FO Podcasts
FO Podcasts is an insightful guest-based series from Fair Observer, an independent nonprofit that publishes nearly 3,000 authors from over 90 countries, including former prime ministers, retired diplomats, professors, noted authors and bright young minds from different fields.
Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and other editors have interesting conversations with interesting guests about interesting issues. These guests include spies, diplomats, lawyers, entrepreneurs, business leaders, journalists, economists and others. Unlike The Dialectic where Atul and retired CIA officer Glenn Carle hold sway, FO Podcasts hosts guests from around the world and highlights a variety of perspectives.
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Episodes
Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Saturday Mar 11, 2023
In this third entry of a three-part series, investor, philanthropist, and author Antoine van Agtmael and editor-in-chief Atul Singh discuss the future of emerging markets. They also analyze India’s rise as an economic powerhouse as well as the causes and consequences of inequality.
Agtmael is a legendary investor who came up with the term “emerging markets” and was the chair of the board of trustees of National Public Radio (NPR). Agtmael’s distinguished track record as an investor and his rich professional career make him uniquely suited to read the tea leaves for the global economy and the future of clean tech.
With Fred Bakker, Agtmael is the author of The Smartest Places on Earth: Why Rustbelts Are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation. Earlier in his career, Agtmael authored The Emerging Markets Century: How a New Breed of World-Class Companies Is Overtaking the World. Few understand the big trends shaping the world better than Agtmael. Given his track record, his views on the future of our planet are immensely important.
Learn more about Atul and Antoine, and read their work on the two links below:
https://www.fairobserver.com/author/atul-singh/
https://foreignpolicy.com/author/antoine-van-agtmael/
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"Loopster" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
In this second of a three-part series, investor, philanthropist, and author Antoine van Agtmael and editor-in-chief Atul Singh discuss the troubled European economy, the challenge of demography, and China’s economic and technological future.
Agtmael is a legendary investor who came up with the term “emerging markets” and was the chair of the board of trustees of National Public Radio (NPR). Agtmael’s distinguished track record as an investor and his rich professional career make him uniquely suited to read the tea leaves for the global economy and the future of clean tech.
With Fred Bakker, Agtmael is the author of The Smartest Places on Earth: Why Rustbelts Are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation. Earlier in his career, Agtmael authored The Emerging Markets Century: How a New Breed of World-Class Companies Is Overtaking the World. Few understand the big trends shaping the world better than Agtmael. Given his track record, his views on the future of our planet are immensely important.
Learn more about Atul and Antoine, and read their work on the two links below:
https://www.fairobserver.com/author/atul-singh/
https://foreignpolicy.com/author/antoine-van-agtmael/
You can follow Fair Observer on social media:
Newsletter: https://www.fairobserver.com/newsletter/
LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/company/fair-observer
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FairObserver
Twitter: https://twitter.com/myfairobserver
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fairobserver/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fairobserver
Credits:
"Loopster" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
In a new series for FO° Podcasts—The Hot Mic—Atul Singh and Christopher Roper Schell examine a divided US Congress, German tanks and China’s COVID catastrophe.
Learn more about Atul and Christopher, and read their work on the two links below:
https://www.fairobserver.com/author/atul-singh/
https://www.fairobserver.com/author/christopher-schell/
You can follow Fair Observer on social media:
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Credits:
"Loopster" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
In this first of a three-part series, investor, philanthropist and author Antoine van Agtmael and editor-in-chief Atul Singh discuss the global economy, the return of stagflation, the US-China clean tech race and the drivers of transformation to a green energy economy.
Agtmael is a legendary investor who came up with the term “emerging markets” and was the chair of the board of trustees of National Public Radio (NPR). Agtmael’s distinguished track record as an investor and his rich professional career make him uniquely suited to read the tea leaves for the global economy and the future of clean tech.
Learn more about Atul and Antoine, and read their work on the two links below:
https://www.fairobserver.com/author/atul-singh/
https://foreignpolicy.com/author/antoine-van-agtmael/
You can follow Fair Observer on social media:
Newsletter: https://www.fairobserver.com/newsletter/
LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/company/fair-observer
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FairObserver
Twitter: https://twitter.com/myfairobserver
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fairobserver/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fairobserver
Credits:
"Loopster" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
In a new series for FO° Podcasts — The Hot Mic — Atul Singh and Christopher Roper Schell examine the tussle for the leadership of the Republican Party between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, the looming recession and the recent India-China border clash.
Learn more about Atul and Christopher, and read their work on the two links below:
https://www.fairobserver.com/author/atul-singh/
https://www.fairobserver.com/author/christopher-schell/
You can follow Fair Observer on social media:
LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/company/fair-observer
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fairobserver
Credits:
"Loopster" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Join Haruko Satoh in a three-part series exploring the impact of the war in Ukraine in Asia. The second episode explores how India and Japan have been impacted by the rupture in the international system following the invasion of Ukraine.
Haruko is Co-Director of the IAFOR Research Centre, Osaka School of International Public Policy.
This podcast series is part of the IRC project “Peace & Human Security in Asia; Towards a Meaningful Japan-Korea Partnership” and is sponsored by the Korea Foundation.
In this episode, Haruko is joined by Dr Satu Limaye, Vice President of the East-West Center, Dr Taku Tamaki, Lecturer in International Relations at Loughborough University, and Atul Singh, Founder, CEO & Editor in Chief of Fair Observer.

Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Join Haruko Satoh in a three-part series exploring the impact of the war in Ukraine in Asia.
Haruko is Co-Director of the IAFOR Research Centre, Osaka School of International Public Policy.
This podcast series is part of the IRC project “Peace & Human Security in Asia; Towards a Meaningful Japan-Korea Partnership” and is sponsored by the Korea Foundation.
In this episode, Haruko is joined by Bryce Wakefield, Executive Director of Australian Institute of International Affairs, and Jaewaoo Choo, Professor of Chinese foreign policy in the Department of Chinese Studies at Kyung Hee University, Korea.





