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

Ukrainian Men Fleeing Conscription: A Discussion with Writer Dan Storyev

August 27, 2026

Ukrainian Men Fleeing Conscription

Hosted by Paul Starobin

Our conversation focuses on a groundbreaking article by Dan Storyev recently published in The Nation: “Millions of Ukrainian Men Are Fleeing a Cruel C…

Denialism: Polish Style

August 22, 2026

Denialism

Elżbieta Janicka
Hosted by YIVO Institute

Holocaust distortion in Poland involves reshaping or minimizing facts about the Holocaust, often emphasizing Polish victimhood while obscuring instanc…

Yulia Gradskova et al., "Good Mothers, Nations and Nationalisms: Cases from Lithuania, Russia and Sweden" (CEU Press, 2026)

August 13, 2026

Good Mothers , Nations and Nationalisms

Yulia Gradskova, Ieva Bisigirskaite, and Soheyla Yazdanpanah
Hosted by CEU Press

In this episode, host Andrea Talabér (CEU Press, 2026) talks with Yulia Gradskova and Ieva Bisigirskaitė, two of the three authors behind Good Mothers…

Bridget Hourican on Frank Callanan's "James Joyce: A Political Life" (Princeton UP, 2026)

August 12, 2026

James Joyce

Frank Callanan - A Conversation with Bridget Hourican

The young James Joyce (1882–1941) was forged in the smithy of Irish political controversies, and he took into his European exile a depth of political …

Giulio Boccaletti, "The Environmental Republic: Why Citizens Will Save the World" (Princeton UP, 2026)

August 7, 2026

The Environmental Republic

Giulio Boccaletti

Republicanism is arguably the most powerful political idea in history, an extraordinary feat of human imagination that balances individual liberty wit…

Georgia Kernell, "Inside Parties: How Party Rules Shape Membership and Responsiveness" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

August 6, 2026

Inside Parties

Georgia Kernell
Hosted by Satyaki Barua

Inside Parties: How Party Rules Shape Membership and Responsiveness (Cambridge UP, 2025) by Georgia Kernell examines how party rules determine how par…

176 Laura Jockusch on Jewish Revenge after the Holocaust (JP)

August 6, 2026

176 Laura Jockusch on Jewish Revenge after the Holocaust (JP)

After a great human-wrought tragedy, how are victims and their kin made right? What does it mean to take revenge, to exact vengeance, to seek redress,…

The Resurgence of War and the Collapse of Arms Control

July 31, 2026

The Resurgence of War and the Collapse of Arms Control

How the nuclear guardrails were dismantled. What arms control actually did (risk management, predictability, geography), how it unravelled from the 20…

Anna Lively, "Revolutionary Connections: Russia and Ireland, 1905-1923" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 28, 2026

Revolutionary Connections

Anna Lively
Hosted by Aidan Beatty

Anna Lively is a historian of modern Ireland, Britain, and Russia. Awarded her PhD in History from the University of Edinburgh in 2022, she is current…

Mikuláš Pešta, "Student Internationalism and the Global Cold War: The International Union of Students in Socialist Prague" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

July 24, 2026

Student Internationalism and the Global Cold War

Mikuláš Pešta

In this episode of the CEU Review of Books Podcast, I sat down with Mikuláš Pešta to talk about his new book, Student Internationalism and the Global …

Building A Freedom Infrastructure in the Age of Networked Control

July 23, 2026

Building A Freedom Infrastructure in the Age of Networked Control

Leopoldo López
Hosted by Licia Cianetti

Host Licia Cianetti talks to Venezuelan democracy activist and co-founder of the World Liberty Congress Leopoldo López. As part of PPP’s ongoing colla…

Kurt Warner, "False Idols: How Diversion is Destroying Democracy" (Vernon Press, 2024)

July 21, 2026

False Idols

Kurt Warner
Hosted by Dessy Vassileva

False Idols: How Diversion is Destroying Democracy (Vernon Press, 2024) examines how modern forms of diversion shape civic life and weaken democratic …

Armenia moves West, Georgia moves East: What next for The Caucasus?

July 15, 2026

Armenia moves West, Georgia moves East

Thomas de Waal
Hosted by Jason Pack

Armenia just re-elected populist PM Nikol Pashinyan, confirming voters are ready to move on from the lost Karabakh war and lean toward Europe over Rus…

Democratic Backsliding and Resistance: Poland’s Civil Society, Electoral Strategies, and Institutional Levers

July 12, 2026

Democratic Backsliding and Resistance

Mikołaj Cześnik, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Marek Tatała, and Dominika Lasota
Hosted by Frances Cayton

This week on Democracy Dialogues, Frances Cayton speaks with four experts on Polish politics about the success of Poland’s opposition coalition in 202…

Jonathan Schneer, "Nine Days in May: The General Strike Of 1926" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 1, 2026

Nine Days in May

Jonathan Schneer
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

In May, 1926, nearly three million British workers downed tools to support nearly one million of their countrymen, miners whose employers meant to len…

AI, Algocracy, and Democracy's Challenging Road Ahead with Andrew Sorota

June 12, 2026

AI, Algocracy, and Democracy's Challenging Road Ahead

Andrew Sorota
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Like many people, I've been following the developments of AI, testing out new models and following the deluge of news stories about the fight for supr…

Brexit Britain: 10 Years on from the Referendum

June 9, 2026

Brexit Britain

Maria Sobolewska, Charlotte Galpin and Monika Brusenbauch Meislova
Hosted by Tim Haughton

Anniversaries provide opportunities to take stock and reflect. It is now ten years since voters in the United Kingdom cast their ballots in a referend…

Andrew Demshuk, "The Filthiest Village in Europe: Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" (Cornell UP, 2026)

May 30, 2026

The Filthiest Village in Europe

Andrew Demshuk
Hosted by Jenna Pittman

The Filthiest Village in Europe: Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany (Cornell University Press, 2026) traces how a community shrouded …

Why Elected Leaders Subvert Democracy

May 26, 2026

Why Elected Leaders Subvert Democracy

Susan Stokes
Hosted by Temitayo Odeyemi

When we think about threats to democracy, we often imagine dramatic breakdowns—military coups, constitutional crises, or sudden collapses. But today, …

Radio ReOrient 14:8: Dutch Islamophobia and Muslim Exceptionalism, with Martijn de Koning, hosted by Marchella Ward and Amina Easat-Daas

May 22, 2026

Radio ReOrient 14:8: Dutch Islamophobia and Muslim Exceptionalism, with Martijn de Koning, hosted by Marchella Ward and Amina Easat-Daas

Hosted by Radio Reorient

In this episode Chella Ward and Amina Easat-Daas spoke with Dr Martijn de Koning about the nature of Islamophobia in the Netherlands and how this sits…