Podcast Episodes

Episode 39: Tensions in the Caucasus

Episode 39

Dr Charlie Laderman joins Ali and Suzanne to explore the origins of the dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the current situation, and the real and increasing risk of renewed violence in the Cauc…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Episode 38: A year of elections

Episode 38

In 2024, approximately four billion people will be involved in national elections, which in turn will shape how states take geopolitical positions and decisions. Suzanne and Ali consider key themes s…

Published on 2 years ago

Episode 37: Realpolitik

Episode 37

Suzanne and Ali discuss the origins of the term and ask how states navigate between pursuit of their interests and being true to their values and ideals.

About the hosts:

Suzanne Raine is an Affiliate …

Published on 2 years ago

Episode 36: China and the BRICS

Episode 36

Professor Bill Hurst joins Suzanne to explore what — if anything — the expansion of the BRICS signifies for those countries joining and for China, and look at how to interpret indicators about the cu…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Episode 35: Heroic leadership

Episode 35

Suzanne and Ali are joined by Air Marshal (Retd) Ed Stringer to look at what defines heroic leadership, whether it can be taught and whether the idea of the genius leader is fit for today's challenge…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Episode 34: The geopolitics of climate change

Episode 34

Ali and Suzanne are joined by Professor Mike Hulme, a climate change specialist, and author of Climate Change Isn’t Everything, who argues that the current approach to climate change targets and dead…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Episode 33: Rethinking authoritarian resilience

Episode 33

Ali and Suzanne discuss the idea of ‘authoritarian resilience’, the broader relationship between theory and practice, and how we should avoid becoming prisoners of paradigms.  

About the hosts:

Suzanne…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Episode 32: The battle for global resources

Episode 32

Ali and Suzanne are joined by Richard Williams of Bunker Hill Mining Corporation to explore global competition for resource, and look at how and whether the US aim to 'de-risk' global supply will wor…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Episode 31: Japan, South Korea and the US

Episode 31

Ali and Suzanne are joined by Centre Affiliate Dr John Nilsson-Wright to consider this trilateral relationship in the run-up to the G7.

About the hosts:

Suzanne Raine is an Affiliate Lecturer at the Ce…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Episode 30: The geopolitics of the UK Union

Episode 30

Ali and Suzanne are joined by the Centre's Dr Hugo Bromley to consider the historical drivers behind the formation of the UK Union and their relevance today.

About the hosts:

Suzanne Raine is an Affili…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago