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The Bigger Picture with Timothy Spangler

The Bigger Picture focuses on the humorous and absurd side of international affairs and global events. Host Timothy Spangler is joined each week in the studio by Phillip Sparks, musical afficiando and conscious of the African American community, and David Fisher, classically-trained actor and bon vivant. Your unique opinions and perspectives matter, so working the phone lines is Lewis, our ideological wildcard. Regular contributors to the show include Martin Hanlin, Charlie Wolf and David Yontz. Their segments showcase stories that are too important to be overlooked by an insular American media. We're here to help you make sense of the world. We're here to show you The Bigger Picture.
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TIMOTHY SPANGLER'S LATEST COLUMNS

Timothy Spangler: Drones cast shadow over Pakistan elections
5/17/2013 3:32:00 AM
Pakistanis cast ballots this week in parliamentary elections, voicing their dissatisfaction with a government that has tolerated the United States' controversial drone killing program. The consequences for U.S. foreign policy in the region will be...
Timothy Spangler: Flaunting it in China and India
5/2/2013 5:00:00 PM
There are members of the Chinese military elite who seem convinced that the combat applications of Maseratis, Jaguars, Porches and Bentleys in battlefield scenarios are significantly greater than their manufacturers ever considered. Or at least...
Timothy Spangler: Megawealth no shield from terror threats
4/25/2013 5:00:00 PM
Even vast wealth appears to be of limited use when Islamist militants threaten your life, as multibillionaire Mukesh Ambani, India's richest man, tacitly admitted this week. After receiving a death threat, Ambani's personal security will now be the...
Timothy Spangler: Living with terrorism
4/18/2013 8:38:00 AM
Terror returned this past week to the streets of America, with the gruesome bombings of participants and bystanders at the Boston Marathon. The unfortunate truth is that attacks such as this are inexpensive to orchestrate, difficult to prevent and...
Timothy Spangler: The Iron Lady's enduring legacy
4/11/2013 5:00:00 PM
Any assessment of Margaret Thatcher's legacy in Britain and around the world will always be made more difficult by the intense divisiveness that she inspired, both among her more obvious opponents, as well as within the political party she led. More...
Timothy Spangler: Saudis target Twitter
4/8/2013 2:31:00 AM
Saudi Arabia's most-recent attempt to contain growing dissent inside the absolute monarchy focuses on Twitter. The anonymity provided by the social media site is being targeted by Saudi authorities, who want to require Twitter users to register their...
Timothy Spangler: Imperialism, China-style, in Africa
3/28/2013 5:00:00 PM
China is working very hard to make friends in Africa. Access to Africa's vast natural resources is a high strategic priority for Beijing, and senior Chinese officials are more than willing to spend a little money every now and then to keep diplomatic...
Timothy Spangler: How long can Zimbabwe hold on?
3/22/2013 7:57:00 AM
Zimbabwe went to the polls last week to decide on a new constitution for the struggling African country. Unfortunately, President Robert Mugabe appears unlikely to give up power. The opposition leader, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, faces an...

THE HOST

Timothy Spangler ( @timothyspangler ) is a writer, commentator, lawyer and academic who divides his time between Southern California and the United Kingdom. 

His award-winning syndicated foreign affairs column appears each week in the Orange County Register, and other newspapers across the US and internationally.  Timothy has appeared on CNN, CNBC, BBC and Sky News, and has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Financial Times and the Economist. 

He also writes the award-winning blog, “Law of the Market,” dedicated to covering the politics of Wall Street regulation and the regulation of Wall Street politics .  The two decades he spent working on Wall Street and in the City of London has given him unlimited access to the inner workings of the global financial markets, and the trends that that are driving international affairs in the 21st century.  His forthcoming book, One Step Ahead: Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds after the Global Financial Crisis, will be published by Oneworld in September 2013.