Despite a studs and recognize ritual poor weak or strong or enemies its affecting all of us and it shows that we need to come together in order to fight this fight unfortunately the United States continues to prevent iran even from buying medicine and vaccine to buy just buy it will definitely discuss that in details but let me ask you one more question about the workings of diplomacy because from what you mentioned i understand that when it comes to you know making. Public statements or prepared statements its ok to do with online but the use still came to moscow for some reason is that because certain things that you sound sort of to discuss the only this is this is actually my 3rd visit to moscow after the corona. Breakout so there are things that you need to discuss in person. Of course we all use video. Seeing as zoom or whatever other. Platforms as out of a book but it comes to a point that you need to discuss certain things in person now under normal conditions diplomat of your
Been grappling with global interconnectedness for as long as weve been a species this book starts from our ancient past indeed our 1st migrations out of africa as modern human beings and takes us through how technological advances in agriculture in writing with alphabets in ocean navigation with the steam engine and now in our time with the digital age have reshaped this interconnectedness its quite a story of course it is the the history of humanity because we are globally interconnected in fundamental ways whether we have nationalism or not we cant help but having this interconnectedness of course a days before this book was being finalised came the pandemic a so i you quickly scrambled with a preface at the beginning to say well this is quite horrific its not the 1st time pandemics themselves have reshaped our lives as well they are also emblematic of globalisation you know we have government advisers on this show sometimes quite a quite a few but we dont have people who advised mor
A preface at the beginning to say well this is quite horrific its not the 1st time pandemics themselves have reshaped our lives as well they are also emblematic of globalization you know we have government advisers on this show sometimes quite a quite a few but we dont have people who advised more than 140 countries around the world to learn u. N. Secretary general is the big question about the pandemic of course is what is your advice to rich and poor countries grappling with a recession a depression maybe the worst in centuries my advice always which politicians dont like turn is for us to understand the situation and look around at whos doing well because in this pandemic there are a few countries that have got good under control chinas one of them. A korea to a large extent Australia New Zealand vietnam among poor countries lot b. T. R. Cambodia really amazing quite poor countries have beaten this virus down and then the United States out of control brazil out of control and so if
Afshin rattansi were going underground or whats supposed to be week 2 of julie the songes london trial from the country with one of the highest coronavirus death rates on earth coming up in the show with nato nations panicking over a Global Economic catastrophe amidst a pandemic and Climate Crisis where the Global Economy ever recover after millions of lost their jobs since the start of the 1st covidien used lockdown could coronavirus mean the end of capitalism and globalization as we know it and are our politicians really fit for purpose joining me now from new york city is the author of the ages of globalization Geography Technology and institutions and director of the Sustainable Development Solution Network professor Jeffrey Sachs of the center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University thank you so much jeffrey for coming on before i even get to the book in the past few days theres been a story that will go and did on arguably 13000 refugees on the island of les was in gre
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