• How Can the EU Support the Western Balkan Candidate Countries against Socioeconomic Threats?
    Dec 19 2025

    This episode is produced by the REUNIR Horizon Europe Project. Host Madalina Dobrescu welcomes Jelena Pejić Nikić, senior research at the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) and a PhD candidate at the University of Belgrade. They discuss the socioeconomic threats posed by external actors in the EU's candidate countries in the Western Balkans, and how the EU can help strengthen socioeconomic resilience in these countries.

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    37 mins
  • What Socioeconomic Threats are the Eastern Neighbourhood Candidate Countries Facing?
    Dec 15 2025

    This episode is produced by the REUNIR Horizon Europe Project. Host Madalina Dobrescu welcomes Tinatin Akhvlediani, research fellow at the EU foreign policy unit at CEPS and a visiting professor at the College of Europe and the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University. They discuss the socioeconomic threats posed by external actors in the EU's candidate countries in the Eastern neighbourhood, and how the EU can help strengthen socioeconomic resilience in these countries.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • How do External Actors Interfere in the Political Affairs of the Western Balkans EU Candidate Countries?
    Dec 6 2025

    This episode is produced by the REUNIR Horizon Europe Project. Host Madalina Dobrescu welcomes Florian Bieber, professor of Southeast European History and Politics and director of the Centre for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz. He is also the coordinator of the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG). They discuss one of REUNIR's working papers on political threats posed by external actors in the EU's candidate countries, focusing on the strategies used by external actors to interfere in the political affairs of the candidate countries in the Western Balkans.

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    48 mins
  • How are External Actors Undermining Democracy and European Integration in the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood Candidate Countries?
    Nov 27 2025

    This episode is produced by the REUNIR Horizon Europe Project. Host Madalina Dobrescu welcomes Laure Delcour, professor of international relations and EU studies at Sorbonne-Nouvelle University, visiting professor at the College of Europe, and director of the Institute for Research on Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and North Asia at the University of Warsaw. They discuss how the threats posed by external actors to Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia's democratic transition and European integration path, and what the EU can do to help strengthen resilience in these countries.

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    27 mins
  • What are the Possible Scenarios for the War in Ukraine?
    Dec 26 2024

    This episode is produced by the REUNIR Horizon Europe Project. Host Madalina Dobrescu welcomes Roman Petrov, Professor of Law at the University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and currently University of Hamburg Fellow 2024/2025 at the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS). With the war in Ukraine entering its third year, they discuss possible scenarios for the war and what victory or defeat would mean for European security.

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    30 mins
  • Where does Georgia's Foreign Policy Stand Today? (REUNIR x GIP and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Georgia
    Dec 23 2024

    This episode is recorded in Georgian, and is produced by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Georgian Institute of Politics, a member of the REUNIR Horizon Europe Project consortium. The podcast discusses Georgia's foreign relations in light of the political escalation of the last weeks, and challenges moving forward. Host Nino Gelashvili, journalist at Radio Liberty welcomes Nino Samkharadze, policy analyst at the Georgian Institute of Politics.

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    1 hr
  • How did Russia Interfere with the 2024 Moldovan Presidential Elections and EU Membership Referendum? (REUNIR x IPRE and Radio Moldova)
    Dec 19 2024

    This Romanian-language episode is produced by the Chișinău-based Institute for European Policies and Reform (IPRE) – a member of the REUNIR Horizon Europe Project consortium – and Radio Moldova as part of the Paralela 47 radio program. Host Mihai Mogildea welcomes guests Andrei Curararu (expert at think-tank WatchDog.md), Mariuta Nistor (journalist at independent weekly Ziarul de Garda), and Mihai Isac (independent political analyst). They discuss Russian interference in light of Moldova's presidential elections and EU membership referendum.

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    49 mins
  • Is the EU Ready to Face New Geopolitical Challenges Amidst the War in Ukraine and the Second Trump Administration? (REUNIR x BCSP Lighthouse Podcast)
    Dec 3 2024

    This episode is produced by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) Lighthouse podcast series, a member of the REUNIR Horizon Europe Project consortium. Host Srdjan Cvijic and guest speaker Tony Lawrence from the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) discuss the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy, the future of EU-NATO relations in light of Trump's victory in the US elections, and the EU's support to Ukraine.

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    28 mins