John&Jacob: How 2024's Elections are Shifting the Global Order (July 2024)

**This episode originally aired July 15th, 2024 (Video Episode Here) .We'll be back next week!--Hi Everyone! Welcome to International Intrigue's newest show: John&Jacob! Every week, Intrigue CEO and Former Australian Diplomat John Fowler and Cognitive Investments Director of Geopolitical Analysis Jacob Shapiro bring you fresh, egoless analysis of the world's most pressing stories. 2024 has been the year of global elections, and this week brought huge changes. We saw the ousting of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Tory. Party by his replacement, Keir Starmer, and the Labour Party. Marie Le Pen's far right takeover in France's parliamentary elections flopped with the most gains from the left, Iran's new president Masoud Pezeshkian may be a sign of Iran becoming more West-friendly, Japan-Philippines have signed a defense treaty that indicates growing fears of China, and it all comes together in the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington DC. Subscribe to International Intrigue, the free 5-minute global news briefing: https://www.internationalintrigue.io/ Chapters: 0:00 How 2024's Elections are Shifting the Global Order 1:00 Labour takes UK's Elections 5:02 France's Far Right 9:23 Iran's New President 14:18 Japan-Philippines Defense Pact 18:54 Washington NATO Summit 26:43 Will Biden Drop Out of the Race? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.