RoozCast

RoozCast

By Roozbeh AliabadiNews
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RoozCast episodes

  • US and China in 2019 (Technology and Geopolitics)

    In 2018 - last year, the growing overlap between geopolitics and technology became evident in two big narratives: first, a new Cold War-style confrontation between the US and China over the future of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence and the second is a broad backlash against the growing power of digital technology firms and companies.

    6 min
  • United States in 2018 and what to look for in 2019

    In 2018, the disruptive style of President Donald Trump continued to drive politics in the United States, while a long-running economic expansion started to show signs of weakness. In this episode, we will look at the most significant political story of 2018 in the United States.  I will also talk about what I consider big political development to watch out for in 2019 and more importantly, we look at the why.

    6 min
  • China from 1978 to 2018.
    Earlier this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech to celebrate an economic experiment that drove one of the most staggering stories of economic growth in human history.
    5 min
  • The future of US-China trade and more? Just watch what happens to Huawei
    Future of China and US Relations? Just watch Huawei
    Trade negotiations between the US and China took another step forward yesterday, with the Chinese taking steps to lower tariffs on US automobiles. The move further eases tensions after Presidents Trump and Xi declared a “trade truce” in Buenos Aires earlier this month.
    In the background, though, a diplomatic and legal spat is unfolding that could prove far more consequential for the future of trade talks, and potentially the broader US-China relationship.
    6 min
  • Huawei in the Middle of US-China Politics
    Even as President Trump and President Xi were negotiating to temporarily freeze tariff hikes last weekend in Buenos Aires Argentina on the sideline of G20 Summit, Canadian authorities arrested Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, in connection with an ongoing US Justice Department investigation into the Chinese networking equipment giant.
    3 min
  • Climate Change and Domestic Politics
    his week, diplomats from around the world have gathered in Poland to put the 2015 Paris climate accord into practice. The pact, which doesn’t come into force until 2020, is based on the voluntary commitments of over 190 countries to cut their emissions.
    4 min
  • Battle for France's Future
    Earlier this week, the French government suspended a proposed hike in carbon taxes among an increasing wave of protests and violence across the country. The about-face is a major defeat for President Macron, who took power over a year ago on the promise to take on France ’s political and economic institutions.
    3 min
  • Watch out for Xi and Trump 3rd Date at G20
    Their first date; I'm talking about Xi Jinping of China and Donald Trump of the US, they met at Mar-A-Lago, Donald Trump’s famous Florida resort and golf course. If you remember, the main news from that first meeting of Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in March 2017 came from Trump’s dinnertime launch of Tomahawk missiles at Syria’s military to punish Bashar Asad's use of chemical weapons.
    5 min
  • From LTE to 5G, A New Race Between China and the US
    This weekend, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to meet on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires - Argentina. They’ll talk- of course - tariffs, fight over soybeans, and maybe even make a “deal” to ease a trade spat that’s seen the imposition of disciplinary tariffs on over $360 billion worth of goods so far.
    6 min
  • Putin's New Move
    Over the weekend - as we celebrated Thanksgiving Holiday in the United States and of course Black Friday, Russian naval forces captured and detained number Ukrainian ships after firing on them in the Kerch Strait, which is a narrow bit of disputed waters linking the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov on the Russo-Ukrainian border. Ok, This is a major escalation between the two countries, who have been locked in an armed conflict for almost four years and since 2014.
    6 min

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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…