Podcast Selection

EU foreign ministers to address Ukraine and Middle East crises amid escalation

EU foreign ministers are meeting in Luxembourg today (14 October) to discuss urgent matters, including Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the volatile situation in the Middle East, following recent escalation in Lebanon and northern…

Chinese EVs Tariffs Fallout: Is Germany Losing Its Influence In Brussels?

Last Friday, EU countries agreed to impose definitive tariffs on imports of electric cars from China, a move with far-reaching implications for the bloc's trade policy with Beijing, the future of the EU's car industry…

Trump v Harris: The debate that defined the US presidential race

Vice-President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump met in Philadelphia on Tuesday evening (10 September) for their first – and likely their only – confrontation before the presidential election. With eight weeks to go, polls show candidates are running a neck-and-neck race that could easily…

The world after the West: Rana Mitter on China

In recent years, China has overtaken the United States as the largest trading partner of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Not only has Beijing played a bigger role in the region’s economic order,…

China’s new ideas: People, power, progress

How will future US foreign policy impact the EU?

The EU is looking stateside to map possible scenarios for US foreign policy following upcoming November elections. What should Europeans expect from a second Donald Trump mandate? What might contrast with a first Kamala Harris…

Critical Raw Materials: Geopolitical chess or tug-of-war for development?

Critical raw materials are vital for the EU's green transition and offer African countries a path to green industrialisation. However, both face policy dilemmas: Africa must efficiently use resources within, and share them between, countries,…

US Presidential Election 2024: Money, trade and the transatlantic economy

What could a second Trump presidency mean for international security and economics? How does the strength of the US-dollar help to maintain America’s global dominance? Laura von Daniels and Mark Copelovitch discuss the challenges of…

La géopolitique des Jeux olympiques: entre soft power et nation branding

The Great Firewall: How China regulates big tech

In the past couple of decades, China has produced a multitude of big tech giants. Companies like Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance and others are well on their way to becoming household names, unique in their ability…

Ukraine war at a tipping point

Gideon discusses the state of Ukraine’s defences with Jack Watling, senior fellow for land warfare at the Royal United Services Institute. Russia’s advantage in ammunition and forces is beginning to show on the battlefield. What would it take…

ICC weighs stepping into Gaza conflict