Worlds Apart
It’s an old cliché that war is a continuation of politics by other means, but apparently so is peace. With Syria’s recent readmission into the Arab League and its former adversaries now looking into potentially rebuilding the...Jun 6, 2023 06:23- 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.
- Full circle? Ammar Waqqaf, founder and director of GnososIt’s an old cliché that war is a continuation of politics by other means, but apparently so is peace. With Syria’s recent readmission into the Arab League and its former adversaries now looking into potentially rebuilding the...Jun 6, 2023 06:23
- Weaponised insecurity? Vasily Kashin, Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSEOver the last couple of months, the media coverage of Ukraine has been dominated by the hopes and fears of Kiev’s counter-offensive, which is meant to deliver, if not a lethal, then a humiliating blow to Russia and force it to retreat. While...Jun 4, 2023 06:23
- Same but different? Hasan Unal, professor of political science & international relations at Maltepe UniversityA nail-biting first round followed by a close call in the second – the Turkish elections did not bring change to Ankara’s halls of power, but they will certainly be remembered for the ebbs and flows of the electoral process. With the...May 30, 2023 07:28
- Direct and diplomatic? Yang Cheng, executive dean, Shanghai Academy of Global Governance and Area Studies, SISUDiscretion and distancing have long been the defining features of Chinese diplomacy, with Beijing unwilling to upset its delicate balancing act with too much directness. But over the past couple of months, both the style and substance of...May 28, 2023 05:49
- Too late to peace together? Timofei Bordachev, program director of the Valdai Discussion ClubFor all their differences, one thing that Russia, China, and the US agree upon is that the world is at an unprecedented inflection point, with business as usual no longer feasible. Given how fundamental their disagreements are, how will the three...May 23, 2023 06:10
- Winning in losing? Ilter Turan, professor emeritus of political science, Istanbul Bilgi UniversityAn old Turkish saying posits that what a man suffers is the punishment of his tongue. This may never have been truer about Turkish politics, in which the firebrand rhetoric of President Erdogan electrifies half of the electoral base, repels the...May 21, 2023 06:25
- One year, all change? Wang Wen, Executive Dean of the Chongyang Institute for Financial StudiesThe last two decades have seen many world-shaking events. There was 9/11 and the ensuing War on Terror, there was the 2008 financial crisis, the Arab Spring, and, of course, the Covid-19 pandemic. Could 2022 prove to have been just as geopolitically...May 16, 2023 06:32
- Confession by projection? Robert Barnes, constitutional lawyerThe paragon of American humor, Mark Twain, famously remarked that “a good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.” Were he witness to the current politics of his country, he may have had additional prescriptions for...May 14, 2023 06:00
- Uncivilly civilised? Andrey Paribok, Senior Researcher at the Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of RussiaIn its new foreign policy concept, signed into law this spring, Russia for the first time officially defined itself as a distinct country-civilization, with its own set of values and its own articulated vision of the world and the relations between...May 9, 2023 06:34
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