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The European Union has its own language that European politicians understand. Inside the EU bubble, there is a variety of terms that sound like aliens speak to the average listener. In this series, we are going to decode these terms one by one so that you too can understand the EU's special language and this will give you a greater understanding of the EU itself. The next term is European institutions. The European institutions serve as the governing bodies of the European Union structured under article 13 of the treaty on European Unio…
Interview with Ambassador Alan Baker: Inside the Drafting Room of the Oslo Accords Erika Grey: My guest today is Ambassador Alan Baker . Ambassador Baker served as the chief legal adviser to Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as Israel's ambassador to Canada, and crucially, he was one of the original legal drafters of the historic Oslo Accords. Across Europe and the United Nations, leaders continuously cite the Oslo framework to justify their push for a two-state mandate. But what do the actual legal agreements say? And why are B…
When it comes to Israel, there is an enormous amount of competing information in the news. At the heart of the conflict are two fundamentally opposing narratives over the land. One affirms the Jewish people's right to self-determination in the state of Israel. One affirms the Jewish people's right to self-defense in the state of Israel. The other rejects or challenges Israel's legitimacy and maintains that the land rightfully belongs to the Arab people. This conflict extends far beyond the battlefield. It is fought in the interna…
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde recently spoke before the European Parliament with a distressed look on her face. The headline summarizing her speech stated that the EU is falling behind the US on AI investment. She called for AI sovereignty. What is AI sovereignty? Stay tuned for the details. As I talked about in a previous broadcast, sovereignty is an EU buzzword and it is being used in all EU dimensions and Lagarde called for it regarding AI supremacy. "For Europe, the direction of travel is equally clear. We must cr…
When the US-Greenland deal was announced, it wasn’t just about the Arctic. It was Washington’s retaliatory strike against the European Union’s threats and economic ambitions. Behind closed doors, European leaders had threatened their ultimate "trade bazooka," but Washington bypassed Brussels entirely and poked Europa’s bull. Here is what really happened behind the scenes. The Background & The Davos Showdown It began when Donald Trump attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. During that address and …
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