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Talk Eastern Europe

Talk Eastern Europe

Talk Eastern Europe is your weekly deep dive into the heart of Central and Eastern Europe. Hosted by Adam Reichardt, Alexandra Karppi, and Nina Panikova, this podcast brings you expert analysis, thought-provoking commentary, and engaging interviews on the region's most pressing issues.
From the ongoing war in Ukraine to the rise of populism and the challenges of European integration, we explore the complexities of the region and the forces shaping its future. Join us as we delve into the latest news and trends, uncovering the stories that matter most to Central and Eastern Europe.
Support the podcast. Join our patreon page: https://bit.ly/3nMGeYj
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The last European Union Council meeting brought a historic decision to grant Ukraine and Moldova the status of the EU candidate status. In this episode Maciek and Aga share their first reactions to the EU’s decision as well as Maciek asks Maksym Kyiak, the Kyiv-based expert on international relations, about his assessment of EU Council decision. In addition Maksym provides us with an update of the general situation in Ukraine as the war continues without any prospects for rapid de-escalation.
Watch the documentary movie on the city of Bucha in Ukraine, mentioned in the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=-RXf6REnoSs
Read the latest analysis and commentary on the war and the region by visiting: www.neweasterneurope.eu
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Talk Eastern Europe - Episode 35: The future(s) of Eastern Europe
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04/15/20 • 49 min

This episode takes a look at the current state of the Eastern Partnership and discusses a new report that outlines possible scenarios for future developments in the region. Adam and Maciek start with a recap of the European Union’s Eastern Partnership programme. Adam then interview Quincy Cloet, Managing Editor of Visegrad Insight and a researcher with the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. They dissect the latest report by Visegrad Insight titled: Eastern European Futures. Four scenarios for the Eastern Partnership 2030.
The newest issue of New Eastern Europe is out! Get your copy here and support our publication: https://neweasterneurope.eu/product/issue-3-2020/
Join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/TalkEasternEurope
Resources:
Check out our special coverage: Coronavirus in the Eastern Partnership states: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2020/03/16/coronavirus-in-the-eastern-partnership-states/
Visegrad Insight: Eastern European Futures. Four scenarios for the Eastern Partnership 2030. https://visegradinsight.eu/eap2030/eastern-europe-four-scenarios/
“From Association to Integration. A Chance to Advance a Novel Agenda for the Eastern Partnership. By: Adam Reichardt. Visegrad Insight 1 April 2020. https://visegradinsight.eu/from-association-to-integration-eastern-partnership/
“Borders might be closed, but our policies need to be open” New Eastern Europe 1 April 2020 https://neweasterneurope.eu/2020/04/01/borders-might-be-closed-but-our-policies-need-to-be-open/
“The Eastern Partnership should now focus on greater integration”. A conversation with Petras Auštrevičius, member of the European Parliament from Lithuania. New Eastern Europe 16 March 2020: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2020/03/16/the-eastern-partnership-should-now-focus-on-greater-integration/
Please support the podcast. Become a Patron: www.patreon.com/talkeasterneurope
Music featured in the Podcast
Licensed under the Creative Commons license 3.0/4.0:
Intro/outro: “Indie Rock” by Scott Holmes:
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Road_Trip_Indie_Rock/Indie_Rock_1327
“Boston Landing” by Blue Dot Sessions: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Skittle/Boston_Landing
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Talk Eastern Europe - Episode 28: The London NATO meeting recap
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12/23/19 • 43 min

