Talks
The West as a geopolitical actor no longer exists
Arte.tv interview,
8 May 2025
With Timothy Snyder & Nataliya Gumenyuk on Ukraine, Europe & Trump
The New York Review,
30 Oct 2024
Europe at the Beginning of a New Era
LSE Maurice Fraser lecture,
31 Oct 2024
Where is Central Europe now?
SSEES and Czech Center London,
11 Oct 2024
On Ukraine’s place in Europe
Thinking In Dark Times podcast,
19 May 2023
On Germany’s role in Europe (in German)
Studio 9 - Der Tag Mit podcast,
16 May 2023
In conversation with Yascha Mounk
The Good Fight Podcast,
22 Apr 2023
Europe Whole and Free
2023 Dahrendorf Lecture,
28 Apr 2023
What should liberals do about the crisis of liberalism?
Talk for @5x15,
18 May 2021
China's system vs. liberal democracy
Munk debate with Zhang Weiwei,
23 Jun 2020
30 Years after the Velvet Revolutions of 1989: Time for a New Liberation?
St Antony's College, Oxford,
8 Sep 2020
"Es ist erschreckend, wie wenige sich selbst treu bleiben"
Interview with Herlinde Koelbl, Zeit Magazin,
26 Dec 2019
Looking Ahead: The 89ers and the Future of the EU
London School of Economics and Political Science,
30 Jan 2019
Can we still Realise the Promise of 1989?
Center for European Policy Analysis Forum, Washington,
24 Sep 2018
What Went Wrong with Liberalism? And What Should Liberals do About it?
Political Quarterly Lecture, Institute for Government, London,
20 Jun 2018
Poland, Europe, Freedom: Personal Reflections on 40 Years
Polish Studies Programme, Cambridge University,
14 Feb 2018
Free Speech under Threat in Universities
Cara Lecture, London,
29 Nov 2017
Does European Populism Exist?
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard,
18 Sep 2017
Free Speech and the Defence of an Open Society
Central European University, Budapest,
23 Feb 2017
Is Europe Disintegrating?
University of Warsaw,
25 Apr 2017
Free Speech in an Age of Trumpery
The New School for Social Research, New York,
29 Sep 2016
International Relations - The Struggle for Power Over the Internet in a Post-American World
Hinsley Lecture, Cambridge University,
2014
5 Minutes on the UK and Europe
London School of Economics and Political Science,
2014
Free Speech Bites
Index on Censorship,
2013
Orwell Lecture at Unprecedented Literary Festival in Burma
Inaugural Irrawaddy Literary Festival,
2013
Combining Freedom and Diversity
Fritt Ord & NYRB-Conference, Oslo,
2012
European Germany in a German Europe
Munich Security Conference,
2012
Muslims in Europe! The Challenges to Liberalism
Tony Judt memorial lecture, Remarque Institute, NYU,
27 Sep 2011
Colbert Show appearance
Jun 2011
Orwell Prize Discussion about Free Speech
Oxford University,
Feb 2010
Why Germany still Needs Europe
Intelligence Squared
In conversation with Tobias Wolff
Hoover Institute, Stanford,
6 Oct 2010
The Europe we Need
IIEA,
23 Jun 2009
Velvet Revolution
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University,
24 Sep 2009
Isaiah Berlin and the Challenge of Multiculturalism with Aung San Suu Kyi
Aljazeera English,
Dec 2010
Charlie Rose interview
29 Oct 2010
Interview with Dominic Hilton on the Prospects for a Free World
openDemocracy,
24 Feb 2005
Conversations with History with Harry Kreisler
Institute of International Studies, Berkeley University,
5 Apr 1996