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14 February 2017

Market based strategies for renewable energy projects

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In his interview, Dr. Peter Wolff discusses the pillars and objectives of Germany's Marshall Plan for Africa and the need to integrate it into the global value chain. In the sphere of renewable energy, he argues that the most effective way of establishing a solid renewable sector is through market based strategies rather than government based ones. Although in some industries public private partnerships are the best measure, in others a more corporate lead approach is better.

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14 February 2017

Russia’s financial resiliency and capabilities

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In this interview Anastasia Likhacheva discusses the impact and a few of the positive externalities of the oil price drop, sanctions and counter sanctions on the Russian economy. Despite Trump’s obvious warmth towards Russia, she doesn’t foresee any major agreements signed between the two countries due to the roadblocks that can be placed by the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Senate. She further describes the role she sees Russia undertaking in Asian financial institutions like the NDB and the AIIB in the future.

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14 February 2017

Reversal of brain-drain and the importance of Innovations Clusters

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Clas Neumann in his interview envisions the new type of globalisation that the digital economy has created. The increase in distribution of work and revolution of global supply chains. He discusses the winners and losers of the changes in the H1B visa systems, specifically the brain drain reversal, and the alterations the Indian business model needs to make to adjust to these changes. He further emphasises on the idea that for technology companies to foster and develop, their closeness to "innovation clusters" is most important. And describes the role of governments in enabling the cultivating of digital spaces and digital cities.

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4 January 2017

Pakistan: deftly playing West Asia and China

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With the purchase of a 40% stake in the Pakistan Stock Exchange by a consortium of Chinese companies,China's influence in the region has expanded. That, coupled with former Pakistani Chief of Army Staff, Raheel Sharif, likely to be appointed defence advisor to the Saudi Arabia-led Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism (IMAFT), significant geopolitical changes are afoot - with Pakistan in the driver's seat.

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25 November 2016

France riding on the right-wing wave

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Olivier Da Lage, editor-in-chief at Radio France International, sat down with Gateway House to discuss the second round of the presidential primaries of the French Republican Party, and the implications of the rise of the Far Right, in France and elsewhere in Europe.

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9 November 2016

U.S. Elections: The Celebrity POTUS

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Last night, the United States voted Donald Trump to be the next President of the United States. The result reflected a similar degree of shock which previously accompanied the Brexit earlier in 2016. Ambassador Neelam Deo, in the final episode of our special podcast series, discusses what happened last night and what tomorrow will hold.

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3 November 2016

U.S. Elections: Asia bets on predictability

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With less than a week to go before the U.S. Presidential Elections, our special podcast series pivots to Asia where Ambassador Neelam Deo, Director at Gateway House, assesses the Asian perception of the election as well as which candidate is finding support across the region.

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26 October 2016

U.S. Elections: questioning the status quo

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This edited excerpt was transcribed from The Gateway House Podcast episode 'U.S. Elections: assessing its wider impact' which is a part of the special mini-series on the U.S. elections and its foreign policy implications. In this episode, Ambassador Deo talks about the wider impact that the elections will have on the race for the U.S. Congress and Senate, on American society, and on global political discourse.

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26 October 2016

U.S. Elections: assessing its wider impact

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We continue our special podcast series on the U.S. election. With less than 2 weeks to go before the election on November 8th, Ambassador Neelam Deo discusses the impact this election may have on the simultaneous race for the U.S. Congress and Senate, as well as the larger effect that this election may have on political discourse around the world.