Is Giorgia Meloni an ideological heiress of Benito Mussolini?
The far-right party the Brothers of Italy led by Giorgia Meloni just won the early election with 26 percent of votes. The alliance of the Brothers of Italy, Matteo Salvini's Lega and Silvio Berlusconi...
28 Sep 202216min
Sweden: The far-right Sweden Democrats are the second-strongest party. How did it happen?
The election just took place in Sweden and the result is that the country will be run by the rightist government. The Social Democrats led by PM Magdalena Andersson von over 30% of the votes but it's ...
19 Sep 202221min
What is NATO doing six months into Russia's war against Ukraine?
,,The war in Ukraine is entering a critical phase. Winter is coming and it will be hard. Hard for the Ukrainian people and armed forces who are fighting for their freedom, and hard for those of us who...
12 Sep 202224min
Is PM Liz Truss up to the job? Is Boris Johnson already plotting a comeback?
This podcast was recorded two days before Queen Elizabeth II. passed away, that's why it's not mentioned. The death of the Monarch might have real political consequences for the United Kingdom, but it...
8 Sep 202220min
How important was Mikhail Gorbachev? And what about his successes and failures?
The former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was born on March 2, 1931 and passed away on August 30. There is very little doubt that he changed the world and contributed to the end of the Cold War, thou...
3 Sep 202220min
A party girl? Is Finland's PM Sanna Marin facing double standards from critics?
You gotta fight for your right to party! The famous Beastie Boys song might become a new political slogan of Finland's Social Democrat PM Sanna Marin. After the video of her partying was leaked, she f...
27 Aug 202222min
The Taliban took over Afghanistan one year ago. How are they running it?
The Taliban took over Kabul one year ago, on August 15th. It had a huge geopolitical significance but I have to admit there is another reason why it's so easy for me to remember it. The fact is that A...
15 Aug 202229min
Does Russia have diplomacy or is it mostly trolling?
To quote Margaret Thatcher: Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. So how powerful is Russia whose leaders like to brag about it? I talked to Nicholas Cul...
10 Aug 202224min
