GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Ralph Schoellhammer is an assistant professor of International Relations at Webster Vienna Private University. His main field of research is political theory and international relations, with a particular emphasis on how culture, values, and ideologies influence state behaviour. He has published about the interplay of culture and identity and how it affects social capital formation and social cohesion. He has appeared on Sky News Australia and The Hill TV, and writes regularly for The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Unherd, Spiked, the Jerusalem Post, the Washington Examiner & the American Spectator.
GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: John Waters - Thinker, Talker, Writer. John used to be one of Ireland's best known journalists and feature-writers (from politics to music) and now write on Substack. John can be found at johnwaters.substack.com. John's official website is johnwaters.ie.