Chatham House
Spotlight on Ukraine amid Russian escalation: Vox pops
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- Spotlight on Ukraine amid Russian escalation: Vox pops
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- 6:30
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- With continued Russian military build-up around Ukraine's borders, the Ukraine Forum speaks to residents of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine.
As tensions rise between the West and Moscow, Kharkiv is a city in Ukraine located just 40 kilometres from the Russian border. Residents were asked for their opinions on:
What do you think Putin wants from Ukraine?
How should Ukraine respond to Russia’s aggression?
Is the collective West helping Ukraine enough?
The video was produced by Public Interest Journalism Lab.
In Ukraine, complex and fluid internal dynamics are in motion as a result of the ongoing struggle between the system of old rules and vested interests on the one hand, and a strong demand and pressure from society and a new generation of policymakers for new rules on the other.
The Ukraine Forum brings together a dynamic group of stakeholders, including politicians, practitioners, civil society leaders, acade...
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- Towards a vision for transatlantic digital cooperation
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- 1:11:36
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Senior business leaders and policymakers explore the new means of digital cooperation between Europe and North America.
Accelerated digital transformation has highlighted both the need and benefits of effective digital cooperation at the international level. Despite differences, the US, European Union (EU), and UK remain natural partners on key issues around digital technology governance.
This relationship is framed by an overarching shared vision for a free, open and global internet, something which has come under increasing pressure in recent years.
2021 saw some real progress in furthering transatlantic cooperation in the digital sphere with the creation of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council in June and substantive agreements made on global digital tax reform.
However, differences remain which will need to be managed in order to enable more effective engagement with the wider international community on issues of digital coop...
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- Russia’s challenge to European security: Confrontation at the Ukrainian border
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- 1:24:57
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- An analysis of Russian aggression towards Ukraine and the likelihood and dynamics of conflict in Eastern Europe.
Russia’s list of demands for the European security order appears to have received short shrift from their American interlocutors. This was inevitable considering the gulf between them and what was and was not within America’s gift anyway.
However, with tensions high, the EU and the US are at least taking seriously once more the possibility of Russian military (as well as non-kinetic) action in Europe. This ought to mean that the Russian threat is, finally, thoroughly addressed. In previous crises however, reality has been well short of that.
Key questions to be discussed by the panel include:
What are Russia’s most likely next moves?
Can Russia be ‘dealt with’? Or does it have to – somehow – be lived with?
What would be the likely international response to Russian aggression?
What are the li...
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- Loss and damage: Where are we now and what happens next?
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- 1:00:03
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- This event discusses the progress of the loss and damage agenda within climate negotiations.
Loss and damage refers to harms and destruction caused by climate change impacts that cannot be avoided through mitigation or adaptation.
While it has gained increasing recognition in international climate change negotiations, turning the concept of loss and damage into tangible action for climate-vulnerable countries has been contentious.
Loss and damage is interwoven with issues of fairness and equity. The issue is highly disputed due to its connection with the historical responsibility of developed countries in causing climate change, as well as associated calls for compensation from developing countries.
At COP26, Scotland became the first government to pledge funds for loss and damage for countries in the Global South. However, most climate-vulnerable countries left disappointed by the failure of the Glasgow Climate Pact to secure the e...
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- Policy for recovery in Africa: Regional development planning and coordination
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- 1:31:21
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- This event explores the challenges facing transnational development in areas affected by conflict and insecurity.
The economic impacts of COVID-19 have weakened the ability of many states to deliver social provisions and services including health care, education and security – peripheral areas, including border regions have been particularly affected.
Regional development planning and coordination will help to advance economic and social recovery, as well as strengthening resilience.
At this event, Ambassador Mamman Nuhu presents on the role of the Lake Chad Basin Commission in supporting regional resilience and cooperation on development planning and delivery.
Panellists discuss the challenges facing transnational development in areas affected by conflict and insecurity, as well as reflecting on lessons learned from across the continent on how cross-border development frameworks can be implemented.
The meeting is hel...
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- In conversation with Indra Nooyi
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- 1:00:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Indra Nooyi, former chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, discusses her experiences of being the first woman of colour and immigrant to run a Fortune 50 company.
Nooyi joins Fred P Hochberg, former chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, to draw on insights from her recent book, My Life in Full, and discuss her experience around transforming a major corporation while raising a family.
She also shares her views on shareholder value and corporate responsibility and how multinational corporations should address and support global governance.
Participants
Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo (2006-2019); Author, My Life in Full
Fred P Hochberg, Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States (2009-17)
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- A referendum in Belarus: What will happen and what should the West do?
