Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Monday, July 17, 2017
Tony Blair on Corbyn and the Lessons of the 2017 General Election (Full Interview) - BBC Newsnight
Waking Up With Sam Harris - Is this the End of Europe? (with Douglas Murray)
Douglas Murray is Associate Editor of the Spectator and writes frequently for a variety of other publications, including The Sunday Times, Standpoint and The Wall Street Journal. He has also given talks at both the British and European Parliaments and at the White House. He is the author of The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam.
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Douglas Murray,
Europe,
immigration,
Islam,
Sam Harris
Outrage Mounts as Saudi Arabia Plans Imminent Executions for 14 Accused Pro-Democracy Protesters
From Pence to Price: How Big Tobacco Gained Massive Influence Under Trump, Plans to Expand in Africa
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Democracy Now!,
Mike Pence,
smoking,
tobacco
The Middle East's Cold War, Explained
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Cold War,
Iran,
Middle East,
Saudi Arabia
Sunday, July 16, 2017
North Korean Defector Tells How He Secretly Made Millions for Kim Régime
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defections,
North Korea
Hungary's Foreign Minister on Russia, Donald Trump and Brexit - BBC Newsnight
Tony Blair: 'Jeremy Corbyn Could Become PM' - BBC Newsnight
Friday, July 14, 2017
Gulf Crisis Hits Stalemate
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Gulf crisis,
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia
Can the 'Resistance' Win against Trump? - UpFront
Thursday, July 13, 2017
President Donald Trump 'Has To Be Exposed For The Fraud He Is' | Morning Joe | MSNBC
Theresa May: I Shed 'a Little Tear' at Exit Poll - BBC News
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Theresa May
N24 Nachrichten - Druck auf US-Präsident steigt: Donald Trump ist schon wieder in Europa
Zuhause hat die Russland-Affäre den inneren Zirkel von US-Präsident Trump erreicht. Sogar ein Antrag für ein Amtsenthebungsverfahren ist auf den Weg gebracht. Allerdings hat er wenig Aussicht auf Erfolg.
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Inside Story: Can Tillerson Get Anti-Qatar Quartet to End GCC Crisis?
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GCC,
Gulf crisis,
Inside Story,
Qatar,
Rex Tillerson
It’s Time to Bring Russia in from the Cold: Rapprochement Is in the West's Best Interests
That’s the case for improving relations with Russia. But should we come to an accommodation with a foreign power which threatens our Eastern European partners and goes so far as to meddle in last year’s US presidential election? The problem is not that the West has been too expansionist towards Russia, but that it hasn’t stood up to Putin’s aggressions. After failing to act over Ukraine and Crimea, the West is now confronted by an emboldened Russia which is helping Assad wreak destruction against captive Syrian civilians, and trying to destabilise Europe at this volatile moment by cultivating populists such as Marine Le Pen and extremist groups sympathetic to its interests. Russia is an unpredictable, dangerous power and should be kept at arm’s length.
For this major debate, Intelligence Squared put together a stellar line-up. Making the case for rapprochement with Russia were Vladimir Pozner, one of Russia’s best known television journalists and a former advocate for the Soviet Union, and Domitilla Sagramoso, a leading expert on security in Russia; arguing against them were Michael Hayden, former director of both the CIA and the NSA, and Radek Sikorski, who was Poland’s foreign minister from 2007 to 2014.
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Russia
Europe on the Edge
But now Europe stands at a precarious moment. Anti-establishment and anti-EU political parties are on the rise. Brexit and the presidency of Donald Trump add to the uncertainty. And while Marine Le Pen didn’t sweep to victory in the recent French presidential election, the new president Emmanuel Macron faces an uphill battle to fix the French economy and reform the EU’s institutions. If he fails, Le Pen could be well set to win the presidency in 2022.
