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Read more at: Podcast: Understanding Islamist Extremism in Africa, with Dr Nayanka Paquete Perdigao
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Podcast: Understanding Islamist Extremism in Africa, with Dr Nayanka Paquete Perdigao

23 June 2021 Series 1: Resistance, Radicalisation & Religion. Episode 5: Suzanne Raine speaks with Dr Nayanka Paquete Perdigao about the Islamist extremist movements in Mozambique, West Africa and the Sahel. The Centre for Geopolitics Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts , Spotify and the Centre's Youtube Channel .


Read more at: Podcast: European and British views on the German elections, with Tony Barber

Podcast: European and British views on the German elections, with Tony Barber

17 June 2021 Series 4: Germany and the World Episode 2: Philipp Hirsch talks with Tony Barber, European Affairs Commentator at the Financial Times, about European and British views on German politics and what expectations there might be outside of Berlin about Merkel’s successor. The Centre for Geopolitics Podcast is...


Read more at: Right-wing movements as moderators of the far-right?
Supporters of the extreme far-right Golden Dawn party celebrate after the early election results, at the central offices of the Golden Dawn in Thessaloniki, Greece 17 June 2012.

Right-wing movements as moderators of the far-right?

17 June 2021 By Marietta van der Tol & Sophia Johnson Right-wing political parties tend to operate on the end of a political spectrum. But of course, beyond the “right” of right-wing movements exist all sorts of variations of radical- and extreme-right cells and networks (hereafter: the far-right). Some of these openly...


Read more at: The value of a ‘Russian perspective’ - thoughts on the Centre’s recent event with Dmitri Trenin

The value of a ‘Russian perspective’ - thoughts on the Centre’s recent event with Dmitri Trenin

16 June 2021 By Hugo Bromley , Ax:son Johnson Research Assistant in Applied History What does it mean to have a ‘Russian perspective’? This conversation, between former home secretary Rt. Hon. Charles Clarke and Dr Dmitri Trenin, the director of the Carnegie Moscow Centre, explored this question in some depth. Dr Trenin...


Read more at: Podcast: Merkel’s legacy and Germany’s new chancellor, with John F Jungclaussen

Podcast: Merkel’s legacy and Germany’s new chancellor, with John F Jungclaussen

9 June 2021 - Series 4: Germany and the World Episode 1: Philipp Hirsch and John F. Jungclaussen, historian and former London correspondent of the German newspaper Die Zeit, discuss Angela Merkel’s 16 year-long tenure as German chancellor, her possible successors as well as the main themes shaping this September’s election...