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David Goodhart divides human aptitudes into three: Head (cognitive), Hand (manual and craft), and Heart (caring, emotional). It's common sense that a good society needs to recognize the value of all three. The coronavirus pandemic taught us something we ought already to have known: that care workers, supermarket shelf-stackers, delivery drivers, and cleaners are doing essential work that keeps us...

The year 2020 has been highly disruptive and the pandemic has had far-reaching political consequences beyond the health crisis, including in terms of democracy and civil liberties. What does this year tell us about the health of our democracies? How do we bring back a balance between civil liberties and the necessity of public order? What should be the common strategy to respond to the aggressive...

On Sunday, Romania will take to the polls for its parliamentary elections. While an election during a pandemic introduces unique aspects on its own, in these elections, many will be watching to see how shifting attitudes towards political parties throughout the past decade will shape the results. In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI's Thibault Muzergues and his guest Siegfried Mureșan discuss t...

The EU and UK are in the final stages of negotiations on a possible post-Brexit trade deal, although differences remain. In this episode of .think Atlantic, IRI's Thibault Muzergues and his guest Andrew Bowie discuss not only Brexit and latter Britain’s place in the world, but also the future of Scotland and one-nation Conservatism. Andrew Bowie is a Scottish Conservative Party politician and sinc...

The suspense is over, and Joe Biden is President-Elect of the United States. In this episode of .think Atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues and his guests Kristen Soltis Anderson and Brian Berry try to make sense of the election results and discuss what the future of America and its party system is going to look like. What were the groups that shifted the elections? What kind of presidency can we ex...

In this week of electoral frenzy in the United States, .think atlantic host Thibault Muzergues sits down with his guest Bruno Maçães, author of History has Begun: The Birth of a New America to reflect on the trajectory of the United States in the long-term, with a historical, philosophical, cultural but also political perspective. What is the cultural and political relationship between America and...

The tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean have escalated over the summer with maritime tensions rising between Greece and Cyprus on the one hand and Turkey on the other, and complex entanglements in North Africa and the Middle East. What happened exactly, and are all the tensions around the region (with military conflict in Libya, Syria) linked? What are Turkey's foreign policy goals? How wil...

What is the state of the relationship between France and Germany, and does the German-French couple still “lead” the European construction? With Brexit, would this domination become a problem for the Union and the Transatlantic Alliance?  In this episode of .think Atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues and his guests Hans Kundnani debate all these questions - and many more. Hans Kundnan...

Since 2016, the Working Class has made a spectacular comeback into the public debate. How do social problems for the white working class translate in terms of political affiliations across the Transatlantic space? Why are working class folks rebelling against the establishment in many countries, and what can be done to solve their problems? In this episode of .think Atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzerg...

What does influence from the Chinese Communist Party look like today? How are countries from both sides of the Atlantic addressing malign influence? What can local leaders do to protect their citizens from propaganda and disinformation? In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues and his guests Mareike Ohlberg and David Shullman discuss these questions. Mareike Ohlberg is a senior...

Are Millenials completely different from any other generation before? Are they going to end up becoming more conservative and right-wing as they get old? How do we account for this? In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues and his guest Kristen Soltis Anderson discuss the millennial politics in the Transatlantic World. Kristen Soltis Anderson is a pollster, speaker, and comment...

Does Russia have to play a role in Europe’s security? Does our relationship with Russia have to remain tense? Or can Russia somehow become more open, more democratic, and more respectful of its neighbors? How do we achieve all this? In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues and his guest Andrius Kubilius discuss the difficult relations between the West and Russia. Andrius K...

How is the relationship between the United States and Europe? What does the future of NATO look like? Is the rise of China the glue that NATO may need to renew political cohesion after years of soul-searching? In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues and his guest Benjamin Haddad discuss the future of the transatlantic relationship. Benjamin Haddad is the Director of the Future...

As COVID-19 hit Europe particularly hard this spring, Central Europe was less affected than many other regions, but showed great differences in their handling of the sanitary crisis. Among them, Slovakia undoubtedly stands as the most successful on the whole continent in “flattening the curve”. This happened in a very special context as the epidemic broke out just after a change of government and...

Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has been at the top of everyone’s minds. People are taking a closer look at their health – and their governments. Throughout the world, the pandemic has spread at different rates, and the way leaders are managing it differ vastly. The effects of this are seen in polling, leadership, and of course, media. In this episode of .think atlantic, International Republican I...

In the past few years, societies throughout the Transatlantic space have been changing at a very fast rate. We've seen new socio-economic and cultural fault lines emerge and redefine our political debates. This often translates into uncertain and encroaching change, as well as the entrenchment of the political debate, with new populist phenomena emerging as a result. On this podcast, International...

In the past few years, societies throughout the Transatlantic space have been changing at a very fast rate. We've seen new socio-economic and cultural fault lines emerge and redefine our political debates. This often translates into uncertain and encroaching change, as well as the entrenchment of the political debate, with new populist phenomena emerging as a result. On this podcast, International...