Empathy’s Place in Diplomacy ft. Dr. Claire Yorke Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn about the power of empathy in
politics.


Dr. Claire Yorke is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the
University of Southern Denmark whose research explores the role
and limitations of empathy in international affairs, diplomacy,
and policy-making. In this episode, she explains the increasing
need for empathy in politics, and how politicians or diplomats
can build their empathy. She also shares a couple of examples of
unexpected empathic behaviour in notorious politicians.





00:00 Introduction


00:27 About Claire Yorke


02:08 Why is empathy so important to politics?


03:39 What inspired Claire to study the intersection of empathy
and politics


06:34 What resonated with Claire during her research?


07:24 Is Richard Nixon an empathic politician?


09:27 What does empathy training look like in diplomacy?


11:30 Claire’s "Empathy in Diplomacy" course


13:41 Does Claire think there is a growing appetite for “empathy”
in political spaces?


15:22 How Claire’s work has impacted her personally


16:55 About Claire’s book on empathy


19:46 Is Donald Trump an empathic politician?


24:21 How can we cultivate empathy in society?


27:10 Does Claire think we’ll build back better in a post-COVID
world?


29:37 Claire Yorke’s Purposeful Empathy Story





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