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‘The wider Middle East is eager to join hands with Israel’
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‘The wider Middle East is eager to join hands with Israel’

In this interview, Jason Isaacson, Chief Policy and Political Affairs Officer at the American Jewish Committee (AJC), shares powerful insights on the state of global Jewish security and diplomacy following the October 7 attacks, the Israel-Hamas war, and tensions with Iran. Key Discussion Points: - How Jewish communities around the world are coping with rising insecurity -The long-term impact of October 7 on Jewish identity and perception -The role of Iran and its proxies in shaping regional conflict -The future of the Abraham Accords amidst shifting alliances - What the international community can do to address antisemitism and promote peace Chapters - 0:00-0:50 Opening 0:55-6:19 Understanding Jewish identity in a complex world 7:03-10:16 War with Iran and Gaza: a turning point for the Jewish world? 11:00-17:25 Can Israel and the Gulf rebuild ties? 18:47-27:45 The globalisation of conflict: Intifada in a new world 28:34-31:59 What does security mean for Jews today? 32:04-32:52 Conclusion #JasonIsaacson #JewishSecurity #MiddleEast #AJC #IsraelGaza #Iran #AbrahamAccords #October7
India's population crisis isn't what you think | Sanjeev Sanyal
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India's population crisis isn't what you think | Sanjeev Sanyal

Sanjeev Sanyal is part of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council and is a noted economic thinker in India. He has written several books and papers on economic policy and history (especially maritime history) that have become definitive in these fields. He has been involved with the Indian government at various levels fore more than a decade, including a stint as principal economic adviser at the Ministry of Finance. One of Sanjeev's main tasks these days is to streamline government regulations and policies to make things more nimble, something often described as 'process reform'. One of the things he has become interested in, in the last few years, is Indian demographics. As he explains in the video, he has been writing contrarian papers on the demographics for a long time, and as far as Indian demographics are concerned, there is a dual problem of having fallen broadly below replacement rate (2.1) - with some regions are South Korean levels of 1.6 - and badly managed cities which give the sense of overcrowding. This means that the popular sentiment that 'India is the youngest country' is not quite true and the country will have to start thinking seriously about its demographics and where its future growth will come from. Sanjeev says what is making matters much worse is the continuance of 1980s or 60s-style 'family-planning' endeavours even though the situation today requires Indians having more children, and not less. These will have to be reimagined and pushed towards, perhaps, after-or-pre-birth support and assistance rather than encouraging people to have fewer children. Or perhaps they could just be stopped. In the video, Sanjeev also talks about why - despite the tremendous success of Indians in consultancy firms around the world - India has failed to create world-class consultancy firms in the country. This is not due to lack of talent or resources, he says, but due to a fundamental attitudinal problem, 'mental cobwebs'. Hindol and Sanjeev also talk about the 'stitched ship project' - a pet project of Sanjeev's - and how it works to develop an deeper oceanic understanding in India. In this video, Hindol Sengupta talks to Sanjeev Sanyal on, - the so-called 'demographic dividend' in India, - why India is unable to build world-class consultancies despite having all the ingredients to build such companies (hint: bureaucratic cobwebs in various industry bodies), - and why he work in building a stitched ship will develop deeper maritime consciousness in India. #demographics #demographicchange #demographicshifts #demographictrends #foreignaffairs #maritime #maritimehistory #consultancyservices #history #historyfacts #india #china #africa #europe
The plot to destroy the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor | Prof. Guy Laron
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The plot to destroy the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor | Prof. Guy Laron

Guy Laron is a historian and teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has long studied conflict in the Middle East and its causes (both apparent, and hidden). He talks to Hindol Sengupta about what he believes lies behind the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 which started the last round of intense conflict in the region including the war in Gaza, and the conflict between Iran and Israel. He says that the real aim to to derail the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) and destroy the Abraham Accords because the two were intertwined in pushing a new age of cooperation in the Middle East. Vested interests, not least China, had no interest in seeing the development of the IMEC and neither did Iran (there have been reports suggesting anxiety, irritation, and frustration at the IMEC projects both from Chinese and Iranian sources) and therefore Iranian proxies kickstarted the war. This despite the fact that India has strong relations with Iran, not least in the deep cooperation between the countries in building the Chabahar Port. There might even be a feeling that India was getting as interested in the Haifa Port of Israel as it is in Chabahar. All of this is a deadly mix and may have triggered the latest round of the deadly conflict in the region. With the decimation of nuclear facilities in Iran and the intervention of the United States, Laron says that while Iran's nuclear ambitions have not disappeared, they have been critically stalled for now. And movement on the spread Abraham Accords could be rapid in the coming months. In this interview, Professor Guy Laron speaks with Hindol Sengupta about - What happens to the IMEC corridor amid the Iran-Israel war - Could Pakistan, Iran, and China form a new axis? - Will Iran’s internal crisis reshape Gaza and Hamas? - The challenges Israel faces in fighting wars on multiple fronts, - China’s growing interest in Iran and what that means for the Indo-Pacific, - The limits of Israel’s military strength. Chapters- 0:00-0:45 Opening 1:30-7:54 Conspiracy to derail the IMEC? 8:43-12:37 Are Hamas and Hezbollah trying to stop the IMEC? 13:27-18:02 The return of the Abraham Accords? 18:56-24:04 Gaza: The endgame and political dynamics 25:07-28:10 After Iran: Can Gaza’s conflict landscape change? 27:53-31:46 China, Iran and the shifting balance in Asia 32:26-35:15 Is regime change possible in Iran? 37:17-40:01 The challenges of Israel’s political landscape 40:04-40:52 Closing #gaza #israel #iran #iranisraelwar #explorepage #viralvideo #news #interview #globalorder #israelnews #iran #imec #israel #india #corridor #economy #trade #commerce #conflict #trump #america #europe #us #abrahamaccords
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