The Hague Diplomacy Podcast

Ilen Madhavji sits down with the 2023 winner of the HJD Book Award, Dr. Rohan Mukherjee, to discuss how rising powers seek status from the established international order, to reserve their seat at the table of power. Inspired by Dr. Mukherjee's award-winning book 'Ascending Order: Rising Powers and the Politics of Status in International Institutions", they explore how countries li

Host Ilen Madhavji speaks with Saadia Pekkanen, co-editor of the recent HJD Special Issues on Space Diplomacy, to see what there is to learn from Japan's approach to Space Diplomacy. Uniquely situated next to China but with extensive military ties to the United States, Japan cleverly employs Space Diplomacy to maintain its position between the two. This happens all the while they c

Host Ilen Madhavji is joined by Mai'a Cross, co-editor of the new HJD Special Issues on Space Diplomacy, to explore how diplomacy operates in outer space. With the United States and China engaging in a "Space Race 2.0" we are often exposed to the security implications of space competition, but space diplomacy can give us confidence that collaboration can be an even stronger driving

In the first episode of 2023, our host Simran Kataria sits down with David Eichert to discuss his paper titled “Hashtagging Justice: Digital Diplomacy and the International Criminal Court on Twitter,” which was published in The Hague Journal of Diplomacy. They go a bit beyond the state-centric understanding of digital diplomacy to understand how the International Criminal Court

Inspired by the HJD paper "Everyday Migrant Accompaniment: Humanitarian Border Diplomacy" by Cristina Churruca Muguruza, host Ilen Madhavji sits down with Cristina and field practitioner Diego Fernández Maldonado (Jesuit Migrant Service) to discuss this very relevant and burgeoning corner of diplomacy. We often hear of and see the impact of crisis on migrants and refugees, but sel

In part 2 of this two-part episode, host Ilen Madhavji explores the delicious world of culinary diplomacy alongside Chef Ritu Dalmia and Chef Emmanuel Stroobant, to get a taste of their perspective from the kitchen. This episode focuses on the inter-cultural element of food and its potential to unite people of difference. Our chef guests, who both have combined European and Asian a

In part 1 of this two-part episode, host Ilen Madhavji explores the delicious world of culinary diplomacy alongside Chef Ritu Dalmia and Chef Emmanuel Stroobant, to get a taste of their perspective from the kitchen. This episode focuses on the inter-cultural element of food and its potential to unite people of difference. Our chef guests, who both have combined European and Asian a

In the first episode of the year, our host Ilen Madhavji guides us through a conversation on crisis co-management with The Hague Journal of Diplomacy's Book Award winner, Markus Kornprobst. His work titled "Co-Managing International Crises: Judgments and Justifications" sets the agenda by asking how states have traditionally worked together to solve security crises that demand imme

In the second part of our mini series on Culinary Diplomacy, Ilen Madhavji dives further to explore how states have harnessed the soft power of cuisine to brand themselves globally and influence the masses. Particularly the cases of Peru and Thailand are proof that good food can boost a country's reputation and spread their culture with ease. Also, Gilles Bragard and Sam Chapple-So

In the first of two episodes on Culinary Diplomacy, Ilen Madhavji delves into the roots of this field to find out how Heads of State have used food as a tool of influence, cultural exchange, and public diplomacy. With the help of Sam Chapple-Sokol's expert insights and Gilles Bragard's diplomatic experience with the chefs of world leaders, The Hague Diplomacy Podcast learns about t