A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Conversations
A nation must think before it acts.
Conversations
A curated selection of interviews from FPRI’s Chain Reaction podcast.
In Conversation with Eusebiu Slavitescu | Romania and Regional Security
The following conversation was recorded on September 24, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the full conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: I would like to welcome our guest today, Eusebiu Slavitescu. Eusebiu is a transatlantic...
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In Conversation with Anna Fotyga | Poland’s Path From Solidarity to NATO Accession and Beyond
The following conversation was recorded on October 17, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: It’s an honor to welcome Ms. Anna Fotyga to the podcast today. Ms. Fotyga has...
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In Conversation with Tomasz Szatkowski | Poland’s Evolution as a Security Provider
The following conversation was recorded on September 24, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: Our guest today is the former Polish Ambassador to NATO between 2019 and 2024, Mr....
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In Conversation with Jakub Romaniuk | Poland’s Domestic Dynamics and Defense
The following conversation was recorded on September 22, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: To get a sense of the current environment in Poland I am speaking with Jakub...
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The State of Baltic Studies
The following conversation, as featured on the Baltic Ways podcast, has been edited for clarity. Ben Gardner Gill: Welcome to Baltic Ways. I’m your host, Ben Gardner Gill. Today, as a new academic year is underway, we thought it was time...
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The Feminists Defending Ukraine
Ben Gardner-Gill: Hello, and welcome to Baltic Ways. I’m your co-host, Ben Gardner-Gill. Today we’re talking with Gražina Belousova. Gražina is a feminist scholar of race, religion, and gender in post-Soviet Europe. She earned her PhD from Duke...
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NATO’s Future: The Philadelphia Perspective with Rep. Brendan Boyle
This conversation was recorded in late November and has been edited for clarity. Rick Landgraf: This is the Ties That Bind, NATO at 75 and Beyond, a podcast of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Today, I’m speaking with Congressman...
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In Conversation with Peter Olive and John Hemmings | NATO’s Activities in the Indo-Pacific
The following conversation was recorded in October 2024 and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Rick Landgraf: Welcome back to the Ties That Bind, NATO at 75 and Beyond, a special podcast series...
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In Conversation with Ian Langford | NATO’s Partnership with Australia
The following conversation was recorded in November 2024 and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Rick Landgraf: Welcome back to the Ties That Bind, NATO at 75 and Beyond, a special podcast series...
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Baltic Leadership in the European Commission
Ben Gardner-Gill: Hello, and welcome to Baltic Ways, a podcast bringing you insights from the world of Baltic Studies. I’m your cohost, Ben Gardner-Gill. Professor Andžej Pukšto is a political scientist based at Vytautas Magnus University in Lithuania. His...
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