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War & Peace

International Crisis Group

War and Peace is a podcast series from the International Crisis Group. Olga Oliker and Elissa Jobson interview experts about all things Europe and its neighbourhood from Russia to Turkey and beyond. Their guests shed new light on everything that helps or hinders prospects for peace. A podcast member of the EuroPod production network.

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Episodes

128 episodes

  1. A Political Shake-up in Serbia, Business as Usual in Bosnia? 36:22
  2. Do the Laws of War Still Matter in Ukraine and Beyond? 43:45
  3. War, Politics and Chauvinism in Russia and Across Europe 37:25
  4. NATO in Türkiye/Türkiye in NATO 36:24
  5. Hungary – and Europe – After Orbán 41:16
  6. EU and NATO Members Grapple with War in Iran 31:20
  7. Cold Hard Truths: Arctic Security in a Changing World 30:10
  8. Bonus Episode: A Transport Route to Peace in the South Caucasus? 46:24
  9. Can Europe Solve Its U.S. Dilemma? 42:30
  10. Karabakh Refugees in Armenia 28:09
  11. How Ukraine’s Women Are Meeting the Challenges of War 34:15
  12. A Bigger Table? The Case for More Global Diplomacy over Ukraine 34:17
  13. Elliptical Orbit? Belarusian Foreign Policy in Fraught Times 32:32
  14. Down, But Not Out? Russia’s Shifting Role in a Turbulent Middle East 36:18
  15. More Europe, Less U.S.? What to Expect from the NATO Summit 28:12
  16. Ukraine: The Battlefield and the Negotiating Table 24:18
  17. The Authoritarian Playbook Explained 36:40
  18. Latin America’s Evolving Drug Trade. Why It Matters for Europe 28:10
  19. Bonus Episode: Trump, France and European Security 46:25
  20. After Assad – Implications for Türkiye in Syria and Beyond 35:45
  21. What 2025 Could Mean for the War in Ukraine and the Ukrainian and Russian Armed Forces 36:25
  22. Lucian Kim on Russia, Ukraine and His New Book “Putin’s Revenge” 33:35
  23. A New European Commission Faces a Fast-changing World 33:20
  24. What Next for Georgia and Its Breakaway Regions after Contested Elections? 34:41
  25. U.S. Elections: Trump, Harris and Transatlantic Relations 35:53
  26. A Still-fraught Path to Peace for Armenia and Azerbaijan 41:36
  27. Prisoners of the Past? Political Crises and Ethnic Tensions in the Western Balkans 38:10
  28. A Long War in Ukraine? Perspectives from Kyiv and Washington 36:49
  29. Could Far-Right Electoral Gains Upend EU Foreign Policy? 38:04
  30. Moldova’s Restive Separatists, Russia Worries, and EU Aspirations 31:20
  31. Can Nuclear Arms Control Survive a Changing World Order? 41:43
  32. Two Years Into Full-Scale War, What Ukraine Needs and What its Backers Can Give 37:39
  33. Maritime Security in the Red Sea: What Role for the EU? 33:43
  34. Is Moscow the Big Winner from War in the Middle East? 37:18
  35. Europe’s Struggle to Respond to the Gaza War 34:28
  36. Time to Talk? Assessing the Plausibility of Negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian War 35:35
  37. Why Women Fight: Gender Dynamics in Insurgencies and Armies 35:24
  38. The Days After: Humanitarian Crisis and Prospects for Peace in Karabakh and the Region 34:20
  39. NATO’s Vilnius Summit and Baltic Security 29:23
  40. Ukraine’s Male Travel Ban and the Protection of Civilians in Wartime 34:24
  41. The War in Ukraine: Rallying Point for the Left or New Neocon Adventure? 36:43
  42. Bonus Episode: Is This the End? Wagner in Russia, Ukraine and Africa 50:38
  43. Escalation in Northern Kosovo: Causes, Dangers and Prospects 26:53
  44. What to Expect from Five More Years of President Erdoğan in Türkiye 28:37
  45. Increasingly At Odds: What’s Shaping the EU-China Relationship? 34:19
  46. Protests and Far-Right Politics in Israel and Europe 36:49
  47. Protests in Georgia and Tbilisi’s Complicated Relationships with Russia and the West 38:06
  48. Bert Koenders on the War in Ukraine and the Future of Europe 42:12
  49. Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression: Faint Prospect or Realistic Probability? 32:48
  50. Ukraine’s Jews, Israel and the War 34:01