Dr Catherine Fieschi on the Le Pens, French politics, and lessons to be learnt from populism
‘Populism has taught us that politics is not just about being technocrats and that politicians cannot just govern through Excel spreadsheets.’ In this episode, Manas Chawla interviews Dr Catherine Fie...
6 Juli 202238min
Former ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy on the credibility of US democracy, foreign policy decision-making in China, and the future of world politics
‘This new Cold War could signal the transition from the pre-eminence of the US to its decline.’ In this episode of the London Politica Podcast, Manas Chawla interviews former ambassador Alfredo Toro H...
9 Maj 202245min
Justin Crump on Putin, predicting a war, and the importance of intelligence
‘It is the role of intelligence to speak truth to power.’ In this episode, Manas Chawla talks with Justin Crump, the CEO of Sibylline, about the importance of analysing political leaders through a psy...
27 Apr 202241min
Brian Wong on Chinese soft power, relations between China and the West, and misconceptions in mass discourse
‘China is different, China does things differently, but it also learns from, imitates, and takes the very best of the West and incorporates that into China.’ In this episode, Manas Chawla speaks with ...
12 Apr 202242min
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson on Ukraine, the corporate response, and ESG
‘The war will change the ESG discussion from something that was easily dismissed as being about sunflowers and windmills to something that is much more serious and systemic.’ In this episode, Manas Ch...
30 Mars 202239min
Tom Fletcher on the war in Ukraine, digital diplomacy, and reining in big tech
‘Russia is badly losing the information war. It is President Zelensky who is all over my phone.’ In this episode, Manas Chawla talks to Tom Fletcher, a former foreign policy advisor and ambassador, ab...
11 Mars 202223min
Carne Ross, the ‘Independent Diplomat’, on the losers of the state-based system and the crisis in Ukraine
‘The idea of state interests is a manufactured discourse where officials and diplomats make up what they think their countries' interests are usually without reference to the people concerned.’ In thi...
14 Feb 202235min
Brunello Rosa on crypto, climate, globalization, and other looming issues through the eyes of a macroeconomist
In this episode, Manas Chawla interviews Brunello Rosa about current and future "hot topic" macroeconomic and geopolitical flash-points including climate change, cryptocurrencies impact on monetary po...
8 Dec 202152min
