The 2020 Holberg Debate with John Bolton & Yanis Varoufakis: “Is Global Stability A Pipe Dream?”
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Published 2020-12-05
The Holberg Debate is an annual event organised by the Holberg Prize. The debate is inspired by Ludvig Holberg's Enlightenment ideas and aims to explore pressing issues of our time.
The Holberg Prize is an international reserach prize awarded annually to scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology. The Prize was established by the Norwegian government in 2003 and is administered by the University of Bergen.
PROGRAM
00:48 Welcome by moderator Scott Gates, Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo
06:15 Ambassador John Bolton opening statement
19:58 Professor Yanis Varoufakis opening statement
39:10 The Holberg Debate starts
01:51:12 Q&A
02:18:00 Ambassador John Bolton closing remarks
02:20:02 Professor Yanis Varoufakis closing remarks
ABOUT THE 2020 HOLBERG DEBATE
At the 2020 Holberg Debate we were joined via videolink by two top speakers who have both been important policy makers at crucial times in their respective countries: Member of the Hellenic Parliament and former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Ambassador John Bolton (US), former National Security Advisor and US Ambassador to the UN. Moderator for the event is Scott Gates, Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo (UiO), as well as Guest Researcher at UiO’s Department of Economics and Research Professor at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
PHOTO CREDITS: Yanis Varoufakis. Photo: Olaf Kosinsky (kosinsky.eu) via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0). John Bolton. Photo: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0)
For more information: See the Holberg Prize website:
holbergprisen.no/en/holberg-prize/holberg-debate
All Comments (21)
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Bolton: How can we win the game for the U.S. elite. Varoufakis: How can we get to a more harmonious world.
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When Bolton said "Americans enjoy economic security" my drink shot through my nose 😐
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It's shocking how lawyers turn politicians like Mr. Bolton knows so little about world affairs, yet attaining high offices in US. Just left me speechless.
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I didn't think I could hate Bolton anymore than I already did. Then I listened to this whole debate.
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Yanis showing us again why he’s one of the brightest and lucid minds of the 21st century
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When Bolton starts off describing China at the start, I thought he was describing the US.
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Yanis' view on the global instability is immensely insightful and convincing. It is such a privilege to be able to gain such great knowledge free on the internet for free.
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Whatever Bolton says I take the opposite view.
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Yanis Varoufakis is a real breath of fresh air on the political scene
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This was like pitting a sea cucumber against the oracle.
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John Bolton talks about various threats to US security, but he completely missed the greatest threat, namely, John Bolton himself.
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Essentially, Varoufakis sounds like a proper scholar possessed of a wonderful understanding of post-19th-century history, whereas Bolton sounds like a crank hellbent on war.
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"Socialism for the few, austerity for the many." My hope "is that we do not make a desert and call it stability." Yanis is so excellent. Bolton has no shame or honor.
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When the gentleman spoke of surveillance state and largest incarcerated population, I genuinely thought he was speaking of the United States, Orwell would be embarrassed that even he could not dream up such conditions as the US government has been able to impose.
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Yanis Varoufakis is a very brilliant man, clear thoughts, inspiring.
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Mr Varoufakis is a beautiful human being....we need more real men like him running this world. Brave brilliant man, thank you.
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Bolton really comes across as a raving, war-mongering lunatic.
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Bolton is a clown and not sure why Varoufakis would even bother with him.
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The fact that professor Varoufakis has become as notable as he has is proof that capitalism as we know it is in its death throws. People are actively seeking alternative which scares the hell out of the corporate elites.
