The Global Gambit

Episode Outline What is India's position on the Ukraine War, including on Russia particularly?Why has it remained so neutral and unwilling to take a clear stance?How does India see its relations with China, Russia, or the USA? What is the role and relevance of Modi as a leader?Episode 5 sees these questions and more tackled as your host, Pyotr interviews Professor Daniel Markey on India and covers the details of the new report, Enhancing Strategic Stability in Southern Asia. Professor Markey is a senior advisor on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace and a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Foreign Policy Institute. He also has two decades of academic, think tank, and government experience focused on international relations and U.S. policy in Asia.The episode is split into two segments with the first 45 mins seeing Pyotr & Professor Markey discuss the questions above, including India's diplomatic posturing in the UN. The second 35 mins involve a live audience Q/A in the Sitrep Room on Clubhouse. Topics include India's cybersecurity interests and the disconnect between the Indian people and the government over its response to the Ukraine War. USIP Project Group: https://www.usip.org/programs/senior-study-group-strategic-stability-southern-asiaSupport the showConsidering Chipping in to Global Gambit (GG)This isn't possible without you - the listener. My goal is to bring entertaining yet enlightening content to you, make complex, technical issues more relatable to you, and enable you to engage on topics you care about and for better people from all origins or professions. So, if any of those resonate with you, consider chipping to the GG, as allows me to improve its quality and elevate the experience for you. And if you're unable able to do that - no worries. Please leave a review, or share GG. This small action has BIG impact in helping it grow and broaden its visibility to more audiences. Links Pyotr' Twitter: https://twitter.com/pkurzin?lang=en TGG Twitter: https://twitter.com/theglobalgambit Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/login?ru=%2Ftheglobalgambit Substack: https://pyotrskurzin.substack.com/ Subscribe to Substack Read as well as listen as l overthink for you: https://substack.com/@pyotrskurzinFollow The ShowX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PKurzin YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7-TPqKMViddKZeo4K2P2jg/ Support The ShowPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/theglobalgambitBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theglobalgambitLeave a quick rating—it's free, easy, and honestly, the least you can do after I've blessed your ears with such wisdom. Where would you be without me? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Outline How has Russia's invasion of Ukraine reshaped geopolitics in Europe? What does it mean for NATO? What about the applications of Sweden & Finland? Will Ukraine ever join the EU or NATO too? These questions are just a sample of what is covered in the latest edition of The Global Gambit. This time, your host, Pyotr, interviews Professor Dan Hamilton - a fellow of Johns Hopkins SAIS, Director of the Global Europe Program of the Wilson Centre,  US deputy assistant secretary of State for European Affairs, and even having time to consultant for RAND or Microsoft. Professor Hamilton also founded the Centre for Transatlantic Relations.  You can listen to this podcast in two segments. The first 45 mins involve Pyotr and Professor Hamilton covering the questions above followed by a 30 min session of audience Q/A  splitting the podcast into two segments. It was recorded in the Ukraine Sitrep Room on Clubhouse - a live streaming audio space that has been running 24/7 since the Ukraine War began on Feb 24th and has had tangible impacts on the ground. Support the showConsidering Chipping in to Global Gambit (GG)This isn't possible without you - the listener. My goal is to bring entertaining yet enlightening content to you, make complex, technical issues more relatable to you, and enable you to engage on topics you care about and for better people from all origins or professions. So, if any of those resonate with you, consider chipping to the GG, as allows me to improve its quality and elevate the experience for you. And if you're unable able to do that - no worries. Please leave a review, or share GG. This small action has BIG impact in helping it grow and broaden its visibility to more audiences. Links Pyotr' Twitter: https://twitter.com/pkurzin?lang=en TGG Twitter: https://twitter.com/theglobalgambit Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/login?ru=%2Ftheglobalgambit Substack: https://pyotrskurzin.substack.com/ Subscribe to Substack Read as well as listen as l overthink for you: https://substack.com/@pyotrskurzinFollow The ShowX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PKurzin YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7-TPqKMViddKZeo4K2P2jg/ Support The ShowPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/theglobalgambitBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theglobalgambitLeave a quick rating—it's free, easy, and honestly, the least you can do after I've blessed your ears with such wisdom. Where would you be without me? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Outline Has Russia's invasion of Ukraine meant an end to Iranian negotiations? What is the impact on Iran-Russian relations? How will Iran's interest in the Caucasus change? Will it deepen relations between Russia, China, and Iran? These questions and more are addressed in this episode of TGG, as your host, Pyotr interviews Barbara Salvin, Director of the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council (AC). Alongside being a non-resident senior fellow at AC Barbara served as an editor for the NYT Week in Review & senior diplomatic reporter for USA TODAY. She has visited Iran 9 times and wrote a book titled Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the US, & the Twisted Path to Confrontation. The first 25 mins see Pyotr and Professor Slavin converse over the questions above with the last 15 mins involving an audience Q/A from the live-streaming audio space - Ukraine Sitrep Room on Clubhouse and that has been running 24/7 since Feb 24th.  