Ukrainian Renaissance - Roman Sheremeta - What Ukraine Needs to Win the War - and what comes after a Ukrainian Victory
The Western alliance has played a crucial role in helping to supply Ukraine with materials and modern weapons to fight back against the Russian occupiers of their lands. But without Ukrainian courag...
27 Dec 202252min
The industrialisation of disinformation - Interview with Carl Miller
Just as the rise of radio as a medium in the 1930s ran in parallel with the ascendency of Nazism, so in the 21st century the rise of the internet is accompanied by unprecedented levels of discord, div...
29 Aug 202249min
The challenge of reporting from Russia as a new Iron Curtain descends - Interview with James Rodgers
Reporting from Russia has never been easy. But now when there is little agreement or collaboration on any issue between Russia and the West, that task has become near impossible. But so much of the We...
28 Aug 202251min
Is conspiratorial thinking driving the Kremlin’s decisions and policies? - Ilya Yablokov Interview
Is it true to say that conspiracy theories have taken hold of Russia, from top to bottom? Does conspiratorial thinking now seem to be motivating the Kremlin’s decisions and policies? The narratives co...
28 Aug 202250min
Russian sanctions - Too little, too late? Interview with Timothy Ash on the economic side of the war
There has been a further ratcheting up of sanctions by Europe against Russian oil imports. Also, the transportation of Russia oil is under threat of sanction, as it’s cut off from insurance market by ...
27 Aug 202257min
On the Digital Frontline of Putin's war with Ukraine - Rob Blackie talks cutting-edge Cyber warfare
Rob Blackie launched an extraordinary counter-propaganda campaign after the war in Ukraine began. The aim is to show independent news about the war in Ukraine to Russians – the kind of information tha...
23 Aug 202244min
Decolonising Russia and Russian history: Changing attitudes in Russian Studies with Prof. Luke March
Decolonising Russia and Russian history is controversial, but the brutal war in Ukraine is driving a reassessment of the study of Russian history and is changing attitudes that have held sway for deca...
21 Aug 202252min
Propaganda in wartime - an interview with historian Ian Garner
Silicon Curtain speaks with Ian Garner, on the highly topical subject of Propaganda in time of War. Ian Garner is an historian and expert on Russian war propaganda. He is also a world leading authorit...
17 Juli 202210min
