London Politica Podcast

The question of where the pandemic started has come up again, and for good reason... Dr John Hulsman shares his views with Manas Chawla on the Wuhan Lab Leak Theory, its geopolitical reasoning, and its consequences. Dr John Hulsman has written 7 books on foreign policy and recently celebrated his 1000th article in the foreign policy and geopolitical world. It certainly shows as he was fantastic wh...

“What happens in the Middle East doesn’t stay in the Middle East” Manas Chawla interviews Ambassador Richard Schmierer on a plethora of state positions and voices within the Middle East. Ambassador Richard Schmierer is a US diplomat with extensive experience in several countries in the Middle East. He has served for more than 34 years as a State Department Foreign Service Officer, and has lectured...

Manas Chawla interviews Livia Paggi, the Head of Political Risk at GPW, on Alexei Navalny, the strategic impact of Russian sanctions, and the outlook of international anti-corruption initiatives. Named as one of Britain’s Top Women in Business Under 35, Livia Paggi is an expert on Russian and wider Eurasian political risk for financial institutions. She heads the work on providing actionable intel...

In this episode, Manas and Cheyenne talk to Dr Kerry Brown, a former British Diplomat to Beijing and Director of the Lau China Institute at Kings College London. Exploring the significance of China's growth and future projections, Manas tackles the questions of underrated political risks in China, economic de-coupling, and the UK's ever-growing Indo-Pacific shift. Cheyenne examines the economic, s...

In this episode, Manas Chawla, CEO of London Politica, talks to geo-political strategist Dr Parag Khanna. He’s the author of the groundbreaking book, The Future is Asian, and founder of FutureMap, a data-driven scenario planning and strategic advisory.  Dr Khanna provides a unique insight into China’s influence, and peels back the layers to uncover a practical examination of China’s Belt and...

Can we refresh and re-explore the political risk lens through which analysts see geopolitical developments, Chinese polity, and cyber risk? In this episode, we host Klisman Murati to discuss why good political risk analysis could come down to engaging with structural push and pull factors, rather than topical, ad-hoc, or rhetorical developments. Klisman also talks to us about why China isn’t as un...