrar el libro referenciado todavía en stock en https://tienda.edicionesplatea.com/aurora Casus Belli Podcast pertenece a 🏭 Factoría Casus Belli. Casus Belli Podcast forma parte de 📀 Ivoox Originals. 📚 Zeppelin Books zeppelinbooks.com es un sello editorial de la 🏭 Factoría Casus Belli. 👉https://podcastcasusbelli.com 👉En Facebook, nuestra página es @casusbellipodcast https://www.facebook.com/CasusBelliPodcast 👉En Instagram estamos como @casusbellipodcast https://www.instagram.com/casusbellipodcast 👉En Twitter estamos como @casusbellipod @CasusBelliPod 👉Telegram, nuestro canal es @casusbellipodcast https://t.me/casusbellipodcast 👨‍💻Nuestro chat del canal es https://t.me/aviones10 ⚛️ El logotipo de Casus Belli Podcasdt y el resto de la Factoría Casus Belli están diseñados por Publicidad Fabián publicidadfabian@yahoo.es 🎵 La música incluida en el programa es Ready for the war de Marc Corominas Pujadó bajo licencia CC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ El resto de música es bajo licencia privada de Epidemic Music, Jamendo Music o SGAE SGAE RRDD/4/1074/1012 de Ivoox. 🖼 El cover incluye un detalle de la obra "HMS Aurora" de Charles Edward Turner. 📧¿Queréis contarnos algo? También puedes escribirnos a casus.belli.pod@gmail.com ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast, patrocinar un episodio o una serie? Hazlo a través de 👉 https://www.advoices.com/casus-belli-podcast-historia Si te ha gustado, y crees que nos lo merecemos, nos sirve mucho que nos des un like, ya que nos da mucha visibilidad. Muchas gracias por escucharnos, y hasta la próxima. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

informativo de primera hora de la mañana, en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital Radio. Hoy se cumplen 604 días del cruel ataque e invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. Hoy es viernes 20 de octubre de 2023. Buenos días Ucrania. Día Internacional del Chef. Cada 20 de octubre se conmemora el Día Internacional del Chef, una fecha que instauró la Asociación Mundial Culinaria, para rendir homenaje a todos los encargados de crear los platos más exquisitos del mundo. La palabra chef viene del francés y significa jefe de cocina. El chef no es solo la persona encargada de dirigir la cocina de un restaurante, también es el encargado de educar el paladar de sus ayudantes y enseñarles a elaborar platos magistrales con su toque personal. 1968.- Boda de Jacqueline Kennedy con Aristóteles Onassis. 1972.- Se inaugura la Casa de la Radio, el centro de producción de programas de Radio Nacional de España (RNE) en Prado del Rey (Madrid). 1973.- Isabel II inaugura la Ópera de Sydney (Australia), obra arquitecto danés Jørn Utzon. 1978.- En la segunda jornada del I Congreso de la UCD, Adolfo Suárez se convierte en su presidente al ser el único aspirante. 1979.- El FC Barcelona inaugura La Masia, la residencia para su joven cantera de fútbol. 1986.- Pilar Miró toma posesión como directora general de RTVE. Primer mujer en ocupar el puesto. 2002.- El IRA auténtico anuncia su disolución y el fin de sus actividades terroristas. 2011.- ETA anuncia el cese definitivo de la actividad armada en un vídeo enviado al diario "Gara". 2011.- El dictador libio Muamar el Gadafi es asesinado por los rebeldes en Sirte. 2020.- La Audiencia Nacional absuelve de sedición al mayor Josep Lluís Trapero, responsable de los Mossos durante el 1-O. Patrocinio del santo de cada día por gentileza de la Casa de las Imágenes, en la calle Obispo Perez Cáceres, 17 en Candelaria. Hoy, 20 de octubre, se celebra las onomástica, entre otros, de Santa Irene de Tancor y San Honorio Abad. El paso de Rafah entre Egipto y la Franja de Gaza abrirá este viernes, según medios egipcios. Tel Aviv, una ciudad escondida por las sirenas antiaéreas: la guerra con Hamás impacta en el centro empresarial de Israel. Aragonès defiende en el Senado la amnistía como "punto de partida" para que se "vote en referéndum la independencia". Escrivá anuncia en Canarias 50 millones para la gestión con menores migrantes y pide solidaridad. Durante una visita institucional a El Hierro el ministro ha ahondado en que la ayuda se tramitará en forma de convenio en el próximo Consejo de Ministros. Aún no sabemos cuántos migrantes menores hay en canarias. Ayer decía el Presidente Clavijo que eran 4.000. Román Rodríguez afirma que el Gobierno de CC y el PP ha consumado un “fraude electoral” al renunciar a la bajada del IGIC. Nueva Canarias habla de un importante incumplimiento de sus programas electorales, del acuerdo del pacto y del discurso de investidura del jefe del Ejecutivo, Fernando Clavijo, al renunciar a rebajar del siete por ciento al cinco por ciento el Impuesto General Indirecto. Canarias recibe más de 10 millones de turistas internacionales hasta septiembre, un 13,5% más. Sólo en septiembre, los aeropuertos canarios recibieron 1,02 millones de personas, dato que representa un 7,5% más en relación con el mismo mes del año pasado. Mientras, España tuvo 73,2 millones de turistas internacionales entre enero y septiembre de 2023, un 19,1% más. Francisco Moreno, director de Informativos de Mediaset. Telecinco anunciará hoy, a través de un comunicado, su nombramiento; hasta ahora ocupaba el cargo de administrador único de Radio Televisión Canaria. Fuga de congresos de Tenerife a Gran Canaria por la parálisis del Magma en Adeje. La inactividad en el centro de convenciones de Costa Adeje, el principal de la Isla, supone la pérdida de un subsector turístico que genera en Canarias 180 millones de euros anuales. 2011.- Estreno de la versión española del musical "El Rey León", en el teatro Lope de Vega, en Madrid. Esta tema se lo dedico a una gran periodista que estuvo muchos años en esta casa y que desde hace tiempo nos guía desde el cielo, Auxi de La Rosa. Este era su tema favorito que cantaba habitualmente.

Programa de actualidad con información, formación y entretenimiento conectando directamente con los oyentes en La Diez Capital radio. Dirigido y presentado por Miguel Ángel González Suárez. www.ladiez.es - Informativo de primera hora de la mañana, en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital Radio. Hoy se cumplen 604 días del cruel ataque e invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. Hoy es viernes 20 de octubre de 2023. Buenos días Ucrania. Día Internacional del Chef. Cada 20 de octubre se conmemora el Día Internacional del Chef, una fecha que instauró la Asociación Mundial Culinaria, para rendir homenaje a todos los encargados de crear los platos más exquisitos del mundo. La palabra chef viene del francés y significa jefe de cocina. El chef no es solo la persona encargada de dirigir la cocina de un restaurante, también es el encargado de educar el paladar de sus ayudantes y enseñarles a elaborar platos magistrales con su toque personal. 1968.- Boda de Jacqueline Kennedy con Aristóteles Onassis. 1972.- Se inaugura la Casa de la Radio, el centro de producción de programas de Radio Nacional de España (RNE) en Prado del Rey (Madrid). 1973.- Isabel II inaugura la Ópera de Sydney (Australia), obra arquitecto danés Jørn Utzon. 1978.- En la segunda jornada del I Congreso de la UCD, Adolfo Suárez se convierte en su presidente al ser el único aspirante. 1979.- El FC Barcelona inaugura La Masia, la residencia para su joven cantera de fútbol. 1986.- Pilar Miró toma posesión como directora general de RTVE. Primer mujer en ocupar el puesto. 2002.- El IRA auténtico anuncia su disolución y el fin de sus actividades terroristas. 2011.- ETA anuncia el cese definitivo de la actividad armada en un vídeo enviado al diario "Gara". 2011.- El dictador libio Muamar el Gadafi es asesinado por los rebeldes en Sirte. 2020.- La Audiencia Nacional absuelve de sedición al mayor Josep Lluís Trapero, responsable de los Mossos durante el 1-O. Patrocinio del santo de cada día por gentileza de la Casa de las Imágenes, en la calle Obispo Perez Cáceres, 17 en Candelaria. Hoy, 20 de octubre, se celebra las onomástica, entre otros, de Santa Irene de Tancor y San Honorio Abad. El paso de Rafah entre Egipto y la Franja de Gaza abrirá este viernes, según medios egipcios. Tel Aviv, una ciudad escondida por las sirenas antiaéreas: la guerra con Hamás impacta en el centro empresarial de Israel. Aragonès defiende en el Senado la amnistía como "punto de partida" para que se "vote en referéndum la independencia". Escrivá anuncia en Canarias 50 millones para la gestión con menores migrantes y pide solidaridad. Durante una visita institucional a El Hierro el ministro ha ahondado en que la ayuda se tramitará en forma de convenio en el próximo Consejo de Ministros. Aún no sabemos cuántos migrantes menores hay en canarias. Ayer decía el Presidente Clavijo que eran 4.000. Román Rodríguez afirma que el Gobierno de CC y el PP ha consumado un “fraude electoral” al renunciar a la bajada del IGIC. Nueva Canarias habla de un importante incumplimiento de sus programas electorales, del acuerdo del pacto y del discurso de investidura del jefe del Ejecutivo, Fernando Clavijo, al renunciar a rebajar del siete por ciento al cinco por ciento el Impuesto General Indirecto. Canarias recibe más de 10 millones de turistas internacionales hasta septiembre, un 13,5% más. Sólo en septiembre, los aeropuertos canarios recibieron 1,02 millones de personas, dato que representa un 7,5% más en relación con el mismo mes del año pasado. Mientras, España tuvo 73,2 millones de turistas internacionales entre enero y septiembre de 2023, un 19,1% más. Francisco Moreno, director de Informativos de Mediaset. Telecinco anunciará hoy, a través de un comunicado, su nombramiento; hasta ahora ocupaba el cargo de administrador único de Radio Televisión Canaria. Fuga de congresos de Tenerife a Gran Canaria por la parálisis del Magma en Adeje. La inactividad en el centro de convenciones de Costa Adeje, el principal de la Isla, supone la pérdida de un subsector turístico que genera en Canarias 180 millones de euros anuales. 2011.- Estreno de la versión española del musical "El Rey León", en el teatro Lope de Vega, en Madrid. Esta tema se lo dedico a una gran periodista que estuvo muchos años en esta casa y que desde hace tiempo nos guía desde el cielo, Auxi de La Rosa. Este era su tema favorito que cantaba habitualmente. - Sección de actualidad con mucho sentido de Humor inteligente en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital radio con el periodista socarrón y palmero, José Juan Pérez Capote, El Nº 1. - Sección de actualidad informativa con Pepe Rodríguez, director de Capital radio Gran Canaria. - Ramón Miranda, portavoz de la oposición en Garachico. Presidente del partido local A´gara. Analizamos las situación del municipio. - Sección en La Diez Capital radio con la periodista y corresponsal de la televisión Brasileña en España, Cleo Costa. Paseando por Brasil.

