The Brainstorm

Renewing the Centre at The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

The Brainstorm

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Renewing the Centre at The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

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With the backdrop of the US midterms, RTC’s Jordan Kyle and Yascha Mounk sit down with New America’s Lee Drutman to discuss democratic reforms to make democracy more responsive in the era of distrust and polarization. Find us at https://institu
What would a radical, sensible approach to regulating big tech companies actually look like? Our new report “A New Deal for Big Tech” by Chris Yiu has the answer. Guest: Darren Jones, Labour MP for Bristol North West and director of Labour Digi
In this episode we assess the CSU’s strategy to emulate the radical right given the recent Bavarian election. https://institute.global/
Back from summer hiatus, the Brainstorm examines the impact of the radical right on Swedish politics in light of the recent election.   Guest: Peter Wolodarski, editor-in-chief of Dagens Nyheter   Website: institute.global/  Email: podcast@inst
This week, Eleni Arzoglou sits down with Yascha Mounk and Harvey Redgrave to discuss the complexities of handling migration in the EU, Turkey’s democratic deconsolidation, and what can be done on the international stage to address these develop
In this episode, Chris sits down with Catherine Miller from the internet think tank Doteveryone, and Antony Walker from the industry group TechUK, to talk about tech policy. What are people talking about when they say "big tech", what is drivin
RTC's Shashank Joshi, Yascha Mounk, and Simon Tilford discuss the messy aftermath of Italy's elections, and the clash between illiberal democrats and undemocratic liberals. https://institute.global/
David Adler and Chris Yiu discuss the new book 'Radical Markets' with author Glen Weyl. The three discuss some of the book's most creative suggestions: from common property ownership and open bidding, through voting credits in a new quadratic s
TBI's Shashank Joshi, Milo Comerford, and Kasraa Aarabi discuss the implications of President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal. https://institute.global/
Harvey Redgrave, Yascha Mounk and Phil Collins sit down to discuss speeches in recent political campaigns, their role in carrying out the populist agenda, and the challenge they raise for their opponents. https://institute.global/
In this week's episode, Shashank Joshi, Yascha Mounk and Martin Eiermann sit down to discuss last week's Hungarian elections as a turning point in European politics, their significance to the greater populist trend and what the EU should do nex
In this week's episode, Shashank Joshi, Chris Yiu and Limor Gultchin sit down to discuss the recent data scandal that weaved together a broad range of issues: from political micro-targeting, to data privacy and the tension between the advertisi
This week Jonathan Portes joins Harvey Redgrave and Simon Tilford to discuss Harvey's "Balanced Migration" paper. https://institute.global/
In this week's episode, Simon Tilford, Chris Yiu and the Economist's Ryan Avent sit down to discuss the interaction of Government and Technology, its possible complications, and how it might look like in the future. https://institute.global/
RTC's Shashank Joshi, Simon Tilford, and David Adler get together to discuss whether President Trump's new steel tariffs will start a trade war, and the state of UK-Russia relations after the poisoning of a former Russian spy on British soil. h
RTC's Shashank Josh and Jordan Kyle talk to the LSE's Alexandra Cirone on recent studies into the fake news phenomenon. https://institute.global/
RTC's Shashank Joshi and Simon Tilford sit down with the Centre for European Reform's Sophia Besch to discuss the twists and turns of Germany's coalition talks, and the state of Germany's military. https://institute.global/
Shashank Joshi and Simon Tilford are joined by economist Diane Coyle, to discuss competition policy, GDP, and the future of the British economy. https://institute.global/
On this week's podcast our tech fellow, Chris Yiu, sits down with Noah Curthoys of Demsoc and Dom Hallas of Coadec to discuss Theresa May's A.I.-laden Davos speech and the steps governments can take to harness the promise of technological progr
Carillion has collapsed, rekindling a debate about the promise and pitfalls of privatisation. On this week’s podcast, we discuss the cases for and against government outsourcing — and some interesting findings from the Policy Fellow Jordan Kyle
Martin Sandbu of The Financial Times joins Yascha Mounk and Simon Tilford to discuss the most important economic challenges up ahead. https://institute.global/
In this week's podcast, Shashank Joshi, Chris Yiu and Limor Gultchin sit down to discuss recent calls and pressures for content regulation in tech platforms as well as Emmanuel Macron's visit to China, the rise of the Chinese economy and tech s
In this week's episode Shashank Joshi, Yascha Mounk and our new chief economist, Simon Tilford, sit down to discuss the major trends of 2017 in world politics, economy and international relations, and try to assess the significant themes we wil
Renewing the Centre's Yascha Mounk and Shashank Joshi are joined by Harvard's Pippa Norris to debate whether populism is a form of cultural backlash to the rise of liberal values. https://institute.global/
This week on the podcast we discuss the growing generational divide and its implication for liberal democracy with guest Robert Ford.
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