Charles Gammell on Iran post-Assad
What does the fall of Assad mean for the mad Mullahs running Iran? I spoke to Charles Gammell. Check out our Bookshop.org affiliate site behindthelines and please sign up for my substack at arthursnel...
26 Joulu 202452min
Christmassy Episode: Miguel Delaney on the geopolitics of football
Miguel Delaney, Chief Football Writer at the Independent is the author of states of play, a book about the geopolitics of football. You can find him on Bluesky and Twitter. migueldelaney Check out our...
21 Joulu 202457min
Inside HTS: what does Al-Jolani want and how will they rule?
There are literally a tiny number of people in this world who can speak with authority and insight on Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham - or HTS - the militant group that swept into Damascus a week ago. One of th...
16 Joulu 20241h 10min
The history of Syria, from the Pharaohs to the Pharaonic
I spoke to the brilliant historian James Barr about the history of Syria from the Pharaohs to the present day. You can find James on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/jamesbarr.bsky.social and his book...
12 Joulu 202455min
Georgia: fighting to be European
With bewildering events unfolding all over the place, I wanted to give some coverage to the Republic of Georgia, where the pro-Western political movement is responding to a rigged election and the dec...
4 Joulu 202458min
EMERGENCY EPISODE: The Fall of Aleppo
The extraordinary turn of events in Syria in recent days saw the city of Aleppo, once Syria's largest and a key part of the earlier story of Syria's revolution, fall to Syria's rebels, with the soldie...
1 Joulu 202438min
Out of the shadows: MI6 Russia expert Christopher Steele on Trump and the new world order
Christopher Steele needs almost no introduction. But if you are interested in learning more about him you can buy his new book, Unredacted, here https://www.amazon.com/Unredacted-Russia-Trump-Fight-De...
29 Marras 202449min
What's going on in Iran
Charlie Gammell is a historian and Iran expert. His latest article on Iran can be found here: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-winds-of-change-are-blowing-in-iran/ Check out our Bookshop.org a...
23 Marras 20241h 3min
