Welcome to ‘Europe Speaks’, a podcast channel by the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) where we explore everything to do with the European Union: history, current affairs, and the future of Europe. We publish regular podcasts on all these topics, including EuropeChats with Jim Cloos and Mariam Khotenashvili, and a series of other webinars, explainers, and interviews with the world’s leading experts on the EU!
Are Russia and China losing ground or just changing tactics? | InvigoratEU Talks #04
What are Russia and China trying to achieve in the Western Balkans and Eastern Neighbourhood? And how does that affect candidate countries’ path to EU membership? This episode of InvigoratEU Talks explores the impact of Russia and China’s political, economic, and social influence on the European continent.
InvigoratEU Talks is a podcast series born from the Horizon Europe-funded project, InvigoratEU, bringing together leading scholars and policy-makers from across Europe to do exactly what the name suggests: re-invigorate EU enlargement and neighbourhood policy in a changing world.
Host: Mariam Khotenashvili, Executive Director, TEPSA
Guests:
Thijs Reuten, Member of the European Parliament, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Marko Todorović, Senior Researcher, European Policy Centre (CEP) Belgrade
Matteo Bonomi, Head of Europe Programme, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
Music: Luka Margiani
Editing: Barbara Vanotti
This episode is funded by the European Union as part of the Horizon Europe-funded InvigoratEU project.
25 Jun 2026
Can the EU still promote democracy in a geopolitical age? | InvigoratEU Talks #03
Democracy support has been a cornerstone of EU enlargement and neighbourhood policy. Yet, today it is increasingly intertwined with geopolitical competition. In this third episode of InvigoratEU Talks, we ask: has the EU become better at promoting democracy, or has geopolitics changed the rules of the game?
InvigoratEU Talks is a podcast series born from the Horizon Europe-funded project, InvigoratEU, bringing together leading scholars and policy-makers from across Europe to do exactly what the name suggests: re-invigorate EU enlargement and neighbourhood policy in a changing world.
Host: Mariam Khotenashvili, Executive Director, TEPSA
Guests:
Petar Markovic, Ambassador of Montenegro to the EU
Giselle Bosse, Professor, Maastricht University and TEPSA Board Member
Richard Youngs, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe and TEPSA Board Member
Music: Luka Margiani
Editing: Barbara Vanotti
This episode is funded by the European Union as part of the Horizon Europe-funded InvigoratEU project.
23 Jun 2026
EuropeChats - "The European Union in 12 objects" | Discussion with Bobby McDonagh
This episode of EuropeChats is a discussion between Bobby McDonagh, former Irish diplomat, and TEPSA Secretary-General Jim Cloos. The discussion focuses on how to communicate and explain the European Union, specifically using Bobby McDonagh’s latest publication, "The European Union in 12 Objects", in which each object represents an aspect of the EU or one of its institutions.
Bobby McDonagh is a former Irish diplomat, he has been an Ambassador to Italy and the UK, as well as the Permanent Representative of Ireland to the EU.
EuropeChats is the flagship podcast of TEPSA and it is part of the TEPSA Podcast Channel “Europe Speaks”
Music: Worakls, 22 September 2014, Salzburg, Hungry music
This video is co-funded by the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme of the European Union
Co-Funded by the European Union.
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