Velina's Talk

Velina's Talk with Gray Connolly, a lawyer and writer on politics, military affairs, and geopolitics, in Sydney, Australia.

Velina's Talk with Alexander Stubb, the Director of the School of Transnational Governance.

Velina's Talk with David Santoro, David Santoro is the President and CEO of The Pacific Forum and a published author. His latest work, 'US-China Nuclear Relations: The Importance Of Strategic Triangles', handles the sensitive matter of regulation concerning nuclear weapons.

Ross Kennedy is the founder of Fortis Analysis, a U.S.-based logistics and supply chain advisory team that focuses tightly on risk management and operations at the intersection of geopolitics and supply chains. His unique blend of operations, sales, and strategic planning allows him to provide creative, agile solutions for his public- and private-sector clientele.

Bruno Maçães was the Portuguese Europe minister from 2013-2015 and is the author of “Geopolitics for the End Time: From the Pandemic to the Climate Crisis”. In this episode, he elaborates on Russia's war on Ukraine.

Velina's Talk with Elbridge Colby

Velina's Talk with Samuel Ramani

Velina's Talk with Jeffrey Snider and Emil Kalinowski

Velina's Talk with Vikram Sood, Former Head of R&AW

Velina's Talk with Jacek Bartosiak, CEO Strategy & Future.

Velina's Talk with Tracy Shuchart, energy and metals strategist.

Velina's Talk with Tracey Follows, author of "The Future of You: Can Your Identity Survive 21st-Century Technology?"

Velina's Talk with Major General Mick Ryan.

Velina's Talk with Hizbullah Khan, Journalist in Afghanistan.

AIES Director Velina Tchakarova speaks with Kyle Bass, Chief Investment Officer Hayman Capital Management.

AIES Director Velina Tchakarova speaks with Prof. Michaël Tanchum, who teaches international relations and political economy of the Middle East and North Africa at Universidad de Navarra, Spain. He is also senior fellow at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES).

AIES Director Velina Tchakarova speaks with futurist and economist Bronwyn Williams about the future of business, technology, and society.

AIES Director Velina Tchakarova speaks with Markus Reisner, Colonel (General Staff), Austrian Armed Forces, about robotic wars and the indisputable power of drones.

AIES Director Velina Tchakarova speaks with Albert Marko, Geopolitics and Geoeconomics Analyst, and Nicholas Glinsman, Macro Specialist, Geopolitics and History Commentator, about the Global Macro Outlook in 2021.

AIES Director Velina Tchakarova speaks with Robert Cutler, Senior Research Fellow and Director, Energy Security Program, NATO Association of Canada; Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute; and Practitioner Member, Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation, University of Waterloo. The digital discussion covers the emerging post-conflict situation in the South Caucasus and its implications for international political and economic relations in the broader region. Starting with relations among the countries there, the webinar branches out to discuss Turkey, Russia, Iran, the Greater Caspian Sea region, and finally China. It then shifts gears a bit to forecast developments in the post-Cold War international system more broadly until 2025 and through the 2020s, into the 2030s and 2040s, looking forward to the system's breakdown in the mid-2040s and a transition to another international system to begin to emerge in the late 2050s.