The Political Periscope
The Political Periscope offers weekly interviews about politics, geopolitics, economy and more, from the perspective of the eastern flank of NATO, in the context of the war in Ukraine. The weekly podcast is created by Radio Wnet, stationed in Warsaw, Poland. The interviews are conducted by journalists of the Radio Wnet in Warsaw, Kiyv, Lviv, Beirut, Dublin, Vilnius, London, Taipei, Medellin, the Balkans and more. Our guests are mainly european politicians and experts in security and military.Radio Wnet is an independent media created in 2009 on the basis of the ideas of freedom and responsibility. From the very beginning of the war in Ukraine in 2014 the station provides quality information from eastern europe and concentrates on the subject of security.
Ukrainian delegate to the OSCE PA: Russian delegation should be suspended. Today there are no such procedures in the OSCE charter
2022-11-24 19:00:00
Yevhenia Kravchuk, the Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from the Servant of the People Party, Member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation of the Security and Cooperation in Europe speaks about the role of the OSCE in the ongoing war, the attitude of the delegates of other countries and the absence of Russian delegation in light of potential suspension of Russia as the OSCE's member. The interview was conducted on the 24th of November in Warsaw during the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz. Support the show
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Yevhenia Kravchuk, the Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from the Servant of the People Party, Member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation of the Security and Cooperation in Europe speaks about the role of the OSCE in the ongoing war, the attitude of the delegates of other countries and the absence of Russian delegation in light of potential suspension of Russia as the OSCE's member.
The interview was conducted on the 24th of November in Warsaw during the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz.
Gregg Stebben: Person who is going to take Putin out is somebody very close to him
2022-11-17 19:00:00
Gregg Stebben, American journalist, co-author of the book "Does Putin have to die?" written with Ilya Ponomarev answer the question from his book's title, expresses his hopes for the future of Russian government, presents sentiments of Americans towards the Russian war in Ukraine and comments on free speech and democracy issues. The interview was conducted on the 6th of November 2022 in Jabłonna, Poland. This interview was conducted by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz. Support the show
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Gregg Stebben, American journalist, co-author of the book "Does Putin have to die?" written with Ilya Ponomarev answer the question from his book's title, expresses his hopes for the future of Russian government, presents sentiments of Americans towards the Russian war in Ukraine and comments on free speech and democracy issues.
The interview was conducted on the 6th of November 2022 in Jabłonna, Poland. This interview was conducted by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz.
Balázs Orbán: Hungary and Poland have similar strategic goals. Our differences are on tactical level
2022-11-10 19:00:00
Balázs Orbán, the political director of the Prime Minister of Hungary speaks about strategic goals of Poland and Hungary, their differences and common points. The interview took place after the presentation of the Balázs Orbán's book "Multiplication table. About Hungarian strategic thinking" on the 4th of November in Warsaw, Poland. This interview was concluded by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz. Support the show
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Balázs Orbán, the political director of the Prime Minister of Hungary speaks about strategic goals of Poland and Hungary, their differences and common points. The interview took place after the presentation of the Balázs Orbán's book "Multiplication table. About Hungarian strategic thinking" on the 4th of November in Warsaw, Poland.
This interview was concluded by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz.
Bartosz Bojarczyk PhD: Poland plays no important role in Iran's politics
2022-11-03 19:00:00
Bartosz Bojarczyk PhD, expert on the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin speaks about Polish-Iranian contacts, current situation around the protests in Iran and its perspectives for regime change. This interview was concluded on the 2nd of November by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz. Support the show
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Bartosz Bojarczyk PhD, expert on the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin speaks about Polish-Iranian contacts, current situation around the protests in Iran and its perspectives for regime change.
This interview was concluded on the 2nd of November by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz.
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović: Three Seas Initiative needs some kind of permanent secretariat to provide continuity
2022-10-27 19:00:00
Former President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, who in 2015 along with the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda established the Three Seas Initiative talks about the initiative, its development prospects, possibility of the enlargement and its role within the European Union. This interview was concluded in Warsaw on the 24th of October 2022 by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz. Support the show
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Former President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, who in 2015 along with the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda established the Three Seas Initiative talks about the initiative, its development prospects, possibility of the enlargement and its role within the European Union.
