Professor Matthew Crandall returns to break down the thinking behind current U.S. foreign policy. Iran, Greenland, relationships with small state allies like Estonia, response to Mark Carney's famous Davos speech, relationship with Israel, and more are covered in this wide ranging and thoughtful conversation with host Terry McDonald.

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We're back - and there is so much to catch up on. We're beginning season 4 with some updates on important conversations we began in previous seasons. In this episode, we welcome back Iranian poet and TLU Research Assistant Mal Keshmiri to open up about the massive protests and brutal crackdowns rocking Iran this month. As mentioned in the episode, you can follow Mal's organization here https://www.facebook.com/isoestonia/ .

This is an emotional conversation that gives important context and understanding to this issue and the world today. After so long on pause, we're grateful to be back with such an important conversation.

The Tallinn University Podcast is brought to you by the Tallinn University School of Governance, Law, and Society ( https://www.tlu.ee/en/yti ) and the Baltic Film and Media School ( https://www.tlu.ee/en/bfm ) , is produced by Tanel Kadalipp, and and is written and hosted by Terry McDonald.

After a two year sick leave, we just wan to say that it's good to be back, and thank you for sticking with us.

In our annual Pride episode, comedian and TLU alumni Jana Levitina joins our host Terry McDonald to discuss the role humour plays in activism. Jana has co-founded a FLINTA (female, lesbian, intersex, non-binary, trans, agender) comedy club in Estonia, and in this episode enlightens Terry on the importance of political humour, how is feminism related to LGBTQ+ rights, and the ongoing importance of Pride in 2023.

For more info on Baltic Pride:

https://www.balticpride.ee/

Jana is also an editor at Feministeerium:

https://feministeerium.ee/

Thank you for 3 great seasons - see you in season 4!