TED Talks
Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue soft power
India is fast becoming a superpower, says Shashi Tharoor -- not just through trade and politics, but through "soft" power, its ability to share its culture with the world through food, music, technology, Bollywood. He argues that in the...
TED Talks
Joseph Nye: Global power shifts
Historian and diplomat Joseph Nye gives us the 30,000-foot view of the shifts in power between China and the US, and the global implications as economic, political and "soft" power shifts and moves around the globe.
Jack Rackam
The Man who Reversed 1,000 Years of History | The Life & Times of Wang Mang
Hey, hidey ho there, how ya doin, welcome to part three of this here Han dynasty trilogy. If you haven’t seen the first two I highly recommend it, if not don’t worry about it, all you need to know: This guy is Han Wudi, he ruled China...
Financial Times
All to play for: China's football revolution
Ben Bland spends a week at Guangzhou R&F football club to see for himself how the sport is growing in China
The Wall Street Journal
Gen. Mark Milley on the U.S.-China Relationship
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, discusses China's growing military capabilities and how technology is dramatically shifting the character of war and potential conflict around the world.
Press Association
Sir Keir Starmer speech on Labour's plan for the arts
Sir Keir Starmer said he cannot pretend Labour would “turn on the taps straight away” when asked how the party’s plans to boost access to the arts would be funded.
He told an audience of stakeholders and media at the Guildhall: “You...
Bloomberg
EM Small-Cap Stocks Outperform
Emerging market investors have found a winning strategy in buying shares in smaller companies. MSCI's EM small cap index has so far outperformed its large-cap cousin this year, and is on course for the second-best relative returns in the...
Bloomberg
Harvard's Nye Doesn't See a New Cold War Between U.S. and China
Joseph Nye, who served as chairman of President Bill Clinton's National Intelligence Council and is now a professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, discusses the bilateral relations between the U.S. and China. Last...
Bloomberg
Africa's Resources in Focus for U.S. and China
Nov.29 -- Amaka Anku, Africa practice head at Eurasia Group, and Sherri Goodman, senior advisor for international security at Center for Climate & Security, discuss foreign direct investment in Africa by the U.S. and China in a bid to...
Bloomberg
U.S. Tops Monocle Soft-Power Survey
Dec. 3 -- Monocle Editor Andrew Tuck and Sri-Kumar Global Strategies President Komal Sri-Kumar discuss India Central Bank independence and the Monocle Soft Power Survey on Bloomberg Surveillance. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg
U.S. Soft Power: Global Influence of the American Way
Nov. 14 -- Monocle Editor-In-Chief Tyler Brule discusses the top nations influencing the world through soft power. He speaks on The Pulse.
Press Association
Ban Ki-Moon: China took “Insufficient and inadequate” measures to contain Covid-19
Ban Ki-Moon, the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, said today that China did not take enough measures to contain the virus Covid19 spreading. He later went on to say during a press conference that he has the “full...
Bloomberg
U.S. Tempts Dollar's Fate by Going It Alone, Lazard CEO Says
Jun.07 -- Lazard CEO Ken Jacobs says the U.S. might one day become vulnerable to losing its position of having the world's reserve currency as it embarks on decision on trade and sanctions. Jacobs spoke exclusively with Bloomberg's...
Bloomberg
Kazakhstan the Country to Watch in 2015: Monocle's Tuck
Dec. 3 -- Monocle Editor Andrew Tuck and Komal Sri-Kumar, president at Sri-Kumar Global Strategies, discuss the magazines key insights on the big stories to watch in 2015. They speak on Bloomberg Surveillance.
Bloomberg
Nye: Trump Policy Could Push U.K. to Lead on Trade
Nov. 16 -- Harvard Kennedy School Professor Joseph Nye and Jim O'Neill, former U.K. Treasury Minister and former chairman at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, look at how the trade policy of U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump can affect...
Bloomberg
London's Post-Brexit Loss Is Paris's Gain, Monocle's Brule Says
Nov.12 -- Monocle Editor-in-Chief Tyler Brule discusses Brexit's impact on creative industries and why he says Paris is set to gain from the U.K.-EU divorce. He also discusses Monocle's power-ranking of global leaders' spouses in an...
Curated Video
Putin's influence could sway Serbia election
The wax museum in the Serbian city of Jagodina recently unveiled a figure of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Museum manager Jelena Bulatovic said visitor numbers have increased since the Russian leader's appearance.Putin - the...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : China moviegoers show Hollywood the money
VOICED : China moviegoers show Hollywood the money
Press Association
Ban Ki-Moon: China's initial Covid-19 efforts 'insufficient and inadequate”
Ban Ki-Moon, the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, said that China did not take enough measures to contain the virus Covid19 spreading. He later went on to say during a press conference that he has the “full confidence in...
Press Association
Harry and Meghan's change in roles could destabilise image of UK
David Haigh the Chief Executive, Brand Finance Plc says Meghan and Harry’s stepping down from royal duties could have a detrimental effect on the UK’s reputation on a global stage.
This comes as his organisation reveals a new global...
Curated Video
Colin Powell addresses World Economic Forum
1. Wide shot of stage
2. Powell walking onto stage to standing ovation
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Colin Powell, US Secretary of State
"Now I am aware, as everyone in this room is aware, that Americans and Europeans do not always see things...
Curated Video
Looking at Chinese investment in Africa ahead of Beijing summit
As China touted its close relations with Africa on Wednesday ahead of talks in Beijing with the continent's senior officials, a Chinese construction company continued to give the East African city of Nairobi a multi-million dollar face...
Bloomberg
U.K. Denies White House's Trump Wiretap Claims
Mar.17 -- U.K. intelligence agency GCHQ denied allegations that it helped U.S. President Barack Obama to spy on President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign. Bloomberg's Stephanie Baker looks at the latest developments in the Trump...
Bloomberg
China Politics Expert Shirk on Xi Jinping and Wang Yi
Sep.06 -- Susan L. Shirk is an expert on Chinese politics and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State during the Clinton administration. She is currently a professor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of...