Episode 314: Afghanistan Today: Security Myths, Gender Apartheid, and Global Risk

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In this episode, Dominic Bowen and Emily Winterbotham discuss how Afghanistan has evolved since the Taliban’s return to power, challenging simplified narratives around security, terrorism, and international disengagement. Drawing on extensive field experience and long-term research, they examine why Afghanistan remains a critical test case for counterterrorism, regional geopolitics, and global risk management. Find out…

Episode 313: Greenland at a Crossroads with Dr Gabriella Gricius

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Greenland is not for sale. That was the message from Denmark and Greenland after the White House summit on the 14th January. Meanwhile, President Trump says the US needs to “own” Greenland for national security, to stop Russia and China in the Arctic. How did an island of 57,0000 people suddenly get flung into the…

Dr Gabriella Gricius

Dr Gabriella Gricius

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Dr. Gabriella Gricius is a Senior Research Associate at the Arctic Institute, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Konstanz and a Fellow and the Media Coordinator with the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN). She received her Ph.D. from Colorado State University’s Political Science Department, where her dissertation explored the prevalence of…

Global Disorder and the Limits of the Rules-Based International Order

Global Disorder and the Limits of the Rules-Based International Order

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The defining feature of today’s international system is not the emergence of a new balance of power, but the absence of a shared framework through which power is exercised. Rather than transition, the system is characterised by fragmentation, uncertainty, and weak consensus over rules, norms, and responsibilities. In a recent episode of The International Risk…

Episode 312: The Disorderly Society: Global Governance in an Age of Fragmented Power with Dr Bobo Lo

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This episode with Dr Bobo Lo explores the breakdown of the post-Cold War rules-based international order and what is emerging in its place. We examine why today’s global system is better understood as a condition of disorder rather than a coherent new order, shaped by diffuse power, weakening institutions, and growing mistrust of Western norms, and how the…

Dr Bobo Lo

Dr Bobo Lo

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Bobo Lo is an independent international relations analyst and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Lowy Institute, Sydney. He was formerly Head of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, and Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy in Moscow. Past positions and associations have included Director of the China and Russia Programmes at…

Grey Zones at Europe’s Edge: Ceuta, Melilla and Maritime Power

Grey Zones at Europe’s Edge: Ceuta, Melilla and Maritime Power

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How two small Spanish cities on Africa’s coast expose bigger problems in migration, sovereignty, and maritime power Ceuta and Melilla embody anticonformism in the geopolitical order as two beautiful Spanish cities situated on the African continent. Yet they sit at the centre of Europe’s most complicated border politics. In practice, they are more than enclaves:…

Episode 311: Grey Zones at Europe’s Edge: Ceuta, Melilla and Maritime Power with Dr. Ángeles Jiménez

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In this episode, Dominic Bowen and Ángeles Jiménez discuss the geopolitical significance of Ceuta and Melilla as Europe’s only land borders with Africa, and why these two Spanish cities have become focal points of sovereignty disputes, migration pressure, and strategic ambiguity between Spain, Morocco, and the European Union. Drawing on legal, historical, and geopolitical perspectives,…

Synthetic Biology, Global Risks and Benefits, and the Future of Engineering Life

Synthetic Biology, Global Risks and Benefits, and the Future of Engineering Life

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Synthetic biology is increasingly recognised as one of the most consequential technological domains shaping global risk in the coming decade, with major implications highlighted in recent reports by the OECD and other international policy bodies. Advances in biological engineering are already transforming medicine, industrial production, and climate innovation, a trajectory documented in futures‑oriented assessments of…