Brian Winter / America’s Quarterly
It’s been a difficult decade for much of Latin America, but there are also some causes for optimism. As 2022 draws to a close, Moisés Naím, one of the region’s most respected and followed political commentators, provides an overview of where things stand. In a conversation with Brian Winter, Naím discusses the struggles of democracy, as well as recent developments in Venezuela, his home country. Naím is the author of the book The Revenge of Power, which chronicles the rise of autocratic leaders in recent years and was recently named by the New Yorker magazine as one of the best books of 2022. He is a Distinguished Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a columnist for El País and a member of Americas Quarterly’s editorial board.
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Ari Shapiro / Great Podversations
Journalist and author Moisés Naím discusses his book, "The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century" with radio host Ari Shapiro. Moisés Naím is an internationally-syndicated columnist and best-selling author. He is the chief international columnist for El País and La Repubblica, the largest daily newspapers in Spain and Italy. His columns have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Bloomberg Businessweek, Newsweek, Time, Le Monde, El Estadão, and Berliner Zeitung. Dr. Naím is a Distinguished Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC. He is the founder and Chairman of the Board of the Group of Fifty (G50), which brings together top-flight progressive Latin American business leaders, and is a member of the board of directors of several global companies. Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. Shapiro has reported from above the Arctic Circle and aboard Air Force One. He has covered wars in Iraq, Ukraine, and Israel, and he has filed stories from dozens of countries and most of the 50 states. Shapiro's reporting has been consistently recognized by his peers. He has won two national Edward R. Murrow awards, and additional awards from the Columbia Journalism Review, The American Bar Association, and the American Judges Association.
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Yascha Mounk / Persuasion
Moisés Naím is a Distinguished Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a member of the Persuasion board of advisors. He has served as Minister of Trade and Industry for Venezuela, Executive Director of the World Bank, and editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine. His latest book is The Revenge of Power.
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Peter Schechter and Muni Jensen / Altmar Podcast
Guest: Moisés Naím, internationally-syndicated columnist, best-selling author, and TV host
Was the U.S. Capitol assault an attempted coup? Yes – but what comes next matters more.
The storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6 was a national disgrace that upended America’s predictably peaceful transitions of power. It also unleashed widespread debate over classification as a coup – or if the attack was a riot, uprising, and insurrection – as U.S. citizens received a crash course on Latin America’s history of “self-coups” and worldwide assaults against democracy.
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Host Jenn White interviews Moisés Naím, Nancy Youssef & Dan Diamond / The 1A Show
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for coronavirus at a time when the nation was still reacting to recent revelations about his tax returns and the presidential debate. Protests have erupted in Venezuela over power cuts and a lack of fuel and drinking water. And the global death toll from COVID-19 crossed one million.
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Digital Conversation / Trilateral Commission Europe
With Robert Zoellick and Moisés Naím
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Host Jenn White interviews Moisés Naím, Emily Tamkin & Robert Moore / The 1A Show
Saudi Arabia has limited the number of people allowed to make the annual hajj pilgrimage due to coronavirus. Hajj typically draws up to 2.5 million Muslims from across the globe, but this year only 1,000 will be allowed. And the Palestinian Liberation Organization is calling for justice after Israeli police shot Ahmed Erekat, a 27-year-old Palestinian man.
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Tom Carver / Brink News
The latest economic data from the IMF suggests that coronavirus and the subsequent lockdowns will cause the global GDP to shrink by at least 3% this year. To get some insight into whether we might expect a quick or long recovery from that, BRINK turned to Moisés Naím, distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and chief international columnist for El País, Spain’s largest newspaper.
In the early 1990s, Naím was Venezuela’s minister of trade and industry, director of Venezuela’s Central Bank and executive director at the World Bank. BRINK’s executive editor, Tom Carver, began by asking Naím if he thought this crisis was different to anything that the global economy had had to face before.
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Paul Laudicina / Global Business Policy Council at Kearney
Host Paul Laudicina interviews Moisés Naím, author of “The End of Power.” They discuss how leaders around the world are responding to the pandemic and the new realities that are emerging: a demand for truth, a need for collaboration, and a push for honest leadership.