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- 1:09:03
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- This event examines key events happening in Belarus’ political sphere.
In the latest attempt to cement his power, Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s regime is planning to change the constitution of Belarus via a manipulated referendum. The leadership’s ‘proposals’ were published in December 2021.
This event examines what will now happen by answering the following questions:
Why is the referendum being held at all?
How will the democratic movement use the campaign?
What, if anything, can the West do this time?
Participants
Ryhor Astapenia, Belarus Initiative Director, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
Tatsiana Chulitskaya, Academic Director, School of Young Managers in Public Administration
Andrew Wilson, Professor in Ukrainian Studies, UCL; Researcher on Eastern Europe, ECFR
Chair: Samantha de Bendern, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
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- Tumult in Kazakhstan: At what cost?
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- 1:30:39
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- This event examines the violent unrest in Kazakhstan and what it means for the country’s future.
Kazakhstan has seen an unprecedented rebellion against inequality, corruption and the ruling elites morph into something even more complex. Criminal elements and elite infighting are now also in the mix.
With the end of the Nazarbayev era having truly come, the government response has been swift and brutal. Protestors found themselves up against a country-wide internet shutdown, trigger-happy state security forces and approximately 2,500 Russian paratroopers backed by CSTO ‘counterterrorism’ forces.
For the immediate future, the Tokayev government will now navigate the line between concession and crackdown. In the longer term, Russia has surely gained more of a foothold in this relatively prosperous and strategically important Central Asian country – conceivably at the West’s expense.
Speakers explore what all this means for soci...
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- China and globalization - highlights
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- 8:13
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- What are the different strands of China’s global influence?
The COVID-19 pandemic intensified the classic narrative that China is competing for global influence and the Global South is a recipient of its influence.
For instance, China’s COVID-19 diplomacy is dominating vaccination campaigns in Latin America. This narrative also suggests that China is interfering in democratizing countries through its Belt and Road Initiative to grow its economic and political power on the global stage.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) strategy was described by Deng Xiaoping, a former leader of China, as to ‘unite our friends and isolate and attack our enemies’.
This is the dominant narrative about China’s aspirations for global leadership, but it is only one among many. It is important to note that other competing narratives purport that by engaging with the Global South, China is offering a different way of doing global governance.
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- Japan-UK cooperation in international economy and trade
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- 58:01
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- This event examines the UK’s desire to join the CPTPP and how trade can entrench good relations between the UK and Japan moving forward.
As global cooperation on international economy and trade has grown, the evolution of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), chaired by Japan in 2021, has been widely discussed.
More recently, these discussions have also included the ongoing negotiation regarding the UK’s accession to the CPTPP.
Given this situation, further cooperation between the UK and Japan in economy and trade is expected, not only in the Indo-Pacific region, but also on the wider international stage.
This webinar explores how strategic cooperative relationships between Japan and the UK can be further developed in the fields of international economy and trade.
The event is part of a series of four webinars held in partnership with Japan House London.
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- Soft power diplomacy in a post-COVID era
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- 1:02:39
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, experts consider how Japan and the UK are using soft power diplomacy in their diplomatic exchanges.
The importance of soft power has been highlighted as the world has faced limits on diplomatic activities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As soft power efforts in the digital arena and through international sports activities, such as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, have gathered attention, this webinar examines the impact of the coronavirus crisis on soft power in both Japan and the UK – both big soft power nations – and explores possibilities for collaboration between the two countries.
This webinar is part of a series of four events held in partnership with Japan House London.
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- The COP presidency year
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- 1:08:36
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, COP26 president, reflects on the success of the Glasgow summit and sets out UK priorities for the rest of its presidency.
In November, the UK convened COP26 in Glasgow, which was widely considered to be one of the most important climate change meetings in recent years.
As the COP26 president, Alok Sharma played the lead role in the preparations for the summit by rallying countries across the world to raise their ambition and brokering ‘the Glasgow Climate Pact’, the summit’s main agreement.
Speaking shortly after COP26, Mr. Sharma concluded COP26 had kept 1.5 degrees alive, but that ‘its pulse is weak’ and it will only survive if promises are kept and pledges translated into action.
At this special event, the first in a new series of Chatham House Waddesdon Club webinars, he reflects on the success of the Glasgow summit and sets out the UK’s priorities for the rest of its presidency. <...
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- Ten conflicts to watch in 2022
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- 1:09:36
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- This event looks at the most dangerous wars and crises through the lens of the International Crisis Group’s flagship annual report 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2022.
With Russia massing troops on Ukraine’s border, the Taliban seizing power in Afghanistan and Ethiopia’s civil war intensifying, what does the past year tell us about the state of international peace and security?
