Transatlantic relations are not what they were.
Neither is the relationship between France and Germany.
European leaders are concerned by U.S. president Donald Trump's America First policy.
They've differed with him in several areas, from Iran to China.
This was reflected during the annual Munich Security Conference.
Divisions arose between leaders as they discussed whether the West is losing influence -- to other global powers.
The answer from the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, was 'everything is just fine'.
Pompeo boasted the 'West is winning' and the transatlantic alliance is not dead.
He rejected remarks by Germany's President who warned that the United States is putting its own interests first, at the expense of its allies.
But is the U.S. stance on global politics really that positive for western powers?
Or is it undermining their alliance?
Presenter: Peter Dobbie
Guests
Glenn Diesen, Professor of International Relations at the Higher School of Economics, and author of 'The Decay of Western Civilization and Resurgence of Russia'.
Theresa Fallon, Director of the Centre for Russia, Europe, Asia Studies and Former Member of the Strategic Advisors Group to NATO.
Roderic Wye, Associate Fellow at Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House and Former Counsellor and Head of Research on Asia in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
World Religions Ranking – Population Growth by Religion (1800-2100)
This visualization shows the Worlds most followed Religions, and their growth between the years 1800 and 2100.
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Religious groups in this ranking: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Bhudists, Folk Religions, Jews. Also in this ranking, “Unaffiliated” refering to Agnostics, Atheist, and people who don´t identify with any religion, and “other”, refering to all other religions.
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-2010-2050/ - The World’s Religions in Figures: An Introduction to International Religious Demography. Todd M. Johnson and Brian J. Grim.
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Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
After having a good time with NEA's Rick Yang last week, we thought we'd bring on another venture capitalist. So this week Danny and I had Elliott Robinson from Bessemer swing over for the show. As it turned out, he was about as correct as guest as possible as not only did the topics of the week line up with where he invests, he's also friends with some of the folks that we discussed on the show.
So what did we talk about? A whole host of things including two rounds:
Headspace's fascinating $93 million hybrid, debt-and-equity round that pushes its known capital raised to date ahead of arch-rival Calm's own.
Nova Credit's $50 million round to help power its cross-border credit system. (We all thought this one was smart.
Then we turned to two new funds, including Battery's battery of new capital vehicles that add up to $2 billion. In this part of the discussion we also touched on capital velocity, and why some firms are writing the same number of checks, but still need more capital. On the other end of the capital spectrum, Equal Ventures put together its first fund, and we riffed on the health of the micro-fund ecosystem.
The news run continued, with our trio touching on Airbnb's recent financial results, and our wonderment about how to price the firm, the closure of Brandless (RIP), and the issues at SoftBank.
All that and we had to leave Lyft's fascinating earnings and Uber's profit promises alone as we ran a bit long with just that set of topics. A good week, and we're back Monday morning!
So he's not dead. . . In No Time To Die, Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
James Bond: No Time To Die (2020) is the new action movie starring Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux and Helena Bonham Carter.
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The USPI is the first comprehensive assessment of all aspects of prosperity across America, allowing comparison between the different states and regions. It measures the extent to which all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. have open economies, inclusive societies and empowered people. The USPI demonstrates that prosperity is not evenly spread across the U.S. Those living in the Northeast region are still significantly more prosperous than those in the Southwest or Southeast.
Five of the top 10 states are located in the Northeast, while nine of the bottom 10 are in the South.
This North-South divide is particularly concerning in the domain of inclusive societies, which captures the institutional aspect of prosperity and includes elements such as levels of crime, the rule of law, political accountability, discrimination and social tolerance. The data suggests that a lack of strong institutions means that, in many parts of the country, economic policies have increased wealth-generation, but this has not translated into better health, education and living conditions.
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A new United States Prosperity Index (USPI), published by the Legatum Institute, reveals that prosperity has increased across America over the last decade. However, the growing mental health crisis and declining social capital is holding back further growth. The data shows that no state is performing well on all aspects of prosperity, so all states could learn from each other to improve.
What is prosperity?
Watch Legatum Institute's introduction video to the United States Prosperity Index.
"As a proud supporter, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Legatum Institute's United States Prosperity Index (USPI), which offers a unique insight into how prosperity is forming and changing across the U.S. The USPI is the first comprehensive assessment of all aspects of prosperity across America, allowing comparison between the different states and regions. It measures the extent to which all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. have open economies, inclusive societies and empowered people. The research shows that Washington, D.C. saw the greatest increase in prosperity in the last decade, followed by California and South Carolina. Only four states – Alaska, Louisiana, North Dakota and South Dakota – saw a decline in prosperity. Improvements in health, education and living conditions all contributed to the increase in prosperity. In addition, the majority of states have enhanced the quality of their economy as they have recovered from the financial crisis. While Mississippi is the least prosperous state, its prosperity has improved more than that of top-ranked Massachusetts in the last 10 years."
