Nomad Century - is climate change going to transform global migration?

Nomad Century - is climate change going to transform global migration?

Gaia Vince is a writer, journalist and fascinating thinker on issues relating to the crossover between humanity and the planet we inhabit. Her book Nomad Century looks at how climate change affects the liveability of large areas of the planet and the likely impact that will have. You can find her work here https://wanderinggaia.com/ and on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/wanderinggaia.bsky.social Check 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 sometimes find me on other podcasts - most often Disorder which I am involved with in partnership with RUSI, the Royal United Services Institute, the world's oldest think tank. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Yemen, the UK, the US and the transatlantic alliance

Yemen, the UK, the US and the transatlantic alliance

On this episode I speak to Iona Craig, the veteran Yemen expert and journalist about recent events, including the UK's decision to join the US in carrying out airstrikes against the Houthis. Iona ment...

10 Mai 20251h 6min

Ukraine and America: the great betrayal

Ukraine and America: the great betrayal

I spoke to Romeo Kokriatski, presenter of the Ukraine without the Hype podcast about recent events in his country, including the Trump betrayal. We mentioned Operation Sky Shield, a plan which you can...

5 Mai 20251h 1min

The Geopolitics of Climate: how Tuvalu is thinking about possible extinction

The Geopolitics of Climate: how Tuvalu is thinking about possible extinction

What does the climate crisis mean for sovereignty in a world where certain countries face existential risk? I spoke to Taukiei Kitara, a native of Tuvalu, about the case of low-lying Pacific Islands, ...

21 Apr 202548min

RUSI/Disorder Partnership: Ransomware in our Age of Disorder

RUSI/Disorder Partnership: Ransomware in our Age of Disorder

Read RUSI piece The Rise of Ransomware as a National Security Threat: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/organised-cybercrime-rise-ransomware-national-security-threat   Rea...

15 Apr 202550min

The Crisis in The Atlantic Alliance ep 2

The Crisis in The Atlantic Alliance ep 2

The impact on Central and Eastern Europe, with Jonathan TerraCheck out our Bookshop.org affiliate site behindthelines and please sign up for my substack at arthursnell.substack.com and/or follow me on...

6 Apr 202553min

The Crisis in the Atlantic Alliance

The Crisis in the Atlantic Alliance

The Transatlantic Alliance is coming to an end. I discuss this with academic and journalist Jonathan Terra. Check out our Bookshop.org affiliate site behindthelines and please sign up for my substack ...

28 Mar 20251h 2min

Blood, toil, tears, and sweat: the plight of migrant labourers in the Gulf

Blood, toil, tears, and sweat: the plight of migrant labourers in the Gulf

Every year, tens of thousands of labourers in the wealth countries of the Gulf, most of them migrants from South Asia, die in unsafe working conditions on construction sites. As the GCC states pour en...

24 Mar 202557min

Myanmar: the Unfolding Civil War

Myanmar: the Unfolding Civil War

For the past 4 years, Myanmar has experienced an ever more serious civil war, which now threatens the ruling military junta in Naypyitaw. I spoke to Ronan Lee about this little-reported conflict. You ...

14 Mar 20251h 5min

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