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,…
Ángeles Jiménez García-Carriazo holds a Ph.D. in Law, specializing in the Law of the Sea and Public International Law, from the Universidad de Jaén, where she defended her dissertation on “The extension of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea – with special reference…
Our guest today is none other than a former UK High Court Justice with decades of experience as a historian and a lawman. With the intention to learn more about history and the shifting tendencies in the UK politics, from a two-party system to a more challenging, plural and perhaps populist one, we learn about…
In this episode, Dominic Bowen and Jonathan Sumption discuss the fragility of democratic institutions, the strain on the rule of law, and how electoral systems — particularly First-past-the-post — shape political incentives, polarisation, and ultimately public trust. They unpack why so many citizens feel increasingly disconnected from their leaders, and what this means for the future…
Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption, OBE, member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Fellow at the Society of Antiquaries of London, Royal Historical Society Fellow, is one of the most distinguished legal and intellectual figures in Britain. A former Justice of the UK Supreme Court, he joined the bench in 2012 after an exceptional…
We continue learning and remembering in this second episode of Lessons Learned 2025 with our host Dominic Bowen and Melanie Meimoun, International Relations Specialist at the podcast.Organizations leveraging risk intelligence as a strategic advantage, decentralized decision-making to better prepare for crises, understanding the special case of gold as a globalized investment, and what it means…
In this episode, Dominic Bowen and Aidan Hehir discuss the legacy of the Srebrenica genocide, the politics of remembrance, and why, nearly thirty years later, the region continues to struggle with denial, revisionism, and rising ethnic tensions. Find out more about how competing narratives have shaped post-war identities, the role of international courts in establishing the historical…
The massacre at Srebrenica in July 1995, during which more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed, is one of the most devastating atrocities in Europe and the only genocide to be legally recognized on the continent since the Second World War. Despite this, the event’s memory has become deeply contested, which has significantly…
Dr Aidan Hehir is a Professor of International Relations at the University of Westminster. He gained his PhD from the University of Limerick in 2005 and previously worked at the University of Sheffield. His research interests include transitional justice, humanitarian intervention, and statebuilding in Kosovo. He is the author-editor of twelve academic books, the most recent…
Robert Pratten is a UK-based entrepreneur, transmedia storyteller, and simulation specialist, best known as the founder and CEO of Conducttr, an immersive crisis-simulation and information-operations platform used by governments, defense organizations, and enterprises. Originally trained in marketing and consultancy within the telecommunications sector, his background in narrative design became the foundation of his later work in transmedia…
