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Send us a textIn this episode we let you listen to one of the most impressive statemen of the century, Secretary of State James Baker. He was a graduate of Princeton University and after the Soviet Union Coup attempt finally calms down he returned to his Alma Mater to talk about the future he hoped would occur in the Soviet Union. We will be covering James Baker quite a bit over the next seasons as he takes a central role in managing the end of the Cold War, and running the re-election of his friend George H. W. Bush in 1992. Questions or comments at , Randalrgw1@aol.com , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!
Send us a textCoalition Building in the Gulf War President Bush introduces former Secretary of State James Baker. Mr. Baker then spoke about diplomatic efforts to build an international coalition to fight Iraq and liberate Kuwait. Following his remarks he answered questions from the audience.We decided that this event was too important not to feature in its entirety. It was held on October 26, 2001 Questions or comments at , Randalrgw1@aol.com , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!
On this episode of the podcast, host Amanda Head chats with famed actor Nick Searcy who starred as former Secretary of State James Baker in the widely successful new biographical drama film titled, “Reagan”. Searcy praises the high production quality and historical accuracy of the film. He goes on to note parallels between former President Ronald Reagan's historical era with the times we're living in today. Furthermore, Searcy criticized Hollywood's woke agenda and shared his decision to flee from California due to its current political climate and the state government's response to the pandemic.If you're interested in watching this new film that has already beat box office expectations on opening weekend you can check your local listings. If you want to learn more about the movie, cast or watch the trailer all you have to do is visit www.Reagan.movie.Other interviews on this podcast episode include a conversation with the Executive Vice President of the National Taxpayers Union Brandon Arnold on the state of our economy and the Director of Policy for the American Principles Project Jon Schweppe on the current state of American politics with the continuation of the 2024 presidential election cycle.You can follow Amanda Head on social medias by searching: @AmandaHead. You can also subscribe to her channels on Youtube and Rumble by searching: “Furthermore with Amanda Head”.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Send us a Text Message.In this episode we will hear for Secretary of State James Baker in an interview with FOX News Anchor Sean Hannity discuss the lead up to the Gulf War start. We will also hear the news coverage of those waning days before the war broke out in the Gulf. We will revisit the last minute efforts of the Bush Administration to stave off the war with a high stakes and tense day in Geneva between Secretary of State James Baker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, After hours of negotiation the effort got nowhere all of which was symbolized by the unopen letter left by Aziz on the table from President Bush to Saddam Hussein in a last minute personal appeal to prevent war. Questions or comments at , Randalrgw1@aol.com , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!
As we approach the eve of the August 10, 1990, Arab League Summit; I thought this a good time for us to go back, with the help of the PBS Documentary series "Frontline", to the summer of circumstances that led to the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. So, we will relive the summer months prior to the invasion as we listen to the "Frontline: The Gulf War" Documentary sum up the issues between Iraq and Kuwait that escalated into the invasion. How Saddam Hussein mislead Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, who in turn assured President Bush that an invasion was not imminent. Then we will listen in on a Documentary on Former Secretary of State James Baker, as he describes going to the Soviet Union and bringing them into the coalition which in a lot of ways marked the true end of the Cold War. All of this while tensions mount and the world moves closer to war, and the United States starts negotiating with King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, to move more than 200,000 United States Military troops to the Persian Gulf to insure that Iraq will not make moves toward any other neighbors in the region. Then we will go to the coverage of the Arab League Summit where the Arab Nations stand with the United States against the aggression of Saddam Hussein against Kuwait. It is a united Arab League, with just a couple of hold outs. We want to recognize "The Gulf War by Frontline" a documentary on the war, we used a long segment for this podcast to go through how the war started, and we recognize "James Baker President-Maker Real Stories " Documentary for the use of the long segment from their documentary as well. Links to both documentaries are provided in the chapters. The use of these documentary segments was for educational purposes and we claim no copyright to those materials or the use of any other materials in our broadcasts . Questions or comments at , Randalrgw1@aol.com , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!
