284. Gustav Gressel - Does Western Hesitancy, Disunity, Fear and Weakness Put Ukrainian Victory at Risk?
Gustav Gressel is a senior policy fellow with the Wider Europe Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations’ Berlin office. His topics of focus include Russia, Eastern Europe, and defence ...
11 Marras 202359min
285. Robin Horsfall - Are we Underestimating how Destructive and Long-lived Moscow's Aggression could be?
GUEST: Robin Horsfall, soldier, writer, campaigner and keynote speaker. ---------- The existence of the USSR over many decades unfortunately shows that tyranny can be tenacious, and the extreme barb...
10 Marras 202354min
283. Joseph Lindsley - Only Democracies are Plagued by Coincidences. Dictators Don’t Tolerate Serendipity
This week Russia attacked Odesa with missiles and drones, seriously damaging the Odesa National Art Museum building, a designated UNESCO monument (which was 124 years old yesterday). Missiles also h...
9 Marras 202358min
279. Michael Sheridan - Does Xi Jinping's Iron Grip Over CCP & China come at the Cost of Economic Growth?
In this episode, we explore how the “black box” of Chinese politics operates. How Xi Jinping seized power, and how he maintains control. We examine China's soft authoritarian power and the apparatus...
6 Marras 202348min
280. Elina Beketova - Brainwashing, Terror and Lawlessness is what Russia Brought to Occupied Territories
Elina Beketova is a Democracy Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). She has experience of working as a journalist, editor, and TV-anchor for news stations in Kharkiv and Kyiv. El...
5 Marras 202356min
277. Taras Kuzio - Russia Looking to Replace International Rules-based Order with Lawless, Violent Chaos.
Dr Taras Kuzio is a British academic and Professor of Political Science at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, and an expert on politics, crime and security in Russia, Ukraine, and Euras...
5 Marras 202358min
278. Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges - Far from a Stalemate, Ukraine is Making Crimea Untenable for Russia to Defend.
Ben Hodges is a retired United States Army officer, who became commander of United States Army Europe in November 2014, and held that position for three years until retiring from the United States A...
3 Marras 202354min
276. Lesia Dubenko - Without Proportional Punishment, the World Risks a Repeat of Russia's 2022 Invasion.
Lesia Dubenko is a political scientist and an Alumna of Lund University, with an Msc in European Affairs. She has eight years of experience in political and social journalism and has been published ...
2 Marras 20231h 7min
