Here are the 3 Segments of the interview : 1) Past lessons learned or not in Afghanistan 2) Rough transition period and what's at stake. 3) Way forward and choices/opportunities & region/great powers role. Bio of Ambassador Samad: Omar Samad is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center. He is also the founder and president of Silkroad Consulting, LLC. Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, Samad was a senior Afghan expert in-residence with the Center for Conflict Management at the US Institute of Peace from January 2012 to January 2013. He also served as Ambassador of Afghanistan to France from 2009 to 2011 and Ambassador to Canada from 2004 to 2009. Samad was the former spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul and Director General, Information and Media Divisions from 2001 to 2004. He also served as an advisor and speech-writer to the foreign minister, and as a member of the ministry’s reform committee. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he advocated for freedom and democracy in Afghanistan. As founder of the Afghanistan Information Center, in 1996 he launched Azadi Afghan Radio and its website based in Virginia. He has been a contributor to Afghan and international media since the 1980s and has published in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Afghanistan. He is a founding member and advisor to the online platform Afghan Analytica, a member of the US-Afghan Women’s Council, on the advisory boards of The Kitson, the Fletcher School’s MENASA advisory group, the Afghan Higher Education Student e-Mentoring Program, and Initiative to Educate Afghan Women. Samad holds an MA in International Affairs from Tufts University. He is fluent in English, French, and Dari-Farsi, and proficient in Pashto. Source : Atlantic Council --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message

Here are the 3 Segments of the interview :  1) Past lessons learned or not in Afghanistan  2) Rough transition period and what's at stake.  3) Way forward and choices/opportunities & region/great powers role. Bio of Ambassador Samad:  Omar Samad is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center. He is also the founder and president of Silkroad Consulting, LLC. Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, Samad was a senior Afghan expert in-residence with the Center for Conflict Management at the US Institute of Peace from January 2012 to January 2013. He also served as Ambassador of Afghanistan to France from 2009 to 2011 and Ambassador to Canada from 2004 to 2009. Samad was the former spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul and Director General, Information and Media Divisions from 2001 to 2004. He also served as an advisor and speech-writer to the foreign minister, and as a member of the ministry’s reform committee. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he advocated for freedom and democracy in Afghanistan. As founder of the Afghanistan Information Center, in 1996 he launched Azadi Afghan Radio and its website based in Virginia. He has been a contributor to Afghan and international media since the 1980s and has published in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Afghanistan. He is a founding member and advisor to the online platform Afghan Analytica, a member of the US-Afghan Women’s Council, on the advisory boards of The Kitson, the Fletcher School’s MENASA advisory group, the Afghan Higher Education Student e-Mentoring Program, and Initiative to Educate Afghan Women. Samad holds an MA in International Affairs from Tufts University. He is fluent in English, French, and Dari-Farsi, and proficient in Pashto. Source : Atlantic Council --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message

Diplômé en droit public, en Sciences Politiques et de l’INALCO, Chiheb M’NASSER a travaillé comme agent de l’Etat pendant 7 ans. Il exerce actuellement les fonctions de directeur général à la Fondation de l’Islam de France. C’est à cette occasion qu’il a choisi d’ aborder dans le cadre de ce Podcast les enjeux relatifs à la question islamique dans l’espace public français. voici les 3 segments : Segment 1 :Introduction à la FIF, la Fondation d’Islam de France Segment 2 : enjeux islamiques en France ; Segment 3 : enjeux des dernières élections présidentielles et législatives en France La Tunisie est 12e/57 pays où notre podcast est écouté . --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message

Diplômé en droit public, en Sciences Politiques et de l’INALCO, Chiheb M’NASSER a travaillé comme agent de l’Etat pendant 7 ans. Il exerce actuellement les fonctions de directeur général à la Fondation de l’Islam de France. C’est à cette occasion qu’il a choisi d’ aborder dans le cadre de ce Podcast les enjeux relatifs à la question islamique dans l’espace public français. voici les 3 segments : Segment 1 :Introduction à la FIF, la Fondation d’Islam de France Segment 2 : enjeux islamiques en France ; Segment 3 : enjeux des dernières élections présidentielles et législatives en France  La Tunisie est 12e/57 pays où notre podcast est écouté . --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message

