This time, CISS Podcast Host Louis Mourier and CISS’s Regional Co-Director EU & Europe Julien Strandt talked with Mihkel Märtens, freelance journalist covering international affairs at Eesti Päevaleht, one of Estonia’s major newspapers, as well as student in International Relations at the University of Tartu.

After a commentary on the current state of the freedom of the press, we unpacked the numerous scandals of Estonia’s political scene that led up to a government collapse in January 2021, with our guest, Mihkel. After discussing Estonia’s political future and place in the EU, Mihkel told us about his work as a reporter and gave a few tips on how to think like a journalist.

We first recap the first months of the German Council Presidency to then talk about the situation in Lebanon and the EU’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East. To top it off, as a celebration of our 10th anniversary, we discuss how CISS was created and what it means to get involved in International Relations as a young person.

This episode was recorded on the 27th of February, 2021.

For our very first podcast – and because it’s the 10th anniversary of CISS – we sat down with Prof. Dr. Hanna Pfeifer, co-founder of CISS and currently Assistant Professor for Political Science with a Focus on Radicalisation and Violence Research at the Goethe University Frankfurt (and not Assistant Professor of International Relations as we wrongly stated in the podcast).

We first recap the first months of the German Council Presidency to then talk about the situation in Lebanon and the EU’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East. To top it off, as a celebration of our 10th anniversary, we discuss how CISS was created and what it means to get involved in International Relations as a young person.

Small rectification post-recording: In the episode, we wrongly state that Prof. Dr. Hanna Pfeifer has lived in Lebanon for a few years. In fact, she was there for several months.

This episode was recorded on the 28th of August, 2020.