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An excellent talk with Professor Jonathan Fisher, co-editor of African Affairs @AfrAfJournal, about the peer review process, the journal's challenges, and its future vision.
#africanaffairs #africanpolitics #academicpublishing
LINK: youtu.be/LNf43bAV4Aw
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A great conversation with the editorial team, Dr Vampa
@DavideVampa and Dr Lopez-Santana @marielylopezs, of Regional & Federal Studies @RegFedSt on territorial politics, peer review, and the future of regionalism research.
LINK: youtu.be/60Q0ma3gC3c
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Dr Piotr Pietrzak joins us to trace Poland's journey from historical insecurity to strategic confidence. Can Poland sustain great-power aspirations without overreaching?
#Poland #strategicculture #geopolitics
LINK: youtu.be/cx8RAlDaEKQ
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May 25
In this episode, Dr Carl Death examines how African actors negotiate, contest, and reimagine climate governance across local, continental, and global arenas.
#africanagency #climategovernance
LINK: youtu.be/1WyAdggRhNg
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May 19
In this episode, Myriam Dunn Cavelty @CyberMyri and Nicole Jenne @nicjenne discuss the intellectual identity of Contemporary Security Policy @CSP_journal, its peer review process, their editorial work, and future visions.
#securitystudies
LINK: youtu.be/ZJyhXn--iAk
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May 12
In this episode, I speak with Dmitry Gorenburg @russmil, editor of Problems of Post-Communism, a leading peer-reviewed journal on political, economic, security, and international developments in post-communist societies. #problemsofpostcommunism LINK: youtu.be/Iun0LUyF0LM
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Dr Wai Yan Phyo Naing highlights Myanmar as a state where neutralist tradition, decades of military rule, and post-coup fracture combine to shape an exceptionally complex foreign policy landscape.
#Myanmar #Geopolitics
LINK: youtu.be/ZBo-Et_Ai04
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Apr 28
In this episode, I speak with Professor Sergei Prozorov about biopolitics, one of the most provocative frameworks in political theory, and how it reshapes our understanding of power and life across IR, philosophy, and Soviet studies.
#biopolitics
LINK: youtu.be/Gzmqo50YXOM
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Apr 21
How does a country under heavy sanctions continue to win influence across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia? In this episode, Vladimir Liparteliani unpacks the full machinery of Russian soft power.
#russiansoftpower
LINK: youtu.be/1chWY2zvKYc
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Apr 14
South Africa has one of the most underrated nuclear energy stories. Dr. Kelvin Kemm — physicist with 25 years of hands-on SMR experience — explains why it matters.
#NuclearEnergy #SMR #SouthAfrica #AfricanEnergy #EnergyTransition
Link: youtu.be/9DohvlwaGjY
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Professor Jack Holland discusses the British Journal of Politics and International Relations (BJPIR) @BritJPIR — its DNA, review process, and future direction.
LINK: youtu.be/DYfwbJ67AzM
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Mar 31
A heartfelt thank you to historian Philip Snow for lending his expertise on Sino-Russian relations. We traced the arc of history to uncover the principles shaping this complex partnership — and to put many long-standing questions to rest.
LINK: youtu.be/J0Yojb20Jec
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Mar 30
Critical Update: In Memory of Steven Gruzd
Steven Gruzd was abducted and murdered in Johannesburg, South Africa, in what authorities described as an 'express kidnapping'. Steven will always be with us through an episode we recorded together. Rest in peace.
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Mar 24
This interview with Professor @Mark_N_Katz explores one of the central debates in contemporary international relations: the transition from unipolarity to a more complex multipolar world.
#multipolarworld #unipolarworld #worldorder
LINK: youtu.be/VwlAuTle3z0
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Mar 17
In this interview, political scientist Marc Sanjaume‑Calvet examines the constitutional status of Catalonia, the distribution of powers within the Spanish state, and the evolving debates surrounding Catalan autonomy and identity.
#catalonia
LINK: youtu.be/DF_SaHQZG_k
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Mar 10
In this episode, Professor David M. McCourt unpacks the foundations of New Constructivism: where it came from, what it demands of researchers, and where it's heading. #constructivism #newconstructivism #irtheory
LINK: youtu.be/oozY4W8JoSA
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Thank you to @ReubenSteff for a fascinating conversation on New Zealand's geopolitical positioning. Highly recommend for anyone thinking about small states navigating a shifting international order.
LINK: youtu.be/7woS06fgGqI
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In this episode, Professor Charlotte Epstein reflects on how postcolonial perspectives reshape the study of norms in international relations, challenging conventional accounts of diffusion, compliance, and legitimacy. #norms #postcolonialism
LINK: youtu.be/0tqSNgrH_n4
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17 Dec 2025
In this episode, we sit down with political analyst @marc_saxer to explore his theory of Transformative Realism and why he believes we’re living through a profound systemic crisis. #irtheory #realism
LINK: youtu.be/BXcDYTxmoQs
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