Philip See speaks to Raja Khalidi, Director General of the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute about the state of Palestine’s economy before and after the current conflict. We get his take on the structure of Palestine’s economy and how it is intertwined with Israel and whether it can leverage on its diaspora to rebuild the economy that has been ravaged.



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Philip See speaks to Raja Khalidi, Director General of the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute about the state of Palestine’s economy before and after the current conflict. We get his take on the structure of Palestine’s economy and how it is intertwined with Israel and whether it can leverage on its diaspora to rebuild the economy that has been ravaged.Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

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Rebuilding Palestine's Economy 

In this week's Pressing Matters, Philip See speaks to Louw Nel, Senior Political Analyst, Oxford Economics Africa about the recently concluded elections in South Africa where the incumbent African National Congress or ANC suffered deep losses forcing it into a power sharing agreement with the opposition DA Democratic Alliance. Louw helps us unpack what this unprecedented coalition will mean for South Africa and whether the spells the end of the ANC once considered invincible in South African politics.



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In this week's Pressing Matters, Philip See speaks to Louw Nel, Senior Political Analyst, Oxford Economics Africa about the recently concluded elections in South Africa where the incumbent African National Congress or ANC suffered deep losses forcing it into a power sharing agreement with the opposition DA Democratic Alliance. Louw helps us unpack what this unprecedented coalition will mean for South Africa and whether the spells the end of the ANC once considered invincible in South African politics.Image Credit: freepik.com

South Africa's New Ruling Coalition

On today's Pressing Matters, Philip See speaks to Dr Rahul Mishra from University of Malaya to unpack the recent Indian general elections. Many had expected Narendra Modi and his BJP / NDA alliance to win convincingly in the polls. He in the end didn't, with the NDA alliance falling far short of their hope to secure 400+ seats and instead just got under 300. Rahul helps us unpack when it clear throughout the counting process that the tide seemed to turn away from the incumbents and how different will Modi 3.0 be different vs Modi 2.0 and Mod 1.0?



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On today's Pressing Matters, Philip See speaks to Dr Rahul Mishra from University of Malaya to unpack the recent Indian general elections.&nbsp;Many had expected Narendra Modi and his BJP / NDA alliance to win convincingly in the polls. He in the end didn't, with the NDA alliance falling far short of their hope to secure 400+ seats and instead just got under 300. Rahul helps us unpack when it clear throughout the counting process that the tide seemed to turn away from the incumbents and how different will Modi 3.0 be different vs Modi 2.0 and Mod 1.0?Image Credit: freepik.com

Will Modi 3.0 Be Very different? 

On today's Pressing Matters, Philip speaks to Dr. Olsi Jazexhi from the Department of History at the International Islamic University Malaysia, discussing the potential ripple effects, both regionally and globally, following the recent demise of former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Additionally, Dr. Olsi weighs in on whether this event might signal a forthcoming shift in the power structure away from conservative factions in the upcoming elections to replace Ebrahim Raisi.

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On today's Pressing Matters, Philip speaks to Dr. Olsi Jazexhi from the Department of History at the International Islamic University Malaysia, discussing the potential ripple effects, both regionally and globally, following the recent demise of former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Additionally, Dr. Olsi weighs in on whether this event might signal a forthcoming shift in the power structure away from conservative factions in the upcoming elections to replace Ebrahim Raisi. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

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