UK journalist Judah speaks at ULAB
Noted UK journalist Ben Judah speaks at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) on the topic of "New World Disorder: A Talk on Geopolitics"" at ULAB's Campus B Seminar Room in the city recently."
Campus Report :
UK journalist Ben Judah spoke at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) on the topic of “New World Disorder: A Talk on Geopolitics” recently at ULAB’s Campus B Seminar Room.
Judah is a British journalist and the author of This Is London and Fragile Empire. He was in Bangladesh as part of the Dhaka Lit Fest 2016, and has been traveling around the country getting to know its people and culture.
Judah spoke about the disintegration of liberalism in Western countries after of the great economic collapse in 2003, and the rise of right-wing politics in those societies. He discussed the anxieties of voters today, such as betrayal by banking scandals, the rise of the uber-rich, the stagnation of lower incomes, the growth of non-white immigration, and trends in automation and bank lending that point to the decline of the middle class. And now the rise of populist demagogues promising easy solutions to immensely complex problems.
Judah urged students to consider where in the region a person like US President-Elect Donald Trump has the most holdings (according to Judah, in India). He moreover projected that “soft strongmen” in various regions may now feel less pressure to obey the rules and may become “stronger.”
Judah began his career in Russia as a reporter for Reuters in Moscow, travelling widely in Russia and the former Soviet Union. In 2010 he joined the European Council on Foreign Relations. His first book, Fragile Empire, was chosen as one of the Financial Times summer books of the year in 2013.
His second book, This Is London, published this year, has been praised widely and is considered an “epic account of contemporary London.”
Judah is a regular columnist in The New York Times, the Financial Times and The Sunday Times, a regular guest on CNN, BBC NEWS and Channel 4 News, and is a contributing writer for Politico Europe. In 2016 he was shortlisted for Feature Writer Of The Year at the British Press Awards.
UK journalist Ben Judah spoke at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) on the topic of “New World Disorder: A Talk on Geopolitics” recently at ULAB’s Campus B Seminar Room.
Judah is a British journalist and the author of This Is London and Fragile Empire. He was in Bangladesh as part of the Dhaka Lit Fest 2016, and has been traveling around the country getting to know its people and culture.
Judah spoke about the disintegration of liberalism in Western countries after of the great economic collapse in 2003, and the rise of right-wing politics in those societies. He discussed the anxieties of voters today, such as betrayal by banking scandals, the rise of the uber-rich, the stagnation of lower incomes, the growth of non-white immigration, and trends in automation and bank lending that point to the decline of the middle class. And now the rise of populist demagogues promising easy solutions to immensely complex problems.
Judah urged students to consider where in the region a person like US President-Elect Donald Trump has the most holdings (according to Judah, in India). He moreover projected that “soft strongmen” in various regions may now feel less pressure to obey the rules and may become “stronger.”
Judah began his career in Russia as a reporter for Reuters in Moscow, travelling widely in Russia and the former Soviet Union. In 2010 he joined the European Council on Foreign Relations. His first book, Fragile Empire, was chosen as one of the Financial Times summer books of the year in 2013.
His second book, This Is London, published this year, has been praised widely and is considered an “epic account of contemporary London.”
Judah is a regular columnist in The New York Times, the Financial Times and The Sunday Times, a regular guest on CNN, BBC NEWS and Channel 4 News, and is a contributing writer for Politico Europe. In 2016 he was shortlisted for Feature Writer Of The Year at the British Press Awards.
