Dave and Gavin

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The media glosses over AI usage and geopolitics. We dive into how both go hand-in-hand, speak with up-and-coming major players, and shed light on groundbreaking events in our wheelhouses: Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. onthefringepodcast.substack.com Reach out to us with any questions, comments, or if you'd like to be a guest at onthefringe.podcast1@gmail.com

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Episode 6: Ethiopia, Egypt, Somalia, and the Horn of Africa, Part Two 15.09.2024 32:56

Hey all! We just finished recording Episode 6 of On the Fringe. On this episode, we dive more into how and why the Horn of Africa region (Ethiopia, Somalia, Egypt) is such a mess, but was still somewhat predictable—and what might happen if the entire bottom falls out of the basket…which is looking ever more likely. I was just listening to the episode and realized that I made a BIG boo-boo and said...

On the Fringe Episode 5: Ethiopia 09.09.2024 1:07:08

Hey all, we ‘planned’ to do a 40 minutes over Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa this week. Once we were about 3 minutes in, we just dove into it and started burrowing. And, we didn’t even take more than a bite outta this massive plate of spaghetti. Gav takes you through what is going on in the entire region: politics, social structure, history, while I touch on the countries’ economies, terrorism, a...

On the Fringe -- Sliced n' Diced #2 Mongolian adventures with no recourse! 06.09.2024 11:53

Putin visited Mongolia this week—this is BIG news for three of reasons:* He’s still running around and making deals, despite having an ICC (International Criminal Court) arrest warrant out for him.* He flipped the bird (again, unsurprisingly) to the Europeans…OR (on the flip side), did the Europeans set themselves up to be the butt of their own joke?* Mongolia may be moving back into Russia’s orbi...

On the Fringe -- Sliced n' Diced #2 Mongolian adventures with no recourse! 06.09.2024 11:53

Putin visited Mongolia this week—this is BIG news for three of reasons:* He’s still running around and making deals, despite having an ICC (International Criminal Court) arrest warrant out for him. * He flipped the bird (again, unsurprisingly) to the Europeans…OR (on the flip side), did the Europeans set themselves up to be the butt of their own joke? * Mongolia may be moving back into Russia’s or...

On The Fringe--Sliced n' Diced! #1 Alice Guo 06.09.2024 6:04

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Episode 4: Transnational Crime in Asia, Part 2 01.09.2024 39:01

Gavin + I dive deeper into Alice Guo, how the South China Sea + the Golden Triangle are connected through organized crime, and how ending organized crime in both areas (especially the South China Sea) is largely a pipedream—for now. And…I made a BIG oops in this episode! I said that the Philippines is part of the U.S. nuclear umbrella; they are not. The US and the Philippines have a mutual defense...

On The Fringe #3: Transnational Crime in Asia 27.08.2024 39:19

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