Muammar al-Gaddafi var den spektakuläre revolutionären som skulle leda det libyska folket till frihet. Men han blev i stället deras plågoande, och gjorde sig dessutom ovän med nästan hela världen. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. I oktober 2011 fruktar en man för sitt liv, gömd i ett avloppsrör i öknen utanför den libyska staden Sirte. Högt ovanför honom patrullerar Nato-plan luftrummet. På marken närmar sig en grupp fientliga soldater. Det finns ingenstans att fly för mannen i röret. Han heter Muammar al-Gaddafi, och är Libyens ledare. Han var en beduin som blev soldat, och som togs emot som en hjälte av sitt folk när han störtade landets kung 42 år tidigare. Men hösten 2011 har han drivit sitt Libyen till inbördeskrig, och folkets välvilja har sinat.Han var revolutionären som blev diktator, och som väckte omvärldens vrede när han finansierade terrorstämplade frihetsrörelser – men som till slut bjöds in i värmen igen och knöt vänskapsband med flera västerländska stormakter.P3 ID om Muammar al-Gaddafi är berättelsen om en egensinnig politiker och självutnämnd tänkare som försökte hitta en ny väg till demokrati, och om hur det som en gång var världens fattigaste land kastats mellan hopp och förtvivlan i över 100 års tid.Hör om hur en oblodig statskupp och drömmar om arabisk enighet förvandlades till ett terrorvälde där ingen kunde lita på sin granne längre, om hur terrordåd som Lockerbieattentatet 1988 ritade om den politiska världskartan, om hur Gaddafis sinne för rampljuset skilde honom åt från andra politiker, och om hur ett möte mellan den libyska ledaren och en av Sveriges kändaste journalister urartade fullständigt. Avsnittet gjordes av Studio Olga hösten 2023Programledare: Vendela LundbergAvsnittsmakare och reporter: Patrick StaneliusProducent: Sally HenrikssonLjudmix: Fredrik NilssonI programmet medverkar även Jan Guillou, journalist och författare som träffat Muammar al-Gaddafi personligen, och Aron Lund, analytiker vid Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut FOI.Ljudklippen i avsnittet är hämtade från Sveriges Radio, CNN, BBC, Sky News, The Telegraph, Youtube, AP och dokumentären "Evolution of Evil: Colonel Gaddafi – terror of the Middle East”.Böckerna "Libya from colony to revolution” (Ronald Bruce St John), ”Villebråden i Khadaffis harem” (Annick Cojean), ”The green book” (Muammar al-Gaddafi), och tidskriften ”Världspolitikens dagsfrågor – Moammar al-Gaddafi, diktatorn som omfamnas av väst” (Aron Lund)" har varit till hjälp i arbetet med detta avsnitt.

In this episode, we will hear from Mohamed Abu Breeg about the recent flooding in and around the Libyan coastal city of Derna. In the early hours of Sept. 11, residents of Derna woke up to loud explosions before floodwaters swept through the Mediterranean city. This was due to heavy rain fall and the breeching of two dams releasing 3 million cubic litres of water. This wall of water was up to two stories high and swept entire neighbourhoods out to sea. The deluge proved deadly for thousands in just seconds, uprooting apartment buildings and washing away roads and bridges.  Libya's Red Crescent has said at least 11,300 people have been killed and an additional 10,000 are missing. After earlier reporting that same death toll, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is now citing about 11000 people killed and 9,000 missing.  Joining us to give insights on the ground is Mohamed Abu Breeg. Mohamed is originally from Sirte in Libya, following the 2011 civil war he actively collaborated with Save the Children to contribute to post-war recovery efforts. In 2013, during the challenging period of Ansar Al Sharia's control in Sirte, Mohamed worked in security operations with a French company at the city's main power plant. He has seen the emergence of ISIS in Sirte and the subsequent arrival of Derna ISIS in 2015. In August 2015, as a result of ISIS, Mohamed become an internally displaced person (IDP) within Libya. He became an integral part of the LTI4 project, where our collective efforts were dedicated to post-conflict rehabilitation. He currently serves as a security consultant for the region. You can find more out about Mohamed here

It's Friday, June 16th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. By Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com) 23 ISIS Libyan Muslim militants sentenced to death A Libyan court sentenced 23 ISIS-Libya Muslim militants to death for their involvement in the 2015 insurgency centered on the city of Sirte on the Mediterranean coast in north-central Libya, reports International Christian Concern.   The court also sentenced 14 Muslim militants to life in prison and another 14 to multiple years in prison. Proverbs 21:15 says, “When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.” Here's the back story. After NATO-backed rebels ousted longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi in August 2011, the Libyan security situation devolved into chaos as rival factions vied to fill the power vacuum. Islamic extremist groups—including Ansar al-Sharia (the group allegedly responsible for the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi)—worsened the political instability in Libya by forming a coalition against the transitional government known as Libya Dawn.  In 2015, ISIS-Libya—the largest contingent of the Islamic State outside Iraq and Syria—established a stronghold in eastern Libya and launched a high-profile attack in Tripoli leading to the abduction and beheading of dozens of Egyptian Christians.  Amid the ongoing conflict between rival political factions and Islamic extremist groups, Libyan Christians are particularly vulnerable to persecution, especially those who have converted from Islam.  That's why Open Doors lists Libya as the fifth most dangerous country for Christians worldwide.  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. could beat Biden in Iowa and New Hampshire Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a Democratic challenger to President Joe Biden, could win in the traditional first-to-vote states of Iowa and New Hampshire, reports Axios.com. Biden's team is indicating the president won't be on the ballots in those states if they vote before South Carolina which is Biden's choice to have the first primary. What's going on? Well, Democrats in Iowa and New Hampshire could defy Biden and move ahead with their contests — even as the party warns it will strip them of their national convention delegates if they jump the gun. Since Biden's surprise decision last December to make South Carolina the first state in the Democrats' 2024 season with a primary on February 3, New Hampshire Democrats have openly protested. In touting South Carolina to kick off the primary season, Biden's team has said it wanted voting to start in a racially diverse state to give minorities more of a say in early presidential contests.  But he is making the move because he knows he has a better chance of winning there. GOP senator warns parents to “flee” California over radical transgender bill On Tuesday, California Republican state senator Scott Wilk issued a stark warning to the parents in the Golden State, urging them to “flee” the state if they love their children.  He expressed his grave concern about a radical bill's likely passage into law that could result in parents being considered “abusive” if they simply refuse to affirm their own child's gender confusion, reports LifeSiteNews.com. California's Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-2 on Tuesday night (with one abstention) to pass Assembly Bill 957, which would characterize a “parent's affirmation of the child's gender identity as part of the health, safety, and welfare of the child.”  Senator Roger Nielo, a fellow Republican, joined Wilk as the only two “no” votes. Shockingly, the measure would even require judges to consider whether or not parents “affirm” a child's “transgender” identity as one of the factors in the consideration of custody disagreements by changing Section 3011 of the California Family Code by by which LifeSiteNews previously reported.  Senator Wilk didn't hold back. Listen. WILK: “If a parent does not support the ideology of the government, [the children] are going to be taken away from the home. Today, it only involves divorce proceedings, but I can assure you this is not going to end with divorce proceedings. If you love your children, you need to flee California. You need to flee. “It just breaks my heart. I'm born and raised in this state. I love this state. I'm not going to stay in this state, because it's just too oppressive. I believe in freedom. So, I'm going to move to America when I leave the legislature.” Amazon shuts down Smart Home And finally, Amazon reportedly shut down a customer's smart home after the Black delivery driver claimed he heard a racial slur coming through the doorbell, even though no one was home, reports The Daily Mail.  Brandon Jackson, of Baltimore, Maryland, a Black man himself, came home on May 25 to find that he had been locked out of his Amazon Echo, which many devices, including his lights, are connected to.  He would later learn that Amazon locked him out of his account after a delivery driver dropped off a package the day before. Jackson, an engineer at Microsoft,  said “everything seemed fine” after the package arrived at his home and had initially thought he was locked out because someone had tried to “access my account repeatedly, triggering a lockout.” But none of that was true. A representative directed him to an email he received from an executive that provided a phone number to call. When he called the number, he was told in a “somewhat accusatory” tone that the driver had reported “receiving racist remarks” from his doorbell. Jackson wrote on Medium, “This incident left me with a house full of unresponsive devices, a silent Alexa, and a lot of questions.”   He said most of the neighborhood and its delivery drivers are also Black and it would be “highly unlikely that we would make such remarks.” He wrote, “Finally, when I asked what time the alleged incident occurred, I realized it was practically impossible for anyone in my house to have made those comments, as nobody was home around that time (approximately 6:05 PM).” After reviewing the doorbell footage, he learned the device had given an automatic reply, saying: “Excuse me, can I help you?” He also said the video showed the driver had been wearing headphones during the interaction and “must have misinterpreted the message.” It wasn't until six days later he regained access to his account, with “no follow-up email to inform me of the resolution.  I am seriously considering discontinuing my use of Amazon Echo devices and will caution others about this incident.” It appears increasingly likely that the smart phones, smart homes, or even bank accounts of Christians will be disabled by the politically correct Big Tech and Big Government tyrants who disagree with our defense of life, our affirmation of God's design for sex and sexuality, and any Christian evangelistic witness. In Matthew 16:24–26, “Jesus said to His disciples, 'If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Friday, June 16th in the year of our Lord 2023. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

