Expert on organized crime: You want to fight Russia?! Make Ukraine less corrupt and better governed
Donald Bowser helped set up the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and works as an international security and law enforcement advisor. “You want to fight Russia? Then what you need to d...
20 Juli 34min
Ankara summit: What went right and what went wrong for NATO
The NATO summit was held on July 7-8 in Ankara. The declaration from the meeting in Türkiye has six paragraphs, and in this episode of The Global Agora, I dissect them with Roger Hilton. He is a Canad...
13 Juli 28min
America at 250: What would the world look like without the US?
The United States has celebrated its 250th anniversary. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence. Are American ideals just a political m...
6 Juli 31min
How do Oana Lungescu and Ben Hodges preview the NATO summit in Ankara?
This is a special episode of The Global Agora. I was lucky enough to speak with Oana Lungescu, the longest-serving NATO Spokesperson and a Distinguished Fellow at RUSI, and Ben Hodges, former Commandi...
2 Juli 45min
If 2025 had continued, Ukraine would have lost and Europe would have been at risk of a Russian attack
If 2025 had continued, Ukraine would have lost and Europe would have been at risk of a Russian attack. That is the view of military analyst Gustav Gressel. „We were actually in a very shitty phase,“ h...
26 Juni 31min
Is Starmer finished, is Britain ungovernable and could Farage become prime minister?
There are still a lot of ifs, but if Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield by-election on June 18, he is highly likely to succeed the current Labour Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. Yet ten years after Brexit...
15 Juni 24min
Trump turns 80: What does he want for his birthday and is he too old for the White House?
US President Donald Trump will turn 80 on June 14. If he completes his second term, he will leave the White House in January 2029 at the age of 82, making him the oldest American president in history....
9 Juni 29min
Does Xi Jinping prefer Vladimir Putin or Donald Trump? And is his power unlimited?
Professor of Political Science at the University of Canterbury Anne-Marie Brady is a specialist on the Chinese Communist Party. We met in Prague at the GLOBSEC Forum 2026 and in this episode of The Gl...
1 Juni 22min
