Understanding Europe: Open Strategic Autonomy?
In today’s episode Brendan and Charelle wrestle with the concept of strategic autonomy, also referred to as strategic sovereignty and possibly other names. You might have seen the term circulating onl...
21 Apr 202339min
Crooktocracy: 1MDB - Malaysia
What do a crystal piano owned by Miranda Kerr, a painting by Picasso and the Wolf of Wall Street have in common? They were all paid with money from Malaysian citizens. Of course, without them knowing....
11 Apr 202323min
“Close” (2022) and the Global Politics of Children
Starting from Canne's Grand Prix winner and Oscar-nominated “Close” (2022, Lukas Dhont), Hadrian and Leen will explore the general themes emerging from Dhont's sophomore feature, tying into the genera...
31 Mar 202331min
The Fifth Republic in crisis: Protesting against the pensions reform
Last week, the French government passed a very controversial pensions reform, against the opinion of 70% of the French people and trade unions. They did so using article 49.3 of the Constitution, allo...
29 Mar 202345min
Understanding Europe: Forged in Crisis
"Europe will be forged in crisis, and will be the sum of the solutions adopted for those crises", these were the words of Jean Monnet. But what is a crisis, and how does Europe act when it is confront...
24 Mar 202342min
Crisis in Sri Lanka: Pushing through
In this second episode, Jonathan takes you on a sonic journey through the life of Lankans in the crisis. Last autumn, they visited their family there and recorded soundbites of how their relatives and...
19 Mar 202324min
Crooktocracy: Car Wash - Brazil
There are various different forms of government in the world: there’s democracy, aristocracy, technocracy…and crooktocracy, the government of crooks. In this 2nd episode of Crooktocracy, we will fly a...
10 Mar 202325min
Understanding Europe: Ukraine, 1 year later
In this episode Brendan and Charelle look at the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine one year after it started. Joined by Anna Herranz-Surrallés and Giselle Bosse, both Associate Professors at Maastricht...
24 Feb 202354min
