Behind Sri Lanka’s economic collapse
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan president, has been forced to resign amid mass protests over his mismanagement of the economy. The country is suffering runaway inflation and shortages of food, fuel...
18 Juli 202223min
What does Boris Johnson’s resignation mean for UK foreign policy?
The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, resigned as Conservative Party leader last week, bowing to pressure after more than 50 government resignations. Emily Tamkin in Israel and Katie Stallard in ...
14 Juli 202235min
What does Yair Lapid as prime minister mean for Israel?
Just hours after Israel’s parliament dissolved itself on 30 June 2022, Yair Lapid became Israel’s 14th prime minister. He will act as interim leader until the upcoming elections in November this year....
11 Juli 202223min
Has the US given up on ever stopping gun violence?
After another mass shooting in the US, politicians seem resigned to these incidents happening again and again. Emily Tamkin and Katie Stallard in Washington DC are joined by Megan Gibson in London to ...
7 Juli 202234min
What Trump and Putin got wrong, with Marie Yovanovitch
The former US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, talks to Emily Tamkin about how Russia and the world underestimated Ukraine’s resolve ahead of former’s February invasion, and how the West need...
4 Juli 202223min
How will the end of Roe vs Wade transform America?
On Friday 24 June, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, a 1973 decision that guaranteed the right to an abortion. Emily Tamkin and Katie Stallard in Washington DC are joined by Jeremy Cliffe i...
30 Juni 202237min
China’s broken promises on Hong Kong, with Chris Patten
It is twenty-five years since the handover of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule in 1997, when Beijing promised that Hong Kongers’ freedoms would be protected for 50 years. Katie Stallard speaks t...
27 Juni 202234min
BONUS EPISODE: Will the world end its addiction to growth? With the Club of Rome
In 1972 the Club of Rome published the Limits to Growth report: a pioneering document on the extent to which the Earth's natural resources can support rates of industrialisation and population growth....
24 Juni 202231min
