本期《隐藏力量》节目中，记者乔安娜·利利斯（Joanna Lillis）探讨了最近哈萨克斯坦发生的抗议和动荡事件，以及这些事件如何与东欧正在进行的更大的地缘政治博弈相关联。节目强调了多极化世界正在发生，在这个世界里，每个危机、每场边境冲突、每项谈判都是所有主要力量改变现状、改变游戏规则以使其有利的机会。这始于在事实出现之前和人们甚至开始形成对正在发生的事情的理性意见之前，就控制故事并讲述事件的叙述。本期节目旨在让您了解哈萨克斯坦发生的事件如何融入这个新的全球无序状态，即国家、非国家行为者、雇佣军、煽动者、黑客——几乎所有对国际舞台施加影响的人都在这个流动且权力不断争夺的舞台上。

🤔 哈萨克斯坦动荡事件与东欧的地缘政治博弈密切相关，反映了多极化世界格局的转变。在这个新秩序中，每个事件都可能成为各个主要力量争夺利益、改变现状的机会。

🌍 这场博弈不仅涉及国家之间，还包括非国家行为者、雇佣军、煽动者、黑客等各种力量，他们在国际舞台上试图通过各种手段影响事件发展。

💬 在信息爆炸的时代，控制叙述和引导舆论至关重要。各方都在努力塑造事件的解读，以期获得有利的政治和战略优势。

🧐 面对信息泛滥，需要保持清醒的批判性思维，避免被单一叙述所左右，才能形成独立的判断和认知。

💡 本期节目旨在帮助听众了解哈萨克斯坦事件背后的复杂因素，并提供一个更全面的视角，以更好地理解当前全球局势。

In Episode 228 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Kazakhstan-based journalist Joanna Lillis, author of “Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan,” about the recent protests and unrest that unfolded in Kazakhstan over the past two weeks and how this ties into the larger geopolitical chess match currently underway in Eastern Europe.

This is the multi-polar world in action. It’s no longer some theoretical thing that we’ve read about or that we’re moving towards—we are in it. This is the world we live in, and in this world, everything is up for grabs. Every crisis, every border skirmish, every negotiation is an opportunity for any and all of the major powers to change the status quo and to change the rules of the game to their advantage. And this starts with taking control of the story and telling a narrative about events before the facts emerge and before people have had a chance to even begin to form an educated opinion about whatever it is that’s happening.

Today’s episode is meant to provide you with a sense of where and how the events in Kazakhstan fit into this new global disorder of nation states, non-state actors, mercenaries, agitators, hackers—pretty much everyone interested in exercising influence on an international stage that is fluid and where power is constantly up for grabs. The world is becoming ever more complex and if you want to exercise a level of agency over your own sense of reality and be anything other than a spectator in someone else’s story you need to step back from all the noise and all the hustles and exercise a level of informed skepticism without simply resorting to questioning everything and therefore believing in nothing. This is what Hidden Forces is all about.

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Episode Recorded on 01/11/2022