Worlds Apart
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Erik Jones, director of European and Eurasian studies at Johns Hopkins University on European unity in the Skripal case
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‘We could have a nuclear war by accident’ Professor Gerhard Mangott of the University of Innsbruck analyses Moscow-EU relations
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‘Fidel trusted me’: Jon Alpert, American filmmaker on Cuba documentary he filmed for 45 years
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‘The US is disregarding its allies’ – Jarrett Blanc, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace on US pull-out from Iran deal
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‘The Americans are parents, but we say: We’re off to college’ – The Philippines Secretary of Foreign Affairs
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‘Who is going to take care of Jerusalem? Us or Hamas?’ An interview with Dore Gold, Israeli diplomat
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‘The US trade policy is a mess’ - Brahma Chellaney from the Center for Policy Research
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‘The US is using racket diplomacy to promote their interests’ – former French foreign trade minister
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‘Italy is a perfect storm for populism in Europe’ - Paolo Magri, director of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies
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‘You need Russia if you want peace in the Middle East’ – ex-Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel
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British media personality Katie Hopkins on Putin, London’s mayor and multiculturalism
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Propaganda exercise or attempt at democracy? – Vyatka State University assistant professor Samantha Lomb on Stalin’s constitution
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‘Iran is the main destabiliser in the region’ – Israel’s ex-Deputy FM Daniel Ayalon
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‘Migration is necessary’ – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
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‘Sport is what brings people together’ – Russian hockey legend Viacheslav Fetisov
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Columbia University Professor of Economics Arvind Panagariya on US trade war
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‘Football connects people’ – Legendary Croatian footballer Davor Suker
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‘Views about women’s rights are changing in Afghanistan’ – Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi
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Internet of Things Council founder: Internet of the future, benefits and challenges
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Meir Javedanfar: America abandoning the Iran deal was, ‘a wrong move’
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'The United States is on the declining part of the life cycle curve" – Ichak Adizes, author and management consultant
British media personality Katie Hopkins on Putin, London’s mayor and multiculturalism
Media personality and columnist Katie Hopkins repeatedly makes headlines over controversial statements she makes on issues, such as migration, obesity or London’s first Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan. Worlds Apart talks to the anti-Muslim and anti-migrant commentator on Russian President Vladimir Putin, multiculturalism and her provocative image.
“When you come to St. Petersburg as an outsider, and I’m an outsider, it feels Russian. If you speak with people on the street, they identify as Russian first,” Hopkins says, describing the city as “untouched by the myth of multiculturalism and deranged diversity.”
Hopkins says the Russian definition of multiculturalism doesn’t match the UK’s, which is “much more about monocultures who live in ghettos and don’t rub shoulders.” There is “de-facto Sharia law in the UK right now.”
She explains why she calls the British capital “Londonistan” is because “it’s completely fallen to the control of the Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan. He is spectacularly useless at his job.”
As for her thoughts on the Russian president, Hopkins says that “Putin rocks.” “Because for too long the West has painted him as a monster, and I don’t think it’s acceptable any longer.”
While many claim outspoken Hopkins makes her statements just to be controversial, she argues that others wouldn’t withstand “those levels of people trying to silence you if you didn’t believe what you said.”
Find out more in the full interview with Katie Hopkins on Worlds Apart.