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361Firm Briefing "End of Global Conflicts or Start of Something New?" (Feb25, 2025)SUMMARY KEYWORDSGlobal conflicts, economic uncertainty, UN resolution, Russia-Ukraine war, China-US rivalry, NATO modernization, Trump administration, defense spending, Middle East instability, South China Sea, energy independence, rare earth minerals, geopolitical instability, disruptive technologies, global governance.SPEAKERSStephen Burke, Andrew Fisch, Adam Blanco, Hamlet Yousef, Speaker 1, Mark Sanor, Maxwell Nee, Bill Deuchler, Speaker 2, Michael Hammer, Anthony GordonStephen Burke  00:00Which Putin thought went in quite quickly. It's been about 16 months since you had the attacks in Gaza on October 7 of 23 and you've had a little over a month since President Trump has returned to the and nothing's been the same since any of those days in the world yesterday, we had a good sense of that with the UN resolution, which basically said Russia didn't start the war in Ukraine. So I'm going to basically ask hamly to join to put some clarity into where the conflicts are going, and are we getting close to an end or the start of something new? Last week on our calls, unless nobody raised this question, and we had the view that this started something new Hamlet and I that we're not as close to the end as everyone would hope, certainly as close the end as President Trump was kind of indicating what's going on right now has created a highly elevated economic uncertainty, but also policy uncertainty around the world. This report is takes a look at newspaper mentions of uncertainty. It looks at shifts in government policy. And it looks at surveys of Professional Forecasters, and you can see the economic uncertainty today is higher than it was when the pandemic was going on, and significantly higher was than it was when Russia invaded Ukraine back in 2020, 2022, and what you can see here, this is a survey from an armed conflict survey, which actually looks at the human impact, and they define it by the number of fatalities due to violent events in a specific country, number of refugees originating in a select country, and the number of internally displaced people. So you can see the hardship that the conflicts around the world are extracting. But it's not just Ukraine and Gaza, it's many other places around the world, and that is actually stress and government abilities to deal with is in a spot where they're paddling 02:20free front Stephen Burke  02:22as we get here, I think this really comes down to a very simple fact that China has risen to a level that they are challenging the US for global leadership, and there's a conflict in how they resolve that shift. And I think we're also seeing the fact that United Nations, NATO and other post world war two institutions probably about live there, have outgrown what their original incentive was, and they need to be modernized to deal with a world that's very different than it was, not only post World War Two, but even 20 years ago, with China's rise and the rise of other nations as well. I think we've had a problem with bad leadership. I've talked about that in the past. It, to me, is one of the most scary issues we're facing is weak leaderships, making bad decisions that are short term oriented just about the next election cycle, and not dealing with the pain, the necessary pain that comes with making hard decisions, which has led to significant under investment in critical areas, then the last thing that led to what has us where we are today is really the Trump factor. And if you want to follow and understand what's ahead of us and what's going on right now. All you have to do is look at the 2024 Republican platform. And this is the play book that Trump follows. And whether you like him or hate him, one thing you should know about the Trump administration is he's going to try and do what he laid out in this platform, whether it's good policy or bad policy, in his mind, is good policy, and he's going to push forward with it. So even things that don't make sense, he's going to move forward with. He's also going to create a lot of conflicting statements that are going to be challenging for foreign leaders, for domestic CEOs, and for CEOs and business leaders around the world, and also for people investors trying to make strong investment decision. But understand these 20 points, because this is the play book that he is following right now. Global defense spending is on the rise, and we know that it's been carried over very heavily by the US, China and Russia, and purchasing power parity, you would see Russia and China spending over four $60 billion each last year. Europe combined spent a little less than a third of what the US has spent, and part of what the goal is is to get that increase accidentally. And ease some of the burden on the US, while a lot of people think it may be for them to redirect money to other areas, I think one of the challenges that the US has is there some modernization, rebuild, and to be able to be prepared for fighting on free front, where Russia is fighting on one right now in the Gaza, it's really Ukraine, and I'm sorry, Gaza, it's really Israel, and the US take on Iran and their proxies, and then you have what's going on in the South China Sea. The US cannot afford to fight China and three other than two other battles at once. And that's really what's weighing on the US, because number one on the US is mine, I believe is dealing with China, not dealing with Russia and the Middle East is more of a short term issue. The big longer term issue is the ascension of China, and how do we deal with that? But I think the other issue is because we're fighting in three fronts. Right now we're preparing to battle on three fronts. I think this quote from Finland foreign Prime Minister really is quite true. It's it's not reasonable right now for the US to be able to do this, whether it's not just financially, but practically, can we afford to do it? We don't have the military build up right now, and we've exhausted a lot of our military supplies being at work for most of the last 20 years. So European leaders are facing a very harsh reality right now. What you can see from this chart is defense spending as a proportion of GDP, and it shows how I balance it's been and those closes to the action either with migrants coming through or with being close supporters of Russia, or where the higher spend is, and the lower spend has been not coming through from the rest of Europe. And this is creating a big problem. As you can see, the demands for future spend are going to be much higher. They're talking about 3.7% or 5% and this is what additional spending would look like over the next decade. And this is coming at a time that most of these governments have massive demands from the domestic population that are go well beyond the defense spending that's going to help other parts of the world. But I think it was NATO had said the other day, if they don't get the 3.7% they better start learning Russia and Europe. I think that may be an extreme, but maybe not. This is a problem that chronic under investment has been going on for way too long, and the catch up is going to be the problem. And if we're doing better all along, this would be less of a burden, but it's coming at a particularly bad time, particularly moving up to the 4% level, and we don't have the benefits of free money that we had for the last 15 years. So we're in a tough spot in Europe. We're trying to figure out is, can trump force a settlement in on these people in different in different parts of the world? I'm skeptical of it. I don't think we're close to the end of a war. I mentioned that last week, but I asked Hamlet to join Hamlet, if you could just give a little bit of your background first, and then we'll jump into the Q and A, Hamlet Yousef  08:23yeah, that sounds good. Appreciate it. Looking forward to the conversation here so I could be there in person. My name is Hamlet. You said one of the managing partners at Iron Gate Capital Advisors. We're a defense tech focused venture fund. This thesis was built about six, seven years ago, when we thought that the world was going down a new direction, where the kind of the global war on terror was winding down. That's an issue that we're going to continue to have to deal with. But the near conflicts, or the issue that was going to face us, geo politically, was a re emergence of a second Cold War, or, if not, a much greater conflict. I think it was right after the Ukraine invasion. On one of the calls here with the folks at 360 I talked about how the world is going down, how the path of almost like a three act tragedy. Act one was going to be the invasion of Ukraine, and the destabilizing impact that was going to have in the region and globally. Act Two of this geo political tragedy was the emergence, or was going to be, the emergence, of a very belligerent Iran with a nuclear undertone, trying to destabilize the Middle East. And act three was the emergence that the kind of driving force behind this was a desire by xi and the Chinese Communist Party to become the only super power, not a super power, but the only super power, and supplant Western influence, job, which includes the US globally. Unfortunately, I think a lot of that has been happening just quick. Color again, on background. Prior to running Iron Gate, I had a long career in. In the federal government, in the national security, diplomacy and intelligence area. So this is an area that I've been pretty, pretty keen on and falling for a good chunk of my adult life. So I think Steven's earlier slide, or the opening slide, says very clearly I think this is the beginning of a much greater conflict. I do not think global peace is breaking out anytime in the near future. I think the three main hot wars, or the hot zones you see right now, Ukraine, the Israel, Gaza, Iran conflict, and the South China Sea and Southeast Asia. I think the tenor of those conflicts is going to change in the coming months and year. I think there is potentially, quote unquote, a a grand bargain that President Trump is going to try to strike to stabilize matters to a certain extent, but I think that's going to bring more of a kind of a calm before the eye of the storm, rather than ever lasting peace. So I'll start, I'll stop there. And then, Steve, I guess, let me know in what direction you want to take the Q, a Mark Sanor  11:06Can I ask a question. Steven, can you hear me? Yeah. Long day, Mark, did you see this veto coming and the and the the way the alignment is shifting with Trump and Putin. Hamlet Yousef  11:21Oh, the UN ve though, as far as negating the UN the resolution, yeah, no, I definitely do not see that coming. I think the one thing that is going to be probably very predictable for the next four years is unpredictability, loan or hate him. I think Trump style of governance and leadership is to completely upset the apple cart, create chaos and operate through it, whether that's through willful intent or just that's how he operates. So I'll leave that for another call. So I don't think anybody saw that coming. To be honest with Mark Sanor  11:58you, the questions from from others. Oh, Michael, you're you're on mute. Steve. Michael Hammer, sure, Michael Hammer  12:12more of a comment than a question. I mean, yesterday, I felt like I was in a bizarro world where the US voted with Russia and North Korea against allies of 80 years. This is crazy. So my comment on this is, and I've, I've been speaking with friends in Europe who are involved with government and the military, and some folks here in the States, everybody is in shock. And the sense that I get from the Europeans is we are going to see a schism between the US and Europe, and they're going to be going towards a war time economy. Most folks are denying it these days, but this is huge. And I think China is just sitting there, xi is just sitting there laughing at what's going on, because it all falls in their favor. And I'll stop with that. What do you think you said? That Speaker 1  13:24was actually a question I had. Do you think China wants any of these words to end as Trump Hamlet Yousef  13:32does? I honestly, I don't know. I don't know. I think, I think China benefits through continued destabilization. I think what China wants to do is, he wants to weaken all powers, so a prolongment of a conflict in Ukraine. Kind of help? Help helps. Help does that? It distracts the West and the US in Eastern Europe, and it continues to weaken Russia to a certain extent, which is, I think what G wants, I think Xi's ultimate goal is to expand his influence in southeast China and potentially in the Nepali step. So the weaker your adversaries become, the stronger you become. One dynamic to consider is a good chunk of the first Cold War. The West really try to keep the two communist powers apart in terms of China and Russia. What's happened over the last couple of years, obviously, is you have this formation of an access of authoritarianism between Xi Putin and the regime inside Iran. So almost the exact opposite is happening. But to me, I think this is where xi sees these nations as his quote, unquote, proxy allies in a longer term effort to destabilize the US and the West and to assert their dominance in the region. But I don't think that's going to end well for a whole host of reasons. I'm still, I think, very skeptical on how long. This, this g Putin romance remains, and I want to point to just a couple of anecdotal observations, kind of at the height of the explosion of the Ukraine war. This is going back to September 2023 Xi made a tour, I believe, throughout the the scans the former Soviet states and began courting these, these nations of which a large chunk of them are Asiatic in their in their ethnicity and makeup. I think this is an effort for him to pull those folks away from the Vlad and closer to his ring of influence, the Chinese have a very long memory, and I think they view things almost like you heard this before, in a centuries long optic, not an election cycle like we do in the West. I don't think they fully forgotten or or forgave what happened to them at the back end of the Opium Wars, and that was an effort that they blame squarely, obviously, on Europe. But in 1850 1860 when the war ended, out of Manchuria, better known as Siberia today, was annexed by the Russians away from China, and is now part of the Russian government, or Russia the entity. I don't think it's too far of a stretch to see to say that at some point, Xi doesn't want to look at the lands to his north that are grossly under populated, grossly under defended, and rich of natural resources as an area that he can eventually march into. So he hear the quote that I think McCain, Senator McCain first coined, that Russia is not nothing out of the big gas station for China. I think there's some truth and merit in there. So if this conflict continues, and I think it's going to China actually benefits, now, I do think there's a greater, an increasing probability that we have some sort of a grand bargain or an agreement between Putin in the west and potentially China, where you'll see a near term cease of the firing and the fighting in Ukraine. But that's that doesn't mean global peace is breaking out and the conflict is over. If anything, I think what you see happening is, if that does happen, Ukraine is not ready to give up that land. Russia is not going to retreat and give back Eastern Don Boston in Crimea. So I think what you have is potentially a formation of almost like an East Germany, West Germany that we had at the end of the Second World War. From there, we had a decades long Cold War where both sides are starting to destabilize the other. So if you play this out and Putin does get to hold on to the lands that he sold Eastern in eastern Ukraine, I think he then spends the next decade trying to destabilize Odessa, trying to destabilize Kyiv, trying to put his own proxy, or his own person in charge, and then continue with that Western influence that he wants, in terms of reforming, reconstructing that western border. He's doing the same thing in the caucuses. So that, I think, changes the 10 of the conflicts. It may end the near term direct conflict in Ukraine, but I don't think by any means that's going to be the beginning of the 18:17end. Andrew fish, do you want to ask your question? Andrew Fisch  18:20Yeah, Hamlet, you're involved, obviously, in military acquisition technology, the push for getting Europe to spend more, you know, still kind of a slow, slow move, but, but one of the issues is spending it on what? So I'm just going to give you, like, an analogy, and then what you answer the question. So if you take Poland, Poland has ramped up their military acquisition, and they're not worried where it comes from. They're buying Korean tanks, they're buying American weapons, they're buying anything and get their hands on, I think Jack, I think even Japanese jets, whatever. The point is, they're doing it quickly. The other nations upping their expenditure. They didn't spend any money for so long, their military industrial infrastructure. And you comment on this is not ready to ramp up and and they don't want to just buy American so how much would they have to spend to do a Poland like catch up? And is that even possible? Hamlet Yousef  19:32Yeah, great question. Look, I think, I think you're starting to see the awakening of this defense tech initiative throughout Europe. It's something that I think shock the system in 2016 to 2020 under Trump's first term. I think the explosion of the conflicts on Europe's eastern flank is sending shock waves throughout the continent. You are starting to see all the countries. Us, for the most part, wake up and start allocating more and more dollars. I think there's a bit of a variance in terms of what that percentage of GDP needs to look like, is going up and exponentially for it was 456, years ago. But this is also something that the US wasn't necessarily all that worried about when we first started our fun thes just six, seven years ago, defense tech and defense investing was this kind of back water thesis that nobody cared about. It's all the rage right now here, inside the US, there's, every time you turn around, there's another venture fund or growth equity fund or a private capital source that has Defense Innovation dual use defense tech as part of their thesis. So it is becoming a key area of focus and spend for us here in the US. Well, you seen that same thing start happening in Europe over the last several years, where more and more countries are shifting focus on on the need to drive innovation and technology and and spend in their defense sector. Now, in terms of dollars. You gotta understand the economics of warfare have changed, and this is a thing so the people have not fully grasped and understood. What I mean by that is the wars of having to march columns of tanks and airplanes and ships into a theater to win. That's that's changing, if not, fully ended. And I think the world is starting to realize what does disrupt the technologies mean, and how is that reshaping the battlefield. So examples here, if you look at what happened at the at the beginning of the Ukraine war, you had a column of of arms and in tanks and in armored vehicles that was marching on Kyiv, and this is where everyone thought the key was going to fall within 40 hours and and the war is over, you had a couple billion or billion dollars of armament those, those heading down for Kyiv, and he had a handful of Ukrainian special forces bouncing around on ATVs drones and some explosive ordinances, couple million dollars worth of overhead and cost, and that was able to nullify billions of dollars worth of armaments. Look at what happens in or what's happening right now, in, in, in the Red Sea, you have the Houthis, who have no real economic base, and they're launching hundreds of in expensive drones towards global shipping, and they're shutting down global shipping to a certain extent, in that part of the country or in that part of the world, and they're spending a couple million dollars in the US. In return is deploying a couple of billion dollars worth of ships and airplanes and rockets and knock down a couple pieces of flying lawn mowers, is what it seems like. So that's not sustainable. Look what happened in Ukraine. About six months ago, you had a handful of Ukrainians with a couple million dollars of modified jet skis with explosives put onto them in a remote control device, literally sink and nullify half of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea. So the economics of war are changing, and I think we're starting to grasp and understand what that means to control a battlefield in a conventional war. Two of the things you need to do is you need to control the skies, and ideally, you need to be able to control the seas. In order to do that, you need to field trillions of dollars, or deploy trillions of dollars to create and manage a comprehensive Air Force and a navy. But with where things are going in terms of drone warfare and the collapsing cost of drones, you're starting to get to the point now where nation states that traditionally could not field an Air Force or a Navy are able to basically replicate and recreate that same kind of effect for pennies on the dollar. So I wouldn't necessarily focus as much on on the spend in terms of percentage of GDP and how big that war chest needs to be, because you get to understand the technology and the tools and the platforms that are going to be needed to reshape and kind of win this, this concept of the 21st century is changing because the economics of war, sharing of warfare, completely changed. 24:13Bill, the other question, Bill Deuchler  24:16here we go. Yeah. I was wondering if Hamlet, in particular, if, if you saw the interview with Marco Rubio and Cathryn herring, I think it was just the other day, it was on, I saw it rep posted on The Rubin Report that That, to me, was quite interesting. It seemed almost like not even real politic, but like real economic in terms of that's those are the terms of the deal that we're trying to push through, and at the same time, get peace between Ukraine and Russia. And any thoughts on that one? Well, Speaker 2  24:57I missed that interview or the specific term. They discuss, what so the the top levels that he discussed, yeah, Bill Deuchler  25:03it was, it was fascinating because it really centers pretty much all around the rare earths opportunity and negotiations. Essentially, the way that it boiled down for me is that if, if Ukraine is willing or to to give us a piece of that pie. We will come in, you know, with the full weight of everything that we have, and sort of demand a piece. But the price of that is, is absolutely an economic interest in their rare earth production. Hamlet Yousef  25:39Yeah, like, I mean, there isn't a single piece of modern technology that functions without some some critical minerals or rare earths in China for a better part of 20 plus years, has been slowly trying to monopolize that segment, in that sector. So it would make sense for us to say, Listen, if we come in and kind of help help moderate or help bring about peace, one of the things we want to return is access to those critical materials and minerals. So to strike that kind of a bargain, to me, doesn't, doesn't, doesn't. To me, seen out of the ordinary. But just think about it though. Let's just kind of play this out. If there is a grand bargain and there is, quote, unquote peace between Ukraine and Russia. In return, we get access to we the US and the West get access to rares and critical materials and minerals that basically make our function, or make our society function, not to mention play a key part in basically every piece of modern defense like that's out there. That's a good thing from a stabilization standpoint. But again, it does not mean the conflict is over. I don't think that that Xi broke up one day and decided up to upset the apple car. I don't think Putin woke up one day and decided to mark March westward and kind of light Eastern Europe on fire. I think both of these guys, to a certain extent, have been operating off the same sheet of music, which is expanding their influence in the region and replacing, not counter balancing, but replacing western US influence. So just because there is a cessation of or ceasing in the conflict, direct conflict of shooting each other in eastern Ukraine, I think the 10 minutes that conflict do not go away. That's why I think we are kind of in the beginnings of a much greater conflict. The difference is going to be, it's going to it's going to turn from being a a war where people are shooting each other to a more cognitive warfare campaign, more than a regular warfare campaign, which is exactly what we had in the Cold War. The role that technology is going to play in this is, I think, disruptive technologies. When you're talking about artificial intelligence, unmanned systems, counter, drone technologies, drone platforms, swarms, quantum cyber security, space based platforms and communications network all this, to me, is analogous to what nuclear was in the first Cold War. The West and Russia got to a point of detent because there was this massive arms race around nuclear, and each side began to realize that this thing ever went to war, nobody wins, because the Arsenal on both ends is so debilitating that conflict was not an issue. Conflict was not a solution. And I think what's going to happen now, where we're going right now is we're going through that same kind of disruptive, technology driven arms race, where it is going to be a foundation, where detent is going to be the focal area, where, okay, the US and the West is such an incredible arsenal of autonomous and robotics and swarms, as does Russia, as us as does China, then conflict is not an issue. So if that's the case, then I think what you need, you need to understand you have the foundations for each very sound, strong economic base. Because if you have a foundation for a strong sound economic base, you have a strong foundation for political base. If you have that, then you have a nation. You don't have those two, then you think you see the potential for an erosion of a nation to be able to function. And that's kind of what happened with the Soviet Union, is, is we did not get into a physical conflict. We prolong the cognitive warfare long enough to allow the constructive powers of Western democracy and Western society to prevail, and to allow for the corrosive powers and authoritarian