European Values Podcast
European Values Podcast will bring you interviews with security experts, analysts or politicians on topics related to Russian and Chinese malign influence.
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NATO’s interests in the Indo-Pacific (with Dr. I-Chung Lai and Professor Tomonori Yoshizaki)
August 1, 2023
China's challenge to NATO’s interests, security, and values (with Dr. Madoka Fukuda)
August 1, 2023
Intergration of Ukraine and the Global Impact of the War (with LtGen. (R) Kōichi Isobe
July 13, 2023
After February 24th of 2022, Ukraine’s integration into the EU and NATO seized to be a subject of discussion and became a matter of survival. At least that’s how most of the Ukrainians perceive their EU and NATO membership. According to recent surveys, more than 80 % of Ukrainians support joining the EU as well as joining NATO.
Lieutenant general Kōichi Isobe, who served for 35 years (until 2015) in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, offers his unique perspective on the situation and its consequences on East Asia.
How does disinformation work in the Czech public space? (with Veronika Krátka Špalková)
May 5, 2023
In a new episode of European Values Perspectives, analyst and lead author of the Annual Report on the State of the Czech Disinformation Scene 2022 Veronika Krátka Špalková answers these questions.
You can read the Annual Report here.
Chernobyl today is mainly a symbol, I wanted to reassure people, says nuclear engineer Dana Drábová
April 27, 2023
Today, many cannot imagine their morning without the daily Twitter update that “the radiation situation in Ukraine remains normal”. So does the author of these updates, nuclear engineer and chairwoman of the State Office for Nuclear Safety Dana Drabova, who accepted an invitation to the latest episode of European Values Perspectives.
Can the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant withstand another attack? What would the impact of a Russian shell in the Chernobyl area cause? How does acute radiation sickness manifest itself and how can it be treated? And how long has Dana Drabova been asleep?
How can we prepare our economy for Chinese invasion to Taiwan? (with Vilém Semerák&Tsuneo Watanabe)
April 13, 2023
How did the Russian invasion of Ukraine affect the Czech and Japanese economies? What lessons can we learn from the war in Ukraine in terms of the economic impact of regional conflict on distant countries? And should we prepare for a war in the Taiwan Strait?
These are not the only issues discussed in the new episode of the European Values Perspectives by Vilém Semerák from Charles University and Tsuneo Watanabe from the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.
Wars are won with guns, says Martin Ondracek of Gift for Putin
March 30, 2023
Czech Republic is a European leader in strengthening relations with Taiwan, others should follow
March 9, 2023
How will Czech-Taiwanese relations develop under President Petr Pavel? What can we expect from Markéta Pekarová Adamová’s trip to Taipei? And is there a real chance of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan in the near future?
The guest of the new episode of European Values Perspectives is Jakub Janda, Director of the European Values Security Centre, who spent four months in Taiwan last year and opened a permanent office in Taipei. This makes the European Values Security Centre the first and so far the only European think tank to have an official presence in Taiwan.
Our national security interest is to help Ukraine defend itself (with Tomas Kopecny)
February 23, 2023
How to protect democratic countries against economic warfare? (with Yuka Fukunaga and Ota Šimák)
February 9, 2023
This episode of the European Values Podcast focuses on how the current global trade and investment regime should adapt to the emerging challenges of weaponization of trade, together with the relating need to deploy protective counter-measures of economic security (e.g. export control, anti-coercion etc). This issue is shown on the cases of the Czech Republic and Japan.
The guests of this episode are Professor Yuka Fukunaga of Waseda University and Oto Šimák, Director of the Department of Trade Policy and International Economic Organizations at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic.
Leopards going East, a shift in the German assertiveness? (with Nathalie Vogel)
January 26, 2023
Ukraine Watch: Testimony from the front line (with Andrej Polescuk)
December 22, 2022
Ukraine Watch: Helping Ukraine is not a one-way source, Ukraine is helping the EU to maintain itself
November 24, 2022
Atlas of Influence: How are Czech politicians helping to spread Russian and Chinese influence in the Czech Republic?
November 11, 2022
Analysts Jindřich Přívratský and David Plášek, together with moderator Michael Murad, recorded a special episode of the European Values Podcast dedicated to the Atlas of Influence project, which aims to map how Czech politicians help or fight the spread of Russian and Chinese influence.
How did the idea for this type of project come about, which Czech politicians are most active in helping to spread hostile influence, and how do the manifestations of Russian and Chinese influence in the Czech Republic differ? Find out this and much more in the Atlas special!
All information about the government and MPs, the most important cases and votes can be found on the website www.atlasvlivu.cz.
This episode is available in Czech language only.
How to Protect Universities from Malign Interference?