The CX Goalkeeper had the great opportunity to interview Sirte PihlajaLinkedIn Headline: CEO I CCXP I Trained LEGO® Serious Play® Facilitator I Global #1 BestSelling Author I Global Top 150 CX Expert I International Keynote I Board Member I CXPA Finland Lead I Championing CX in Caribbean, Europe & SE AsiaHighlights:00:00 Game Start00:38 Sirte's Introduction05:02 Sirte's Values09:19 Lego Serious Play LSP14:42 Flow16:00 The power of playing in Business18:11 Where to use it 21:34 Experiencing Lego Serious Play LSP23:53 The Role of Happyness26:18 Customer Experience Management benchmark29:04 The Future of CX31:57 Book Suggestion32:17 Books' Suggestion34:03 Contact Details35:02 Golden Nugget and much moreSirte's Contact Details:https://www.shirute.fi/enhttps://www.cxplay.fi/enhttps://www.Shirute.fi/CEMABOUT ME:https://www.cxgoalkeeper.comSUPPORT:Do you like my podcast? Support this podcast with Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cxgoalkeeperSPONSORING:Interested in sponsoring the The CX Goalkeeper podcast? Please DM me on LinkedIn#cxgoalkeeper #customerexperience #podcast #leadership

Libya celebrated their freedom when news quickly spread that their former dictator had been killed by freedom fighters in Sirte. However, amid celebrations, NTC Prime Minister has said, ”we do not rejoice over the death of a man, but the rebirth of a great nation”.

Cristina Solias Mar

One year ago, Libya was scheduled to hold national elections in a bid to unite the country's warring factions under a single, democratically elected government. That goal was never achieved after Libya postponed the scheduled vote, due to the fierce rivalry between eastern and western governments. Now calls are growing for the country to hold elections and some Libyan politicians are signaling they are onboard. The head of the Tripoli-based unity government Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh welcomed a call by the UN's envoy to Libya to hold elections. Dbeibeh, who was elected interim prime minister in 2021 to lead the country towards elections, has seen his premiership challenged by Fathi Bashagha. He heads the rival, government of national stability from its base in Sirte. Last month, the UN warned that Libya was at risk of partitioning itself after it failed to hold elections last year. Violent clashes between supporters of the two rival governments claimed dozens of lives back in August. Guests Riccardo Fabiani North Africa Project Director at Crisis Group Ferhat Polat MENA Researcher at University of Exeter

La prima parte della puntata è dedicata agli ultimi due anni di crisi nel Golfo della Sirte: ventiquattro mesi in cui si sono avvicendati ben quattro rappresentanti speciali delle Nazioni Unite, impegnati nella pacificazione del paese. Una di questi è Stephanie William che, in esclusiva a Nessun luogo è lontano, fa il punto sulle sorti della Libia.Sabato l'agenzia di stampa iraniana ISNA ha riportato alcuni commenti del procuratore generale Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, secondo il quale il regime aveva abolito la polizia religiosa e stava pensando di modificare la legge sull'hijab. Le parole di Montazeri, però, non sono state confermate da nessun altro membro del regime iraniano, cosa che ha fatto pensare che probabilmente le discussioni fossero ancora in corso, o che Montazeri volesse sondare la reazione degli iraniani. Ne abbiamo parlato con Pejman Abdolmohammadi professore di Storia e Politica del Medio Oriente all'università di Trento.

*) Finland and Sweden submit NATO membership application Finland and Sweden have handed in their bids to join the US-led alliance NATO. The alliance's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, "I warmly welcome the requests by Finland and Sweden to join NATO. You are our closest partners.” The process usually takes eight to 12 months, but Türkiye has also voiced its objections to the nordic countries' membership bids, criticising them for supporting terror groups. In order for a country to join NATO, unanimous approval is required, which equals the approval of all 30 existing allied countries. *) Hundreds of Ukrainians defending Azovstal plant surrender Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters have surrendered to an uncertain fate after weeks holed up in the tunnels below Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant. Russia's Defence Ministry said 265 fighters had surrendered, including 51 who were seriously wounded. Ukraine says it's working to save its fighters still trapped inside or evacuated from the southern city. However, the speaker of the lower house of Russian parliament said the Ukrainian fighters should be brought to “justice”. *) North Korea's Kim blasts officials for failing to deal with Covid North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has lashed out at state officials for failing to combat the coronavirus as the number of known cases crossed 1.7 million. Chairing a meeting of the ruling party's Politburo, Kim said there was "immaturity in the state capacity for coping with the crisis", the official Korean Central News Agency said. He also slammed the "non-positive attitude, slackness and non-activity of state leading officials", the agency reported. *) Bashaga to run rival administration from Libya's Sirte Libya's eastern parliament-appointed premier Fathi Bashagha has said he will base his administration in the northern city of Sirte. The move came after Bashagha attempted to forcibly enter the capital Tripoli to seat his government there, but was repulsed by the UN-backed government. The attempt triggered fierce clashes between fighters on both sides, forcing Bashagha to leave the city. Libya has had two rival administrations since March when the east-based parliament appointed Bashagha as prime minister despite UN-supported Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah. And, finally... *) Russian gymnast banned for pro-war 'Z' symbol A Russian gymnast who sported the ‘Z' symbol on a medal podium has been banned for one year from International Gymnastics Federation events. 20-year-old artistic gymnast Ivan Kuliak's singlet had the letter 'Z' prominently placed as he stood next to Ukrainian contender at a World Cup event in Doha in March. Kuliak must also return his bronze medal and prize money of $500. The 'Z' has been seen daubed on Russian tanks and vehicles in Ukraine and has come to symbolise support for the offensive.

Libya'da Tobruk'taki temsilciler meclisinin Trablus'taki meşru hükümete paralel kurduğu hükümetin başındaki Fethi Başağa'nın Trablus'u gece yarısı ziyaretiyle başlayan çatışmalar halkta iç savaşın geri geldiği kaygısına yol açtı. Gelişmelerin arka planını ve nelere yol açabileceğini Trablus'tan Anadolu Ajansı Kuzey Afrika Koordinatörü Aydoğan Kalabalık'la konuştuk.

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Vita e storia di una comunità di pescatori che lotta difendere l'unica fonte di sostentamento, la pesca del gambero nel golfo della Sirte

A cura di Ferruccio Bovio Saadi Gheddafi, il figlio “calciatore” dell'ex leader libico Muhammar Gheddafi, è stato appena rilasciato da un carcere di Tripoli, dove era rimasto detenuto dal 2014, dopo la sua estradizione dal Niger, il Paese in cui si era rifugiato con una parte del numeroso clan che componeva la famiglia del bizzoso Colonnello ucciso a Sirte nel 2011. Saadi è tornato in libertà, sia pure in ritardo, grazie ad una sentenza emessa dalla Corte tripolina già alcuni mesi fa. Nell'aprile del 2018 era stato processato e assolto per l'omicidio, avvenuto nel 2005, di un ex giocatore ed allenatore libico, di nome Bachir Rayani. Adesso era in attesa di un nuovo processo per il ruolo svolto nella repressione della rivolta del 2011. In realtà, Saadi non era stato accusato di crimini specifici, ma era pur sempre il terzo figlio del Colonnello ed aveva, pertanto, goduto di tutti gli sfarzosi privilegi messigli a disposizione dal sistema di potere del padre: insomma, quanto basta per aver accumulato invidie e rancori per alcune generazioni...Però, noi in Italia lo ricordiamo, soprattutto, per il suo immenso sogno di sfondare, nel calcio italiano, anche a livello di Serie A. L'effervescente patron del Perugia, Luciano Gaucci, lo aveva ingaggiato nel 2003 su richiesta dell'allora presidente del Consiglio Silvio Berlusconi...a proposito dei privilegi cui accennavamo prima.. Giocatore di livello mediocre, trovato positivo al doping e squalificato per tre mesi, il figlio di Gheddafi, nel nostro campionato, aveva giocato pochissimo: per la precisione 15 minuti che l'allora trainer perugino, Serse Cosmi, gli concesse di passare in campo contro quella Juventus, della quale avrebbe tanto voluto vestire la maglia... Oggi però, in Libia la liberazione di Saadi assume una valenza politica piuttosto chiara, con il tentativo, da parte del governo di unità nazionale in carica, di assicurarsi, in vista delle elezioni previste per le fine di dicembre, il sostegno della parte gheddafiana della società libica, che è ancora forte a livello di tribù e di capacità economica. Sempre che non si riproponga, addirittura, un nuovo e più diretto coinvolgimento della famiglia Gheddafi nella vita politica del Paese, con la candidatura alla presidenza della repubblica di Saif, secondogenito del Colonnello, nonché ovviamente fratello del calciatore appena scarcerato. La notizia è stata pubblicata, un paio di mesi fa, da The Times che ha reso nota l'intenzione del più politico degli eredi di Muammar Gheddafi di candidarsi alla carica più alta dello Stato nord africano. Stando al Times, che ha raggiunto al telefono Saif Gheddafi mentre si trovava in un luogo segreto per sfuggire al rischio di attentati, il figlio del Colonnello avrebbe confermato l'intenzione di provare a diventare presidente, sperando che non venga, nel frattempo, emanata una legge elettorale che gli impedisca di farlo. E così, forse, la fiction iniziata con un colpo di stato nel 1969, ha ancora qualche puntata inedita da trasmettere sugli schermi della politica internazionale. Ascolta "Il Corsivo" a cura di Ferruccio Bovio, ogni giorno su www.giornaleradio.fm oppure scarica la nostra app

A cura di Ferruccio Bovio Saadi Gheddafi, il figlio “calciatore” dell'ex leader libico Muhammar Gheddafi, è stato appena rilasciato da un carcere di Tripoli, dove era rimasto detenuto dal 2014, dopo la sua estradizione dal Niger, il Paese in cui si era rifugiato con una parte del numeroso clan che componeva la famiglia del bizzoso Colonnello ucciso a Sirte nel 2011. Saadi è tornato in libertà, sia pure in ritardo, grazie ad una sentenza emessa dalla Corte tripolina già alcuni mesi fa. Nell'aprile del 2018 era stato processato e assolto per l'omicidio, avvenuto nel 2005, di un ex giocatore ed allenatore libico, di nome Bachir Rayani. Adesso era in attesa di un nuovo processo per il ruolo svolto nella repressione della rivolta del 2011. In realtà, Saadi non era stato accusato di crimini specifici, ma era pur sempre il terzo figlio del Colonnello ed aveva, pertanto, goduto di tutti gli sfarzosi privilegi messigli a disposizione dal sistema di potere del padre: insomma, quanto basta per aver accumulato invidie e rancori per alcune generazioni...Però, noi in Italia lo ricordiamo, soprattutto, per il suo immenso sogno di sfondare, nel calcio italiano, anche a livello di Serie A. L'effervescente patron del Perugia, Luciano Gaucci, lo aveva ingaggiato nel 2003 su richiesta dell'allora presidente del Consiglio Silvio Berlusconi...a proposito dei privilegi cui accennavamo prima.. Giocatore di livello mediocre, trovato positivo al doping e squalificato per tre mesi, il figlio di Gheddafi, nel nostro campionato, aveva giocato pochissimo: per la precisione 15 minuti che l'allora trainer perugino, Serse Cosmi, gli concesse di passare in campo contro quella Juventus, della quale avrebbe tanto voluto vestire la maglia... Oggi però, in Libia la liberazione di Saadi assume una valenza politica piuttosto chiara, con il tentativo, da parte del governo di unità nazionale in carica, di assicurarsi, in vista delle elezioni previste per le fine di dicembre, il sostegno della parte gheddafiana della società libica, che è ancora forte a livello di tribù e di capacità economica. Sempre che non si riproponga, addirittura, un nuovo e più diretto coinvolgimento della famiglia Gheddafi nella vita politica del Paese, con la candidatura alla presidenza della repubblica di Saif, secondogenito del Colonnello, nonché ovviamente fratello del calciatore appena scarcerato. La notizia è stata pubblicata, un paio di mesi fa, da The Times che ha reso nota l'intenzione del più politico degli eredi di Muammar Gheddafi di candidarsi alla carica più alta dello Stato nord africano. Stando al Times, che ha raggiunto al telefono Saif Gheddafi mentre si trovava in un luogo segreto per sfuggire al rischio di attentati, il figlio del Colonnello avrebbe confermato l'intenzione di provare a diventare presidente, sperando che non venga, nel frattempo, emanata una legge elettorale che gli impedisca di farlo. E così, forse, la fiction iniziata con un colpo di stato nel 1969, ha ancora qualche puntata inedita da trasmettere sugli schermi della politica internazionale. Ascolta "Il Corsivo" a cura di Ferruccio Bovio, ogni giorno su www.giornaleradio.fm oppure scarica la nostra app

A cura di Ferruccio Bovio Saadi Gheddafi, il figlio “calciatore” dell'ex leader libico Muhammar Gheddafi, è stato appena rilasciato da un carcere di Tripoli, dove era rimasto detenuto dal 2014, dopo la sua estradizione dal Niger, il Paese in cui si era rifugiato con una parte del numeroso clan che componeva la famiglia del bizzoso Colonnello ucciso a Sirte nel 2011. Saadi è tornato in libertà, sia pure in ritardo, grazie ad una sentenza emessa dalla Corte tripolina già alcuni mesi fa. Nell'aprile del 2018 era stato processato e assolto per l'omicidio, avvenuto nel 2005, di un ex giocatore ed allenatore libico, di nome Bachir Rayani. Adesso era in attesa di un nuovo processo per il ruolo svolto nella repressione della rivolta del 2011. In realtà, Saadi non era stato accusato di crimini specifici, ma era pur sempre il terzo figlio del Colonnello ed aveva, pertanto, goduto di tutti gli sfarzosi privilegi messigli a disposizione dal sistema di potere del padre: insomma, quanto basta per aver accumulato invidie e rancori per alcune generazioni...Però, noi in Italia lo ricordiamo, soprattutto, per il suo immenso sogno di sfondare, nel calcio italiano, anche a livello di Serie A. L'effervescente patron del Perugia, Luciano Gaucci, lo aveva ingaggiato nel 2003 su richiesta dell'allora presidente del Consiglio Silvio Berlusconi...a proposito dei privilegi cui accennavamo prima.. Giocatore di livello mediocre, trovato positivo al doping e squalificato per tre mesi, il figlio di Gheddafi, nel nostro campionato, aveva giocato pochissimo: per la precisione 15 minuti che l'allora trainer perugino, Serse Cosmi, gli concesse di passare in campo contro quella Juventus, della quale avrebbe tanto voluto vestire la maglia... Oggi però, in Libia la liberazione di Saadi assume una valenza politica piuttosto chiara, con il tentativo, da parte del governo di unità nazionale in carica, di assicurarsi, in vista delle elezioni previste per le fine di dicembre, il sostegno della parte gheddafiana della società libica, che è ancora forte a livello di tribù e di capacità economica. Sempre che non si riproponga, addirittura, un nuovo e più diretto coinvolgimento della famiglia Gheddafi nella vita politica del Paese, con la candidatura alla presidenza della repubblica di Saif, secondogenito del Colonnello, nonché ovviamente fratello del calciatore appena scarcerato. La notizia è stata pubblicata, un paio di mesi fa, da The Times che ha reso nota l'intenzione del più politico degli eredi di Muammar Gheddafi di candidarsi alla carica più alta dello Stato nord africano. Stando al Times, che ha raggiunto al telefono Saif Gheddafi mentre si trovava in un luogo segreto per sfuggire al rischio di attentati, il figlio del Colonnello avrebbe confermato l'intenzione di provare a diventare presidente, sperando che non venga, nel frattempo, emanata una legge elettorale che gli impedisca di farlo. E così, forse, la fiction iniziata con un colpo di stato nel 1969, ha ancora qualche puntata inedita da trasmettere sugli schermi della politica internazionale. Ascolta "Il Corsivo" a cura di Ferruccio Bovio, ogni giorno su www.giornaleradio.fm oppure scarica la nostra app

Sirte Pihlaja (CCXP, Trained Facilitator of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®) is the CEO of Shirute Ltd, the first customer experience agency in Finland. She is an internationally recognised CX/EX expert, coach, keynote speaker, designer and strategist with over 25 years of experience in advising large corporations and brands in various industries and countries. Sirte is the leader of CXPA's Finland network, member of the International Advisory Committee and one of CXPA's founding members. She was one of the first Europeans to have been certified as CCXP. Sirte was recently recognised as a TOP 150 Global Customer Experience Thought Leader and on the CX Hall of Fame. The CXPA has also awarded her with the Extra Mile Award. She has written three books on people experiences, two out of which are global #1 bestsellers. When Sirte is not playing with LEGO bricks with her clients, she is passionately championing CX in the Nordics, South-East Asia and beyond and is a familiar face in international CX Awards juries and on conference stages around the world.

