Podcast / American Prestige / Nov 15, 2024

World News Roundup: UN Climate Summit, Palestine, and Japan

On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe.

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UN Petrol State Climate Summit, Israel Ready to Annex Palestinian Territories, Japanese PM Remains in Power | American Prestige
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On this episode of American Prestige, your weekly news roundup. This week: struggles at the UN COP29 climate change conference (1:48), not the least of which is the incoming climate denier president of the US (5:45); in Israel-Palestine, the US doesn't follow through on its 30-day humanitarian aid deadline (7:57), Trump appointments signal imminent formal annexation of Palestinian territories (12:24), and Qatar withdraws from ceasefire talks (16:48); in Lebanon, Israel is working on a ceasefire as a "gift" for Trump (18:33); Xi and Biden to meet in China (21:35); the Japanese government survives a confirmation vote (23: 45); a new report on horrifying death toll figures in the Sudan war (25:48); in Russia-Ukraine, Russia pushers to retake Kursk (28:01) while Europe and Ukraine show new flexibility to exchange land for a peace deal (30:25); Germany prepares for a snap election in February in the wake of the government coalition collapsing (32:38); in Haiti, the transitional council fires the PM (34:44) while the US bans flights there (36:15); and Trump announces a number of new appointments for his second term (37:35).

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Smoke billows from Beirut’s southern suburb following an Israeli bombing, on November 12, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah.

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On this edition of American Prestige’s world news roundup: struggles at the UN COP29 climate change conference (1:48), the US’s failure to follow through on its 30-day humanitarian aid deadline for Palestine (7:57), Trump appointments that signal imminent formal annexation of Palestinian territories (12:24), and Qatar’s withdrawal from ceasefire talks (16:48). Israeli efforts for a ceasefire in Lebanon as a “gift” for Trump (18:33); Xi and Biden’s upcoming meeting in China (21:35); the Japanese government’s survival of a confirmation vote (23: 45); a new report on horrifying death toll figures in the Sudan war (25:48); in Russia-Ukraine, Russia pushers on the verge of retaking Kursk (28:01) and indications from Europe and Ukraine of new flexibility in negotiations over exchanging land for a peace deal (30:25); Germany’s preparation for a snap election in February in the wake of the government coalition’s collapse (32:38); and in Haiti, the firing of the PM by the transitional council (34:44) and a US ban on flights there (36:15).

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The Party of Chaos w/ Paul Heideman | American Prestige
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Danny and Derek welcome to the show writer Paul Heideman to talk about the transformation of the Republican Party from the main party of business interests to a fragmented, personality-driven coalition. They discuss the historical relationship between Republicans and capital, the disorganization of American employers, the political economy of the 1970s crisis, Reagan-era fragmentation, Gingrich and fundraising, globalization and bipartisan neoliberalism in the 1990s, the Koch network and Tea Party, Republicanism after Romney, the conditions that enabled Trump’s rise, and much more.

Read Paul’s book Rogue Elephant: How Republicans Went from the Party of Business to the Party of Chaos.

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Daniel Bessner

Daniel Bessner is an historian of US foreign relations, and cohost of American Prestige, a podcast on international affairs.

Derek Davison

Derek Davison is a writer and analyst specializing in international affairs and US foreign policy. He is the publisher of the Foreign Exchanges newsletter, cohost of the American Prestige podcast, and former editor of LobeLog.

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