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Hungary – and Europe – After Orbán
May 27, 2026
41m 16s
EU and NATO Members Grapple with War in Iran
Apr 14, 2026
31m 20s
Cold Hard Truths: Arctic Security in a Changing World
Mar 10, 2026
30m 10s
Bonus Episode: A Transport Route to Peace in the South Caucasus?
Feb 27, 2026
46m 24s
Can Europe Solve Its U.S. Dilemma?
Jan 16, 2026
42m 30s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/27/26 | ![]() Hungary – and Europe – After Orbán✨ | Hungary electionsPéter Magyar+4 | Zsuzsanna Végh | German Marshall FundFidesz+1 | HungaryUkraine+4 | HungaryPéter Magyar+8 | — | 41m 16s | |
| 4/14/26 | ![]() EU and NATO Members Grapple with War in Iran✨ | EU responseNATO+5 | Lisa Musiol | EUNATO+3 | IranU.S.+3 | international lawGulf Arab states+1 | — | 31m 20s | |
| 3/10/26 | ![]() Cold Hard Truths: Arctic Security in a Changing World✨ | Arctic securitygreat power competition+4 | Gabriella Gricius | Arctic Sentrythe Arctic Institute+7 | Arcticthe High North+8 | GreenlandArctic Sentry+2 | — | 30m 10s | |
| 2/27/26 | ![]() Bonus Episode: A Transport Route to Peace in the South Caucasus?✨ | Armenia-Azerbaijan peace talksU.S. involvement+6 | Joshua Kucera | Crisis Group's global podcastAnalyst’s Notebook+5 | the South CaucasusSouth Caucasus+10 | Trump Route for International Peace and ProsperityTRIPP+2 | — | 46m 24s | |
| 1/16/26 | ![]() Can Europe Solve Its U.S. Dilemma?✨ | U.S. foreign policyEuropean security+2 | Nathalie Tocci | the Istituto Affari InternazionaliEU+4 | EuropeU.S.+4 | VenezuelaGreenland+3 | — | 42m 30s | |
| 12/16/25 | ![]() Karabakh Refugees in Armenia✨ | Karabakhrefugees+5 | Joshua Kucera | Crisis Group’sEU+3 | KarabakhArmenia+4 | Nagorno-Karabakhgovernment assistance+2 | — | 28m 09s | |
| 11/27/25 | ![]() How Ukraine’s Women Are Meeting the Challenges of War✨ | gender inequalitywar+4 | Sabine Freizer Gunes | UN WomenCrisis Group+2 | Ukraine | UN Womensexual violence+2 | — | 34m 15s | |
| 10/21/25 | ![]() A Bigger Table? The Case for More Global Diplomacy over Ukraine✨ | diplomacyUkraine+2 | Bob Deen | the Security Unitthe Clingendael Institute+5 | UkraineU.S.+2 | OSCEUN+2 | OSCE | 34m 17s | |
| 9/23/25 | ![]() Elliptical Orbit? Belarusian Foreign Policy in Fraught Times✨ | Belarusian foreign policyRussian influence+4 | Valery Kavaleuski | Fraught TimesWar & Peace+5 | MinskPoland+3 | Zapad 2025Vienna Document+3 | — | 32m 32s | |
| 7/25/25 | ![]() Down, But Not Out? Russia’s Shifting Role in a Turbulent Middle East✨ | RussiaMiddle East+3 | Hanna Notte | the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation StudiesCSIS+2 | RussiaMiddle East+8 | Eurasianonproliferation+3 | — | 36m 18s | |
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| 6/20/25 | ![]() More Europe, Less U.S.? What to Expect from the NATO Summit✨ | NATO summittransatlantic relations+3 | Dr Pia Fuhrhop | Ukraine and Beyond: Shaping Europe’s Security FutureEurope & Central Asia+5 | EuropeU.S.+2 | defenceGermany+2 | — | 28m 12s | |
| 5/26/25 | ![]() Ukraine: The Battlefield and the Negotiating Table | In this episode of War & Peace, Olga and Elissa speak with Crisis Group’s senior Ukraine analyst, Lucian Kim, about how the war in Ukraine is evolving and what is happening with diplomatic efforts to end it. They discuss recent developments along Ukraine’s front lines, how Kyiv is adapting on the battlefield and the mood among Ukrainians. They assess the recent Istanbul talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations and the prospects for follow-on negotiations. They discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s involvement and the takeaways from his recent phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They also explore the prospect of a U.S. withdrawal of support for Ukraine and the possible responses of European leaders to fill the gap.For more, check out our Ukraine country page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/15/25 | ![]() The Authoritarian Playbook Explained | In this episode of War & Peace, Olga and Elissa talk with political scientist Ekaterina Schulmann to unpack how aspiring authoritarian leaders transform democracies into autocratic governments and whether democratic erosion in Western democracies is, in fact, a trend. They discuss how such leaders concentrate power and systematically weaken democratic institutions. They also explore the role of ideology in authoritarian systems and how these regimes differ from totalitarian forms of governance. Finally, they delve into how democratic resilience can be fostered and what can be done to reverse democratic backsliding.For more, check out our Europe and Central Asia regional page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/25/25 | ![]() Latin America’s Evolving Drug Trade. Why It Matters for Europe | In this episode