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	Clips from my Past Talks, on YouTube Click here for clips at YouTube Throughout 2022 I have posted promotions, introductions, and excerpts from my Reddit Talks at YouTube. Together, they give an overview of the arc of the discussions. Full recordings of my Past Talks, on Reddit Japan’s Proposal for a New World Order 26 January 2023 Japan’s government believes globalisation and economic integration have left democracies hostage to authoritarian regimes. It is proposing a New World Order. With Jacob Kovalio, of Carleton University Kazakhstan’s Bloody January 17 January 2023 What began as economic discontent in a provincial oil town escalated into a national mass uprising. Is Kazakhstan’s Bloody January over, or just beginning? With Cheryl Reed, a Fulbright Scholar in Almaty The Role of Religion in the War in Ukraine 09 January 2023 The Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox churches are locked in a conflict as bitter as that between their states. Will this shape the outcome of the war? With Peter Mandaville and Knox Thames of the US Institute of Peace China’s Campaign to Become a Communications Superpower 26 December 2022 The eyes of the world have focussed on the obvious might of the Communist Party of China’s hard power. Has we overlooked its soft power at our peril? With Joshua Kurlantzick of the Council on Foreign Relations The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan 22 December 2022 Ali Maisam Nazary, Head of Foreign Relations for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, joined us to discuss their military campaign to oust the Taliban, and their efforts to craft a democratic government-in-waiting. The Impact of Social Media on Democracy 12 December 2022 People across the world believe social media has strengthened democracy, with the stark exception of the people of the United States. With Richard Wike, Pew Research Center Director of Global Research Prosecuting War Crimes in Ukraine 01 December 2022 The United Nations has confirmed that Russian forces are committing horrific war crimes in Ukraine, but is there any prospect of bringing the perpetrators to justice? With Mark Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief of UN Dispatch The European Commission’s Executive Vice-President 14 November 2022 Margrethe Vestager, European Commission Executive Vice-President, joins us to discuss Europe’s new Digital Services Act, arguably the free world’s most forceful effort to enforce transparency, democratic oversight, and public accountability on global online platforms. Iran’s Women, Life, Freedom 31 October 2022 The death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of police unleashed mass protests across Iran, under the slogan “Women, Life, Freedom”. Could this be the beginning of the end for the Iranian regime? With Iranian journalist Dorsa Jabbari After the National Congress of the Communist Party of China 27 October 2022 Has President Xi Jinping made himself stronger, at the cost of making China more fragile, and the world more dangerous? With Zoe Liu of the Council on Foreign Relations Russian Propaganda 17 October 2022 How has Russia used propaganda to stifle domestic dissent and to sow international discord? With Julia Davis, founder of Russian Media Monitor and a columnist at the Daily Beast The President of Tibet’s Government-in-Exile 05 October 2022 A conversation with His Excellency Sikyong Penpa Tsering, democratically-elected President of Tibet’s Government-in-Exile, on the prospects for Tibetan self-determination and his negotiations with China Misinformation and Media Manipulation in India 22 September 2022 Are media misinformation, disinformation, and manipulation poisoning the foundational dream of India, encouraging Indians from different regions and backgrounds to view each other with suspicion and fear, rather than with optimism and hope? With journalist Meenakshi Ravi North Korea and Nuclear Missiles 15 September 2022 Last week, North Korea formally declared itself to be a nuclear power, asserting a right to pre-emptive nuclear strikes, and ruling out any future talks on denuclearisation. How should the world respond? With Jenny Town of the 38 North Programme and the Stimson Center The Future of Iraq 08 September 2022 Iraq’s constitution, designed to protect the rights of its many minorities from a tyranny of the majority, has instead left parliament paralysed. Can the state reform, or is it courting revolution? With Sarhang Hamasaeed of the US Institute of Peace Seven Months Into Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine 01 September 2022 As Ukraine musters a major counter-offensive in the Kherson region, and Russia continues to hold the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, who is better enduring this war of attrition? With Jack Detsch of Foreign Policy magazine The Domestic and International Power of Mexico’s Drug Cartels 25 August 2022 How can Mexicans break the power of the cartels and extinguish their violence? With Vanda Felbab-Brown of the Brookings Institution Afghanistan One Year after the US Withdrawal 18 August 2022 Did the US leave Afghanistan as the graveyard of terrorists or their spawning