RoozCast

RoozCast

By Roozbeh AliabadiNews
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RoozCast episodes

  • From 1989 to 2019

    The world has changed since the fall of the Berlin Wall.  It's a world that is much more wealthy and free than it was before the wall fell, but it's also a world where nationalism is growing, a new global competition is emerging between the US and China, and freedom is frailer than we thought thirty years ago.

    6 min
  • Turmoil in Bolivia

    Latin America's longest-serving president is now out and seeking asylum in Mexico.  Bolivia's passionate leftwing President Evo Morales quit, after weeks of frequently intense protests over his plausible bid to rig last month's presidential elections.

    5 min
  • What is happening in Latin America?

    All over the world, people are hitting the streets to demand changes from their governments. But one region where dissatisfaction with current leaders seems particularly widespread at the moment is Latin America. 

    6 min
  • November 2020, US Election and Cyber Trouble

    It's just over 12 months until the US presidential election.  November of 2020.  Yes, Mr. Trump has been the president of the United States and the Commander of Chief for almost three years.  So, how are we feeling? Well, maybe just a bit on edge? Good, because against a tense geopolitical backdrop, and with an impeachment drama playing out in the House of Representatives - as we are recording this podcasts, a series of recent headlines have left me - as of again, recording of this podcast, concerned that we could be heading for a perfect storm…of election interference and other cyber troubles.

    7 min
  • 120 Hours in Syria
    In this episode, we'll be talking about President Trump's letter to President Erdogan.  An extremely strange, unique, disturbing, funny letter of warning about the consequences of continuing Turkey's invasion of Syria.
    7 min
  • Miscalculation in Syria

    In this episode we look at how Syria is quickly turning into US President Donald Trump's most important foreign policy mistake to date and we are almost three years into his presidency and a year away from the presidential election. It's looking like it might be for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, too.  Yes, a big foreign policy error.

    6 min
  • China's 70th Anniversary
    This week Chinese President Xi Jinping oversaw a huge celebration of that moment - PRC's 70th birthday, highlighting tens of thousands of performers and troops, hundreds of tanks, planes and other military vehicles and even, it seems, a new nuclear weapon that can reach any place on the planet.  China is a country that rose from poverty, war, and external subjugation to become the world's second-largest economy, a leading force in science and technology, and a strong contender for 21st century superpower status - mostly likely getting ahead of the US.
    5 min
  • Impeachment Inquiry and US Foreign Policy

    I was a very busy week in Washington.  What happened?  The impeachment of President Trump has now begun. Investigators will now try to determine whether Mr. Trump attempted to pressure Ukraine's president into providing damaging information on former US vice president (and current presidential candidate) Joe Biden and his son Hunter in order to help Trump win the 2020 election.

    9 min

About RoozCast

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Roozbeh Aliabadi is an advisor and commentator on geopolitical risk and geoeconomics, particularly the Middle East and Asia. He is an advisory partner in the global advisory practice at GGA, a…