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China Doing Sweden

China Doing Sweden

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Ruijie Li from China and Dennis Strömberg from Sweden is a couple which are living in Stockholm, Sweden. Confusion, misunderstandings and cultural clashes occurs all the time with us. How does a Chinese see the things happening in the western World and what is really going on in China? We talk about the difference we see in culture, media and among our selfs.
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The Wright Report

Bryan Dean Wright

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Former CIA Officer Bryan Dean Wright is back! The Wright Report is a morning news podcast, with updates from America and around the world. Bryan tracks down current events that others don't, and helps us understand why these developments are so important. Plus, he provides analysis based on his experiences as an Intelligence Officer, leaning on facts and data. As always, he leaves listeners with the ultimate decision of what to think about the issues -- and what we ought to do about them. Th ...
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Lowy Institute

Lowy Institute

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The Lowy Institute is a leading international think tank that looks at the world from Australia’s perspective. This channel aggregates audio from across all of our event and podcast channels.
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we tease: Rising Republican Identification: New data shows more Americans are identifying as Republicans than Democrats, a trend not seen in over …
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As the United States approaches a pivotal presidential election in November, populism is on the rise and key tenets of American democracy are being tested. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is preparing for two very different versions of the superpower. ‍Dr Michael Dimock, the President of Pew Research Center, joins the Lowy Institute's Ryan Neelam …
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Election Day Terror Plot: An Afghan national, brought to the U.S. under a special visa, was arrested in Oklahoma for plotting a terror a…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: The Real Jobs Report: Media outlets celebrated the September jobs report, but we uncover hidden details that suggest the data may be inc…
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With less than a month to go before one of the most consequential presidential elections in US history, Lowy Institute experts Lydia Khalil, Hervé Lemahieu and Sam Roggeveen sit down to discuss what a potential Trump or Harris administration would mean for the United States and its relationships with allies and adversaries. Drawing on two recently …
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Hurricane Milton Approaches Florida: Another storm, Hurricane Milton, heads toward Florida, raising concerns as the region is still reel…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Hurricane Helene Aftermath: Rescue efforts face delays as the Biden-Harris administration clashes with private aid groups, restricting d…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Biden-Harris Administration’s FEMA Funding Confusion: Officials claim there’s not enough money for Hurricane Helene victims, but the fac…
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The soundness of military strategy and the nimbleness with which strategy can adapt to unforeseen circumstances are the two most important factors in deciding victory or defeat. This is the clearest lesson to emerge from the Ukraine war, argues Mick Ryan, one of the most quoted and influential military experts on the conflict. ‍ We heard from Mick …
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Iran Launches Missile Attack on Israel: Hundreds of missiles were fired at Israel yesterday, with most missing their targets or causing …
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Port Strike Begins: A massive labor strike at ports along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts has officially begun, potentially disrupting sup…
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In this episode, we delve into the United Nations Loss and Damage Fund, the most concrete effort to address restitution for those impacted by climate change. As the recently appointed board begins crafting a global fund to financially support climate victims, much remains unresolved, including complex questions about who is eligible for money and h…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Criminal Aliens on U.S. Streets: Shocking data from ICE reveals that hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens convicted of serious crimes…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Labor Strike Looms: The U.S. East Coast braces for a major port strike set to begin on October 1st, with widespread economic implication…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: NYC Mayor Indicted: New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces a federal corruption indictment, with potential ties to his ongoing feud with t…
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Monday 16 September 2024‍ Indonesia is in the countdown to the October presidential transition from Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to Prabowo Subianto, who won a decisive victory in the April presidential election. Hugely ambitious and popular, Jokowi leaves a complex legacy, including strained democratic institutions, the politicisation of the police and mi…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Crime Statistics Debate: The FBI reports that crime is down, but CNN and other sources question the accuracy, pointing to data manipulat…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Middle East Tensions Escalate: U.S. forces are being deployed as Israel ramps up attacks on Hezbollah, targeting over 1,300 sites in Leb…
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Each year, the Lowy Institute’s Asia Power Index (API) provides the authoritative guide to the distribution of power in Asia. In the first of a three part series on the API, index authors Susannah Patton, Jack Sato and Hervé Lemahieu discuss the findings of the latest edition, including the outlook for US-China competition, the relative influence o…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Secret Service Under Scrutiny: The U.S. Secret Service is under fire for its mishandling of the July assassination attempt on Donald Tru…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Explore SurfShark — For anti-virus and VPN protection: surfshark.com/TWR Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Teamsters Snub Kamala Harris: The powerful Teamsters Union refu…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Explore SurfShark — For anti-virus and VPN protection: surfshark.com/TWR Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Hezbollah Hit Again: Explosive Devices in Radios: A new wave of…
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Dmitri Alperovitch is the author of World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century. In this Lowy Institute Conversation, he talks with Sam Roggeveen about China’s ambitions, why Taiwan is so important, the military balance in Asia, and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Explore SurfShark — For anti-virus and VPN protection: surfshark.com/TWR Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Explosive Attack on Hezbollah: Thousands of Hezbollah fighters …
