Out of Order
by The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Out of Order is a German Marshall Fund podcast about how our world was, is, and will be ordered. From the way the pandemic is shaping geopolitics; to the dark side of tech for democracy; to the political movements, elections and uprisings changing global governance; the podcast brings together international experts from inside and outside of GMF to help us understand our disordered world.In addition to Out of Order episodes, GMF also produces topical mini-series including Post-Pandemic Order and Frontlines of Democracy. All of GMF’s podcast content, along with audio from select special events, can be found in the Out of Order stream. For more information on the German Marshall Fund, visit us at www.gmfus.org
Episodes
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The Digital Markets and Digital Services Acts: What do they mean for Big Tech and you?
In this “Transatlantic Takeaway” episode, hosts Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and Rachel Tausendfreund dissect sweeping new EU digital laws and their impact on large tech companies, start-ups and users with guests: Constance Chucholowski, founder and managing director at Candid Public Affairs; Travis...
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A German about-face – Is the “Zeitenwende” sustainable?
A watershed speech by Chancellor Olaf Scholz in late February that cast off Germany’s long-standing, military-averse policies is lauded by NATO and the United States. But can Germany enhance its armed forces quickly enough to protect Europe against Russia? And what does this sea change mean for a...
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Exit, Ukraine?
In this “Transatlantic Takeaway” episode, hosts Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and Rachel Tausendfreund delve into scenarios to end Russian President Vladmir Putin’s war on Ukraine and how the conflict is changing the global order. Their guests are: - Michal Baranowski, senior fellow and director of the...
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U.S. Midterm Elections 2022: The end of American democracy?
Although a record turnout is expected on Nov. 8th, opinion surveys show many Americans no longer trust U.S. elections nor their government. Many Republican voters still embrace the “Big Lie” that President Trump had the 2020 election stolen from him. So what does the growing mistrust, President…
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The war in Ukraine – What’s next?
In this first anniversary episode of Transatlantic Takeaway, a Common Ground Berlin and German Marshall Fund of the United States collaboration, hosts Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and Rachel Tausendfreund talk about the sweeping 10-month-long war Russia is waging in Ukraine and its impact on Europe and...
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Germany’s new national security strategy – Groundbreaking or status quo?
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his cabinet recently unveiled their country’s long-awaited national security strategy, the first since World War II. Co-hosts Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and Rachel Tausendfreund explore whether this strategy is groundbreaking as its proponents claim and the impact on...
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For better or for worse? A transatlantic forecast for 2023
In this first Transatlantic Takeaway of the year with co-hosts Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and Rachel Tausendfreund, German Marshall Fund senior fellow Daniel Hegedus and GMF Paris office director Martin Quencez delve into what we can expect in 2023, including from EU relations with the U.S. and with...
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Germany, The Scapegoat – The Gop’s Latest Tact in The Race For US President.
In this episode of “Transatlantic Takeaway,” hosts Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and Rachel Tausendfreund delve into how Germany is fodder for the GOP’s campaign strategy for the 2024 elections with guests Majda Ruge, Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and Sudha…
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Bold Ideas to Make Digital Democracy Work, with Audrey Tang
Rachel Tausendfreund talks to Taiwan’s digital minister, Audrey Tang, about the perils and prospects of tech for democracy. Audrey discusses strategies to combat the infodemic (including “humor over rumor” and public notice) and explains the advantages of Taiwan’s public social media platform…
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Transatlantic Takeaway #2: Europe On The Brink Of War?
Russia appears ready to invade Ukraine, with the recent deployment of roughly 100,000 Russian troops along their mutual border. In this episode of Transatlantic Takeaway — a monthly collaboration between Common Ground and the German Marshall Fund of the United States — Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson...
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Watching China in Europe with EU Director-General for Trade Sabine Weyand
"Watching China in Europe" is a recurring series from the Out of Order team. Hosted by Noah Barkin, a senior visiting fellow at GMF and managing editor at Rhodium Group, WCIE digs into the Europe-China relationship with the people shaping it. In this episode, Noah speaks with Sabine Weyand,...