On this edition of Parallax Views, political blogger Ettingermentum joins the show to discuss his piece "The President Who Stood Up To Israel and Won". We discuss President George HW Bush's rocky relationship with then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir of the Likud Party, the young Benjamin Netanyahu, Bush-era Secretary of State James Baker, AIPAC (American-Israel Public Affairs Commitee), Bush's "New World Order" and the Middle East, how Bush responded to pro-Israel lobbying that painted him as anti-Israel, why Ettingermentum disagrees with the idea that AIPAC cost Bush re-election, Yitzhak Rabin, unconditional support for Israel vs conditional support, Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Israeli far-right, Obama's relationship with Netanyahu, the Camp David 2000 Summit and Clinton official Robert Malley's account of why it fell apart (he claims it wasn't all on Arafat), the October 7th Hamas attack and the Tet Offensive, Netanyahu vs. Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli Right's attacks on Israeli intelligence Shin Bet, Israel's unsustainable status quo, claiming they've "gone woke", Benny Gantz, and the real lesson of Bush's checkmating of AIPAC and Shamir. Clarification for James Baker's controversial comments: Did James Baker Really Say ‘F*** the Jews'? New Book Clarifies U.S. Diplomat's Infamous Quote - U.S. News - Haaretz.com (archive.ph)
During discussions over the reunification of Germany in 1990, U.S. Secretary of State James Baker told Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO would not expand eastward. "Not one inch," Baker assured Gorbachev. In the lead-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin used those words to suggest that the U.S. and NATO were not interested in peace and could not be trusted. Mary Sarotte, professor of history at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and author of "Not One Inch," talks about the 1990 comment and the impact that NATO expansion since then has had on U.S.-Russia relations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Back again for part 3 in a series on the history of Ukraine, Russia, and U.S. relations. In this episode we look more in detail at the West's funding of militant Nationalists in Ukraine, and the various modern groups. Igor Kolomoisky, and his influence, NATO expansion since the end of the Cold War, the Brzezenski family role in the fight against Russia, F. William Engdahl's history on the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine, and those behind it, & The Bucharest Declaration of 2008, and how it promised Ukraine, and Georgia membership in print. Thank You for listening to the show! Please share, and give a good rating on your preferred podcasting platform. Cheers, and Blessings Show Notes Doug Valentine On U.S. Involvement In Ukraine https://youtu.be/jRicZc-cZ0I ...it was reported as recently as April 2021 that the ostensibly ‘liberal' Zelensky wanted to appoint one Serhiy Sternenko (a former leader of the Neo-Nazi ‘Right Sector‘) as the head of the SBU (the Secret Service in Ukraine). This being despite Sternenko being under investigation for murder and for involvement in a massacre during the events of 2014. If even Zelensky – the current and apparently ‘liberal' president – is willing to be in alliance with Nazis and murderers (let alone to seek to place a Nazi *and* murderer in charge of, of all things, the Secret Service), then how much of a ‘minor problem' or ‘minority' presence can the Neo-Nazis and ultra-nationalists really be? Svoboda, for the record, is widely acknowledged as a Neo-Nazi party, and was founded by Oleh Tahnybok and Andriy Parubiy, the latter of whom was the chairman of Ukraine's parliament until 2019 (and was invited to address the US Congress three years ago), and the former having been famously photographed with Senator John McCain during the events of 2014. A key figure in Azov's political wing, the National Corps Party, is Olena Semenyaka: who has been photographed with the swastika flag and doing a Hitler salute. She was invited to be a visiting fellow at the Vienna-based Institute for Human Sciences. Great Source For Info On Ukraine! https://burningblogger.com/2022/03/05/the-truth-about-nazism-in-ukraine-and-why-the-media-is-covering-it-up/ Ukrainian Nationalist Groups• White Hammer Svoboda Party Azov Battalion C14 Banderists, See: Stephan Bandera Centuria Trident Group Right Sector Aidar Battalion Dnipro Battalion Andriy Biletsky, leader of Azov's National Corps political party and defacto head of the Azov movement. Wotanjugend's “Thule Signal” Aleksey Levkin Right Sector Dmytro Yarosh National Resistance Alexey Svynarenko Atlantic Council 2018 Ukraine's Got A Real Problem w/ Far Right Violence https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-s-got-a-real-problem-with-far-right-violence-and-no-rt-didn-t-write-this-headline/ Kolomoisky, Hunter Biden, & Zelensky Connection https://thewallwillfall.org/2022/03/14/how-one-ukrainian-billionaire-funded-hunter-biden-president-volodymyr-zelensky-and-the-neo-nazi-azov-battalion/ The Cold War was a political standoff between the Western allies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, and the countries of the Warsaw Pact, often referred to as the "Eastern Bloc." The latter was dominated by the Soviet Union and included Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and East Germany. All of these countries underwent significant changes after the Cold War came to an end in 1991. https://classroom.synonym.com/happened-eastern-bloc-countries-after-end-cold-war-19984.html On 9 November 1990, US Secretary of State James Baker told Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in the Kremlin's St. Catherine Hall that NATO would not expand beyond reunified Germany “one inch in the eastern direction. Strategic Culture In 1999, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic joined NATO, amid much debate within the organization and Russian opposition. Another expansion came with the accession of seven Central and Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. JanetPanic In 1997, former