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Explore SurfShark — For anti-virus and VPN protection: surfshark.com/TWR Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump: New details emerge on th…
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Dmitri Alperovitch is the author of World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century. In this Lowy Institute Conversation, he talks with Sam Roggeveen about China’s ambitions, why Taiwan is so important, the military balance in Asia, and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Explore SurfShark — For anti-virus and VPN protection: surfshark.com/TWR Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Assassination Attempts on Donald Trump: Two separate attempts o…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Explore SurfShark — For anti-virus and VPN protection: surfshark.com/TWR Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we cover: Foreign Influence in U.S. Elections: UK Prime Minister Keir Sta…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Explore SurfShark — For anti-virus and VPN protection: surfshark.com/TWR Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode: Inflation Woes: August inflation rises, housing costs soar, and food pric…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Explore SurfShark — For anti-virus and VPN protection: surfshark.com/TWR Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we review last night’s U.S. presidential debate between Donald Trump and …
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Explore SurfShark — For anti-virus and VPN protection: surfshark.com/TWR Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today’s episode, we take a trip around the globe, highlighting the international and domes…
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On Tuesday 10 September we had a conversation with the President of the World Bank Group, Ajay Banga, on key global economic challenges, what this means for Australia and the Asia-Pacific, and how the World Bank, governments, private sector, and civil society can work together to make the investments needed to end poverty and boost shared prosperit…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Explore SurfShark — For anti-virus and VPN protection: surfshark.com/TWR Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world on The Wright Report. In today’s special edition, we take a deep dive into what life would be …
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world on The Wright Report. In this episode, we cover: Georgia School Shooting Update: New developments in the tragic school shooting at Apalachee High School, including the…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world on The Wright Report. In this episode, we cover: School Shooting in Georgia: A tragic school shooting in Georgia has left four dead and nine injured. We explore the ba…
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On Tuesday 3 September 2024 we had a conversation with Sean Turnell about his latest book, Best Laid Plans, a unique first-hand account of the radical reforms implemented in Myanmar under the ill-fated civilian government of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. These reforms, designed both to turn around Myanmar’s dire economy and lay the economic foundations for…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world on The Wright Report. In this episode, we cover: China’s Covert Operations in the U.S.: The arrest of a Chinese spy in New York exposes a deeper infiltration into Amer…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world on The Wright Report. In this episode, we cover: Wages Falling for Blue-Collar Workers: New data reveals significant wage drops for blue-collar workers due to the infl…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) | PodFollow Bryan Dean Wright is here with a quick update. He’s pumped about the show's growing fan base and gives a sneak peek into the hot topics of the week: the impact of illegal immigration on your paycheck, Trump’s tariffs, and the latest drama from Israel to China. Whether you’re r…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world on The Wright Report. In this episode, we cover: U.S. Presidential Election: Analysis of Kamala Harris’s recent CNN interview and the implications of her policy positi…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world on The Wright Report. In this episode, we cover: Brazil’s Farm Fires: Criminal syndicate PCC sets fires to Brazilian farmland, risking global economic impacts and U.S.…
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From deals on policing in Solomon Islands to building parliamentary complexes in Vanuatu, China’s outreach and activities in the Pacific Islands region appear indefatigable. In the words of Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Canberra and its partners are locked in a "state of permanent contest" with Beijing over influence in the region. Previously underv…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world on The Wright Report. In this episode, we cover: Zuckerberg's Censorship Claims: Mark Zuckerberg states that the Biden-Harris administration pressured Facebook to cens…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world on The Wright Report. In this episode, we cover: California's Housing Controversy: Discover how California Democrats, with Kamala Harris, are pushing to help illegal a…
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Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant leads the world’s first government regulatory agency committed to keeping its citizens safer online. While her appointment is domestic, the internet is global. In this episode of Conversations, the Lowy Institute’s Lydia Khalil talks with Inman Grant about what she learned from her previous experien…
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Eminent military historian and strategist Sir Lawrence Freedman talks with the Lowy Institute’s Sam Roggeveen about whether there is a plausible path towards peace or a ceasefire, the implications of a Trump Administration on support for Ukraine’s war effort, whether Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian civilian targets are working, and innovations on the…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world on The Wright Report. In this episode, we cover: Middle East Tensions: A detailed analysis of the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the …
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, on today's episode of The Wright Report for a fast-paced Friday Headline Brief, where we dive into the biggest stories shaping America and the world. In this episode, Bryan covers: U.S. Presidential Politics: A deep dive into Kamala H…
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Thursday 15 August 2024 The Lowy Institute was delighted to host the Rt Hon Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, for a special foreign policy address on Thursday 15 August. Rt Hon Christopher Luxon is the 42nd Prime Minister of New Zealand. Since coming to power in October 2023, Prime Minister Luxon has focused closely on issues of for…
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Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world on The Wright Report. In this episode, we cover: Shocking Job Numbers Revision: The Biden Administration admits to overcounting job numbers by 818K, with potential imp…
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