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Why Iran Isn’t Breaking: Vali Nasr on Pain, Patience and the Uprising That Isn’t Coming
Despite the intensity of the US-Israel bombing campaign, Iran’s regime, now under a new supreme leader, hasn’t given President Donald Trump the “unco…
4 months, 1 week ago
Middle East Expert Bernard Haykel on the Three Futures for Iran After the Strikes
Within 24 hours of the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, a host of other countries were drawn into the latest conflict in the Middle East.
Iran retalia…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
WHO Chief Tedros on Covid, China and Texting RFK Jr
When President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, one of his first acts was to sign an executive order withdrawing the US from the W…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Creator Maggie Kang on the Global Hit No One Saw Coming
“KPop Demon Hunters” is the brainchild of Korean-Canadian animator Maggie Kang. It’s Netflix’s biggest-ever film and follows Rumi, Mira and Zoey, mem…
5 months ago
Bonus Episode: The Andrew Story
The Feb. 19 arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of King Charles, puts the British Royal Family into uncharted territory. The former Pri…
5 months ago
Author Andrey Kurkov on Winter in Kyiv and Why Putin Won’t Stop
This winter has been exceptionally brutal in Ukraine. Already the coldest in more than a decade, it’s been made worse by Russian attacks on energy in…
5 months, 1 week ago
David Miliband on Global Disorder, Labour’s ‘Mistakes’ and Deploying $1 Billion on Crises
In 2007 when he was UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband delivered an address to the Labour Party conference. He described a world with “fewer countr…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Netflix’s ‘Cover-Up’ Director Laura Poitras on ICE, ‘Domestic Terrorists’ and US Surveillance
The killing of two US citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis has made January a dark month for many across America. Both Alex Pretti and Renee Goo…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Rutger Bregman Is Thinking About Billionaires, the US Versus Europe and Saving the World
Rutger Bregman knows what appearing at Davos can do for your profile. His reputation was made when he went there in 2019 and attacked the rich. The c…
6 months ago
Jeanne Shaheen Is Pressing For Answers on Venezuela, Greenland and Iran
What is Donald Trump’s plan for Venezuela? Does he have one? Will he go beyond threats in supporting the uprising in Iran or invading Greenland?
Jean…
6 months, 1 week ago