Russian Ambassador Matlock was asked to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. When asked about whether or not more member states should be added to NATO, he said that it was unwise; that, in fact, “it may well go down in history as the most profound strategic blunder made since the end of the Cold War.” Bill Clinton Refused to admit Russian into NATO• 2018 NATO has launched its biggest military exercises since the end of the Cold War amid rising tensions between the transatlantic security alliance and Russia. About 50,000 soldiers from 31 countries – comprising NATO's 29 member states plus Sweden and Finland – are taking part in a mock battle against an invading force in Norway beginning on Wednesday and scheduled to run until November 7. Aljazeera News Also, notice when Trump wanted to stop arming Ukraine, that's when they impeached him• Poland and Russia are bitter enemies. The U.S. knew, that Russia would see Poland's entrance into NATO as a threat• Brzezinski wanted all Baltic States to join NATO. His son is now Poland's ambassador.• The 2008 Bucharest Declaration Promised Ukraine, & Georgia NATO Membership https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/29/words-matter-the-bucharest-nato-summit-and-its-contentious-promise/ U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Trilateral Commission. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Poland in 1991-93, during which he researched and wrote a book entitled "The Struggle for Constitutionalism in Poland.". https://pl.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulate/embassy/ambassador/ Full Spectrum Dominance, F. William Engdahl Orange Revolution 2004 http://www.williamengdahl.com/books.php Where the Nationalist sound bites came from: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fy910FG46C4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hE6b4ao8gAQ&pp=QAFIAg%3D%3D https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6g4C2isl6vI Social Media Instagram, & Twitter: @_theoddmanout FB: /theoddcastfttheoddmanout Please Support If You Can? 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Darrell Castle talks about the war in Ukraine from a Russian perspective. This is possible because one can see the other's point of view in a conflict without agreeing with the other's tactics. He does not support the Russian invasion in any way, but wants to be free to examine evidence and draw his own conclusions without being told by opinion makers what to think. Transcription / Notes THE RUSSIAN POINT OF VIEW Hello this is Darrell Castle with today's Castle Report. This is Friday March 4, 2022, and I will be talking about the war in Ukraine from a Russian perspective. This is possible, I believe, because one can see the other's point of view in a conflict without agreeing with the other's tactics. I Would not wish to be seen as supporting the Russian invasion in any way because I don't, but I want to be free to examine evidence and draw my own conclusions without being told by opinion makers what to think. This is the 10th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, so a little history is in order. Thirty-one years ago, the President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, and the Premier or leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, met to discuss a possible deal to allow the Soviet Union, which was financially broke and desperate, to end peacefully, and with dignity. The deal was that the 16 Soviet satellites or colonies would become separate independent countries. East Germany would remain divided, but the wall would come down and then the two countries would be completely integrated. Reagan agreed that NATO would not expand beyond its present boundaries at that time. In other words, the Soviet colonies, now freed, would not become part of NATO. No NATO or U.S. troops would be stationed in the Russian borderland countries, and both sides would keep those countries free of offensive missiles. That part of the agreement was later formalized in a treaty to ban intermediate range missiles from that part of Europe. American presidents have denied the authenticity or even existence of the agreement, but Secretary of State James Baker was there, and he took notes, so denial of the deal only adds to the hypocrisy. The deal was made to give the world a sigh of relief from the long, expensive, and very dangerous cold war in which mutually assured destruction was the order of the day. It came after a long series of dour, hardline Russian leaders and ended with the eloquent, Westernized Gorbachev, who was succeeded by the disastrous Boris Yeltsin. President Clinton reportedly took advantage of Yeltsin because of his greed and most of all his alcoholism. NATO began its continual march to the east and to Russia's border. During that time the U.S. withdrew from the Intermediate Range Missile Ban Treaty and moved missiles to Poland and Romania. Yeltsin held power for about 10 years and then power was transferred to a former colonel in the KGB European Division, Vladimir Putin. Mr. Putin set out to rebuild Russia's reputation and status as a great nation and his first tactic was to divert a large part of the Russian GDP to modernizing the Russian military. NATO had advanced to the border of Ukraine by that time and there were constant rumors of Ukraine's joining the NATO treaty. The Nation of Georgia was also a target for NATO expansion and when it became an open objective Putin invaded and put a stop to it. The West seemed to learn nothing from that event, however. Fast forward to the year 2016 and the American presidential election in which Putin and Russia were accused of interfering in the election on behalf of Donald Trump. For the next four years that was the constant theme of the American media, but the Durham investigation has revealed that the Hillary Clinton campaign instigated the entire hoax. Other than that, it was a complete lie, but I'm sure that Putin was both amused and outraged to be Clinton's scapegoat. The interesting part of all this and the complete hypocrisy of the American leadership came into view just two yea...