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How to Change the World: A New Business Canvas for Purpose Driven Companies
Links: The EU Policy Lab: https://blogs.ec.europa.eu/eupolicylab/ The Social Economy Canvas: https://blogs.ec.europa.eu/eupolicylab/portfolios/social-economy-canvas/ We Did Start the Fire—Now System Change Is Inevitable and Irreversible:...
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How to Change the World: A Discussion of the Role of Youth in Politics
Climate change. Health care. Education. Debt. These are just a few of the issues being debated today in the halls of power. The results of these debates will have profound consequences for all of us, but perhaps no group will be more affected than the young. With such a clear stake in the…
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Watching China In Europe With German FDP Lawmaker Gyde Jensen
Click HERE to subscribe to Noah's "Watching China in Europe" newsletter and read the October edition HERE.
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Watching China in Europe with French Diplomat Maurice Gourdault-Montagne
Click HERE to subscribe to Noah's "Watching China in Europe" newsletter and read the October edition HERE.
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Transatlantic Take: Germany's Post-Merkel Election Results
After 16 years in power, the Christian Democrats without Angela Merkel have reaped historically bad results in Sunday’s election. All the votes have been tallied and the Social Democrats have come out on top, but with only 25.7% of the vote they will need to get both the Greens and the Liberals…
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Implications of the Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Related Articles: https://www.gmfus.org/news/implications-withdrawal-afghanistan-views-washington-dc-and-ankara?utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Twitter
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Prospects for US-Japan-Europe Security Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
To learn more about GMF's Japan Trilateral Forum, visit: https://www.gmfus.org/japan-trilateral-forum"
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Best Friends Again? A Transatlantic Update (Guest Episode from Common Ground Berlin)
For more Common Ground episodes visit: www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/common-ground
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The Growing Role of Cities in Foreign Affairs
The line separating local from global issues is blurring. Inequality, climate change, the integration of migrants and refugees, and the growing influence of China are just some of the critical transnational issues affecting cities today. None of it can be properly addressed or resolved without…
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Watching China in Europe with Germany's UN Ambassador Christoph Heusgen
Click HERE to subscribe to Noah's "Watching China in Europe" newsletter and read the April edition HERE. Official Statements: Statement by Christoph Heusgen in the High-level virtual event on the situation of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, May 12 Final Remarks by…
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Watching China in Europe: Episode Three with Raphael Glucksmann
In the third installment of "Watching China in Europe," Noah Barkin speaks with Raphael Glucksmann, a member of the European Parliament and chairman of a special committee in the Parliament that is looking into foreign interference and disinformation. Mr Glucksmann, one of several lawmakers who…
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Watching China in Europe: Episode Two with Wolfgang Niedermark
Click HERE to subscribe to Noah's "Watching China in Europe" newsletter and read the April edition HERE.
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Behind Europe’s Plan to Clean Up Global Supply Chains
Lawmakers Call for Green 'Due Diligence' in Supply Chains (Euractiv) MEPs: Hold Companies Accountable for Harm Caused to People and Planet (European Parliament) #WeSeeYou: COVID-19 and the Fashion Retail Industry (Blog post by Laura Basagni, Trade Experettes) Video: Rana Plaza Collapse: The…
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37 Parties, 1 Election: What Dutch Politics Mean for Europe
Related Reading: Netherlands Election: Mark Rutte and Europe's New Awkward Squad (Financial Times) "Frugal Four" Propose "Loans for Loans" Approach to Coronavirus Recovery Fund (Politico EU, May 2020) Netherlands Election: Mark Rutte Set to Win Big-- But What Next? (The Guardian, March 2021)...