How do rising tensions among major powers impact multilateral efforts to make peace?
What change has new U.S. president Joe Biden brought?
What about the impact of the pandemic, particularly as new variants emerge, and the worsening climate crisis?
The event looks ahead at what people should expect in the year ahead.
This event is part of Chatham House’s ongoing work on the future of conflict.
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- The state of American democracy
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- 1:05:12
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Experts assess the health of constitutional democracy of the US one year after President Joe Biden’s election.
One year after one of the most controversial American elections in history, US president Joe Biden’s victory has signalled a definitive turn away from the Donald Trump era.
However, the aftermath of the election and claims of voter fraud have called into question the state of US democracy and how strong support in democratic institutions remains in the US.
While not a new feature of US domestic politics, polarization between parties has increased significantly and does not appear to be on a downwards trend ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
Experts look back over the past year and cover key questions including:
Has the Trump electoral playbook provided inspiration for future contested elections?
How will Joe Biden work towards enacting his own agenda while also seeking to win over more moderate vote...
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- Examining the impact of COVID-19 on UK food supply | Explainer | Chatham House
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- 3:58
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Richard King and Dr Helen Harwatt explain how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on the UK’s interactions with the global food system.
This short video supports a research paper which examines the results of a risk assessment conducted iteratively from mid-2020 to mid-2021.
It considers how nutrition security has been, and will continue to be, affected by the international impacts of the crisis, and how post-COVID food systems need to be more equitable, sustainable, and resilient.
Read the paper
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/12/implications-covid-19-uk-food-supply-resilience?utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=agriculture-and-food&utm_content=covid-19-impact-uk
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- Sustaining the response: COVID in 2022
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- 1:08:11
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Chatham House experts David Heymann and Emma Ross look at the year ahead for the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 26 November 2021, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the new Omicron variant, first detected in South Africa, a variant of concern.
The Omicron variant spreads faster than the better-known Delta variant and studies are underway to determine its severity as compared to the Delta variant and whether approved coronavirus vaccines provide continued protection against severe illness and death among those who become infected after vaccination.
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has developed an antiviral pill which it says is effective in protecting against the Omicron variant and in preventing hospitalizations and deaths.
However, in the UK, hospitals are already operating at 94-96 per cent capacity and the UK health secretary Sajid Javid warns the NHS is at risk of being overwhelmed.
In Germany infection rates...
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- Normalization with the Syrian regime | Explainer | Chatham House
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Short animation showing the impact of normalizing trade relations between the Syrian regime and Arab countries both on the regime and Syrian households.
The estimated increase in trade over the coming four years (see 00:00:20) is based on gravity model of trade between Syria and the Arab countries, the Syrian government trade data in 2020, and the pace of the normalization process observed between 2018 and 2020.
The pattern of distribution of the increase in trade among the regime affiliates and the small and medium traders (see 00:00:35) is estimated based on the distribution of the official import and export licenses between traders in regime-controlled areas, on informal interviews with officials and businesspersons in regime-controlled areas, and on the fact that small and medium traders pay around 25 per cent of their trade values to different government entities.
The estimated increase in the annual trade deficit by the end of 2024 (see 00:0...
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- Reforming Venezuela’s electricity sector
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- 1:08:28
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- This panel discusses the findings of a new Chatham House paper on rebuilding Venezuela’s collapsed electricity system.
Venezuela has experienced a continuous electricity crisis, with rolling blackouts which have become progressively worse since 2010, culminating in a week-long outage over most of the country in March 2019.
The importance of reliable power for the country’s development and humanitarian services – such as hospitals and water – cannot be overstated. In light of a new Chatham House paper investigating the possibility and potential pathways for reforming the sector, this panel will explore such questions as:
The root causes of the crisis affecting the system;
What reforms may be required in order to encourage international investment; and
What should be prioritised in rebuilding the country’s electricity sector?
Participants
Dr Christopher Sabatini, Senior Research Fellow, US and the Americas Pr...
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- An investor framework for nature-based solutions
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- 57:36
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- In this event, the Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator presents a new conceptual learning tool to help facilitate the inclusion of nature-based solutions within comprehensive portfolio decarbonization strategies.
Closing the financing gap for the biodiversity and climate crisis is estimated to require trillions of US dollars from a number of sources of finance, both private and public.
Increasing investments to nature-based solutions requires a greater understanding of the risks and opportunities across financial, environmental and social outcomes.
To address the knowledge gap on the risks and returns of investing in nature, the Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator has been creating a Framework for Nature-based Solutions.
This is a conceptual learning tool to help facilitate the inclusion of nature-based solutions within comprehensive portfolio decarbonization strategies by unpicking the investment attributes of these inves...
