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European Politics

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Interview with scholars of modern European politics about their new books.

Katharina Wiedlack, "Under Western Eyes: Vulnerable Minorities and the Russian State in New Cold War Cultures" (Academic Studies Press, 2025)

April 12, 2026

Under Western Eyes

Katharina Wiedlack
Hosted by Amber Nickell

Under Western Eyes: Vulnerable Minorities and the Russian State in New Cold War Cultures (Academic Studies Press, 2025) examines the New Cold War betw…

Jasper Bernes, "The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising" (Verso Books, 2025)

April 12, 2026

The Future of Revolution

Jasper Bernes

How might a twenty-first-century revolution against class society succeed? Communism comes from the future, but its hopes haunt our past. Reading rev…

Marta Lorimer, "Europe As Ideological Resource: European Integration and Far Right Legitimation in France and Italy" (Oxford UP, 2024)

April 5, 2026

Europe As Ideological Resource

Marta Lorimer

How did the far right go from illegitimate fringe to contender for public office, and did Europe have anything to do with it? Europe As Ideological Re…

Mark Pennington, "Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom" (Oxford UP, 2025)

March 30, 2026

Foucault and Liberal Political Economy

Mark Pennington

This highly original and innovative book is the first to comprehensively engage the ideas of the French social theorist and philosopher Michel Foucaul…

Colloquies on European Civil Procedure: A Conversation with Marco de Benito

March 28, 2026

Colloquies on European Civil Procedure

Marco de Benito
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

This volume brings law to life through a free and lively dialogue on the new Model European Rules of Civil Procedure. In it, some of Europe's leading …

Joanna Siekiera ed., "NATO Stability Policing: Beneficial Tool in Filling the Security Gap and Establishing the Rule of Law, and a Safe and Secure Environment" (NATO Stability Policing Centre Of Excellence, 2024)

March 25, 2026

NATO Stability Policing

Joanna Siekiera ed.

Since the end of the Cold War and the resurgence of great power competition on the world stage, NATO has been in a period of transition to adapting to…

David Bather Woods, "Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

March 23, 2026

Arthur Schopenhauer

David Bather Woods

Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy’s Greatest Pessimist by David Bather Woods An engaging biography of one of the most influenti…

Susanne Vees-Gulani, 'Icon Dresden: Baroque City, Air War Symbol, Political Token" (U Michigan Press, 2026)

March 23, 2026

Icon Dresden

Susanne Vees-Gulani
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Icon Dresden: Baroque City, Air War Symbol, Political Token (University of Michigan Press, 2026) by Dr. Susanne Vees-Gulani explores how memory and po…

Andrew I. Port, "Germany" (Polity, 2025)

March 22, 2026

Germany

Andrew I. Port
Hosted by Kelly McFall

Few countries are more haunted by the darker aspects of their history than Germany. Nazi crimes continue to cast a long shadow at home and abroad. Ger…

H. S. Jones, "Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect" (Princeton UP, 2025)

March 17, 2026

Liberal Worlds

H. S. Jones

James Bryce (1838–1922) was a leading figure in Britain’s Liberal Party and a distinguished historian, a versatile scholar-politician who moved seamle…

Gudrun Persson, "Russian Military Thought: The Evolution of Strategy Since the Crimean War" (Georgetown UP, 2025)

March 15, 2026

Russian Military Thought

Gudrun Persson

The development of the Russian military's strategic thought is an understudied and thus misunderstood subject in the West. Strategy in Russia encompas…

Alec Ryrie, "The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It" (Reaktion, 2025)

March 15, 2026

The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It

Alec Ryrie

Examining everything from popular novels to politics, an investigation of persistent fascination with Nazis—and where it might take us. We live in an…

Jeff Knopf et al., "Coercing Syria on Chemical Weapons" (Oxford UP, 2025)

March 14, 2026

Coercing Syria on Chemical Weapons

Matthew Moran, Wyn Q. Bowen, and Jeffrey W. Knopf

In 2012, US President Barack Obama stated that the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons on its population would cross a red line that would req…

Wendy Brown, "States of Injury: Power and Freedom in Late Modernity" (Princeton UP, 2025)

March 12, 2026

States of Injury

Wendy Brown

A sympathetic critique that attempts to free Left politics from its own snares, States of Injury: Power and Freedom in Late Modernity (Princeton Unive…

Populism, Polarization and Politics: Hungary on the Eve of Elections

March 10, 2026

Populism, Polarization and Politics: Hungary on the Eve of Elections

Hosted by Tim Haughton

How and why do leaders like Hungary’s Viktor Orban not only come to power, but remain in power for so long (in Orban’s case 16 years)? And why does th…

Allison Carnegie and Richard Clark, "Global Governance Under Fire: How International Organizations Resist the Populist Wave" (Princeton UP, 2026)

March 2, 2026

Global Governance Under Fire

Richard Clark and Allison Carnegie

Populist leaders around the world increasingly reject international organizations, decrying them as constraints on state power and rallying followers …

How Corporate Lobbyists are Capturing EU Institutions

February 16, 2026

How Corporate Lobbyists are Capturing EU Institutions

with Kenneth Haar
Hosted by Licia Cianetti

Brussels is full of lobbyists. Over decades, big companies have been using their financial might not only to influence EU policies but even to shape h…

Competing Visions for International Order

February 13, 2026

Competing Visions for International Order

Ville Sinkkonen and Veera Laine

Are we living in an era of competing international orders? A new book, entitled Competing Visions for International Order: Challenges for a Shared Dir…

Hélène Landemore, "Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule" (Penguin, 2026)

February 12, 2026

Politics Without Politicians

Hélène Landemore
Hosted by Jun Wei Lee

Host Jun Wei Lee speaks with Hélène Landemore about her book, Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule (Penguin, 2026). An acclaimed po…

China’s Climate and Air Quality Governance and EU-China Cooperation

February 6, 2026

China’s Climate and Air Quality Governance and EU-China Cooperation

Hermann Aubié

When it comes to the global challenges posed by climate change and environmental issues, China has been presented both as a source of problems and a p…