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Watching China in Europe: Episode One with Martin Selmayr
Subscribe to Noah's monthly "Watching China in Europe Newsletter" HERE Episode Music: Blue Dream by Cheel
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“America is Back” and a Marathon Week of Diplomacy
Paper: "Flexible Security Arrangements and the Future of NATO Partnerships" (Steven Keil and Sophie Arts, GMFUS.org) Op-Ed: "New Possibilities Open for the U.S.-Poland Relationship" (Michal Baranowski, RealClearWorld) Policy Brief Series: "Agenda 2021: A Blueprint for U.S.-Europe-India…
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Will Alexei Navalny Make Russia More Democratic? (Guest Episode from Democracy Works)
Links: How Biden Can Achieve Russian Restoration (Michael Kimmage, The New Republic)
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Europe’s Rollercoaster Vaccine Rollout
New York Times: “Top EU Officials Comes Under Fires in Vaccine Wars” The Guardian: EU Leaders Began to Feel Heat Over Slow Covid Vaccine Rollout Peterson Institute: The Pandemic is Not Under Control Anywhere Unless it is Controlled Everywhere
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Scoring Germany's EU Presidency
Out of Order is turning to the not-so-distant past to take stock of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which recently ended. After six months helming the EU’s policy agenda… what were the expectations and how did Germany fare? And now that Portugal has picked up the baton,...
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Defending Democracy in the Digital World: A Conversation with Marietje Schaake
Report: “A Future Internet for Democracies: Contesting China’s Push for Dominance in 5G, 6G, and the Internet of Everything” (Lindsay Gorman, Alliance for Securing Democracy) Article: "Democratic Source Code for a New EU-U.S. Tech Alliance" (Marietje Schaake and Tyson Barker, Lawfare)
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Future-Proofing the Alliance with NATO’s Head of Policy Planning Dr. Benedetta Berti
Credit Music by Patrick Patrikios Title Music by Zachary Tarrant
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The Right Honorable Baroness Catherine Ashton on the Transatlantic Alliance’s Next Chapter
Op-Ed: "I Helped Negotiate the Iran Deal. Here's How Joe Biden Could Revive It." (Catherine Ashton, TIME) Report: "Together or Alone: Choices and Strategies for Transatlantic Relations for 2021 and Beyond." (The German Marshall Fund and the Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung)
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Ambassador Wendy Sherman on the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy
Songs in Episode: Staycation - Corbyn Kites Out of Order Theme - Zachary Tarrant
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Transatlantic Takes: Europe's Post-Election Mood
Episode Music: Easy Stroll - Track Tribe
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Voting in the U.S. with the Democracy Fund’s Tammy Patrick
Related Reading: "Iran and Russia Seeks to Influence Election in Final Days, U.S. Officials Warn" (The New York Times, October 21, 2020) "Cyberattacks, Foreign Interference, and Digital Infrastructure: Conducting Secure Elections Amid Pandemic" (The Alliance for Securing Democracy and the...
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Reporting the Vote: CBS News' Caitlin Conant and Jennifer De Pinto on Getting the Story Right
The media plays an essential role in every democracy; but in an election season marked with uncertainty on many different levels, the responsibility of the press corps to preserve the truth while getting the story right is even greater. Now armed with the lessons of 2016—and with disinformation…
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Shadow State: Josh Rudolph with Luke Harding on the Kremlin’s Quest for Chaos in the West
This week, we’re handing the mic over to Josh Rudolph, the Malign Finance fellow at GMF’s Alliance for Securing Democracy and the author of the new report, Covert Foreign Money. Josh is joined by Luke Harding, best-selling author and senior international correspondent at The Guardian. Harding…
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What's Happening in Belarus?
For almost the entirety of its nearly three decades of independence, the former Soviet country of Belarus has been led under an iron fist by autocrat Alexander Lukashenko. When Belarusians went to the polls last month to vote for their next president, few could have imagined the push for…
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From Houston to Kiev, a Global Approach to Helping Veterans Return Home
The experience of military veterans returning home may often be thought of as a local or national issue - but it is universal. From studying Denmark’s veteran's transition resources and applying best practices back in the U.S., to the unlikely path that led him to help establish the first…
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GMF + Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate: Nationalism Is a Force for Good.
