En este episodio de Plaza Central, Patricia Vásquez, global fellow del Programa Latinoamericano del Wilson Center, explora con Matías Kulfas, ministro de desarrollo productivo de Argentina, las crecientes inversiones en el codiciado sector del litio y el papel de este mineral en la transición global hacia energías limpias.

Bradley Jardine joins us to discuss his new publication, The Great Wall of Steel - https://www.wilsoncenter.org/book/great-wall-steel

For years, the international community has known about China's treatment of Uyghurs within China, particularly in Xinjiang Province.  But here for the first time, the campaign against the Uyghurs beyond China's borders is documented.

Ambassador Mark Green spoke with “Times Radio Breakfast” about the downstream impacts of the war in Ukraine, including worsening food insecurity in Africa. “We need to think about the downstream impacts. So for example, right now in many parts of Africa, farmers are going into their fields and planting—it’s planting season—but they’re doing so without fertilizer, because so much of the fertilizer comes from Ukraine and that part of the world. And so what we’re really looking at some months from now, we’ll see yields will be down, prices will be up, shortages will be up.”

On this episode of the Riyada podcast, host Merissa Khurma spoke with Amro Abu-Hmaidan about the vibrant sector of Ed-Tech – the use of technology for the purpose of teaching and learning – in the MENA region. Amro, an entrepreneur with over 13 years of experience in tech-based businesses, founded 3asafeer (meaning ‘birds’ in Arabic) in 2014, a platform where kids can read quality content in the form of compelling stories in Arabic for free.

As the Ready to Launch series, a joint collaboration between Riyada and Amman-based podcast The Straight Up Start Up, comes to a close, Merissa Khurma interviews co-host Rajae Sahouri about his key takeaways. Over the last six months, Merissa and Rajae interviewed 19 entrepreneurs and stakeholders in MENA’s entrepreneurship ecosystem to better understand its evolution and trajectory. Tune in to this conversation on Rajae’s impression and his next steps.

Scott Reid, the kid from Prince Edward County, talks about how he found himself in the Oval Office, his adventures in Canadian politics, and his work on a new book chronicling the relationships between Presidents and Prime Ministers through history.  This is the first of two episodes on “With Faith & Goodwill,” a passion project of Canusa Street co-host Scotty Greenwood.  The second episode will feature the co-editor and Kingston historian Art Milnes.

In this episode of Plaza Central, host Benjamin Gedan speaks with Charles Seville, senior director and co-head of Americas Sovereign Ratings at Fitch Ratings, about the economic impacts in Latin America of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

For hundreds of years, the Columbia River has served as a major resource for First Nations and Indigenous communities in the Columbia Basin. As Canada and the United States renegotiate the treaty that governs usage of the River, Indigenous participation and representation in the process is paramount. This week on Canusa Street, Scotty and Chris are joined by Nathan Matthew, Secwépemc representative to the Columbia River Treaty negotiations.

In May, the Riyada podcast will explore the future of education and Edtech in the MENA region. To kick it off, Arwa Shafi and Haitham Al Humsi from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) discuss the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Saudi Arabia, and many opportunities available to young innovators.

This episode features the work of Beirut-based Berytech, an ecosystem for entrepreneurs that provides a dynamic environment for startups and SMEs, fostering innovation, technology and entrepreneurship in Lebanon. Co-hosts Merissa Khurma and Rajae Sahouri spoke with Krystel Khalil, Berytech Programs Director, and Patrick El Zoghbi, an entrepreneur and beneficiary of two programs at Berytech.