In the new episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srđan Cvijić hosted Zoran Kesić, author and host of the show “24 Minutes with Zoran Kesić”, a satirical show that deals with daily political topics in Serbia and the region. Zoran Kesić discussed the recently held elections in Serbia, the role of political satire in society, the…

In the new episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srdjan Cvijić hosted Birgül Demirtaş, professor of International Relations at the Turkish-German University in Istanbul.The main topic of the discussion was Turkish foreign policy towards the Balkans. Professor Demirtaş discussed the perception of the Balkans in Turkish society, what is meant by the neo-Ottoman approach of Turkish…

U novoj epizodi podkasta Svetionik, Srđan Cvijić ugostio je En Eplbaum, spisateljicu, istoričarku i dobitnicu Pulicerove nagrade.En Eplbaum je razgovarala o mogućim scenarijima za završetak rata u Ukrajini i njegovim geopolitičkim posledicama, kao i o globalnom usponu autoritarizma i tome kako mu se suprotstaviti. In the new episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srdjan Cvijic hosted…

U novoj epizodi podkasta Lighthouse, Srđan Cvijić je ugostio Ronalda Dajberta, profesora političkih nauka, osnivača i direktora Citizen Lab-a (Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy,  University of Toronto). Profesor Dajbert je razgovarao o najnovijim istraživanjima o korišćenju špijunskih softvera, poput Pegasusa i Predatora, protiv novinara i aktivista, o tome kako se njihovom upotrebom…

In this episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srdjan Cvijic hosted Jinghan Zeng, a Professor of China and International Studies at Lancaster University. Professor Zeng talked about China’s use and export of digital surveillance technologies, its advantages, and disadvantages, whether importing these technologies threatens the democracies of importing countries, and to what extent it serves the…

n the new episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srdjan Cvijic hosted Zsuzsanna Szelényi, a Hungarian foreign policy specialist, writer, former politician, and one of the founders of Fidesz, a then-youth party at the regime change in Hungary. Talking about Zsuzsanna’s newly released book, “Tainted Democracy: Viktor Orbán and the subversion of Hungary,” they looked back on…

In this episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srdjan Cvijic hosted Branko Brkic, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Daily Maverick, the South African online news site.They discussed the beginnings of Branko’s career as a book publisher in then Yugoslavia, ways of fighting disinformation and fake news, the state capture in South Africa, as well as links between…

In this episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srdjan Cvijic hosted Nikola Dimitrov, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia and member of the BCSP International Advisory Committee. They talked about the „hot potatoes“ he was dealing with throughout his career, such as issue North Macedonia had with Greece and NATO membership. Also Nikola shared…

In this episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srdjan Cvijic hosted Katalin Cseh, Member of the European Parliament and Vice-President of Renew Europe. They talked about democratic backsliding and state capture in Hungary, its parallels with Serbia and other Western Balkans countries, the future prospects of decapturing the state, and the role of the European Union…

n this episode of the Lighthouse podcast, Srdjan Cvijic hosted Olivia Lazard, Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Europe and member of the BCSP International Advisory Committee. They talked about the blind spots of the green energy transition, the environmental costs of rare minerals extractions, the new global struggle for resources, and the concept of the zones…