Is peace in Sudan possible?
The conflict between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began more than two and a half years ago. This week, the prime minister presented a peace plan to the United Nations Security Counci...
24 Feb 27min
What are Saudi Arabia's plans in southern Yemen?
The United States has realised it cannot keep “trying to police the whole world”, argues Victor Gao, the vice president of the Center for China and Globalization in Beijing.
20 Feb 28min
What are the implications of the US kidnap of Nicolas Maduro?
US special forces capture Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro - in a daring attack that's taken the country and the world by surprise. He'd denied accusations by president Donald Trump of heading a n...
17 Feb 28min
Is the US unlocking Venezuela's oil wealth or exploiting it?
A nation with the world's largest oil reserves, Venezuela is now at the centre of a high-stakes economic power play over energy supply - with global ramifications. The United States says it will contr...
14 Feb 28min
How Trump sold the attack on Venezuela
After months of Washington - with the help of much of the US mainstream media - manufacturing consent for a military intervention in Venezuela, last week American forces abducted the country’s preside...
10 Feb 24min
MeToo Founder on Epstein and sexual violence: “survivors are easy to sacrifice”
In 2017, a reckoning over sexual violence called “#MeToo” swept the globe. Eight years later, has the movement done enough for survivors? And what will it take for some of the world’s most powerful me...
7 Feb 25min
What might the US action in Venezuela mean for Cuba?
Venezuela's closest ally Cuba is on edge after the capture of president Nicolas Maduro and US politicians' warnings to Havana. US president Donald Trump says Cuba is near collapse. So what are Washing...
3 Feb 27min
The British Empire’s formula: Sea, trade and control
A masterclass in maritime power and corporate reach. From the legacy of the Armada to the rise of the East India Company, Britain fuses naval supremacy with global trade control and divide-and-rule go...
31 Jan 25min
