Dec 23, 2017
At every stop along President Trump’s state visit to Asia in November, he said the U.S. and its allies were stepping up pressure on North Korea. But months on, it seems not much has changed.
In conversation with Cheon Seong-Whun this week we’re taking a step back to consider if we’re looking at North Korea all...
Nov 5, 2017
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has just returned from a big trip to Africa. She visited refugee camps South Sudan, famine victims in Ethiopia, and in Congo, she insisted that long-postponed elections finally be held. Upon her return to New York, she announced $60 million in US funding to create an anti-terror fighting...
Oct 19, 2017
U.S. stock market keep on hitting record highs. New technology promises to make us more connected, as medical breakthroughs raise hopes of better, longer lives.
And yet by most accounts global wealth is as concentrated as ever. the psychological downsides of technology get more press than their benefits and expensive...
Oct 12, 2017
When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.N. General Assembly last month he said Israel’s global standing has never been higher:
“After 70 years, the world is embracing Israel, and Israel is embracing the world.”
Netanyahu said relations with the US are at new highs, and that in the past year he’d...
Oct 5, 2017
Earlier this month, Facebook said it was handing over information about suspicious advertising purchases made on its network by Russian companies and individuals. The disclosure raises questions about whether the world’s largest social networks were used to influence the 2016 election.
This week on “Wake” we’re...