When food alters gene function Helmholtz Zentrum München, January 30, 2022 As the study shows, a high-fat diet during pregnancy and lactation leads to epigenetic* changes in the offspring. These changes affect metabolic pathways regulated by the gut hormone GIP**, whereby the adult offspring are more susceptible to obesity and insulin resistance, the precursor to type 2 diabetes. Similar mechanisms cannot be ruled out in humans, according to Pfeiffer. As scientists throughout the world observe, children of obese mothers have a higher risk of obesity and metabolic disorders. Recent findings suggest that diet-related epigenetic effects may also play a causal role in this. (NEXT) Probiotics Help with Morning Sickness University of California at Davis, January 28, 2022 A study published by researchers from the University of California, Davis, has found that probiotics are a game changer for moms-to-be who find themselves green at the gills on the daily. After receiving a mix of 10 Lactobacillus probiotic strains and one Bifidobacterium strain over a 16-day period, the low-risk pregnant women in the study, who all had been experiencing nausea and other digestive system complaints, reported a 16% reduction in nausea and a 33% reduction in vomiting episodes. (NEXT) Higher dietary fiber intake in young women may reduce breast cancer risk Harvard School of Public Health, January 31, 2022 Boston, MA – Women who eat more high-fiber foods during adolescence and young adulthood–especially lots of fruits and vegetables–may have significantly lower breast cancer risk than those who eat less dietary fiber when young. The researchers looked at a group of 90,534 women who participated in the Nurses' Health Study II, a large long-running investigation of factors that influence women's health. The women–ages 27-44 at the time–filled out questionnaires about their food intake, and did so every four years after that. The researchers analyzed the women's fiber intake while adjusting for a number of other factors, such as race, family history of breast cancer, body mass index, weight change over time, menstruation history, alcohol use, and other dietary factors. (NEXT) Cocoa flavanols may use gut microbiota pathway to ease metabolic syndrome: Review Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, January 29, 2022 Consuming cocoa flavanols may interact with the gut microbiota as a way of preventing metabolic syndrome or easing the condition's symptoms, a review has concluded. While flavanols from a variety of dietary sources appear promising, cocoa flavanols represent an emerging approach for intervention in metabolic syndrome. Flavanols are compounds found in a variety of plant-based foods and beverages, including tea, apples, grapes, cocoa and nuts. Cocoa is generally regarded as the most concentrated dietary source of flavanols with the strongest antioxidant potential. (NEXT) Cruciferous vegetables help the immune system to fight intestinal pathogens Francis Crick Institute, January 28, 2022 A study in mice shows that eating cruciferous vegetables—including broccoli, kale and cauliflower – helps the immune system to fight intestinal pathogens. The research might have implications for people with inflammatory bowel diseases. A protein called the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) plays a crucial role in protecting us from external pollutants, toxins and pathogens at barrier sites in our body such as the skin, lungs and gut. Studying the role of AhR in the gut, scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered that another protein, known as Cyp1a1, regulates immunity in the gut by providing feedback on AhR signalling by degrading the molecules that activate AhR—known as AhR ligands However, too much Cyp1a1 can deplete AhR ligands altogether. This could result in susceptibility to bacteria like pathogenic E. Coli and might play a role in conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease. (VIDEO) Klaus Schwab referencing the global leaders groomed by WEF- at Harvard's JFK School of Government, 2017 Quit social media | Dr. Cal Newport | TEDxTysons Social Media – Why it Sickens the Self and Divides Society COVID-19: A Second Opinion (LETTER) Letter to Joe Rogan Dear Joe, I am writing in response to your recent clip about the controversy that has arisen over your coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic. I have been a media host dealing primarily with medicine and health for 57 years and have been engaged in many media wars and even censorship for over four decades. One lesson I have learned is to never apologize when you are correct. Although I have not watched all of your programs addressing pandemic-related topics, your guests who have questioned the official government narrative, notably Drs. McCullough and Malone, were correct and were far better prepared to provide supporting scientific references to their claims than were Drs. Gupta and Hotez. That should be evident to your regular viewers. I would like to offer a suggestion. Have your staff make transcripts of your interviews from your pro- and con- guests and send them respectively with a request to provide supporting scientific evidence to their statements. Follow this up by moderating an open dialogue with an invitation to the press and critics to ask questions specific to the actual science and supporting clinical evidence, including the positions of our federal health agencies and the World Health Organization. This will enable your audience and the greater public to decide. I can predict with strong confidence that individuals such as Gupta, Osterholm and Hotez will decline to dialogue with those who they have consistently ridiculed. For those in power and whom the dominant narrative protects, it is never in their best interest to publicly debate their critics. Nevertheless your very gesture to advance open debate will be an enormous boon for yourself and a growing audience. Already, Spotify has aligned with the pro-establishment fact checkers to serve as the final arbiters of the content and conversations you conduct henceforth. This new effort