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A podcast series reviewing current events in Emerging Europe - covering Finance, Economic and Political developments
In this episode of the Emerging Global podcast, South America correspondent Mathew Cohen provides an in-depth analysis of President Javier Milei's controversial economic reforms in Argentina. Cohen examines the impact of Milei's libertarian policies, including deregulation and austerity measures, on the country's economy and its citizens. The discussion covers public reaction to these sweeping changes, the challenges facing Milei's administration, and the potential long-term consequences for Argentina's economic landscape. This timely conversation offers listeners valuable insights into one of South America's most significant current political and economic developments.
Bruce Pannier is a longtime journalist and correspondent covering Central Asia. He currently writes for Bne IntelliNews and appears regularly on the Majlis podcast for RFE/RL. Prior to joining RFE/RL in 1997, Bruce worked at the Open Media Research Institute in Prague.
You can also read more on the topic here: https://www.intellinews.com/pannier-russia-is-pushing-turkmenistan-out-of-the-natural-gas-market-326833/?source=asia
Daniel Rad interviews Frazan Sabet about the future of Iran after the unexpected death of president Ebrahim Raisi.
Dr. Farzan Sabet is an expert on economic sanctions, nuclear non-proliferation, and Middle East politics. He is a Senior Research Associate of the Global Governance Centre and the Sanctions and Sustainable Peace Hub at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
One year after the tragic death of a young Iranian woman at the hands of the Iranian state led to a year of disturbances and challenges to the cleric-led state.
Dr. Arasha Azizi talks with bne IntelliNews on the one year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and Iran's future.
China and the US are on a collision course while Beijing and Moscow are moving closer together and geopolitical tensions are rising. What exactly is China’s foreign policy and attitudes to its growing rivalry with the US? Are Russia and China in an emerging anti-Western alliance or is it just a marriage of convenience? Can Beijing broker a peace in Ukraine and will it invade Taiwan?
bne IntelliNews’ editor-in-chief Ben Aris talks to Professor Axel Schneider, the head of the sinology faculty at Goettingen University to discuss these issues and more.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin spent three days in Moscow to form a new deeper economic and pollical alliance. How important was the meeting and what do Xi and Putin get out of it. How will it impact the West’s attempt to tighten the sanctions noose around Russia’s neck. And is a clash between Washington and Beijing inevitable? Editor in chief Ben Aris talks to Nigel Gould-Davis, the former UK ambassador to Belarus and Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia with the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and Alexander Titov, a lecturer of Modern European History at the university of Belfast
Ben Aris - Editor in chief of bne IntelliNews in a panel discussion with two of the leading experts on Russia’s oil business:
Nigel Gould-Davis - The former UK ambassador to Belarus and Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia with the International Institute for Strategic Studies
Alexander Titov - A lecturer of Modern European History at the university of Belfast
Join Ben Aris and Mack Tubridy as they discuss the recent rioting in Georgia.
They discuss the Foreign agents bill, its withdrawal and the mass demonstrations in the centre of Tbilisi, where police used water cannons, tear gas, pepper spray and flash grenades to disperse crowds of protesters in front of parliament. Protests broke out after the the bill was passed in its first reading on March 7th.
The West has targeted Russia’s cash cow with two sets of dramatic sanctions. In December an embargo and price cap scheme was imposed on crude oil exports. In February the more widely distributed oil products were hit with the same. But how big an impact will these sanctions have on the sector? Russia managed to export all the oil it previously sent to Europe to India and China instead. How effective are the sanctions? Will Russia be able to repeat the $280bn current account surplus this year now the oil price caps are in place and just how big is the sanctions leakage? come along, ask questions, tune in and get the info from the experts!
Join Ben Aris - editor in chief of bne IntelliNews in a panel discussion with two of the leading experts on Russia’s oil business: Chris Weafer - founder and CEO of Macro Advisory, and a former head of research at half a dozen Moscow-based investment banks; Christoph Ruehl - Senior Research Scholar at the Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, and the former chief economist at BP.
The war in Ukraine started one year ago and Russia has been hit by some of the most extreme sanctions ever seen on such a large economy. But have they worked? The government’s revenue tumbled in recent months, but in 2022 Russia had the largest current account surplus ever. Now two rounds of oil export sanctions have been imposed but it is clear there is also ready significant leakage via India and China. Join the bne IntelliNews webinar where an extremely distinguished panel of leading experts will chew over the results of the first year of war in Ukraine.
Ben Aris, editor in chief of bne IntelliNews
Elina Ribakova, deputy chief economists at Institute of International Finance (IIF)
Iikka Korhonen, the head of the Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies
Alexander Isakov the chief Russia and CEE Economist for Bloomberg Economics and previously chief economist for Russia and CIS at VTB Capital.
Ivan Tkachev, the economics editor at the Russian daily RBC
Join us as Ben Aris, Editor in Chief of bne IntelliNews interview Owen Matthews about his new book and Russia.
Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.
A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.
But Amanda is dying, with a secret she doesn’t want anyone to know.
She starts a blog detailing her cancer journey, and becomes an inspiration, touching and
captivating her local community as well as followers all over the world.
Until one day investigative producer Nancy gets an anonymous tip telling her to look at Amanda’s
blog, setting Nancy on an unimaginable road to uncover Amanda’s secret.
Award winning journalist Charlie Webster explores this unbelievable and bizarre, but
all-too-real tale, of a woman from San Jose, California whose secret ripped a family apart and
left a community in shock.
Scamanda is the true story of a woman whose own words held the key to her secret.
New episodes every Monday.
Follow Scamanda on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.
Amanda’s blog posts are read by actor Kendall Horn.
