Red Flag Republic

About Red Flag Republic

CPSI fellow Joshua Walcott explores the unprecedented decline of the Trinidadian state and the path forward to restore one of the Caribbean's most developed economies. www.cpsi.org

Publisher

Joshua Walcott

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Feb 2025

Latest episode

10 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

4 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Apr 2025

   Using Sports As A Tool To Combat Corruption - Amiel Mohammed

   The Caribbean is no stranger to unorthodox methods of social reform. Cricket was once wielded as anti-colonialism mechanism, can football alleviate the violent tendencies among vulnerable communities in Trinidad and Tobago?

2. 

   19 Mar 2025

   Trinidad Must Diversify - Niki Brathwaite

   Trade Specialist Niki Brathwaite joins us for a frank talk on Trinidad's reliance on petrochemicals, geopolitical tightrope walking with its neighbors and prospects for a regional sea-based connector.

3. 

   20 Feb 2025

   Isles of Bureaucracy - Mariano Browne

   The structure of an inefficient government, DR joining CARICOM and the Venezuela-Trinidad relationship.

4. 

   6 Feb 2025

   Crime And No Punishment - Gary Griffith

   On the very first episode of Red Flag Republic, Joshua sits with former Trinidadian Minister of National Security, Gary Griffith, to discuss the long reaching impacts of corruption across the twin island republic. Trinidad's notoriously unstable political landscape has hamstrung what should be the most promising economy in the Eastern Caribbean.

Podcast Authority Score: 1 / 100

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1

Social presence

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YouTube

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