Political Bark

By Sophie MatlaryNews Politics

Political Bark episodes

July 30, 2020 The Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2020: a conversation with Ambassador Hesham Youssef from the United States Institute for Peace
In this episode of Political Bark, I have the pleasure of speaking with Ambassador Youssef, currently in Washington D.C (See bio below).
I ask about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, especially in regards to Prime Minister Netanyahu's annexation plans. What are the international stances on the annexation? How are France, Germany, Jordan and Egypt forming a never before seen "New Quartet" , asking for more negotiations instead of a escalation of the conflict; and what are the possible future scenarios for the conflict; is there any way to achieve lasting peace, perhaps modeled on the peace agreements between Egypt-Israel or Jordan-Israel? Find out in today's episode.
Biography:
Ambassador Hesham Youssef was a career diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt. From 2014-2019, he served as Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian, Cultural and Social Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and completed his term in July 2019. From 2001-2014, he served as a senior official in the Arab League, as Official Spokesman and later the Chief of Staff to Secretary General Amr Moussa from 2003- 2011. From 2012-2014, Mr. Youssef was a Senior Advisor to the Secretary General of the Arab League, Dr. Nabil Elaraby, on issues pertaining to crisis management as well as the reform of the Arab League.
Amb. Youssef has worked extensively on conflict resolution in the Middle East and in particular the Arab Israeli conflict, reconciliation in Iraq and the situation in Sudan. He has written several papers on reform in the Arab world and focused in the last five years on fragility and the humanitarian situation in the Islamic world, in particular in Somalia, the Palestinian Territories, Chad, Niger and Myanmar.
Amb. Youssef joined the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in 1985. He was posted to the Egyptian Embassy in Canada (1988-1992) and the Egyptian Mission in Geneva where he focused on economic and trade issues in the United Nations and the World Trade Organization (1995-1999). He was a member of the Cabinet of the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs in the periods 1992-1995 and 1999-2001.
37 min
July 19, 2020 On Libya 2020: A conversation with top journalist in the Middle-East, Mr. Abdallah El Senawi
Libya is a battlefield, and many fear that it is becoming the new Syria.
What was Libya like during Qaddafi's rule? Some say it was a lot better than the chaos that has taken it today, others say external involvement was necessary. What was President Sarkozy and Berlusconi's roles, and why were they so involved? Who is General Haftar, and what local support does he have in Libya? What are President Erdogans motives in Libya? And perhaps more nerve-wrecking today - will there be a rapid escalation in Libya - pushing the country into an even more disastrous war?
Find out in this week's episode of Political Bark.
translator: Nouredine El-Senawi
31 min
July 09, 2020 Migration to Israel: Before and today. We speak with H.E Ambassador to Israel in Norway, Alon Roth.
In this week’s episode we ask the Israeli Ambassador to Norway, H.E Ambassador Alon Roth about migration: models, waves and integration, both before and today to Israel - and why migration to Israel is succesful. Where did the first migrants come from, how did the integration occur, does one have to be of Jewish religion to migrate to Israel today? Tune in for an interesting and pleasant conversation about a sometimes disputed topic.
48 min
July 03, 2020 Benjamin Haddad: Expert on transatlantic relations; the EU & the US, what next?
We had the pleasure of speaking with Benjamin Haddad, French Scholar and head of the Future Europe Initative for the Washington Based think tank «Atlantic Council». Haddad is originally French and was the Washington DC representative of Emmanuel Macron’s movement En Marche in 2017.
32 min
June 26, 2020 Morten Jentoft: NRK-correspondent in Moskva, Norwegian-Russian relations, and his latest book on the espionage case involving Frode Berg
In this episode of Political Bark, we speak with Morten Jentoft, who is NRK´s Moskva correspondent (the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company) since the 80´s.
We enjoy a very interesting conversation about Russia before and today, as well as Norwegian-Russian relations, cultural and historical similarities as well as differences, and ask questions about his latest book: On the espionage case involving the Norwegian man Frode Berg, released not long ago from prison.
39 min
June 15, 2020 On Turkey´s foreign policy and NATO relations as well as leadership during uncertain times
In this episode of Political Bark we speak with professor Balkan Devlen, professor in Political Science specializing in forecasting of political change and events in society. We analyze Turkey in the Middle-East and on the world scene, specifically asking about President Erdogan´s next move with regards to allies and neighbors. We also learn more about the task of forecasting and probability calculations. Tune in!
44 min
June 07, 2020 Conversation with his Excellency Mister Amr Ramadan, Egyptian Ambassador to Norway: On covid19, China and international politics, ethnicity and race
Political Bark is thankful for this informing conversation with Ambassador Amr Ramadan as we hear new thoughts on China and international relations (trade-relations, political, economic and cultural), about the Covid19 situation in Egypt, Egyptian-Norwegian relations, as well as on ethnicity and race in Egypt - with reference to the ongoing protests in the US (#black lives matter). Note that after the episode is over, we have added a top of the charts Egyptian summer song, 3 Daqat - Abu Ft. Yousra ثلاث دقات - أبو و يسرا for a little introduction to summer in Egypt, enjoy!
1 hr 2 min
June 04, 2020 Political Bark together with Anita Krohn Traaseth on the issue of change: How to tackle it, predict, and manage it effectively
Political Bark is very excited to speak with Anita Khron Traaseth in this weeks episode about "Change".
Anita is a member of the European Innovation Council Advisory Board (EIC) and former CEO of Innovation Norway and HP Norway. She is a business manager and writer, and started her career as a traineed for IBM in 1996. She has received several awards for her work there, and is a big name both in business and in Norwegian society. In 2014 she published the book "God Nok for De Svina" (Good enough for those pigs): A leaders thoughts on courage, vunerabiilty, and cedibility.
She also has her own podcast, with the same name, to be found here: https://podtail.com/no/podcast/godt-nok-for-de-svina-en-mentorpodkast/
With Anita, we speak about change, how to effectively manage and tackle change, as well as how different people (especially men and women) react to change. We also touch upon the importance of good leadership when it comes to driving an organization through big change, where Anita draws upon her experience from Innovation Norway and HP.

(picture: Tore Sætre)

45 min
May 27, 2020 On business, entrepreneurship, women and the Middle-East: A conversation with a female entrepreneur and businesswoman in Cairo, Egypt
In this episode, Political Bark has a video-conversation with Miss Passand El Hammami, an entrepreneur, business owner and start-up success-story, with her brand and Cafe, Sea Salt Bakery http://www.seasaltbakery.com/
This episode is not an podcast episode, but a video one, so it is shared on our instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/politicalbark/ and Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Political-Bark-100229255000866
Passand gives an authentic and truthful insight into her life as a business owner in the Middle East, highlighting her challenges as a woman, but also how her hardships again turned fruitful, as she invested in her dream, Seasalt Bakery.
1 min
May 19, 2020 On the coverage of right wing extremism in Norway: Are we biased?
In this week´s episode of Political Bark we discuss right wing terrorism and how we talk about right wing terrorists. With us, we have Bjørn Ihler, Utøya survivor, peace activist, and part of the Kofi Annan "Extreme Together" foundation, that works on combatting terrorism. Ihler gives us the necessary perspectives and explanations as to why some are called terrorists, while others are called "shooters".
We dicuss this from a Norwegian perspective, however draw on examples and numbers from the US.
We try to ask and understand why there is a bias in media and elsewhere in the coverage of right wing terrorism. Photo: Erik Roseth
50 min

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Launched in 2020, Political Bark is a podcast about politics and events in society streamed weekly. It tackles political issues from a variety of perspectives, especially highlighting a international and global approach to local events.