Hello and welcome to or welcome back to Colonial Outcast, a channel where we analyze breaking news, established geopolitical theory, and traditional history through a lens that is generally critical of empire.

And what I mean by generally is actually always, because it's bad for us all.

Today we are going to be talking about soft power, how it differs from hard power,

why it's important, and why the West is losing it. And we're going to be looking at it in the

context of Americas and Europe's involvement slash complicity in the Gaza's strip G-side. I'm saying

G-side to the next five minutes so that YouTube doesn't limit this post because they

they play that way. And the ongoing war of attrition in Ukraine. To that end, we are joining. Okay,

so we are recording this on a Friday and I'm sure we're all burnt out. So I'm phoning in the bio

of our guest, Dr. Jennifer Cassidy, for the benefit of the audience.

And I'm just like copy pasting from the University of Oxford website.

So, Dr. Jennifer A. Cassidy is a diplomatic scholar at the University of Oxford where she lectures on diplomacy and international law, digital diplomacy, and gender diplomacy.

Her PhD 2017 from the University of Oxford focused on the emerging discipline of digital diplomacy with a specific focus on the changing nature of digital diplomatic signaling and online strategic

narratives during times of political crises. I'd say we're definitely in a few of those right now

at the moment. So prior to teaching, Jennifer served as a diplomatic attache to Ireland's

permanent mission to the United Nations, European External Action Service to the Kingdom of Cambodia

and Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Headquarters during the presidency of

the Council of the European Union. She also contributes regularly to media commentary,

including the BBC, Sky News, ABC, Australia, and the Irish Times. Thanks for carving out some time

to hop on our humble little podcast to talk about the

shambolic decisions our stalwart Western leaders have been making recently.

Thank you.

No, it's my absolute pleasure.

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