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Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

Breaking Britain Podcast

32 episodes

5 months ago

In this week's episode we have been joined by Geoffrey Pleyers, whose extensive expertise in global activism during times of crisis can provide crucial insights into the impact President Trump's authoritarian project has had on Latin America. Starting with how Mexico has struggled to overcome relentless American pressure, in our discussion we also take a broader look at what activists and scholars around the world can learn from how Latin American societies have fought back against authoritar...

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In this week's episode we have been joined by Geoffrey Pleyers, whose extensive expertise in global activism during times of crisis can provide crucial insights into the impact President Trump's authoritarian project has had on Latin America. Starting with how Mexico has struggled to overcome relentless American pressure, in our discussion we also take a broader look at what activists and scholars around the world can learn from how Latin American societies have fought back against authoritar...

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Episodes (20/32)

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

Surviving the America Crisis: How Mexico and the rest of Latin America are adapting to the Trump Era - With Geoffrey Pleyers

In this week's episode we have been joined by Geoffrey Pleyers, whose extensive expertise in global activism during times of crisis can provide crucial insights into the impact President Trump's authoritarian project has had on Latin America. Starting with how Mexico has struggled to overcome relentless American pressure, in our discussion we also take a broader look at what activists and scholars around the world can learn from how Latin American societies have fought back against authoritar...

5 months ago

1 hour

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

Crises that Shaped European Politics 3: Europe's Security and Russia's Invasions of Ukraine - With Christoph Meyer

In this week's episode, we have been joined by Christoph Meyer to take a closer look at how relations between Russia and the European Union fell apart in the 2010s. As a renowned expert in European security, Christoph provides wider insights into how the Russian state's growing hostility to Ukrainian aspirations to join the European Union became part of a wider spiral of escalation between Russia and the rest of Europe. As Professor of European & International Politics at King’s Col...

7 months ago

53 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

Crises that Shaped European Politics 2: Europe after the Fall of the Berlin Wall - With Lee Savage

As part of our series exploring turning points that shaped European politics, we've been joined by Lee Savage to explore the impact the collapse of Communism in 1989 had on societies across Central and Eastern Europe. With Lee's help, in this episode we will take a closer look at how the years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall witnessed economic and political upheavals whose legacies still shape the politics of the European Union. As a Reader in European Politics at KCL, Lee Savage has ...

8 months ago

1 hour 8 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

Crises that Shaped European Politics 1: The Collapse of Yugoslavia and EU Security - With Ben Jones

As part of our new season exploring crises that have shaped European politics, in this first episode we look at the impact the collapse of Yugoslavia in the summer of 1991 had on the European Union's military ambitions. We've been joined by Ben Jones, whose expertise on European military cooperation can provide crucial insights into how the wars that erupted through the break-up of Yugoslavia reshaped European security in the 1990s. As a teaching fellow in European Foreign Policy at King's C...

9 months ago

52 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

The Battle for Britain: The Impact of the 2024 Election on Scotland, Wales and the British State - With David Leask

With the 4 July parliamentary election now coming closer, there are growing indications of a political shock that could reshape the United Kingdom. Over the past few weeks Scotland has emerged as a key electoral battleground, where a Scottish National Party that has governed Scotland's devolved institutions for seventeen years risks losing many of its seats in the UK parliament to a resurgent Labour Party. To help us explore the impact political turmoil and social change in Scotland will hav...

1 year ago

48 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

The Battle for Britain: The Impact of the 2024 Election on UK Foreign and Defence Policy - With Ben Jones

With elections looming on 4 July, the UK faces a turning point in its relationships with Europe and the wider world. Though there are three weeks of campaigning to go, all signs point to a substantial victory for the opposition Labour Party and a total collapse for the governing Conservative - or Tory - Party. To help us explore the impact this election will have on the UK's foreign and defence policy we've been joined by Ben Jones, whose fascinating research explores the impact of military ...

1 year ago

59 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

Power Verticals and Protests: Russia and Turkey during the Crisis of the 2010s - With Dimitar Bechev

During the 2010s the Russian state under Vladimir Putin and a Turkish government led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan deepened a geopolitical relationship involving cooperation as well as armed conflict. Both leaders faced domestic political challenges while pursuing their own visions of great power status. Over the past two decades, Dimitar Bechev has written extensively about these complex interactions between Turkey and Russia in studies that are rich in fascinating insights. This week he will hel...

1 year ago

51 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

Did the Crisis of the 2010s Make Brexit Inevitable? - With Annette Dittert

In the final years of the 2000s the UK and EU were rocked by seemingly endless turmoil on global financial markets. A sense of crisis over the future of the banking system and the Euro converged with a surge of support for eurosceptic populism to fundamentally disrupt British political life. To discuss the turmoil that enveloped the UK in the early 2010s we've been joined by Annette Dittert, who as London correspondent for German public broadcaster ARD has witnessed the ups and downs of Bri...

1 year ago

44 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

Russia's Turn to Confrontation and the Crisis of the 2010s - With Ruth Deyermond

As the Crisis of the 2010s unfolded after the near collapse of the global financial system in 2008, relations between Russia and the West shifted from cautious cooperation to profound hostility. Yet even in the wake of the Russian military assault on Georgia in 2008, governments in the US and EU continued to hope for a reset of relations despite every escalatory step taken by Vladimir Putin's authoritarian regime. In this episode we have been joined by Ruth Deyermond, who as Senior Lecturer...