is thoroughly non-objective and biased. Now that you have apologized and have exposed a weakness, unless you remain firm with your integrity to weigh out the facts and evidence objectively, they will be certain to further erode your reputation and they will succeed. In the future, whatever you air that can be ruled as misinformation – rightly or wrongly — will be magnified across the media. And it will not cease until your opponents get you off the air. You are surely aware that the assault against your program and person is highly coordinated; however, it seems certain that Spotify also exerted some kind of pressure to have you acquiesce to some demands. You have a remarkable audience, it is my belief that the size of your audience comes from your honesty and integrity, an unflinching character to shout out truth to power. Now you are at the threshold of power shouting back. Trust your audience, not your enemies. Because no apologies you make will be fully respected because you now represent a clear and present threat to their agenda. I hope you take my comments in solidarity with your courage to question many of the lingering uncertainties, contradictions and vagrant misleading statements that comprise the official Covid narrative. Gary Null, PhD (OTHER NEWS) Tangled Tale of NATO Expansion at the Heart of Ukraine Crisis Joe Lauria, Consortium News, January 28, 2022 The end of the Cold War with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the end of the Soviet Union two years later presented the United States with a choice: triumphalism or reconciliation. There was hope of a “peace dividend” because the fortune spent on armaments for so long could now be spent on domestic needs. The Warsaw Pact dissolved and there was hope that its counterpart, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, would also pass into history. Rather its expansion has become a flashpoint in the current standoff over Ukraine. To assent to the reunification of Germany, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ultimately agreed to a proposal from then U.S. Secretary of State James Baker that a reunited Germany would be part of NATO but the military alliance would not move “one inch” to the east, that is, absorb any of the former Warsaw Pact nations into NATO. On Feb. 9, 1990, Baker said: “We consider that the consultations and discussions in the framework of the 2+4 mechanism should give a guarantee that the reunification of Germany will not lead to the enlargement of NATO's military organization to the East.” On the next day, then German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said: ““We consider that NATO should not enlarge its sphere of activity.” Gorbachev's mistake was not to get it in writing as a legally-binding agreement. For years it was believed there was no written record of the Baker-Gorbachev exchange at all, until the National Security Archive at George Washington University in December 2017 published a series of memos and cables about these assurances against NATO expansion eastward. '” One Jan. 31, 1999 cable from the U.S. embassy in Bonn informed Washington that German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher's speech that day made clear “that the changes in Eastern Europe and the German unification process must not lead to an ‘impairment of Soviet security interests.' Therefore, NATO should rule out an ‘expansion of its territory towards the east, i.e. moving it closer to the Soviet borders.'” President Bill Clinton's administration investigated the matter and concluded that Yeltsin was wrong and that no NATO expansion eastward was ever promised. According to a 2014 article in Foreign Affairs: “'You say that NATO is not directed against us, that it is simply a security structure that is adapting to new realities,' Gorbachev told Baker in May, according to Soviet records. ‘Therefore, we propose to join NATO.' Baker refused to consider such a notion, replying dismissively, ‘Pan-European security is a dream.'” Since then NATO has held many military exercises Russia has found threatening. TASS reported in December that NATO holds 40 exercises a year near Russian territory. In 2016, a 10-day maneuver was carried out in Poland with 31,000 NATO troops from 24 nations and thousands of tanks and other vehicles. That year NATO also installed a missile base in Romania that can strike Russia, claiming it was only “defensive” against incoming missiles from Iran, though the weapons can also be used offensively. A similar missile base, previously canceled, is slated to be operational in Poland later this year. Six years after NATO promised Ukraine would one day become a member, the U.S. led a coup in Kiev that overthrew a democratically-elected president who leaned towards Moscow. The U.S. move seemed to come from Brzezinski's playbook. In his 1997 book, The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives, he wrote: “Ukraine, a new and important space on the Eurasian chessboard, is a geopolitical pivot because its very existence as an independent country helps to transform Russia. Without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be a Eurasian empire. Russia without Ukraine can still strive for imperial status, but it would then become a predominantly Asian imperial state.” Thus U.S. “primacy,” or world dominance, which still drives Washington, is not possible without control of Eurasia, as Brzezinski argued, and that's not possible without control of Ukraine by pushing Russia out. What Brzezinski and U.S. leaders still view as Russia's “imperial ambitions” are in Moscow seen as imperative defensive measures against an aggressive West. (NEXT) Sweden decides against recommending COVID vaccines for kids aged 5-11 Reuters, January 28, 2022 Sweden has decided against recommending COVID vaccines for kids aged 5-11, the Health Agency said on Thursday, arguing that the benefits did not outweigh the risks. “With the knowledge we have today, with a low risk for serious disease for kids, we don't see any clear benefit with vaccinating them,” Health Agency official Britta Bjorkholm told a news conference.
