College of Europe Podcast (Bruges)

In this episode of CSDP, Léonie Bontoux and Giulio Croce interview Philippe Perchoc, Director of the IRSEM Europe (the Research Institute of the French Ministry of Armed Forces).  In this conversation, they discuss European interoperability, the evolution of the French nuclear doctrine following President Macron’s speech at Ile Longue on the 2nd of March 2026, how Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuan...

In this episode of CSDP, Giulio Croce interviews Teresa Coratella, Deputy Head of the European Council on Foreign Relations in Rome.  In this conversation, they discuss Foreign Information Manipulation Interference (FIMI) and cognitive warfare, coming both from Russia and China and from the United States. FIMI is the frontier of hybrid warfare, with the ability to exploit the o...

In Episode 2 of the Geopolitics of  Heated Rivalry  podcast, Professor Michele Chang and Luis Matos break down episodes four through six, where Shane and Ilya navigate panic attacks, tuna melts, and one very judgmental Canadian bird on their journey from awkward flirtation to cozy cottage romance. Beyond the drama, the discussion dives into queer politics, identity, and representation, e...

In this episode, Professor Michele Chang, Director of Studies of the Master in Transatlantic Affairs at the College of Europe, joins Academic Assistants Coralie Balieu and Luís Matos, and politics student Louise Msalan to explore key moments in Russia–West relations through unexpected parallels with the show’s timeline. Recorded at the College of Europe, this conversation looks at how pop culture...

From starting at the College of Europe, Cecilia Pellosniemi has worked at the European Parliament, supported the Syrian Women's Advisory Board at the UN, and navigated peace processes from Myanmar to the Middle East. She joins Leah Tillmann-Morris and Saskia Nijenhuis on this episode of Democracy Unfiltered to talk about peace processes, what meaningful women's participation in diplomacy actually...

In the first episode of the Young Diplomats Society podcast, İrem İlksoy and Leah Tillmann-Morris interview Dr Nicholas Westcott about his diplomatic career and experience for over thirty years in the UK’s FCDO and the EU’s EEAS. Dr Westcott (Nick) gives his perspectives on what makes negotiations succeed or fail, what the UK and EU diplomatic services could learn from one another, the glamour and...

In this short but insightful episode of CSDP, the first of the Victoria Amelina Promotion' season for the Security & Defence Society at the College of Europe, Giulio Croce and Léonie Bontoux sit with High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, the EU’s chief diplomat, on the occasion of her presence as the guest speaker of the Victoria Amelin...

In this episode of the College of Europe Podcast, students and faculty of the College welcomed Professor Oriane Calligaro, Associate Professor of Political Science at the Université Catholiquede Lille. Her work examines the history and politics of European integration, with particular attention to the cultural and symbolic dimensions of the European project — how the EU seeks to nar...

In this eighth episode of CSDP, Antonio Tintoré Vicent is joined by Ambassador João Cravinho to discuss great power politics in the Sahel and what is at stake for Europe. Ambassador Cravinho is the EU Special Representative for the Sahel and formerly served as Portugal’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence. The conversation explores the Sahel as a theatre of global competition, ass...

This is the fifth episode of the podcast  Europe: A Union of Regions or of Nations? , brought to you by  La Voix du Collège . In this podcast, we look at the role of different Member States within the European Union, examining how national and European interests interact. Each Member State brings its own priorities and plays a different role in shaping European Integration. Today, our gu...

This is the fourth episode of the podcast  Europe: A Union of Regions or of Nations? , brought to you by  La Voix du Collège . In this podcast, we look at the role of different Member States within the European Union, examining how national and European interests interact. Each Member State brings its own priorities and plays a different role in shaping European Integration. Today, our g...

This is the third episode of the podcast  Europe: A Union of Regions or of Nations? , brought to you by  La Voix du Collège . In this podcast, we look at the role of different Member States within the European Union, examining how national and European interests interact. Each Member State brings its own priorities and plays a different role in shaping European Integration. Today, our gu...