How can we account for this surge of support for far-right and populist parties in Europe? Conventional wisdom has it that it is only in times of economic hardship and high unemployment that these groups begin to gain ground. That may be true of France, which took a serious knocking in the 2008 crash and has a high rate of joblessness. But the Dutch sit comfortably high in all the OECD rankings for income levels, employment and life satisfaction. And look at Poland, a country initially seen by the west as a post-communist success story. Although it has been largely unaffected by the Eurozone crisis and has no immigration as such, a xenophobic, authoritarian government is now in charge.
In this major Intelligence Squared event, we brought together a star panel to explore the reasons behind the rise of populism in Europe and to discuss where the continent is heading next. Is far-right politics the new normal? How will the continent deal with the effects of continuing large-scale immigration and its entrenched economic woes?
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Europe
People’s Century: 1917 Red Flag
Inside Story: What Leverage Does the US Have in the Gulf Dispute?
Rex Tillerson has been speaking to the emir of Qatar pushing for dialogue to solve the dispute. He says Qatar has been clear in its positions, describing them as “reasonable”.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt cut ties with Doha last month, accusing it of supporting “terrorism” - an allegation Qatar's government has strongly rejected. So, will Tillerson's shuttle diplomacy ease tensions in the region? | Presenter: Hazem Sika | Guests: Shafeeq Ghabra - Professor of Political Science at Kuwait University; Nasser Al Khalifa - Former Qatari Ambassador to the US and the United Nations; Andrew Bowen - Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Saudi Monarchy Exposed
The UK government has been under increasing pressure to be stronger in its public condemnation of Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses. This includes its notoriously poor record in relation to women's rights and its extensive use of the death penalty, which has risen rapidly in recent years and has seen even young activists placed on death row.
Monday, July 10, 2017
Is America No Longer ‘First’ After Donald Trump At G20? | AM Joy | MSNBC
This Linguist Studied the Way Trump Speaks for Two Years. Here’s What She Found
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Donald Trump,
Trumpspeak
Award-Winning Journalist Amy Wilentz on Just How Little Jared Kushner Knows About Foreign Politics
Austria Bans Turkish Minister from Entering the Country to Mark Coup Bid Anniversary
Inside Story - Does the World Still Need the US for Leadership?
World leaders deplored President Donald Trump for pulling out of the landmark Paris Accord, reaffirming their commitment to fight global warming, without the US. Washington is now left in what some are calling a “club of one”. Will the world continue to look to the US for leadership? If not, who will step into that role? | Presenter: Hazem Sika | Guests: Marc Pierini - visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe and former EU ambassador to Turkey and Syria; Molly McKew - foreign policy expert and strategy consultant; Inderjeet Parmar - professor in international politics at City University London
Saudi Arabia Fails to Rally Support to Put More Pressure on Qatar
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Gulf crisis,
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia
Sunday, July 09, 2017
G20: Trump Left Isolated On Climate Change
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climate change,
Donald Trump,
G20
Hamed Abdel-Samad Slams Quran: Is This Logic of Allah, Who Is Said To Be Merciful?!
Saturday, July 08, 2017
Inside Story - Is Anti-Qatar Quartet Spreading Hate Speech in Mosques?
State TV in Saudi Arabia broadcast prayers by cleric Abdelrahman Al-Sudais during the holy month of Ramadan, which included comments about "terrorist funders" and social media activists said he was alluding to Qatar.
Other videos and Twitter feeds of clerics in Saudi Arabia were circulated online in what appears to be a mobilisation campaign against Qatar. Some clerics in Egypt and the UAE have also been heard supporting the blockade on Qatar. What are the long term ramifications of using religion in a political conflict? | Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra | Guests: Youcef Bouandel - professor of international affairs at Qatar University; James Dorsey - senior fellow at Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore; Shahid Qureshi - editor of online news website London Post
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Bahrain,
Egypt,
Gulf crisis,
Inside Story,
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
UAE
Saudi Arabia Funds Terror But We Love Them (and Their Oil) Anyway
N24 Nachrichten - G20-Kater: Nach Randale-Nacht räumt Hamburg auf
Immer wieder brennen Barrikaden, Autonome zerschlagen Fensterscheiben mit schweren Pflastersteinen, brechen in einen Drogeriemarkt und eine Filiale eines Supermarkts ein. Sie plündern den Laden, tragen alles raus, zerfetzen das Mobiliar, um es unter dem Jubel Schaulustiger auf der Straße ins Feuer zu werfen. Auf einem Straßenzug der Schanze, Hamburgs linkem Szeneviertel, brennt es lichterloh. Während des G20-Treffens der führenden Wirtschaftsmächte lassen gewalttätige Demonstranten ihre Wut aus.
