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In the first episode of GLOBcast: Convening the Council, Federica Mangiameli, Policy Fellow at GLOBSEC, is joined by Admiral Rob Bauer, former Chair of NATO’s Military Committee and former Chief of Defence of the Netherlands. Drawing on his experience at the highest levels of NATO decision-making, Admiral Bauer reflects on how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reshaped the Alliance’s approach to de...

Holding the Line: NATO’s Eastern Flank & Resistance.   Martin Sklenár, Director of GLOBSEC’s Future of Security Programme, speaks with Estonian parliamentarian Raimond Kaljulaid on NATO’s eastern flank, Russia’s expanding use of grey-zone tactics, modern intelligence sharing, and the lessons Estonia offers for today’s security environment. A timely conversation on how deterrence, resilience, a...

Former NATO's spokesperson and Rusi's Distinguished Fellow @Oana Lungescu  join @Federica Mangiameli , Policy Fellow of the Future of Security Programme for a timely conversation on the upcoming Foreign Ministers’ meeting, rising airspace incidents along the Eastern flank, and the hybrid threats reshaping Europe’s security landscape.

Europe’s eastern skies are getting crowded and dangerous. GLOBSEC’s Tomáš A. Nagy, Senior Research Fellow for Nuclear, Space, and Missile Defense, and Fabian Hoffmann, a Doctoral Research Fellow at the Oslo Nuclear Project at the University of Oslo, speak with Roger Hilton to talk NATO’s eastern flank, Kremlin’s nuclear mind games and the tech race shaping tomorrow’s defence architecture, Europe’s...

Rising geopolitical tensions. Fracturing arms control agreements. A new era of great-power rivalry. Nuclear security is back in the spotlight—and the transatlantic alliance is under pressure. Tomáš A. Nagy, Senior Research Fellow for Nuclear, Space, and Missile Defense, and William Alberque, Senior Adjunct Fellow at the Pacific Forum and former Director of NATO’s WMD Arms Control Center unpack how...

GLOBSEC Senior Fellow Vladimír Bilčík sits down with Amb. Christopher R. Hill – who just wrapped up three eventful years as U.S. Ambassador to Serbia – for a candid conversation on current state of Serbian politics.🇷🇸🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell to keep up with GLOBSEC’s deep-dive conversations on security, Europe, tech and democracy. New episodes every other week!

Europe is stepping up its game in defence. With Kajsa Ollongren, former Defence Minister of the The Netherlands and a member of Globsec' Ukraine support club, we point to the most urgent steps Europe needs to make to succesfully implement the White Paper on the Future of European Defence. We discuss who should be the leaders of Europe in this effort and the need to simplify European legislation to...

Poland votes. With the government and president split between opposing political sides for the past two years, the upcoming presidential election will be a test for both institutions and their leadership. Against the backdrop of an increasing fragile international and security landscape, Poland’s EU Presidency adds another dynamic to the upcoming vote. In this GLOBcast episode we will dissect the...

General (ret.) Ben Hodges, former Commanding general of US Army Europe and a member of GLOBSEC's Future of Security and Defence Council, offers his assessment and views on the  potential of a withdrawal of a part of the US military force in Europe and the prospects of a just and sustainable peace in Ukraine.  The possibility of a partial withdrawal of US forces from Europe is another clear sig...

To mark International Press Freedom Day on May 3, GLOBSEC hears from Alsu Kurmasheva a press freedom advocate and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist who was detained for 288 days by Russian authorities. Alsu reacts to some 2025 GLOBSEC Trends data and shares her experience on her wrongful imprisonment in Russia, the state of press freedom today, how societies can stand up for journalists u...

The Transatlantic relationship is going through a serious crisis since President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office. In the discussion, Sir Richard Shirreff warned of NATO’s weakening as the U.S. shifts away from its security commitments. He urged Europe and Canada to increase defense spending, adapt NATO structures, and support Ukraine to counter Russia. He emphasized Europe must take charg...

The countdown is on to building an American “Irone Dome”, or is it? With the Pentagon given 60 days to assess this Presidential executive order, Tomáš Nagy, Senior Fellow for Nuclear, Space, and Missile Defense talks with Policy Fellow Roger Hiton to gauge if this a vision or merely a dream.  From strategic feasibility to the cost-benefit as well as adversarial reaction, Tomáš explains why there i...