Friday, November 12, 2021 Hoover Institution, Stanford University Not one inch. With these words, Secretary of State James Baker proposed a hypothetical bargain to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev after the fall of the Berlin Wall: if you give up your part of Germany, NATO will “not shift one inch eastward.” Controversy erupted almost immediately over this 1990 exchange—but more important was the decade to come, when the words took on new meaning. Gorbachev let his Germany go, but Washington rethought the bargain, not least after the Soviet Union's own collapse in December 1991. Washington realized it could not just win big but win bigger. Their new approach: Not one inch of territory need be off limits to NATO. On the thirtieth anniversary of the Soviet collapse, Sarotte uses new evidence and interviews to show how, in the decade that culminated in Vladimir Putin's rise to power, the United States and Russia undermined a potentially lasting partnership. Not One Inchshows what went wrong. Please click here to read the introduction to Prof. Sarotte's new book. An expert in the history of international relations, Mary Sarotte is the Kravis Distinguished Professor at Hopkins-SAIS, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and visiting faculty at Harvard's Center for European Studies. She is the author, among other books, of The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall and 1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe, both of which were selected as Financial Times Books of the Year, among other distinctions and awards. In the past, she has worked as a journalist at The Economist and Die Zeit, served as a White House Fellow, and held fellowships with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton. Norman Naimark is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Robert and Florence McDonnell professor of East European History at Stanford. His current research focuses on Soviet policies and actions in Europe after World War II and on genocide and ethnic cleansing in the twentieth century. ABOUT THE PROGRAM This talk is part of the History Working Group Seminar Series. A central piece of the History Working Group is the seminar series, which is hosted in partnership with the Hoover Library & Archives. The seminar series was launched in the fall of 2019, and thus far has included six talks from Hoover research fellows, visiting scholars, and Stanford faculty. The seminars provide outside experts with an opportunity to present their research and receive feedback on their work. While the lunch seminars have grown in reputation, they have been purposefully kept small in order to ensure that the discussion retains a good seminar atmosphere.
— As someone who grew up in the sixties and seventies and attended Woodstock, college protests, volunteered as Director of Community Counseling Center, med evac at concerts and festivals and the like, David Corbin still maintain a strong commitment to social change. His venue at this stage of his life is the business community and that's where he is focusing his energies to making positive change. David's books, keynotes and trainings are all about systems that foster peace of mind and productivity through personal and professional growth and development. They offer models for identifying values and mission and give procedures and processes for bringing them to life- acting in congruence with them at all times. Valeria Teles interviews David Corbin — the author of “The Illuminated Brand: Building A Culture That Remains Brandcentric Even Under Pressure.” David M. Corbin is a Two-time Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author who has been referred to as “Robin Williams with an MBA” because of his very practical, high-content speeches, coupled with real life, entertaining and sometimes side-splitting stories and applications. He's known as the “Mentor to Mentors” as he's trained and advised, mentored and guided many luminaries in the fields of speaking, consulting, entrepreneurship and big business. A former crisis intervention counselor with a background in healthcare, he has served as a management and leadership consultant to businesses and organizations of all sizes—from startup businesses all the way to Fortune 20 companies like AT&T, Dominos, Kaiser Permanente, American Greeting Cards as well as Cabinet Members. Additionally, as an entrepreneur and inventor, David was awarded the Innovation of the Year by Bank of America and presented in association with Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Tom Peters, Secretary of State James Baker, Maya Angelou and others. He's been featured in Forbes Magazine, Inc.Magazine, NBC, FOX, and was the host of the movie, Pass It On. Last year he had not one.. but two of his books make the Wall Street Journal List, a testament to the important of his teachings. To learn more about David Corbin and his work, please visit: davidcorbin.com — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.
Host Beverly Kirk spoke with Dr. Diana Villiers Negroponte, the author of “Master Negotiator,” which covers the career and legacy of former Secretary of State James Baker. We discussed the role he played in maintaining international order at the end of the Cold War and the lessons in diplomacy from that era that apply to today's global issues.
Host Beverly Kirk spoke with Dr. Diana Villiers Negroponte, the author of “Master Negotiator,” which covers the career and legacy of former Secretary of State James Baker. We discussed the role he played in maintaining international order at the end of the Cold War and the lessons in diplomacy from that era that apply to today's global issues.
In this episode, Garrison is joined by Mr. Robert B. Zoellick (former President of the World Bank and Deputy Secretary of State) who is the author of the book "America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy". The two discuss Mr. Zoellick's perspectives on American diplomacy grounded in pragmatism, problem-solving, and the influence of history, noting the Five Traditions outlined in his book, and focusing in particular on his chapters regarding the foreign policy of President Lincoln and Secretary of State Seward during the Civil War, as well as the efforts of Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes during the arms control negotiations of the 1921 Washington Naval Conference. The two also discuss lessons to be learned from Mr. Zoellick's time as lead negotiator during German re-unification "2+4" talks in 1990, as well as the work of his former boss Secretary of State James Baker and the George H.W. Bush administration to unify alliance perspectives and stabilize Europe in the post-Cold War framework. In light of his experience as President of the World Bank and as the former U.S. Trade Representative under George W. Bush, they discuss Mr. Zoellick's recent op-ed in The Wall Street Journal discussing the need for a strong American trade policy. Robert B. Zoellick has served as Deputy Secretary, Under Secretary, and Counselor of the U.S. State Department; Ambassador and U.S. Trade Representative; Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury; Deputy Chief of Staff at the White House; and President of the World Bank. His experience spans six U.S. presidencies - beginning during the Cold War, in its closing chapter, and into the first decades of the twenty-first century. Zoellick is now a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, where he contributes to the "Applied History" project. Garrison Moratto is the founder and host of The New Diplomatist Podcast; he holds a M.S. of International Relations as well as a B.S. in Government: Public Administration (Summa Cum Laude) from Liberty University in the United States. He will be a Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy - Foreign Policy at Liberty University beginning the fall of 2021, focusing on U.S.-Portuguese relations. All guest opinions are their own and not that of The New Diplomatist podcast formally. Please subscribe and leave a review for feedback. Thank you for listening.
