Interviews

COP30, the dark plots of “green capitalism,” the colonization of carbon credits, the false technocratic solutions to the climate crisis, the fight for the recognition of Amazonian indigenous territories, and the broken promises of the Lula government, now totally dependent…

Peru is on the verge of the 2026 General Elections, to be held on April 12, and, as in different parts of the world, presents a bleak political landscape, with high fragmentation and corruption in all branches of government. This…

Anjali Mehta is a 31 year-old mountain climber challenging the “seven summits” to support international agencies fighting gender-based violence and to bring attention to the rights of transgender girl athletes. In the first part of this two-part BCR program, we…

Anjali Mehta is a 31 year-old mountain climber challenging the “seven summits” to support international agencies fighting gender-based violence and to bring attention to the rights of transgender girl athletes. In this first part of a two-part BCR program, we…

In this exclusive interview, Professor David Shinn, a former top U.S. diplomat and now an Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs, discussed Washington’s changing policy initiatives for Africa, from Obama through Biden…

This Asian country aims to structure itself by combining the virtues of a strong state and a market economy Amid the legacy of a decade of infrastructure development and the ambition to add value to its productive base, Indonesia is…

At the 8th Russian Energy Week (REW), a convergence of leading Russian and foreign producers and corporate executives of service companies and state officials, Russian President Vladimir Putin traditionally highlighted essential aspects of the global energy market. “Russia plans to…

Interview with Dimitris Eleas about William Shakespeare What follows is what was said between Dimitris Sakislidis* and me for the bibliophilic website Bookia, on the occasion of my book When Shakespeare Was Lost, 1585–1592, published in Athens by the historic…

A conversation with the legendary evolutionary thinker and archaeologist, Eudald Carbonell. By Jan Ritch-Frel and Deborah Barsky Our chapter in the human evolutionary story is one of a globally connected population that has ballooned thanks to a suite of recent…

Within the context of rapidly changing geopolitics, Russia and Ghana are closely aligned in their efforts to sustain their bilateral relations. In an interview during a working visit to the Republic of Ghana, in early October 2025, Dmitry Savelyev, State…