regime, or communism, in this case, to collapse. And I think we're gonna see that same exact thing play out over the next 20 years, Bill Deuchler  29:34if I could follow up just real quick on a point, on a whole bunch of points that you made. You think that that the economics and the political points that you've brought up are driving us and or making it easier to become much more of a multi polar world, as opposed to a unipolar world, which is pretty much what we have now. Yeah. Hamlet Yousef  30:00Good question, if, like, if I became for the day, I think the future of global society is, is almost like an expansion of the original American model, where you have a network of independent states that have agency and authority to do to whatever they want at the local level, and they're working under a set of ground rules that basically puts us in the same sheet of music. That's what the foundation the US was supposed to be. And that's, I think, where we were heading for a good part of our history. And I think over the last probably couple election cycles, we're starting to VA slate of whether we want to go to a form of governance and government that is based on strong, centralized authority, or do we want to revert back to what we were, which is a bunch of Independent States? I think if you look at what's going to happen globally, I think globally, we're facing that same kind of decision, whether it's Europe or Asia. Countries are starting to have to decide what kind of future do they want? Do they want to have a future of independent agency and autonomy, or do they want to be under a bit of a centralized state authority? And this is where I think it comes back into play, which is what the CCP wants, and is desires is they want to be the leader of a movement or an effort where you have a couple of strong centralized states or entities that help drive global governance and all kind of report back into a central authority, or, in this case, Beijing, where I think the opposite is, what, where I would hope, and I would think the West wants to go to, is we can all be a bunch of independent nation states. Nationalism is perfectly okay. We're all going to operate off the same sheet of music. There's going to be some bit of of basic ground rules and norms. We're going to intertwine our economies and our societies to to extent that there's going to be a greater bit of self, a great bit of of a reliance upon each other, where conflict is not an issue, or conflict is not an option. So, and I use that to kind of articulate what it means here in the US. 2020 to 2020 24 is all the rage. All we're getting to a set and we get we're going down a path of civil war. No, we're not. Because, I mean, if you, if you, if you Canvas this room, if you Canvas any room in the US, depending on the part of the world you're on, anywhere from 5050, 6047, 30 people are on one side of the political aisle or the aisle. We may agree and disagree with a great ton of vitriol, but our society as a country, I think, so well intertwined that we're going to find our way to sort our issues out and resolve it and not get into conflict. My hope and my desire is to see the same thing happen globally, where you don't have a central authority that's dictating governance and dictating authority and rule, you have a bunch of independent nation states highly nationalistic doing whatever they want, as long as it doesn't encro on your neighbors, as long as it doesn't come at a level of conflict to get there, I think would require for us to to a certain extent, begin to intertwine our economies, inter society and culture, where there is going to be a reliance on each other, but without authority. Hopefully, that makes sense. Yeah, 33:14no. Thank you. This Mark Sanor  33:17is fascinating. Wait, Bill, I like the art behind you. Three years ago, two days, our community gathered every single day, 7:30am because we came to Ukraine, Ukraine, I'm wondering, because we're just trying to also that was more of like help. I feel like we're adding a moment where a weekly meeting isn't good enough. This is so happening very fast. If you were to form a panel with diverse opinions, I'd like you to think about who would you invite to this next discussion? Definitely on Tuesday, we should be almost meeting twice a week. Steve is like going to prepare for No, no. I mean, we do this anyways, but I feel like we're this is happening very quick. Now you've got the 24 point playbook. We should just read that play book 20 points. But I feel like you're a great resource. I'd like to bring some others to the table in a 360 like style. And I know as a few people, they didn't want to be on record today, that's an issue, so maybe some private gatherings. But we're all here today to figure out how to we all agree on tech transformation, yeah, but geo political context, where do you do that? And but bigger picture, just like mechanically, of how our community should be? Nothing in Hamlet Yousef  35:02each other like I've been I've been tapped to speak to a couple of other groups like this, where it's a syndicate of thought leaders, business leaders and community leaders that began very US centric, but things very quickly morph into an international network of of vested capitalist Michael, better word, I think it's important for us to continue that conversation. I'll go on the record here in terms of my politics. I do not believe in a strong, centralized government. I think government is something that we elect to help kind of manage this enterprise. But I think society should be run in a bit of an open architecture, where industrialist, investors, people of influence, capitalists, are working together to create an open market of free and fair competition, and kind of let the let the winners go from there. So the more engagement, the more dialog we have with stakeholders in the US, but obviously in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia. I think it's critical, because I wanted to make sure that this concept of We the People, which was the foundation of the US system, is something we export to the world. It's we, the people mindset of we're going to take agency and authority and control over our future and try to create a network of intertwined business, personal and social relationships that allow us all to benefit. If there's conflict, we'll sort our shit out. But sorting that out won't happen through direct conflict of warfare. It won't happen through through engagement and dialog. 36:45We haven't touched on the Middle East. 36:49Yeah, so look the Middle Hamlet Yousef  36:52East. The Middle East is an issue China, China and Russia, to me, represent some significant strategic challenges that we need to we need to fix full bias. I was born in Iran, came here to the US, and I lived through the Iranian revolution. So my comments here are 100% bias against the Iranian regime. I abhor them, but I also view the regime inside Iran as the single most grave threat near term to political, geo political stability and peace in the world, primarily because you have a regime right now that's being run by a very narrow group of people who not only view and want to run it as a theocratic state, but their specific SEC of ideology in Shia, Islam believes in the the ascendancy of the hidden Imam, or the return of the hidden Imam that happens on the region When the region is is under complete turmoil and chaos. That's not who you want to have becoming nuclear power. And I think the failure of the West over the last 20 years is a failure to understand that it is that is who is in charge of Iran. That's not who you want in charge of Iran when the country becomes a nuclear state. On the positive side. I think the Middle East, more than ever, is on the precipice of a significant Renaissance, Geo, politically and economically. I think if you look at the the Arabs, if you look at the folks inside Iran, not represented by the government, you look at Turkey, Israel, demographics are in their favor, and I think you have the potential for massive growth in the region. The issue there, obviously, is the Iran piece, and it's going to be interesting to see what happens over the next, next couple months. I think, no doubt, Trump did not agree with the the Obama approach to Iran, which was, I want to get his assets also recall. But I think he obviously put a max pressure campaign on Iran in 2016 and 2020 I would not be surprised to see obviously a return of that. Because I do think if you look at the regime inside Iran is it is on very thin ice, and actually it's very similar to Putin and Xi. All three are authoritarian regimes that don't have a thick foundation of stability below them, but with Iran, if you do get regime change inside Iran, you're not going to get exactly what we want. You might get more of a Russia style cryptocracy or oligopoly that's going to run the country. But what you do, and what you should get, hopefully, is a removal of of the shia sect that has almost like an End Times view of the world. Now you're stuck with a regime that is not, maybe not ideal when it comes. Of human rights, but is one. It's not hell bent on light in the Middle East on fire. That's the issue I think we're facing near term here with Iran. Speaker 1  40:11And can we shift gears to the South China Sea and your thoughts on where we are there? And what does it mean, given how the US spread sales and fighting these multiple conflict phase, these things resolving themselves over in South China Sea and Taiwan, Hamlet Yousef  40:31yeah. Well, depending who you listen to, the South China Sea is going to turn into a hot war as early as 2025 2026, 2030 the list is pretty wide in terms of where the one of the speculation is going to be. The one thing that gives me a little bit of hope is, is China and generally, is not a a country that likes to fight directly. Their view, I think, is more indirect. So, yes, there's a threat of them, one day, waking up tomorrow, invading Taiwan. It's a real, real threat that we need to be obviously concerned with. But I think one of the things that they've seen, and this has been a lesson learned for Xi, and it's probably why he wanted Putin to go first in terms of a in nation state land grab, is he wanted to see what global cancel culture was going to look like on a geopolitical stage. And he saw that, but he also saw is it's not easy to conquer another country, and this is a flat terrain where you got a bunch of embeds within eastern Ukraine to help you win that war. And Russia has had a pain, and there a lot of difficulty in doing that. Taiwan has been getting ready for this for decades, and it's a it's an island. So invading an island is a lot more difficult than invading a sovereign piece of territory that's flat. So I think what China is probably going to try to do is much more of a longer term campaign in terms of what they've done with Hong Kong, which is the slow as fixation of trying to bring the Taiwanese into their fold. So do I think the South China Sea is going to go hot. God, I hope not do. I think you have a potential for hot conflicts, whether it's with the Philippines or other, other, other, other fires. And the reason, I think that's that's a real concern, the dynamic that would change that, though, is if you have a rapid decline or ascension of challenge to xi, because xi is the Communist Party, is no longer what rules China. I think what Xi has done over the last several years is very quickly consolidate power. This is no longer a country that's run by a single party. It's a country that's run by a single individual. At some point, xi is going to have to deal with some part truths driven by collapsing demographics or collapsing real estate sector, migration of jobs out of China, and real pressures on their economic foundation. At some point, 1.3 billion Chinese people are going to wake up and realize that, though they were on the path to being part of the global economy in a in a major power house, they're facing some significant issues that have been mismanaged by one person in that g1, point 3 billion people. If you look at the Communist Party and the folks that are around g keep it in power. Estimate is estimate. Estimates range anywhere from a couple million to 20 to 30 million people. 30 million people. So if things get really bad at home, that's when I think you have a risk of xi doing something stupid, which is going after the South China Sea. In terms of the conflict, I think there's probably a greater chance that Xi actually marches north and starts constituting land back in his favor in Siberia than he does heading inside into the South China Sea. Hope I'm right on that one, but we'll see. Speaker 1  43:47So we have, we have a hard stop Mark told me at nine. So going to rapid fire some questions. So short questions and a quick answer. So Adam first. Michael, up. Adam Blanco  44:05Thank you. Steven Hamlet, always a pleasure listening to you always while reading your stuff, too. Thank you. My question to you is your thoughts on the negotiations with Putin Trump has literally given away a number of negotiating chips, such as having the discussions with Putin, giving him status as as legitimate leader, inviting him to the g7 How do you explain that? Can you do you have insight on Hamlet Yousef  44:43that? I do not. I'm not going to begin to try to figure out how Trump operates. Like I said, I think if you look at his style, to a certain extent, He probably likes to operate in a world of chaos, doing the unconventional. That's That's who he is. He's not. A refined political savan who's been a political operator for decades. He is what he is. He is a shrewd, hard, charging negotiator who cut his teeth in probably the most brutal fight there is, which is New York real estate. I think he's bringing, he's bringing his style and his 10 minutes to that if I was president, is that the approach I would take? Probably not. I'd probably take a different approach. But he's the guy who's in charge right now, and this is the the style he's taken. And I think to a certain extent, it's, it's, it's, it's unconventional, to put it mildly, is it going to work? Look, obviously, he's betting it is in that kind of a style, though, if you do like to operate through chaos and uncertainty, you can't look at every action and judge it in a vacuum. You got to understand that this is one movement many. So I would think, in his mind, this is a way of getting to some sort of near term physical piece, while allowing us to work on a much greater, grander piece, which is hopefully the removal of these authoritarian misfits in xi, in Putin and in the regime that's inside Iran. And this is, I think, the beginning steps of it. What that means, going back to Stephen's earlier slide, is geopolitical instability, I think, is just beginning. It's not ending anytime soon. Yeah, 46:25I would agree with that. Maxwell Nee  46:29Max, yes. Hi everyone. Max will here from Singapore, really appreciate this earlier call. So you know, feels like Hamlet we've been in, you know, conflicts. I don't know ping pong for just forever, but I remember distinctly there was a period where this sort of stuff just wasn't happening over and over and over again. So I guess my question is like, what do you think you would take for all of this conflict, ping pong, to start to dissipate, and for the war to get back to what some of us might remember 10 years ago? You're Hamlet Yousef  47:15not going to like the answer, more conflict. And I don't more conflict in terms of more war, but I think a conflict in ideology. We're not going back to where we came from, if anything. I think within with the last couple years and the next couple of years represents is basically the end of the world war two era as we've known it. I think world is the world is about to change as we know it, between 1890 and 1950 the world changed. You had the rise and fall as you had, I'm sure. You had the fall the British Empire. You had the rise of the US, the US as a superpower. You had a complete balkanization and factoring of the Middle East and Eastern Europe. You had two world wars. You had a pandemic and you had a global market crash. The world went from the horse and buggy and oil power to lamp to the nuclear age and landing on the moon. All that happened in 60 years. Disruptive technologies were, I think, a key driver that had significant impact on geo politics and global governance. We're going through that same kind of innovation cycle and change right now, but it's not going to take 60 years for this to sort itself out. I think it's going to take probably the next 10 years, which means massive, massive, massive, massive amounts of geo political instability and uncertainty and change. I think we can come through this, but I think it's imperative for private capital and leaders within industry to be attached to hit so we can navigate this as allocators and as investors. If you do the kind of a long term buy and hold approach that had worked in in the prior 67 years, you're not going to do well if you're plugged in and if you're informed, and you're trying to develop information edge and advantage, and you can allocate in a very, very nimble, focused fashion, I think there's an opportunity for significant wealth creation in The next 10 minutes. Thank you. We're 49:22going to, we have to 49:26Anthony Oh, one part question, only one question. Anthony Gordon  49:35Oh, yeah. Well, first, there is no one question, because, as we know, it's extra inextricably linked, content, impetus wise, etc, so I'll ask it, and then just cut me off, etc. So basically, and forgive me if I didn't hear my memory short, I didn't hear talk about energy independence, us. And so I would say that there is a forward during the course of time that you. But you know you described. And so the question is, if I'm correct, does some form of us, energy independence, create a change into this forward mantra Trump as a headline is less or no war, right? And so what does that actually mean? And then how the fact that China has put down its roots into the rare earth minerals in Africa. And then how does that feed from that north up into the south? And then lastly, in that regard, Europe, which is part of the impetus for this, from whether it's Mid East or the gas prom cut off. How does that now play into it. I'm just trying to create these tangible things. Means. And then the other thing I didn't hear is that what I would say is not necessarily a 70 style resurgence, but there is clearly a lot of disruption. 50:58Alright, I love you. I will answer that. I'm Hamlet Yousef  51:04reading lip sir, I think no, but great, great, multi part question. I think it actually answered back and tie a lot of these pieces together. First of all, I think China has some significant issues. I think what China has done over the last 20 years through their Belt and Road Initiative is they put out a lot of money and influence throughout the world to basically to colonize is exactly what they've done, physically and financially. They're taking over nations and resources. That's no different than being a predatory pay day loan provider. And I think what's starting to happen in the Global South and Latin America, particularly as well as Africa, I think you have nations are starting to wake up and read the finer details of the loan docs that they signed and realize that they're royally screwed. But what's starting to happen is, I think you're starting to see and I think you will see more of these nations begin to default and basically tell China to go pound sand. That opens up the opportunity for Western capital, both European and US, to come in and start partnering with local families, local industrials in the global south who want to rebuild and reshape their country and want to bring in that Western style capital. The issue there with China is, if all these countries begin to default, that is going to significantly accelerate the pressures that xi is going to have at home, which, going back to, I said earlier, could be a trigger for Xi becoming more desperate, more violent, if he faces him in a collapse at home. In terms of energy independence in the US, I think, under the under the current administration, and hopefully going forward, energy independence is gonna be a key foundation for the US. I am pretty bearish in terms of geo political instability in the near term, the next 1015, years. I think as a society, we can come out of this, but we gotta sort our own stuff out. If I look at near shore or kind of what's happening in the Western Hemisphere, I think there's a real opportunity for the creation of a super economic base or a super power in close collaboration between Canada, the US and Mexico, and I think eventually that movement can move out throughout the Americas. I don't say I don't care about what's happening, what's happening the rest of the world, or Europe or Asia. I do, but I think there's a real opportunity for there to be almost a bit of self reliance, at least in North America, if not throughout throughout South America. On the European front, I think Europe is going to have to go through their own kind of growing pains here. I think the European model of creating the EU and the EC thing worked on paper. I think it failed in execution. I think they're going to have some some serious issues. Again, they're going to sort through, not only economic but also geo political ly and from a demographic standpoint. So I think Europe is, I think they're probably entering, entering their quote, unquote lost decade, where they're going to have to find a way to soul search and fear or figure out what their form of of self self reliance and self governance is going to be, and what scares the shit out of them is you have a belligerent bear on the Eastern Front that wants to march westward. So Germany, I think, is is deflated. And I think who comes out very strong in this process is, is, I think Poland. I think Poland now is probably positioned to become one of the de facto leaders in Europe, because they're massively spending on their own self reliance and autonomy and defense, and they view themselves as kind of the guardians or the plug that's initially going to prevent that western expansion by by Putin. I think that that address all the questions you had or points you brought up. Stephen Burke  54:47Michael, I'm sorry at the nine o'clock mark, so next week, please, and Hamlet, thanks very much. Any closing thoughts for you, Hamlet, Hamlet Yousef  54:59I'm near term. Near term bearish, long term bullish. And I think the future is in our hands as leaders in capital industry. I think we need to work together and create this, this network of inter reliance of capital. I think the future is very bright. I think the amount of innovation that's going to happen is going to reach reshape the way we live our lives. As a technology investor, I just hope that we continue to invest in technology that liberates and integrates and does not give authority and power to the central agency or central authority to control us, because that's what you have in China, but the future is in our hands at this point. Speaker 1  55:38Thank you very much. Great, great session, and we appreciate your providing the insight. Steve, thank you everyone. Speaker 2  55:47Thanks for the opportunity. We'll see bye you shortly. 56:02Simon, you on your way. Still live. 56:12Very good. You. 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President Xi Jinping stressed his firm belief in the deep-rooted friendship between China and Russia, while emphasizing the strong commitment of both nations to serving the people and assuming global responsibilities as major countries, during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.In talks with Putin at the centuries-old Kazan Kremlin, Xi underlined that China-Russia relations have weathered storms and forged ahead, achieving a series of groundbreaking results and exploring a path for neighboring major powers to coexist through nonalignment and nonconfrontation and without targeting any third party."The world today is facing momentous transformations unseen in a century, resulting in a fast-changing and turbulent international landscape. Yet I am confident that the profound and lasting friendship between China and Russia will not change, nor will our sense of responsibility as major countries for the world and for the people," he said.Xi arrived in the Russian city on Tuesday morning for the 16th BRICS Summit, a visit that also marks his 10th trip to Russia since he became Chinese president in 2013. The meeting on Tuesday was the third between the two heads of state since the beginning of the year.He pointed out during the meeting that the BRICS cooperation mechanism is one of the most important platforms for solidarity and cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries.It serves as a pillar in promoting a more equitable and orderly multipolar world, as well as in advancing inclusive and sustainable economic globalization, Xi emphasized.He also stressed that he looks forward to engaging during the summit in in-depth discussions with Putin and the leaders of other nations on the future development of the BRICS cooperation mechanism. The summit is the first since the grouping's historic expansion at the beginning of the year."Together, we aim to foster consensuses, send a positive message of unity and cooperation, and advance strategic collaboration and pragmatic cooperation across various fields within BRICS," he said.According to a readout released by the Kremlin, Putin described ties between Russia and China as "a model for how relations between states should be built in the modern world"."Our multifaceted cooperation is equal, mutually beneficial, and absolutely free from any opportunism," he said, adding that Russian-Chinese cooperation in global affairs is one of the main stabilizing factors on the world stage.China has been Russia's largest trade partner for 14 consecutive years, and Russia has become China's eighth-largest trade partner. The annual trade volume between China and Russia once again set a record last year, exceeding $240.1 billion, which fulfilled the target set by the two presidents ahead of schedule, according to China's Foreign Ministry.As part of booming cultural exchanges, the two heads of state jointly inaugurated the China-Russia Year of Culture in Beijing in May during Putin's two-day state visit to China.Zhang Hanhui, China's ambassador to Russia, described China-Russia relations as "full of impetus and rich with outcomes" during an interview with reporters at the airport minutes before Xi's arrival.