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- Practical perspectives on decolonizing global health
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- 2:04:11
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- This event explores strategies to reform and decolonize the global health system.
In a time when there is the need to reform global health and build an equity-focused agenda, Chatham House and the PANDORA initiative are organizing an event that brings practical perspectives on the decolonization of global health by exploring and discussing strategies to reform the global health system.
The event explores approaches to guide the decolonization of global health and provides examples of how different aspects of global health can be reformed through a decolonial lens. Panellists also discuss strategies that address existing power imbalances and ensure equitable leadership for LMIC stakeholders in global health.
Our expert panel discuss the following questions:
What activities should be prioritized in the DGH movement? Should there be goals and targets?
What actors should be involved in DGH delivery?
How can equitable...
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- Latin America 2021: Elections, political trajectories, and economics
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- 1:22:12
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Following a year of elections across the region in Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and Nicaragua, and with an eye to forthcoming elections in Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica in 2022, can trends be detected in citizen demands, partisan realignment, and policy directions within those countries and across the region?
Is populism on the rise or has the wave crested? How will these electoral trends affect economic policymaking, social development, economic growth and investment?
Speakers:
Mauricio Cárdenas, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Columbia University
Vanessa Rubio-Marquez, Professor in Practice, London School of Economics
Marina Silva, Leader, Rede Sustentabilidade Party, Brazil
Andrés Velasco, Dean, School of Public Policy, London School of Economics,Chair:
Michael Reid, Bello Columnist, The Economist
The Latin America 2021 half-day event brings together leading policymakers, economists, political ...
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- Latin America 2021: Economic recovery and return to growth
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- 55:26
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Exploring how the diverse economies of Latin America and the Caribbean are expected to recover from the economic contraction of 2020 and the long-term effects of the interruptions in education and labour markets and their impact on poverty and inequality.
The discussion also examines the differential effects of the economic downtown on distinct sectors – women, indigenous, the informal sector, youth and Afro-descendent communities.
This session explores:
How are individually countries recovering from the economic contraction of 2020?
What are predicted growth rates for individual countries for 2021 and 2022?
What is fueling recovery and what is holding it back?
To what extent have the disruptions in education and labour markets become a drag on future economic growth and productivity?
Speakers
Marcela Meléndez, Chief Economist, Latin America & the Caribbean, UNDP
Pablo Sanguinetti, Vice-President, CAF
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- Why the private sector should protect civic society | Explainer | Chatham House
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- A short animation explaining the crucial role that the private sector can play in protecting and defending civic space.
This video explainer introduces a synthesis paper which analyses how the private sector can support the protection of civic society space.
The private sector is in a unique position to work with civil society organizations to uphold and defend civic freedoms and support sustainable and profitable business environments. Companies have the capacity, resources and expertise to enhance the protection of civic space.
By doing so, this helps create a society in which fundamental rights and the rule of law are respected and exercised by governments, private citizens, and all organizations which, in turn, is critical to a sustainable and profitable business environment.
For more information, download the report.
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/02/role-private-sector-protecting-civic-space?utm_source=youtube.com&utm...
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- French and German approaches to Russia: What do they mean for EU policy?
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- 1:30:17
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- This event explores France and Germany’s policies towards Russia and what they mean for EU-Russia relations.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, France and Germany have been among the biggest supporters of engagement with Russia within the European Union (EU). However, Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the ongoing war in Donbas, as well as the necessity to confront hybrid threats from Russia on their home front have made their mark on the policy calculations in Paris and Berlin.
This event examines how France and Germany are likely to navigate the contradictions in their Russia policy – such as their commitment to both sanctions and Nord Stream 2 – in the near to medium term. The discussion also examines how changing political landscapes in Paris and Berlin might affect their relations with Moscow, and the role France and Germany are likely to play in shaping EU policy towards Russia in the future.
Read more
https://www.chathamhous...
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- How the UK enables the kleptocrats of Eurasia and weakens its own rule of law
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- 1:58:04
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- This event launches a Chatham House paper which details the laundering of monies and reputations by elites from Eurasia’s kleptocratic states, and the material and reputational damage rendered to the UK’s sovereignty and democracy.
The UK’s financial and professional services have long provided a comfortable home to dirty money. The rapid deregulation and growth of London as a centre for these services from the 1980s coincided with the end of the USSR and the rise of the post-Soviet kleptocracies which today are major sources of customers for British banks, law firms, and related sectors.
The full gamut of risks arising from the servicing of these kleptocrats for the UK’s rule of law are only just beginning to be understood. This event addresses regulatory and enforcement failures, and how the UK can tackle the problem more effectively through a new UK anti-kleptocracy strategy.
