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Why are Gulf countries signing deals with Ukraine?
Episode 1488
As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, Gulf nations are seeking new defence partnerships.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar has signed deals with Ukraine …
2 months, 1 week ago
How are the Gulf state economies connected?
Episode 1487
The Iran war is hitting Gulf Arab nations hard, but with a wider impact in today's interlinked world.
As well as global oil and gas supplies, Gulf st…
2 months, 1 week ago
What are the red lines for both the US and Iran?
Episode 1486
Iran sets out its conditions for an end to the war — rejecting the US list of 15 demands. Tehran says they don't reflect reality, while Donald Trump …
2 months, 1 week ago
What strategy is Iran playing in the Gulf states and beyond?
Episode 1485
Iran has kept up attacks on neighbouring Gulf states and Israel, despite intense US and Israeli bombing, with senior Iranian figures assassinated. Th…
2 months, 1 week ago
What economic impacts will war with Iran have on Israel?
Episode 1484
Millions of Israelis forced to take shelter day and night, from repeated Iranian missile attacks. The economic shockwaves of the war Israel and the U…
2 months, 1 week ago
Have Israel, the US, and Iran broken international law during the war?
Episode 1483
Schools and hospitals bombed. Strikes on apartment buildings. Energy facilities targeted. And attacks on neighbouring states. Have Israel, the US, an…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Who's left running Iran?
Episode 1482
Who's left running Iran? Much of the top leadership has been assassinated but the country is still fighting. How has it been able to withstand such b…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Will the Houthis join Iran in its war against the US and Israel?
Episode 1481
The Yemeni armed group says it's ready for any developments in the ongoing confrontation. Given their proximity to the Red Sea, what could the Houthi…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
What are the global risks of turning energy sites into battlefields?
Episode 1480
Energy prices have soared since Israel attacked Iran's South Pars gas field. Iran has targeted oil and gas facilities in neighbouring countries since…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Israel's decades-long assassination policy becoming normalised?
Episode 1479
Israel assassinated Iran's supreme leader on the first day of the war — killing senior military, intelligence and political figures afterwards. For d…
2 months, 2 weeks ago