optimism – P2P Foundation https://blog.p2pfoundation.net Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Mon, 08 Sep 2014 05:54:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.14 62076519 Podcast of the Day/C-Realm: Nafeez Ahmed on Optimism in the Face of a Gathering Storm https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/podcast-of-the-dayc-realm-nafeez-ahmed-on-optimism-in-the-face-of-a-gathering-storm/2014/09/08 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/podcast-of-the-dayc-realm-nafeez-ahmed-on-optimism-in-the-face-of-a-gathering-storm/2014/09/08#respond Mon, 08 Sep 2014 10:14:34 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=40935 Another must hear conversation between two friends of the P2P Foundation: KMO of the C-Realm podcast, and author, investigative journalist Nafeez Ahmed. Here’s the original post on the C-Realm website. KMO welcomes author, journalist and filmmaker, Dr. Nafeez Ahmed, to the C-Realm Podcast to talk about his new novel as well as the role the that US and British foreign policy and... Continue reading →

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]]> Another must hear conversation between two friends of the P2P Foundation: KMO of the C-Realm podcast, and author, investigative journalist Nafeez Ahmed. Here’s the original post on the C-Realm website.

C-Realm_430_coverKMO welcomes author, journalist and filmmaker, Dr. Nafeez Ahmed, to the C-Realm Podcast to talk about his new novel as well as the role the that US and British foreign policy and intelligence agencies played in empowering Sunni extremists and bringing the Islamic State to power. After discussing the depressing state of affairs in the Arab world as well as in Western countries who remain strong militarily but whose economies are floundering, Nafeez describes why the emerging solar energy sector and the open source revolution leave him essentially optimistic in the face of a storm of converging crises.

Music by The Humble Grapes.

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