Best Mark Arends Podcasts (2025)

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Harris Mylonas on Nations, Nation-building and Diaspora Politics. 49:42

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Harris Mylonas (@hmylonas – George Washington University Elliot School of International Affairs) speaks with the Thinking Global team on nations, nation-building and diaspora politics. Harris Mylonas chats with Kosta Kambouris about nations, nationalism, migration, nation-building and the politics of domestic diaspora policy in relation to this. Th…

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Anthony F. Lang Jr. on Universal Values, IPT, Ethics, and Hugo Grotius. 36:53

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Anthony F. Lang Jr. (@ProfTonyLang – University of St. Andrews) speaks with the Thinking Global team about universal values, International Political Theory (IPT), ethics and Hugo Grotius. Professor Tony Lang speaks with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Daniel Drury about conceptualising International Political Theory (IPT), normativity in internat…

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E-IR x BISA - Roland Bleiker on Emotions, Visuality and International Politics 25:55

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Roland Bleiker (@rbleiker) the Keynote Speaker of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2025 in Belfast, speaks to Marianna Karakoulaki (@Faloulah), Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠), and the Thinking Global team about emotions and visuality in international politics, the conference, advice to young scholars and much more. Thi…

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E-IR x BISA - Day 3 52:34

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The Thinking Global Team bring to you the highlights from Day 3 of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2025 in Belfast. Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠), Marianna (@Faloulah) and Daniel speak to Mollie Schnurr (Queen’s University, Belfast), Carmen Chas (Universidad Pontificia Comillas), Charles Devellenes (University of Ken…

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E-IR x BISA - Day 2 48:13

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The Thinking Global Team bring to you the highlights from Day 2 of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2025 in Belfast. Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠), Marianna (@Faloulah) and Daniel speak to Cornelia Navari (University of Birmingham/University of Buckingham), Sam Bradley (Loughborough University), Noemi Bergesio (Indepe…

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E-IR x BISA - Day 1 19:18

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The Thinking Global Team bring to you the highlights from Day 1 of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2025 in Belfast. Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠), Marianna (@Faloulah) and Daniel speak to Nick Caddick (Anglia Ruskin University), Daniela Suárez Vargas (Queen’s University, Belfast), Maxwin Paul Rayen (Kings College Lon…

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Arend Lijphart on Democracy in 2025 and Consociationalism 41:14

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Arend Lijphart (University of California, San Diego) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Democracy and Consociationalism. Professor Emeritus Arend Lijphart speaks with Daniel Drury and Kieran O’Meara (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) about Democracy in 2025, elections in 2024, majoritarian democracies, Consociationalism, and more. Don’t forget to…

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Mark Juergensmeyer on Religion and Global Politics 46:27

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Mark Juergensmeyer (@juergensmeyer – University of California-Santa Barbara) speaks with the Thinking Global team about religion and global politics. Distinguished Professor Emeritus Mark Juergensmeyer speaks with Tusharika Deka (⁠@Tusharika24⁠) about religious conflict, religious nationalism, a methodology for researching where religion and global…

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Noah Zerbe on The Global Politics of Food 32:06

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Noah Zerbe (@n_zerbe – California State Polytechnic, Humboldt) speaks with the Thinking Global team on the global politics of food, the economy and technology. Noah Zerbe chats with Kosta Kambouris about Globalisation, food politics, economics and more. Professor Zerbe’s YouTube channel may be found @NoahZerbe. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠…

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Aylin Matlé on German Foreign Policy, NATO, Trump, and The 2025 Elections. 31:11

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Aylin Matlé (@AylinMatle - Center for Security and Defense at the German Council on Foreign Relations) speaks with the Thinking Global team on German foreign policy and transatlantic relations. Aylin Matléchats with Jennifer (@JenniferEngl) and Kieran (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) about German Foreign Policy, transatlantic relations, NATO, Trump, US…

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Harry Hobbs on Micronations and Micropatriology 29:38

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Harry Hobbs (@HarryHobbsUNSW – University of New South Wales) speaks with the Thinking Global team about micronations and micropatriology. Dr. Hobbs chats with Edward (@edwarddcurry5) on micronations and the international system, the practices of legitimacy and sovereignty of micronations, their position in international law, and more. A new member…

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Simon Polinder on Love and International Relations 37:40