Support the showConsidering Chipping in to Global Gambit (GG)This isn't possible without you - the listener. My goal is to bring entertaining yet enlightening content to you, make complex, technical issues more relatable to you, and enable you to engage on topics you care about and for better people from all origins or professions. So, if any of those resonate with you, consider chipping to the GG, as allows me to improve its quality and elevate the experience for you. And if you're unable able to do that - no worries. Please leave a review, or share GG. This small action has BIG impact in helping it grow and broaden its visibility to more audiences. Links Pyotr' Twitter: https://twitter.com/pkurzin?lang=en TGG Twitter: https://twitter.com/theglobalgambit Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/login?ru=%2Ftheglobalgambit Substack: https://pyotrskurzin.substack.com/ Subscribe to Substack Read as well as listen as l overthink for you: https://substack.com/@pyotrskurzinFollow The ShowX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PKurzin YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7-TPqKMViddKZeo4K2P2jg/ Support The ShowPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/theglobalgambitBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theglobalgambitLeave a quick rating—it's free, easy, and honestly, the least you can do after I've blessed your ears with such wisdom. Where would you be without me? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode OutlineWill the events in Ukraine result in a new Cold War between the West and an intensified Russo-Sino Axis? Could China offset the sanctions imposed upon Russia? Will Russia become a vassal state to China? What is the prospect of Russia using cryptocurrencies to bypass the financial constraints against it? These questions and more are addressed in this episode of The Global Gambit, as your host, Pyotr, interviews Zongyuan Zoe Liu, the international political economy fellow of the esteemed Council of Foreign Relations (CFR), focusing on global financial markets, development finance and emerging markets (EMEs) and obtaining her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins SAIS, including teaching Pyotr in one semester. Zoe released her first major analysis on BRIC de-dollarisation in Feb 2022.  Pyotr is joined by co-host Tao Tan, in the first half, where Tao challenges Zoe on areas concerning China's economic statecraft, SWIFT, or a Russia-China bloc, before Pyotr expands into the impact of Russia's invasion on the Kuril Islands, a potential Taiwan campaign and more. In the second half, the audience raises questions covering how China's BRI may be affected, as well as the possibility of vassalisation of Russia and Balkanisation of its trade or tech industries. Support the showConsidering Chipping in to Global Gambit (GG)This isn't possible without you - the listener. My goal is to bring entertaining yet enlightening content to you, make complex, technical issues more relatable to you, and enable you to engage on topics you care about and for better people from all origins or professions. So, if any of those resonate with you, consider chipping to the GG, as allows me to improve its quality and elevate the experience for you. And if you're unable able to do that - no worries. Please leave a review, or share GG. This small action has BIG impact in helping it grow and broaden its visibility to more audiences. Links Pyotr' Twitter: https://twitter.com/pkurzin?lang=en TGG Twitter: https://twitter.com/theglobalgambit Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/login?ru=%2Ftheglobalgambit Substack: https://pyotrskurzin.substack.com/ Subscribe to Substack Read as well as listen as l overthink for you: https://substack.com/@pyotrskurzinFollow The ShowX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PKurzin YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7-TPqKMViddKZeo4K2P2jg/ Support The ShowPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/theglobalgambitBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theglobalgambitLeave a quick rating—it's free, easy, and honestly, the least you can do after I've blessed your ears with such wisdom. Where would you be without me? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Outline What has the humanitarian situation been like for Ukrainian people fleeing Russia's invasion? How has the response been and how can it be improved?  How much risk is there to refugees from people trafficking and smuggling? Has there been a response from the UN and should it be making more effort to lead or coordinate? In this first episode, these questions and more are discussed by host Pyotr, as he interviews Professor Steven Schrage on the ground at the Polish-Ukraine border. Steven is a fellow at Johns Hopkins SAIS's Foreign Policy Institute (FPI), was the ex-Deputy Assistant Sec of State under Colin Powell, and Co-Chair of the G8’s Crime and Terrorism Group. The first half of the podcast sees Professor Schrage outline details on the ground, the lack of crisis management, the media's portrayal of the border, and what must change. In the second half, Steven answers audience questions, including on the threats of refugee trafficking, inconsistent treatment of different groups, and the response of the Polish government and people towards the Ukraine people. Support the showConsidering Chipping in to Global Gambit (GG)This isn't possible without you - the listener. My goal is to bring entertaining yet enlightening content to you, make complex, technical issues more relatable to you, and enable you to engage on topics you care about and for better people from all origins or professions. So, if any of those resonate with you, consider chipping to the GG, as allows me to improve its quality and elevate the experience for you. And if you're unable able to do that - no worries. Please leave a review, or share GG. This small action has BIG impact in helping it grow and broaden its visibility to more audiences. Links Pyotr' Twitter: https://twitter.com/pkurzin?lang=en TGG Twitter: https://twitter.com/theglobalgambit Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/login?ru=%2Ftheglobalgambit Substack: https://pyotrskurzin.substack.com/ Subscribe to Substack Read as well as listen as l overthink for you: https://substack.com/@pyotrskurzinFollow The ShowX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PKurzin YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7-TPqKMViddKZeo4K2P2jg/ Support The ShowPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/theglobalgambitBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theglobalgambitLeave a quick rating—it's free, easy, and honestly, the least you can do after I've blessed your ears with such wisdom. Where would you be without me? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.