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Dec 2024
27m 22s

What's in store for 2025?

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About this episode

 A troubled year comes to an end. Lives destroyed by wars that continue to rage in Sudan, Gaza, and Ukraine. Regimes firmly in control a year ago, gone. And Donald Trump defies the courts and critics to win the US election. So what lies in store for 2025? 

In this episode:

  •  Maleeha Lodhi,  Former Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Nations. 
  •  Kabir Adamu, Managing Director, Beacon Security and Intelligence. 
  •  Chris Weafer, Chief Executive officer, Macro Advisory. 

Host: Sami Zeidan

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