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Simon Polinder (@SPolinder – Utrecht University) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Love and International Relations, exploring his recent award-winning article. Dr. Polinder chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) on the concept of love, how we can use love as a lens to think about international relations, fear vs. love, love in the histo…

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Trita Parsi on US Foreign Policy in the Middle East After The 2024 US Presidential Elections 23:02

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Trita Parsi (@tparsi – Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft) speaks with the Thinking Global team about US foreign policy towards the Middle East after the 2024 Presidential election. Professor Trita Parsi chats with Edward (@edwarddcurry5) and Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) on Trump’s Middle East foreign policy, US-Israel relations, the Abra…

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Sarah and Tigger 27:13

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Feline behaviourist and author Dr Sarah Brown talks to Mark about her adventure-cat Tigger, feline adaptability and The Hidden Language of Cats.By Mark Arends

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James Goldgeier on US Foreign Policy After The 2024 Election 22:56

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James Goldgeier (@JimGoldgeier – American University) speaks with the Thinking Global team about US foreign policy after the 2024 Presidential election. Prof. Goldgeier chats with Edward (@edwarddcurry5) and Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) on the future of US foreign policy, NATO, Sino-US relations, transatlantic relations, European security and more…

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Michael W. Mosser and Dan G. Cox on Disinformation, Cyberattacks, Insurgency and the 2024 US Elections 30:48

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Michael W. Mosser (University of Texas at Austin - @mwmosser) and Dan G. Cox (US Army School of Advanced Military Studies) speak with the Thinking Global team about disinformation, cyberattacks and the possibility of insurgency in the US at the 2024 Election. Dr. Mosser and Prof. Cox chat with Edward (@edwarddcurry5) and Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠…

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David Anderson on Judith N. Shklar and International Relations - Part Two 33:31

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David Anderson (University of St. Andrews - @scotswoodworker @StAndrewsIR) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Judith Shklar and International Relations in Part Two of our two-part series. David Anderson chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) about Civil Disobedience, cruelty, our duty to transnational civil disobedience, and using Shklar …

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David Anderson on Judith N. Shklar and International Relations - Part One 34:12

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David Anderson (University of St. Andrews - @scottwoodworker @StAndrewsIR) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Judith Shklar and International Relations in part one of a two-part series. David Anderson chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) about who the political theorist Judith N. Shklar was and the qualities of her political thinking in…

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Libertarian US Presidential Nominee, Chase Oliver On US Foreign Policy 38:02

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Chase Oliver (Libertarian Party US Presidential Nominee - @ChaseForLiberty @LPNational) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Libertarian US Foreign Policy, Non-intervention, trade, climate change and more. Chase Oliver chats with Edward (@edwarddcurry5) and Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) about what his Libertarian foreign policy for the US wou…

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Marsha Henry on The End of Peacekeeping 49:29

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Marsha Henry (Queen’s University Belfast - @mghacademic @QUBelfast) speaks with the Thinking Global team about her new book The End of Peacekeeping: Gender, Race, and the Martial Politics of Intervention (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024). Prof. Henry chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Marianna (@Faloulah) about peacekeeping, resear…

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The Laid-Back Book Club - Kosta Kambouris, Jennifer Engl and Romanos Orpheas Tofis 36:10

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This week on the Thinking Global Podcast, Jennifer Engl (@JenniferEngl), Romanos Orpheas Tofis (@rmnorph), and our new co-host, Kosta Kambouris, chat with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) about what they've been reading in the fourth instalment of The Laid-Back Book Club. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -…

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Marilou Bayard Trépanier on Oil Kills and Climate Activism 28:10

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Marilou Bayard Trépanier of Last Generation Canada (@lastgencanada) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the current Oil Kills uprising (@_oilkills). Marilou chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Daniel McDaid about the aims of Oil Kills, the practice of direct non-violent global civil disobedience, the impact of their action, the subs…

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The Laid-Back Ballot Club - The 2024 UK General Election - Edward Curry, Jennifer Engl, Marianna Karakoulaki 42:22

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In the fifth and final episode of our 2024 UK General Election special series, the Thinking Global team discuss the outcome of the election through an International Relations lens. Kieran (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) speaks with Jennifer (@JenniferEngl), Marianna (@Faloulah), and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) about some of the more interesting aspects of…

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Catarina M. Liberato on Global Britain, The Post-Brexit Context and the 2024 UK General Election 40:41

