Worlds Apart

Trade or fade? Hung Son Nguyen, resident of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
The pivot to Asia has long become a buzzword in geopolitical circles, as great powers turn their eyes and strengthen their presence in this vast region. But after the Trump administration’s tariffs on many Asian economies and with the threat...
Oct 19, 2025 05:26
Worlds Apart is a fast-paced, in-depth discussion on the most pressing issues facing the world today.It strives to depart from the traditional Q&A form of interview in favor of a more emotive and engaging conversation. Host Oksana Boyko is not afraid to ask the hard questions that others avoid, with the aim of promoting intelligent public debate.

Trade or fade? Hung Son Nguyen, resident of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
The pivot to Asia has long become a buzzword in geopolitical circles, as great powers turn their eyes and strengthen their presence in this vast region. But after the Trump administration’s tariffs on many Asian economies and with the threat...
Oct 19, 2025 05:26
Renewal or demise? Richard Sakwa, professor emeritus of Russian and European Politics
The expression ‘wanting to have your cake and eat it too’ describes the typical neurotic conflict of pursuing the irreconcilable that seems to be behind a lot of geopolitics these days. Nobody likes the Trump administration’s...
Oct 12, 2025 06:27
Unpromised land? Yahia Zoubir, senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs
In its largely unchallenged quest to redraw the map of the Middle East, Israel has already gone beyond what many in the region imagined possible. With no one or nothing to stop it, what should we expect from this seemingly endlessly expanding and...
Oct 5, 2025 06:31
Creaking & cracking? Asoke Kumar Mukerji, Former Permanent Representative of India to the UN
“Contradiction” is a word that is frequently used to describe the current American stance on many issues, but perhaps nowhere more so than in Washington’s relationship with India. Still described by top diplomats as strategically...
Sep 28, 2025 06:32
Profuse with abuse? Akiva Eldar, Israeli author & political analyst
With Israel officially launching its operation to take over Gaza City, Israeli-Palestinian strife seems to have passed the point of no return. After more than 75 years of creeping expansion and deals that weren’t meant to be kept, can the...
Sep 21, 2025 10:31
Pros of inter-dependence? Ivan Zuenko, Senior Research Fellow at the MGIMO Institute for International Studies
A Chinese proverb has it that “a close neighbor is better than a distant relative” — a principle fully lived out in the Russian-Chinese relationship, which has won official praise for its unprecedented trust and unlimited...
Sep 14, 2025 05:02
Dragon, elephant & bear? Zhang Weiwei, Director of the China Institute at Fudan University
At the latest meeting with his Indian counterpart, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of the dragon and the elephant coming together and creating a more harmonious ecosystem for the two of them. What does it mean in practical terms...
Sep 7, 2025 07:51
Sugar daddy vs sovereignty? Ulrike Guerot, Founder of the European Democracy Lab
A few years back, it would have seemed like a grotesque sketch, but kowtowing to Daddy in Washington now seems a conscious foreign policy choice by Europe’s elites. The more resentful they are of Russia, the more fawning they seem to become of...
Aug 31, 2025 10:38
Simulating God? Roman Yampolskiy, Associate Professor at the University of Louisville
From Socrates to Albert Einstein, the most advanced thinkers of our civilization have recognized that their ability to understand the nature of reality around them decreases as their knowledge grows. This paradox of consciousness may also apply to...
Jul 27, 2025 06:53