The Globalist Podcast (November 28, 2023) – We unpack the extended truce deal between Israel and Hamas. Also, a special interview with former Ireland president Mary Robinson, a look at the Marrakech International Film Festival and the latest business news.
Tag Archives: Gaza
Previews: The Progressive Magazine – December 2023
Tunnels for Safety and Tunnels for Death
An underground nuclear arsenal in Israel dwarfs the tunnels alleged at a Gaza hospital.
It’s one thing to burrow beneath the ground, digging to construct a tunnel for refuge, a passage of goods, or to store weapons during a time of war. It’s quite another for a small child to use one hand to dig their way out of the rubble that has collapsed on them.
Vox Populist: Planet Wins; News Wins
Words from populist author, public speaker, and radio commentator Jim Hightower.
Which Path Will You Choose?
Editor’s Note for the October/November 2023 issue.
Gen Z Is Taking the Reins
A variety of young candidates are signing up to run for elected office at local, state, and national levels.
News: Calls For Israel-Hamas Truce Extension; 2023 ‘Soft Power’ Survey
Sunday Morning: Stories From London And Tokyo
Monocle on Sunday, November 26, 2023 – Emma Nelson, Latika Bourke and Tina Fordham on the weekend’s biggest talking points. We also speak to ‘Konfekt’ editor Sophie Grove and get the latest from our editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, in Tokyo.
Previews: The Economist Magazine – Nov 25, 2023
Progress on climate change has not been fast enough, but it has been real
And the world needs to learn from it
The agreement at the conference of the parties (cop) to the un Framework Convention on Climate Change, which took place in Paris in 2015, was somewhat impotent. As many pointed out at the time, it could not tell countries what to do; it could not end the fossil-fuel age by fiat; it could not draw back the seas, placate the winds or dim the noonday sun. But it could at least lay down the law for subsequent cops, decreeing that this year’s should see the first “global stocktake” of what had and had not been done to bring the agreement’s overarching goals closer.
Lessons from the ascent of the United Arab Emirates
How to thrive in a fractured world
In Argentina Javier Milei faces an economic crisis
The radical libertarian is taking over a country on the brink
News: 4-Day Truce Takes Effect In Gaza, Finland Closes Russia Borders
The Globalist Podcast (November 24, 2023) – As a four-day ceasefire is announced in the Israel-Hamas conflict, we look at how the first two hours of humanitarian pause have unfolded and what comes next.
Plus: Finland closes all but one of its border crossings with Russia, what the Dutch election results mean for the right in Europe and the historic HMV shop on London’s Oxford Street reopens.
News: Israel-Hamas War Hostage Release, India Hosts Virtual G20 Summit
The Globalist Podcast (November 23, 2023) – Israel and Hamas are due to exchange hostages this morning but will it actually happen and what comes next?
We also discuss the virtual G20 summit, hear why Poland’s plans to create a major aviation hub have hit turbulence and assess what the calls for an Olympic Truce at the Paris games is all about. Plus: we meet iconic sculptor Antony Gormley.
News: Israel-Hamas Agree To 4-Day Truce, Ukraine’s Strategic ‘Aquatic War’
The Globalist Podcast (November 22, 2023) – The latest from the Middle East as Israel and Hamas agree on a hostage deal.
Then we discuss Ukraine’s special operation on the Dnipro river with defense specialist Alessio Patalano. And as voters head to the polls in the Netherlands, we ask whether the elections are a litmus test for European politics. Plus: the Guggenheim appoints its first female director.
News: Israel-Hamas Truce Progress, South Korea President Yoon Visits UK
The Globalist Podcast (November 21, 2023) – News from the Israel-Gaza conflict and discuss South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol’s visit to the UK.
Also. Andrew Mueller sits down with Timo Kivinen, commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, to find out more about Finland’s recent border tensions with Russia. Plus: music news with Will Hodgkinson, pop and rock critic at ‘The Times’.
News:Israel-Hamas War Benefiting Russia, Javier Milei Wins In Argentina
The Globalist Podcast (November 20, 2023) – We discuss Vladimir Putin’s position on the Israel-Hamas war and the outcome of Argentina’s presidential election.
Also in the programme: Daniel Gorman, director of English Pen, tells us about the state of books and literature in Ukraine and Carlota Rebelo interviews Christian Kroll, CEO of sustainable search engine Ecosia.
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