People Talk... Politics

In this podcast, our Fellows, Ojel, Alex and Elliot, discuss the relationship between British energy policy and national security.   This was recorded before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Energy policies of different nation’s, and their reliance on Russian energy, have become central to how nation’s have responded to the Russian invasion.   Elliot, Alex and Ojel, though of course unaware o...

In this week's podcast, Policy Fellows Michelle, Marina and Jordan discuss the most pressing security concerns facing Israel. 

In this podcast, Policy Fellow, Mackenzie France, interviews Nile Gardiner, Director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. The two discuss Lady Thatcher's legacy, failures of the Biden Administration, and the varied responses from Western nations amid the Ukraine/Russia crisis. 

In this, the first episode produced by the 2021/22 group of Pinsker Centre Policy Fellows, Joe, Maria and Mackenzie discuss the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese influence in Africa, and how the West is - or isn't - responding. 

In this week's episode, Dan, Daniel and Lili discuss the exponential rise antisemitic incidents, particularly in university and academia, in the aftermath of the recent flare up in Israel and Gaza. 

In this episode, Peter, Tom and Eli look at some of the most significant partnerships and policies Britain is pursuing post-Brexit.     They discuss trade agreements, strategic regional partnerships and wider questions around what Britain's place in the world has become, and what it can be in future, in the aftermath of leaving the EU.

Peter, Eli and Tom, students at Durham, Cambridge and QMUL respectively, discuss  various aspects of the higher education system in the UK.   Does it prepare students for the real world? Is the tax payer's money being spent wisely? What adjustments could be made to improve the state of higher/further education? 

In this episode, Ariella, Sarah and Angus delve into cryptocurrency.     We look at some of the most elementary questions regarding bitcoin - what is it? How does it work? - whilst also looking at some of the more intricate topics of debate, like do cryptocurrencies  provide a cloak of darkness for criminals and the corrupt? 

Asaf Romirowsky is the Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME). He is the co-author of Religion, Politics, and the Origins of Palestine Refugee Relief (Palgrave, 2013) and a contributor to The Case Against Academic Boycotts of Israel (WSUP, 2015).     Today, he talks with Peter, a Pinsker Centre Policy Fellow and student at Durham University, about the hurdles faced in d...

Ceren Kenar is a Turkish journalist and columnist. In this week's episode, she sits down with Lawrence, the Associate Director of the Pinsker Centre, to discuss Turkish-Israeli relations, Turkey's role as a bridge between the West and East, and more.  

In this week's episode, Peter, Eli and Tom discuss not only the sources of security threats facing Israel and the Middle East at large, but also the severity of these threats and theories for how they should addressed. 

In this episode, Dan, Daniel and Lili debate the use of no platforming policies on UK campuses.   Universities are often thought of as the marketplace of ideas, so is it harmful to restrict access to certain ideas? Or rather, as the use of no platforming policies suggests, are some ideas so harmful that they should not be given the space to be heard?  Please note, this podcast was recorded before...

In this week's podcast, Peter, Eli and Tom - students at Durham, Cambridge and Queen Mary University of London, respectively - discuss the history and trajectory of the modern Turkish state. 

Colonel Richard Kemp is a distinguished retired British Army Officer. His experience includes commanding troops during Operation Fingal in Afghanistan, before going on to work in the Joint Intelligence Committee and Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (commonly referred to as COBRA).     Today, he sits down with Daniel Sacks, a Pinsker Centre Policy Fellow, to discuss the legitimacy of the International...

On March 23rd, Israelis will go to the polling booth for the 4th time in two years. What's different this time around? Will Israel finally see a stable government formed? Will Benjamin Netanyahu be ousted? In this episode, Daniel Sacks, a Pinsker Centre Policy Fellow and student at the University of Birmingham, interviews Paul Gross of the Menachem Begin Heritage Centre, asking him these questions...

This week's news cycle has seen shocking examples come to light of antisemitism in British learning institutions, and failure to act on the part of those institutions.  In this episode, Angus, Ariella and Sarah, three Pinsker Centre Policy Fellows each studying at a different university in the UK, reflect on their experiences of anti-Semitism on campus. 

In the late 1980s, Meir Javedanfar arrived in the UK, having fled Iran. Today, he lives in Israel, working as an author, political commentator and academic with a specialism on Iranian and Middle Eastern affairs.  In the inaugural episode of our podcast, Ariella Taub, a student at Cambridge University and Pinsker Centre Policy fellow, sits down with Meir to discuss the changing tides in the Middle...