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Diplomacy and International Relations by Bastian Friborg

Diplomacy and International Relations by Bastian Friborg

Bastian Friborg 97 Episodes Sep 14, 2026

This podcast explores diplomacy, international relations, and cultural consulting. It covers diplomatic strategies, trade, cross-cultural dynamics, and the intersection of global affairs with business consulting. The content is AI-generated and human-verified, so minor errors may occur.

Episodes

Greenland Is Not For Sale - Sovereignty, Empire, and the Return of Territorial Appetite
Greenland Is Not For Sale - Sovereignty, Empire, and the Return of Territorial Appetite Sep 14, 2026 00:44:52 Trump has doubled down on acquiring Greenland, NATO's Rutte has conceded he "has a point" on Arctic security, and a Greenlandic self-government report on independence alternatives is due by year's end.This episode goes beyond the headlines into what sovereignty actually means when a great power treats a NATO ally's territory as a bargaining chip.If you like what you hear plea
The Pope in Moscow's Shadow - Can Religious Diplomacy Do What States Can't?
The Pope in Moscow's Shadow - Can Religious Diplomacy Do What States Can't? Sep 8, 2026 00:43:36 In this episode I have found sources about the visit by the Vatican's foreign minister to Moscow. Talks circled around Ukraine.At the same time high level officials from CIA was in town.Listen in and get a grip on what is going on. Can the Church move the negotiations in a way that the US and EU haven't been able to?If you like what you hear, please visit Substack for more content and foll
Who Owns the Water - Hormuz After America
Who Owns the Water - Hormuz After America Sep 4, 2026 00:28:48 When 140 ships vanished from the Strait of Hormuz within days, it wasn't warfare that shut the route down — it was the insurance market. This episode traces the collapse of the Islamabad memorandum between the US and Iran, the asymmetric American escalation that followed, and how Iran has since stood up its own governing body, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, charging tolls of up to $2 milli
Bamako Under Siege - The War the World Isn't Covering
Bamako Under Siege - The War the World Isn't Covering Sep 1, 2026 00:40:33 Millions of people in Bamako are living without power, without fuel, without open roads out of the city. A coalition of insurgents has encircled Mali's capital and is strangling it economically — and almost no one in Western media is reporting it.In this episode we trace how a rural insurgency in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger became a full-blown urban siege; why the region's military juntas
Greenland Is Not a Real Estate Deal
Greenland Is Not a Real Estate Deal Aug 28, 2026 00:20:14 In this episode, we analyse the tensing geopolitical situation over Greenland. We do a review of the American demand for control, the threats of punitive tariffs against European allies, and Denmark’s military response.Hear about the build-up of the Danish defense, the deployment of conscripts as a strategic ‘stumbling block’ and the EU’s countermeasures. Finally, we take a look at the complicated
Sacred Ground, Secular War: Religion as the Unspoken Variable in the Iran-Israel-Gulf Conflict
Sacred Ground, Secular War: Religion as the Unspoken Variable in the Iran-Israel-Gulf Conflict Aug 25, 2026 00:45:41 Listen in as we go another route than most coverage of the Hormuz crisis and the Turkey-Pakistan-Saudi defence pact treats it as pure realpolitik. But Shia-Sunni dynamics, Iran's revolutionary-Islamic self-conception, and the religious legitimacy stakes for Gulf monarchies are doing real work underneath the "interests" language. That is what we will look at now.If you like this conte
Denmark's Quiet Rearmament: Pragmatic Idealism or the End of an Illusion?
Denmark's Quiet Rearmament: Pragmatic Idealism or the End of an Illusion? Aug 23, 2026 00:47:33 Listen to this episode where I look at how Denmark is hitting NATO's 2% target three years early, has troops in Latvia, and is funnelling billions into Ukraine and all of it under a foreign policy strategy explicitly branded "pragmatic idealism."If you like what you here please follow on Substack and Instagram (IQulture Talking).
Greenland and the collision of national myths
Greenland and the collision of national myths Aug 21, 2026 00:21:30 Listen to this episode on Greenland, US and the religious current underneath it all. When Donald Trump promises that Greenland will be “under US control” before his term ends, the story is usually told as one about minerals, military bases, and raw geopolitics. This episode asks whether it is really about something far more sacred: competing religions of sovereignty.We unfold three narratives: Gre
Abraham Accords - History and Religion in Action and the US and Saudi Nuclear Deal
Abraham Accords - History and Religion in Action and the US and Saudi Nuclear Deal Aug 18, 2026 00:11:36 How does ancient history and religion influence a modern nuclear deal? Listen
Tariff Loopholes and Diplomatic Theatre
Tariff Loopholes and Diplomatic Theatre Aug 14, 2026 00:18:52 This episode looks at tariffs and how a lot of diplomatic theatre is happening right now. Focus on Greenland.
From Global Diplomacy To Building Moratoriums
From Global Diplomacy To Building Moratoriums Aug 11, 2026 00:53:13 Listen as we take a closer look at Climate Diplomacy and how to understand Climate in relation to global politics.If you like what you hear and want to support this independent podcast, please visit https://www.patreon.com/cw/iqulture and follow and subscribe, you will also get access to more content.
Extra - Holy Sites as Fault Lines - Pope Leo, Saudi Normalization, and Sacred Statecraft
Extra - Holy Sites as Fault Lines - Pope Leo, Saudi Normalization, and Sacred Statecraft Aug 10, 2026 00:11:36 In this episode we take a closer look at how the Saudi nuclear deal is now formally conditioned on joining the Abraham Accords, which is a religious-symbolic act as much as a strategic one. Meanwhile Pope Leo warns against unilateral moves violating "the status quo of the holy sites."Religion is having a come-back in international relations and global politics.Follow IQulture Talking on

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