In this special episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by IRI's Transatlantic Strategy Division Senior Director Jan Surotchak and three authors of IRI’s latest publication “THREATS: European Perspectives on a changing strategic environment”. This publication gathers a collection of essays from a range of European experts and practitioners of geopolitics, and provides an overview of how diverse - and at the same time how convergent - security perceptions are in the Europe ...
Jul 10, 2023•29 min
In this special episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by IRI's Transatlantic Security Initiative Program Director Andrea Keerbs and four participants of its latest edition to talk about “Voices from Central and Eastern Europe” - the TSI 2 publication that was just released this month. This paper gathers essays from participants of our TSI program. And to discuss it, we have Kamila and Adam from Slovakia, Artur from Hungary and Daniel from Poland. When it comes to Andrea ...
Mar 26, 2023•28 min
In this special end of the year episode of .think Atlantic, our host Thibault Muzergues is joined by special guest, none other than IRI President Dr. Daniel Twining to review the transatlantic space’s most influential events of the year. Dr. Twining’s expertise regarding political parties, autocracies, and strategies as we enter the New Year will be the center of this episode’s discussion. Dr. Daniel Twining joined the International Republican Institute as President in 2017, where he leads the I...
Dec 19, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 25
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Giulia Pompili to talk about how both Russia and China work to increase their influence in European politics. The conversation focuses specifically on Italy. Giulia is a well-known journalist at Il Foglio, where she covers Eastern Asia. She is also the author of the Katane newsletter, and we had her come last year to talk about her previous book, Sotto lo stesso Cielo . This time, however, she’s here to talk about her new ...
Dec 04, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 24
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Matthew Continetti to talk about talk about the past, present and future of the American Right. Matthew is a prominent journalist, analyst, author and intellectual historian of the American Right. Founder of The Washington Free Beacon, he used to act as its Editor-in-Chief while contributing regularly to various journals and outlets including National Review, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Th...
Nov 20, 2022•40 min•Season 3Ep. 23
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Sean Tonner to talk about the US mid-term elections, which are going to be held on Tuesday, November the 8th. Sean currently works as Managing Partner at the Fulcrum Group, a strategic communication company based in Denver Colorado. Previously he worked in numerous campaigns, and was among other things deputy chief of staff of Colorado Governor Bill Owens in the late 1990s and Western US Campaign Director for George W. Bus...
Nov 06, 2022•23 min•Season 3Ep. 22
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Dr. Markus Kerber to talk about Germany, its economy and its place in Europe and in the World as Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on. Dr. Kerber is currently the Chief Strategic Advisor to Friedrich Merz, the party leader of the German Christian Democratic Union or CDU. He served between 2017 and 2021 as State Secretary at the Internal Ministry of the Interior and Community in the German government, after a six-years tenure a...
Oct 30, 2022•34 min•Season 3Ep. 21
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Bruno Tertrais to talk about nuclear deterrence. Bruno Tertrais is deputy director of the Foundation for Strategic Research - or FRS, a French think-tank. His areas of expertise include geopolitics and international relations with a specific focus on strategic and military affairs, and for what is of particular concern to us today, nuclear deterrence and non-proliferation. He is a Senior Fellow at Institute Montaigne as we...
Oct 23, 2022•27 min•Season 3Ep. 20
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Saqib Bhatti to talk about the politics of diversity. Saqib Bhatti is the Conservative MP for Meriden, and has been an MP continuously since 12 December 2019. What does the UK and the Conservative study case show us about the politics of minority? Why is it that minority voters no longer go only to the left? Why are minority voters attracted by Conservative parties around the transatlantic space? Is there any point at whic...
Oct 09, 2022•40 min•Season 3Ep. 19
In this special pre-election episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by two in-house Bosnia experts, IRI Deputy Program Director Amila Karacic and Resident Program Director Borislav Spasojevic to discuss the political landscape of the country and how upcoming elections can affect the region after October 2. Amila has served IRI since 2011, holding residence in Sarajevo. Her wide range of focus includes political party work, women’s empowerment programs, examining malign fo...
