# The IR thinker

A podcast by Martin Zubko. The IR thinker is an independent, non-partisan and non-aligned podcast exploring international relations through conversations with leading scholars and practitioners. It offers diverse perspectives without endorsing any political party, government or ideology. Founded and hosted by IR scholar and lecturer Martin Zubko as a pro bono initiative in 2023, it has surpassed 100 episodes and is available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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## Latest episodes

- [Azerbaijan's Energy Geopolitics — John M. Roberts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/7ad6fffa2dd8) (2026-09-17, 69 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6aabdcfd5d36baebf1426bca/media.mp3
- [Uncertainty, Intentions and Great Power Conflict — Sebastian Rosato](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/084ab01e44e5) (2026-08-18, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6a8420fa9cb9faa61ac2d6b1/media.mp3
- [Who Controls Africa’s Food? Rethinking Food Security, Trade & Agriculture — David Luke](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/02e0e879bc44) (2026-08-11, 37 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6a7b0771616564bf00e41a62/media.mp3
- [The Future of Global Governance: BRICS, AI, Middle Powers & World Order — Miles Kahler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/5579f945b60e) (2026-08-04, 70 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6a71e5efc41b8c1d307c54cb/media.mp3
- [Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional: Brazilian IR Journal — Haroldo Ramanzini Júnior](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/5d44f4555445) (2026-07-21, 48 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6a5f6a2c4a280e7311fe9d4c/media.mp3
- [America's Role in Post-Soviet Russia: The Untold Story — Daniel Satinsky](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/9e5629ff31bd) (2026-07-07, 82 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6a4c4a03f29b714222b93d5f/media.mp3
- [Racism Without the Word — Somdeep Sen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/ca5e60d35680) (2026-07-01, 62 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6a44d24006fb5d326d7be67f/media.mp3
- [When AI Fights, the War Never Ends — Myriam Dunn Cavelty](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/d8b68f9be507) (2026-06-23, 64 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6a3a9168d80106fbdf006c2a/media.mp3
- [African Affairs Journal: History, Trends, and the Peer Review Process — Jonathan Fisher](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/3a68ad8ff4e4) (2026-06-16, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6a312c08d54529738e925718/media.mp3
- [Publishing in Regional & Federal Studies Journal — Davide Vampa & Mariely Lopez-Santana](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/0c2b40ab6a1a) (2026-06-09, 68 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6a27f664ec7c103dcaa50aa3/media.mp3
- [Poland's New Strategic Culture and Geopolitical Ambitions — Piotr Pietrzak](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/183fa457471c) (2026-06-01, 67 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6a1e070e5e7c8b23784e1674/media.mp3
- [Africa's Agency in Global Climate Governance — Carl Death](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/a507b7e27866) (2026-05-25, 72 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6a14d3718ff41815a82d5332/media.mp3
- [Publishing in Contemporary Security Policy — Myriam Dunn Cavelty & Nicole Jenne](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/0fd2dc808eb8) (2026-05-19, 67 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6a0c1de3a9d7442983c8d229/media.mp3
- [Publishing in Problems of Post-Communism: An Editor's Perspective — Dmitry Gorenburg](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/47d53ae24895) (2026-05-12, 64 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6a031a8d53be193dbdb58919/media.mp3
- [Inside Myanmar’s Fragile Geopolitical Position — Wai Yan Phyo Naing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/0029f82965cb) (2026-05-05, 65 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/69fa1e1679d314932a4e5707/media.mp3
- [Foucault, Stalin and the Politics of Life and Death: What Is Biopolitics? — Sergei Prozorov](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/9a7f382b9205) (2026-04-28, 68 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/69f0cb53f8c66377373e114b/media.mp3
- [How Russia Projects Soft Power Across Three Continents — Vladimir Liparteliani](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/2bcdafed4e32) (2026-04-21, 61 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/69e738d7d2febdbec9bdec40/media.mp3
- [South Africa's Nuclear Energy and the HTMR-100 Reactor — Kelvin Kemm](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/7a1fc6dddc38) (2026-04-14, 69 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/69de29002cab0d3ec881ae9a/media.mp3
- [How to Publish in Top IR Journals: Insights from a BJPIR Editor — Jack Holland](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/f1a169ebc3c1) (2026-04-07, 43 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/69d4f0761d7024f1a701459f/media.mp3
- [China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and Concord — Philip Snow](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/f4237ac24672) (2026-03-30, 50 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/69cae0554bc3c0b5ce595a9f/media.mp3
- [From Unipolarity to Multipolarity: The Changing World Order — Mark N. Katz](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/395f35c5b56e) (2026-03-24, 59 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/69c2b99d034bb238fb0234f2/media.mp3
- [Catalonia's Quest for Self-Government Explained — Marc Sanjaume-Calvet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/e65d34af6109) (2026-03-17, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/69b96b7c13cca38a33e69a59/media.mp3
- [The New Constructivism in International Relations — David McCourt](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/260265ee1f84) (2026-03-10, 71 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/69b028b110e0355e0d5b8c46/media.mp3