In this seventh episode of CSDP, Antonio Tintoré Vicent is joined by Professor Abraham Newman to discuss the rise of geoeconomics and how Europe should adapt to an era of weaponised interdependence. Professor Newman teaches at Georgetown University and is co-author of  Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy , a landmark book on the geopolitics of globalisation and c...

This is the second episode of the podcast  Europe: A Union of Regions or of Nations? , brought to you by  La Voix du Collège . In this podcast, we look at the role of different Member States within the European Union, examining how national and European interests interact. Each Member State brings its own priorities and plays a unique role in shaping European Integration. Today, our gues...

This is the first episode of the podcast  Europe: A Union of Regions or of Nations? , brought to you by  La Voix du Collège , and in this episode, also in collaboration with the  Italian Society .  This podcast aims to examine the role of different Member States in the European Union.  We are often taught that the EU is an international organisation, even if a  sui generis  one, where Me...

In this sixth episode of CSDP, Antonio Tintoré Vicent is joined by Dr. Daniel Fiott to explore the EU’s evolving defence agenda. Dr. Fiott is Head of the Defence and Statecraft Programme at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy and one of Europe’s leading experts on defence industrial policy. This conversation unpacks the significance of the White Paper on Defence and the ReArm programme...

In this episode, we speak with Manuel Muñiz, Provost of IE University and former Secretary of State for Global Spain. Dr. Muñiz is currently attending the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, so we took this opportunity to discuss how India and the Global South are viewing recent developments in global affairs— from ceasefire negotiations in Ukraine to the Sino-American rivalry. We also explored what th...

In this fourth episode of the College Security and Defence Podcast series, Pol Koopman talks with researcher Pierre Haroche about his newest book: "Dans la forge du Monde - comment le choc des puissances façonne l'Europe". Europe has made quite a name for itself on the global stage. From the centuries of European empire and brutal colonialism, to the bipolar great power competition of the Cold War...

In this third episode of CSDP, Antonio Tintoré Vicent sits down with Julien Barnes-Dacey to discuss some of the latest developments in Middle East geopolitics. Julien is the Director of the MENA programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations and was previously based in Egypt, Syria and Iraq as a journalist. The discussion covered everything from the fall of Assad's regime and the ceasefire...

In this second episode of CSDP, Alexander Neuhalfen sits down with Alexandros Papaioannou to talk EU-NATO relations. He is a college alumnus and a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Bruges. Ms Papaioannou is a career diplomat at the Greek ministry of Foreign Affairs and he has worked for over 10 years at NATO – first as Advisor in the Office of the Secretary General and later as Policy...

In this first episode of our new College Security and Defence Podcast series we dive into the much contested topic of EU Strategic Autonomy with researcher Tara Varma of the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. What does Strategic Autonomy even mean? Does this include a strong Transatlantic Partnership or is Europe better off alone? How does the rest of the world view strategic autono...

The guest of the very last CoEnnect podcast of the Albright promotion was Jakub Kalenský, from the Hybrid CoE, where he is the Deputy Director of the Centre’s Hybrid Influence COI focusing on safeguarding democratic processes. He specialises in countering Russian disinformation and hybrid activities. In the past, he worked for the EEAS’s East Stratcom task force, where he was among the founding me...

Digital technologies and diplomacy have become an integral part of public engagement. In that regard, Geneva plays an important role as one of the world’s leading digital hubs. To that end, Haritz Echarren (IRD) and Markéta Šonková (IRD) spoke with Dr. Jovan Kurbalija, the Executive Director of DiploFoundation, an international non-profit organization dedicated to building expertise and condu...

The topic of disinformation has become a constant in the current security discourse. With the boom in modern technologies and the rise of AI, coupled with the earlier shift that came with social media and online media platforms, a new urgency appeared as regards addressing the threat stemming from disinformation and foreign information manipulation and influence (FIMI) online. Markéta Šonková (IRD...

The CoEnnect Digital Society, represented by Nicolas Rocher (POL), interviewed Mr. Boniface de Champris, Senior AI Policy Manager at the Computer & Communications Industry Association. This international, non-profit association represents a wide range of firms in the computer, communications, and internet industries. Their discussion covered various topics related to artificial intelligence wi...