Taylor Swift for American President? Unlikely, but...
Taylor Swift was named Person of the Year 2023 by Time. Does she deserve this? What makes her so special? Her skill as a musician? Her phenomenal commercial success? Does she already have a place amon...
22 Dec 202318min
What to expect from the Republican primaries? Will it be Trump or can DeSantis or Haley still hope?
There is support in the US for Ukraine but the Republicans have decided that Americans are more concerned about the cost and the Biden administration, I must say, has been terrible in explaining why U...
16 Dec 202330min
Will Meloni compete with Orbán? And will her support for Ukraine continue?
Daniele Albertazzi is a Professor of Politics and Co-Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe at the University of Surrey. He is focusing on right-wing populism, Italian politics, political commu...
9 Dec 202325min
Is Putin's regime too resilient and Trump too dangerous? My conversation with former US Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff
Is Vladimir Putin's regime surprisingly too resilient and does Donald Trump represent a clear and present danger to American democracy? I raised such questions with Michael Chertoff who was the second...
1 Dec 202317min
Is there a case for suspending Russia from the UN? And what can the UN do about Putin's war and the Gaza conflict?
Martin Edwards is a Professor in the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, where he teaches classes on International Organizations. So I asked him if we need the UN...
25 Nov 202320min
What can a war do to the artist? Ukrainian director talks about fighting Russians and making movies
What can a war do to the artist? I talked to the Ukrainian director Alisa Kovalenko about fighting Russians and making movies. She recently visited Slovakia and at the movie festival Jeden Svet - One ...
18 Nov 202324min
About Zaluzhnyi's dose of reality (and stalemate), Ukraine's counteroffensive, and what we got wrong about Russia. My conversation with General (Ret.) Mick Ryan
Mick Ryan is a military strategist and retired Australian Army major general. He believes that the slow delivery of the Western weapon systems to Ukraine is one of the reasons why the Russians were ab...
11 Nov 202322min
Could Kadyrov replace Putin and would it lead to the break up of Russia?
On October 29th, an angry mob tried to hunt for Jews at Makhachkala’s Uytash International Airport, and the local authorities were caught off guard. How much does the events in Dagestan reflect the an...
4 Nov 202324min