- [New Zealand's Geopolitics and Strategic Identity — Reuben Steff](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/e9c605fa8cd1) (2026-03-03, 67 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/69a23a7bf8755e109dac5b47/media.mp3
- [Decolonising Norms in International Relations — Charlotte Epstein](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/6c19c54135f3) (2026-02-18, 54 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/69958776c208b1a9315d5488/media.mp3
- [A New Realism for a World in Crisis — Marc Saxer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/8374fd7b2e5b) (2025-12-17, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/69427e932ddaba3da187c4c5/media.mp3
- [The History and Making of Indian Diplomacy — Vineet Thakur](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/c4274bd2b1a0) (2025-12-08, 61 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/693724fbfe31b2ca09e09af7/media.mp3
- [Bulgaria's Energy Security Explained — Martin Vladimirov](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/e099df4085bf) (2025-12-01, 46 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/692d8135f8e2c46a8ce8184d/media.mp3
- [What EU Citizenship Really Means — Dimitry Kochenov](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/7874d3839333) (2025-11-24, 72 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6924cb39ac4db2b031d334f9/media.mp3
- [How Nuclear Weapons Shape Today's World — Stephen Herzog](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/89de6d0e425c) (2025-11-16, 72 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/691a4062e42e3466f2db596e/media.mp3
- [Inside China's Institutional DNA — Chenggang Xu](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/cc076b689479) (2025-11-10, 65 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6911dc1ac1ed8717c591770e/media.mp3
- [African IR Theory: Does It Exist? — Madalitso Zililo Phiri](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/268dc4942727) (2025-11-05, 60 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/690b04ea2f5fdede341460a2/media.mp3
- [Germany's Natural Gas Security After Russia — Andreas Schroeder](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/005357c3077e) (2025-10-29, 45 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6901dcbb83424f613b3bec83/media.mp3
- [How Mongolia Navigates Energy Dependence — Telmen Altanshagai](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/56f7e1f547e8) (2025-10-22, 57 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/68f8b72bb24744dd4850dd82/media.mp3
- [Australia's Security Strategy Examined — Peter Layton](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/7461e3a962a4) (2025-10-14, 74 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/68ee70ce58893bb6e3c97135/media.mp3
- [Georgia's Energy Geopolitics Explained — Murman Margvelashvili](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/43f1cd7cb2df) (2025-10-07, 67 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/68e53babd798804c9eae65eb/media.mp3
- [Ireland's Evolving National Security Strategy — Kenneth McDonagh](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/346297b5a32e) (2025-09-30, 65 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/68db946f6d92c33f9c2cdb6f/media.mp3
- [Georgia's Road to the EU — David Bujiashvili](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/416e785af783) (2025-09-23, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/68d269a46f2bb8719f0f39b0/media.mp3
- [Brexit, EU Power and the Question of Hegemony — Patrick Holden](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/2d05ed4827ce) (2025-09-14, 61 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/68c7232724c6e67e6882436b/media.mp3
- [Radicalisation in the West: Causes and Patterns — Tahir Abbas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/3407ea745ac4) (2025-09-09, 61 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/68c09e180806683f0a38116f/media.mp3
- [China's Engagement with Africa Unpacked — Emmanuel Matambo](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/d6d2526cad91) (2025-09-02, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/68b6acd3a742b7c846c65ea2/media.mp3
- [Global Maritime Security Explained — Timothy Edmunds](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/d8dd8b4c46b6) (2025-08-26, 72 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/68acf448352b565debcea0c2/media.mp3
- [Universities as EU Diplomatic Actors — Marina Cino Pagliarello](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/79e97509dacd) (2025-08-18, 67 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/68a3319426699148a75f8621/media.mp3
- [The Japan-Philippines Partnership: Why It Matters — Satoru Nagao](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/0b83639429b1) (2025-08-06, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6892ac366c91d3cb6370eddd/media.mp3
- [Trump's Foreign Policy Decoded — Hussein Banai](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/73391a7446fd) (2025-06-24, 131 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/685ae7a54a2d8b8b51a4b76d/media.mp3
- [Why Some Regions Achieve Lasting Peace — Arie M. Kacowicz](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/d1481077d093) (2025-06-17, 63 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/685119bc68b0c25e387d9809/media.mp3
- [Rebuilding Syria: Economy, Power and Geopolitics — Joseph Daher](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/cdb86a90ab27) (2025-06-10, 64 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6847e18ed61256a5783bb206/media.mp3
- [What Good Governance Means for Africa — Gilbert A. Ang'ana](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/cb4040823b49) (2025-06-03, 64 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/683b46f42780b226c7f6220b/media.mp3
- [Kazakhstan's Nuclear Power Debate — Eldaniz Gusseinov](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/f2d62f970b22) (2025-05-26, 61 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/6834b3785895b9ea58835f26/media.mp3
- [Russia in Africa: What It Really Brings — Steven Gruzd](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716817337/a0922c618a17) (2025-05-14, 63 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914/e/68239bea75c05d72cf6d822d/media.mp3

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