How can Europe react to Trump's threats to NATO?
How can Europe react to Donald Trump's threats to NATO? There is a realistic scenario that the populist Republican can win the US presidential elections in November. What would it mean to NATO when Tr...
16 Feb 202425min
Are we inching towards a big regional war in the Middle East?
Are we inching towards a big regional war in the Middle East? "What we see today is that two major unresolved issues are starting to interact with each other and could cause quite serious problems. On...
9 Feb 202422min
About films, actors, Indiana Jones, Richard Nixon and revenge: My conversation with Oscar director Bille August
Bille August is a Danish film and TV director and screenwriter. His movie Pelle the Conqueror won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Movie in 1988. He visited Bratislava for the festival of Scandinav...
3 Feb 202421min
What will Sweden bring to NATO and how can the Alliance and the EU prepare for a potential war with Russia?
Almost there. Sweden is now waiting only for a green light from Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán to become a member of NATO. But what will Stockholm bring to the Alliance? And how to prepare NATO and the EU ...
27 Jan 202421min
Does Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán want to take over the European Council?
Does Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán want to take over the European Council? Charles Michel, the current President of the European Council, wants to run in June's EU elections, so there is a possibility tha...
20 Jan 202425min
US presidential primaries: Is Trump going to win the nomination and what if Biden says I'm not running?
The countdown to the US presidential elections starts with the party primaries. There is a clear favorite on the Republican side, but can Nikki Haley or Ron DeSantis threaten Donald Trump's position? ...
13 Jan 202428min
What are the main military options Ukraine and Russia can still exploit?
Franz-Stefan Gady is the founder and chief executive officer of Gady Consulting and a military analyst. From the beginning of the Russian aggression, he has frequently visited Ukraine and if you are...
6 Jan 202420min
Japan's admiral explains how his country would react to China's attack against Taiwan and how to prevent it
Tomohisa Takei is a retired Japanese admiral who served as the 32nd Chief of Staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force from 2014 to 2016. I had a chance to talk to him as he visited Bratislava in...
28 Dec 202324min
