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Conversations and Commentaries on national, regional, and international geopolitical and international security issues;
Caribbean diaspora and regional issues and experiences, and issues impacting each country in the Caribbean and the region as a whole.
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S4:E5 : Ambassador Curtis Ward examines U.S. President Donald Trump's agenda to destroy World Order by disabling multilateral organizations and institutions. His withdrawal from the Paris Accord (Climate Change); the World Health Organization; constant attacks on the International Criminal Court; and the effect of his global tariffs which invariably degrades international trade agreements and arrangements, and which will damage the World Trade Organization and the rules of international trade...
Pt.1. of a scintillating conversation -- Ambassador Curtis Ward and Professor Dr. W. Andy Knight -- on the geopolitical and security policies of the new president Donald Trump administration (Trump 2.0); the chaos and threats to global and Caribbean regional stability; and goes in-depth on the impact on the United Nations, Middle East (Gaza and Iran), Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean, including Trump policies on Cuba, Venezuela, Panama, China's engagement in LAC, and the potential imp...
Ambassador Curtis Ward and Dr. Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith engage in an in-depth conversation on the early impact of President Donald Trump's policies on geopolitical dynamics and international security with emphasis on the impact on the Caribbean region. Dr. Griffith is a well known scholar and author of several books - most recent are 1. Challenged Sovereignty, and 2. Sylvie Love and Lost
Real Talk shares Ambassador Ward's perspectives on Ontological Security: Gender, Economics, and International Relations in the context of Jamaica's conduct of International Relations since 1959. Presentation at UWI Seminar on November 30, 2023.
Ambassador Curtis Ward engages in conversation with co-hosts Ronnie Thwaites & Pearnel Charles, Sr., on "Public Eye", on Bridge FM radio - a Jamaican radio station.
In this Episode launching Season 3, Ambassador Ward responds to Earl Moxam, Host of "That's a Rap" on Radio Jamaica, on issues related to UN Security Council approval of the UN Multinational Security Support Mission for Haiti.
In this Episode on ex-president Donald Trump's indictment, Ambassador Curtis Ward is in conversation with Ras Clem, Host of Mic Check on Groovin Radio, and with Anthony Turner. Ambassador Ward shares his perspectives on the significance and the implications, for Rule of Law and Democracy in the U.S. and around the world, of this historic and unprecedented indictment of a former U.S. president.
Ambassador Curtis Ward in conversation with Ronnie Thwaites & Pearnel Charles, Sr., on Public Eye - Bridge FM radio (Jamaica) on Jamaican government failures on diaspora engagement and the failure of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council. Ambassador Ward proposes establishment of a Jamaica Diaspora Board similar to the Jamaica Tourist Board.
Human trafficking - Conversation with Earl Moxam, journalist and author, on "That's a Rap" on Radio Jamaica. Emphasis on recent developments in Jamaica. The discussion includes two Jamaican human trafficking commentators Latoya West Blackwood and Nicole Gordon, attorney at law.
In this conversation with my special guest, Rohan James, Chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation, we explored some of the issues plaguing the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and why the JCF is failing to fulfill its mandate of protecting the Jamaican public.
This Episode is extracted from a Conversation with Gerry McDaniel on Radio Jamaica - Hotline, on December 30, 2022, in which I shared my perspectives on the Jamaican Diaspora disappointment with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness' government response to offers of expertise by members of the diaspora to assist in dealing with the crime scourge in Jamaica. I shared my perspectives on the folly and indignity of the prime minister's visit to Washington for low-level talks at the US Justice De...
Ambassador Curtis Ward shares his perspectives and analyses on the January 6 Committee Final Report, and on President Biden's U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.
Ambassador Curtis Ward's perspectives and analysis on domestic and international issues on the Washington agenda. A new generation of Leadership in the Democratic Party in the US Congress; Special Prosecutor to investigate and prosecute Donald Trump; and North Korea's ICBM capabilities rattles Washington and the international community. These and other issues in The Washington Report. Video version available on my YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCesQhAVaGXm3-6jnz4BP7ZQ
Ambassador Curtis Ward shares his perspectives on U.S. election results with special report as Caribbean diaspora members celebrate elections at federal, state, and local levels and the history-making elections in Maryland. Ambassador Ward also shares his perspectives on President Biden's international engagements at the UN COP 27 conference, competing with China in Asia, at the G20 conference, and face-to-face bilateral with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Video version available on my YouTub...
This conversation with Ambassador Aloun Ndombet-Assamba explores a number of issues: should Jamaica after 60 years of political independence sever ties to the British monarchy? Should there be Reparative Justice and what form should it take? Jamaica's foreign policy, Ambassador Assamba's legacy as tourism minister, and much more.
Ambassador Ward brings clarity to little-discussed important issues on the Washington agenda overshadowed by by the mid-term elections: Iran's brutal actions against protestors and supplying kamikaze drones to Russia to kill Ukrainians make a new nuclear deal impossible; Russia's use of WMD in Ukraine a possibility, as Russia's actions makes designation as a terrorist state a possibility; the geopolitical naivete of the House Progress Caucus forces hasty retreat; Africa's most dangerous...
The Biden-Harris administration targets China as the greatest threat to US national security; the January 6 committee stamped former president Donald Trump as the architect of the insurrection; access to Venezuela oil, perhaps, but not without preconditions; Russian attempted annexation of Ukraine territory and attacks on Ukraine civilian targets met with Washington and global condemnation; Saudi Arabia and Russia colluded on cutting global oil supplies negatively impacting the global c...
Electoral College reform; Russia’s threat of nuclear war in Ukraine and Europe; immigration debate over asylum seekers flooding US-Mexico border; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson making immediate impact on the US Supreme Court; Trump’s legal woes mount making political violence a possibility; and devastating hurricane damage to Florida eclipsing other issues. Video version available on my YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCesQhAVaGXm3-6jnz4BP7ZQ
Ambassador Curtis Ward discusses "Pillars of Democracy and overcoming citizen apathy", highlighting the importance of Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, and Freedom to participate in a free and fair electoral process. Citizen apathy contributes to lack of government transparency, poor governance, and corruption. Citizen apathy weakens democracy, encourages government obfuscations and lack of accountability, and encourages autocracy and political "bull...
An extraordinarily and unusually busy week for Caribbean leaders visiting Washington DC for high-level interactions with the Biden Administration and with the U.S. Congress. Broad agenda for US-Caribbean relations. Video version available on my YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCesQhAVaGXm3-6jnz4BP7ZQ
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