Visegrad Insight Podcast

Visegrad Insight editors Wojciech Przybylski and Staś Kaleta examine the ways in which autocrats from Poland, Hungary and Slovakia manipulate election processes, how Budapest has been helping to smuggle American equipment into Russia, why a Donald Tusk/Piotr Serafin duo could fill a vacuum in the EU – and lots more from our latest Weekly Outlook.

URL: https://visegradinsight.eu/law-and-justice-election-fraud-what-next-from-cees-civil-society-oppressors/

Wojciech Przybylski and Miles R. Maftean explore how disinformation actors exploit loopholes to fuel their operations and profit financially. They also discuss the European Union's escalating efforts to combat this growing threat, from new regulations under the Digital Services Act to high-stakes battles with tech giants like Meta or Twitter.

Wojciech Przybylski and Visegrad Insight editor Staś Kaleta break down coverage of the Nord Stream drama, as well as the latest on the Kursk incursion, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to CEE, protests in Bratislava – and all the latest outlined in our Weekly Outlook.

Weekly Outlook url: https://visegradinsight.eu/indian-pm-modi-visits-warsaw-and-kyiv-amid-europes-internal-strengthening-efforts/

Visegrad Insight editor-in-chief Wojciech Przybylski and editor Staś Kaleta discuss several strategic narratives at play around the world, relating to shifts in focus from the Middle East to Ukraine, a Kamala Harris-Tim Walz duo, defence plans in Poland and much more – as outlined in our Weekly Outlook.

As the Paris games come to a close, not without some controversies, also read about the most notorious Visegrad olympians in modern history – involved in silent protests, doping scandals, and gender controversies.

Wojciech Przybylski talks with Visegrad Insight editor Staś Kaleta about several of the critical developments shaping CEE politics this week, including mixed responses to an international prisoner exchange, weaponisation of gender controversies at the Olympics, Ukraine’s diplomacy with the Global South and much more – as outlined in our Weekly Outlook.

Wojciech Przybylski talks with Visegrad Insight Fellow and Central European correspondent for Die Welt Philipp Fritz about Hungary's decision to allow Russians and Belarusians into their 'national card' programme, which European defence experts warn could lead to increased espionage or destabilising actions against EU democracies.

Join Wojciech Przybylski and bestselling author and historian Jason Steinhauer as they explore how digital and social networks have disrupted history, the ways autocrats around the world exploit these disruptions and strategies to combat these non-democratic tactics.

Jason Steinhauer's book - History, Disrupted: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-85117-0

Website: https://www.jasonsteinhauer.com/

Wojciech Przybylski talks with Hungarian journalist Viktória Serdült about PM Viktor Orbán's meetings with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping as well as his success in forming the Patriots for Europe group in the EU parliament.

Galan Dall talks with Radu Albu-Comănescu, Lecturer in European Integration at the Babeş-Bolyai University, about the outcome of the French elections and what we can expect from this week's NATO summit in Washington.

Will there be a Mélenchon-isation in France; How deeply embedded are pro-Russian narratives in the DNA of the far-right? What will the outcomes of France's election mean for Central Europe? 

Wojciech Przybylski spoke with Isabelle Lasserre – the Diplomatic Correspondent of Le Figaro and Paul Taylor –Freelance columnist for The Guardian and a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre about these questions and more.

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