No Negotiations, Only Demands | Iran War, April 6 Deadline & Israel in Lebanon
There are no negotiations in the current war with Iran — only the exchange of demands.This week’s Brief breaks down the reality behind U.S. claims of diplomacy, Trump’s April 6 deadline, and the milit...
27 Mar 13min
Richard Falk | Why International Law Doesn’t Restrain Power
Richard Falk reflects on the structure of international law and its relationship to power in today’s world.A former UN Special Rapporteur and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, Falk has spent...
22 Mar 1h
The Day America Stopped Leading | NATO, Hormuz, and the Cuba Shock
In this week’s Brief, we examine a turning point in the global order - not driven by war or economic collapse, but by a visible shift in how power is exercised.From the Munich Security Conference to t...
20 Mar 14min
Is International Law Still Relevant? | Mona Ali Khalil
In this episode of Frontlines & Backrooms, we speak with Mona Ali Khalil, a veteran public international lawyer and former Senior Legal Officer at the United Nations, about the growing crisis facing t...
15 Mar 1h 2min
Hormuz Is Closed: Oil Shock, China’s Dilemma and a War Spreading Across the Gulf
The Strait of Hormuz - the narrow waterway through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil passes - is effectively closed.Ship traffic has collapsed, oil prices are surging, and the conflict in the G...
13 Mar 12min
Iran — The Next Iraq or Something Far Worse? | Frontlines & Backrooms Brief
This week’s Frontlines & Backrooms Brief examines the escalating crisis around Iran — from competing narratives about the nuclear program to the broader regional and global consequences.While politica...
6 Mar 13min
BRIEF #11 | Trump’s State of the Union and Europe’s Strategic Crisis
Five years after the war in Ukraine began, Europe gathered in Kyiv to project unity. But beneath the symbolism, structural fractures are widening, from Hungary and Slovakia’s defiance to the rise of t...
27 Feb 18min
Nathan Brown | The Palestinian Leadership Crisis Explained
The Palestinian Authority crisis is no longer abstract.The broader Palestinian leadership crisis now exposes a deeper generational rupture.In this episode, Professor Nathan Brown analyzes the erosion ...
22 Feb 44min