Read the paper
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/12/u...
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- Policy for recovery in Africa: Partnerships for sustainable development
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- 1:36:56
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an urgent need for multilateral partnerships to tackle development inequalities and vulnerabilities. Sustainable development has been put on the backburner whilst many come to terms with the destabilising nature of the pandemic.
However, the disruption of social and economic norms has also created an opportunity for profound change. Global collaboration can provide an opportunity for the world to systemically shift to a more sustainable approach.
At this event, panellists identify the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of different stakeholders in working towards sustainable development, and the impediments to achieving Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The meeting is held as part of the Policy for Recovery in Africa series, in partnership with the UNDP, which brings together expert speakers and decision-makers to examine and exchange on key challenges, potential solutions, and appr...
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- Policy for recovery in Africa: Capital markets and debt management
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- 1:29:50
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Despite Africa having one of the lowest nominal debt levels internationally, the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to pushing this debt to unsustainable levels.
African countries spend roughly one quarter of their budgetary revenues to pay for their debt service, at a significant cost to spending on health and welfare. Levels of capital migration across the continent are also high but supporting the development of capital markets, including through regionalisation, will boost economic momentum.
At this event, panellists discuss multilateral and bi-lateral initiatives for debt cancellation, debt relief and debt restructure.
The event reflects on the importance of reducing capital migration and consider what policy makers can do to address the unfavourable risk premium associated with the continent.
The meeting is held as part of the Policy for Recovery in Africa series, in partnership with the UNDP, which brings together expert speak...
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- Policy for recovery in Africa: Regional integration and trade facilitation
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- 1:29:18
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), under which African countries began trading in January 2021, marks a significant milestone in Africa’s integration journey.
The potential socio-economic benefits from an enhanced regional market are significant, but various challenges remain in the effective implementation of the trading regime and in mitigating the risks of such gains accruing unevenly across Africa’s diverse economies.
This early stage of implementation also brings opportunities to reflect on and harness the differing domestic competitive advantages and export sectors across countries in reshaping regional value chains, and to streamline inclusivity across the different spheres of economic policymaking.
At this event, panellists exchange perspectives on the African Continental Free Trade Area, including the priorities for implementation and how to ensure that Africa’s diverse economies and populations, particularly its yo...
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- Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and the UK’s foreign policy priorities
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- 1:19:31
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- In her first major speech as the UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Affairs, Liz Truss outlines her areas of focus and the UK’s foreign policy priorities.
The UK Foreign Secretary delivers a speech in person at Chatham House in which she lays out her areas of focus and outlines the UK’s primary foreign policy objectives for 2022 and beyond. Following the speech, a short Q&A session expands on her central points.
This event forms part of Chatham House’s ongoing work on the UK’s role in the world.
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- Cities as climate leaders: Progress and ambition
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- 58:25
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- This panel discusses the progress cities have already made, whether progress at COP26 was enough, and what more needs to be done to scale action and ambition internationally.
Cities are critical to tackling the pressing environmental challenges of our time. While they now account for an estimated 75 per cent of global CO2 emissions, cities also offer a unique opportunity for devolved leadership on climate action.
At the recent COP26, some significant progress was made in elevating cities’ position on climate action with a flurry of announcements and commitments. For example, more than 1,000 cities are now committed to the Cities Race to Zero, and C40’s Clean Construction Declaration saw multiple cities committing to at least halving emissions from initial construction of buildings by 2030. A raft of financing commitments were also made to improve urban resilience in the face of climate change.
This builds on existing momentum before COP26. Mo...
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- Reinventing sneakers: Will shoes have a regenerative future?
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- 1:24:55
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- This event explores how the future of sneakers can be reinvented with a special focus on the role of design, innovation and sustainability.
Sneakers – or trainers – once the footwear of athletes, are now fashion mainstays and a commercial behemoth of the footwear industry. From athleisure to street style, sneakers preserve the power to unite and inspire people from different social and cultural backgrounds to express their identities.
In 2020, the global sneaker market was valued at approximately £56 billion and is predicted to grow up to £85 billion by 2026. According to the World Footwear Yearbook 2020, footwear production hit a new record of more than 24 billion pairs of shoes produced annually with sneakers holding the largest share.
The cultural phenomenon that has seen this exponential growth in sneakers production and purchasing is matched with its carbon intensity: in 2016, they accounted for 1.4 per cent of the global greenhouse ...
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- How can future leaders prepare for an environmentally-destabilized world?
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- 1:28:05
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- This event explores the potential risks of a more environmentally-destabilized world and the challenges they pose to future leaders.
The consequences of the environmental crisis are growing and have implications for economies around the world. Into the future, these impacts will grow, demanding more resources with potentially huge knock-on effects for societies.
These effects could present major threats to realizing more sustainable, resilient and equitable societies and to avoiding the most catastrophic environmental outcomes.
The implications for future leaders could be acute. Emerging Millennial-age leaders will be in their fifties by 2040, around the average age of current national leaders across Europe.
As recent Chatham House research has shown, many of the consequences of the environmental crisis could be reaching increasingly severe levels by this point, presenting systemic risks. Future leaders will have to steward a rapi...
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- ESGs: Why they matter, their growth, and how they are changing practice and policy in Latin America
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- 1:07:12
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- This event analyses what ESGs are, how their monitoring and regulation can be improved, and when they are most effective in addressing endemic challenges.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) bonds are a fast-growing trend as a way to promote public goods through investment and corporate practice.
Through ESG bonds, private businesses raise capital by agreeing to integrate ESG principles into their business operation or through separate activities.
In recent years, interest and investment in ESG bonds in Latin America have grown dramatically. Latin American investment and asset managers, companies and stock exchanges, are leading the way by mobilizing capital at the same time that international organizations, local NGOs and, in some case, governments establish standards and best practices to monitor, regulate and evaluate this growing field.
This roundtable addresses questions such as:
What are ESGs and how do ...
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- 2021 Iraq Initiative Conference Opening Session: In conversation with Ahmed Albasheer
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- 51:13
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- This video is in Arabic. An English version is available on the conference plus platform mentioned below.
Ahmed Albasheer is an Iraqi comedian, journalist and director. His show, ‘The Albasheer Show’, offers Iraqis a critical, satirical take on the weekly news and Iraq’s ongoing issues of corruption, state sanctioned violence and sectarianism. The show reaches an audience of over 7 million, most of them under the age of 30, and has been described as the most influential show in Iraq, one which had a major role in the 2019-20 popular protest movement that led to a change of government and the calling of an early election in 2021.
In this opening session of Chatham House’s 2021 Iraq Initiative Conference, Albasheer discusses with Dr Lina Khatib the importance of a critical media as a form of accountability and political opposition, the role of comedy in tackling Iraq’s political ills, and the potential of the country’s young population to shape its...
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- The fake news pandemic in Latin America - highlights
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- 3:17
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Is China disseminating fake news in Latin American societies?
Chinese media is rapidly becoming a key source of information on international developments for Latin American audiences, which has one of the world’s highest rates of social media use, making it fertile territory for fake news.
While government-sponsored media from China receives generous support from state budgets and can offer extensive coverage of political events, high production costs limit trusted independent media outlets.
In light of this, the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has presented government-sponsored media in China with an opportunity to disseminate information about the pandemic that has undermined Western governments and spread post-COVID narratives in Latin America and the developing world.
The central pillar of the narrative promoted in Latin America by China is the idea that its government is better fit to meet the challenges of the pa...
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- Is Russia weaponizing gas and what does it mean for the European energy market?
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- 1:01:07
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- This event assesses Russia’s position vis-à-vis the situation in European gas markets, the latest developments around Nord Stream 2, and the implications for Ukraine.
European gas markets face unprecedented pressures on multiple fronts. Concerns over climate change and demand for greener energy are complicated by Russia’s willingness to abuse rising prices to expand its access to EU markets.
Russia’s already dominant position as the key supplier of gas to the EU looks set to strengthen further as the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is certified by Germany and EU authorities. Given this, the role of Ukraine as a transit country is likely to alter.
Speakers cover the EU-Russia-Ukraine energy triangle and discuss where (or whether) Ukraine will fit into European energy security in future. They dissect the challenges presented by a functioning NS2 and Kyiv’s own vision for its role in the future of the European energy system.
Participant...
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- COVID-19 and the US economy: Is the recovery slowing?
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- 58:11
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- This event analyses the status of US economic recovery, the effectiveness of Biden’s Build Back Better agenda and the steps made to address the country’s pervasive inequality.
The COVID-19 pandemic created not only a public health crisis but also an economic crisis, as economic growth slowed at the start of the pandemic and unemployment increased to levels not seen since the Great Depression.
President Joe Biden has sought to deliver an economic recovery that transforms the economy by investing in sustainable physical and social infrastructure. This event tackles the following questions:
What is the status of US economic recovery and what are the potential risks of a slowed down recovery?
How will Biden’s Build Back Better agenda and the American Jobs Plan impact economic growth and unemployment in the US?
Can Biden’s economic plan address the problem of pervasive inequality in the US?
Participants
Profes...