October 20, 2022
This episode of the European Values Podcast focuses on protection of universities from foreign interference and undue technology transfer. It analyzes experiences from Japan and Czechia as well as possible ways how to shield academia from various security threats. Special attention is paid to China and its “civil-military fusion”, which blurred the line between the military and the civilian sphere, including Chinese academia. The guests of this episode are Professor Koichi Sumikura from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and EVC analyst David Plášek.
Read the report on China’s malign influence on academic institutions on our website here.
This episode was recorded remotely.
Ukraine Watch: Post-war reconstruction is an integral part of the Ukrainian victory
September 30, 2022
Why Sino-Serbian cooperation is so dangerous for the Western Balkan region?
September 22, 2022
Russia is a terrorist state, we should confiscate its state property, says Paul Massaro
September 15, 2022
Russian war in Ukraine affected the whole Europe. How should the West react to this unprecedented act of aggression by the member of the UN Security Council? Is the free world doing enough to stop Russia, or can more be done? In the newest episode we discussed these questions with Paul Massaro, the senior advisor for the United States to Helsinki Commission.
The views presented are those of Paul Massaro and do not represent the official position of the US Government or the OSCE.
How to Protect Strategic and Dual Use Technologies from Foreign Interference
September 1, 2022
The guests of the episode are:
Ukraine Watch Edition: What is life like near the front line? (with Maria Makarovych)
August 26, 2022
Ukraine Watch Edition series are devoted to the latest developments in and around Ukraine that have profound implications also for the rest of the world. In this episode, European Values analyst David Stulík speaks with Bachmut native and Information Defense Hub expert Mariia Makarovych. What is life like near the front line for common Ukrainian citizens? How is the evacuation from the most threatened areas going? And what are the reasons for those who stay in their homes despite the daily risk of attack?
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Ukraine Watch Briefing
The Legacy of Shinzo Abe for the Strategic Course of Japan (with Jan Sýkora)
August 11, 2022
This episode of the European Values podcast focuses on the legacy and life of the former prime minister of Japan Mr. Shinzo Abe. Particularly, it deals with the significance of his political career for the changing security and strategic environment in East Asia and with how Japan has changed under his governments. The guest of this episode is Professor Jan Sýkora from the Institute of Asian Studies at Charles University.
This episode was recorded remotely.
Ukraine Watch Edition: On current developments in Ukraine (with Sonia Koshkina)
July 28, 2022
Ukraine Watch Edition series are devoted to the latest developments in and around Ukraine that have profound implications also for the rest of the world. In this episode, we will focus our attention on such issues as the recent grain export deal, the latest situation at the front and the expected Ukrainian counter-offensive in the south and domestic personal top reshuffling at Ukrainian law-enforcement agencies. The guest of this episode is Sonia Koshkina, a prominent and well-known Ukrainian journalist, who is nowadays a team member of the Information Defense Hub within European Values Center for Security Policy.
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Ukraine Watch Briefing
How authoritarian regimes and dictatorships cooperate together? (with Roberta Bonazzi)
July 14, 2022
What can we do to increase our resilience and independence on authoritarian regimes? Could de-coupling them be the way? And what illiberal tendencies inside the European Union we should be aware of?
These and more questions were asked by Veronika Vichova, Deputy Director for Analysis and Head of Kremlin Watch Program in European Values Center for Security Policy to the founder and president of the European Foundation for Democracy Roberta Bonazzi.
In the podcast Roberta Bonazzi refers to following articles and documentary:
The Wall Street Journal: Iran used secret UN records to evade nuclear probes
The Wall Street Journal: How Iran tapped international banks to keep its economy afloat
Documentary: What is it like to live in a rogue state
Interview with Maria Kovač, Ukrainian government expert on European integration
June 16, 2022
In the second episode of the European Values Podcast, analyst David Stulík spoke with Maria Kovač, Ukrainian government expert on European integration and analyst at the Information Defense Hub. The topics of the interview included Ukraine’s possible EU candidate status, European solidarity and unity, and important reforms that should take place in Ukraine.
How to do business with China safely? (with professor Kazuto Suzuki)
May 18, 2022
The first episode of the EVC Podcast with professor Kazuto Suzuki from University of Tokio is dedicated to overal issue of economic security, how to define it, and how countries can achieve it in general. Specifically, we focused on whether and how could democratic countries do business with China and Russia safely. Last but not least, we discussed the new Japanese institutional and legal framework built to achieve its economic security.
Introduction
On behalf of the European Values Center for Security Policy, it is our honour to invite you to follow our new EVC Podcast.
Our analysts will provide you with comprehensive interviews and debates with security experts, policy-makers and decision-makers on topics related to Russian and Chinese malign influence.