Doch der politische Gipfel hat noch seine schwerste Aufgaben vor sich.
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Anarchie,
G20,
Hamburg,
N24 Nachrichten,
Randalierer
Friday, July 07, 2017
Inside Story: Are the Saudis Funding Extremism?
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt accused Qatar of, among other things, supporting extremists - claims Doha strongly denies. Now, a report from a UK think tank is pointing the finger at Saudi Arabia for being a key figure in financing such groups. And raises questions about its role with armed groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant armed group.
There is also another report on the subject - from the British government, but its conclusions have not been made public. So, why is Saudi Arabia accusing other countries of sponsoring extremism? | Presenter: Sohail Rahman | Guests: Shafeeq Ghabra - Professor of Political Science at Kuwait University; Simon Mabon - Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Lancaster; Marwan Kabalan - Associate Analyst at the Doha Institute: Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies
Did Saudi Arabia Miscalculate with Qatar Feud? - UpFront
"I think [Mohammed bin Salman] has miscalculated, once again," says Barbara Slavin, Director of the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council. "I think he has scored an own goal."
"[Mohammed bin Salman] is not going to have quick success everywhere and his biggest challenge, actually, is not in foreign policy, it’s in domestic policy, and in reforming and diversifying his economy, and that’s a huge undertaking," says Bernard Haykel, Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University.
The panellists also discussed whether relations between Gulf countries will recover.
"I think it is absolutely possible," Haykel says.
"There will be concessions from both sides, but I think that Qatar, culturally and religiously, is an extension of Arabia."
"This has never been a cohesive group and now it may be fatally broken," Slavin says.
Dystopian Nightmare: Eyewitness Decries Police Repression at G20 Summit as 100,000 Take to Streets
HARDtalk: Naomi Klein
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BBC,
Hardtalk,
Naomi Klein
Polish First Lady Passes Over Trump's Handshake
Thursday, July 06, 2017
Embraced by Far-Right Gov't in Poland, Trump Claims Future of Western Civilization Is at Stake
Treffen von Merkel und Trump: Freundliches Gespräch mit „erheblichen Differenzen“
What Will More Sanctions Mean for North Koreans? - Inside Story
The era of strategic patience with North Korea appears to be over, but what is not clear is what comes next. What does it mean for the people of North Korea? | Presenter: Sohail Rahman | Guests: Dr Youngshik Bong - research fellow at Yonsei University Institute for North Korean Studies; Barnaby Willits-King - research fellow at Overseas Development Institute
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ICBM,
Inside Story,
North Korea,
sanctions
Regierungserklärung Angela Merkels zum Brexit
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Angela Merkel,
Brexit
Kanzlerin Merkel zum Brexit (2016)
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Angela Merkel,
Brexit
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill's Speech in the University of Zurich, 1946 - Parts 1 & 2 (English)
President Trump Delivers Speech in Warsaw
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Poland,
President Trump,
Warsaw
Wednesday, July 05, 2017
44 States Say No to Trump: Resistance Grows as Trump's Election Commission Seeks Private Voter Data
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Donald Trump,
resistance
The Crisis in the Gulf: Qatar Responds
Trump Sinks America’s Overseas Reputation Back To Bush-Era Numbers
May Accused of Suppressing UK 'Extremism' Funding Report
What's Next in the Gulf Crisis
Tuesday, July 04, 2017
Douglas Murray on Tommy Robinson (and the Establishment)
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