What is Biden’s policy in the Middle East?: Politics Weekly Extra
As the world witnesses the worst violence in Jerusalem since the 2014 war between Israel and...
What is Biden’s policy in the Middle East?: Politics Weekly Extra
As the world witnesses the worst violence in Jerusalem since the 2014 war between Israel and...
Biden makes friends with 'the west': Politics Weekly Extra
This week, guest host Rafael Behr puts some epoch-defining questions to the former US ambassador...
Does the world need the US any more? Politics Weekly Extra
After we were sent an interesting question by a listener, Jonathan Freedland asked Samantha...
Is John Bolton trying to drive Trump to war with Iran? – podcast
Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, was a key architect of the US invasion of...
Ukraine’s fight for funds to keep Russia at bay
As the Ukraine war heads into a new calendar year, the country is battling not just the Russian...
What Ukraine needs to change the course of the war
Ukraine has been granted a multibillion-dollar lifeline in military aid. But it will need more...
Havana syndrome: will we ever understand what happened?
In late 2016, US officials in Cuba’s capital began experiencing a mysterious and often...
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What happened to US diplomats in Cuba? – Science Weekly podcast
Ian Sample delves into a preliminary study of US embassy staff said to have been targeted by an...
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The end of Atlanticism: has Trump killed the ideology that won the cold war? – podcast
The foreign policy establishment has been lamenting its death for half a century. But Atlanticism...
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Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK – podcast
They fought for the Iranian revolution – and then for Saddam Hussein. The US and UK once...
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From the archive: The Machiavelli of Maryland – podcast
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years...
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How the US created a world of endless war
In 2008, many of Barack Obama’s supporters hoped he would bring the global war on terror to a...
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Is Putin proving the need for Western power? Politics Weekly America
This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Dr Shadi Hamid about why Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...
A huge week for US foreign policy: Politics Weekly America
This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the former US assistant secretary of state Philip Crowley...
Leon Panetta on the Afghanistan withdrawal, a year on: Politics Weekly America podcast
A year ago, American troops withdrew from Afghanistan after a 20-year war. The Taliban quickly...
Spy balloons, UFOs and a standoff with China: Politics Weekly America
This week, Jonathan Freedland and Julian Borger look into why a story about spy balloons launched...
The man who connected Bill Clinton and Gerry Adams: Politics Weekly America podcast
Next week, Joe Biden and Bill Clinton will arrive in Northern Ireland to join commemorations of...
Biden’s foreign policy agenda upended by Israel-Hamas war
In a TV speech on Tuesday Joe Biden pledged unwavering support for Israel after Hamas militants...
Henry Kissinger and the man who wanted to confront him
Henry Kissinger, the former secretary of state under Richard Nixon, died at the age of 100 this...
Would the US survive a second Trump presidency?
Last week, Donald Trump was asked whether he would use power as retribution if he were to win a...