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Back to SearchThe REAL reason Xi Jinping called Zelensky
Episode 178
He's spoken to Vladimir Putin five times since the war started - but this was the first time he picked up the phone to Ukraine's Volodymir Zelensky. …
2 years, 10 months ago
Poverty vs Climate Change - The World Bank's Dilemma
Episode 177
During the last week, a major summit that was supposed to advance climate onto the World Bank agenda hit an impasse. Meanwhile, China is rapidly gain…
2 years, 10 months ago
The dismal truth revealed by the US intel leak
Episode 176
A hugely significant leak of US intelligence has dominated the week ... and it's one unlike any that came before it. But what's really interesting, i…
2 years, 10 months ago
Trump Indictment - America Gambles Bigly
Episode 175
Some reflections on the week that saw former president Donald Trump appearing in criminal court for the first - but surely not the last - time. Is th…
2 years, 10 months ago
China makes its move on Ukraine
Episode 174
China’s Xi Jinping to visit Putin in Moscow as China outflanks the US on the world stage. Silicon Valley Bank, Credit Suisse – is the world economic …
2 years, 11 months ago
Nordstream sabotage - now it's getting weird
Episode 173
Suggestions come from US intelligence that a pro-Ukraine group was responsible for the Nord Stream pipeline explosions. We learn that the UK governme…
2 years, 11 months ago
UK Covid lockdown mistakes revealed
Episode 172
It’s retro news week, apparently. A massive leak of whatsapp text messages from the heart of government shows the unedifying reality of the UK’s resp…
3 years ago
Are we inevitably drifting towards technocracy?
Episode 171
Last week, the former UK Labour prime minister Tony Blair, and the former would-be Conservative prime minister William Hague produced a joint report…
3 years ago
One year on - Not where we wanted to be
Episode 170
The world marks the one year anniversary of the start of the Ukraine war with big speeches on all sides saying nothing new. China puts itself forward…
3 years ago
Will Russia or Ukraine exhaust themselves first?
Episode 169
As the anniversary of the start of the Ukraine war approaches both sides burn through their resources at a rapid rate. The EU’s corruption crisis con…
3 years ago