FOR THE MOTION Colin Dueck Policy Professor & Author, "Age of Iron: On Conservative Nationalism” Prerna Singh Political Scientist & Author, “How Solidarity Works for Welfare” AGAINST THE MOTION Andrew Keen Internet Entrepreneur & Author, "Tomorrows Versus Yesterdays" Elif Shafak Activist &…
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Post-Pandemic Order with William Yang
In many ways, Taiwan has a front row seat, with the coronavirus pandemic, Beijing’s new national security law, and geopolitical uncertainty further impacting Taiwan’s already tenuous position. On this episode, GMF’s Julie Smith and Deutsche Welle’s East Asia Correspondent, William Yang, dive into...
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Post-Pandemic Order with Jüri Luik, Estonian Minister of Defense
When the pandemic spread to Europe, NATO was met with a unique challenge: it needed to assist with crisis response while also keeping its ever-important deterrence mission intact on its Eastern Flank. On this week’s episode of “Post-Pandemic Order,” Derek Chollet talks with a key leader in this...
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Post-Pandemic Order with Representative Lauren Underwood
In this episode of Post-Pandemic Order, guest host Sudha David-Wilp sits down with Congresswoman Lauren Underwood of Illinois's 14th congressional district to discuss the long history of systemic racism in the United States, public health during the coronavirus pandemic, and generational...
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Post-Pandemic Order with Jared Cohen
The perils of disinformation are no new phenomenon, but the last few months have shown just how much damage it can do—and all the different ways it can be used. On this week’s episode, Jared Cohen, founder and CEO of Jigsaw—the independent unit at Google focused on building technology to address...
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Post-Pandemic Order with Amb. Richard Verma
No country took as severe lockdown measures as India at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. According to this week’s guest, the next two weeks will tell the world whether the country of 1.4 billion got it right. This week on Post-Pandemic Order, former U.S. Ambassador to India, Rich Verma...
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Post-Pandemic Order: A Conversation with Pete Buttigieg at Brussels Forum
Pete Buttigieg—the Democratic party's first openly gay presidential candidate and a veteran who served in Afghanistan—has gained international prominence. In a conversation originally streamed live as part of GMF’s Brussels Forum, Mayor Pete joined Derek Chollet for a wide-ranging conversation on...
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Post-Pandemic Order with Angus Lapsley
On this week’s episode of Post Pandemic Order, host Julie Smith talks with Angus Lapsley, director general strategy and international at the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence. Security in a time of the coronavirus takes center stage in a conversation that touches on the United Kingdom and…
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Post-Pandemic Order with Meghan O'Sullivan
On this week’s episode of Post Pandemic Order, host Julie Smith discusses the coronavirus and disruptions in the global energy market with Meghan O’Sullivan the Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School where she also directs the…
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Post-Pandemic Order with The Atlantic’s George Packer
In a new essay for The Atlantic, titled “We Are Living in a Failed State,” veteran writer George Packer observes: “If the pandemic really is a kind of war, it’s the first to be fought on this soil in a century and a half. Invasion and occupation expose a society’s fault lines, exaggerating what...
About this show
Out of Order is a German Marshall Fund podcast about how our world was, is, and will be ordered. From the way the pandemic is shaping geopolitics; to the dark side of tech for democracy; to the political movements, elections and uprisings changing global governance; the podcast brings together international experts from inside and outside of GMF to help us understand our disordered world.In addition to Out of Order episodes, GMF also produces topical mini-series including Post-Pandemic Order and Frontlines of Democracy. All of GMF’s podcast content, along with audio from select special events, can be found in the Out of Order stream. For more information on the German Marshall Fund, visit us at www.gmfus.org
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