Today's interview is with Sirte Pihlaja, who is the CEO (Customer Experience Optimiser) of Shirute, the first customer experience agency in Finland as well as a Lego Serious Play® Facilitator amongst many other things. Sirte joins me today to talk about happiness, creativity, why we need more fun in our business and CX lives, Lego and some serious playing. This interview follows on from my recent interview – We are all only one moment away from creating a hyper fan – Interview with James Dodkins of Pega — and is number 398 in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders that are doing great things, providing valuable insights, helping businesses innovate and delivering great service and experience to both their customers and their employees.

Y soplando una brisa del sur, pareciéndoles que ya tenían lo que deseaban, levaron anclas e iban costeando Creta. Pero no mucho después dio contra la nave un viento huracanado llamado Euroclidón. Y siendo arrebatada la nave, y no pudiendo poner proa al viento, nos abandonamos a él y nos dejamos llevar. Y habiendo corrido a sotavento de una pequeña isla llamada Clauda, con dificultad pudimos recoger el esquife. Y una vez subido a bordo, usaron de refuerzos para ceñir la nave; y teniendo temor de dar en la Sirte, arriaron las velas y quedaron a la deriva. Pero siendo combatidos por una furiosa tempestad, al siguiente día empezaron a alijar, y al tercer día con nuestras propias manos arrojamos los aparejos de la nave. Y no apareciendo ni sol ni estrellas por muchos días, y acosados por una tempestad no pequeña, ya habíamos perdido toda esperanza de salvarnos. Entonces Pablo, como hacía ya mucho que no comíamos, puesto en pie en medio de ellos, dijo: Habría sido por cierto conveniente, oh varones, haberme oído, y no zarpar de Creta tan sólo para recibir este perjuicio y pérdida.

Siamo andati in Francia, dove a vincere le elezioni regionali è soprattutto l'astensionismo, ma il Rassemblement National di Marine Le Pen non riesce a sfondare e la République en Marche di Macron ottiene risultati deludenti a vantaggio dei Républicains: ne abbiamo parlato con Danilo Ceccarelli, collaboratore di Radio24 da Parigi. Subito dopo siamo andati in Libia, dove in attesa della Conferenza di Berlino di mercoledì il premier Dbeibah apre la strada tra Sirte e Misurata: come reagirà il generale Haftar? Ne abbiamo parlato con Matteo Colombo (analista e ricercatore ECFR e ISPI) e con Abdulkader Assad (giornalista del Libyan Observer).

10 years ago anti-government protests in Tunisia sparked a wave of spontaneous uprisings against authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and North Africa. The Arab Spring was met with repression by governments in the region, but ultimately led to the ousting of rulers such as Ben Ali in Tunisia, Muammar Gaddafi in Libya and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. But the hope that these changes would usher a new era of democracy in the region has been belied. Michael Wahid Hanna (International Crisis Group) helps us understand the turbulent events of 2011 in Egypt, what changes they led to and why prospects for democracy in the country still appear bleak. Democracy in Question? is brought to you by:• The Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna: IWM• The Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy in Geneva: AHCD• The Excellence Chair and Soft Authoritarianism Research Group in Bremen: WOC• The Podcast Company: Earshot StrategiesFollow us on social media!• Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna: @IWM_Vienna• Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy in Geneva: @AHDCentreFollow Michael Wahid Hanna on Twitter: @mwhanna1Subscribe to the show. If you enjoyed what you listened to, you can support us by leaving a review and sharing our podcast in your networks! BIBLIOGRAPHY• Citizenship and its Discontents: The Struggle for Rights, Pluralism and Inclusion in the Middle East. (2019). Co-edited with Thanassis Cambanis.• Hybrid Actors: Armed Groups and State Fragmentation in the Middle East. (2010). Co-authored with Thanassis Cambanis.• Arab Politics beyond the Uprisings: Experiments in an Era of Resurgent Authoritarianism. (2017). Co-authored with Thanassis Cambanis. GLOSSARYWho are Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and Muammar al-Gaddafi?(00:01:15 or p. 2 in the transcript)Ben Ali was a Tunisian politician who was the second President of Tunisia from 1987 until his fall in 2011 after the revolution of Tunisia. This revolution inspired uprisings in neighboring countries that came to be viewed as the Arab Spring. Ben Ali assumed the Presidency in 1987 in a bloodless coup d'état that ousted President Habib Bourguiba. Before his coup against Bourguiba, Ben Ali promised to move Tunisia towards democracy, but instead fixed elections that he won by majorities exceeding 90%, earning the nickname “Mr 99%”. He died 2019 in exile. Learn more.Muammar al-Gaddafi was a highly divisive Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then as the "Brotherly Leader" of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. Amid the 2011 Arab Spring, protests against widespread corruption and unemployment broke out in Eastern Libya. The situation descended into civil war, in which NATO intervened militarily on the side of the anti-Gaddafist National Transitional Council. The government was overthrown and Gaddafi retreated to Sirte, only to be captured and killed by NTC militants. Learn more.What is the Tahrir Square?(00:01:15 or p. 2 in the transcript)Tahrir Square in Cairo has been the location and focus for political demonstrations, most notably those that led to the 2011 Egyptian revolution and the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.What is the Muslim Brotherhood and who is Mohamed Morsi?(00:04:30 or p. 5 in the transcript)The Muslim Brotherhood is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar Hassan al-Banna in 1928. Al-Banna's teachings spread far beyond Egypt, influencing today various Islamist movements from charitable organizations to political parties—not all using the same name.In 2011 the Arab Spring revolution ousted Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s president since 1981. Elections in June the following year brought the Muslim Brotherhood to power. The Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi became new president. Although in 2012 Mohamed Morsi became Egypt’s first democratically elected president, a year later he was overthrown by the military and held in prison on a series of convictions. In 2016 he was moved to the notorious Tora prison, near Cairo. He has died at the age of 67 after collapsing in court during a retrial of charges of espionage for the Palestinian Hamas organization. Learn more.Who are Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar el-Sadat, and Hosni Mubarak?(00:10:00 or p. 7 in the transcript)Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein was an Egyptian politician who served as the second President of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Learn more.Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was a close confidant of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, under whom he served as Vice President twice and whom he succeeded as president in 1970. He serves as President of Egypt until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers in 1981. Learn more.Hosni Mubarak took power in 1981 after the assassination of Anwar el-Sadat. He was the second Arab leader to be toppled by the 2011 Arab Spring protests. He died in 2020. Click here and here to learn more.As mentioned above, Mohamed Morsi from the Muslim Brotherhood became president next. In 2013 former general, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, seized power in a military coup that ousted the country’s only democratically elected government. Abdel Fatah as-Sisi has been President of Egypt since.What happened in 1967?(00:11:00 or p. 7 in the transcript)The Six-Day War, also called June War or Third Arab-Israeli War or Naksah, is a brief war that took place June 5–10, 1967, and was the third of the Arab-Israeli wars. Click here and here to learn more.Who is Abd al-Fattah as-Sisi?(00:18:00 or p. 11 in the transcript)In 2013 former general, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, seized power in a military coup that ousted the country’s only democratically elected government. Abdel Fatah as-Sisi has been President of Egypt since. Learn more.Who was Habib Bourguiba?(00:18:00 or p. 13 in the transcript)Habib Bourguiba was a Tunisian lawyer, nationalist leader and statesman who led the country from 1956 to 1987 as Prime minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia and then as the first President of Tunisia (1957–87). Prior to his presidency, he led the nation to independence from France. He was ousted by his abovementioned prime minister, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who was himself overthrown decades later during the Arab Spring uprising in 2011. Learn more.

Sirte Pihlaja (CCXP, Trained Facilitator of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®) is the CEO of Shirute Ltd, the first customer experience agency in Finland. She is an internationally recognised CX/EX expert, coach, keynote speaker, designer and strategist with over 25 years of experience in advising large corporations and brands in various industries and countries. Sirte is the leader of CXPA's Finland network, a member of the International Advisory Committee and one of CXPA's founding members. She was one of the first Europeans to have been certified as CCXP. Sirte was recently recognised as a TOP 150 Global Customer Experience Thought Leader and on the CX Hall of Fame. The CXPA has also awarded her the Extra Mile Award. She has written three books on people's experiences, two out of which are global #1 bestsellers. When Sirte is not playing with LEGO bricks with her clients, she is passionately championing CX in the Nordics, South-East Asia and beyond and is a familiar face in international CX Awards juries and on conference stages around the world. Follow Sirte Pihlaja on LinkedIn Follow Sirte Pihlaja on Twitter @sirteace Check out LEGO Serious Play at www.cxplay.fi Check out Shirute at www.shirute.fi/en Follow Worthix on LinkedIn Follow Worthix on Twitter: @worthix Follow Mary Drumond on LinkedIn Follow Mary Drumond on Twitter: @drumondmary The Voices of CX Podcast is a podcast that covers all things business strategies, customer decision insight, empathetic leadership practices, and tips for sustainable profitability. With a little bit of geeking out on behavioral science, A.I. and other innovation sprinkled in here and there. The guests span multiple industries, but all of them have years of experience to bring to the table.

