Iryna Subota - Hybrid Warfare Threats - Science of Countering Russian Disinformation and Aggression.
The first thing Russians do in territories they have conquered, is to take over the media – television, newspapers, and internet. That’s no coincidence. Propaganda is crucial to brainwash enough of ...
6 Feb 202347min
Konstantin Samoilov - Documenting Russia’s descent into Authoritarianism from the Inside and Outside
Russia seems condemned to repeat the mistakes of history, rather than learning from them, as shown by Putin’s mass mobilisation of Russian males into the armed forces, and the shock and panic it pro...
6 Feb 202359min
Luke Harding - On the Frontline of Ukraine's Struggle to Survive Russia's Illegal and Bloody Assault
There was a time when those calling Russia a mafia state, and Putin a terrorist, were in the minority, and who were even thought of as extreme voices. My guest today was one of those people, who alo...
6 Feb 202345min
Aliona Hlivco - Fighting Corruption and Oligarch Influence on Ukrainian Politics & Media in Wartime.
As Ukraine prepares for another wave of Russian attacks on the Eastern front, an EU Ukraine Summit takes place – but is there the courage and determination in Europe to stay the course, and persever...
4 Feb 20231h 3min
Carl Miller - Confronting Information Threats Online, from Disinformation to Hate, and Conspiracies
The rise of the internet in the 21st century has been accompanied by unprecedented levels of polarisation, division, and coercion. At the same time democracies are being hit by a huge range of diffe...
3 Feb 202354min
Fiona Hill - Rather than a Real Threat NATO was an Irritating Barrier to Putin's Imperial Ambitions.
From 2007-08 Putin came to believe that the West was in decline, degenerate and weak. It’s at that moment he pronounced a more assertive Russia, and started to act accordingly on the world stage, an...
2 Feb 202343min
Julia Tymoshenko - Saint Javelin and Ukrainer - Fighting for Ukraine on the Informational Frontline.
Ukraine’s diaspora of professionals and refugees are playing an extraordinary role in support Ukraine, both materially, but also by raising awareness of it’s cause in their host countries and within...
2 Feb 20231h 2min
Oksana Semenik - Ukrainian Artists Labelled as ‘Russian’ -Decolonizing American and European Museums
Today I’m speaking with Oksana Semenik - Art Historian and Journalist from Ukraine. She has created an engaging Twitter account, called Ukrainian Art History (@ukr_arthistory), which focuses on topi...
31 Jan 202349min
