How one island shapes the US-China rivalry
The transformation of China in the past quarter of a century has seen the nation become one of the world’s dominant powers alongside the United States. At the centre of this changing global balance ...
23 Okt 202442min
Can democracies trust the Tech Titans?
Big Tech’s innovations have remade every aspect of everyday life – but its libertarian-fuelled political side is darker. Elon Musk has repurposed X/Twitter as an active part of Trump’s re-election cam...
16 Okt 202436min
Israel/Iran: Can America Stop A Regional War?
A year since Hamas’s attacks on Israel and the beginning of Israel’s devastation of Gaza, the conflict spills over to Lebanon – and brings Tel Aviv and Tehran into direct military confrontation. Gavi...
10 Okt 202430min
Israel / Iran: What the escalation means
After a week of drastic escalation in the conflict in the Middle East, what will come next? Recording on October 1st just as reports emerged from the US warning of the Iranian missile attack on Israe...
2 Okt 202424min
Israel and Hezbollah latest: Netanyahu's deadly gamble
Lebanon faces intensifying conflict after the deadly escalation in Israel’s rivalry with paramilitary group Hezbollah. An increasing series of skirmishes between Hezbollah and Israel has occurred si...
25 Sep 202428min
Are we facing a new nuclear arms race?
After decades of treaties and diplomacy curbing fears over the use of nuclear weaponry, does today’s conflicted world surface the threat of a new nuclear age? Following the brinkmanship of the Cold W...
18 Sep 202435min
How to take down the tyrants
What does it take to get rid of a dictator? How do these tyrannical figures cling onto power - and how does this power warp their decision-making? Can they ever know when someone is telling them the t...
11 Sep 202432min
The A.I. Trap
Artificial Intelligence is continuing to develop whether we like it or not. But how will it affect our lives, and what should we make of the endless doom-laden scenarios suggesting humans are about to...
4 Sep 202445min