ground? With journalists Josh Meyer and Tom Vanden Brook of USA Today Crisis in the Taiwan Strait 08 August 2022 Are China’s military incursions in the Taiwan Strait expressions of impotent rage at Nancy Pelosi, or do they genuinely imperil global peace and stability? With Ankit Panda of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and David Sacks of the Council on Foreign Relations Six Months Into Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine 01 August 2022 How can the international community help bring a just conclusion to the war, and does it retain the political will to do so? With Major John Spencer, former Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the United States Military Academy West Point The Sri Lankan Crisis 28 July 2022 A three-year-long economic crisis has sent Sri Lanka’s inflation soaring over 50%, driven millions of people into abject poverty, and forced now-former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country. With Bhavani Fonseka, a renowned Sri Lankan human rights lawyer Doctors Without Borders 18 July 2022 How can humanitarian organisations reconcile the neutrality necessary to provide care in conflict zones, with the moral imperative to speak out on human rights violations they witness? With Avril Benoît, US head of Médecins Sans Frontières The Assassination of Shinzō Abe 14 July 2022 Shinzō Abe was Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister. What is his legacy for his country and for global affairs? With Jake Adelstein of The Daily Beast and Thisanka Siripala of The Diplomat Five Months Into Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine 07 July 2022 The Russian invasion of Ukraine has now stretched into its fifth month. Are Ukraine’s state allies sustaining the support of their own populations as the war wears on? With David Brennan, Diplomatic Correspondent for Newsweek From Guerrilla Fighter to President of Colombia 27 June 2022 Gustavo Pedro, a former M-19 guerrilla, has been elected President of Colombia. What does this mean for the country and for South America? With Colombian journalist Alessandro Rampietti Life and Death in the Amazon 23 June 2022 Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips were murdered while exposing how illegal mining, logging, and poaching harm Brazil’s Indigenous people. Who killed them and why? With Brazilian journalist Leandro Demori and anthropologist Luísa Molina The Uyghur Genocide 13 June 2022 How should the international community respond to UN findings that the Communist Party of China has interred up to 3 million Uyghurs in concentration camps? With Deirdre Shesgreen, World Affairs Editor at USA TODAY Eliminating Sexual Misconduct from Equestrianism 09 June 2022 How can equestrians be mobilised to confront sexual misconduct in our sport? With Carrie Kehring, President of We Ride Together Protecting Athlete Rights in International Sport 30 May 2022 Athletes have exposed widespread abuse in international sport, but can they end that abuse? With Rob Koehler, Director General of Global Athlete The Brazilian Presidential Election 23 May 2022 This October, Brazil will face its most polarising presidential election of modern times, as the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro faces president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. With Gustavo Ribeiro of the Brazilian Report The Philippines’ Presidential Election II 17 May 2022 What does the election of Bongbong Marcos, son of the late dictator, mean for Filipino democracy? With Karen Lema of Reuters and Andrea Chloe Wong of the Foreign Service Institute Philippines Caring for Animals Caught in War 19 May 2022 How are international charities aiding animals caught in the war in Ukraine? With Charmaine Brett-Mills and Oleksandra Tselishcheva, both of Veterinarians Without Borders The Philippines’ Presidential Election I 17 May 2022 What does the election of Bongbong Marcos, son of the late dictator, mean for Filipino democracy? With Chad de Guzman of TIME Magazine and Derek Grossman of the RAND Corporation A Conversation with the Rt Hon David Gauke, Britain’s former Lord Chancellor 09 May 2022 On the impact of last week's regional and local election results on party politics Two Months Into Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine 02 May 2022 An overview of how the war has unfolded, and how it is likely to progress. With Jack Detsch of Foreign Policy magazine, John Spencer of Urban Warfare studies at West Point Academy, and Knox Thames of the US State Department Responsible use of Apps and Internet Tools for Horse Health 28 March 2022 With Dr Doug Thal, Creator of the Horse Side Vet Guide App Rescuing Ukraine’s Horses 12 March 2022 On efforts by volunteers to evacuate horses from Ukraine’s war zones. With Anastasia Bondarieva of the Ukrainian Equestrian Federation Charity Foundation Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine 26 February 2022 An overview of the genesis of the invasion. With Patrick Fox of the US Air Force, Pytor Kurzin of the World Bank, Walter Leck a Ukrainian activist, and Open Source Intelligence Monitor. Sifting Sound Online Equine Information from Myth and Speculation 13 February 2022 With Dr David Marlin, DVM