World Focus from Brussels
The World Focus from Brussels podcast covers international politics, defence, security, culture and anything else of global interest. Policy analyst and reporter Sveinn Helgason dives into the latest on the international scene, speaking with experts and all sorts of people. In a challenging security environment it has never been as important to understand the world we live in, listening to top experts analysis. World Focus from Brussels gets to the heart of the matter, wherever an interesting story needs to be told and provides the necessary background. You can find World Focus from Brussels on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
World Focus from Brussels
Pivotal Elections for Parliament in Slovakia - An interview with Katarina Klingová
Slovaks go to the polls on 30 September to select a new parliament. The election campaign takes place in a volatile political environment where disinformation has been rampant and rivals fight bitterly. The elections are also closely watched because the results might decide whether Slovakia changes course in it’s support for Ukraine, which until now has been robust. On the other hand, Former Prime Minister and front-runner in the elections, Robert Fico, says Slovakia will stop sending arms and ammunition to Ukraine if voters return him to power. That must be a cause of concern for Slovakia’s Allies in NATO and also within the European Union. In this episode I interview Katarina Klingova, an expert at the GLOBESEC think tank in Bratislava, about politics in her home country, how disinformation is affecting the society and what can be done to counter malign actors in the information space.
See also GLOBSEC - including GLOBSEC trends report
https://www.globsec.org/