De Balie

De Balie

Een podcast over politiek, maatschappij en cultuur.

  1. 16H AGO

    Een nieuwe liberale democratie met voormalig Belgisch premier Guy Verhofstadt en journalist Stefan de Vries

    De democratie in het Westen wordt van binnenuit en van buitenaf onder druk gezet. In De burger in opstand schetst Guy Verhofstadt, voormalig minister-president van België, een blauwdruk voor een nieuwe liberale democratie. ‘Democratieën verworden tot oligarchieën, waarin populistische leiders met steun van een rijke elite over massa’s regeren, en via de media die ze bezitten een vertekend beeld geven van de werkelijkheid en van hun intenties om problemen op te lossen’, aldus Guy Verhofstadt in De burger in opstand. Verhofstadt stelt in zijn boek radicale hervormingen voor, van een nieuw kiessysteem tot een andere verhouding tussen arbeid en kapitaal. Wat is er nodig om de liberale democratie te hervormen en te behouden?  Guy Verhofstadt was van 1999 tot 2008 premier van België en van 2009 tot 2024 lid van het Europees Parlement, waar hij fractieleider was van de liberalen en Brexit-coördinator. Hij is auteur van diverse boeken over Europa, waaronder Europe’s Last Chance en De burger in opstand, over de toekomst van de liberale democratie en Europese samenwerking. Stefan de Vries is journalist en spreker, gespecialiseerd in Europese politiek en ontwikkelingen. Hij is Europaverslaggever voor BNR en een veelgevraagd duider in Nederlandse en internationale media, met eerdere ervaring als correspondent in Parijs. Zijn analyses verbinden actuele politiek met geschiedenis, cultuur en persoonlijke observatie. Programmamakers: Ianthe Mosselman en Dirk Struik Moderator: Liesbeth Staats Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1h 35m
  2. 5D AGO

    No Farewell to Arms: What security strategy should Europe pursue?

    The international world order is being shaken up, and Europe’s place at the new table is far from certain. Russia’s war against Ukraine continues unabated. What security strategy should Europe pursue? Last year, the NATO allies agreed in The Hague to spend 3.5 percent of their GDP on direct defence expenditure. What does that mean in practice? Will Europe succeed in overcoming national interests, fragmented production, and slow coordination? Will Europe be able to defend Ukraine? Together with Justyna Gotkowska, Deputy Director and Head of the Security and Defence Department at the OSW Centre for Eastern Studies based in Warsaw, we examine Europe’s security from the perspective of those closest to Russia’s war and its long-term consequences and her four-point plan for Ukraine, which offers a potential European counterstrategy in response to Russian ‘peace’ proposals. She is joined in conversation by Alex Krijger and Nikki Sterkenburg. Information wars: about this series With this three-part programme series, which is partially funded by a Public Diplomacy Grant from NATO, we want to provide in-depth analysis of current affairs and facilitate nuanced debate, thus making complex material accessible. Russian-Western relations are shaped by war, in the broadest sense of the word. What are the consequences of the hybrid forms of warfare? Such as cyber- and psychological warfare, and economic sanctions. In order to understand the current state of affairs, the Information Wars series will focus on the larger historical, societal and cultural context of the relations between Ukraine and NATO member states on the one hand, and Russia on the other hand. Programme editors: Ianthe Mosselman and Dirk Struik Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1h 49m
  3. MAR 4

    The dark side of European solar panels in North-Africa

    Europe wants to become independent from fossil fuels and is feverishly searching for new sources of green energy. This quest is leading not only to wind farms and solar panels within the EU, but also to major investments beyond European borders, such as in North Africa. Yet behind the promise of green progress lies a shadow side. How sustainable is an energy policy that depends on countries where human rights are under pressure and that can hardly meet their own energy needs? And how does the local population actually view the EU’s role? Could this be a new form of neocolonialism? In conversation with investigative journalist at Follow The Money and author Ties Gijzel, writer, researcher and former correspondent Africa Daaf Borren, director Africa In Motion and founder Equal Trade Alliance Max Koffi and Fatima zahra Tichoua. Fatima zahra Tichoua is a Moroccan environmental advocate and member of the Political Bureau of the Green Party of Morocco. She also serves as a member of the Climate and Biodiversity Committee within the Moroccan Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development. Currently, she is working as a Project Coordinator at the Climate Action Network Arab World (CANAW), in collaboration with Climate Action Network International (CAN-I). Her work focuses on advancing climate justice, biodiversity protection, and sustainable development across the MENA region. Programmamaker: Eloïse Kasius Moderator: Katarina Schul In samenwerking met: International Foundation Groenlinks Mogelijk gemaakt door: Vfonds Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1h 27m

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