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- How can the investor community address the ‘S’ in ESG? – the role of social purpose values
- Runtime
- 1:00:32
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- This webinar highlights the crucial relationship between an open civic space and a profitable business environment.
2020 was a tipping point for investors to think and act more responsibly, galvanized by catalysts like the killing of George Floyd and the pandemic. There is increasing investor support for social and environmental causes. Younger investors are placing increasing emphasis on values and social issues in their investment decisions.
The ‘S’ in the Environment Social and Governance (ESG) agenda is clearly gaining traction, but how far does it extend to civil and political liberties i.e. the right of citizens, NGOs and journalists to speak freely, assemble and associate which are increasingly shrinking around the world?
While there is increasing focus on human rights issues such as modern slavery and supply chains, civil society space issues often fall between the cracks when investors consider ESG.
This webinar also exp...
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- Ukraine 2030: Journey to a green transition - Ukrainian version
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- 1:42:43
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Currently, Ukraine’s energy transition trajectory is positive, but it lags behind global averages for environmental sustainability. Lowering carbon intensity is one of the areas that requires a concerted strategy across private sector, state, and non-state actors.
Focusing on Ukraine’s green transition, this event has two parts. First, a conversation with the deputy prime minister examining Ukraine’s climate agenda and how this will shape a green future for the country.
Second, a panel discussion on what strategies might be viable to enable Ukraine to become a global frontrunner in decarbonization.
Participants
Olga Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
Iryna Stavchuk, Deputy Minister for Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine
Timchenko Maxim, DTEK Chief Executive Officer
Oleksandr Dombrovskyi, Vice-President of MHP, President of MHP Eco...
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- Ukraine 2030: Journey to a green transition - English version
- Runtime
- 1:54:27
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- This event focuses on Ukraine’s climate agenda and how this will shape a green future for the country.
Currently, Ukraine’s energy transition trajectory is positive, but it lags behind global averages for environmental sustainability. Lowering carbon intensity is one of the areas that requires a concerted strategy across private sector, state, and non-state actors.
Focusing on Ukraine’s green transition, this event has two parts. First, a conversation with the deputy prime minister examining Ukraine’s climate agenda and how this will shape a green future for the country.
Second, a panel discussion on what strategies might be viable to enable Ukraine to become a global frontrunner in decarbonization.
Participants
Olga Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
Iryna Stavchuk, Deputy Minister for Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine
Timchen...
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- The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Six months on, what has changed?
- Runtime
- 1:05:31
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- In May 2021, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response released its main report, calling for urgent action to end the pandemic, and for leadership to implement a package of international reforms to make COVID19 the last pandemic of such devastation.
Six months later, there has been some progress, but is it urgent and cohesive enough? Will it result in the universal health protection that people worldwide need?
The key areas to reform pandemic preparedness and response are: effective leadership, inclusive governance, finance, ensuring equitable access to global public goods like vaccines, and strengthening WHO - including through a pandemic treaty.
The former co-chairs of the independent panel, HE Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the Rt. Honourable Helen Clark, have prepared a six-month progress report which includes solutions and next steps.
How can we seize the moment to strengthen international, regional, natio...
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- Protecting universal human rights: Imagine a better world | Explainer | Chatham House
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Short animation examining why protecting and defending human rights ensures an equitable response to humanitarian crises and addresses economic inequality.
Human rights are not policies that can be overturned, they are not granted by governments. They belong to everyone as human beings.
For the most part, states are meeting their commitments to defend and protect universal human rights. But increasingly some governments are beginning to shy away from their obligations, and some are even actively seeking to subvert human rights.
And the regional and international bodies created and charged with defending these rights are being challenged by the rise of new powers and political movements.
The SNF CoLab is supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments/communications-and-publishing-department/snf-colab-imagine-better-world
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- Ukraine vox-ops on performance of Zelenskyy
- Runtime
- 6:14
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Ukrainians give their views on the performance so far of Ukraine's president as he approaches the mid-term of his tenure.
Expectations that Volodymyr Zelenskyy would end the armed conflict with Russia or jail corrupt officials have faded, but so have fears he would sell out to oligarchs or the Kremlin.
His presidency has not been the revelation many hoped for but neither is it as bad as some feared and it is highly likely he will run for a second term.
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- What the future of the internet(s) will mean for emerging economies
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- 1:21:51
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- This discussion identifies the impact of the ‘splinternet’ on emerging economies and the trends that might emerge in response.
Around the world, the internet ‘status quo’ is coming under fire. As a result, the open, global, shared internet as we know it is at risk. For many emerging and less developed economies, this is watershed moment, particularly as the stakes of internet governance become higher and higher and half of the world’s population remains offline.
