Worlds Apart

Backyard Piracy? Paul Dobson, political commentator
Days after publishing a new National Security Strategy, which calls for a strong US hand in Latin America, the Trump administration doubled down on Venezuela, seizing a large oil tanker and promising more to come. What does this American...
Dec 14, 2025 08:00
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.

Backyard Piracy? Paul Dobson, political commentator
Days after publishing a new National Security Strategy, which calls for a strong US hand in Latin America, the Trump administration doubled down on Venezuela, seizing a large oil tanker and promising more to come. What does this American...
Dec 14, 2025 08:00
Tariffic economics? Cyrus Janssen, Geopolitical analyst
In the realist terms of great power competition, security always trumps economics, which is why trade was the first victim of the proxy conflict between Russia and the West in Ukraine as well as the current power play between the United States and...
Dec 7, 2025 06:46
Found & lost? Robert Barnes, lawyer & political commentator
In his drive to make America great again, US President Donald Trump has promised to democratize American governance and make ordinary Americans stakeholders in their own system, but a year into his second term, many in his own party are accusing the...
Nov 30, 2025 06:38
Stores of stories? Gita Wirjawan, Former Indonesian Minister of Trade
“My way or the highway” seems like a very limiting and rather bare-knuckle ultimatum, but as the rivalry between China and the United States gathers momentum, it’s increasingly being pushed on nations in Asia and beyond. Where is...
Nov 23, 2025 06:45
Whitewashing brains? Chandran Nair, Founder of the Global Institute for Tomorrow
From the medieval crusades to recover the Holy Land to modern-day militarized efforts to impose democracy, Western positioning vis-a-vis other peoples, historically, has long been messianic in word and exploitative in action. As the rest of the...
Nov 16, 2025 08:42
Dumbenomics? Igor Makarov, head of the School of World Economy, HSE, Moscow
The American political and economic debate may have been reduced to slogans on bumper stickers, but the state and the course of the US economy still remain a crucial factor that other countries have to take into account in charting their own...
Nov 9, 2025 08:16
Great, greater or greatest? Rajat Ganguly, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs
Great, greater, the greatest. The Trump administration isn’t shy about touting its achievements on the domestic or global stage, but, putting self-adulation aside, what structural influence does it have on great-power politics? To discuss...
Nov 2, 2025 08:46
Ill-liberals? Petr Drulak, former deputy foreign minister of the Czech Republic
Historically, Central and Eastern Europe have been the arena of both fierce competition and pragmatic collaboration for Russia and the West. With the latest Donald Trump proposal and subsequent refusal to hold another US-Russia summit on European...
Oct 26, 2025 10:00
Trade or fade? Hung Son Nguyen, President of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
The pivot to Asia has long become a buzzword in geopolitical circles, as great powers turn their eyes and strengthen their presence in this vast region. But after the Trump administration’s tariffs on many Asian economies and with the threat...
Oct 19, 2025 05:26