Trisha Craig, Yale-NUS College

15 May 2023
Washington Report: Should the world be worried if the US debt ceiling is not lifted?
From US’ debt ceiling crisis to the possibility of former US President Donald Trump becoming president once again.
Trisha Craig, Vice President (Engagement) and Senior Lecturer of Social Sciences (Sociology and Political Science), Yale-NUS College gives us an analysis of those headlines and more.

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5 May 2023
Euro Watch: Sunak faces first big electoral test as PM
From UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak facing his first big electoral test as PM in local polls and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy surprise visit to Finland for Nordic summit.
Trisha Craig, Vice President (Engagement) and Senior Lecturer of Social Sciences (Sociology and Political Science), Yale-NUS College gives us an analysis of those headlines and more.

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3 April 2023
What happens now that former US President Donald Trump has been indicted?
Former US President Donald Trump is facing impending arrest on charges stemming from an investigation into a payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016.
After a grand jury in New York voted last week to indict him, Trump will be the first former US president to face criminal charges.
Drive Time's Elliot Danker speaks with Trisha Craig, Vice President (Engagement) and Senior Lecturer of Social Sciences (Sociology and Political Science), Yale-NUS College to find out what to expect from the criminal case and its impact on Trump's 2024 election campaign.

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1 April 2023
Saturday Mornings: International News Review - Trump Woes, Finland Crows, Thailand Chokes
In our International News Review, Host Glenn van Zutphen and guest co-host Anita Kapoor speak to Trisha Craig, VP of Engagement and Senior Lecturer Global Affairs, Yale-NUS College about the Trump indictment and how the left sees it as overdue and the right as a political witch hunt, Putin unwittingly pushes Finland right into the NATOs lap, and millions of Thais are suffering from heavy smog.

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13 March 2023
Washington Report: Silicon Valley Bank collapse & how the US will intervene
On Washington Report, Drive Time's Elliot Danker and Trisha Craig, Vice President (Engagement) and Senior Lecturer of Social Sciences (Sociology and Political Science), Yale-NUS College break down the biggest headlines out of the United States from Silicon Valley Bank’s sudden collapse, the mega submarine deal under the AUKUS agreement to the controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska.

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6 March 2023
Washington Report: Will the US fully ban TikTok amid fears of Chinese surveillance?
Ongoing conversations about regulating access to TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, advanced on several fronts this week.
On Capitol Hill, Republicans on one House panel moved forward on a bill to grant US President Joe Biden new powers to ban the app for more than 100 million American users, citing security threats.
Why has the pressure been ratcheted up on TikTok? And what will this mean for the future of the social media app?
On Washington Report, Drive Time's Elliot Danker speaks with Trisha Craig, Vice President (Engagement) and Senior Lecturer of Social Sciences (Sociology and Political Science), Yale-NUS College to find out more.

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6 February 2023
Washington Report: Will China's 'spy' balloon be the focus of Joe Biden's State of the Union address?
Chinese surveillance balloons over the US weren't something many of us had in our 2023 bingo cards, but the US military has shot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon after it drifted off the East Coast near the Carolinas. US officials say the balloon was being used for surveillance, while China insists it was a civilian research vessel.
What does this mean for US-China relations? And with US President Joe Biden's State of the Union address 2023 just around the corner, will China be an uninvited guest on Tuesday night?
On Washington Report, Drive Time's Elliot Danker and Timothy Go speak with Trisha Craig, Vice President (Engagement) and Senior Lecturer of Social Sciences (Sociology and Political Science), Yale-NUS College to unpack the latest developments out of the US.

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1 December 2022
Euro Watch: European Union (EU) governments have failed to agree on a price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil
From UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s first foreign policy speech to EU governments failing to agree to a price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil.
Trisha Craig, Vice President (Engagement) and Senior Lecturer of Social Sciences (Sociology and Political Science), Yale-NUS College shares more.

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26 November 2022
Weekends: International News Review
In our International News Review, Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphrey speaks to Trisha Craig, Sr. Lecturer Global Affairs, VP for Engagement, Yale-NUS College to talk about Malaysia latest election, World Cup 2022’s human rights issue and more.

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03 November 2022
Euro Watch: Russia decide to withdraw from the Black Sea grain export deal
From global wheat prices rising sharply following Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain export deal to Germany asking Serbia to choose between the EU and Russia.
Trisha Craig, Vice President (Engagement) and Senior Lecturer of Social Sciences (Sociology and Political Science), Yale-NUS College shares more.

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6 October 2022
Euro Watch: UK’s government makes a u-turn on its income tax cutting and EU finance ministers’ support Ukraine into its 2023 budget.
From the UK government making a dramatic u-turn and reversing plans to cut the country’s highest rate of income tax to EU's finance ministers agreeing to integrate their support payments to Ukraine into its 2023 budget.Trisha Craig, Vice President (Engagement) and Senior Lecturer of Social Sciences (Sociology and Political Science), Yale-NUS College shares her analysis on these headlines and more.

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22 September 2022
Euro Watch: New strategy towards the current uncertain economic and Russia’s wartime mobilisation
UK’s ‘mini budget’ is expected to be announced at the end of this week. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin ordered the first mobilisation since World War II. All of these highlights will be further looked at. Trisha Craig, Vice President (Engagement) and Senior Lecturer of Social Sciences (Sociology and Political Science), Yale-NUS College

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