The Chinese and Russian presidents have exchanged messages marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties(01:17). Israel is vowing to respond to an Iranian missile attack that targeted military bases around Tel Aviv(11:35). Mexico has sworn in Claudia Sheinbaum as the country's first female president(20:33).

In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Dr. Elizabeth Wishnick joins us to discuss recent Sino-Russian activities and what they mean for the overall China-Russia relationship. Dr. Wishnick analyzes the May 2024 Xi-Putin meeting in Beijing, noting that the joint statement the two countries released had significant areas of continuity and some areas of change compared to 2023. She then analyzes the meeting between the two leaders at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and the nearly half a dozen military exercises the two countries engaged in in July and August 2024. Dr. Wishnick emphasizes that the recent surge of China-Russia military exercises are meant to signal China-Russia political and strategic coordination, with some scheduled in advance as part of their normal annual exercise plans and others scheduled in response to U.S. activities. Finally, Dr. Wishnick shares her predictions for developments within Sino-Russian relations in the coming months.  Dr. Elizabeth Wishnick is a Senior Research Scientist in the China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division at CNA. She was a Professor of Political Science at Montclair State University from 2005-2024 and the Coordinator of MSU's Asian Studies Undergraduate Minor from 2010-2019. Since 2002, she has been a research scholar at Columbia University's Weatherhead East Asian Institute. She previously taught undergraduate and graduate courses in international relations, Chinese politics, and Chinese foreign policy at Barnard College, Columbia College, and SIPA. Dr. Wishnick has dual regional expertise on China and Russia and is an expert on Chinese foreign policy, Sino-Russian relations, Northeast Asian and Central Asian security, and Arctic geopolitics.  She received a PhD in Political Science from Columbia University, an MA in Russian and East European Studies from Yale University, and a BA from Barnard College. She speaks Mandarin, Russian, and French.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping put on a show of unity in Beijing. Michael Cohen is grilled over his credibility in Donald Trump's hush money trial. And, the competition in South Korea that involves doing as little as possible. All that and more with Lynda Kinkade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Featuring: John Liu, Bloomberg Executive Editor in Beijing, joining the program to discuss Putin's state visit to the Chinese capital. Anitza Nip, Head of Fixed Income Research: Asia at UBP, shares her views on markets from our Hong Kong studio. Audrey Goh, Head of Asset Allocation at Standard Chartered Wealth Management, gives her outlook on the latest APAC market action from Singapore.   Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bloomberg-daybreak-asia/id1663863437Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Ccfge70zthAgVfm0NVw1bTuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Asian-Talk/Bloomberg-Daybreak-Asia-Edition-p247557/?lang=es-es See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Read on for today's agenda below prepared by David (thank you very much). - Retired US Diplomat to 5 different nations  David Hunter shares his knowledge, passion, interest, and experience.1)Putin holding Summit Meeting w/ Chinese leader Xi: Putin is visiting Beijing for a summit with Xi, connected to the 10th Anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Putin says President Xi's Belt and Road Initiative is beneficial to all  Eurasia. What is Eurasia? Why is he saying this?2)Poland Election--- Donald Tusk's Moderate Coalition wins Election, making Tusk new Prime Minister: Tusk, who was a former European Commission leader, has defeated Conservative Prime Minister Duda of the Law and Justice Party (PiS). Duda ruled for 8 years. What are the likely consequences of this change?3)Israel-Gaza War Recent Developments: Israel's bombing has now killed almost 3000 Gaza civilians, including 1000 children. US Secretary of State Blinken has been in the region for past week holding talks. Pres. Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday and then meet in Jordan with Jordan's King Hussein and Egypt's president Sisi, and Palestine Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. The EU is opening an air corridor for supplying critically needed aid like food, water and medicine to Gaza residents. What is going on?