Rematamos hoy la trilogía dedicada al África romana con este episodio especial dedicado a Leptis Magna. Famosa por ser el lugar de nacimiento del emperador Septimio Severo, Leptis Magna era algo más que una pequeña ciudad provinciana. Enclavada en el corazón de Tripolitania, en el golfo de Sirte, esta ciudad fue uno de los núcleos urbanos costeros más boyantes de toda África. Fundada como emporio comercial por los Fenicios más de 4 siglos antes de que naciera la ciudad de Roma, fue concebida, en principio, como un puerto que hacía las veces de escala entre el Nilo y la actual región tunecina, que incluye Cartago. Sin embargo, esta posición intermedia, y a pesar de no contar con un entorno excesivamente favorable, permitió a Leptis adquirir una importancia comercial muy notable que aumentará con la llegada del imperio romano que permitirá a Leptis Magna gozar de una ubicación privilegiada entre Alejadría y Cartago por un lado, y entre el sur de Italia y las caravanas del Sahara. Esta situación permite a Leptis crecer a lo largo de los siglos y desarrollar una fisonomía urbana boyante, casi ostentosa. Dos foros, una espectacular basílica, el circo más grande de África, anfiteatro, teatro, varios mercados, grandes avenidas porticadas y unas lujosas termas. Grandes construcciones que son testigos elocuentes de la existencia de una opulenta clase aristocrática, hija del comercio y mimada por los sucesivos emperadores que a lo largo de los siglos I, II y III han desfilado por los mármoles de Roma. Un paseo por la evolución política, económica y arquitectónica de esta ciudad que, en los albores del siglo IV entrará en una fase de irremediable decadencia agravada por una serie de desastres naturales, crisis económicas e invasiones, que llevarán a su práctica desaparición en los siglos V, VI y VII (invadida por vándalos, romanos de oriente y luego por los árabes). Abandonada por ello a su suerte tras el siglo VIII, Leptis sucumbe a las arenas del desierto, que la engullen literalmente y sucumbe también, igualmente a las arenas del tiempo, que son también las del olvido. Rescatada en el siglo XX por un ejército de expoliadores, arqueólogos y pronto curiosos visitantes, turistas y estudiosos, vuelve Leptis Magna a la vida. Hoy, en EODR hablamos de Leptis Magna y descubrimos, para vosotros, todos sus secretos. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Hechos 27:14 Pero no mucho después dio contra la nave un viento huracanado que se llama Euraquilón. 15 Como la nave era arrebatada y no podía poner proa al viento, nos abandonamos a él y éramos llevados a la deriva. 16 Navegamos a sotavento de una pequeña isla que se llama Cauda, y apenas pudimos retener el esquife. 17 Y después de subirlo a bordo, se valían de refuerzos para ceñir la nave. Pero temiendo encallar en la Sirte, bajaron velas y se dejaban llevar así. 18 Al día siguiente, mientras éramos sacudidos por una furiosa tempestad, comenzaron a aligerar la carga; 19 y al tercer día, con sus propias manos arrojaron los aparejos del barco. 20 Como no aparecían ni el sol ni las estrellas por muchos días y nos sobrevenía una tempestad no pequeña, íbamos perdiendo ya toda esperanza de salvarnos. 21 Entonces, como hacía mucho que no comíamos, Pablo se puso de pie en medio de ellos y dijo: —Oh señores, debían haberme escuchado y no haber partido de Creta, para evitar este daño y pérdida. 22 Pero ahora les insto a tener buen ánimo, pues no se perderá la vida de ninguno de ustedes, sino solamente la nave. 23 Porque esta noche estuvo conmigo un ángel del Dios de quien soy y a quien sirvo, 24 y me dijo: “No temas, Pablo. Es necesario que comparezcas ante el César, y he aquí Dios te ha concedido todos los que navegan contigo”. 25 Por tanto, señores, tengan buen ánimo, porque yo confío en Dios que será así como me ha dicho. 26 Pero es necesario que demos en alguna isla. Lucas es el escritor del libro de Hechos, él es un gran escritor porque describe con gran detalle los eventos de las misiones del apóstol Pablo. Describe ciudades, pueblos, culturas, tradiciones, gobernantes, militares, y en ese caso, fenómenos metereológicos. Euroclidón es un viento huracanado, un ciclón tempestuoso que se forma en el Mediterráneo, mayormente entre otoño e invierno. Como leemos en la historia, fue un viento que llegó sorpresivamente sobre los que navegaban el barco donde iba Pablo, lleno de más de 200 personas entre tripulantes, presos y soldados. Pienso que muchas veces en la vida nos encontramos con tormentas inesperadas y en situaciones donde no tenemos el control, mas aún así el Señor siempre nos recuerda que Él tiene el control y un propósito con nuestras vidas. La tragedia era inminente y Pablo no podía evitarla, a pesar de que sabía lo que vendría, pero ¡qué hermoso saber que un ángel de Dios llegó para consolarlo, fortalecerlo y confirmarle que su propósito con su vida era testificar al emperador sobre su propia vida y de Jesucristo como ya lo había hecho con otros gobernantes y jueces! Al final, Dios se glorifica, pues ellos escucharon como Pablo habló con firmeza, declarando que Dios le había revelado que todos se iban a salvar, a pesar de que el barco se iba a perder. Además él les afirmó que no iban a morir, les animó para que comieran, se fortalecieran y creyeran en el Dios de Pablo. Mañana vamos a continuar con el siguiente capítulo y vamos a mirar el final de este evento trágico, pero por hoy espero que estés convencido de cómo Dios envía a sus ángeles para consolarnos y protegernos, aunque nos encontremos en medio del ojo del huracán y aunque veamos que viene destrucción, el Señor guardará nuestra integridad física y mayormente nuestras almas. Sea cual sea la etapa en que estés viviendo: si eres un joven y sufriste la traición de un amigo o el desamor de una relación, Dios te va a ayudar. Si esa tormenta es un conflicto con tu pareja, créeme que el Señor puede transformar esos corazones, aunque el conflicto parece que te ahoga. Recuerda que la tormenta que estás viviendo con tu hijo rebelde, Dios va a glorificarse siempre y cuando no dejes de creer y de luchar de rodillas pero confiando que Dios va hacer la obra. ¡No temas ni desmayes! Recuerda que creemos en Aquel que tiene la capacidad de callar el mar y la tempestad y nosotros también lo podemos hacer en el nombre de Jesús. Soy tu amigo Eduardo Rodríguez.

Neal and Paul have the joy of welcoming another author from the Qualtrics recently published list of the top 10 books every CX leader should read in 2021. Today, all the way from Finland, the one and only Sirte Philaja joins the podcast. Sirte, one of the authors of Customer Experience 2 and the brand new Customer Experience 3 books, talks about Lego Serious Play (yes, it really is a thing) and how LSP came into being.   Sirte explains the huge benefits of LSP, how using LSP correctly is like putting money in the bank, achieving more with less, and the benefit of giving your brain a hand (all of these real quotes from the podcast).  The best way to sum up today's podcast is "Play is not the opposite of work, boredom is".   Don't forget to go purchase your copy of the Customer Experience 3 book that was launched today, to gather more insights and knowledge from Sirte and her co-authors.

In this episode, Naeem speaks to Sirte Pihlaja, bestselling author and CX expert.   Sirte can be found here: linkedin.com/in/sirte   A series of interviews with global CX experts who share their knowledge and insights on CX best practices   Hosted by Naeem Arif - CX enabler and business transformation consultant    Twitter - @NAConsultingLtd Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NAConsultingLtd/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/naeemarif/

TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜http://www.bastabugie.it/it/articoli.php?id=6420LE PRIMAVERE ARABE FURONO (E SONO) UN INCUBODopo 10 anni è evidente: oggi rimangono soprattutto le macerie (centinaia di migliaia di morti, guerre civili, terrorismo islamico, paesi divisi, caos e disperazione)di Leone GrottiIl 17 dicembre di dieci anni fa il rivenditore ambulante di frutta Mohamed Bouazizi si diede fuoco nella città tunisina di Sidi Bouzid per inscenare un'ultima estrema protesta contro i continui soprusi subiti per mano della polizia del regime di Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. Il suo gesto scatenò un movimento inaspettato di rivolta contro la dittatura che deflagrò l'anno successivo in tutto il mondo arabo. Iniziò così il movimento conosciuto come Primavera araba, che convogliò l'entusiasmo e il desiderio di cambiamento di migliaia di giovani nei paesi del Nord Africa e del Medio Oriente. Grazie anche al sostegno interessato dell'Occidente, in particolare degli Stati Uniti del premio Nobel per la pace Barack Obama, le piazze di Tunisia, Egitto, Libia, Siria, Yemen e Bahrein furono invase da manifestazioni variopinte, attraversate da richieste legittime e prese di posizioni coraggiose. Ma il sogno di quei giovani, per motivi che variano da paese a paese, si trasformò rapidamente in incubo e a dieci anni di distanza di quell'esperienza rimangono soprattutto le macerie: centinaia di migliaia di morti, guerre civili e per procura, terrorismo islamico, paesi divisi, dissolti o distrutti, caos e disperazione che hanno fatto la fortuna di alcuni (come Erdogan) e portato alla luce la debolezza e la divisione di altri (come l'Unione Europea).IN TUNISIA VINCE LA DISILLUSIONELa Tunisia, dove tutto ebbe inizio, è l'unico paese che può vantare in mezzo a mille problemi rimasti irrisolti qualche successo. I tunisini possono ora eleggere i propri rappresentanti, hanno la libertà di criticare lo Stato, la Costituzione è stata riscritta e migliorata ma nessuno ha voglia di festeggiare. Disoccupazione e disuguaglianze, terrorismo e instabilità, continuano ad affliggere il paese: il Parlamento è frammentato e incapace di dare vita a un governo stabile, un numero incredibilmente elevato di giovani non desidera altro che salire su un'imbarcazione di fortuna per tentare l'ingresso illegale in Europa, mentre il jihad continua a rappresentare l'unica valida alternativa per migliaia di persone. Ne sa qualcosa la Francia, dove il 29 ottobre il 21enne tunisino Brahim Aoussaoui, sbarcato clandestinamente a Lampedusa il 20 settembre, ha ucciso tre fedeli nella basilica di Notre-Dame a Nizza al grido di «Allahu Akbar». «Qualcosa è andato storto negli ultimi dieci anni», dichiara sconsolato alla Reuters un giovane disoccupato di Sidi Bouzid, che non sa che farsene del suo diritto di voto. «Il governo non fornisce alcun aiuto e quest'anno la rabbia è molto più grande che in passato».IN EGITTO L'ESERCITO MANTIENE IL CONTROLLODifficilmente a gennaio Piazza Tahrir, al Cairo, si riempirà di nuovo come nel gennaio 2011. La rivoluzione portò alla deposizione di Hosni Mubarak, è vero, ma il tentativo dei Fratelli Musulmani di conquistare il potere assoluto e la conseguente deposizione manu militari del presidente della Fratellanza Mohamed Morsi da parte dell'allora generale e oggi presidente Abdel Fattah al Sisi hanno dato a troppi egiziani l'impressione che, in fondo, non sia cambiato nulla. A comandare in Egitto è ancora l'esercito (il caso Regeni è solo un piccolo esempio di quanto esso possa commettere abusi nella totale impunità), dissentire con le politiche governative è impossibile e le più ampie libertà sognate dalla piazza sono rimaste tali: un sogno. I cristiani copti tendono a vedere l'altro lato della medaglia: senza l'intervento dell'esercito oggi l'Egitto sarebbe probabilmente un califfato islamico. I Fratelli musulmani sono stati dichiarati un'organizzazione terroristica, lo Stato ha pagato la ricostruzione delle oltre 60 chiese bruciate dalla Fratellanza nel 2013 e ha finalmente autorizzato la costruzione di nuovi edifici di culto anche per i cristiani. Nonostante questo, i copti difficilmente possono sentirsi al sicuro a casa loro e l'assassinio pochi giorni fa di un cristiano in pieno giorno da parte di due estremisti islamici ad Alessandria ne è la prova più tangibile.LA LIBIA DISTRUTTA E "CONQUISTATA" DA ERDOGAN La Libia è uno dei paesi che ha pagato più a caro prezzo una concezione idolatrica e storicamente disincarnata della libertà. Il dittatore Muammar Gheddafi è stato eliminato il 20 ottobre 2011 grazie all'intervento della Nato che, spinta da una Francia spregiudicata e desiderosa di scippare all'Italia la sua posizione privilegiata nell'ex colonia ricca di petrolio, insieme al regime ha abbattuto anche il paese nordafricano. Oggi non esiste più un vero Stato unitario chiamato Libia, ma solo un insieme di territori divorati da una guerra civile sanguinosa della quale hanno saputo approfittare attori luciferini e senza scrupoli. L'Isis è stato per fortuna debellato, anche se il sangue dei 21 martiri copti non verrà facilmente lavato dalle coste di Sirte. Ma il paese dove l'unità sembra ancora irraggiungibile, e dove il peso politico dell'Italia è sempre più evanescente, è ora sotto la sulfurea influenza del presidente turco Recep Tayyip Erdogan, desideroso di affermare la sua potenza nel Mediterraneo e pericolosamente a guardia dei flussi migratori in grado di destabilizzare politicamente l'Europa intera.IN YEMEN LA CRISI UMANITARIA PIÙ GRAVE DEL MONDODi ciò che una volta veniva chiamato Yemen restano soltanto le macerie ormai. Il vuoto lasciato dalla cacciata del dittatore Saleh è stato riempito da una guerra civile sponsorizzata dagli eterni contendenti del mondo arabo: Arabia Saudita da una parte e Iran dall'altra. L'Occidente ha presto dimenticato il paese della Penisola araba, dove il potere è attualmente diviso tra ribelli sciiti houthi, il governo sunnita appoggiato dai sauditi, il Consiglio meridionale di transizione, lo Stato islamico e Al Qaeda. La guerra che va avanti ormai da sei interminabili anni ha già fatto più di 100 mila morti, molti dei quali civili, caduti spesso sotto le bombe saudite che l'Onu non ha mai avuto il coraggio di condannare, nel paese è in corso la più grave crisi umanitaria del mondo e 13 milioni di persone rischiano attualmente di morire di fame.LA FOLLE MATTANZA SIRIANAIl 15 marzo la guerra siriana compirà dieci anni. Le cifre non possono bastare a dare l'idea della devastazione subita dalla popolazione per mano di una coalizione internazionale di paesi che ha appoggiato con soldi e armi un gruppo di "ribelli" che si sono presto rivelati jihadisti, amanti (poco) della libertà e (molto) del terrore. Il dittatore Bashar al Assad, grazie all'intervento di Russia e Iran, è rimasto in sella ma nel paese mediorientale sono morte tra le 400 mila e le 600 mila persone, circa il 2 per cento della popolazione. Come se non bastasse, gli sfollati interni sono almeno 6,5 milioni, oltre ai tre milioni scappati all'estero.La guerra siriana, fomentata dall'Occidente, ha fatto la fortuna di gruppi jihadisti come Al Qaeda e lo Stato islamico, che ha ricambiato l'Europa con una serie interminabile di attentati terroristici, arrivando a instaurare un vastissimo Califfato in Iraq e Siria, poi crollato nel giro di due anni. Attualmente rimane una sola provincia, quella di Idlib, in mano agli islamisti sostenuti politicamente dalla Turchia ma la popolazione siriana è stremata e la sua condizione è ulteriormente aggravata dalle sanzioni occidentali.IL DISASTRO DI OBAMALe Primavere arabe non sarebbero state possibili senza la politica ondivaga e irrazionale di Barack Obama. Il presidente americano, infatti, insignito nel 2009 con il premio Nobel per la pace preventivo (mai nomina si rivelò più sbagliata), prima scaricò davanti alle proteste di Piazza Tahrir Mubarak, alleato decennale degli Usa, poi salutò con entusiasmo l'elezione a presidente di Morsi, infine non denunciò il colpo di Stato di Al Sisi, lasciando dichiarare al suo segretario di Stato, John Kerry: «La rivoluzione è stata rubata dai Fratelli musulmani».Allo stesso tempo diede il via libera per il bombardamento della Libia, salvo poi abbandonarla al suo destino (la guerra civile), e fece di tutto per appoggiare le milizie islamiche siriane e abbattere Assad, senza (fortunatamente) percorrere l'ultimo miglio e invadere il paese. Infine, non ha alzato ciglio davanti alla repressione delle proteste in Bahrain, appoggiando militarmente l'Arabia Saudita per reprimere quelle in Yemen. Infine, ha trovato un accordo con l'Iran per il congelamento delle attività nucleari.Ricapitolando: ha appoggiato i Fratelli musulmani in Egitto e Libia contro i rispettivi governi, poi ha sostenuto l'esercito contro i Fratelli musulmani in Egitto; ha fiancheggiato i sunniti contro gli sciiti in Bahrein e Yemen e poi ha trovato un accordo con l'Iran sciita per danneggiare l'Arabia Saudita sunnita. In Siria ha finanziato i ribelli siriani, facilitando la diffusione dell'Isis, per poi combatterlo, anche se in modo non risolutivo.LA POLITICA DELL'INSTABILITÀAl di là degli errori strategici di Obama, il politologo francese Henri Hude ha commentato così la politica di quegli anni: «Gli Stati Uniti conducono una politica egemonica camuffata da politica liberale universalista. Il gioco sul "grande scacchiere" consiste nel mantenere il loro potere evitando l'emergere di un rivale globale. A questo scopo, l'islamismo è l'alleato a rovescio tanto indispensabile agli Stati Uniti quanto lo erano i turchi per il re di Francia contro l'imperatore d'Asburgo. Questo principio permette di comprendere come gli Stati Uniti mantengano una relazione ambigua con gli islamisti, che ostentano odio per il "Grande Satan

Libya'da ateşkes için meşru yönetimin şartları içinde Sirte ve Cufra'dan Hafter güçlerinin çekilmesi var. Mısır asker gönderme kararı aldı. Türkiye ne yapacak?

