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Cuba 'very close' to regime change: John Bolton on Trump, Venezuela and Iran
For sixty years Washington and Havana have been having a geopolitical tango fuelled by obsession and ideology. The island nation of Cuba has been a s…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Drugs, HIV and gangs: the Pacific island paradise hit by a triple epidemic
Drugs and gangs have created an explosion in HIV cases in Fiji.
This week on Battle Lines: Global Health Security, Arthur Scott-Geddes is joined by Sa…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The 'super secret' Chagos island airbase at heart of Trump-Starmer row
The British Indian Ocean Territory, AKA the Chagos Islands is home to the American super-base of Diego Garcia. Located on the largest island in the a…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Trump’s Iran plan: 'kick the door in' and hit the regime where it hurts
The drumbeat of war in the Middle East is getting louder - and once again it’s Iran in America’s crosshairs.
A second round of talks over Iran’s alleg…
8 months ago
Frog poison, tear gas and Novichok: Inside Russia’s chemical weapons programme
Two years ago, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in a Siberian penal colony. There was an outcry and many suspected foul play, but nothin…
8 months ago
North Korea 'names' 13-year-old nuclear heiress & inside Europe’s race to rearm
North Korea’s dynasty dictatorship has taken on a new leather clad, second-in-command. Reports from South Korea have suggested that Kim Jong Un’s dau…
8 months ago
Vance’s ‘Enemy Within’: How the US shocked Europe into rearmament
A year ago, JD Vance gave an explosive speech at the Munich Security Conference. It marked a fundamental shift in the relationship between the US and…
8 months, 1 week ago
Trump’s 9 million death gamble: One year since he axed USAID
Nearly a year after Donald Trump shuttered USAID, the world is still reckoning with the consequences. But what really happened next?
Venetia Rainey ex…
8 months, 1 week ago
Project Vault: Trump's battle to break China’s critical mineral stranglehold
Donald Trump has moved the war for critical minerals from the margins of policy to the heart of great power rivalry. In this episode of Battle Lines,…
8 months, 1 week ago
'Copy Ukraine's defence model and reduce China dependency to survive'
Was Peter Mandelson's appointment as UK ambassador to the US a national security risk? Should the US and UK bomb Iran to spark regime change? Will Na…
8 months, 2 weeks ago