Dr. Riina Kionka: EU Ambassador to Pakistan, Russia Ukraine War, Refugees, NATO & Visas | 311 | TBT

Join the Inner Circle, my weekly letter on AI, building, and being early to what's coming: https://muzamilhasan.com/inner-circle Read the thesis, the one idea behind everything I'm building: https://muzamilhasan.com/thesis My website: https://muzamilhasan.com International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55... Dr. Riina Kionka is the EU Ambassador to Pakistan. #thoughtbehindthings #muzamilhasan #EUPakistan Check out the trainings from Sarmaaya Financials: Training List: https://sarmaaya.pk/trainings/?src=tbt Technical Training Masterclass 2.0: https://sarmaaya.pk/trainings/details... Fundamentals of Capital Market: https://sarmaaya.pk/trainings/details... 00:00 Introduction 00:43 Early Life & Education 13:40 Work life 19:46 Foreign Ministry of Estonia 20:45 Working for European Union 23:54 Evolution of EU 31:47 Three main EU institutions 33:40 UK - EU referendum 37:00 Polarization 41:44 Russian - Ukraine crisis 46:17 Weaponization in Europe 48:46 NATO 51:56 Economic conditions 53:51 Refugees 59:31 Climate change & EU 1:03:22 Sustainable energy development 1:12:50 EU & Pakistan 1:16:31 EU funding & its transparency 1:22:23 Visa regime 1:29:23 Legal immigration 1:34:11 Choices made by EU 1:37:49 World in 2050 Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way! Socials: TBT’s Official Instagram:   / thoughtbehindthings   Support our podcast: https://anchor.fm/syed-muzamil-hasan-... Dr. Riina’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/RKionka?t=lE8EuqN... Podcast Links: • Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3z1cE7F • Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2S84VEd • Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3cgIkfI Instagram:   / muzamilhasan   LinkedIn:   / muzamilhasan