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The Geopolitics of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict | By Dr. Aarzoo Sharma

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The Geopolitics of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict By Dr. Aarzoo Sharma " The more things change, the more they stay the same "                              - Alphonse Karr   This statement is quite correct in the context of the continuing geopolitical rivalry between US and USSR/Russia to control Eurasia despite the changing world order since US left its isolationist policy regarding European affairs and became a participant in World War I in 1917. This is due to the fact that Eurasia is considered as the key to global domination.    Geopolitical scholar Mackinder as far back as in 1904, in his book "Geographical Pivot of History" had suggested that Eurasia is the ‘heartland’ of the world. The country which controls Eurasia will control the world. Later, in 1919, Mackinder summarized his theory as following:                            " Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland;                            who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island;      

Naomi O'Leary on Ireland's Housing Crisis | Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 4 Part 4

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  Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 4 Part 4 Naomi O'Leary on Ireland's Housing Crisis Naomi O'Leary is the Europe Correspondent for The Irish Times and is also the co-host of the popular The Irish Passport podcast. Follow Naomi on: Twitter Instagram The Irish Passport Podcast is available on every streaming platform. You can also find it on https://www.theirishpassport.com . You can follow it on Twitter here . Vantage By TGT is a video series by The Global Telescope in which Vikrant Sharma, our Founder-Editor, interviews his guests who are experts in World Affairs and International Relations on a variety of subjects. Subscribe to our channel for more episodes coming soon. The Global Telescope YouTube Channel

Naomi O'Leary on Ireland and Global Corporate Tax | Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 4 Part 3

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  Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 4 Part 3 Naomi O'Leary on Ireland and Global Corporate Tax Naomi O'Leary is the Europe Correspondent for The Irish Times and is also the co-host of the popular The Irish Passport podcast. Follow Naomi on: Twitter Instagram The Irish Passport Podcast is available on every streaming platform. You can also find it on https://www.theirishpassport.com . You can follow it on Twitter here . Vantage By TGT is a video series by The Global Telescope in which Vikrant Sharma, our Founder-Editor, interviews his guests who are experts in World Affairs and International Relations on a variety of subjects. Subscribe to our channel for more episodes coming soon. The Global Telescope YouTube Channel

Naomi O'Leary on Northern Ireland and Brexit | Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 4 Part 2

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  Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 4 Part 2 Naomi O'Leary on Northern Ireland and Brexit Naomi O'Leary is the Europe Correspondent for The Irish Times and is also the co-host of the popular The Irish Passport podcast. Follow Naomi on: Twitter Instagram The Irish Passport Podcast is available on every streaming platform. You can also find it on https://www.theirishpassport.com . You can follow it on Twitter here . Vantage By TGT is a video series by The Global Telescope in which Vikrant Sharma, our Founder-Editor, interviews his guests who are experts in World Affairs and International Relations on a variety of subjects. Subscribe to our channel for more episodes coming soon. The Global Telescope YouTube Channel

Naomi O'Leary on Her Journey as a Journalist and The Irish Passport Podcast | Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 4 Part 1

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Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 4 Part 1 Naomi O'Leary on Her Journey as a Journalist and The Irish Passport Podcast Naomi O'Leary is the Europe Correspondent for The Irish Times and is also the co-host of the popular The Irish Passport podcast. Follow Naomi on: Twitter Instagram The Irish Passport Podcast is available on every streaming platform. You can also find it on https://www.theirishpassport.com . You can follow it on Twitter here . Vantage By TGT is a video series by The Global Telescope in which Vikrant Sharma, our Founder-Editor, interviews his guests who are experts in World Affairs and International Relations on a variety of subjects. Subscribe to our channel for more episodes coming soon. The Global Telescope YouTube Channel

Say No to Racism- And Divisive Politics on It | By Vikrant Sharma

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Say No to Racism- And Divisive Politics on It By Vikrant Sharma Founder-Editor, The Global Telescope There’s a general tendency in our society to term every divisive issue into a matter of the political left or the political right. This is, of course, accentuated in the modern world by the echo chambers that we inhabit on social media. If I follow a few left-leaning political writers, I will be recommended posts that describe how Brexit is going to cause a meteorite crash that will kill humans quicker than dinosaurs. If I follow a few right-leaning journalists, social media algorithms will push on me posts that claim socialists are planning to take over the world with a spear in one hand and a copy of Marx in the other. All of this is, of course, a load of biased bollocks. More often than not, however, I will believe what I am shown. Racism is not a new thing. It has existed in many different forms for centuries. From the depiction of Native Americans as savages and the brutal discrimi

Jack Hewson on His Journey as a Journalist That Led to Baghdad | Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 3 Part 1

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Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 3 Part 1 : Jack Hewson on His Journey as a Journalist That Led to Baghdad Jack Hewson is a freelance journalist and filmmaker based in Baghdad for France24, PBS NewsHour, and more. He has previously covered Indonesia and Philippines. Follow Jack at: Twitter www.jackhewson.com Vantage By TGT is a new series by The Global Telescope in which Vikrant Sharma, our Founder-Editor, interviews his guests who are experts in World Affairs and International Relations on a variety of subjects. Subscribe to our channel for more episodes coming soon. The Global Telescope YouTube Channel

Hebe Iona Campbell on Vaccine Fraud, and Anecdotes About Her Life As A Newsroom Producer | Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 2 Part 4