In the final episode of our special series on Black Sea security, Adam and Maciek discuss the most recent NATO meeting of heads of states in London. Adam then interviews Victor Kipiani, chair of the Geocase think tank in Tbilisi (15.45), where they discuss implications for Georgia, the region and wider geopolitics.
Follow Victor Kipiani on Twitter: @victor_kipiani https://twitter.com/victor_kipiani
Thank you to all of our listeners for making 2019 a successful year for Talk Eastern Europe. We look forward to new ideas and episodes for next year.
Thank you for the Polish embassy in Georgia and NATO for the support of this special series.
We wish you all peaceful holiday break and Happy New Year!
Resources:
The NATO “London Declaration”, issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in London 3-4 December 2019 https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_171584.htm?selectedLocale=en
NATO at 70 – cheating death, one threat at a time? By Wojciech Michnik. New Eastern Europe. 24 April 2019: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/04/24/nato-at-70-cheating-death-one-threat-at-a-time/
Georgia’s long and uncertain road to NATO membership. By: Giorgi Goguadze. New Eastern Europe no. 5/2019: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/08/26/georgias-long-and-uncertain-road-to-nato-membership/
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Music featured in the podcast licensed under the Creative Commons license 3.0/4.0:
Intro: Indie Rock by Scott Holmes: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Road_Trip_Indie_Rock/Indie_Rock_1327
- Chillin' With Jeris by copperhead. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/copperhead/35987
This episode is supported by funding from the Polish Embassy in Tbilisi in the framework of the NATO Contact Point Embassy (We thank them for their support!)
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Talk Eastern Europe - Eurozine podcast part I: The changing face of the media
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02/14/20 • 58 min

Tackling disinformation means thinking about how our media spheres are structured. Recent developments suggest a readiness for regulation, reversing the libertarian ethos of the first two decades of the internet. But does regulation not mean a different set of traps? Are states to be trusted solely with the democratic functioning of our public spheres?
In this special podcast episode we hand the reigns over to our partners at Eurozine – a network of European cultural journals of which New Eastern Europe is a member. During the discussion Eurozine editor Simon Garnett sits down with Claire Potter, author of the book Political Junkies: From Talk Radio to Twitter, How Alternative Media Hooked Us on Politics and Broke Our Democracy and editor of Public Seminar, and Daniel Leisegang, editor of the German journal Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik. They discuss the role of media in the current digital age, how mainstream media has changed as well as the dangers and advantages of alternative media.
Eurozine is a network of European cultural journals, linking up more than 90 partner journals and associated magazines and institutions from nearly all European countries. Eurozine is also an online magazine which publishes outstanding articles from its partner journals with additional translations into one of the major European languages.
Learn more about Eurozine: https://www.eurozine.com/
Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik - https://www.blaetter.de/
Public Seminar - https://publicseminar.org/
Music featured in the podcast licensed under an Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 International License.
Funk Interlude by Dysfunction_AL (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/destinazione_altrove/53756
Algorithms by Chad Crouch: https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/Arps/Algorithms
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This special episode marking the second anniversary of Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine features four short-form interviews with Ukrainians in the country and outside it. First, Nina and Alexandra discuss the news of the death of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who was murdered while imprisoned in one of Russia's northernmost prisons.
Later, Nina and Alexandra share four stories from Ukraine with the following guests. Each guest shared their personal stories, reflections from the last two years, what they have been doing to support Ukraine, and the hopes they have for Ukraine's future.
Mariya Chukhnova is a trilingual (Ukrainian, Russian, English) expert in international security and regional knowledge, specializing in Eastern Europe, particularly Ukraine and Russia. With a diverse background in the rule of law, anti-corruption, and international security, she is originally from Ukraine and is now based in the US.
Maksym Kyiak is the chief scientist at the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and a chief expert at the Ukrainian NGO ANTS – National Interests Advocacy Network. He is based in Kyiv.
Nazar Boykov is a political scientist and expert on elections based in Lviv. He is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at West Virginia University and a founder and chief executive at the Ukrainian NGO CIFRA Group.
Oleksandr Shchur is the writer and producer of the new film Bucha, which tells the story of a refugee from Kazakhstan who saved hundreds of Ukrainians in occupied territories in the spring of 2022.
Check out the latest issue of New Eastern Europe: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2024/02/07/issue-1-2-2024-elections-without-choice/
Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/TalkEasternEurope
Follow Mariya on Linkedin to support her advocacy work and fundraising: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariya-chukhnova-903554130?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BIJPL9ERXTcmi16Ov7g4s5A%3D%3D.
Check out Mariya's other work: The Quiet of the Russian Diaspora in the US (VoxUkraine) Deliberate Destruction of Ukrainian Scientific Infrastructure by Russia: The Urgency of Its Protection and Restoration (The Critical Mass)
Learn more about Oleksandar's film Bucha: https://bucha.film/.
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Talk Eastern Europe - Episode 34: Pandemic, power and Putin forever
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04/02/20 • 68 min

