The turmoil and changes of the past five years — from the coronavirus pandemic to the second Trump administration — make clear one basic fact: the post Cold War era is over. It could be that happened already in 2008, in the financial crisis, or it could be in 2014 when Russia invaded Ukraine and took the Crimean peninsula from it. It could be any consequential date that marked a change, a clear change, from before and after. But whichever date or event is chosen, it is clear a change of times, of eras has happened — and that the cascade of events we are living through is an historic time. To explore the meaning of this term, as well as the reality of living through it, Ilana Bet-El is joined by Professor Marci Shore of Yale University — who is definitely someone who can help examine and explain these core issues. A cultural historian of Eastern Europe who also found and finds herself drawn to the current conflict in Ukraine and works to aid the Ukrainians. An American using her understanding of Europe to analyse events in the US. A writer and deep thinker who helps us all understand this period of time in another dimension. A strong sharp conversation about the past, the present, history and reality. This episode was recorded on 30 April 2025 Chapters<ul><li>What defines an historic time?</li><li>The difference between historical events</li><li>What does a real revolution feel like?</li><li>Is Ukraine living in historic time?</li><li>Reading the current US situation as an historian</li></ul> Mentions<ul><li>Marci Shore’s&nbsp;<a href="https://history.yale.edu/people/marci-shore" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">articles and essays</a></li><li>Her essay “<a href="https://www.notion.so/Episode-10-Marci-Shore-1e5e3816b9ab805bb717d996d421cce6?pvs=21" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">With Shestov in Ukraine</a>”, Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics</li><li>Her book&nbsp;<a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300276831/the-ukrainian-night/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“The Ukrainian Night”</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Karski" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jan Karski</a></li><li>Documentary&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoah_(film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shoah</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/28/opinions/kyiv-ukraine-russia-missile-attack-culture-glaser-shore/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“In Kyiv, we discuss philosophy, poetry and air raid siren protocol,”</a>&nbsp;co-authored with Amelia M. Glaser, CNN (29 March 2024);</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataliya_Gumenyuk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nataliya Gumenyuk,</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thereckoningproject.com/uk/team/angelina-kariakina" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Angelina Kariakina</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/janice-stein" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Janice Stein</a></li><li>Poem&nbsp;<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49451/a-song-on-the-end-of-the-world" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“A song on the End of the World”</a>, Czeslaw Milosz</li></ul> CreditsProduction:&nbsp;Florence FerrandoMusic: Let Good Times Roll

Living in historic times with Marci Shore

Live record at Full Circle

What happens when a politician faces an audience of people, of citizens? This episode of Women Leaders brings you that reality, in full. Full Circle,&nbsp;a Brussels based organization connecting ideas with the power to act, organised a great&nbsp;<a href="https://fullcircle.eu/action_day" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ideas to Action Day</a>&nbsp;in which over 80 people came together to discuss the state of the world and how to find ways to making it better. Issues were raised, problems discussed, and true angst revealed — often about the digital space, social media, isolation, alienation and the failures of both politicians and national institutions. So far so good for an opportunity to&nbsp;sound off, but then came the surprise: a real live politician came to answer all the questions raised, in front of the audience, and we hosted the exchange for this episode of Women Leaders. Viviane Teitelbaum, Member of the Belgian Senate, is the politician in question, and she gave a remarkably candid account of political life in democracies in the modern age. And let us be clear: she is a Belgian but her audience, as well as her answers, were true to all modern working politicians. From violence in life reflected in cyberspace to identity politics, from the complexity of reality to the complexity of explaining it, and from citizens assemblies to ways of voting, this is a conversation that really challenges a politician while also revealing modern political life as it really happens.This episode was recorded on 5 April 2025Mentions<ul><li><a href="https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-services-act_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Digital Services Act (DSA)</a></li></ul>Follow<ul><li>Viviane Teitelbaum&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/VivTeitelbaum" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X/Twitter,</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/vivteitelbaum/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.senate.be/www/?MIval=showSenator&amp;ID=5019&amp;LANG=fr" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Senate profile page</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.womenpoliticalleaders.org/member/viviane-teitelbaum/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Women Political Leaders website</a></li><li>Full Circle&nbsp;<a href="https://fullcircle.eu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/fullcircle.eu/posts/?feedView=all" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/fullcircle.brussels/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/FullCircleIdeas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X/Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilana-bet-el-5a5bb78?originalSubdomain=be" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ilana Bet-El</a></li><li>Instagram&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/women_leaders_podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@women_leaders_podcast</a></li><li> European Leadership Network&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/@theELN" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-leadership-network-for-multilateral-nuclear-disarmament-and-non-proliferation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> &amp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a></li></ul>Credits<ul><li>Production:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/florence-ferrando-8ab809a7/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Florence Ferrando</a></li><li>Music: Let Good Times Roll, RA from #Uppbeat</li></ul>

 Politics meets the people with Viviane Teitelbaum

2 April 2025 will go down in history, of that there is no doubt.&nbsp;US&nbsp;President Trump and his team insist this is because it was, as they termed it, “Liberation Day” from the global intertwined&nbsp;trade system, in which&nbsp;the US&nbsp;imposed&nbsp;shockingly high tariffs on all its&nbsp;trading partners, excluding Russia and Belarus. Nearly every other state appear to be appalled by this move — because it will harm each of them and their people and they find it incredible that the US, the leader of the free world and the global trading system for the past eight decades, appears to be the one destroying it.The immediate effects of the tariff decision&nbsp;have quickly become obvious: global markets plunged, but especially those in the US; all states and regions are contemplating reactions, and retaliations. And above all, the credibility of the US has taken a big hit. Indeed, if there is a title to the Trump playbook it seems to be&nbsp;"How to Disrupt the World While Undermining Yourself, Potentially Strengthening Your Opponents and&nbsp;Alienating Your Allies."To discuss the tariffs, the playbook, the effects and the state of the global economy, Ilana Bet-El is joined by Rebecca Christie, Senior Fellow at Bruegel and Lauren Gloudeman, Director of the China programme at Eurasia Group. In a searching conversation, they clarify much about the tariff shock, the options open to the EU and China, the effects in the US, and potentials for the future.Recorded on 3 April 2025ChaptersA new global trade world launched by Trump?How US tarrifs impact China, EU and global markets?Are Trump’ tariffs a strategy or a gamble?China’s and Europe’s responses to TrumpWhat next for global trade?Mentions<a href="https://www.eurasiagroup.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eurasia</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bruegel</a><a href="https://www.bruegel.org/sound-economics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Sound of Economics</a> -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bruegel.org/podcast/trumps-tariffs-and-eu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">last episode</a><a href="https://europeanleadershipnetwork.org/multimedia/the-women-leaders-podcast-tariffs-and-trade-wars/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Tariffs and trade wars”</a><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/06/nx-s1-5318076/tariffs-great-depression-explainer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Did tariffs contribute to the Great Depression?"NPR</a> , <a href="https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/protectionism" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1930s tariff war</a> <a href="https://www.notion.so/Episode-8-Lauren-Rebecca-1cae3816b9ab80d18acbfe6b333b8194?pvs=21" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump calculations</a>Follow<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-gloudeman-2a620a17?utm_source=share&amp;utm_campaign=share_via&amp;utm_content=profile&amp;utm_medium=ios_app" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lauren Gloudeman</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.eurasiagroup.net/people/lgloudeman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eurasia group page</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-christie-1095b6137?originalSubdomain=be" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rebecca Christie</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/rebeccawire?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X/Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccawire.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/women_leaders_podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a><a href="https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ELN</a>CreditsFlorence FerrandoMusic: Let Good Times Roll, RA from #Uppbeat

Trade wars with Lauren Gloudeman & Rebecca Christie  

Democracy and freedom, die in ignorance. There is wilful ignorance, as in not wanting to know; there is collateral ignorance, as in watching silly videos and media feeds rather than seeking information; and there is imposed ignorance, when sources of information are cut off and denied. The Trump administration is blatantly&nbsp;indulging in the latter, both internally and externally. Within the US, the administration is hand picking the media&nbsp;outlets it will deal with, while also dismantling the Department of Education. Outside the US, it has chosen to defund and potentially close both Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Voice of America — two amazing organisations that have brought facts and news across the globe, notably those in non-democratic regimes.It seems that for the Trump administration journalism is a threat. In a world where the boundaries between media, politics and business continue to erode, the likes of Trump, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos have become central figures in shaping public discourse. Moreover, the rise of entertainment news, change of habits, explosive volumes of news pose significant challenges for journalism today.To explore these issues, Ilana Bet-El is joined by veteran BBC journalist Kate Adie. In a conversation rich with anecdotes from her storied career, she reflects on the evolution of media, the structural crises of today’s news industry and the fundamental role of journalism in society. Amid the explosion of information and the struggle to filter truth from noise, she argues that people basically&nbsp;seek real news and information,&nbsp;not propaganda. Because in the end, the truth still matters.This episode was recorded on 20 March 2025 and is part of the third edition of the Podcasthon, an initiative dedicated to raising awareness&nbsp;on various charities worldwide, thanks to (great!) podcasters. For this episode, we put the spotlight on the Committee to Protect Journalists: an independent, nonprofit organisation that promotes press freedom worldwide and defends&nbsp;the right of journalists to report the news safely.ChaptersWhat is journalism in an age of billionaires and power struggles?The decline of traditional media and the rise of digital chaosThe battle between real news and entertainment-driven coverageThe structural crisis of the media industryWhy people still want real journalism—and why it mattersMentions<a href="https://cpj.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Committee to Protect Journalists</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/committeetoprotectjournalists/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/pressfreedom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X/Twitter</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@cpjmultimedia/videos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Youtube</a><a href="http://www.podcasthon.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.podcasthon.org</a><a href="https://youtu.be/PeIwMCa-CwQ?feature=shared" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kate Adie reporting on Tiananmen Square</a>Follow Kate's BBC&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5m9rB6CL8HRBj7CwYXlDRRB/kate-adie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a><a href="@women_leaders_podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>ELN&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/@theELN" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-leadership-network-for-multilateral-nuclear-disarmament-and-non-proliferation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>CreditsProduction:&nbsp;Florence FerrandoMusic: Let Good Times Roll, RA from #Uppbeat

The battle for freedom of the press with Kate Adie

The car crash of the Zelensky-Trump-Vance meeting in the White House on 28 February is still reverberating around the world. The specific realities have already been analysed, dramatised, satirised, and AI re-engineered with alternative outcomes. But the true implications are being assimilated more slowly, enhanced by the bizarre claims regarding Ukraine, Europe, Russia and the world made by President Trump in his address to Congress on 4 March. The bottom line appears to be, remarkably, that the US under this administration has abandoned not only Ukraine, but also the free democratic world, the multilateral system put in place by US leadership after the Second World War, and above all its allies. Moreover, it appears to be actively backing Russia under President Putin.If this were a pitch for a Netflix series it would probably be rejected as too farfetched. But reality has long since left farfetched behind, lining up with the alternative world of billionaires, tech bros, oligarchs, and a failed real-estate magnate cum second time US President, who apparently aspires to be king. Moreover, he seems to hold sway as such on the Republican Party, whose members of Congress have recently proposed resolutions such as adding Trump’s likeness to Mount Rushmore to reflect his “towering legacy”. For a&nbsp;guided tour of this new&nbsp;bizarre world of the US and its role in the world&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilana-bet-el-5a5bb78?originalSubdomain=be" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ilana Bet-El</a> is joined by the storied US journalist&nbsp;Trudy Rubin, Worldview columnist at the Philadelphia Inquirer. In a fierce and sometimes funny discussion she demolishes whatever is left of the veneer of US political respectability to expose a group of thuggish bullies and cowards who now seem to be running the US — and the world. At least for now.This episode was recorded on 6 March 2025.Chapters<ul><li>What happened at the Zelensky-Trump-Vance meeting?</li><li>Is the U.S. backing Russia and abandoning allies?</li><li>Is Trump replacing diplomacy with personal deals?</li><li>Where are the Democrats? How are Americans reacting to all this?</li><li>Is Europe on the verge of a big change?</li></ul>MentionsTrudy Rubin&nbsp;<a href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-ukraine-war-ceasefire-cut-aid-intelligence-20250306.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Trump seems a 'Putin peace' for Ukraine"</a>Philip Roth <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plot_Against_America" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Plot Against&nbsp;America</a>Financial Times editorial <a href="https://on.ft.com/4bpDiuw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"The US Congress is missing in action"</a>New York Times&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-democracy.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“People Are Going Silent”</a>Follow<a href="https://www.fpri.org/contributor/trudy-rubin/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trudy Rubin</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/trudyrubin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X/Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/rubin_trudy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Philadelphia Inquirer</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/women_leaders_podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@women_leaders_podcast</a>ELN&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/@theELN" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-leadership-network-for-multilateral-nuclear-disarmament-and-non-proliferation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a><a href="https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> website</a>CreditsProduction:&nbsp;Florence FerrandoMusic: Let Good Times Roll, RA from #Uppbeat

Divide, Destroy and Dictate with Trudy Rubin

Foreign Affairs Minister of Latvia

Politicians tend to aspire to a status quo: a clarity of positions and&nbsp;possibilities that deliver a semblance of stability. In a period of change, not to mention when things go wrong, there is a yearning for a&nbsp;status quo ante&nbsp;— a return to such&nbsp;clarity and stability, regardless of whether it is actually&nbsp;possible. It is significant that in the current world of radical change no leader or decision-maker is talking about the&nbsp;status quo ante:&nbsp;all the cards are up in the air.To get a feel for the decision-maker’s dilemmas within this new reality, Ilana Bet-El is joined by Foreign Minister of Latvia,&nbsp;Baiba Braže. In a special short and sharp&nbsp;episode demanded by events, they focus upon&nbsp;the situation in&nbsp;Ukraine and the need to support it, the significance&nbsp;of upping European defence, the reality of life under Russian and Soviet occupation. This episode was recorded on 27 February 2025.Chapters<ul><li>Is NATO still a solid pillar for European security?</li><li>What are the discussions in the decision-making rooms?</li><li>The horrific realities of Soviet and Russian occupations</li></ul>Mentions<a href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/putins-ukraine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Putin’s Ukraine: The End of War and the Price of Russian Occupation</a><a href="https://hrmmu-3-year-update.my.canva.site/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UN “Human rights 3 years into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine”</a><a href="https://ukraine.un.org/en/282373-ukraine-torture-russian-authorities-amounts-crimes-against-humanity-says-un-commission" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UN “Ukraine: Torture by Russian authorities amounts to crimes against humanity”</a>Latvia Ministry of Foreign Affairs “<a href="https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/article/baiba-braze-russia-using-torture-coordinated-state-policy-against-ukrainian-civilians-and-prisoners-war" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Russia is using torture as a coordinated state policy against Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war</a>”<a href="https://europeanleadershipnetwork.org/multimedia/the-women-leaders-podcast-the-end-of-a-world/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Our previous episode with Olena Tregub &amp; Inna Pidluska</a>Follow our guest:Baiba Braže&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/Braze_Baiba?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X/Twitter</a>Follow usInstagram&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/women_leaders_podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@women_leaders_podcast</a>Our partner European Leadership Network <a href="https://twitter.com/@theELN" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-leadership-network-for-multilateral-nuclear-disarmament-and-non-proliferation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/europeanleadershipnetwork" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilana-bet-el-5a5bb78?originalSubdomain=be" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ilana Bet-El</a>CreditsProduction:&nbsp;Florence FerrandoMusic: Let Good Times Roll, RA from #<a href=": https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/let-good-times-roll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Uppbeat</a>&nbsp;