Sep 27, 2022•47 min•Season 3Ep. 18
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by French journalist Laure Mandeville. Laure Mandeville is reporter for the newspaper Le Figaro where she follows international politics – among her many fascinating postings, she was Le Figaro’s correspondent in the United States in the 2010s. She also published this year a new book called Les Révoltés d’Occident , the West’s rebels, which takes a wide look at the phenomenon of political disruption across the Transatlantic s...
Sep 18, 2022•54 min•Season 3Ep. 17
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Arvid Hallén, Program Director at Oikos, a Swedish conservative think tank, to discuss the forthcoming elections in Sweden. Arvid Hallén is an expert on geopolitics with a specialization on energy policy. He has previously worked as editorial writer, consultant and analyst and is still a regular political commentator in Swedish media. Arvid defines himself as a conservative Keynesian, an Atlanticist and a fan of the idea o...
Sep 04, 2022•40 min•Season 3Ep. 16
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Dalibor Rohac, a resident scholar at the American Enterprises Institute, to discuss the ramifications of globalism and its intersections with nationalism. Dalibor Rohac is senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he studies European political and economic trends, US-EU relations, and the post-Communist transitions and backsliding of countries in the former Soviet bloc. In addition, he is also a resea...
Jul 10, 2022•47 min•Season 3Ep. 15
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Sergio Nazzaro to talk about an institution that has a very real impact on Italian life: the Mafia. Sergio is an Italian investigative journalist who focuses on organized crime: He also has written books on both the Italian and African mafias including "Fort Alamo: Nigerian Crime and Human Trafficking". In addition to writing, he is currently Spokesman for the President of the Anti-Mafia parliamentary commission and the Sp...
Jun 26, 2022•40 min•Season 3Ep. 14
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by IRI’s Senior Director for Transatlantic Strategy, Jan Surotchak, to reflect on the anniversaries of two historic speeches: the 75th anniversary of the Marshall Plan Speech and the 40th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s Westminster Speech. Jan Surotchak began his career with IRI in 1994. As Senior Director, he focuses on key threats to the alliance of democratic societies in the Transatlantic space. Jan has extensive experienc...
Jun 12, 2022•44 min•Season 3Ep. 13
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Velina Tchakarova, Arvid Hallén and Philippe Charlez to talk about energy security over the transatlantic space. To delve into these topics, Thibault has a range of experts in this space on the show today. Velina Tchakarova is Director of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy in Vienna. Arvid Hallén is Program Director at Oikos, a Swedish conservative think tank. And Philippe Charlew is an energy expert f...
May 30, 2022•50 min•Season 3Ep. 12
In this episode of .think atlantic, Thibault Muzergues returns as host to talk to Jacob Heilbrunn about the past, present and future of Neoconservatism. Jacob Heilbrunn is the editor of the National Interest, and he has written extensively on foreign and domestic issues for most if not all major American news outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs. His 2008 book "The Knew They Were Right" tells the story of origins and rise of neoc...
May 15, 2022•34 min•Season 3Ep. 11
In this episode of .think atlantic, International Republican Institute’s President Dan Twining is joined by Thibault Muzergues to talk about his latest book War in Europe? (available here ) Thibault Muzergues is a Resident Program Director for the IRI's Transatlantic Strategy Division, based in Rome, Italy. In this capacity of Europe and EuroMed programming, he applies more than 20 years of experience working with political parties to preserve and promote democracy around the continent. He is th...
May 01, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 10
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Isabelle Lasserre to talk about French foreign policy. Isabelle Lasserre is a journalist and the deputy editor of Le Figaro’s international coverage. A former war reporter, she was awarded the Diplomatic Press Prize in 1999 for her reporting on conflict in Kosovo and the Caucasus. Her latest book, Macron the Disruptor: The Foreign Policy of an Antisystem President, was published in January 2022. How does the French foreign...
Apr 18, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 9
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Bruno Jeanbart to talk about upcoming French Presidential election (April 10-24). Bruno is Vice-President in charge of political research at OpinionWay, where ha has led the development of online polling - something on which OpinionWay is a pioneer company in Europe. He also wrote 5 years ago a great book, 'La Présidence Anormale', which looked back at the Presidency of François Hollande through the prism of public opinion...