This episode takes an in-depth look at the political developments in Russia and analyzes the changes that were made in order for Vladimir Putin to stay on as president of the Russian Federation for at least another two terms.
The episode features an interview with Agnieszka Legucka, an expert on Russia from the Polish Institute of International Affairs. Maciek and Agnieszka discuss Russia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, how it helped Putin quickly manoeuvre in order to stay in power, and what might be next for the Russian president and his inner circle. They also touch on the economic situation in the country with oil prices at an all-time low and how this, coupled with an oncoming recession as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, will affect Russia in the coming months.
Read New Eastern Europe’s appeal to include Eastern Partnership countries in any EU recovery plan: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2020/04/01/borders-might-be-closed-but-our-policies-need-to-be-open/
Follow our coverage of the coronavirus in our region here: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2020/03/16/coronavirus-in-the-eastern-partnership-states/
Resources
“Kremlin Kids: The Second Generation of the Russian Elite” By: Ageniszka Legucka and Bartosz Bieliszczuk. Polish Institute of International Affairs: https://www.pism.pl/publications/Kremlin_Kids_The_Second_Generation_of_the_Russian_Elite
“Putin’s ideas for 2024” By: Agnieszka Legucak. New Eastern Europe 31 January 2020: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2020/01/31/putins-ideas-for-2024/
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Music featured in the Podcast
Licensed under the Creative Commons license 3.0/4.0:
Intro/outro: “Indie Rock” by Scott Holmes: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Road_Trip_Indie_Rock/Indie_Rock_1327
The Show Must Be Go by Kevin MacLeod: https://filmmusic.io/song/4509-the-show-must-be-go
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Please support our efforts. Become a Podcast Patron: www.patreon.com/talkeasterneurope
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Talk Eastern Europe - Episode 196: Ukraine at a critical point
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10/18/24 • 49 min

In this episode, Adam and Nina open up with the latest news from the region, including the recent decision by Poland’s Prime Minister to stop granting asylum to refugees and the agreement between Italy and Albania to relocate migrants there. They also discuss upcoming elections in Moldova and Georgia.
For the main interview, Adam sits down with Tamar Jacoby, an American reporter and the Kyiv-based director of the Progressive Policy Institute’s New Ukraine Project. They discuss the current moods in Ukraine, the upcoming US election and its impact on Ukraine and how the West can help right now.
Read Tamar’s reporting on the Ukrainian drone industry: https://www.progressivepolicy.org/jacoby-for-new-york-post-ai-is-reshaping-drone-warfare-in-russia-and-ukraine-2/
Support our podcast! Join us on patreon: www.patreon.com/talkeasterneurope
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Talk Eastern Europe - Episode 27: The crossroads of geopolitics
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12/18/19 • 47 min

In this episode of Talk Eastern Europe, Adam interviews Emil Avdaliani, a Tbilisi-based expert and author with New Eastern Europe, on the role of geopolitics in the Black Sea region.
They discuss Turkey-Russia relations, Chinese-American competition, the security risk of Iran’s proximity and Georgia’s place as an inter-connector for geopolitics. Follow Emil on Twitter: @emilavdaliani.
Become a Patron! We need only 7 more patrons to reach our goal of 20 by January. Support us here: www.patreon.com/TalkEasternEurope
Resources
“A sea of insecurity” by Emil Avdalian. New Eastern Europe 5/2019: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/08/26/a-sea-of-insecurity/
“China takes it all in the Black Sea region” by Michael Lambert. New Eastern Europe 19 February 2019: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/02/19/china-takes-it-all-in-the-black-sea-region/
“Anaklia’s deep sea port – a new strategic pivot in Eurasia” by Beka Kiria. New Eastern Europe 12 June 2019: https://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/06/12/anaklias-deep-sea-port-a-new-strategic-pivot-in-eurasia/
“Managed chaos: Russia’s deal with Turkey on northern Syria” by Gustav Gressel. European Council on Foreign Relations 3 November 2019. https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_managed_chaos_russias_deal_with_turkey_on_northern_syria
Join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/TalkEasternEurope
Music featured in the podcast licensed under the Creative Commons license 3.0/4.0:
Intro: Indie Rock by Scott Holmes: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Road_Trip_Indie_Rock/Indie_Rock_1327
Speaker Joy by Blue Dot Sessions - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/RadioPink/Speaker_Joy
Kirkus Interlude by Blue Dot Sessions - https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Architect/Kirkus_Interlude
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Talk Eastern Europe - Episode 12: Eastern Partnership turns 10
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05/12/19 • 41 min

