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...
3 Dec 202538min
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
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...
18 Nov 202546min
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
Emily Thornberry on British Foreign Policy
As Behind the Lines formally announces joining the Cooler Heads podcast family, making us now the little brother to the massive success that is Quiet Riot - the brilliant politics podcast with Alex A...
5 Nov 202556min
Classic Behind the Lines: Disinformation in the Trump Era with Nina Jankowicz
Back in January I spoke to Nina Jankowicz, a disinformation expert, about what the Trump era would portend. Her views proved remarkably prescient and I thought it would be of further interest now. C...
28 Okt 20251h 1min
Gaza - where are we now? with Michael Stephens
The Trump deal for Gaza, announced with great pomp and ceremony appeared to lead very quickly to a resumption of hostilities. Has Trump or even his administration got a plan for seeing this through, o...
23 Okt 202548min
Emma Briant on the Age of Disinformation
Professor Emma Briant is a prolific and important researcher on disinformation and information warfare, some of the most things in our age. She has frequent been asked to give evidence to parliaments ...
14 Okt 202552min