Jalel Harchaoui - a research at the Clingendael institute at The Hague - gives valuable insights into who the main actors are in Libya, what they want and how likely it is that we are going to continue to see an escalation.

For Episode 41 I had my fourth annual discussion with Professor Bruce Hoffman on the Islamic State and al Qaeda in 2019 and Beyond. We open up reviewing 2018 to frame the discussion before going into some significant events of 2019. We talk about the deaths of al-Baghdadi and Hamza bin Laden, the impact their deaths may have on their respective organizations, and the pros and cons of a decapitation strategy. We talk about IS' inability to re-establish a presence in Sirte, Libya, three years after its expulsion from its North African enclave. Going digital, we also covered the notion of “deplatforming” IS from social media platforms and the outlook on its propaganda machine. While IS/AQ suffered some significant setbacks in 2019, I asked Professor Hoffman about their successes over the year. We covered: - their continued ability to conduct hundreds of simple and sophisticated attacks across the region; - the prison breaks occurring in Northern Syria as US military withdraws from the area - allowing other actors such as Russia and Turkey to create more chaos upon which terrorist organizations thrive; - and their spread deeper into new areas of the sub-Saharan African region; and - Turkey has begun deporting foreign fighters back to their home countries…and the international community doesn't seem sure what to do about it. The Security Studies Podcast is produced by Jeffrey Palmer. 
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Eddie Mair: You were sitting next to Boris Johnson during the speech, do you think people want Bernard Manning as foreign secretary? Amber Rudd: I dont quite agree with that approach, I think that the foreign secretary has an important job to do and will be getting on and doing it. EM: I want to ask you about Theresa May's judgement in appointing and keeping Boris Johnson as foreign secretary. As you know he said last night that the Libyan city Sirte "could be the new Dubai” adding “all they have to do is clear the dead bodies away.” He hasn't apologised, why doesn't she sack him? AR: The prime minister can appoint her own cabinet, we know that, Boris has set out his full explanation of why EM: …no he hasn't, he has merely criticised the critics. AR: He has set out his view on the situation in Sirte, he has expanded on it, and you know what… EM: “He has said that it's a shame that people with no knowledge or understanding of Libya want to play politics” he said... AR: I think he said a bit more than that. EM: Well I can read the rest of the quote but he didn't apologise. AR: Well by all means if you really think the public…I didn't suggest that he had, that was your phrase. I'm not going to be drawn further down the Boris vortex Eddie, but I'm very happy to discuss anything else in the speech or the policies that are really relevant to people at home. EM: Well I think foreign policy is relevant isn't it, as well as the Conservative MPs who think he should go, Guma El-Gamaty the leader of the of the Taghyeer Party and a member of the UN backed Libyan political dialogue process said this about those comments: "It upsets me because it comes from a very high ranking official who is in charge of the foreign policy of the united kingdom. And it upsets me because it totally disregards the human aspect of the young Libyans who died." Again, I ask you about Theresa May's judgement in appointing and keeping Boris Johnson as foreign secretary. AR: It is up to the Prime Minister who she appoints and keeps. EM: Why doesn't she sack him? AR: As I say it is up to the Prime Minister. EM: And I'm asking about her judgement. When she appointed him she knew he had published a poem about the Turkish president having sex with a goat. She knew he had described president Obama as part Kenyan. She knew he had referred to "Papua New Guinea style orgies of cannibalism and chief killing." She knew he talked about tribal warriors in Congo breaking out in watermelon smiles. And she knew he said that Liverpool had failed to acknowledge the role what he called “drunken fans” played in the Hillsborough disaster. I suggest to you the reason Theresa May doesn't sack him is because she fears a leadership challenge. She is prepared to send out Boris Johnson to represent the United Kingdom around the world in order to protect her own job. AR: Well those are your views Eddie. EM: I'm suggesting it to you, what do you think? AR: You can and I , well I think that Boris Johnson does a great job as foreign secretary in many ways, i know he has a colourful way of expressing things sometimes EM: Colourful! AR: And the comments that if other people can get upset by are sometimes I agree ill judged, but I don't think we should condemn him from some from one particular issue that he might have attacked inappropriately. EM: What one particular issue, I gave you a whole list! My question was about Theresa May's judgement. AR: I trust her judgement Eddie. EM: The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the recently-held 17th Congress of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) held in Durban, South Africa while the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) staged a one-day work stoppage to demand decent employment inside the country; Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has addressed parliament announcing measures to reform the Southern African nation's beleagured econony; fighting continues in Libya over control of oil resources and the strategic city of Sirte; and finally the United States presidential campaign is wracked by scandals involving the release of excerpts from speeches delivered by Hillary Clinton on Wall Street and a recording of Donald Trump from 2005 making derogatory statements about women. In the second and third hours we continue our monthlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Oakland, California.

Listen to the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We will feature our regular PANW reports with dispatches on the Orlando club massacre where 50 people have been reportedly killed; there is still a severe economic crisis in the United States as revealed by a recent survey published in the media; the fighting is continuing for the control of the Libyan city of Sirte; and the Zimbabwe government is searching internationally for funds looted from the diamond sector inside the country. We will continue our focus on the 50th anniversary of the Black Power movement with audio files from Stokely Carmichael and Assatta Shakur. 

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program will feature our regular PANW reports with dispatches on the increasing United States interference in the internal affairs of South Africa and the entire Southern Africa region; President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has delivered a speech on the shortages of currency inside the country; the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has issued an appeal to the U.S. calling for a new reorientation away from war and aggression against the socialist state; and fighting is continuing between forces loyal to the United Nations imposed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya and the IS forces based in Sirte. In the second hour we continue our commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Black Power movement examining a debate between the-then SNCC Chairman Stokely Carmichael and a leading racist propagandist in 1966. Also Muhammad Ali was laid to rest in Louisville, Kentucky on June 10. We will listen to excerpts of interviews with Muhammad when he was facing the heavywieght championship fight with Sonny Liston in early 1964. 

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. Our program highlights the regular PANW reports with dispatches on the recently concluded Forum on China-Africa Relations (FOCAC) in the Republic of South Africa; the reported presence of IS in the western coastal city of Sirte, Libya is providing a rationale for the resumption of air strikes by the imperialists; the United States has carried out bombing operations in the Horn of Africa state of Somalia just this last past week; and the nation of Burundi faces further instability with the failure of the East African regional community and the African Union to stabilize the situation inside the country. In the second hour we continue our coverage of the FOCAC Summit with reports on the various agreements signed between China and AU member-states. We continue our recognition of the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott by looking at the historical predecessors to the Dec. 1955 actions examining the high school students strike in Virginia during 1951. In the third hour we hear the voice of Dr. TRM Howard who was a physician in Mississippi that supported the Civil Rights struggle during the 1950s. Finally we listen to part I of the historic Massey Lectures delivered in 1967 by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio where he proceeded to rapidly shift his views on US society and international affairs.

Terwijl de internationale coalitie tegen IS de luchtaanvallen op Syrië en Irak intensiveert, breidt het kalifaat haast ongemerkt uit naar Libië. In de kustplaats Sirte worden mensen publiekelijk onthoofd en draaien radiostations geen muziek meer, maar worden toespraken van khalief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi uitgezonden. Een gesprek met arabist Leo Kwarten en journalist Anass Bendrif.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We feature our regular PANW reports highlighting the request by the Namibian people for reparations involving the German genocide of 1904-07 where tens of thousands of Africans were slaughtered at the aegis of Berlin's Second Reich; the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was served with a letter of support from the Republic of Sudan in Zimbabwe just recently; the United States has re-established its embassy in Havana, Cuba after 54 years ushering in a new era of bilateral relations; while clashes have taken place in neo-colonial Libya in the city of Sirte between IS fighters and other groups amid the failure of United Nations brokered talks to stabilize the situation inside this North African state. In the second and third hour we focus on the legacy of Black August looking at the 50th anniversary of the Watts Rebellion which began on Aug. 11, 1965. Also we pay tribute to Hugo Pinell of the San Quinten Six who was assassinated on Aug. 12 in the California prison system. Finally we review an audio documentary on the legacy of resistance behind prison walls in the U.S.

"Nu Islamitische Staat de stad Sirte heeft ingenomen dreigt de economie van het land helemaal in te storten", zo waarschuwt de speciale VN-gezant voor Libië. De meeste olievelden van het land liggen rond deze strategische havenstad. Ondertussen probeert de VN om de verschillende fracties en strijdende partijen rond de tafel te krijgen. Tot nu toe tevergeefs, aldus Midden-Oostendeskundige Bertus Hendriks.

Katie Adie presents more despatches from foreign correspondents. As forces try to oust Gaddafi loyalists holding out in his home town of Sirte, our correspondent Alastair Leithead ponders the dilemmas of keeping the story in the news. In Pakistan, the monsoon season has left thousands homeless once again; Aleem Maqbool travels through Sindh, one of the worst-affected provinces, and find people feeling abandoned by their government and the world. We get up close and personal as Robin Irvine takes part in a wrestling match on the grasslands of Eastern Mongolia. In Beirut, appearances are everything, even when giving birth, as Georgia Paterson Dargham finds out. And in New England, Julian May discovers why lobster fishing is apparently helping to increase the crustacean's numbers.