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  Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 2 Part 4: Hebe Iona Campbell on Vaccine Fraud, and Anecdotes About Her Life As A Newsroom Producer Hebe Iona Campbell is a Junior Producer for Euronews' specialist dis/misinformation and social media news desk The Cube. Follow Hebe on: Twitter Instagram   Vantage By TGT is a new series by The Global Telescope in which Vikrant Sharma, our Founder-Editor, interviews his guests who are experts in World Affairs and International Relations on a variety of subjects. Subscribe to our channel for more episodes coming soon. The Global Telescope YouTube Channel

Hebe Iona Campbell on Fighting Misinformation and Its Challenges | Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 2 Part 3

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  Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 2 Part 3: Hebe Iona Campbell on Fighting Misinformation and Its Challenges, including Third-Party Fact Checkers, The Limitations of Software, and More. Hebe Iona Campbell is a Junior Producer for Euronews' specialist dis/misinformation and social media news desk The Cube. Follow Hebe on: Twitter Instagram   Vantage By TGT is a new series by The Global Telescope in which Vikrant Sharma, our Founder-Editor, interviews his guests who are experts in World Affairs and International Relations on a variety of subjects. Subscribe to our channel for more episodes coming soon. The Global Telescope YouTube Channel

Hebe Iona Campbell on QAnon, Effects of Dis/Misinformation, and the Storming of the US Capitol | Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 2 Part 2

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Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 2 Part 2: Hebe Iona Campbell on QAnon, Effects of Dis/Misinformation, and the Storming of the US Capitol Hebe Iona Campbell is a Junior Producer for Euronews' specialist dis/misinformation and social media news desk The Cube. Follow Hebe on: Twitter Instagram   Vantage By TGT is a new series by The Global Telescope in which Vikrant Sharma, our Founder-Editor, interviews his guests who are experts in World Affairs and International Relations on a variety of subjects. Subscribe to our channel for more episodes coming soon. The Global Telescope YouTube Channel

Hebe Campbell on Being a Newsroom Producer, and Mis/Disinformation | Vantage By TGT Season 1 Episode 2 Part 1

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Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 2 Part 1 : Hebe Iona Campbell on College, Role of a Producer in a Newsroom, and the Difference Between Misinformation and Disinformation Hebe Iona Campbell is a Junior Producer for Euronews' specialist dis/misinformation and social media news desk The Cube. Follow Hebe on: Twitter Instagram   Vantage By TGT is a new series by The Global Telescope in which Vikrant Sharma, our Founder-Editor, interviews his guests who are experts in World Affairs and International Relations on a variety of subjects. Subscribe to our channel for more episodes coming soon. The Global Telescope YouTube Channel

Relevance of Balance of Power in the 21st Century | By Dr. Aarzoo Sharma

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Relevance of Balance of Power in the 21st Century By Dr. Aarzoo Sharma   Balance of Power is one of the oldest foundational concepts of international relations. We can find the idea in Thucydides’ ‘Peloponnesian War’, Hobbes’ ‘Leviathon’ and Kautilya’s ‘Arthshastra’. Even modern realists like EH Carr, Morgenthau and Kenneth Waltz have focused on this concept. Its status in international politics can be equated with Newton’s law of gravity in physics. The basic logic behind this realist concept is straightforward. In the Westphalian world order which is anarchic due to absence of any “world government”, each state has to rely on self help to avoid being conquered, coerced or otherwise when facing a powerful adversary. Self help requires balance of power. Balance of power can be achieved either by internal balancing or external balancing- internal balancing is the internal buildup of military capabilities as well as economic capabilities as a foundation to strengthen the military power,

Jack Parrock on Reporting on Terrorism, Refugee Camps and Brexit | Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 1 Part 3

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Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 1 Part 3: Jack Parrock on Reporting on Terrorism, Refugee Camps and Brexit. Jack Parrock is a Brussels-based correspondent and mobile journalist, working with Euronews. Alongside journalism, he is also an event moderator. Jack specialises in the working of the European Union and NATO. Follow Jack at: Instagram: instagram.com/jackeparrock Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackeparrock Website: https://jackparrock.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQWg... Vantage By TGT is a new series by The Global Telescope in which Vikrant Sharma, our Founder-Editor, interviews his guests who are experts in World Affairs and International Relations on a variety of subjects. Subscribe to our channel for more episodes coming soon. The Global Telescope is a website on Global Affairs and International Relations. Follow us: https://www.globaltelescope.in Instagram: https://instagram.com/theglobaltelescope Twitter: https://twitter.com/telescopeglobal

Jack Parrock on Contemporary Issues in the European Union and NATO | Vantage By TGT, Season 1 Episode 1 Part 2

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Vantage By TGT | Season 1 Episode 1 Part 2 Jack Parrock on Contemporary Issues in the European Union and NATO. Jack Parrock is a Brussels-based correspondent and mobile journalist, working with Euronews. Alongside journalism, he is also an event moderator. Jack specialises in the working of the European Union and NATO.    Follow Jack at:   Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackeparrock Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackeparrock Website: https://jackparrock.com/   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQWg2DyjYLBgbxjpkaEAqwA/featured      Vantage By TGT is a new series by The Global Telescope in which Vikrant Sharma, our Founder-Editor, interviews his guests who are experts in World Affairs and International Relations on a variety of subjects. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more episodes coming soon:   The Global Telescope on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN6lZ8Q-Ruplt9TDv4uxFkw