"May you live in interesting times," the saying goes. With an abundance of international developments, Professor Stephen M. Walt of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government shares his expertise with Policy Fellow Roger Hiton on the mega changes and forces shaping the global future including the intensifying struggle between the Yalta and Helsinki worldviews, if hegemons are still possible, how all...

This week, GLOBSEC’s Centre for Global Europe brings you the latest insights on the preparations and priorities of the upcoming Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU. Senior Fellow Vladislava Gubalova talks with Kinga Brudzinska, Senior Analyst at Polityka Insight in Warsaw to set the stage for the next six months.  With Hungary finishing their EU Presidency, why hasn’t there been better coop...

On this week’s episode, GLOBSEC’s Economy and Business Programme is launching their podcast series titled Achieving Competitiveness. Hosted by Katarína Strauszová, this week’s episode features Ján Mykhalchyk Hradický, GLOBSEC External Fellow, as they dive into a pressing question: why is modernizing Europe’s electricity grid key to achieving a successful green transition and boosting economic comp...

GLOBSEC’s Center for Global Europe is joined by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan, François Wu who argues why the world should welcome the rise of Taiwan on the global stage, how his nation continues to advance innovation and spread investment across CEE, as well as the shared lessons learned between Taipei and Kyiv on rallying democracies and best utilizing technological innovation on...

On this week’s episode, GLOBSEC’s Centre for Democracy & Resilience fellow Patrik Szicherle welcomes back Dr. David Schultz of Hamline University to debrief the 2024 American presidential elections and what has transpired since. Dr Schultz shares his assessment of why the Democrats suffered such a dramatic loss, what they need to do next, and what to make of some of President-elect Trump’s recent...

With North Korean (NK) troops preparing on Russia’s front line with Ukraine, this week’s pod hears from LTG (Ret) Arto Räty member of the GLOBSEC Future Security and Defence Council who speaks with Policy Fellow Roger Hilton to break down the broad ranging policy challenges associated with this new conflict phase, while offering his take on why the current number of deployed NK troops is not trans...

This week, GLOBSEC’s Center for Global Europe brings you a special recording from 2024 GLOBSEC Tatra Summit. Roger Hilton speaks with Ukrainian MP Olha Vasylevska-Smahliuk to ger her take on the latest news developments, the biggest problems facing Ukraine’s reconstruction process, how the country is supporting industrial and commercial activity despite 800 plus days of war, as well as the forgott...

On this week’s episode, led by GLOBSEC’s Global Europe project coordinator Katarína Schachtschneider , she is joined by Ursula Plassnik , former Austrian Foreign Minister, for the debut of the CEE HER series , part of the broader CEE Her Initiative aimed at amplifying the voices of women experts from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). They discuss the new European Commission’s leadership , the shif...

This week, we bring you another episode from the 2024 GLOBSEC Forum in Prague. Policy Fellow Federica Mangiameli delves into the world of Multidomain Operations (MDO) with former NATO SACEUR Gen. (ret.) Philip Breedlove. The pod sheds light on the complex and critical topic of MDO by dismantling some of the bias around it and presenting the advantages of operating in integrated domains to achieve...

On this week’s episode, GLOBSEC’s Future of Security programme records from the 2024 GLOBSEC Forum in Prague. Defence Fellow Roger Hilton sits down with NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy Marie-Doha Besancenot to hear how the Alliance’s public diplomacy efforts are acutely responding to today’s audience consumption needs and media landscape to remain fit fur purpose in a time...

On this week’s episode, GLOBSEC’s Centre for Democracy & Resilience fellow Patrik Szicherle is joined by Dr. David Schultz, a distinguished professor at the Department of Political Science at Hamline University. Together, they dive into the upcoming 2024 US presidential election, discussing key voter dynamics, potential game-changing issues, and the impact of disinformation on the campaign. Pr...

On this week’s episode, GLOBSEC’s Future of Security programme fellow Federica Mangiameli is joined by Distinguished Fellow Martin Sklenár to get you ready for the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington. Martin discusses his policy recommendation report for the Eastern Flank, argues why it is essential for Allies to reconfirm unity, and outlines some possible mid- to long-term commitments for Ukraine. GLO...

On this week’s episode led by GLOBSEC’s Center for Global Europe project coordinator Oleksandra Hordon, she is joined by Sebastian Schäffer, Director at the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) to break down a slew of recent development shaping European affairs. With the EU’s top jobs still up for grabs, Sebastian proposes some reforms for Europe, what another EU sanction packa...