Welcome to the East-West Coffee Shop! This format, embracing podcast episodes and videos, is brought to you by the Younger Generation Leaders Network (YGLN). Pour yourself a coffee and join our discussions on some of the most pressing challenges and threats for the Euro-Atlantic region, and what can we do to confront them.
The East West Coffee Shop will present the views and experiences of members of the YGLN, paired with experts and former leaders from the European Leadership Network (ELN).
2021
Podcast | You see it for a reason: What’s behind disinformation campaigns? with Lyric Jain (16 July)
Podcast | NATO Summit with Katarina Kertysova, Simon Lunn and Nick Williams (10 June)
Podcast | Western sanctions towards Russia with Maria Shagina and Agathe Demarais (25 May)
Video & Podcast | It gets worse before it gets worse: The current state of U.S.-Russia affairs with Alex Gabuev (22 March)
Video & Podcast | The U.S. and Euro-Atlantic security: NATO partners, Russia, and Eastern Partnership with Roger Hilton (15 March)
Video & Podcast | Biden and Russia: Between confrontation and cooperation with Liana Fix (2 March)
Video & Podcast | A reset for U.S.-Kosovo relations with Biden? with Gent Salihu (23 February)
2020
Podcast | Belarus with Yauheni Preiherman, Katia Glod and Ben Challis
In this episode of the East-West Coffee Shop, we're joined by Roger Hilton who will take a close look at the new personnel in the White House and how much emphasis will be given to Euro-Atlantic security. Roger addresses what the U.S.'s engagement with NATO partners will look like and why,...
In this episode of the East-West Coffee Shop, Liana Fix addresses whether the Biden administration is likely to take a tougher stance on Moscow in some areas, and where there is still room for cooperation in others. While US-Russia relations might remain difficult with regards to Ukraine, Nord...
In the latest episode of the East-West Coffee Shop, Gent Salihu provides a perspective from Kosovo on how the results of the 2021 parliamentary elections in Kosovo will change U.S.-Kosovo relations with the new Biden administration.