From Abu Ghraib to the White House - How Ahmad Al-Shara'a is Ruling Syria

From Abu Ghraib to the White House - How Ahmad Al-Shara'a is Ruling Syria

I spoke to Orwa Ajjoub about the remarkable rise of Syria's new ruler, Ahmad Al-Shara'a, from wanted terrorist to White House visitor. His ruthless pragmatism is his signature and we discussed this in some detail, including his relations with the Kurdish SDF, with Turkey, Israel and the regional states, as well as with the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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EMERGENCY EPISODE: Maduro, Chavez, Delcy Rodriguez and where we're going in Venezuela

EMERGENCY EPISODE: Maduro, Chavez, Delcy Rodriguez and where we're going in Venezuela

Catherine Royle was Britain's Ambassador to Venezuela, making one of very few people to have met and worked with all of Nicolas Maduro, his predecessor Hugo Chavez and Maduro's (perhaps temporary) suc...

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A Storm of Princes: Saudi Arabia and the UAE fight over South Yemen

A Storm of Princes: Saudi Arabia and the UAE fight over South Yemen

A struggle over who controls South Yemen might not seem particularly important, but it's a proxy for a far bigger conflict that has been bubbling for years between two of the key countries in Gulf reg...

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The New Total War: Bob Seely on Russia's Strategy

The New Total War: Bob Seely on Russia's Strategy

From the revolutionary use of drones to staged coups, child abduction and psychological warfare, the war in Ukraine is like no other. It is a new form of total war, combining traditional military forc...

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America First: A New Era in Foreign Policy with Jonathan Terra

America First: A New Era in Foreign Policy with Jonathan Terra

In this episode, Arthur Snell and Dr. Jonathan Terra delve into the Trump administration's National Security Strategy, exploring its ideological underpinnings, rejection of globalism, and implications...

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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 milita...

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Ukraine Crisis: Will Trump Force Moscow's Deal on Zelenskyy?

Ukraine Crisis: Will Trump Force Moscow's Deal on Zelenskyy?

I spoke to Quiet Riot regular Alex Andreou as well as Iuliia Osmolowska, former senior Ukrainian diplomat now running the GLOBSEC think tank office in Kyiv about the so-called 28-Point Peace Plan as w...

25 Nov 202554min

Are we living in an age of competitive authoritarianism?

Are we living in an age of competitive authoritarianism?

Sara Dorman of Edinburgh University spoke to me about the rising tide of authoritarianism around the world, and particularly the form of competitive authoritarianism. Learn more about your ad choices....

12 Nov 202547min

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