Podcast Episodes

Live from Delphi: What’s brewing in the Eastern Mediterranean?

With the change of the past 12 months, we ask experts: what does Turkey want in the Eastern Mediterranean? Is Cyprus actually solvable? And do we understand how the Middle East is being reshaped?

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Published on 8 months ago

Explainer 464: The threats facing Ecuador: real or invented?

Ecuadorian officials have placed the country on high alert, claiming imminent terrorist attacks and presidential assassination attempts. There is, however, very little evidence of these dangers. This…

Published on 8 months ago

Live from Delphi: has the sun set on the transatlantic relationship?

In fewer than 100 days in power, Donald Trump has upended his country’s historic alliance with Europe, told the continent that it can no longer rely on security guarantees from the US and launched a …

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Explainer 463: Why is a UK MP facing corruption charges in Bangladesh?

Nepo-corruption or a politically motivated smear? Andrew Mueller explains why Bangladesh has issued a warrant for the arrest of UK MP Tulip Siddiq. 

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Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Live from Delphi: how to respond to Trump’s trade war

In the days before this year’s edition of the Delphi Economic Forum, Donald Trump launched, and then only partially retreated from, a global trade war in which the EU was a target. Reporting from Del…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Explainer 462: Is Mali and Algeria’s feud really about drones?

Andrew Mueller explains why what could have been a minor diplomatic dispute has sparked a massive feud between Mali and Algeria. 

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Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Why has Israel gone back to war?

As the ceasefire in Gaza falls apart, Tahani Mustafa, Nimrod Goren and Faysal Itani join ‘The Foreign Desk’ to weigh possible paths forward. Is Netanyahu even interested in peace? How will Lebanon fa…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Explainer 461: Marine Le Pen and the movable feast of far-right law and order

This week Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement and banned from seeking public office for five years. Andrew Mueller explains why the far right cares deeply about law and order – until its own …

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Is Erdoğan’s crackdown backfiring?

Hundreds of thousands of protestors have poured onto Turkey’s streets after president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his authorities arrested Istanbul mayor and presidential candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu. Sinc…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Explainer 460: Jeffrey Goldberg has exited the war chat

As the US government scrambles to explain why the editor in chief of ‘The Atlantic’ was added to a group chat discussing war plans, Andrew Mueller considers just how serious a security breach this is…

Published on 9 months ago