Ukraine’s Fight Against Corruption in the Sphere of Justice (Iryna Shyba)
According to Transparency International's 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index, Ukraine ranked 122nd out of 180 countries in 2021, the second most corrupt in Europe. In this episode of the Transformative...
7 Sep 202222min
Anti-Globalism Between the World Wars (Tara Zahra)
How did anti-globalism give birth to the multinational corporation? And how did complaints about “the global economy” shape mass politics at the very moment of its emergence? In this episode of the Tr...
20 Jul 202214min
The Revolutionary University? (Jan Surman)
How did the revolutions around Central and Eastern Europe transform higher education? Less than you might think, suggests Jan Surman (Czech Academy of Sciences). In this episode of the Transformative ...
29 Jun 202214min
Right-Wing Ideology in the Russian-Ukrainian War (Anton Shekhovtsov)
Who has the power of command over the (in)famous Azov regiment, which until recently defended the Ukrainian city of Mariupol under siege and was, at last, captured by the Russian forces? What kind of ...
9 Jun 202221min
China’s Economic Transformations (Federico Pachetti)
Western non-governmental organizations such as the World Bank played a crucial role in China’s economic reforms during the 1980s and 1990s. They facilitated dialogues between Chinese economists and th...
18 Mai 202216min
Human Rights Activism in Russia (Anna Dobrovolskaya)
Overshadowed by the military aggression against Ukraine, "Memorial" was banned and forced to close in Russia. The oldest non-governmental organization in the region, dating back to the late Soviet era...
27 Apr 202215min
Europe: Liberty, Solidarity, Power (Laurent Warlouzet)
United Europe has many dimensions. In the history of European unification, liberal projects of economic integration have coexisted and competed with ideas of social justice & solidarity, but also of E...
6 Apr 202219min
Back to Totalitarianism? Russia’s War in Ukraine (Sergey Radchenko)
Putin´s aggression against Ukraine released a landslide change in international politics, economy, academia, and public culture. Within Russia itself, it triggered an avalanche of repressive policies,...
16 Mar 202215min
