
Interviews with innovative academics from many fields, contributing to a greater understanding of global political dynamics
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Interview with Dr Shahar Hameiri – China, the World Economy and Global Governance
Dr Shahar Hameiri is a professor in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland. His research focuses on the…
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Interview with Dr Yawei Liu: “US-China Relations in the Era of Trump”
Dr Yawei Liu is the senior advisor on China at The Carter Centre, and an adjunct professor of political science at Emory University. Dr Liu…
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Interview with Dr Sreeradha Datta – Bangladesh and the World: Regional Connectivity, Economic Development and Global Participation
Dr Sreeradha Datta is a professor of international affairs at O.P. Jindal Global University, and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Institute of South Asian…
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Interview with Dr Elvis Avenyo – Africa and the Global Economy: Value Chains, Regional Collaboration and Development Pathways
By Deiniol Brown Dr Elvis Avenyo is an Associate Professor of Development Economics at the DSI/NRF South African Research Chair in Industrial Development at the…
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Dr Stefan Wolff – Assessing Peace and Conflict in Europe: Comparative Analysis, Institutions and Great Power Politics
By Deiniol Brown Dr Stefan Wolff is professor of international security in the department of political science and international studies at the University of Birmingham.…
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Interview with Dr John Calabrese – Global Foreign Policy under the Trump Administration: Strategic Competition, transactional diplomacy and institutions under threat
By Deiniol Brown Dr John Calabrese is Assistant Professor at American University, Washington DC and senior fellow at the Middle East Institute. Dr Calabrese’s research…
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Dr Joseph Ledford: A New Era in US Foreign Policy? The Past, Present and Future of US political strategy in the Americas
By Deiniol Brown Dr Joseph Ledford is a Hoover Fellow and assistant director of the Hoover History Lab at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Dr…
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Dr Zlatko Hadžidedić: Nationalism, Capitalism and Property, and their Impact on the International System
By Deiniol Brown Dr Zlatko Hadžidedić is the Director of the Centre for Nationalism Studies in Sarajevo, and an academic focusing on nationalism in international…
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Dr Indrajit Roy – A Multiplex World: Southern multilateralism, Global Leadership and Scholarship on the Global South
By Deiniol Brown Dr Indrajit Roy is professor of global development politics at the University of York’s Department of Politics and International Relations, with his…
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Dr Marina Henke – Understanding European Security: Defence policymaking, coalition building, and global instability
By Deiniol Brown Dr Marina Henke is professor of international relations and director of the Centre for International Security at the Hertie School, Berlin. Before…
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Dr Michael Nwankpa – Africa in a Multipolar World: Insurgencies, contested development and international competition
By Deiniol Brown Do you think the global and local nature of the Boko Haram insurgency is comparable to other insurgencies globally, or is it…
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Dr Mark N. Katz – Russia, the Middle East and the US: Shifting Regional Politics and a Changing Global Order
By Deiniol Brown Dr Mark N. Katz is a professor emeritus of government and politics at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government,…
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Dr Nic Cheeseman – Democratic Resilience in an Age of Autocratisation
Dr Nic Cheeseman is professor of Democracy and International Development, and director of the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation at the University of…
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Dr Guanie Lim – The Global Economy and its politics in 2025: The View from Southeast Asia
By Deiniol Brown Dr Guanie Lim is associate professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo. His research focuses on the political…
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Dr Ralf Emmers – Competition in the Asia Pacific: Middle Powers, Networks and non-traditional security
By Deiniol Brown Dr Ralf Emmers is a professor in the international politics of East Asia at SOAS University of London. He is currently the…
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Dr Bleddyn Bowen – The Politics of Spacepower: Realities and imaginations of war in space, and the evolution of the space industry
Dr Bleddyn Bowen is an associate professor in Astropolitics at the School of Government and International Relations, Durham University. Dr Bowen specialises in research on…
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Dr Pádraig Carmody – Africa in Geopolitical Perspective: Dependency amidst Global Economic Competition
By Deiniol Brown Dr Pádraig Carmody is a professor in Geography at Trinity College Dublin, specialising in research on the political economy of globalisation in…
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Dr Randall Abate – Climate Change’s Impacts, Global Governance Challenges, and Strategic Litigation Initiatives
By Deiniol Brown Can you give an overview of the current global situation of climate refugees, and explain why they are an important group to…
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Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa – The EU in the Age of Trump: Balancing US-China Relations
By Deiniol Brown Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa is a geopolitics strategist with a focus on Asia-Europe relations. He consults for public and private sector entities. Over two decades, he…
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Einar Tangen – On the Drama of Trump’s Second Term and Chinese Diplomacy in the Evolving Multipolar World Order
By Deiniol Brown Einar Tangen is a revered commentator and academic on international relations and economics, currently a senior fellow at the Taihe Institute in…
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Dr Rohinton Medhora – Global Challenges and Opportunities: AI, Intangibles and International Development in a Digital Era
By Deiniol Brown Dr Rohinton Medhora is an esteemed economist and Professor of Practice at the Institute for the Study of International Development at McGill…
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Interview with Dr Guangyu Qiao-Franco – Methods and Modes of Governance from AI to ASEAN
By Deiniol Brown Dr Guangyu Qiao-Franco is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Radboud University in the Netherlands. She has written extensively on the…
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Interview with Dr Peter Wilson – The English School and International Society in a Multipolar World
By Deiniol Brown Dr Peter Wilson is an Associate Professor at the LSE’s Department of International Relations. Professor Wilson has written extensively on a number…
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Dr Mathew Guest: The Relationship between Politics, Religion and Knowledge in the Shadow of the 2024 Election
By Deiniol Brown Dr Mathew Guest is Professor in the Sociology of Religion at Durham University’s Department of Theology and Religion and is currently the…
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Interview with Dr Toby Carroll – The Politics of the global economy: Deep Marketisation and the constrained power of states under late capitalism
By Deiniol Brown Dr Toby Carroll is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Macau’s Centre for Macau Studies and has previously held roles as…
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Dr Elisa Gambino: On African Agency and Experience in the face of Global Pressures
Dr Elisa Gambino is a Hallsworth Research Fellow in Political Economy at Manchester University’s Global Development Institute and an adjunct researcher at the Centre for…
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Interview with Dr Angela Tritto
Dr Angela Tritto is an honorary fellow at UCL’s China Centre in the Department of European and International Social and Political Studies. Dr Tritto has…


























