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Blue Dot Pod.

Blue Dot Pod.

By: UPF Lund
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 UPF Pod and Radio rounds up the latest in foreign affairs.

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  • Militarism in Okinawa and the North Korean Tourist Experience

    Militarism in Okinawa and the North Korean Tourist Experience
    Mar 29 2025

    This week, we invited Filippo Fioretti Boccato to the office to tell us about his trip to North Korea in 2019. For our main segment, we interviewed Yan Shot about Japanese security policy and rearmament, and anthropologist Marius Palz about his research into life near military bases in Okinawa.



    Producer: Sabina Rameke


    Hosts, Editors: Sabina Rameke, Hwikyung Lee


    Featured speakers: Sam Löfström, Filippo Fioretti Boccato


    Guests: Marius Palz, Yan Shot, Filippo Fioretti Boccato

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    41 mins
  • Trade Wars and the Greenlandic Election

    Trade Wars and the Greenlandic Election
    Mar 18 2025

    In this episode, the committee discusses the Greenlandic election results, and we talk to associate professor and researcher Maria Persson about the trade war spreading from North America to the rest of the world. Lastly, we report on the sanctions the US just imposed on Foxtrot, and we have a look at the UPF Lund Flower Power sittning that took place earlier this month.




    Producer and host: Sabina Rameke

    Guest: Maria Persson

    Editors: Sabina Rameke, Amanda Hohwü Lundbye Christensen

    Featured speakers: Amanda Hohwü Lundbye Christensen, Ludvig Eriksson, Hwikyung Lee

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    38 mins
  • Syria and North Korean Soldiers

    Syria and North Korean Soldiers
    Mar 12 2025
    In this episode, we talk about the fall of the Assad regime in Syria with Yara Chikfa, and Hwikyung Lee contributes a personal reflection on North Korean soldiers being deployed to support Russia in the war in Ukraine.

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    39 mins

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