The tragedy of Haiti and what we can learn from it
Professor Amalendu Misra of the University of Lancaster is an expert in Latin America and the Caribbean, notably Haiti. I spoke to him about the current crisis there and what it tells us about the wid...
30 Mar 202455min
World War Three? What might it look like?
Mike Martin (who is on Twitter and elsewhere @threshedthought) is one of the most insightful thinkers on conflict and geopolitics active today. He served in the army in Afghanistan with some distincti...
22 Mar 202445min
Is Democracy for Sale? with Peter Geoghegan
Is Democracy for Sale? The degree to which dark money, powerful interests and political power intersects in this country is startling and depressing. One of the most dogged chroniclers of this phenome...
15 Mar 202446min
REJOINIACS with Jacob Öberg
Returning to our occasional episodes on Britain's relationships with Europe and the EU, I spoke to EU law professor Jacob Öberg about how Britain could evolve its relationship with the EU in future, t...
8 Mar 202448min
Ukraine, Russia and the Crisis in Western Militaries
Frank Ledwidge is a War Studies academic, a former serviceman and an expert on military matters. He made several visits to Ukraine since the start of the current conflict and offers an incisive, clear...
1 Mar 202454min
Chemical Weapons, Poisons and Assassinations, with Dan Kaszeta
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 ...
24 Feb 20241h 4min
What Does Iran Want?
At the heart of much of the discussion of the multiple crises facing the Middle East is Iran, whose proxies are active across the region. But what is it that Iran itself wants? What is it trying to ac...
9 Feb 202443min
How to Solve a Problem Like the Houthis
Repeated airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen do not appear to have dampened their willingness or their ability to continue strikes against shipping. What are the appropriate responses to this d...
2 Feb 202455min
