Policy People

About Policy People

Get an edge with actionable insights from policy thought leaders each week. Liam, a media entrepreneur and policy analyst, helps you track the trends, connect the dots and see the bigger picture - empowering you to make your impact felt on our world. policypeople.substack.com (https://policypeople.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Liam Gibson

Category

government · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Jul 2020

Latest episode

1 Nov 2022

Latest episodes

59 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Nov 2022

   Disrupting Disinformation w. Chris Kremidas Courtney

   Explore the new frontiers of disinformation and disruption with futurist and policy expert Chris Kremidas Courtney. We discuss the threat of surveillance in the metaverse and how new metaverse technologies could supercharge disinformation, the fight for digital rights, how emotion overrides reason within immersive experience, the role of nation-states in this new space, how policymakers can get ahead of the private sector in defining norms for emergent technologies, the divergence of metaverses due to geopolitical competition, the politics of platform governance and many more topics.Chris Kremidas Courtney is a Senior Fellow, Peace, Security and Defense for Friends of Europe in Brussels and lecturer for the Institute for Security Governance in Monterey, California, Advisor for Governance and Societal Resilience< Extended Reality Safety Initiative (XRSI), San Francisco. Chris is a globally recognized thought leader, futurist, and policy influencer on addressing malign influence campaigns, defending democracy, and societal resilience. They lead efforts to develop policy approaches to protect and support democracy, equality, and the rule of law in a fast-changing world. You can follow Chris on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-kremidas-courtney/?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAAAC_RoIBVlffa47j2Z8BgfUhTZCH0QL1_Jc) or on Twitter @CKremidasCourt (https://twitter.com/CKremidasCourt) or check out the Extended Reality Safety Initiative (https://xrsi.org/)’s Metaverse Safety Week (https://metaversesafetyweek.org/), or Ready Hacker One (https://www.google.com/search?q=readyhackerone&#38;rlz=1C1GIGM_enTW807TW807&#38;oq=readyhackerone&#38;aqs=chrome..69i57j0i13i30j0i390l5.2864j0j7&#38;sourceid=chrome&#38;ie=UTF-8). You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player embedded above, or right below it you can click “Listen in podcast app” — which will connect you to the show’s feed. Alternatively, you can click the icons below to get it on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. If you enjoy this conversation and would like to help the show, leaving us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts is the easiest way to do so. To give us a review, just go to Policy People (https://podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/policy-people/id1525978880?uo=4&#38;itscg=30200&#38;itsct=podcast_box) on Apple Podcasts and hit ‘Write a Review’. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policypeople.substack.com (https://policypeople.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1)

2. 

   2 Oct 2022

   Silicon Warfare w. Chris Miller

   Delve into semiconductor geopolitics with Chris Miller, author of the new book Chip War: The Fight for the World&apos;s Most Critical Technology (https://www.amazon.com/Chip-War-Worlds-Critical-Technology/dp/1982172002). We discuss chips evolution in modern warfare, the US-China tech race, Taiwan’s ‘Silicon Shield’, what could happen to the supply chains amid a war over Taiwan, the risk posed by Huawei and SMIC, the big players across each segment of the chip industry and their geopolitical weight, the CHIPS Act, the inefficiencies of state-led technology strategies, the Chip 4 Alliance and many more topics. Chris Miller is an Associate Professor of International History at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Eurasia Director at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Besides Chip War, he has also the author of The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy: Mikhail Gorbachev and the Collapse of the USSR and Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia. Check out Chip War here on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Chip-War-Worlds-Critical-Technology/dp/1982172002). You can follow Chris on Twitter @crmiller1 (https://twitter.com/crmiller1/with_replies?lang=en) or check out his website at christophermiller.net (https://www.christophermiller.net/). You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player embedded above, or right below it you can click “Listen in podcast app” — which will connect you to the show’s feed. Alternatively, you can click the icons below to get it on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. If you enjoy this conversation and would like to help the show, leaving us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts is the easiest way to do so. To give us a review, just go to Policy People (https://podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/policy-people/id1525978880?uo=4&amp;itscg=30200&amp;itsct=podcast_box) on Apple Podcasts and hit ‘Write a Review’. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policypeople.substack.com (https://policypeople.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1)

3. 

   4 Nov 2021

   Taiwan's Global Ambitions with Russell Hsiao

   In this conversation, I discuss Taiwan’s international relations with Russel Hsiao. We discuss Taiwan’s current context of and its place in the world, the perception gap around the risk of a Chinese invasion on Taiwan, the role of think tanks in crafting American policy toward Taiwan, how Taiwan has managed to win strong support from both parties in the US, factionalism within the KMT and the future of the party, where Taiwan fits within the Indo-Pacific, and many more topics. You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player embedded above, or right below it you can click “Listen in podcast app” — which will connect you to the show’s feed. Alternatively, you can click the icons below to get it on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. If you enjoy this conversation and would like to help the show, leaving us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts is the easiest way to do so. To give us a review, just go to Policy People (https://podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/policy-people/id1525978880?uo=4&#38;itscg=30200&#38;itsct=podcast_box) on Apple Podcasts and hit ‘Write a Review’. Russell Hsiao is the executive director of Global Taiwan Institute, senior fellow at The Jamestown Foundation, and adjunct fellow at Pacific Forum. He previously worked as a senior research fellow at The Project 2049 Institute and national security fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Prior to those positions he was the editor of China Brief at The Jamestown Foundation and a special associate in the International Cooperation Department at the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. You can connect with Russell on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/russellhsiao/) or check out his think tank’s work at globaltaiwan.org. (https://globaltaiwan.org/team/rhsiao/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policypeople.substack.com (https://policypeople.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1)

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