Diplomacy and International Relations by Bastian Friborg

Epizode

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  Summer 16: Global Politics on Your Dinner Plate 31.07.2026 1h 25min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where food security reveals the surprisingly political world of global agriculture.If you want to support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthly briefings on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast. Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Summer 15: Why Countries are a Modern Hallucination 28.07.2026 1h 21min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where climate negotiations test the limits of international cooperation.If you want support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthly on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast.Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Summer 14: The Open Source Code of Modern Terror 24.07.2026 43min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where we unpack terrorist networks, radicalisation, and Denmark's security response.If you want to support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthly briefings on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast. Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Summer 13: How Smartphones and Umbrellas Challenge Power 21.07.2026 44min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where protests, elections, and populism challenge elite foreign policymaking.If you want to support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthly briefings on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast.Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Summer 12: Why States are Building Digital Walls 17.07.2026 23min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where internet governance and cyber threats reshape power and security.If you want to support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthly briefings on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast. Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Summer 11: The Intervention Dilemma - When Should Nations Cross Sovereign Borders? 14.07.2026 46min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where Responsibility to Protect confronts sovereignty in intervention dilemmas.If you want support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthly briefings on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast.Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Summer 10: Poverty and Wealth in a Global Perspective - Why Poverty Persists Despite Global Surplus 10.07.2026 45min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where aid, trade, and inequality politics explain why poverty persists despite globalgrowth.If you want to support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthly briefings on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast.Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Summer 09: Culture and Religion - Why Ancient Beliefs Still Rule Global Power 07.07.2026 24min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where faith and identity return as powerful forces in modern diplomacy and conflict.If you want to support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthly briefings on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast.Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Summer 08: How Global Markets Redefined Political Power 03.07.2026 44min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where trade, corporations, and crises reveal the economic forces driving internationalpolitics.If you want to support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthly briefings on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast.Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Summer 07: Global Civil Society - How Activists Rewrite International Law 30.06.2026 49min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where NGOs and activists challenge governments and shape global norms from the outside.If you want support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthly on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast.Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  The Race for Greenland's Rare Earths 27.06.2026 20min

  A tiny island of just over 56,000 people has quietly become the most strategically contested territory in the Northern Hemisphere. In this bonus episode we map out why the United States, China, and Russia are suddenly tripping over themselves to reach Greenland — starting with the cold logic of the map. We trace the GIUK gap and the radar perched at the top of the world, then descend beneath the melting ice to the real prize: rare earth elements, the building blocks of every EV motor, wind turbine, and F-35. From there the story turns into something stranger than geopolitics — a single radioactive mountain above a town of sheep farmers, a democratic earthquake that killed a multi-billion-dollar mine, and an $11.5 billion lawsuit, bankrolled by Wall Street litigation financiers, that now hangs over the island's dream of independence. It's a briefing that connects the EV in your driveway, the fighter jets overhead, and the question that may define our generation: can we save the planet without destroying the places that make it worth saving?
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  Summer 06: International Organizations - The Invisible Mechanics of Global Power 23.06.2026 49min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where UN, EU, NATO both constrain states and create new diplomatic opportunities.If you want to support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthly briefings on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast. Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Summer 05: International Law Without a Global Cop 16.06.2026 24min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where sovereignty, treaties, and the Lotus case reveal what makes (and breaks)international law.If you want to support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthly briefings on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast.Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Sacred Statecraft - When Religion Shapes Foreign Policy 12.06.2026 40min

  What happens when states stop treating religion as background noise and start using it as foreign policy infrastructure? In this episode, Bastian breaks down four case studies — Morocco, Russia, the United States, and Nigeria — where theology isn't just decorating the statecraft, it is the statecraft. The rational calculus of traditional diplomacy doesn't survive contact with a divine mandate.f this episode made you think differently about what's actually driving the headlines, the best thing you can do is tell someone. Share it with a colleague who still thinks religion is just a cultural footnote in IR.Support on Patreon — patreon.com/iqultureSubscribe on Spotify or Apple PodcastsRate & review — it genuinely helps new listeners find usFollow for updates on new episodes and Danish political developments
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  Summer 04: Theoretical Lenses for International Relations 09.06.2026 45min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where realism, liberalism, and critical theories explain world events and Danishforeign policy choices.If you want to support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthly briefings on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast.Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Summer 03: The Hidden Actors of Global Politics 02.06.2026 44min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where we unpack states, organizations, corporations, and individuals and their role on the global stage.If you want to support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthlybriefings on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast.Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Summer 02: Diplomacy - The Hidden Machinery of Global Power 26.05.2026 49min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where we explore the US-Iran hostage crisis to nuclear deal, revealing how diplomatsmaintain the "long peace."If you want to support the podcast, please go toPatreon and subscribe for weekly and monthly briefings on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast. Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Summer 01: The Violent Invention of the Modern State 19.05.2026 33min

  Listen to this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations summer series where we trace how empires, wars, and state formation created today's international system — and Denmark's place within it.If you want to support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthlybriefings on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast.Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Summer Intro: Why World War 3 Hasn't Happend 12.05.2026 23min

  Listen to this first episode of the summer series that will take the listener through the basics of International Relations. Relevant for students and practitioners alike.If you wantto support the podcast, please go to Patreon and subscribe for weekly and monthlybriefings on Danish politics, and access to bonus episodes of the podcast.Follow this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture/
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  Plato and Diplomacy 05.05.2026 25min

  Plato’s political failures, ethical insights, and critique of democracy still shape how we think about power, war, and justice today. In this episode of Diplomacy and International Relations, we revisit Plato’s Seventh Letter, his doubts about democracy and written words, and the evolution of just war theory through Christian thought to ask what his legacy means for modern diplomacy and global conflict.If you like what you hear, please consider supporting on Patreon, where you will also gain access to weekly and monthly briefings on Danish politics.https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture