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Globalisation Café is an occasional podcast series hosted by Dr. Philip Leech-Ngo. It is a show about the global issues that affect our everyday lives, marking a new platform for political junkies and newbies to engage with research, international affairs and politics. We feature conversations with some of the most interesting people in the political world; expert commentary on current affairs; and other stories that are relevant to the current affairs affecting Canadians. Because the politi ...
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Phil interviewed by Luke N. Vargas original available here: theworldin2.libsyn.com/podcast
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From TMN: The US will host a foreign investment conference for Palestine next month, a prelude to the unveiling of a Mideast peace plan.
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Phil interviewed on CBC Vancouver about the case of Jamal Khashoggi and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
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A short interview with CBC's 'On the Coast' from 16 October 2018. The full show is online here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/on-the-coast
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This episode takes on the topic of Academic freedom. What is it? Why is it important? and where is it most at risk? Today's interviewee is Viviana Fernandez, the Assistant Director at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa (uOttawa). She represents the University of Ottawa in the Steering Committee of the Scholars at R…
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Episode 15: The end of the Iran Nuclear Deal
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Donald Trump has withdrawn the US from the JCPOA - a multilateral agreement designed to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon - yet at the same time, the administration is pursuing an unprecedented summit with - already nuclear capable - North Korea... is there reason in this Trumpiness? To help work this out, I talk to Simon Palamar, from C…
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Episode 14: The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
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In this episode I talk to James M. Dorsey, author of the award winning blog, "The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer" about, well, the turbulent world of Middle East Soccer!
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Part 2/2 of my interview with Ambassador Talmiz Ahmad where we discuss the legacy of colonialism and a range of more contemporary issues in the region.
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In these following two episodes former Indian Ambassador to the Gulf, Talmiz Ahmad, provides a riveting tour-de-force on issues of concern in the region. This first episode engages with topics such as the roots of various forms of Political Islam and the background to ongoing turbulence in the region.Talmiz Ahmad joined the Indian Foreign Service i…
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Episode 11: Canada on the World Stage
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"We're back", says the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau. But what does this mean in the age of Donald Trump, Brexit and unprecedented strain on the global liberal order? To discuss these questions and more, I'm joined by Dr. Shaun Narine, Associate Professor and Chair of Politics at Saint Thomas University in New Brunswick. He has written ex…
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Today's guest is Ibrahim Shikaki, an Economics PhD Student at the New School for Social Research in New York and policy member at Al Shabaka. He was previously lead economic researcher for Diakonia’s International Humanitarian Law Research Center and instructor of economics at the universities of Birzeit and Al Quds. He also worked as a research as…
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Episode 9: Reactions to Jerusalem - Is Trump racist? stupid?... or a stupid racist?
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He promotes a “Muslim Ban”, thinks Mexicans are rapists (though some - he assumes - are “good people”) and retweets a fascist group... and now Trump's Jerusalem debacle. What’s behind Donald Trump’s latest diabolical act? UOttawa’s Dr Emily Regan-Wills helps us break down if the Jerusalem announcement is ‘Trump-Stupid’, ‘normal republican’, ‘evil’ …
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Episode 8: Reactions to Jerusalem - linking international law to real life
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A week after Trump's dramatic announcement, the international community has roundly rejected any change in Jerusalem's status as contrary to International law, international norms and unhelpful for the 'peace process'. But what is the link between these broad, and often nebulous, concepts and real life in the city at the centre of this crisis. To a…
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Episode 7: Reactions to Jerusalem - WTF just happened?
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On 5th December, US President Donald Trump declared his intention to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. To try and get a handle on what this means, we talk to Dr Fadi Elhusseini, a Political and Media Advisor and he is an advisory board member of the New Arab Foundation. He is a senior fellow at the Centre on Governance, Faculty …
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Episode 6: Have we reached peak Putin? Russia in the contemporary international order
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Interview with Simon Palamar Ph.D (Carleton University). At CIGI Simon manages the Constructive Powers Initiative, an informal, track 1.5, consultative body that brings together foreign policy planners and academic experts from a dozen countries to discuss sensitive, new, and emerging global security issues in a frank and open fashion.…
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Episode 5: 50 Years of Occupation: Where Next for Israel? (Part 2)
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Part 2 of my discussion with Jeff Halper. I began by asking him about the similarities between Israel and Canada as settler colonial states.
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Episode 4: 50 Years of Occupation: Where Next for Israel? (Part 1)
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Part 1 of an interview with Jeff Halper an author, lecturer, and Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD). We discuss his ideas, activism and new book, "War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification" (Pluto Press, 2015)
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Episode 3: 50 Years of Occupation: Where Next for Palestine?
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In this episode we discuss the ongoing occupation and colonization of Palestine by Israeli forces with Dr. Toufic Haddad, author of Palestine Ltd. Neoliberalism and Nationalism in the Occupied Territory.
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Episode 2: Are We Asking the Right Questions About ISIS?
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Image from: By PersianDutchNetwork - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36218867In this episode we talk to Jacqueline Lopour, a Research Associate in Global Security & Politics at the Centre for International Governance Innovation with 10 years experience as a CIA analyst and Dr. Jamie Allinson, a lecturer at Un…
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Episode 1: Human Rights in the 21st Century
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What are Human Rights? Who gets to define them? How do Human Rights work in the 21st Century? Dr. Philip Leech-Ngo explores these issues in a riveting interview with John Packer, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) at the University of Ottawa.…
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