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Trump Edition: American Emperor?
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, the world braces for what comes next. Every Friday, Battle Lines will turn its focus to the US and look a…
1 year, 2 months ago
Trump's mission for Ukraine and Taiwan & fragile Israel-Gaza ceasefire 'holding'
As the Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal comes into effect, we speak with Jotam Confino to hear why he thinks the deal is unlikely to hold and why Israelis…
1 year, 2 months ago
Gaza ceasefire: How Hamas and Israel's worst war changed history
Roland Oliphant and Venetia Rainey discuss the Gaza ceasefire, how the deal happened and what it means for Israel, Hamas, and the world. Plus: reacti…
1 year, 2 months ago
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon on Syria’s new leader, Russia’s quick exit and chemical weapons
The former British Army colonel and chemical weapons expert tells Venetia Rainey about his recent trip to Syria, his optimism about the country’s fut…
1 year, 2 months ago
The biggest threats to Western security in 2025
With no end in sight to conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar and many more places, 2025 promises to be at least as tumultuous as last year. So …
1 year, 2 months ago
Israel raids Gaza hospitals. Plus: inside a people-smuggling network
In late December Israeli forces raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, forcibly evacuating its wards of patients and medical staff and arr…
1 year, 2 months ago
The art of the war memoir
On another special episode of Battle Lines, Roland Oliphant and guests look at the war memoir. How have war memoirs shaped our understanding of wars?…
1 year, 3 months ago
The best war films of 2024
On this special end of year episode, Roland Oliphant is joined by The Telegraph's Chief Film Critic Robbie Collin to look back at the best war films …
1 year, 3 months ago
Why the Aztecs lost the war with the Spanish
In another special episode looking back at history, Venetia Rainey talks with the author of ‘Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs’, a book that cam…
1 year, 3 months ago
Who was Napoleon's greatest general?
On this special episode of Battle Lines, Roland Oliphant and guests tackle the late David Knowles’ favourite conversational gambit: Who is your favou…
1 year, 3 months ago