I'm delighted to share a conversation I had with Chris Schroeder, an American entrepreneur, global investor and author of the book Startup Rising about the thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Middle East. Chris and I met 2 years ago when I was visiting Washington, DC, where he lives, all thanks to my friend Ian Hathaway (co-author of The Startup Community Way with Brad Feld).Chris, Ian, and I share a deep interest in entrepreneurship as a global phenomenon, specifically the fact that as technology becomes available across the globe, founders can succeed not only in Silicon Valley, but in every entrepreneurial ecosystem that's emerging on the global map. Chris was led to write his book (whose first edition dates back to 2013) after attending a startup event in Dubai where his mind was blown by the sheer scale and passion of the startup community he encountered there.His background was also a contributing factor, however. Before becoming an entrepreneur in the media industry and later focusing on investing in startups around the world, Chris worked as a staff member for then-Secretary of State James Baker, right when the world was undergoing the most radical transformation in our lifetime. He criss-crossed the world with his boss, practically witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the first Gulf War that the US waged against Iraq and Saddam Hussein's brutal regime, and many other (incredible) things.As he tells me in our conversation, Chris emerged from this experience with an unapologetic global outlook and a deep interest in what is happening in the rest of the world. It was only a matter of time before this interest converged with his passion for entrepreneurship, and now he's one of the best experts and practitioners I know when it comes to knowing entrepreneurial ecosystems and working with founders based all over the world—a rather unusual positioning for an American.I hope you like this podcast! If you want to dig deeper into Chris's thoughts and works, check out his newsletter as well as his book, now in its second edition, Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East.This podcast and the related article were originally published at Investing Across the World w/ Chris Schroeder. Stripe. Consulting. IPOs. Digital Government. as part of my newsletter European Straits (which is about the Entrepreneurial Age, viewed from Europe).Follow Building Bridges on Twitter! You can listen to all our podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Also Building Bridges is part of a network of Substack newsletters, which you may want to discover: there's Laetitia Vitaud's Laetitia@Work (about the future of work, with a feminist perspective), and my own European Straits (about the Entrepreneurial Age, viewed from Europe).(Credit: Franz Liszt, Angelus ! Prière Aux Anges Gardiens—extrait du disque Miroirs de Jonas Vitaud, NoMadMusic.) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buildingbridges.substack.com
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Fighting for the Rule of Law: Marshall Harris, Managing Partner of the Alexandria Group, who worked for more than a dozen years with former Senator Bob Dole and with former Secretary of State James Baker, speaks with cohosts Richard Levick of LEVICK and Julian Pecquet of Foreign Lobby Report on fighting to protect freedom and the rule of law in nations around the world.
Peter Baker discusses his latest book “The Man Who Ran Washington,” which chronicles the life of former White House chief of staff and Secretary of State James Baker.
Peter Baker discusses his latest book “The Man Who Ran Washington,” which chronicles the life of former White House chief of staff and Secretary of State James Baker.
Former Secretary of State James Baker's distinguished career and service to every Republican president from Gerald Ford to George W. Bush has elevated him to elder statesman status. Now, his life, career and legacy are examined in a new book, "The Man Who Ran Washington." Its authors, veteran Washington, D.C., journalists Susan Glasser and Peter Baker, join Judy Woodruff to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Thursday on the NewsHour, as another 837,000 Americans file for unemployment, prospects for more pandemic aid remain uncertain. Plus: What we know about presidential transitions of power, is the Trump administration politicizing the intelligence community, older Americans living a minimalist lifestyle on the road, the legacy of former Secretary of State James Baker and a lack of civil discourse. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Former Secretary of State James Baker's distinguished career and service to every Republican president from Gerald Ford to George W. Bush has elevated him to elder statesman status. Now, his life, career and legacy are examined in a new book, "The Man Who Ran Washington." Its authors, veteran Washington, D.C., journalists Susan Glasser and Peter Baker, join Judy Woodruff to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
David Corbin joined me, Dr. D the MINDSET Doc, on MINDSET Mondays. He's known as a mentor- some clients call him a 'tor'mentor. As a consultant, he prides himself as being a sort of 'insultant' to be a 'resultant' because it's all about getting real baby... really real. Read on though to find out just WHO David Corbin is and what he brings to humanity! David is a Two time Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author who has been referred to as “Robin Williams with an MBA” because of his very practical, high-content speeches, coupled with real life, entertaining and sometimes side-splitting stories and applications. He’s known as the “Mentor to Mentors” as he’s trained and advised, mentored and guided many luminaries in the fields of speaking, consulting, entrepreneurship and big business. A former crisis intervention counselor (we share a mental health background) in healthcare, he has served as a management and leadership consultant to businesses and organizations of all sizes—from startup businesses all the way to Fortune 20 companies like AT&T, Dominos, Kaiser Permanente, American Greeting Cards as well as the Hon. Secretary of Veterans Administration and others. (We also share this passion for working with people in business!) As a featured speaker for Inc Magazine, David was rated in the top 5% of all speakers. (I am thrilled to be paired with him as I too was rated in the top 10% for speakers worldwide by participants at SkillPath Corporate Strategies.) Additionally, as an entrepreneur and inventor, David was awarded the Innovation of the Year by Bank of America and presented in association with Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Tom Peters, Secretary of State James Baker, Maya Angelou and others. He’s been featured in Forbes Magazine, Inc.Magazine, NBC, FOX, and was the host of the movie, Pass It On. Last year he had not one.. but TWO of his books make the Wall Street Journal List- quite a feat- so take note of his ideas because they’re really catching on worldwide. He IS someone you really want to listen to as we engage in MINDSET Mondays!
