Ep. 1 - The State of Democracy, with Nathalie Tocci
Budapest31 Jan

Ep. 1 - The State of Democracy, with Nathalie Tocci

In my inaugural episode, I sit down with Nathalie Tocci — Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, former special advisor to EU High Representatives Mogherini and Borrell, and one of Europe's leading voices on foreign policy.

From Trump's legacy to Greenland, from Iran's streets to Meloni's true intentions, we map the global state of liberal democracy — where it's crumbling, where it's holding, and what we can do about it.

In this episode:

  • ​What the US can (and cannot) resist
  • ​Venezuela, Iran, and the limits of protest
  • ​Is a new colonial order emerging?
  • ​Europe's internal enemies
  • ​One concrete thing you can do to defend democracy

With reason, not rage.


Timestamps:

0:57 What is your Budapest?

4:55 Trump's legacy for the United States

6:38 The errors analysts make

8:32 US vs the illiberal virus: past vs present

12:15 From Venezuela to Greenland: the changing liberal order

21:50 What oppositions in Iran and Venezuela can expect

27:00 A new colonial order?

31:55 European liberal democracies today

41:19 The enemy within Europe

44:55 Mamdani's victory explained

49:45 What Meloni really thinks

52:00 What we can do to defend democracy

52:27 Conclusions


Author and host: Ivan Scalfarotto

Editor and social media: Ludovica Taurisano

Graphic designer: Paola De Bartolo

Visual identity: Martina Santurri

Sound designer: Enrico Cabua

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