On today's podcast:(1) President Biden will travel to Israel tomorrow in a show of US solidarity with its closest ally in the Middle East. (2) Russian leader Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing for China's Belt and Road Forum. (3) The Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill says sticky inflation in the UK may require a long-lasting response. (4) Reports suggest that Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has stopped his controversial hobby of DJing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I learned so much from Sarah Paine, Professor of History and Strategy at the Naval War College.We discuss:- how continental vs maritime powers think and how this explains Xi & Putin's decisions- how a war with China over Taiwan would shake out and whether it could go nuclear- why the British Empire fell apart, why China went communist, how Hitler and Japan could have coordinated to win WW2, and whether Japanese occupation was good for Korea, Taiwan and Manchuria- plus other lessons from WW2, Cold War, and Sino-Japanese War- how to study history properly, and why leaders keep making the same mistakesIf you want to learn more, check out her books - they're some of the best military history I've ever read.Watch on YouTube, listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript.Timestamps(0:00:00) - Grand strategy(0:11:59) - Death ground(0:23:19) - WW1(0:39:23) - Writing history(0:50:25) - Japan in WW2(0:59:58) - Ukraine(1:10:50) - Japan/Germany vs Iraq/Afghanistan occupation(1:21:25) - Chinese invasion of Taiwan(1:51:26) - Communists & Axis(2:08:34) - Continental vs maritime powers This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dwarkeshpatel.com

Two world leaders, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, did not attend the Group of 20 summit held in New Delhi, which concluded on Sunday. Erin Walsh, senior research fellow for international affairs in The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center, says that "clearly, the two of them made a decision that they weren't going to show up.""[A]nd they want to create their own new rules, and new economy, and new standards, and new world, for that matter; for the world to play by the rules that they set forward, and I think that this was a first stab at that," Walsh says. "So, we're going to have to wait and see what happens at the upcoming [Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation] summit, but it's clear that they wanted to do that," she says, adding:And also, the fact that I think China was pouting because they are not supportive of India, there's tension between the two nations, and China wants to show that they had the upper hand and would not go to India, on [Indian Prime Minister Narendra] Modi's soil, to pay that kind of respect. And so, that tells you something about Xi Jinping, which is more than we probably want to know.APEC will host its summit in mid-November in San Francisco. Walsh joins today's episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss President Joe Biden's recent comments that he doesn't "want to contain China" and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's meeting with Putin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two world leaders, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, did not attend the Group of 20 summit held in New Delhi, which concluded on Sunday. Erin Walsh, senior research fellow for international affairs in The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center, says that “clearly, the two of them made a decision that they weren’t […]

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We discuss the banking crisis and update on world events. We also assess our Korea event titled "Korean Civilization and Paths to Peace and Reunification." Finally, we discuss March 18's rally in Washington, D.C., and finish our reading of W.E.B. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction in America.