Following the NATO summit in Madrid, Professor Dr. Nursin Atesoglu Güney will give us a debrief on the summit which she attended. Segment 1 : Is NATO’ s Madrid Summit a sign of a rise of a new Cold War -the change in threat perceptions -have NATO’s strategic missions changed? Strengthened Deterrence seems to be the 1st priority over others- collective security and crisis management Segment 2: why is NATO is expanding now? Has the Ukrainian war triggered it? Segment 3: Turkish-Sweden-Finland trilateral deal: indivisibility of security principle in NATO is functioning now. Here is a short bio : Distinguished author, speaker, commentator and author, Nursin Atesoglu Güney is professor of international relations in Nisantasi University and a member of Turkiye‘s  Presidential Security and Foreign Policies Council. She is president of CEMES, the Center of Mediterranean Security. According to Worldcat.org she is the author of 19 works in 54 publications in 2 languages and 2,168 library holdings Turkiye is ranked 6th/57 countries tuning in to our podcast . Thank you! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message

Following the NATO summit in Madrid, Professor Dr. Nursin Atesoglu Güney will give us a debrief on the summit which she attended. Segment 1 : Is NATO’ s Madrid Summit a sign of a rise of a new Cold War -the change in threat perceptions -have NATO’s strategic missions changed? Strengthened Deterrence seems to be the 1st priority over others- collective security and crisis management Segment 2: why is NATO is expanding now? Has the Ukrainian war triggered it? Segment 3: Turkish-Sweden-Finland trilateral deal: indivisibility of security principle in NATO is functioning now. Here is a short bio : Distinguished author, speaker, commentator and author, Nursin Atesoglu Güney is professor of international relations in Nisantasi University and a member of Turkiye‘s  Presidential Security and Foreign Policies Council. She is president of CEMES, the Center of Mediterranean Security.  According to Worldcat.org she is the author of 19 works in 54 publications in 2 languages and 2,168 library holdings Turkiye is ranked 6th/57 countries tuning in to our podcast . Thank you!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message

Le 1er forum du réseau Pacte Mondial des Nations Unies en Tunisie s’est tenu le jeudi 9 juin 2022 à l’hôtel Mövenpick Berges du Lac. Cet évènement intitulé « UN PACTE MONDIAL ET LOCAL POUR LA LUTTE CONTRE LE CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE », qui à rassemblé plus de 150 personnes, incluant les représentants des organismes membres du réseau, de futurs membres, et des partenaires stratégiques (membres du gouvernement tunisien et d’organes publics, d’organismes des Nations Unies...) et était axé sur la thématique de la lutte contre le changement climatique dans le contexte actuel en Tunisie et dans le monde, avec des sujets de discussion sur la CDN et le Green Deal européen entre autres, sur la participation à l’atteinte des Objectifs de Développement Durable (n°13 en particulier), avec des partages d’expériences et des opportunités de partenariat.   Segment 1: pourquoi ce forum, pourquoi maintenant?  Segment 2 : les instruments, le cadre des accords de Paris, le Green Deal, l’objectif 13 des SDG; les challenges? Segment 3 : perspectives et conclusions  Bio de Leila Abbassi :  Actuellement directrice exécutive du réseau UN Global Compact Tunisia, Leila a géré auparavant les activités du site industriel principal du groupe SFBT (600 personnes, 2 millions d’hectolitres de ventes), groupe leader du secteur des boissons et de la distribution en Tunisie, ainsi que les démarches d’innovation et de responsabilité sociétale du groupe, entre autres fonctions et missions. Elle a également construit et fait évoluer pendant plus de 20 ans un système de management intégré et certifié à de multiples reprises, et conduit des audits de systèmes de management ainsi que des audits de fournisseurs en Tunisie et à l’étranger. Coach professionnelle, facilitatrice en design thinking et gestion de projets, elle a contribué à la constitution, l’accompagnement, le mentorat de plusieurs équipes et poursuit cette même approche dans le cadre de ses activités au sein du réseau UN Global Compact Tunisia. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message

