Peace efforts, economic leverage and spoilers: prospects for UN solutions in Libya, Yemen and Syria
Another session of the United Nations General Assembly has come and gone. Fiery speeches, discussions of nuclear war and celebrity appearances made the headlines. But beyond the headlines, there were ...
27 Sep 201731min
President Trump's address to the world: The big three takeaways from his speech at the UN
President Trump has addressed world leaders at the United Nations headquarters in New York City for the first time since taking office, and he didn’t mince words. He took direct aim at the regimes in ...
20 Sep 201728min
United Nations preview: How much does the General Assembly matter?
The United Nations general assembly kicks off in earnest next week. We analyse what might happen in some of the highlights expected from the meeting, including American President Donald Trump’s first ...
13 Sep 201734min
"Begging for war": North Korea, Lebanon and Charlie Hebdo
Despite two potential wars on the horizon, people are still finding it in them to get angry at cartoons. This week, nuclear war might break out between the US and North Korea in an unpredictable game ...
6 Sep 201731min
Hajj: The spiritual side the media rarely shows
This week, more than 2 million people will go to Mecca in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj, Islam’s holiest event on the calendar. What draws so many to go through what is not an easy journey, one that is...
30 Aug 201725min
Understanding the war in Yemen; ISIL's last stronghold; Pioneering pilot
This week, Yemen might be approaching the first step towards a peace agreement in the three-year war. We use poetry to understand what that means. Oxford University academic Elisabeth Kendall gives us...
23 Aug 201728min
Why do white supremacists support Bashar al-Assad? Plus, An Emirati girl's space dream comes true, and Pakistan turns 70.
This week, half a million kilograms of rocket fuel launch an Emirati high school student’s experiment into space, as part of the Genes in Space competition. The show features a clip from Alia Al Manso...
16 Aug 201727min
What does it mean to be young and Arab?
For International Youth Day, Editor in chief Mina Al Oraibi is joined by a few of The National's resident youngsters -- Mina Al Droubi, Juman Jarallah and Naser Alwasmi -- to discuss what it means to ...
10 Aug 201724min