In the postwar world, Stalin and the Soviet Union wielded greater power over Mao Zedong's new communist China. Today, following China's rise as an economic superpower and Putin's invasion of Ukraine, it is Beijing that has the upper hand – and on whom Russia's future depends. When Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow for a three-day visit in March 2023, he was greeted with elaborate ceremony and deference. With Russia cut off from the West, China now supplies 40 per cent of its imports, a proportion that will only grow. The leaders are united, too, in their fight against the US for global dominance – but there are tensions and limits within that alliance.In this magazine cover story, the New Statesman's global affairs editor Katie Stallard looks at the parallels with the Sino-Soviet alliance of the 1950s, and the two countries' shared and sometimes violent history, from the first official Russian expedition to Beijing in 1618 to today's alignment. She hears from others on why their explicitly anti-US world-view has an appeal in the Global South, particularly in Africa. Will the relationship survive China's growing economic and diplomatic supremacy? And how dangerous is it for the rest of the world? Written and read by Katie Stallard. This article was originally published on newstatesman.com on 19 April 2023. You can read the text version here. If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy The strange death of moderate conservatism.Subscribers can get an ad free version of the NS Podcast on the New Statesman appPodcast listeners can subscribe to the New Statesman for just £1 a week for 12 weeks using our special offer. Just visit newstatesman.com/podcastoffer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Weiss's China expert, Mike Edwards, joined G3 on Wednesday morning, April 5th, to discuss the latest moves – or more precisely, flexes – by China on the global stage. Topics covered include China's influence over OPEC, the recent Xi-Putin summit, China's role in brokering a peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran, China's cultivation of nations ranging from Honduras to Egypt, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's visit to the US and the recent US congressional hearing on TikTok.As always, please check important disclosures at the episode and if you're feeling generous, please leave us a review. Time Stamps:Is China trying to gain a competitive advantage by paying less for oil than the rest of the world? [8:40]Does the peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran, brokered by China, secure Xi's involvement in future OPEC decisions? [11:22]How has the US responded to China's debt restructuring in Ghana? [14:41]How is China building a new Egyptian capital outside of Cairo? [18:14]Why does Mike think Honduras and other Latin American nations have flipped their allegiance from Taipei to Beijing? [23:07]Why is the Tik Tok congressional hearing significant? [28:20]Resources:McCarthy meets Taiwan President Tsai despite China's threatsChina brokers historic truce between Saudi Arabia and IranChina is building a new Egyptian capital in the desert (video)Disclosures: This podcast and associated content (collectively, the “Post”) are provided to you by Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC (“Weiss”). The views expressed in the Post are for informational purposes only and are subject to change without notice. Information in this Post has been developed internally and is based on market conditions as of the date of the recording from sources believed to be reliable. Nothing in this Post should be construed as investment, legal, tax, or other advice and should not be viewed as a recommendation to purchase or sell any security or adopt any investment strategy. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. You should consult your own advisers regarding business, legal, tax, or other matters concerning investments. Any health-related information shared on the podcast is not intended as medical advice or for use in self-diagnosis or treatment. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional before acting upon any health-related information on the podcast. Weiss has no control over information at any external site hyperlinked in this Post. Weiss makes no representation concerning and is not responsible for the quality, content, nature, or reliability of any hyperlinked site and has included hyperlinks only as a convenience. The inclusion of any external hyperlink does not imply any endorsement, investigation, verification, or ongoing monitoring by Weiss of any information in any hyperlinked site. In no event shall Weiss be responsible for your use of a hyperlinked site. This is not intended to be an offer or solicitation of any security. Please visit www.gweiss.com to review related disclosures and learn more about Weiss.

XI-PUTIN & THE ASIAN CENTURY;  WISCONSIN SUPREMES;  DEMS DESTROY NEVADA; THE WAR VS. LGBTQ & THE DESANTIS DISASTER Our GREEP #132 starts with the “deal of the century” as Xi & Putin lay the foundation for an end of the American Century and the dominance of the dollar. As part of that excursion we visit “The Big Short” and other critical documents on the most recent fall of the American economy.  KFPA/Flashpoint's DENNIS BERNSTEIN, LYNN HEIDIKOPER and others help us with the horrendous details. From there we go to the all-important race for the deciding seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, where grassroots organizing will make all the difference. JOHN STEINER fills us in with critical details. We also hear from JUDITH WHITMER, recently purged as chair of the Nevada Democratic Party for being too progressive & grassroots.  Where have we heard that before? One place is New York, where JULIE WIENER and RON LEONARD explain how the utterly feeble Democrats blew it for the entire US House. BRYANN TANNEHILL fills us in on the national war against LGBTQ citizens. WENDI LEDERMAN gives us the ugly details from DeSantis's Florida, where Disney (!!!) is fighting back. This incredibly powerful gathering proceeds for another 90 minutes, so join us at www.electionprotection2024.org.  No Nukes!!!

There's a global conspiracy afoot, and it involves a g alliance of world leaders determined to remake the world . In this episode, we dive deep into a global conspiracy to end democracy, with a focus on Israel and its shift towards abandoning democracy in favor of dictatorship. We discuss Israel's direct involvement in the 2016 elections to elect Donald Trump and examine the role of Israeli intelligence in attacking the United States. We also explore the unprecedented protests in Tel Aviv and the complicated political landscape in Israel. We delve into the stern comments made by President Biden to Ha'aretz newspaper in Israel, expressing concern about Israel's current path and stating that Netanyahu will not be invited to the White House in the near term. We explore the potential consequences of Israel becoming a pariah state and turning its back on the Western world, as well as the growing influence of conservative Russian immigrants and religious right-wing groups in Israel. We discuss the Middle East's political landscape and how it was manipulated to support Donald Trump's election, with key players like George Nader and Netanyahu working behind the scenes. We address the alarming rise of Russian influence in Israel and the increasing number of oligarchs with dual citizenship. We examine the legal challenges facing leaders like Netanyahu, Putin, and Trump, as well as the implications of their connections to dirty money from places like the casinos of Macau. We discuss the influence of espionage agencies on political parties, particularly the GOP, and the need to shake off these foreign influences to restore democracy in America. In this episode, we also look into the close relationship between President Biden and Isaac Herzog, the President of Israel, discussing their shared understanding and the importance of their bond. We touch on the ongoing protests in Israel and the responsibility of the US media to cover these important events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's a global conspiracy afoot, and it involves an alliance of world leaders determined to remake the world.  In this episode, we dive deep into a global conspiracy to end democracy, focusing on Israel and its shift towards abandoning democracy in favor of dictatorship. We discuss Israel's direct involvement in the 2016 elections to elect Donald Trump and examine the role of Israeli intelligence in attacking the United States. We also explore the unprecedented protests in Tel Aviv and the complicated political landscape in Israel. We delve into the stern comments made by President Biden to Ha'aretz newspaper in Israel, expressing concern about Israel's current path and stating that Netanyahu will not be invited to the White House in the near term. We explore the potential consequences of Israel becoming a pariah state and turning its back on the Western world and the growing influence of conservative Russian immigrants and religious right-wing groups in Israel. We discuss the Middle East's political landscape and how it was manipulated to support Donald Trump's election, with key players like George Nader and Netanyahu working behind the scenes. We address the alarming rise of Russian influence in Israel and the increasing number of oligarchs with dual citizenship. We examine the legal challenges facing leaders like Netanyahu, Putin, and Trump and the implications of their connections to dirty money from places like the casinos of Macau. We discuss the influence of espionage agencies on political parties, particularly the GOP, and the need to shake off these foreign influences to restore democracy in America. In this episode, we also look into the close relationship between President Biden and Isaac Herzog, the President of Israel, discussing their shared understanding and the importance of their bond. We touch on the ongoing protests in Israel and the responsibility of the US media to cover these important events.

It came as no surprise that Chinese President Xi Jinping's first diplomatic visit after the commencement of his unprecedented third term was to Russia. In this episode, Manoj Kewalramani dissects Xi's visit to Russia and its strategic importance and gets quizzed by Shrikrishna Upadhyaya on its implications for India-Russia relations. Check out Takshashila's courses: https://school.takshashila.org.in/ Do follow IVM Podcasts on social media. We are @ivmpodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram. https://twitter.com/IVMPodcasts https://www.instagram.com/ivmpodcasts/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/ivmpodcasts/ You can check out our website at https://shows.ivmpodcasts.com/featured Follow the show across platforms: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Gaana, Amazon Music Do share the word with your folks!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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If you use money, notice who is acquiring control of the banks. 1 million protesters in France—and why you should know about a much more limited “warning strike” in Germany. A major meeting between the two major leaders of the two major Asian powers. Which is the boss? Sharp divisions in Orthodoxy, Britain-Israel “landmark” deal, Russia threatens literal nuclear war, weak German leadership, and American “justice.” Links [00:20] The Winner of the Banking Crisis (11 minutes) “Our Financial 9/11 Was Prophesied!” “The Communist Infiltration of America Was Prophesied” [11:04] Protests in Europe (6 minutes) “Germans Groan for a Strong State” [17:20] Xi Visits Putin in Moscow (8 minutes) Russia and China in Prophecy “Putin and Xi Meet for the First Time Since Russia's Invasion of Ukraine” [25:03] Orthodox ‘Pseudo Religion' (9 minutes) He Was Right [34:39] Britain-Israel ‘Landmark' Agreement (5 minutes) “Britain's and Judah's Governments Fall—America Next?” [39:24] Russia Threatens the West With Nuclear War (5 minutes) “Bible Prophecy Comes Alive in Ukraine” “Russia Threatens the West With Nuclear War” [44:46] Cracks Widen in the German Coalition (6 minutes) A Strong German Leader Is Imminent [50:55] Democrats Pervert Justice System (5 minutes) “The End of America's Constitutional Republic”

It has been a deceptively quiet week in markets and geopolitics. Rob and Jacob give you the sober update you need on the SVB crisis and why they are more worried about other things, like corporate debt and a private equity bubble. From there, they tackle the big China-Russia meeting this week and engage in a wide-ranging conversation about whether China has “soft power” and whether China's future is necessarily authoritarian. --Timestamps:(0:00) - Intro(2:11) - Market Update(14:48) – How to think about debt(28:05) – The Xi-Putin visit and the future of China(36:48) - Soft Power--CI LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognitive-investments/CI Website: https://cognitive.investmentsCI Twitter: https://twitter.com/CognitiveInvestJacob LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-l-s-a9337416/Jacob Twitter: https://twitter.com/JacobShapSubscribe to the Newsletter: https://investments.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=156086d89c91a42d264546df7&id=4e31ca1340--Cognitive Investments is an investment advisory firm, founded in 2019 that provides clients with a nuanced array of financial planning, investment advisory and wealth management services. We aim to grow both our clients' material wealth (i.e. their existing financial assets) and their human wealth (i.e. their ability to make good strategic decisions for their business, family, and career).--Disclaimer: Nothing discussed on Cognitive Dissidents should be considered as investment advice. Please always do your own research & speak to a financial advisor before putting your money into the markets.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

CSIS's Lily McElwee and Maria Snegovaya join the podcast to discuss the Xi-Putin summit in Russia, and what it means for the United States. 

On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow and a week of news about deepening ties between China and Russia. Topics include: The recent inversion of the Russia-China relationship, concerns about what a Xi-Putin union means for the rest of the world, and more signs that a much broader project is underway as Xi seek to reshape the international order. For the second half of the show: Real-time reactions to Thursday's TikTok hearing in Congress, including the testimony from CEO Shou Zi Chew, the lobbying efforts that bore little fruit this week, and framing today's TikTok reality with memories of the public apology from ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming in 2018. At the end: The ERNIE Bot rollercoaster, a public apology to Purdue basketball fans, and Chinese food recs in the D.C. area.

