With its notorious Citizens United decision the Supreme Court threw open the floodgates to electoral big money, in the name of free speech for corporations. This week a Delaware judge ruled that corporations even have the right to vote! But there is a fightback. Tom Moore of the Center for American progress explains that states have rights - to regulate corporations. Hawaii, Minnesota and California are pioneering the way which poses and acute dilemma for the Trump-appointed Supremes who have always cited States Rights! Tom Moore talks to FPA President Ian Williams in the latest Outside-In podcast from FPA.

Often US foreign policy is delineated by domestic lobbies as much as statecraft. Fron Nahzi, human rights campaigner and Albanian/Kosovo activist explains the background of the “Albanian Lobby” and its limitations in the context of interest groups in Washington during the decades of (still unresolved) conflict.

The FPA hosts Michael Kovrig to discuss the Xi/Trump summit with the unique inside view of China that his 1,009 days as a prisoner/hostage gives him. He assesses the tenuous results of Trump's visit to Beijing and the implications of Carney’s previous visit the Canadian "Middle Powers” initiative and discusses the PRC’s relentless campaign of diplomatic attrition to frame the agenda in Beijing’s terms. And of course we discussed the imprisonment of Jimmy Lai and Western silence about it!

Santiago Lyon, Head of Advocacy and Education at the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), shares his journey from war photographer to champion of the powerful new technology standard C2PA that builds a layer of trust into digital content in the AI Age. The discussion highlights how the Adobe-led organization, which includes the world’s leading technology and media companies, is leading the charge around the implementation of content authentication to address misinformation, disinformation and fake content by incorporating digital provenance into documents, images and video. Lyon is interviewed by Foreign Press Association board member and CEO of CAI/C2PA contributing member, Tauth Labs, Simon Erskine Locke.   

Journalist and author Rebecca Fannin and FPA Board Member Simon Erskine Locke discuss China's meteoric rise in the tech sector.

Rebecca Fannin, a leading expert on the Chinese tech sector, is an internationally recognized journalist, author, and speaker. Through her company, Silicon Dragon, Fannin continues to host global forums and connect business leaders, venture capitalists, startup founders, and others navigating the impact of China's rapidly shifting tech landscape and its increasingly contested place in the global economy.