Decision-makers and dilemmas with Baiba Braže

Historians will spend eternity trying to explain why Donald&nbsp;Trump and his administration turned against Ukraine and Europe but one fact is clear: on 12 February 2025 the post Cold War era ended, and the post WWII international system came to a grinding halt. President Trump spoke at length to President Putin and they agreed to&nbsp;start negotiations immediately&nbsp;without Ukraine or the EU. Subsequent events were no less surprising: an anti-European tirade by US Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference, a US demand of Ukraine to sign away most of its&nbsp;rare earth resources,&nbsp;a first US-Russia meeting in&nbsp;Riyadh and President Trump accusing Ukraine of starting the Russian war of aggression against it, and calling President Zelensky a dictator. Europe, and many other parts of the world, is&nbsp;still reeling from these developments but it is undoubtedly Ukraine that is in the eye of the storm: from trying to deny it a say over its own destiny to attempting to impose elections upon it, and from cutting defence assistance to undermining funding to its civil society, the Ukrainian&nbsp;reality has changed rapidly, and for the worse. To understand this reality better Ilana Bet-El is joined by two leaders of civil society in Ukraine: Olena Tregub&nbsp;Secretary General of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAKO" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NAKO</a>&nbsp;- the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission in Ukraine, and Inna Pidluska&nbsp;Deputy Executive Director of the <a href="https://www.irf.ua/en/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">International Renaissance Foundation</a>. In a brave no-holds-bar discussion they reflect on the sense of betrayal by the US and the opposing sense of Ukrainian&nbsp;dignity, and the&nbsp;deep-felt sense that might is not right.This episode was recorded on 20 February 2025.ChaptersHow is Ukraine reacting to Trump administration’s shift?What does Ukraine expect from Europe now?Is Ukraine’s civil society at risk?What kind of deal would be acceptable for Ukraine?MentionsJames Joll, <a href="https://warontherocks.com/2023/05/unspoken-assumptions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Unspoken assumptions</a><a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/2024-06/2024-06-05-ukraine-wartime-recovery-role-civil-society-lutsevych.pdf.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ukraine civil society</a><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60506682" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC, Ukraine in maps: Tracking the war with Russia</a><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9814k2jlxko" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fact-checking Trump claims about war in Ukraine</a>Follow our guestsOlena Tregub&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/olenatregub/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/OTregub?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X/Twitter</a>Inna Pidluska&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/inna-pidluska-119880b/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>Follow usInstagram&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/women_leaders_podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@women_leaders_podcast</a>Our partner European Leadership Network&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/@theELN" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-leadership-network-for-multilateral-nuclear-disarmament-and-non-proliferation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>CreditsProduction:&nbsp;Florence FerrandoMusic: Let Good Times Roll, RA #Uppbeat

The end of a world with Olena Tregub & Inna Pidluska

Trade is the backbone of the global economy, but its workings are a mystery to many.&nbsp;What is a tariff? What is a trade war? Why is trade so complicated? The chaos wrought by Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico – despite a thirty-day reprieve negotiated for the latter two - makes these and many other questions imperative to answer.Ilana Bet-El is joined by&nbsp;Sylvia Chen, International Trade Policy and Compliance Consultant, and Sara Nordin, Partner in the Global Trade Practice of&nbsp;international law firm&nbsp;White &amp; Case, to gain some understanding of how international trade works. Together, they outline the&nbsp;basics of trade law, how tariffs&nbsp;connect to policy measures, and how they influence modern trade and global supply chains. This episode is a&nbsp;necessary&nbsp;exploration of the actual trade underpinning any potential trade war&nbsp;on the horizon.This episode was recorded on 5 February 2025. Chapters<ul><li>What does a trade lawyer do?</li><li>Why are trade rules and laws necessary?</li><li>What is a tariff?</li><li>Why did Trump put tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China?</li></ul>Mentions<ul><li><a href="https://www.tradeexperettes.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trade Experettes website</a></li><li><a href="https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/WLD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">World&nbsp;Trade statistics</a></li><li><a href="https://ustr.gov/countries-regions#:~:text=Canada%20was%20the%20largest%20purchaser,United%20Kingdom%20(%2476.2%20billion)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Office of the US Trade representative statistics</a></li><li><a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gatt.asp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GATT</a></li><li><a href="https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/thewto_e.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WTO</a></li></ul>Follow our guest<ul><li>Sylvia Chen&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sylvia-c-2a36056/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://linkedin.com/company/trade-policy-experts-advisory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trade Policy Expert Advisory</a></li><li>Sara Nordin&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-nordin-09335228/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.whitecase.com/people/sara-nordin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">White &amp; Case website</a></li></ul>Follow us<ul><li>Instagram&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/women_leaders_podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@women_leaders_podcast</a></li><li>Our partner European Leadership Network social media&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/@theELN" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-leadership-network-for-multilateral-nuclear-disarmament-and-non-proliferation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/europeanleadershipnetwork" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li><li>Our partner&nbsp;<a href="https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">European Leadership Network website</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilana-bet-el-5a5bb78?originalSubdomain=be" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ilana Bet-El</a></li></ul>Credits<ul><li>Production:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/florence-ferrando-8ab809a7/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Florence Ferrando</a></li><li>Music: Let Good Times Roll, RA from #Uppbeat License code: ZXIIIJUU2ISPZIJT</li></ul>

Tariffs and trade wars with Sylvia Chen & Sara Nordin

There can be no doubt the world changed on 20th of January 2025. As a matter of fact, a new US President was inaugurated — a second time for President Trump — whose return to power has spooked global friends and enemies alike since his election last November. The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">flurry of Executive Orders</a>&nbsp;issued from day one says much about the determination of this US Administration to not only dismantle the work and legacy of the Biden Administration but potentially also many elements of the postwar multilateral order.Indeed, amongst the first measures taken by President Trump upon his return to the White House was the withdrawal of the US from both the Paris Climate Agreement, and the World Health Organisation (WHO). However, beyond the acts the bluster, the rhetoric on tariffs and bold promises to end both wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, the vast majority of actions and orders have concerned domestic matters, focused upon issues such as immigration and equality. This begs the question: is the Trump Administration more concerned with bombastic rhetoric than bombastic action when it comes to global and geostrategic affairs?Dr Kathleen McInnis is definitely someone who can speak to this and many other related issues. Director and senior fellow of the Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and a former official at the US Department of Defence (DOD), she joins Ilana Bet-El in a wide-ranging conversation. From women and "dudes" in defence and foreign affairs to modern strategic challenges, and the future of NATO and EU-US relations, this is a strong and surprising discussion concerning rhetoric, reality and continuity in America's foreign policy under President Trump 2.0.This episode was recorded on 23 January 2025.Mentions<ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heart-War-Misadventures-Pentagon/dp/1682616517" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Heart of War: Misadventures in the Pentagon</a></li><li><a href="https://www.csis.org/programs/smart-women-smart-power" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Smart Women, Smart Power podcast and resources</a></li><li><a href="https://www.dni.gov/index.php/gt2040-home/gt2040-media-and-downloads" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The NCI Global Trends 2035 Report</a></li></ul>Follow our guest:<ul><li>Kathleen McInnis&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/kjmcinnis1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X/Twitter</a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-j-mcinnis/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href="https://www.csis.org/people/kathleen-mcinnis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Her bio</a></li></ul>You can also follow us<ul><li>Instagram&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/women_leaders_podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@women_leaders_podcast</a></li><li>Our partner European Leadership Network social media&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/@theELN" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-leadership-network-for-multilateral-nuclear-disarmament-and-non-proliferation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/europeanleadershipnetwork" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilana-bet-el-5a5bb78?originalSubdomain=be" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ilana Bet-El</a></li></ul>Credits<ul><li>Production:&nbsp;Florence Ferrando</li><li>Music: Let Good Times Roll, RA from #Uppbeat</li></ul>

Rhetoric and reality from the US with Kathleen McInnis

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The podcast that discusses world current affairs with women leaders! Our host Ilana Bet-El welcomes one or two women experts for an informal conversation to explain, analyse, discuss and highlight events of the day by an array of wonderfully qualified women from all around the world. <ul><li>Contribute to the conversation or share your topic wishes with a comment &amp; a 5-⭐️</li><li>Reach us on our Instagram and follow for updates&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/women_leaders_podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@women_leaders_podcast</a></li><li>Proudly partnered with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">European Leadership Network</a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/@theELN" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-leadership-network-for-multilateral-nuclear-disarmament-and-non-proliferation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/europeanleadershipnetwork" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a></li><li>Supported by a grant from the <a href="https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Foundation Open Society Institute in cooperation</a> with the&nbsp;Open Society Foundations</li></ul>

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