U.S. authorities arrest Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui, Silicon Valley Bank collapse stings Chinese startups, and the U.K. bans TikTok on government phones. Are you a big fan of our shows? Then please give our podcast account, China Business Insider, a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

As New York prosecutors weigh indicting Donald Trump, the former president belittles keeping protests peaceful. Then, Secretary of State Antony Blinken faces a subpoena threat as lawmakers order him to turn over documents related to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Also, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) of the Foreign Relations Committee joins to discuss Xi-Putin talks producing no meaningful path forward on Ukraine. Plus, the CEO of TikTok is called before Congress to answer how much data from users the Chinese government can access. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

This week, a bonus episode to keep you caught up on the week's biggest China story: Xi Jinping's two days of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Maria Repnikova, a Latvian-born native Russian speaker who is also fluent in Chinese and who teaches Chinese politics and communications at Georgia State University, joins the show again to talk about what each side hoped for, what each side got, and the asymmetries of power on conspicuous display in Moscow.1:53 – Does Beijing look at the Ukraine War and still see the United States, as Maria argued last year?3:06 – How Xi and Putin spoke to their own domestic audiences, and to each other's4:43 – How the Xi-Putin meeting was viewed in the Global South8:10 – Why was the elephant in the room go mostly unremarked upon?10:27 – Junior partner, senior partner, and “optionality”16:27 – Did Putin come away disappointed from the meeting?18:03 – How did China's peace framework come off in the West vs. in China?21:11 – What might the United States have done differently — and what might it still do to prevent China from drifting too close to Russia?A complete transcript of this podcast is available at TheChinaProject.com.Recommendations:Maria: Solomon Elusoji, Travelling with Big Brother: A Reporter's Junket in China Kaiser: The Polish progressive rock band Riverside, and its latest album ID.EntitySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rep. Mike Waltz, Republican Congressman from Florida, joined WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" radio program on Wednesday about the threat of China, Xi-Putin meetings this week, Biden admin's foreign policy priority of DEI and John Kirby's comments about no ceasefire in Ukraine. Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelgwaltz For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 FM from 5-9 AM ET. To join the conversation, check us out on Twitter: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock,  @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Chinese president has just returned from a three-day visit to Russia. What did we learn about Xi Jinping's support for Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine?Tortoise is a newsroom devoted to slow journalism.For early access and ad-free listening subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts or join Tortoise as a member for £60 a year.As a member you'll also get our newsletters and tickets to live events. Just go to tortoisemedia.com/slowdown.If you'd like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. Your contributions allow us to investigate, campaign and explore, and to build a newsroom that is responsible and sustainable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tucker Carlson: Democrats WEAPONIZING Justice System In Possible Trump Arrest. What About BUSH? (00:00) Briahna Joy Gray: Why Are Biden Boosters AFRAID Of Primary? Liberals OUTRAGED By Idea of Fair Fight (12:55) Fed RISKS DEEPENING Banking Crisis With Impending Interest Rate HIKE: Report (28:51) HYPOCRITE AOC Headlines MILITARY RECRUITMENT Event, LASHES OUT at Critics: Sabrina Salvati (37:41) Biden Admin HIDES BEHIND 'National Security,' Will REDACT Covid Origins Documents: Brie & Robby (49:05) Xi, Putin WOO The Global South With Peace Plan; US Risks DANGEROUS Alliance: Trita Parsi (57:57) Billy Porter On Drag Show Bans: What About GUNS?! Americans Are ALREADY In A 'CIVIL WAR' (01:07:43) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Statement released during Xi Jinping's Moscow visit welcomes China's peace plans for Ukraine & condemns attempts to 'cram extraneous issues' into agenda of multilateral forums.  

Xi–Putin Meeting- A Shift in World Balance-

The Chinese president has concluded his three-day state visit in Russia following the signing of several agreements (01:02). The U.S. treasury secretary says she is prepared to take steps to stop "contagion" in the banking system (11:59). And Thailand's king has dissolved parliament to make way for elections in May (21:50).

Gedung Putih menyatakan rasa pesimis bahwa pembicaraan Xi dan Putin akan membuka jalan untuk mengakhiri perang di Ukraina. Sementara itu, Kementerian Luar Negeri RI mengecam sikap Menteri Keuangan Israel Bezalel Smotrich yang mengingkari eksistensi bangsa Palestina.

In our news wrap Tuesday, China's President Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a second day as the two nations appeared to strengthen ties, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit to Kyiv offering what he called unwavering support for Ukraine and UN officials say rampant gang violence in Haiti killed at least 187 people from late February into early March. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The Atlantic is out with a timely essay on the threat to freedom of the seas posed by China and Russia. It is timely because the two dictators, Xi and Putin, are meeting in Russia. Capt. Jerry Hendrix joins Hugh to discuss the article that is making waves among Democrats and Republicans, as well as interviews with Congressman Dan Crenshaw and Mollie Hemingway on the threat posed by the Xi-Putin alliance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Fed is deciding whether or not to hike interest rates. It has to weigh the banking sector on the one hand and the economy on the other. An investment firm tells NTD it's not a good time to be looking at upside opportunities in investments. Home prices dropped for the first time in over a decade, ending a record-breaking streak of increases. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduces a bill to end normal trade relations with China. He believes this will help the American working class, but will it actually? Tuesday is the second day of Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Russia. We speak to Tiffany Meier, host of the “China in Focus” show, who questions whether we're seeing a shift in the world balance. Google rolls out its new AI chatbot tool, a rival to ChatGPT. The last non-electric Dodge Challenger is going out with a bang. It's so fast, you might even need a parachute to stop. ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

Witness testimony is wrapping up in the Manhattan District Attorney's investigation of former President Donald Trump. NTD takes a look at protests on the streets of New York. Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin engaged in a second day of talks in Moscow. We speak to a retired Marine colonel for his take on the meeting, and what it means for the rest of the world. Americans will soon have more insight into the origins of the COVID-19 virus. President Joe Biden signs a bill declassifying government intelligence on the matter. ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

NTD Business News: 3/21/20231. February Home Prices Fell, 1st Time in 11 Years2. Yellen Vows to Safeguard U.S. Bank Deposits3. All Eyes on the Fed Before Meeting4. 'Stay Defensive': Chief Investment Officer5. Trump Indictment Pending More Testimony

In our news wrap Tuesday, China's President Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a second day as the two nations appeared to strengthen ties, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit to Kyiv offering what he called unwavering support for Ukraine and UN officials say rampant gang violence in Haiti killed at least 187 people from late February into early March. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

NTD Good Morning—3/21/20231. Xi and Putin Engage in Second Day of Talks in Russia2. Analysis on Xi Jinping's Visit to Moscow3. Biden Signs Bill Declassifying Virus Origin Intel4. China's ‘Sweetheart' Trade Status in Crosshairs5. DA Nearing Decision on Trump Indictment6. Robert Costello Grand Jury Testimony in Trump Probe7. NY Republicans Protest Possible Trump Charges8. DeSantis Calls Out Biden on Digital Currency9. USS America Docked in Manila Port for 4 Days10. Google Suspends China's Pinduoduo App11. New Book Teaches to Be High Performing Human

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China's leader Xi Jinping is in Moscow today where he'll be discussing the war in Ukraine with Vladimir Putin. Regulators and banks across the world have been working hard to avoid a global financial crisis - and so far it seems to be working. Former President Donald Trump could face more legal troubles in Georgia related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Alex Murdaugh's murder case prompted a private autopsy. Plus, the UN says we're running out of time to avoid climate catastrophe.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

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Chin-up Chingwaggers, it's the Christmasode with Hagar Chemali! It's been a rough year, but we made it.  Misha and Hagar Chemali wrap up 2022 with a huge chat. FIFA World Cup and Qatari sports washing Xi's China COVID Zero trap and why autocrats are doomed to fail Britney Griner, hostage diplomacy and a shift in US policy Iranian protests continue.  So does Elon's Twitter meltdown. And Trump. Remember him?  And more! Merry Christmas to everyone, except the autocrats!  Check out Misha Zelinsky's column in the Australian Financial Review here: https://www.afr.com/by/misha-zelinsky-p5363h Be sure to follow Hagar and the Oh My World! show on social media and YouTube @ohmyworldshow and @hagarchemali You can follow Misha and diplomates here: @mishazelinsky @diplomates.showSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Post diplomacy expert Shi Jiangtao pulls apart the language of the Xi-Putin meeting in Uzbekistan and looks at the agendas at play, how they relate to China’s troubled domestic politics and what this means for the future of the Sino-Russian partnership. Europe correspondent Finbarr Bermingham looks at the state-of-the-union speech from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and how it targets new aspects of the EU relationship with China.

World leaders talk regional security, energy at face-to-face meeting; State Council calls on financial institutions to cut fees; and the deepening corruption scandal at the ‘big fund'. Are you a big fan of our shows? Then please give our podcast account, China Business Insider, a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to podcasts

Hablamos de la reunión Xi-Putin con Vicente Palacio es director de Política Exterior de la Fundación Alternativas. En la tertulia han intervenido: Antonio Sanabria, investigador y profesor de economía internacional en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Marisa Estevez, Digital & WomaninTech Advisor y ejecutiva en el Sector Tecnológico; y Miguel Córdoba, profesor de economía financiera.

Putin and Xi have gathered in person for the first time since the Russia-Ukraine war broke out, what might this mean for global stability? Professor Robert Destro joins us to discuss. The Attorney representing Navy Seals and air force members joins us to discuss the ongoing battle against what they call unconstitutional COVID-19 vaccine mandates. 

Bei der Weltwoche Digital ist alles neu: Website und App wurden grundlegend erneuert. Steigen Sie ein, fliegen Sie mit! www.weltwoche.chUnd speziell für Deutschland: www.weltwoche.deDie grosse Energie-Revolte zieht herauf. Deutschland, Erfüllungsgehilfe Washington?Druck aus den USA auf Kanzler Scholz. Lässt Xi Putin im Regen stehen? Achtung. Werden Sie jetzt Weltwoche-Abonnent!www.weltwoche.ch/abo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping meet in Uzbekistan, does their nations' partnership truly have “no limits”? What does Queen Elizabeth II's passing mean for the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and Britain's global role? And what might Ukrainian gains on the battlefield mean for the war's outcome and for continued Western support of Kyiv? Elise Labott, Philip Stephens, and Giles Whittell join Council President Ivo Daalder to discuss.  

Gordon Chang, China expert, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Gatestone Institute, author of "The Great U.S.-China Tech War", joined WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" radio program on Thursday to discuss the Xi-Putin meeting today. Twitter: https://twitter.com/GordonGChang XI-PUTIN MEETING TODAY: Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping will discuss Ukraine and Taiwan at a meeting in Uzbekistan on Thursday which the Kremlin said would hold "special significance" given the geopolitical situation. https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-xi-discuss-ukraine-taiwan-kremlin-says-2022-09-13/ CNN BUSINESS: TikTok won't commit to stopping US data flows to China https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/tech/tiktok-china-data/index.html PODESTA's CHINA TIES: Biden's new clean energy czar said he has the 'highest regard' for CCP official, called him 'friend' https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-new-clean-energy-czar-highest-regard-ccp-official-called-friend For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 FM from 5-9 AM ET. To join the conversation, check us out on Twitter: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock,  @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The one hundred and forty-second episode of the DSR Daily Brief.   Stories Cited in the Episode Armenia, Azerbaijan negotiate another ceasefire: Yerevan Magdalena Andersson: Swedish PM resigns as right-wing parties win vote Xi, Putin hold summit in Uzbekistan as Ukraine war dominates South Korea arrests woman after bodies found in suitcases in New Zealand Ivory Coast denounces Mali 'blackmail' Major wildfire in southwestern France no longer spreading Argentina inflation nears 80%; spiraling prices squeeze shoppers Bingo, Lite-Brite, Nerf among Toy Hall of Fame finalists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Die russische Führung wirbt mit der Unterstützung Pekings im Ukraine-Konflikt, um das Treffen zwischen Xi und Putin aufzuwerten. China erkennt die Aussage eines hochrangigen Beamten dazu jedoch nicht an. Xi will lediglich seine Position vor dem Parteitag stärken. Web: https://www.epochtimes.de Probeabo der Epoch Times Wochenzeitung: https://bit.ly/EpochProbeabo Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTimesDE YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC81ACRSbWNgmnVSK6M1p_Ug Telegram: https://t.me/epochtimesde Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/epochtimesde Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpochTimesWelt/ Unseren Podcast finden Sie unter anderem auch hier: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/etdpodcast/id1496589910 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/277zmVduHgYooQyFIxPH97 Unterstützen Sie unabhängigen Journalismus: Per Paypal: http://bit.ly/SpendenEpochTimesDeutsch Per Banküberweisung (Epoch Times Europe GmbH, IBAN: DE 2110 0700 2405 2550 5400, BIC/SWIFT: DEUTDEDBBER, Verwendungszweck: Spenden) Vielen Dank! (c) 2022 Epoch Times

El presidente de China, Xi Jinping aterriza en Uzbekistán donde tendrá un encuentro con el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin. El gas natural sube más de un 8%, hasta 220 euros MWh, tras la propuesta de la CE de limitar los ingresos de las eléctricas. Por cierto que la Alianza por la Competitividad de la Industria Española, pide que la CE modifique de forma urgente el funcionamiento del mercado eléctrico.

