The New Cold War Podcast
The New Cold War Podcast
Edward Lucas
The New Cold War podcast by Edward Lucas gives authoritative and up-to-date commentary and perspective on the European security crisis, and its implications for the United States. Formerly a senior editor at The Economist, the world’s foremost newsweekly, Lucas is now a senior vice-president at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). He writes a weekly column in the London Times. Lucas has been writing and broadcasting about the region for the BBC, NPR and other outlets since the mid-1980s—and has been warning of the threat from of Putin’s Russia for years, notably in his prescient best-seller, published in 2008, “The New Cold War”. The podcasts are updated weekly, and include an archive dating back more than 10 years. You can follow him on Twitter — @edwardlucas — and find out more details of his work and career on his website: edwardlucas.com
Vindication
The Intelligence and Security Committee of the British parliament has published its report on Russia. I’m furious — but feel vindicated.
Jul 26, 2020
10 min
Hagia Sofia’s fate echoes in eastern Europe
Hagia Sofia’s fate has echoes in countries that remember the Communist war on history.
Jul 19, 2020
5 min
China’s hidden hand in the West
An alarming new book, Hidden Hand, highlights the extent of Chinese Communist Party penetration of western countries.
Jul 12, 2020
15 min
Putin’s China problem
Putin has a choice about China, which is more than he allows the Russian people.
Jul 5, 2020
5 min
Putin’s history essay requires a rewrite
The Russian leader’s revisionist take on the wartime past is self-serving and partial.
Jun 28, 2020
8 min
BLM and Eastern Europe — more in common than meets the eye
African-American struggles for justice and memory should be all too familiar to East Europeans — and perhaps even vice versa.
Jun 21, 2020
4 min
Trump’s German troop pull-out threatens us all
Donald Trump’s decision to punish Angela Merkel by pulling US troops out of Germany will leave everyone – including Americans – at greater risk.
Jun 14, 2020
7 min
Russia and China – compare, contrast, beware
Russia and China’s tactics are not identical, but they overlap. Here are twenty of them. They may seem counterproductive. But seen from Beijing and Moscow, that’s not the point.
Jun 7, 2020
17 min
Hong Kong’s plight shames us all
The Chinese Communist Party is crushing Hong Kong. Taiwan’s next. What are we going to do about it?
May 29, 2020
7 min
Pandemic rocks geopolitical world order
The geopolitical fallout from the pandemic will change the world. We can already see some of the winners—and the losers.
May 24, 2020
5 min
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