This episode will look at the Changing landscape of Energy security in :  Segment 1 : Ukraine and the Black Sea Segment 2 : Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea Segment 3 : Africa Bio : Julian Popov is a Fellow of the European Climate Foundation, Chairman of the Building Performance Institute Europe and Former Minister of Environment of Bulgaria. He was the good will Bulgarian Ambassador for energy and climate policy and energy security adviser to the President of Bulgaria. Julian is member of the European Council of Foreign Relations, the Advisory Board of Climate KIC and the boards of several other energy and climate related organisations. He is the founding Vice Chancellor and current Board Member of the New Bulgarian University and cofounder of the Tunisian School of Politics. Julian was voted as one of the 40 most influential voices on European energy policies (N24) and also as one of the 40 most influential voices in the European energy efficiency policies (N25) by EurActiv. His articles on European and energy policy have been published by Financial Times, Project Syndicate, NS Energy Monitor, The Independent, Al Jazeera, Huffington Post, EurActive and others. He is author of two books and co-author of the books « The European Supergrid » and « Energy and Climate Diplomacy ». He lives in London with his family. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message

Interview avec Leila Abbassi, Directrice du réseau Pacte Mondial des Nations-Unies en Tunisie. Le 1er forum du réseau Pacte Mondial des Nations Unies en Tunisie s’est tenu le jeudi 9 juin 2022 à l’hôtel Mövenpick Berges du Lac. Cet évènement intitulé « UN PACTE MONDIAL ET LOCAL POUR LA LUTTE CONTRE LE CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE », qui à rassemblé plus de 150 personnes, incluant les représentants des organismes membres du réseau, de futurs membres, et des partenaires stratégiques (membres du gouvernement tunisien et d’organes publics, d’organismes des Nations Unies...) et était axé sur la thématique de la lutte contre le changement climatique dans le contexte actuel en Tunisie et dans le monde, avec des sujets de discussion sur la CDN et le Green Deal européen entre autres, sur la participation à l’atteinte des Objectifs de Développement Durable (n°13 en particulier), avec des partages d’expériences et des opportunités de partenariat. Segment 1: pourquoi ce forum, pourquoi maintenant? Segment 2 : les instruments, le cadre des accords de Paris, le Green Deal, l’objectif 13 des SDG; les challenges?  Segment 3 : perspectives et conclusions --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message

Ukraine at war : perspectives and stakes  Segment 1 : thé war in Ukraine from a European perspective  Segment 2 : the war in Ukraine from a U.S. perspective  segment 3 : the security stakes : energy, agriculture, défense, governance , EU, NATO  Bio of Ambassador Shamshur Oleg Shamshur, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine  Ambassador Shamshur graduated from T. Shevchenko Kyiv University, Department of International Relations and International Law in 1978. He has a Ph. D. in History and is an author of over 90 scientific publications. In 1978 he started his professional career at the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine where he worked at the Institutes of Social and Economic Problems of Foreign Countries and World Economy and International Relations, including in 1984-1989 as Director of Programs of ISCPFC. In 1992-1993 he was a visiting scholar at University College London. Since 1993 he has worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, being posted at Geneva (counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Ukraine) and Brussels (deputy chief of Mission at the Ukrainian Embassy to the Benelux countries). He served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2004-2005), being Ukrainian chief negotiator of the Ukraine-EU Action plan, and Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States (2005-2010) and France (2014-2020). Prior to his appointment as Ukraine’s Ambassador to France Oleh Shamshur was serving as a Senior Advisor to PBN Hill and Knowlton Strategies and non-resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and as a Senior Advisor to the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council. Following retirement from Ukrainian Foreign Service he has been working as a political and business consultant, being also non-resident senior fellow of the Atlantic Council of the United States. He also worked (1996-1998) as Deputy Head of the National committee for nationalities and migration of Ukraine and member of the presidential commission for citizenship of Ukraine. Awarded the Order of merit of Ukraine. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message