Patrick Henningsen
August 15, 2026 @ 3:20 pm - 4:05 pm
About Session
Title of talk: A Global Realignment is Happening
Award-winning independent journalist, TV broadcaster, geopolitical analyst, and founder of news and analysis website 21st Century Wire, host of long-running podcast Sunday Wire, and co-anchor of leading British alternative media outlet UK Column News. With over 15 years experience building a number successful independent media platforms, Patrick has been a vocal advocate for free speech, free press, as well as a fierce critic of western mainstream media propaganda and foreign policy. His work has appeared on many leading international channels and publications including RT International, Al Jazeera, Press TV, ITN, and The Guardian, and is a regular commentator on leading political podcasts including Dialogue Works, Neutrality Studies, Daniel Davis Deep Dive, and The Danny Haiphong Show. He has also done extensive work on-the-ground covering conflicts in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Russia, and as a humanitarian observer in Donbass. Patrick holds an MA postgraduate degree in International Relations & Global Security from the University of Plymouth, UK, with a dissertation on US economic warfare, and has been a guest lecturer at universities internationally with seminars on war propaganda and soft/smart power.
