Crisis in the Sahel: the end of Western intervention and the collapse of Mali

Crisis in the Sahel: the end of Western intervention and the collapse of Mali

Mali, a vast country larger than most of Western Europe added together is a country whose central authority has largely collapsed and whose capital city Bamako is surrounded by radical Islamist militants. There seems to be a pattern here, with Syria and Afghanistan having fallen as Western countries lose interest. As with Syria, the corrupt Malian government had allied itself with Russia, apparently to little effect. I spoke to Tessa Devereaux of SOAS about Mali and the wider Sahel, and what it means for all of us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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How Technology is Transforming Warfare, with Matthew Savill

How Technology is Transforming Warfare, with Matthew Savill

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The Spy and the Devil

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Professor Tim Willasey-Wilsey is author of The Spy and the Devil. We spoke about the remarkable subject of his book, Baron Bill de Ropp and the story of Britain's secret operations against Nazi German...

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Ukraine, its occupied territories and its future

Ukraine, its occupied territories and its future

with Jade McGlynnCheck out our Bookshop.org affiliate site behindthelines and please sign up for my substack at arthursnell.substack.com and/or follow me on Bluesky @snellarthur.bsky.social. You can s...

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A Moment of Change? France recognises the State of Palestine

A Moment of Change? France recognises the State of Palestine

With Michael StephensCheck out our Bookshop.org affiliate site behindthelines and please sign up for my substack at arthursnell.substack.com and/or follow me on Bluesky @snellarthur.bsky.social. You c...

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Is the Islamic regime in Iran fatally wounded?

Is the Islamic regime in Iran fatally wounded?

with Charlie GammellCheck out our Bookshop.org affiliate site behindthelines and please sign up for my substack at arthursnell.substack.com and/or follow me on Bluesky @snellarthur.bsky.social. You ca...

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Russia's Use of Chemical Weapons and a Victory for Dutch Spies

Russia's Use of Chemical Weapons and a Victory for Dutch Spies

I spoke to Dutch defence journalist and Russia expert Steven Derix about an important new revelation of Russia's use of chemical weapons in the war in Ukraine, happening as part of direct orders and t...

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EPISODE 100: Creeping authoritarianism in the United States

EPISODE 100: Creeping authoritarianism in the United States

This is the 100th episode of Behind the Lines podcast. Thank you all for listening and for supporting this show. It's nothing without the listeners. In this episode I discussed the creeping authoritar...

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Israel - Iran - ceasefire? Or more chaos

Israel - Iran - ceasefire? Or more chaos

As Lenin apparently never said, ‘There Are Decades Where Nothing Happens and Weeks Where Decades Happen’. We are clearly living through the latter. Arthur and Jason attempt to untangle the latest: fro...

24 Jun 202533min

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