Are China and the EU headed for a trade war? With Bruno Maçães
As the European Union weighs new sanctions on Chinese companies, which could be announced later this week, Katie Stallard speaks to Bruno Maçães, a former Portuguese Europe minister andthe New Statesm...
5 Juni 202325min
Is the war coming home to Russia?
On Tuesday (30 May), several drones damaged buildings in Moscow in by far the largest attack on the Russian capital since the war in Ukraine began. Kyiv denies carrying out the strikes – at least one ...
1 Juni 202322min
How the Russia’s war on Ukraine will change the world, with Serhii Plokhy
This week our guest is the historian Serhii Plokhy, a professor and the director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard and the author of a number of books, including his latest, The Russo-Ukr...
29 Maj 202330min
Is the National Conservatism conference a glimpse into Britain’s future?
Last week British adherents – including several prominent ministers – of a traditionalist political movement with origins in post-Trump US politics attended the National Conservatism conference in Lon...
25 Maj 202324min
How can Putin be put on trial? With Philippe Sands
With international arrest warrants now active against Vladimir Putin, Ido Vock speaks to Philippe Sands, professor at UCL, about his attempts to force a prosecution of the Russian president. They disc...
22 Maj 202321min
What is at stake in Ukraine’s counter-offensive?
The Ukrainian army this week announced gains around Bakhmut, its first substantive advances in about six months. That progress has prompted analysts to ask: has Ukraine’s much-vaunted counter-offensiv...
18 Maj 202321min
The shifting geopolitics of Central Asia – with Raffaello Pantucci
Fourteen months into Russia’s war against Ukraine, Katie Stallard speaks to Raffaello Pantucci, senior fellow at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore and the co-author of Sino...
15 Maj 202324min
The power politics of Victory Day
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, oversaw a muted parade in Moscow for Victory Day on 9 May, which celebrates the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany. Where in previous years there have been...
11 Maj 202327min
