Romanian Dispatch Podcast

Romanian Dispatch
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This podcast accompanies the weekly Romanian Dispatch newsletter with the latest news on Romania –- from politics to popculture and from film to finance. In the podcast we invite guests to discuss developments behind the headlines.

Episodes

  1. Promoting Democracy

    12/11/2021

    Promoting Democracy

    Guest in this episode of Romanian Dispatch is Thomas Carothers, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C. Mr. Carothers is an authority on international democracy assistance, human rights and rule of law, and good governance and civil society. One of Dr. Carothers' first books was on international assistance to the transition in Romania, which was published in 1996. Today we will speak about the impact of 30 years democracy assistance in post-communist Europe, the pitfalls of international assistance and about his love for Romania.

    25 min
  2. Against the European Trend

    12/04/2021

    Against the European Trend

    Guest in this episode of Romanian Dispatch is political scientist and historian Silvia Marton. In this podcast we will discuss Romania’s parliament, and how Romania with its five political parties is going against the trend of fragmentation of parliaments in most European countries, why the nationalist AUR party was elected into parliament overnight, and the role of the president in forming governments.

    29 min
  3. Congested Bucharest

    06/10/2021

    Congested Bucharest

    Guest in this week's episode of Romanian Dispatch is civil engineer and urban planner Michael Horodniceanu. Romanian-born Horodniceanu was traffic commissioner of New York City and is an advisor to the recently elected mayor of Bucharest, Nicuşor Dan. After Moscow, Istanbul and Kyiv, his city has the most traffic in Europe. Residents of Romania's capital are in traffic 48% more than they need to, or 218 hours a year. To improve traffic flow in Bucharest in the short term, Horodniceau advocates for low-cost measures like a clearer parking policy and the use of artificial intelligence.

    36 min
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This podcast accompanies the weekly Romanian Dispatch newsletter with the latest news on Romania –- from politics to popculture and from film to finance. In the podcast we invite guests to discuss developments behind the headlines.

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