This interview was concluded in Warsaw on the 24th of October 2022 by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz.
Dimitrij Rupel: Russia wants to reverse the processes that have happened 30 years ago with the end of the Cold War
2022-10-20 19:00:00
Dimitrij Rupel, former minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Slovenia (1990-1993, 2000, 2000-2004, 2004-2008), former mayor of Ljubljana and former Slovenian ambassador to the US speaks about the war in Ukraine, conflicts around federalization in the European Union and the Three Seas Initiative. This interview was concluded in Ljubljana on 11th October by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz . Support the show
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Dimitrij Rupel, former minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Slovenia (1990-1993, 2000, 2000-2004, 2004-2008), former mayor of Ljubljana and former Slovenian ambassador to the US speaks about the war in Ukraine, conflicts around federalization in the European Union and the Three Seas Initiative.
This interview was concluded in Ljubljana on 11th October by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz.
Besnik Bislimi: There is no single correlation between the situation of Kosovo and so called people's republics of Luhansk and Donetsk
2022-10-13 19:00:00
Besnik Bislimi, the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo in charge of European integration, development and dialogue talks about the perspective of euroatlantic integration of the Republic of Kosovo, current state of affairs with Serbia, relations with Poland and Kosovian position on the Russian war in Ukraine. The interview was conducted by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz in Prishtina, Kosovo, on the 5th of October 2022. Support the show
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Besnik Bislimi, the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo in charge of European integration, development and dialogue talks about the perspective of euroatlantic integration of the Republic of Kosovo, current state of affairs with Serbia, relations with Poland and Kosovian position on the Russian war in Ukraine.
The interview was conducted by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz in Prishtina, Kosovo, on the 5th of October 2022.
Stevo Pendarovski President of the Republic of North Macedonia: You cannot expect Putin to be rational
2022-10-06 19:00:00
Stevo Pendarovski, the President of the Republic of North Macedonia talks about the relations with neighbouring countries, the difficult Macedonian road to euro-atlantic integration and North Macedonia's approach to the war in Ukraine. He warns about Putin's irrationality and comments on the position of Russia in the UN. This interview was concluded on 3rd of October 2022 in Skopje by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz. Support the show
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Stevo Pendarovski, the President of the Republic of North Macedonia talks about the relations with neighbouring countries, the difficult Macedonian road to euro-atlantic integration and North Macedonia's approach to the war in Ukraine. He warns about Putin's irrationality and comments on the position of Russia in the UN.
This interview was concluded on 3rd of October 2022 in Skopje by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz.
Prof. Peter Jonathan Starr: Islamism is rather a modern movement than return to the tradition
2022-09-29 19:00:00
Prof. Peter Jonathan Starr of the Fatih Sultan Mehmet University in Istanbul talks about islamism, Turkish mentality, history of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish language and Erdoğan's overturning of Atatürk's so called revolutions. This interview was concluded in Istanbul on 25th of September 2022 by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz. Support the show
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Prof. Peter Jonathan Starr of the Fatih Sultan Mehmet University in Istanbul talks about islamism, Turkish mentality, history of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish language and Erdoğan's overturning of Atatürk's so called revolutions.
This interview was concluded in Istanbul on 25th of September 2022 by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz.
Lőrinc Nacsa: the democracy is in a really good shape both in Hungary and Poland
2022-09-22 19:00:00
Lőrinc Nacsa, the Member of the Parliament of Hungary and the spokesperson of the Christian Democratic People's Party answers to the accusations of the lack of democracy in Hungary and explains Hungarian reasoning behind its attitude towards Russia and the EU's sanctions. This interview was concluded in Budapest on 16th of September 2022 by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz. Support the show
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Lőrinc Nacsa, the Member of the Parliament of Hungary and the spokesperson of the Christian Democratic People's Party answers to the accusations of the lack of democracy in Hungary and explains Hungarian reasoning behind its attitude towards Russia and the EU's sanctions.
This interview was concluded in Budapest on 16th of September 2022 by Piotr Mateusz Bobołowicz.