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Catarina M. Liberato (University of Kent - @CataMLiberato @UniKentPolitics) speaks with the Thinking Global team about ‘Global Britain’ in The Post-Brexit Context and the 2024 UK General Election. Catarina chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) about ‘Global Britain’, post-Brexit foreign policy, globality of foreign policy, this election, a…

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Patrick J. Vernon on Queer International Relations and The 2024 UK General Election 46:46

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Patrick J. Vernon (Kings College London - @paddyjvernon @warstudies) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Queer International Relations and the 2024 UK General Election. Patrick Vernon chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) about Queer IR, how it intersects with this election, queer epistemology, their most recent work The Coloniality…

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Evie Aspinall on The 2024 UK General Election and British Foreign Relations 26:44

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Evie Aspinall (British Foreign Policy Group - @EvieAspinall_, @TheBFPG) speaks with the Thinking Global team about British foreign relations and the 2024 UK General Election. Evie Aspinall chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) about British foreign relations at this General Election, soft power, the foreign policy proposals of the differen…

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Christopher Hill on The Future of British Foreign Policy and The 2024 UK General Election 55:52

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Christopher Hill (University of Cambridge - @Dept_of_POLIS) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the future of British foreign policy and The 2024 UK General Election. Prof. Hill chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) on conceptualising ‘foreign policy’ itself, British foreign policy after Brexit, the central thesis of his The Future …

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Robert Fatton Jr. on The International Politics of Haiti and Caribbean Affairs - Part Two 31:22

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Prof. Robert Fatton, Jr. speaks with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) in the second of our two-part series on the international politics of Haiti and Caribbean affairs, focussing on Haiti in the ‘outer periphery’ of the global economic system, humanitarian intervention, CARICOM, and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with …

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Kevin Bloor on A-Level Global Politics 42:31

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Kevin Bloor (Author and Teacher) speaks with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) about the A-Level Global Politics course, his book Understanding Global Politics (2022), how to think about the exam, structuring essays, and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access websit…

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Robert Fatton Jr. on The International Politics of Haiti and Caribbean Affairs - Part One 47:21

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Prof. Robert Fatton Jr. speaks with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) in the first of a two-part series on the international politics of Haiti and Caribbean affairs, focussing on Haiti’s marginalisation in the ‘outer periphery’ of the global economic system. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relatio…

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Helen and Chaplin 32:37

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Helen, a school teacher from London, talks to Mark about her elderly rescue cat Chaplin, being a foster carer and needing the dark to see the light.By Mark Arends

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Kathleen McInnis on Podcasting The Political 43:14

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Kathleen McInnis (@kjmcinnis1 - Center for Strategic and International Studies) speaks with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Jennifer (⁠@JenniferEngl⁠) about podcasting the political, her ‘Smart Women, Smart Power’ programme, and so much more. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's le…

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Ajay Gudavarthy on The Congress Party and The 2024 Indian Elections 47:29

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Ajay Gudavarthy (Jawaharlal Nehru University) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The 2024 Indian Elections. Dr. Gudavarthy chats with Tusharika (⁠@Tusharika24⁠) about the Congress Party of India, its history, the 2024 Indian Elections and more. This is the third episode of our multilingual ‘India Votes’ series of 2024. Thinking Global is af…

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Dean Vuletic on Eurovision and International Politics 46:07

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Dean Vuletic (University of Luxembourg) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the Eurovision Song Contest, its history, how it connects to international politics, and more - all ahead of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday the 11th May 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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Danny Dorling on Geography and International Politics 36:20

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Danny Dorling (University of Oxford - @dannydorling @oxfordgeography) speaks with the Thinking Global team about human geography, Brexit, ‘Shattered Nation’ (@VersoBooks), inequality, human progress, influenza, rising mortality rates and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading ope…

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Arvind Kumar on The 2024 Indian Elections 49:45

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Arvind Kumar (Royal Holloway, The University of London - @arvind_kumar__) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The 2024 Indian Elections. Dr. Kumar chats with Tusharika (⁠@Tusharika24⁠) about the significance of these elections, who the key political figures and parties in India are, class-based minor parties, candidate selection procedure, a…

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अरविंद कुमार ने 2024 के भारतीय चुनावों पर तुषारिका डेका से बात की है 33:25