After a short break, the Talk Eastern Europe podcast is back with a discussion on the current issue of New Eastern Europe which is dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership policy of the European Union which includes the countries of Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Over the past 10 years there have been many successes but also many setbacks in this region and the issue takes a look at what lessons can be learnt and how the EU, especially following the upcoming parliamentary elections.
There is also a short discussion on Central Europe 30 years after 1989 – a year of revolution and change.
We encourage all listeners to consider supporting the podcast by donating to us via our patreon account. Even a monthly donation of $2 a month can go a long way (our first goal is to get $100).
Please click here to start your donation: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=19190530&
Resources:
New Eastern Europe issue 3-4/2019: Eastern Partnership turns 10 http://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/05/02/issue-3-4-2019-eastern-partnership-turns-10/
Persisting towards a Europe without dividing lines by Carl Bildt and Radosław Sikorski: http://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/05/02/persisting-towards-a-europe-without-dividing-lines/
Resetting the Eastern Partnership by Mariusz Maszkiewicz: http://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/05/02/resetting-the-eastern-partnership/
The Eastern Partnership at 10. What is there to celebrate? By James Nixey: http://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/05/02/the-eastern-partnership-at-10-what-is-there-to-celebrate/
Music featured in the podcast licensed under the Creative Commons license 3.0:
Opening theme: “Sum of My Fears” by Dazie Mae: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dazie_Mae/Last_Jazz_in_Paris/03-1518107-Dazie_Mae-Sum_of_My_Fears
“CommonGround” by airtone http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/58703
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Talk Eastern Europe - Belarus: The ambiguous neighbour of the EU? Online debate
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06/08/20 • 72 min

This debate was live streamed on Facebook and YouTube and republished here as a podcast. This is the second debate organized in the framework of the project titled “Ost/Wschód: German-Polish Debates on the East”.
Belarus plays a unique role in both countries’ policies towards the region and as a member of the Eastern Partnership is also a key state in EU foreign policy. Yet, the country’s extremely close ties with Russia make Belarus a unique case, decisively not interested in European integration and for many years considered “the last dictatorship of Europe”. However, recent developments have demonstrated a possible opening towards Europe as the regime is resisting integration with Russia, while the country’s response to COVID-19 was like no other country in Europe which may play a role in this year’s presidential election.
Speakers:
– Anna Maria Dyner, Analyst on Belarus, Polish Institute of International Affairs
– Ingo Petz, German journalist, expert on Belarus
The debate was moderated by Adam Balcer, Program Director with the Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe (publisher of New Eastern Europe).
The debate is co-organised by the Jan Nowak Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe and the Deutsch-Russischer Austausch e.V. (DRA) and sponsored by the Heinrich Boell Foundation’s Warsaw Office as well as the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.
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Talk Eastern Europe currently has 219 episodes available.

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The podcast is about News, News Commentary, Podcasts and Politics.

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The episode title 'Episode 105: Ukraine granted the EU candidate status in the shadow of war' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Talk Eastern Europe is 52 minutes.

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Episodes of Talk Eastern Europe are typically released every 7 days, 17 hours.

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The first episode of Talk Eastern Europe was released on Nov 7, 2018.

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