# The IR thinker Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770.md RSS feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/655776911a7d7e0012cbc914 Official site: https://shows.acast.com/irthinker Author: Martin Zubko Episodes: 122 ## Resource The IR thinker features in-depth interviews with leading experts in international relations. The IR thinker is an independent, non-partisan and non-aligned platform. It hosts a wide range of perspectives on international relations but does not endorse any political party, government or ideological position. Since its first episode in 2023, The IR thinker has produced more than 100 episodes as a pro bono initiative established by Martin Zubko, an international relations scholar and lecturer. Available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ir-thinker-6691770 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770.md ## Episodes - [Poland's New Strategic Culture - Piotr Pietrzak | Ep. 15 (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/poland-s-new-strategic-culture-piotr-pietrzak-ep-15-2026) — 2026-06-01T22:26:22+00:00 - [African Agency in Climate Governance - Carl Death | Ep. 14 (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/african-agency-in-climate-governance-carl-death-ep-14-2026) — 2026-05-25T22:55:45+00:00 - [Contemporary Security Policy - Myriam Dunn Cavelty & Nicole Jenne | Ep. 13 (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/contemporary-security-policy-myriam-dunn-cavelty-nicole-jenne-ep-13-2026) — 2026-05-19T08:22:58+00:00 - [Problems of Post-Communism - Dmitry Gorenburg | Ep. 12 (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/problems-of-post-communism-dmitry-gorenburg-ep-12-2026) — 2026-05-12T12:18:21+00:00 - [Myanmar - Geopolitics & Security - Wai Yan Phyo Naing | Ep. 11 (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/myanmar-geopolitics-security-wai-yan-phyo-naing-ep-11-2026) — 2026-05-05T16:43:02+00:00 - [Biopolitics - Sergei Prozorov | Ep. 10 (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/biopolitics-sergei-prozorov-ep-10-2026) — 2026-04-28T14:59:29+00:00 - [Russian Soft Power in Africa, Asia & the Middle East - Vladimir Liparteliani | Ep. 9 (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/russian-soft-power-in-africa-asia-the-middle-east-vladimir-liparteliani-ep-9-2026) — 2026-04-21T08:44:06+00:00 - [South Africa's Nuclear Energy - Kelvin Kemm Final | Ep. 8 (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/south-africa-s-nuclear-energy-kelvin-kemm-final-ep-8-2026) — 2026-04-14T11:46:06+00:00 - [British Journal of Politics and International Relations - Jack Holland | Ep. 7 (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/british-journal-of-politics-and-international-relations-jack-holland-ep-7-2026) — 2026-04-07T11:54:29+00:00 - [Understanding China-Russia Relations - Philip Snow | Ep. 6 (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/understanding-china-russia-relations-philip-snow-ep-6-2026) — 2026-03-30T20:43:00+00:00 - [The Changing World Order - Mark N. Katz | Ep. 5 (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/the-changing-world-order-mark-n-katz-ep-5-2026) — 2026-03-24T16:19:41+00:00 - [Catalonia's Pursuit of Self-government - Marc Sanjaume-Calvet | Ep. 4 (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/catalonia-s-pursuit-of-self-government-marc-sanjaume-calvet-ep-4-2026) — 2026-03-17T14:55:55+00:00 - [The New Constructivism - David McCourt | Ep. 3 (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/the-new-constructivism-david-mccourt-ep-3-2026) — 2026-03-10T14:20:32+00:00 - [New Zealand's Geopolitics - Reuben Steff | Ep. 2 (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/new-zealand-s-geopolitics-reuben-steff-ep-2-2026) — 2026-03-03T13:00:00+00:00 - [Decolonising Norms in IR - Charlotte Epstein | Ep. 1 (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/decolonising-norms-in-ir-charlotte-epstein-ep-1-2026) — 2026-02-18T09:33:41+00:00 - [Transformative Realism - Marc Saxer | 2025 Episode 31](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/transformative-realism-marc-saxer-2025-episode-31) — 2025-12-17T09:57:38+00:00 - [India's Diplomacy - Vineet Thakur | 2025 Episode 30](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/india-s-diplomacy-vineet-thakur-2025-episode-30) — 2025-12-08T19:20:27+00:00 - [Bulgaria's Energy Security - Martin Vladimirov | 2025 Episode 29](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/bulgaria-s-energy-security-martin-vladimirov-2025-episode-29) — 2025-12-01T11:51:16+00:00 - [EU Citizenship - Dimitry Kochenov | 2025 Episode 28](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/eu-citizenship-dimitry-kochenov-2025-episode-28) — 2025-11-24T21:16:40+00:00 - [Contemporary Meaning of Nuclear Weapons - Stephen Herzog | 2025 Episode 27](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/contemporary-meaning-of-nuclear-weapons-stephen-herzog-2025-episode-27) — 2025-11-16T21:21:38+00:00 - [China's Institutional Genes - Chenggang Xu | 2025 Episode 26](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/china-s-institutional-genes-chenggang-xu-2025-episode-26) — 2025-11-10T12:35:37+00:00 - [Does African IR Theory Exist? - Madalitso Zililo Phiri | 2025 Episode 25](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/does-african-ir-theory-exist-madalitso-zililo-phiri-2025-episode-25) — 2025-11-05T08:03:54+00:00 - [Natural Gas in Germany: Security, Supply, Transition - Andreas Schroeder | 2025 Episode 24](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/natural-gas-in-germany-security-supply-transition-andreas-schroeder-2025-episode-24) — 2025-10-29T09:22:03+00:00 - [Mongolia's Energy Security - Telmen Altanshagai | 2025 Episode 23](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/mongolia-s-energy-security-telmen-altanshagai-2025-episode-23) — 2025-10-22T10:51:21+00:00 - [Australia's Security - Risks & Realities - Peter Layton | 2025 Episode 22](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ir-thinker-6691770/australia-s-security-risks-realities-peter-layton-2025-episode-22) — 2025-10-14T15:51:47+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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