Worlds Apart
For more than three centuries, ever since the Peace of Westphalia, European powers agreed that identity and sovereignty came hand in hand. Countries didn’t need to like or approve of each other, but they could live side by side. Yet the end of...Sep 15, 2024 07:39- Worlds Apart is a fast-paced, in-depth discussion on the most pressing issues facing the world today.It strives to depart from the traditional Q&A form of interview in favor of a more emotive and engaging conversation. Host Oksana Boyko is not afraid to ask the hard questions that others avoid, with the aim of promoting intelligent public debate.
- Establishment extremism? Milan Uhrik, Member of the European Parliament for SlovakiaFor more than three centuries, ever since the Peace of Westphalia, European powers agreed that identity and sovereignty came hand in hand. Countries didn’t need to like or approve of each other, but they could live side by side. Yet the end of...Sep 15, 2024 07:39
- Attrition of dominance? SB Asthana, Retired Major General in the Indian ArmyWars of choice have long become the US’ preferred way of securing geopolitical dominance and feeding its insatiable military-industrial complex, but never before has it had a partner so eager and willing to host the bloodshed on its territory....Sep 8, 2024 07:04
- No sense for sense? Hall Gardner, Professor Emeritus, Department of History and Politics, American University of ParisThe expression “reality check” entered the geopolitical vocabulary from the field of psychiatry and it still carries some of its maddening ambiguity. What is reality to one nation, is a total distortion to another or a complete horror to...Sep 1, 2024 07:38
- No energy for change? Harjeet Singh, global engagement director at the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty InitiativeIt may sound esoteric, but in the final analysis, we are all children of the Earth, though our access to its riches and our exposure to its wrath differ immensely. And not only because of sheer luck – for the past few centuries, the...Jul 28, 2024 05:59
- Identity of against? Guy Mettan, Swiss politicianTo many in the West, Russia is a country to be scorned, loathed, and above all, feared. For today’s guest, this isn’t a recent phenomenon, but something that Western elites have cultivated and weaponized since the Great Schism. Why? To...Jul 21, 2024 07:28
- Great crossroads? Pravesh Gupta, Associate Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation in New DelhiFor centuries, Central Asia has been both a coveted prize and a battleground for great power rivalries, serving as a graveyard of empires yet struggling to develop and prosper on its own terms. As the focal point in the struggle for Eurasia moved...Jul 14, 2024 07:23
- Ruling, not governing? Ian Proud, former British diplomatOne dictum that studying history teaches you is that everything works until it doesn’t. The brighter the golden age, the darker its aftermath, especially when one tries to avert the inevitable. With the latest elections in the West more and...Jul 7, 2024 07:05
- No end in fight? Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy, former UN assistant secretary general on SyriaMore than a decade ago, a deadly battle erupted in Syria. Barbarity reigned supreme, killing became a spectacle and the international community was fiercely divided. It seemed like the worst war ever. But today, the Syrian state isn’t just...Jun 30, 2024 06:53
- Technology of sovereignty? Warwick Powell, adjunct professor at Queensland University of TechnologyMost Western intellectuals would agree that technology is changing the world in which we live, with one caveat: it’s somehow supposed to keep in place the old hierarchy, with the West dictating and taking advantage of most economic and...Jun 23, 2024 05:27