View our global economic outlook here. Coronavirus: A World Transformed is produced by the Global Business Policy Council at Kearney, a think tank deciphering today’s biggest changes and their effects on global business. Learn more at kearney.com/gbpc
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Fabio Cardosa / Rio Bravo
In this week's Rio Bravo Podcast, we talked with the writer Moisés Naím, one of the most read authors of today and a member of Carnegie Endowment. At the beginning of this decade, Naim published the book "O fim do poder" (The end of power), a work that addresses how new and multiple powers are changing traditional models in politics, business and the media. Since the book's release, a series of events have, on one hand, pointed to the acceleration of the transience of power and, on the other, marked the rise of new leaderships, beyond traditional politics and business. In the conversation, the writer comments on the consequences of these transformations in an environment that is increasingly hostile and complex. Speaking about the role of leaders in the coronavirus case, Moisés Naím says: "It is a matter that involves science, and it is better that doctors, statisticians and epidemiologists take care of it; and politicians should support scientists in this". The interview is in English. (Translated from original text).
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The 1A Show / Host Todd Zwillich interviews Moisés Naím, Edward Luce & Amna Nawaz
This week, The Guardian reported that an encrypted message from a number used by Saudi royal Mohammed bin Salman allegedly contained a malicious file that infiltrated the cellphone of Amazon head Jeff Bezos. Now, United Nations experts are demanding that the United States investigate the alleged hack. This allegation comes as world leaders, including President Donald Trump, met in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum. And meanwhile, the leadership crisis in Venezuela continues. Secret service agents raided the offices of opposition leader Juan Guaidó, as the Trump administration leveled additional sanctions against the current government of President Nicolás Maduro. Plus, Prince Harry departs the United Kingdom.
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UBS Center Zurich / YouTube
Populism is more than a political buzzword – it is a topic of highest sociopolitical relevance as it will form our society for years to come. We sat down with Moisés Naím to dig deeper.
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Amanda Vanstone / Counterpoint
How can Australian universities ensure that any partnerships they have with Chinese universities don't also involve the Chinese military? They use the Chinese Defence University Tracker! Why is Latin America imploding and what happens after the protests there and in Hong Kong die down? What happens next? The bin chicken is considered to be a pest to most Australians but not to the Ancient Egyptians. For them they were so much more. Right now it seems as if most of the world has taken to the streets to protest.
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Joshua Johnson & team / 1A Friday News Roundup – International
On Thursday, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted on bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges.
It comes as the U.S. faces condemnation for changing its policy on the legality of Israeli settlements. Netanyahu’s main opponent, Benny Gantz, also said he was unable to form a government, and the country could be headed for a third election in a single year.
Amnesty International says that over 100 people have been killed in Iran, following country-wide unrest over increases in fuel prices. Reporting was not immediately available to corroborate the death toll — partially because the internet has been mostly shut down in Iran.
Meanwhile, at least six people have been killed in Bolivia as the country’s political crisis continues.
We unpack those headlines, and discuss how the impeachment inquiry is affecting American foreign policy, on this week’s global News Roundup.
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Jen Psaki / The World Unpacked Podcast
Growing protests are raging across South America. From Ecuador to Bolivia to Venezuela to Chile, the region is experiencing the largest outbreak of unrest in decades.
What is prompting these protests? Why are they happening now? And what does it say about leadership in the region? To help us better understand, Moisés Naím joined Jen in the World Unpacked studio.
Go deeper: In a recent article for Foreign Affairs, Moisés explains why Latin America was primed to explode.
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The 1A Show / Interview with Moisés Naím, Courtney Kube, David Rennie & Reid Wilson
While it may seem like royal baby Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was the only news of note from around the globe this week, of course, that wasn’t the case.
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The 1A Show / Interview with Moisés Naím, Greg Myre & Susan Glasser
President Trump was in Helsinki this week, and he made headlines around the world for his lack of pushback on Vladimir Putin’s assertion that Russia did not meddle in American elections. Trump subsequently walked it back, saying he misspoke during the conference.
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The 1A Show / Interview with Moisés Naím, Krishnadev Calamur & Susan Glasser
Ireland votes today on the repeal of their Eighth Amendment, which bans almost all types of abortion. The vote comes as citizens grapple with the role of the Catholic Church in the country.
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The 1A Show / Interview with Moisés Naím, Jennifer Williams & Mark Landler
America’s Ambassador to the United Nations says North Korea’s latest missile launch brings the world closer to war.
A war criminal at The Hague dies after drinking poison in court.
And it’s been a mixed week for relations between the United States and the United Kingdom.
All this and more on the International News Roundup.
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The 1A Show / Interview with Moisés Naím, Mikhail Zygar & Kim Ghattas
President Trump visits Asia. Several Saudi Arabian princes visit prison. And we revisit a conversation about offshore tax shelters in light of the Paradise Papers.
Travel around the world with us for a look at some of the biggest stories in this week’s international news.
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