China protests test the limits of Xi Jinping’s authority
Severe lockdowns associated with China’s zero-Covid policy have combined with economic woes to incite the most widespread protests since Tiananmen Square. President Xi Jinping is now under pressure to...
1 Dec 202219min
90,000 migrants arrive in Italian ports
Italy has become one of the main entry points to the EU for irregular migrants but its new nationalist prime minister Giorgia Meloni has taken a hard line and is demanding Europe do more to help.Why h...
24 Nov 202219min
Brazil’s Lula joins leftist leaders pushing for change in Latin America
Brazil joins a group of Latin American countries that have elected leftwing leaders. What kind of change will they bring to the region and its relations with the rest of the world? Michael Stott, the ...
17 Nov 202229min
How the Ukraine war reshaped US alliances
Thomas Wright, director of strategic planning at the National Security Council in the Biden White House, tells Gideon how the war in Ukraine changed US thinking about the need for broader alliances.Cl...
10 Nov 202227min
US midterms: Republicans on the rise
Joe Biden’s Democrats look set to lose control of Congress in this month's elections. But many of the Republicans poised to take office support Donald Trump's claim that the last presidential election...
3 Nov 202226min
Xi consolidates his rule as economic problems mount
Gideon talks to economist Linda Yueh of Oxford university about recent dramatic developments at the Chinese Communist party’s congress in Beijing. They discuss what the growing centralisation in China...
27 Okt 202231min
US-Saudi ties at an all-time low
There was outrage in Washington over Saudi Arabia’s decision to back Opec output cuts during a global energy crisis. What was the kingdom’s motive for putting its strategic partnership with the US at ...
20 Okt 202227min
Russia's nuclear threat
Ukrainian cities have faced an onslaught of missiles from Russia this week in retaliation for the attack on the Kerch bridge that links Russia with occupied Crimea. Russia has threatened to go further...
13 Okt 202229min
