
Episode 18: Russia’s War on Ukraine and the Rise of the Middle Corridor
Nathan Hutson is an Assistant Professor of urban planning at the University of North Texas. His research focuses on freight infrastructure coordination and its role in economic development. He has fif...
15 Maj 202316min

Episode 17: Russiagate, Russian illicit financial flows and influence on Europe
Hugo Rasch: a criminologist turned investigative journalist at Follow Money
25 Apr 202324min

Episode 16: Sanctions against Russia over Ukraine
Dr. Francesco Giumelli (Deputy Head of Department, Associate Professor in International Relations and International Organization at the University of Groningen). Expertise: International sanctions, EU...
22 Mars 202329min

Episode 15: Brazilian Election, Amazon, Environmental Governance
Our guest is Dr. Eric Cezne is postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Global Cooperation Research (GCR21), Duisburg, Germany & the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Utrecht University...
12 Feb 202324min

Episode 14: Iran Protests
Our guest: Dr. Donya Ahmadi is an Iranian-Dutch intersectional feminist and Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Groningen. Her current research project concerns the (re...
25 Dec 202233min

Episode 13: Peace Negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan: opportunities, obstacles and prospects
Our guest is Rusif Huseynov, who is the Co-founder and Director of Topchubashov Center, a Baku-based think tank. His main interests are socio-political developments, frozen conflicts, and ethnic minor...
15 Nov 202230min

Episode 12: The Role of Turkey in Regional Conflicts
Our guest is Dr. Mustafa Ali Sezal, lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the University of Groningen. We thank our partner Globalization Studies Groningen
26 Okt 202225min

Episode 11: Russian Discourses (Elite, public and opposition parties) about the war in Ukraine
In this episode, we discuss the Russian elite, and public and opposition parties' discourses about the war in Ukraine. What is the elite discourse behind this war? What is the public discourse, and i...
20 Juli 202243min



















