POLEMICS REC. is a student-run podcast at the Diplomatische Akademie Wien – Vienna School of International Studies, built from the voices, creative contributions, and editorial input of our diverse student body.
Benefiting from the vibrant international community here in Vienna, it produces two monthly formats. In Conversation is an expert interview series covering contemporary issues in international affairs by sitting down with global leaders, diplomats, and experts in their field. In the other format, The Roundtable, students take the lead in exploring the same issues through open and diverse debate.
Polemics Rec. further cooperates closely with Polemics Magazine to supply topical content across both outlets and to put together events for students at the Academy.
Contact:
Email: polemics.rec@da-vienna.at
Polemics Rec. | In Conversation with Amb. Khaled Shamaa
Few areas of international security have shifted as dramatically in recent years as the global nuclear order. With New START expiring earlier this year, arsenals being modernized rather than reduced, and the latest NPT Review Conference ending without a consensus outcome, the architecture that has long governed disarmament and non-proliferation is arguably under more strain than at any point since the Cold War. In this month's episode, we sat down with Ambassador Khaled Shamaa at ...
18 Sept 2026
Polemics Rec. | In Conversation with Amb. Camilleri Vettiger
To this day, the topic of gender in international affairs is often still treated as one item on a long agenda, or reduced to a question of mere numbers. In practice, however, it runs much deeper than that, cutting across realms such as security, health, and law, and shaping whose experiences inform policy and the responses that follow. But how is a gender perspective actually translated into multilateral diplomacy, and what does it take to hold that space open in times when consensus is fragi...
12 Jun 2026
Polemics Rec. | In Conversation with Barbara Trionfi
In the age of the digital revolution, freedom of the media is ever harder to govern and ensure. Each year on the 3rd of May, World Press Freedom Day reminds us that the media is not a subsidiary component of civil society, but a core and essential pillar-stone of both democracy and security. So how do we defend that freedom at times when threats keep multiplying? In this month's episode, we sat down with Barbara Trionfi, Principal Advisor to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, t...
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