It's been 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, marking the beginning of the end to the Cold War and the Soviet Union. Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren examines the lessons learned and the invisible divisions left by the Wall on Germany and Europe in general. Correspondent Henry Ridgwell joins us from Berlin; former Secretary of State James Baker recounts the days surrounding the fall of the Wall and looks at the challenges we now face; correspondent Charles Maynes reports on German nationalism on the rise; and historian Hope Harrison from George Washington University. Aired November 6, 2019.
James Baker, Secretary of State under George H.W. Bush, remembers President Bush and puts today's foreign policy events in perspective as he receives the Walter and Lenore Annenberg Award for Excellence in Diplomacy. "A golden age for humanity," he calls our times, and recalls a day when "we all sang from the same hymnal, which meant that our allies and our adversaries clearly understood U.S. policy and could not twist differences to their advantage."
Today on the podcast I am chatting with Steve Fiffer. Steve Fiffer is a prolific author who has written 16 books, several screenplays, and dozens of articles on a range of topics. Steve writes non-fiction, and has written numerous memoirs, not only about his own life, but as co-author for others working on theirs. His as-told-to memoirs include books by Miami Dolphins football star Mercury Morris, former Secretary of State James Baker, and the co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Morris Dees. In this conversation, Steve and I discuss his amazing personal story, how to write a compelling memoir, and then we also dig into very practical strategies and exercises you can do to get started writing whatever it is that you've always wanted to write. Steve's books that were discussed in this episode include: Three Quarters, Two Dimes and a Nickel: A Memoir of Becoming Whole... Jimmie Lee and James: Two Lives, Two Deaths and the Movement That Changed America... Tyrannosaurus Sue: The Extraordinary Saga of the Largest, Most Fought Over T. Rex Ever Found
The egregious Dynel Lane will not be charged with homicide in Boulder County. Is this "justice" for Michelle Wilkins of Longmont, who lost her child after being attacked while 8 months pregnant? Why is Colorado one of only 12 states in which Lane cannot be designated a murderer? Analysis of some misguided comments from Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt of Colorado Springs. Also, a review of Jeb Bush's relationship to former Secretary of State James Baker. Is Jeb showing "backbone" here? Plus, Garth Brooks plays nine shows in Denver. With music and listener calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
An Afghan woman, brutally murdered on video by a mob believing the false accusation that she burned a Koran, has become a rallying point for women's rights activists. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10494 The Charlottesville Police Department said an investigation found no credible evidence to support claims from a former student that she was raped by men during a party at the University of Virginia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10493 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under continued criticism, now from White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10495 Before Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars occupied the inner solar system, there may have been a previous generation of planets that were bigger and more numerous – but were ultimately doomed by Jupiter. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10492 Texas Senator Ted Cruz kicked off his 2016 presidential campaign with a speech at the conservative Liberty University. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10473 The world’s biggest asteroid impact zone has been discovered spanning 400 kilometers in Australia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10491 A total of 39 people have died in Turkey from the H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10471 Singapore mourns the death of its first Prime Minster, Lee Kuan Yew, who has passed away at the age of 91. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10468 Google plans to bring the same sort of targeted ads it is famous for on the Internet to the TV via its Google Fiber. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10483 The first girl to win the Little League World Series asks a university to forgive its student who apologized for a sexist taunt, but they won't reinstate him. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10488 http://infobitt.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/infobitt http://twitter.com/infobitt
James Baker served as President George H. W. Bush's Secretary of State from 1989 until 1992 - a period of tumultuous change around the world, including the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War, the first Gulf War, and the Tiananmen Square crisis in China. In an interview with USCI's Mike Chinoy, Baker spoke about the current challenges facing the U.S.-China relationship.
James Baker served as President George H. W. Bush's Secretary of State from 1989 until 1992 - a period of tumultuous change around the world, including the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War, the first Gulf War, and the Tiananmen Square crisis in China. In an interview with USCI's Mike Chinoy, Baker spoke about the current challenges facing the U.S.-China relationship.
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