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Arvind Kumar (Royal Holloway, The University of London - @arvind_kumar__) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The 2024 Indian Elections - in Hindi. Dr. Kumar chats with Tusharika (⁠@Tusharika24⁠) about the significance of these elections, who the key political figures and parties in India are, class-based minor parties, candidate selection p…

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Quentin Skinner on Hobbes, Machiavelli and Contextualism 49:55

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Quentin Skinner (Queen Mary, University of London - @QMHistory) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Contextualism, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and more. Professor Skinner chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Tusharika (⁠@Tusharika24⁠) about what contextualism is as a methodological approach to political thought, how he applies this to Machi…

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Rahul Verma on The 2024 Elections in India 43:33

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Rahul Verma (Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi - @rahul_tverma) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The 2024 Indian Elections. Dr. Verma chats with Tusharika (⁠@Tusharika24⁠) about the Indian electoral system, the party system of India, forecasting the outcome, the effect of ‘regional’ parties, how these elections may have a global effec…

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G. John Ikenberry on Liberal International Order - Part Two 38:12

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G. John Ikenberry (Princeton University @Princeton) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Liberal International Order in part two of a two-part series. Prof. G. John Ikenberry chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) about critiques of the Liberal international order in relation to the Russo Ukrainian War, the global south and modernity, along…

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G. John Ikenberry on Liberal International Order - Part One 35:43

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G. John Ikenberry (Princeton University @Princeton) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Liberal International Order in part one of a two-part series. Prof. G. John Ikenberry chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) about conceptualising Liberal International Order, the ‘crisis’ of Liberal Order, and how the Russian Invasion of Ukraine fits i…

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Roz and Spike 26:45

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Roz, a retired headteacher from Iver, talks to Mark about her cat Spike, coping with loss and the healing power of an animal soul mate.By Mark Arends

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Fawaz Gerges on The Middle East and The Israel-Hamas War 56:55

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Fawaz Gerges (London School of Economics and Political Science, @FawazGerges, @LSEIRDept, @lseideas) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The Middle East and The Israeli-Hamas Conflict. Prof. Fawaz Gerges chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) about his latest book What Really Went Wrong: The West and The Failure…

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Dimitrios Stroikos on Space and International Relations 48:29

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Dimitrios Stroikos (London School of Economics - @DStroikos, @LSEIRDept, @lseideas) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Space and International Relations. Dr. Dimitrios Stroikos chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Romanos (@rmnorph) on Security in outer Space, a ‘new space race’, the militarization of space, sovereignty in outer spa…

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The Laid-Back Book Club - Edward Curry and Romanos Orpheas Tofis 21:59

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This week on the Thinking Global Podcast, Romanos (@rmnorph) and Edward (⁠@edwarddcurry5⁠) chat with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) about what they've been reading in the third instalment of The Laid-Back Book Club. Edward speaks about ‘Water: Asia’s New Battleground’, Romanos talks about ‘⁠Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine’, and Kieran chats abou…

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George Lawson on Revolution - Part Two 40:18

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George Lawson (Australia National University - @GeorgeLawsonIR) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Revolution and international relations in the second episode of two-parts. Prof. George Lawson chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Catharine (@catharinedamron) about why we should think of revolutions as international or global phenom…

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George Lawson on Revolution - Part One 31:14

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George Lawson (Australia National University - @GeorgeLawsonIR) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Revolution and international relations in part one of a two-part series. Prof. George Lawson chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Catharine (@catharinedamron) on conceptualising Revolution, the debates within comparative political and …

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Lucy and Fig 27:48

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Feline behaviourist and author Lucy Hoile talks to Mark about her fluffy-cat Fig, The Book Your Cat Wishes You Would Read and little partners in crime.By Mark Arends

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Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel on Russia and Ukraine 44:10

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Maria Popova (McGill University - @PopovaProf @mcgillu) and Oxana Shevel (Tufts University - @OxanaShevel @TuftsPolSci) speak with the Thinking Global team about the conflict and politics between Russia and Ukraine. Professors Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel chat with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Jennifer (@JenniferEngl) about the factors that l…

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Joseph S. Nye Jr. on US Foreign Policy in 2024 and 'A Life In The American Century' 38:16

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Joseph S. Nye Jr. (Harvard Kennedy School - @Kennedy_School) speaks with the Thinking Global team about US Foreign Policy, Soft Power, Theory and more. Prof. Joseph S. Nye. Jr. chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) about his latest book A Life In The American Century (Polity, 2024), soft power, international relations…