Cas Mudde on sanewashing of Trump, far-right threat and normalization of Meloni
After many years of correspondence and phone calls, I finally met Cas Mudde in person last year at the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague. Our meeting resulted in the 235th episode of The Global Agora podcast. T...
26 Maj 29min
Zelenskyy has allowed Putin's military parade. Will they meet at the negotiation table?
When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a decree allowing Russia’s Victory Day military parade to proceed, it was clear that there would be a strong reaction from the Kremlin. “We knew the...
20 Maj 26min
Who are the low-level agents and how is Russia using them against Europe?
Bart Schuurman is a Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence at Leiden University. In this episode of The Global Agora, we discuss his latest research article, Russia’s low-level agents: characte...
11 Maj 28min
Regime change in Hungary: What’s next for Péter Magyar and Viktor Orbán?
A new Hungarian government led by Prime Minister Péter Magyar will take office on May 9. What will be its primary focus during the first 100 days? Unfreezing EU funds and “de-Orbanization”? And what l...
6 Maj 28min
Why has Beijing turned to coercion instead of trying to win Taiwanese hearts and minds?
Many Europeans worry that U.S. President Donald Trump may be unwilling to help them in the event of Russian aggression. Does Taiwan have similar concerns regarding Trump’s commitment in the face of Ch...
30 Apr 23min
Will Trump, Putin, and Xi lead the world into more conflicts?
Seva Gunitsky is an associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto. In this episode of The Global Agora, I speak with him about his two articles – The Personalist Global Order a...
25 Apr 26min
Small countries, big choices?: What Cyprus and Slovakia can learn from a changing world order
As the Middle East's tensions escalated, Cyprus found itself unexpectedly in the line of fire. In this episode of The Global Agora, I speak with Professor James Ker-Lindsay, an expert on Cyprus and Eu...
17 Apr 27min
Hungary's elections: Would Viktor Orbán accept defeat if he loses? And what about Péter Magyar?
Orsolya Ráczová is an analyst on Eurasia Group’s Europe team, covering Central and Eastern Europe. She is definitely the right person to speak with about the upcoming elections in Hungary, which will ...
6 Apr 30min