Apr 03, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 8
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Fabrizio Luciolli, Pascal Ausseur, Balkan Devlen and Olfa Hamdi to talk about the past, present and future of the Mediterranean space. As the Latin origins of the name suggest, the ''Sea between lands'' has seen hundreds of years of changes, developments, and plays a critical role in the security of Europe as we know it today. To delve into these topics, Thibault has a range of experts in this space on the show today. Pasc...
Mar 20, 2022•56 min•Season 3Ep. 7
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Solomiia Bobrovska and Maria Tomak to talk about war of aggression that Vladimir Putin is waging in Ukraine. Solomiia is a Ukrainian Member of Parliament, Deputy Head of Ukraine's Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and former Governor of Odessa region. Maria is a Ukrainian human right activist, journalist, co-ordinator and co-founder of the Media Initiative for Human Rights. She has been appointed by Volodymyr Z...
Mar 14, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 6
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Jiri Kozak and Mantas Adomėnas -- Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs in the Czech Republic and Lithuania, respectively -- to talk about foreign policy changes in Central and Eastern Europe, including the region’s response to Russia’s undergoing invasion of Ukraine. What has changed in Czech and Lithuanian foreign policy since their new governments took office, and why? What relation does contemporary conservative foreign ...
Mar 06, 2022•42 min•Season 3Ep. 5
In this episode of .think atlantic, guest host Breanna Kerr is joined by Rebecca Pitsika, Dr. Benjamin Höhne, Thibault Muzergues, and Daniel Scaduto is discuss the findings and main themes from IRI’s newly released publication, “Standing Out from the Crowd: Political Parties’ Candidate (S)election in the Transatlantic World.” To describe and compare candidate (s)election approaches from both sides of the Atlantic, the publication presents case studies from 12 different countries, as well as a st...
Feb 20, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Katie Hamilton to talk about “Freedoms at Risk: The Challenge of the Century”, a publication by the Fondation pour l’Innovation Politique - or Fondapol - which was released only a couple of weeks ago, with the support and participation of IRI, among others. Katie Hamilton was very involved in the making of the survey and in the writing of this publication. She has been a Project Manager in Fondapol for the past four years ...
Feb 06, 2022•27 min•Season 3Ep. 3
In this episode of .think atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by Giulio Terzi, an Italian former diplomat, to discuss Italy's revival in foreign policy as a Presidential election is taking place on the very day of publication for this episode, that is Monday January 24. Giulio Terzi was between 2011 and 2013 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy; prior to that, his distinguished career as a diplomat led him, among many other other important posts, to be Italy’s Permanent Representative t...
Jan 23, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 2
In this episode of .think Atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by special guest Samuel Greene to discuss about the post-Soviet space, 30 years after the collapse of the USSR . Sam is Professor in Russian politics and Director of the Russia Institute at King’s College London. He lived for more than a decade in Moscow where he worked as Director of the Centre for the Study of New Media & Society at the New Economic School and was also Deputy-Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. He i...
Jan 09, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 1
In this special end of the year episode of .think Atlantic, our host Thibault Muzergues is joined by special guest, none other than IRI President Dr. Daniel Twining to review the transatlantic space’s most influential events of the year. Dr. Twining’s expertise regarding political parties, autocracies, and strategies as we enter the New Year will be the center of this episode’s discussion. Dr. Daniel Twining joined the International Republican Institute as President in 2017, where he leads the I...
Dec 17, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 24
In this episode of .think Atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined, live from Rome where IRI was holding a Parliamentary Roundtable on relations between Europe and China, by an all-star cast of guests - namely Nusrat Ghani, Paweł Kowal, and Antoine Bondaz. Nusrat Ghani is a British Member of Parliament, representing the constituency of Wealden in Essex; she is a Member of the UK delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and Member and Rapporteur of its Science and Technology committee. P...
Dec 03, 2021•51 min•Season 2Ep. 23
In this episode of .think Atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues is joined by special guest Justin Gest to discuss “Europe’s Path Back from the Fringe” written by Gest and co-authored by Jeremy Ferwerda and Tyler Reny. This publication, published on November 17, 2021, evaluates the motivations and future of fringe political parties across the transatlantic space. The findings of this report guide the discussion of this week's episode. Justin Gest is an Associate Professor of Policy and Government at...
Nov 18, 2021•37 min•Season 3Ep. 6