1 year ago

55 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

The Sahel Wars and the Crisis of the 2010s - With Andrew Lebovich

In the wake of the near collapse of the global financial system in 2008 the post-Cold War order was upended by a convergence of crises in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Beginning our series exploring this Crisis of the 2010s, we have been joined by Clingendael Institute Research Fellow Andrew Lebovich to explore the turmoil that engulfed communities across the Sahel and West Africa during this tumultuous period. The near collapse of the Malian state in the face of an insurgent offensive...

1 year ago

55 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

Sinking Services?: Britain's Crisis of State Capacity - With Glen O'Hara

In this week's episode, we have been joined by Glen O'Hara to explore the escalating crisis facing the UK's public services. Over the past 18 months among public services from universities to healthcare the British state has been shaken by waves of strikes and infrastructure breakdowns whose effects have come to be acutely felt in everyday life. With his extensive research background on the history of British state institutions, Glen O'Hara helps us explore the wider social, economic and poli...

2 years ago

54 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

Lavender Politics?: The Impact of LGBT Voters on British Political Debate - With Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

This week we've been joined by Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte to explore the impact the changing social position of LGBT voters has had on British politics. As discrimination from state institutions has eased and wider social acceptance has grown, people with LGBT backgrounds have gained more space to play an open and prominent role in British politics. With his research focus on how LGBT communities have influenced electoral politics across Europe, Stuart provides some fascinating insights into key...

2 years ago

51 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

Brexit Economics: The Old Roots of Britain's New Economic Challenges - With John Mills

This week on the Breaking Britain podcast, we examine the economic dilemmas the UK faces in an increasingly competitive global landscape. Joining us is John Mills, who as a senior figure in the world of business and author exploring the global economy who has written extensively to make the case for Brexit as a potentially transformative economic project. John Mills is founder and Chairman of JML, a consumer goods distribution company, which exports to more than 70 countries around the world...

2 years ago

41 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

The Politics of School Meals: Food, Community and the British Welfare State - With Heather Ellis

As inflation, the legacies of the Covid-19 pandemic and state austerity cause lasting disruption to families across the UK, the importance of school meals in providing children with regular access to healthy food has become a matter of national debate. To explore what political controversies over the provision of school meals can tell us about social change in the UK we've been joined by Heather Ellis, a historian at the University of Sheffield. Together with Gary McCulloch at UCL and...

2 years ago

42 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

Aftermaths: Foreign Policy and the Battle for the Soul of the British Left - With Oz Katerji

With opinion poll leads indicating that Labour under the leadership of Keir Starmer is on a path to winning the next UK elections, the period in which the party and its leadership was at war with itself seems a distant memory. Yet the deep divisions that opened up inside Labour when it was led by Jeremy Corbyn until 2019 still echo in debates within the British Left today. To explore these divisions within the British Left and how they affected debates over foreign policy we have been joined ...

2 years ago

53 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

Strong and Stable?: The Bank of England in the Age of Brexit - With Tony Yates

This week on the Breaking Britain podcast, we examine how the UK's central bank, the Bank of England, has responded to the crises that have threatened to overwhelm Britain's institutions and economy over the past decade. Joining us is Tony Yates, who has written extensively on the macroeconomic dimensions of Brexit and other major structural changes that have transformed the UK's relationship with the wider world. With a distinguished career at the Bank of England, including as head of monet...

2 years ago

45 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

Echoes of Empire: Geopolitics and Populism in Central and Eastern Europe - With Marcus How

This week on the Breaking Britain podcast, we take a look at some of the parallels between political populism in the UK and states in Central and Eastern Europe. Joining us is Marcus How, who as an experienced analyst of rapidly changing states such as Austria, Hungary, Czechia or Poland has written extensively on the emergence of populist parties that have transformed the politics and geopolitics of Europe. As Head of Analysis at VE Insight, Marcus How has developed fascinating insights int...

2 years ago

1 hour

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

New Turkey, Old Problems: Managing Crisis in Turkey and Europe - With Selim Koru

This third series of the Breaking Britain Podcast will take a closer look at how the strategic challenges facing the UK interact with crisis and change around the European Union and its neighborhood. This week, we've invited Selim Koru to join us here at the European and International Studies Department at KCL to discuss the parallels and differences between populist politics in Turkey and populism in the UK and the EU. To understand how Turkish politics is intertwined with developments...

2 years ago

46 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

Russian Riddles: The Future of Russia's Relationship with the US, EU and UK with Anton Barbashin

In November 2021, defence analysts began to notice a worrying build-up of Russian troops around Ukraine's borders. In the months that followed, this surge of troops has fuelled concerns that a Russian military invasion of Ukraine could be imminent from mid-February 2022 onwards. As frantic efforts unfolded to engage in negotiations with Russian diplomats and President Vladimir Putin along with moves to strengthen the Ukrainian military, debates have opened up in the US, UK, EU and Ukraine abo...

3 years ago

39 minutes

Breaking Britain: A Podcast about the Politics of a Disunited Kingdom

So Close, Yet So Far Away: The Netherlands, Brexit and Europe's Future - With Caroline de Gruyter

In the immediate aftermath of the Brexit referendum that led to the UK's departure from the EU, many observers assumed that the Netherlands would be the next state most likely to seek a political rupture with its European allies and partners. Long seen by UK politicians and pundits as a state with a similar outlook to their own, the Netherlands also faced a longstanding challenge to its established post-1945 political order from competing populist movements. Yet as the wrangle between the UK ...

3 years ago

50 minutes