The 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is likely to be overshadowed by the Xi-Putin face-to-face meeting in Uzbekistan. Geo-political observers will be paying close attention to what is going to happen from the summit as well as their meeting. So what's at stake, what are the optics and what's in it for the key players? Prime Time's Bharati Jagdish speaks with Timothy Go, who's on a bleisure trip in Uzbekistan, on the security, the mood on the ground, as well as what to expect.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

José María Viñals: "Rusia tiene mucha más capacidad de la que ha desplegado hasta ahora"Analizamos las claves de la reunión entre Rusia y China de la mano de José María Viñals, Director del Máster en Relaciones Internacionales del IEB El presidente chino, Xi Jinping, se reunirá el jueves con el presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin, en Uzbekistán, mientras Moscú se enfrenta a los reveses militares en su invasión en Ucrania. Xi ha sido recibido por el presidente de Uzbekistán, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, cuando aterrizó en Samarcanda anoche. Según la agencia Xinhua, el líder chino dijo que espera una reunión de la Organización de Cooperación de Shanghai para "profundizar la cooperación de beneficio mutuo y promover el desarrollo sólido y constante" del foro económico y de seguridad. Las conversaciones Xi-Putin en la serán las primeras desde febrero en Beijing, cuando declararon una amistad “sin límites”. Putin ordenó un ataque contra Ucrania semanas después, uno que pareció sorprender a China. China ha brindado respaldo verbal a Moscú desde entonces, y el funcionario número 3 de la nación asiática, Li Zhanshu, reiteraba esta misma semana ante los legisladores rusos que los líderes en Beijing “entienden completamente la necesidad” de las acciones de Rusia. Xi y Putin tienen planeado discutir tanto la agenda bilateral como temas regionales e internacionales clave. También discutirán los asuntos de Ucrania y Taiwán.#Nuevoordenmundial #China #Rusia #Guerrafria #xijinping #putin #china #rusia #nuevoordenmundial#relacioneschinarusia#Negociostv#china #JoseMariaViñals Si quieres entrar en la Academia de Negocios TV, este es el enlacehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwd8Byi93KbnsYmCcKLExvQ/joinSíguenos en directo ➡️ https://bit.ly/2Ts9V3pSuscríbete a nuestro canal: https://bit.ly/3jsMzp2Visita Negocios TV https://bit.ly/2Ts9V3pMás vídeos de Negocios TV en Youtube: https://bit.ly/3edxt61Síguenos en Telegram: https://t.me/negociostvSíguenos en Instagram: https://bit.ly/3oytWndTwitter: https://bit.ly/3jz6LptFacebook: https://bit.ly/3e3kIuy

Rebecca Choong Wilkins, Bloomberg Asia Government and Politics Correspondent, discusses Xi-Putin's meeting. She spoke with host Bryan Curtis on Bloomberg Radio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Sharman Chief Legal Counsel Share Healthcare, discusses healthcare sharing and how their program works. Low cost monthly share amount plus a minimum unshared amount per modality incident. Nan Su Epoch Times discusses the CCP, Xi, Putin, Russia and the Euro Asian Expansion. Russia and CCP are using Chinese Yuan and Rubles to buy and sell oil products whereas before all sales were US dollars. CCP is now teaching Russian as a second language in 4th grade classrooms. All breaking news and we are the first to carry it outside to an English-speaking audience.

Mike Sharman Chief Legal Counsel Share Healthcare, discusses healthcare sharing and how their program works. Low cost monthly share amount plus a minimum unshared amount per modality incident. Nan Su Epoch Times discusses the CCP, Xi, Putin, Russia and the Euro Asian Expansion. Russia and CCP are using Chinese Yuan and Rubles to buy and sell oil products whereas before all sales were US dollars. CCP is now teaching Russian as a second language in 4th grade classrooms. All breaking news and we are the first to carry it outside to an English-speaking audience.

Xi, Putin & Biden, Lowering Inflation, Stelter OUT, Masking and more on Daily Caller Live with Jobob

#206 Xi, Putin & Biden, Lowering Inflation, Stelter OUT, Masking and more on Daily Caller Live with Jobob

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This week, we host our first Editors' Roundtable for the year, bringing together our most seasoned journalists to understand the political, economic, diplomatic and tech impact that the war is having. Click here for an exclusive offer to save 83% on a Nikkei Asia subscription In this episode, Monica Hunter-Hart reports on the latest from South Asia (02:10), our editors -- Michael Peel, Stephen Foley and Andy Sharp -- participate in the Editors' Roundtable (06:50), and Alice French sends in her Tokyo Dispatch (41:55). Asia Stream is hosted by Wajahat S. Khan, our digital editor and executive producer, and produced by Monica Hunter-Hart and Jack Stone Truitt. Related to this episode: Player or played? Xi-Putin alliance faces defining moment in Ukraine, by Marrian Zhou and Tsukasa Hadano Strong NATO, weak U.S., puzzled China: Ukraine war hints at new order, by Mikio Sugeno Ukraine war tests Japan's refugee policy that admits just 1%, by Shunsuke Shigeta

Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Head of Riga Stradins University China Studies Centre, Head of the Asia program at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, and a member of the European Think tank Network on China, joins to discuss.Outtro music: Stefania (Kalush Orchestra) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nRQWc4YKGU Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Head of Riga Stradins University China Studies Centre, Head of the Asia program at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, and a member of the European Think tank Network on China, joins to discuss.Outtro music: Stefania (Kalush Orchestra) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nRQWc4YKGU Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Eliot and Eric host CSIS's Jude Blanchette to discuss Neo-Maosim in China, the impact of Xi Jinping's personalistic authoritarianism on China's domestic and foreign policy, the Xi-Putin joint statement last week, and prospects for Sino-Russian relations, as well as Chinese science fiction and what it might tell us about Chinese society. Shield of the Republic is co-sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eliot and Eric host CSIS's Jude Blanchette to discuss Neo-Maosim in China, the impact of Xi Jinping's personalistic authoritarianism on China's domestic and foreign policy, the Xi-Putin joint statement last week, and prospects for Sino-Russian relations, as well as Chinese science fiction and what it might tell us about Chinese society. Shield of the Republic is co-sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.

23.  "Is Diversification Even Valuable For Tech & Crypto?¨We  discuss:- Facebook/Meta's recent fall- How to think of Technology when evaluating investments- High Valuation vs. Disruption- What does diversification mean in Tech and Crypto?We do not provide financial advise in any form.  All information is our opinion and for entertainment use.Every Podcast we add a video or podcast we think of as Value add:All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg:E66: $FB's major pullback, Rogan/Spotify mess, Xi/Putin meetup and understanding supply chain issues with Bestie Guestie Ryan Petersen (Flexport CEO):https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-in-with-chamath-jason-sacks-friedberg/id1502871393?i=1000550137593Questions? Comments?Find us on Twitter at:https://twitter.com/PodcastNoobFind us on Facebook at:https://www.facebook.com/thecryptonoobsThanks again for the interest.  We really appreciate it!We encourage discussion, feedback and topical suggestions.   Please reach out anytime!

Russian President Vladimir Putin's summit meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing last week resulted in a detailed joint statement, proposing a vision for a new world order. What are the commonalities and differences between the two sides? How do they view the future of the world? And what does all this mean for India? Listen to this conversation between Aditya Pareek and Manoj Kewalramani to find out.Follow Aditya on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cabinmarineFollow Manoj on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theChinaDudeSuggested Readings:An analysis of the China-Russia joint statement in the Eye on China newsletterPeople's Daily article on China-Russia economic tiesCheck out Takshashila's courses: https://school.takshashila.org.in/You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/iosYou can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com

Looking for quick, smart takes on top global affairs news stories each week? This week we're introducing you to a new podcast from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, World Review with Ivo Daalder. In this episode, Karen DeYoung, Peter Spiegel, and Giles Whittell join Ivo to dive into the latest on Ukraine, from war prep to efforts at diplomacy. Then, they unpack the death of ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi during an American raid, look at the Xi-Putin meeting at the Beijing Olympics, and answer the question everyone following “partygate” is asking: is Boris Johnson finally toast? New episodes air every Friday afternoon. If you like the show, subscribe & leave a review. We'll be back next week with a new episode of Deep Dish!

Today we discuss who Antonio Brown may bring to Super Bowl LVI, Peloton shedding its CEO and 2,800 employees (but dont worry they get a free 1 year subscription), John Foley's weird water routine, US households taking on new debt, and the married couple that tried to launder $4.5 B in Bitcoin. Timeline of What Was Discussed: When will kids in LA stop wearing masks?! [2:01]  Dee's Peloton Michael Jordan moment. [11:06]  Facebook is looking to invest in their situation. [25:50]  Ad Break. [33:03]  Where hedge funds become billionaires. [34:54]  The Super Bowl suite to rule them all. [37:29]  Donda Sports the next Nike? [42:01]  U.S households took on $1 trillion in new debt in 2021. [50:27]  As Seen on Social. [59:22]  Related Links/Products Mentioned  LA County residents must keep wearing masks when California drops mandate  Peloton is replacing its CEO and cutting 2,800 jobs  Peloton says its C.E.O. will step down and announces 2,800 layoffs.  Let's Talk About the Peloton Guy's Whole Water Thing  Peter Thiel leaving board of Facebook parent Meta  Meta says it may shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe  Visit Liquid I.V. for the exclusive offer for Group Chat listeners! **Promo code “GROUPCHAT” at checkout**  Antonio Brown Named President Of Donda Sports, Purchases $2 Million Owner Suite At Super Bowl LVI  Call Her Daddy Interviews Julia Fox on Boyfriend Kanye West  LA's Hotel Industry Suffers from Super Bowl Home Field Disadvantage  U.S. Households Took On $1 Trillion in New Debt in 2021  All-In Podcast E66: $FB's big drop, Rogan/Spotify mess, Xi/Putin meetup & supply chain issues with Ryan Petersen  Flexport's Series E is third-largest funding round in Bay Area this year  U.S. accuses couple of laundering $4.5 bln in Bitcoin tied to big 2016 hack  Frontier and Spirit to merge, creating America's fifth-largest airline Connect with Group Chat! Watch The Pod #1 Newsletter In The World For The Gram Tweet With Us Exclusive Facebook Content

In 2008, President George Bush was the star guest at Beijing's opening ceremony. Fourteen years later, under a cloud of diplomatic boycotts led by the US, the guest of honour spot was filled instead by President Putin. Under a confluence of factors over the last decade, China and Russia are closer now than they have been since the Cold War. On this episode of Chinese Whispers, Cindy Yu talks to Alexander Gabuev, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center, about how this situation came about. If the beginning of the end of the Cold War can be traced back to the Sino-Soviet split – allowing a bipolar world to be split into three when China began rapprochement with Nixon's America – then what does today's alliance mean at this moment in geopolitics? For Alex, there were three reasons why China and Russia have got closer. China's hunger for oil and gas makes Russia a much-needed new trading partner (and vice versa). The two were able to fudge territorial disputes along the 3000 mile border they share (Alex points out that Russia has only been able to amass troops on the Ukrainian border because their military presence on the Sino-Russian border is the lightest it has been for a century). They share similar political cultures - strongman-ship supported by powerful and corrupt oligarchs and a nationalistic society - and similar national leaders (‘for the first time after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, we have two leaders that are age mates and soul mates'). ‘The secret sauce' that binds the collaboration together, according to Alex, is the US's increasing confrontation with both. What we see from Washington today is a reverse Kissinger - where the two authoritarian countries are being pushed closer together by an increasingly hawkish America. Take Nord Stream 2 - any weaning off of the German market from Russian gas will simply make the Chinese market even more important for Moscow. But it's not clear that the West has many alternatives. Getting closer to China is not necessarily a good thing for Russia, either. For one, the relationship is unbalanced. In a reversal of Cold War dynamics, the size of China's high value economy today means that Chinese business matters more to Moscow than Russian to Beijing. ‘Ten, fifteen years down the road,' Alex says, ‘China will have more leverage'. Could a more powerful China try to bully its weaker ally in commercial and security spheres? Possibly, but the die may already have been cast: ‘unfortunately, the sources of grievances and conflict between Russia and the US run so deep [that] the Russian leadership is so emotionally invested that there is no easy way out.' On this episode Cindy and Alex also discuss the malleability of national memory (Russian aggression during the 19th century often flies under the radar of Chinese nationalists), in what ways China's relations with the US are still better than with Russia and exactly how China could react to any transgression on the Ukrainian border. Tune in.