This panel takes stock of the internet’s current fragmented landscape around the world, asking what experts really mean when they talk about the ‘splinternet’.
Building on this, the conversation amplifies conversations about and reactions to the ‘splinternet’ from emerging and less developed economies, addressing the impact of the ‘splinternet’ and mobilizing ICTs for socio-economic development.
Reflecting on the intersection of internet fragmen...
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- From symptoms to survival: Expert perspectives on cancer screening, early diagnosis, and treatment
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- 1:03:19
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- This event brings together three expert panellists to share their perspectives on cancer screening and early diagnosis and treatment.
When it comes to tackling cancer, time is essential. Delayed interventions can drastically impact survival and health outcomes for patients.
A large proportion of cancer patients enter the health system at late stages, despite recent technological advances to strengthen cancer prevention and promote early diagnosis and treatment.
By investing in early diagnosis and early-stage treatment for cancer patients, survival rates could improve by more than 17% . However, implementing early interventions for cancer are not without their costs and challenges – there needs to be stronger awareness of first signs of cancers among the public and health providers alike.
Perhaps even more crucially, accessibility, affordability and improved referrals are needed – and opinions on how to achieve this diffe...
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- The evolving threat of radicalization - highlights
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- 3:01
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Is the world better prepared to combat terrorism than it was 20 years ago?
This event explores how understanding of radicalization has evolved beyond jihadism since 9/11 and whether there is an evolving threat of radicalization today.
The panel discuss how violent ideologies have diversified over the last 20 years and whether governments have the strategies ready for the extremism of today.
National and international efforts to tackle extremism have developed considerably over the last 20 years, however, extreme ideologies remain with the focus shifting from radical Islam to the very prominent threat of far-right extremism. Is the world better prepared today then it was 20 years ago?
As with all Chatham House member events, questions from members drive the conversation. Attending this event and watching the full event video is for Chatham House members only.
Not a member? Find out more.
https://www.chathamhouse.org...
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- What is the role of democracy in the fight against climate change? - highlights
- Runtime
- 7:18
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Are democracies the most effective systems of governance to fight climate change?
The link between democracy and addressing environmental crises is contested. On one hand, the people who will be most severely impacted by climate change are the same people who are often excluded from political decision-making. On the other hand, tackling climate change requires long-term commitments but democracies work on the premise of electoral cycles.
Implementing the Paris Agreement requires national parliaments, political parties and civil society to monitor those commitments. The United States’ brief withdrawal from the agreement was considered a significant setback and points to the vulnerability of multilateral efforts.
As world leaders, activists and civil society gather for COP26, panellists discuss examples of environmental democracy in practice and if democracy can help to save the planet:
Are democracies equipped to tackle human crises ...
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- Policy for recovery in Africa | Explainer | Chatham House
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- 5:17
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Short video explaining how the Policy for Recovery Series provides careful analysis and evidence-based policy solutions for Africa.
The Policy for Recovery in Africa Series is held in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and brings together expert speakers and decision-makers.
They examine and exchange ideas on key challenges, potential solutions, and approaches for implementation as African countries confront the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The series provides careful analysis and evidence-based policy solutions towards recovery and progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
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- How do Eurasian kleptocracies earn and use their money?
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- 1:30:01
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- This event explores the presence of corrupt funds from Eurasia in Western democracies, what they are used for, and how they can be constrained.
The Pandora Papers once again shone the spotlight on the UK being home to corrupt funds from kleptocracies, where the ruling elite abuse their political power for private gain. In recent years much focus has been placed on this term, and the possible effects such money could have on Western democracies.
But how do such states create this wealth in the first place? How do these funds make their way to the UK?
Is the term kleptocracy appropriate for the majority of countries in Eurasia?
What evidence is there that such funds are ‘weaponised’ to achieve foreign policy goals?
This event discusses the term, how it can be applied, and the differences between how ’grey’ funds are used by various countries. It also highlights how the UK and the wider international community can counteract th...
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- US priorities in the global economy: In conversation with Jacob Lew
- Runtime
- 1:03:42
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- In recent years, globalization has come under attack in the United States with many voters advocating for a reduced role for the US in global economic affairs.
Can the US continue to play a leadership role while addressing economic inequality at home?
How costly is US economic unilateralism?
Are there opportunities for the US to present alternatives to China’s model of economic development in the global south?
How can international financial institutions encourage green financing?
Participants
Jacob Lew, Managing Partner, Lindsay Goldberg; US Secretary of the Treasury (2013-2017); Visiting Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Dr Leslie Vinjamuri, Director, US and the Americas Programme, Chatham House