of War & Peace, Olga and Elissa talk with Crisis Group’s Latin America program director Renata Segura and senior Colombia analyst Elizabeth Dickinson. They unpack the evolving landscape of narcotics trafficking in Latin America and how the violent crime it fuels is affecting communities across the continent. They explore why, more than 50 years after the U.S. declared a “war on drugs”, law enforcement efforts to dismantle criminal networks have failed to deliver lasting results. They also discuss how the EU can support its Latin American partners in pursuing alternative strategies to curb drug-related violence beyond military-led crackdowns, at a time when such crime is also rising in European cities.For more, check out our recent report “Curbing Violence in Latin America’s Drug Trafficking Hotspots”, our visual explainer “How a New Drug Trafficking Landscape Fuels Violence in Latin America”, and our Latin America regional page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/18/25 | ![]() Bonus Episode: Trump, France and European Security | Today, we're bringing you a bonus episode from Crisis Group's global podcast, Hold Your Fire!In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood is joined by Gérard Araud, Crisis Group Trustee and former French ambassador to the U.S., the UN and Israel. They take stock of U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign policy so far, his administration’s seemingly competing visions for European security and how European capitals are reacting. They talk about diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine, whether the Trump administration can get genuine concessions out of Russia and the prospect of European troops in Ukraine. They assess the role of France in Europe and debates around extending its nuclear umbrella to eastern Europe. They also discuss whether the Trump administration’s unorthodox diplomacy might bear fruit in the Middle East. For more, check out our report “Ukraine and Beyond: Shaping Europe’s Security Future” and our Europe & Central Asia Program page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/27/25 | ![]() After Assad – Implications for Türkiye in Syria and Beyond | In this episode of War & Peace, Olga and Elissa speak with Berkay Mandıracı, Crisis Group’s senior Türkiye analyst, about Ankara’s evolving role in Syria following the Assad regime’s collapse and about the apparent progress of efforts to resolve the conflict between Türkiye and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). They examine Türkiye’s relations with Hei’at Tahrir al-Sham, the new rulers in Syria, and what Ankara stands to gain from the shifting political landscape in its neighbouring country. They assess the situation in north-eastern Syria, where tensions remain high between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA). They also discuss whether the latest attempts to end the decades-long conflict between Türkiye and the PKK have a real chance of success, as well as Ankara’s regional ambitions amid rapidly changing security dynamics in Europe.For more, check out Berkay’s latest op-ed, co-authored with colleague Dareen Khalifa, “Turkey’s tightrope in post-Assad Syria”, and Crisis Group’s page “Türkiye’s PKK Conflict: A Visual Explainer”, and our Europe & Central Asia and Middle East regional pages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/28/25 | ![]() What 2025 Could Mean for the War in Ukraine and the Ukrainian and Russian Armed Forces | In this episode of War & Peace, Olga and Elissa are joined by Michael Kofman, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment specialising in Ukrainian and Russian military affairs. They reflect on the developments along Ukraine’s frontlines in 2024, the challenges Ukraine’s and Russia’s armed forces have faced, including high equipment losses as well as shortages of personnel and ammunition, and how the war might evolve in the year ahead. They discuss the implications of the deployment of North Korean troops to support Russian forces in the Kursk region and look at how the new U.S. administration under President Donald Trump might affect the war. They speculate on the potential consequences for Ukraine’s military capabilities if Washington cuts back on weapons aid to Kyiv and whether Europe can muster the resources to fill the gap. They also explore how Ukraine’s and Russia’s armies might evolve in the coming years. Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.For more, check out Michael’s podcast, The Russia Contingency, and Crisis Group’s Q&A “Mobilisation, Peacemaking and Deterrence in Ukraine”, and our Ukraine country page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 12/17/24 | ![]() Lucian Kim on Russia, Ukraine and His New Book “Putin’s Revenge” | In this episode of War & Peace, Olga Oliker speaks with Lucian Kim, Crisis Group’s Senior Ukraine analyst, about his new book “Putin’s Revenge: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine”. They reflect on Lucian’s decades-long career as a journalist covering pivotal political events in Russia and Ukraine, from Ukraine’s 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2014 Euromaidan protests to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. They explore Moscow’s increasingly strained relations with Kyiv and Western capitals, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s shift from a pragmatic leader to an increasingly authoritarian strongman, and what led to his decision to launch the deadliest conflict in Europe since the Second World War. They also discuss which lessons Western policymakers should draw to better engage with Ukraine and Russia to secure European security in the future.For more, be sure to check out Lucian’s book “Putin’s Revenge: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine”, our latest Q&A “Mobilisation, Peacemaking and Deterrence in Ukraine”, and our Ukraine country page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 12/10/24 | ![]() A New European Commission Faces a Fast-changing World | In this episode of War & Peace, Olga and Elissa are joined by Lisa Musiol, head of EU affairs to discuss the challenges facing the new European Commission. They ask what the appointment of more right-leaning commissioners might mean for its policy direction and discuss the priorities of the new EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, particularly regarding the war in Ukraine and the future of European defence policy. They examine how the EU is preparing for a second Trump administration and the prospect of Washington reducing its defence commitments to Europe. They also discuss the EU’s evolving global role and whether it can manage to adapt to a fast-changing world order. Note: This podcast episode was recorded prior to the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and thus does not address events in that country and their repercussions.For more, check out the latest update to our EU-Watch List and our Europe and Central Asia program page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 11/26/24 | ![]() What Next for Georgia and Its Breakaway Regions after Contested Elections? | In this episode of War & Peace, Olga and Elissa are joined by Tbilisi-based journalist Joshua Kucera to discuss Georgia’s contested parliamentary elections and the prospects for the country and its breakaway regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia. They look at what explains the electoral success of the ruling Georgian Dream party, what’s behind allegations of vote rigging and why the opposition has struggled to mobilise its support base in the aftermath of the polls. They explore Tbilisi’s shifting relations with Moscow and Brussels, focusing on why the war in Ukraine and politics in the South Caucasus have driven Georgia away from the project of Western integration. They also examine the recent unrest in Abkhazia, the complicated relations among Georgia, the breakaway regions and Russia, and the EU’s future as a mediator and monitor in the region. For more, check out Joshua’s New York Times op-ed “This Country Turned Against the West, and It’s Not Coming Back”, Crisis Group’s commentary “Georgia: How to Tread Carefully and Preserve the EU’s Diplomatic Role” and our Georgia country page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 10/29/24 | ![]() U.S. Elections: Trump, Harris and Transatlantic Relations | In this episode of War & Peace, Olga and Elissa speak with Jeremy Shapiro, U.S. Program Director at the European Council on Foreign Relations, about what the possible outcomes of the U.S. presidential election could mean for the future of transatlantic relations and European security. They weigh Donald Trump’s and Kamala Harris’ competing views about NATO and the value of multilateral alliances. They assess how European leaders can prepare for a more transactional Washington should Trump return to office and whether they can expect continuity of President Biden’s Atlanticist foreign policy if Harris is elected. They also discuss the extent to which far-right leaders in Europe would benefit from a second Trump presidency and how each candidate would go about finding an end to the war in Ukraine. For more, check out our commentary Toward a Plan B for Peace in Ukraine, our President’s Take The EU Awaits the U.S. Vote as Conflicts Rage and our Ripple Effect podcast on the U.S. elections. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 9/24/24 | ![]() A Still-fraught Path to Peace for Armenia and Azerbaijan | In the first episode of a new season of War & Peace, Olga and Elissa talk with Konul De Moor, Crisis Group’s consulting South Caucasus Analyst, about the difficult path toward peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan after Baku gained full control of Karabakh following a lightning offensive in September last year. They discuss the obstacles Baku faces in integrating Karabakh, including managing the return of displaced people and large-scale demining needs. They assess the peace process between Baku and Yerevan, the remaining sticking points to a deal and whether there is still a risk of an armed escalation between the two sides. They unpack the changing role of outside actors in the South Caucasus, including Russia’s struggle to maintain a foothold in the region and prospects for normalisation between Türkiye and Armenia. They also explore what roles Western powers can play in bringing Armenia and Azerbaijan closer to a peace agreement. Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.For more about the topics discussed in this episode, check out our Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 7/16/24 | ![]() Prisoners of the Past? Political Crises and Ethnic Tensions in the Western Balkans | In this episode of War & Peace, Olga speaks with Crisis Group’s consulting senior Balkans analyst Marko Prelec about the enduring political and ethnic tensions in the Western Balkans. They discuss the looming risk of Bosnia and Herzegovina breaking up amid secessionist threats by authorities in Republika Srpska and grievances among Bosnia’s ethnic groups with its political system and its international supervision. They talk about the challenges of reconciliation in Bosnia as the country commemorates the anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide this month. They then unpack the tensions between Kosovo and Serbia and Pristina’s efforts to assert authority in the Serb-majority north of the country. They also ask about the prospects of EU enlargement to the region and the lessons identified from Balkan efforts to remember, build on, and move past contentious histories. For more about the topics discussed in this episode, check out our EU Watchlist commentary Helping Keep Bosnia and Herzegovina Together and our report Northern Kosovo: Asserting Sovereignty amid Divided Loyalties. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/25/24 | ![]() A Long War in Ukraine? Perspectives from Kyiv and Washington | In this episode of War & Peace, Olga and Elissa speak with Lucian Kim, senior Ukraine analyst at Crisis Group, about how perspectives on the war in Ukraine are evolving in Kyiv and Washington and how both capitals grapple with the prospect of a long war as the U.S. heads for elections. They speak about what has changed in Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion and how much unity there is among Ukrainian society and its leadership over the trajectory of the war. They unpack Ukraine’s new mobilisation law, how it is received by the military and ordinary citizens and whether it will have a substantial effect on the country’s war effort. They also assess where Washington’s Ukraine policy might be headed amid divisions in Congress over continued military support for Kyiv, how big of a role the war has played in the run-up to the U.S. elections and how Ukrainians view the prospect of a second Trump presidency. For more about the topics discussed in this episode, check out our reports Ukraine: How to Hold the Line and A Fraught Path Forward for Ukraine’s Liberated Territories and our Q&A An Embattled Kyiv Looks for Aid in the Diplomatic Arena. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 5/28/24 | ![]() Could Far-Right Electoral Gains Upend EU Foreign Policy? | In this episode of War & Peace, Olga and Elissa speak with Crisis Group’s senior EU analyst Marta Mucznik and Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations Susi Dennison, about the upcoming European Union parliamentary elections. With predictions of right-wing gains high, they ask what such an electoral outcome could mean for foreign policy. They also look at the factors driving the rise of far-right parties throughout Europe, their ideological profiles and visions for Europe’s future. Specifically, they speculate on potential implications for EU support for Ukraine, relations with China and enlargement policy. They also discuss whether the far-right in Europe will keep gaining influence and what an increasingly fragmented political landscape could mean for the future.For more about the topics discussed in this episode, check out ECFR’s policy brief A sharp right turn: A forecast for the 2024 European Parliament elections and our EU Watch List 2024 – Spring Update. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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10 placements across 10 markets.
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