Today we discuss who Antonio Brown may bring to Super Bowl LVI, Peloton shedding its CEO and 2,800 employees (but dont worry they get a free 1 year subscription), John Foley's weird water routine, US households taking on new debt, and the married couple that tried to launder $4.5 B in Bitcoin. Timeline of What Was Discussed: When will kids in LA stop wearing masks?! [2:01]  Dee's Peloton Michael Jordan moment. [11:06]  Facebook is looking to invest in their situation. [25:50]  Ad Break. [33:03]  Where hedge funds become billionaires. [34:54]  The Super Bowl suite to rule them all. [37:29]  Donda Sports the next Nike? [42:01]  U.S households took on $1 trillion in new debt in 2021. [50:27]  As Seen on Social. [59:22]  Related Links/Products Mentioned  LA County residents must keep wearing masks when California drops mandate  Peloton is replacing its CEO and cutting 2,800 jobs  Peloton says its C.E.O. will step down and announces 2,800 layoffs.  Let's Talk About the Peloton Guy's Whole Water Thing  Peter Thiel leaving board of Facebook parent Meta  Meta says it may shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe  Visit Liquid I.V. for the exclusive offer for Group Chat listeners! **Promo code “GROUPCHAT” at checkout**  Antonio Brown Named President Of Donda Sports, Purchases $2 Million Owner Suite At Super Bowl LVI  Call Her Daddy Interviews Julia Fox on Boyfriend Kanye West  LA's Hotel Industry Suffers from Super Bowl Home Field Disadvantage  U.S. Households Took On $1 Trillion in New Debt in 2021  All-In Podcast E66: $FB's big drop, Rogan/Spotify mess, Xi/Putin meetup & supply chain issues with Ryan Petersen  Flexport's Series E is third-largest funding round in Bay Area this year  U.S. accuses couple of laundering $4.5 bln in Bitcoin tied to big 2016 hack  Frontier and Spirit to merge, creating America's fifth-largest airline Connect with Group Chat! Watch The Pod #1 Newsletter In The World For The Gram Tweet With Us Exclusive Facebook Content

In 2008, President George Bush was the star guest at Beijing's opening ceremony. Fourteen years later, under a cloud of diplomatic boycotts led by the US, the guest of honour spot was filled instead by President Putin. Under a confluence of factors over the last decade, China and Russia are closer now than they have been since the Cold War. On this episode of Chinese Whispers, I talk to Alexander Gabuev, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center, about how this situation came about. If the beginning of the end of the Cold War can be traced back to the Sino-Soviet split – allowing a bipolar world to be split into three when China began rapprochement with Nixon's America – then what does today's alliance mean at this moment in geopolitics? For Alex, there were three reasons why China and Russia have got closer. China's hunger for oil and gas makes Russia a much-needed new trading partner (and vice versa). The two were able to fudge territorial disputes along the 3000 mile border they share (Alex points out to me that Russia has only been able to amass troops on the Ukrainian border because their military presence on the Sino-Russian border is the lightest it has been for a century). They share similar political cultures - strongman-ship supported by powerful and corrupt oligarchs and a nationalistic society - and similar national leaders (‘for the first time after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, we have two leaders that are age mates and soul mates'). ‘The secret sauce' that binds the collaboration together, according to Alex, is the US's increasing confrontation with both. What we see from Washington today is a reverse Kissinger - where the two authoritarian countries are being pushed closer together by an increasingly hawkish America. Take Nord Stream 2 - any weaning off of the German market from Russian gas will simply make the Chinese market even more important for Moscow. But it's not clear that the West has many alternatives. Getting closer to China is not necessarily a good thing for Russia, either. For one, the relationship is unbalanced. In a reversal of Cold War dynamics, the size of China's high value economy today means that Chinese business matters more to Moscow than Russian to Beijing. ‘Ten, fifteen years down the road,' Alex says, ‘China will have more leverage'. Could a more powerful China try to bully its weaker ally in commercial and security spheres? Possibly, but the die may already have been cast: ‘unfortunately, the sources of grievances and conflict between Russia and the US run so deep [that] the Russian leadership is so emotionally invested that there is no easy way out.' On this episode we also discuss the malleability of national memory (Russian aggression during the 19th century often flies under the radar of Chinese nationalists), in what ways China's relations with the US are still better than with Russia and exactly how China could react to any transgression on the Ukrainian border. Tune in.

0:00 Sacks' shining moment 2:34 Bestie Guestie Ryan Petersen joins to break down the supply chain situation: core issues, solutions, things to look out for 45:49 $FB's major pullback: causes, headwinds, and why going all-in on the Metaverse might have been a "frothy market mistake" 55:28 Breaking down the competition in the "XR Wars": Meta, Apple, Microsoft and Google; why a phone might have been a better $10B/year bet for Facebook, Google's strategic brilliance 1:09:14 Spotify's Joe Rogan situation: positions, speech rights, division amongst free speech 1:23:08 Reflection on Baby Boomers' transition from radically free speech and anti-government to authoritarian, misinformation changing over time, using science to discredit science 1:30:10 Xi Jinping and Putin are deepening their relationship: what does this mean for the world, and how should the US strategically respond? Follow the besties: https://twitter.com/chamath https://linktr.ee/calacanis https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/theallinpod https://linktr.ee/allinpodcast Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://twitter.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://twitter.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://www.google.com/finance/quote/INGR:NYSE https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2021/04/23/walmarts-massive-investment-in-a-supply-chain-transformation/?sh=41a6b18340ed https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/20/peloton-to-pause-production-of-its-bikes-treadmills-as-demand-wanes.html https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543776992845834 https://www.google.com/finance/quote/FB:NASDAQ https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/02/meta-reality-labs-reports-10-billion-loss.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/02/facebook-says-apple-ios-privacy-change-will-cost-10-billion-this-year.html https://www.google.com/finance/quote/PYPL:NASDAQ https://www.google.com/finance/quote/SNAP:NYSE https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/03/facebook-and-google-stocks-have-diverged-and-the-reason-is-apple.html https://twitter.com/GavinSBaker/status/1462831115572596744 https://www.google.com/finance/quote/NFLX:NASDAQ https://www.google.com/finance/quote/AMZN:NASDAQ https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1489321225520238592 https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/get-ready-for-the-no-buy-list https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/26/arts/music/spotify-neil-young-joe-rogan.html https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/3/22915456/spotify-ceo-joe-rogan-daniel-ek-town-hall-speech-platform-podcast https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10475473/Barack-Michelle-Obama-preparing-shop-new-podcast-partner-amid-outcry-Joe-Rogan.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/02/02/spotify-rogan-white-house-covid-misinformation https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1488252747489202181 https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1489258034865971205 https://www.thewrap.com/tucker-carlson-liberal-viewership-fox-news https://twitter.com/echeloninsights/status/1487118055582965762 https://twitter.com/MonmouthPoll/status/1488180589505167372 https://www.wsj.com/articles/russias-vladimir-putin-meets-with-chinese-leader-xi-jinping-in-beijing-11643966743 https://www.voltairenet.org/article215540.html

CNN goes full Commie new boss say the left is all that maters to the fast fading and failed network that has not learned that the right is right and left is wrong with the vast majority of Americans. All that's gonna happen at the COmmie News Net is it will be left behind, - PRC Xi-Putin winter games opening a show choreographed opening splendor that would make Nazi germany's 1933 games proud, Anyone and everyone knows you can get everyone to dance to the same song and move all along so long you don't want to end up in Iphone factory in inner Mongolia. China Espiangue hacked and hackers hit WSJ and DowJones was it at the behest of Joe Biden? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mike-k-cohen/support

Karen DeYoung, Peter Spiegel, and Giles Whittell join Ivo to dive into the latest on Ukraine, from war prep to efforts at diplomacy. Then, unpacking the death of ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi during an American raid, takeaways from the Xi-Putin meeting at the Beijing Olympics, and how to answer the question everyone following “partygate” is asking: is Boris Johnson finally toast? Prefer to watch the show instead? Visit www.thechicagocouncil.org/worldreview.  Featuring:  Karen DeYoung - Associate Editor, The Washington Post Peter Spiegel - US Managing Editor, Financial Times Giles Whittell - World Affairs Editor, Tortoise Media Ivo H. Daalder - President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

With his military massed on the Ukraine border, Russian President Vladmir Putin is in Beijing to sign a new agreement with Xi Jinping with huge implications for global geopolitics. SCMP reporter Laura Zhou unpacks the evolving relationship between the two nations; China desk senior editor Peter Langan reports from Tokyo on Japan's historic resolution on human rights for Xinjiang and Hong Kong, and how the Xi-Putin meeting resonates for Japan's establishment. Get our podcast newsletter: https:/…

①Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin hold talks amid tensions with the West. ②WHO warns Omicron variant is spreading at unprecedented rate. ③UAE suspends talks on multi-billion dollar weapons deal with the US. ④Harvard professor on trial for hiding ties with China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping says he expects to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Beijing in over a month's time. At a virtual meeting held on Wednesday, Putin says he looks forward to his upcoming visit to China and attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin vowed to further enhance the relationship between China and Russia during a virtual meeting on Wednesday.

Todo lo que tiene que saber para comenzar el día: Joe Biden y Xi Jinping hablarán hoy sobre comercio, Taiwan y prácticas económicas de China; Vladimir Putin amenaza contra la intromisión de occidente en Ucrania; Carolina Millán (@cmillanr), jefa de la oficina de Bloomberg News en Buenos Aires, comenta los resultados de las elecciones de medio término en Argentina. Producido por Eduardo Thomson (@ethomson1)

In this episode we talk about the truth behind UFOs, our plans to anonymously buy Hunter Biden's paintings, Nancy Pelosi's husband engaging in some suspicious trading, and Donald Trump suing Big Tech's Social Media Moguls. We also respond to some of the recent comments we've gotten on our Instagram. EPISODES EVERY MONDAY ON SPOTIFY & APPLE PODCASTS! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PsyJZLaj4wHisbEebPu58?si=TSetATGcTQeC0CmtWOnE7w Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sh-t-talking-got-me-fired/id1451020793 Follow @shitgotmefired on Instagram and Twitter for more! Equipment (Amazon Affiliate Links): Rodecaster Pro Soundboard: https://amzn.to/34AQwmv Earamble Microphones: https://amzn.to/34zpkEX --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

①China and Russia kick-off their biggest nuclear power project. ②China's space station core module completes in-orbit tests. ③Czech president apologizes for 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. ④China's divorce registrations fell by 70% in first quarter.