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What to Watch at the UN General Assembly, plus Ukraine’s Kharkiv Offensive and the Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Clashes
Season 3 Episode 2
World leaders are gathering this week in New York for UN General Assembly week, in an event that looks set to be overshadowed by Russia’s war in Ukra…
3 years, 9 months ago
Iraq’s Political Crisis, Moqtada al-Sadr and a Divided Shia House
Season 3 Episode 1
Almost a year since Iraq’s parliamentary elections in October 2021, the country’s political parties have struggled to form a new government. Despite …
3 years, 9 months ago
Season Finale: Ukraine and an Unsettling Few Months in Global Politics
Season 2 Episode 41
In a special Hold Your Fire! episode to mark the end of Season Two, Richard Atwood speaks first to Olga Oliker, Crisis Group’s Europe and Central Asi…
3 years, 11 months ago
India’s Response to Russia’s War in Ukraine
Season 2 Episode 40
Since late February, when Russian forces crossed the Ukrainian border en masse, India has steered what it portrays as a neutral course on the war. It…
3 years, 11 months ago
Finland’s NATO Application, Western Policy in Ukraine and the War’s Global Fallout
Season 2 Episode 39
NATO leaders meeting next week in Madrid have a lot on their agendas. Russia’s war in Ukraine has entered its fifth month, with fierce fighting conti…
4 years ago
Rollercoaster Politics Ahead of Kenya's August Elections
Season 2 Episode 38
Kenya’s presidential race has been turned upside down. After a high-profile split with President Kenyatta, his deputy William Ruto – despite being in…
4 years ago
Peacemaking After Ukraine: A Look at Nagorno-Karabakh and Libya
Season 2 Episode 37
How much have the effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reverberated across other warzones? Moscow is involved in several of the world’s conflicts,…
4 years ago
Who is Rodolfo Hernández, Colombia’s “TikTok King”, and Can He Win the Presidency?
Season 2 Episode 36
Colombians decisively rejected mainstream political parties in the first round of their presidential election last week, with two anti-establishment …
4 years ago
New President in Somalia, New Opportunity for Reconciliation
Season 2 Episode 35
On 15 May, Somali lawmakers voted in new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. The peaceful vote and transfer of power drew a line under what had been a f…
4 years, 1 month ago
Shades of Jihad in Syria
Season 2 Episode 34
On 3 February, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that American special forces had killed the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), Abdullah Qardash, i…
4 years, 1 month ago