The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas has now passed the 100 day mark. On the 14 January Alona Ferber attended the Jewish Labour Movement conference, which happened to take place on the 100th day of the war. In this podcast she speaks with S

How will elections shape the world in 2024?

Jan 8th, 2024 28m 18s

In 2024 countries with more than 4 billion people will be sending their citizens to the polls. The US, Russia, and India to name a few; this is set to be the biggest election year in history. In this episode of the podcast Anoosh Chakelian is j

What does it mean to be Jewish and on the left today?

1 Dec 16th, 2023 58m 45s

Earlier this month we published a magazine with the cover ‘Being Jewish Now’. At this time of crisis in the Middle East, with divisions over the Gaza war and rising anti-Semitism, we asked a group of writers, thinkers, and activists to reflect

Iran's interest in Israel, with former ambassador John Jenkins

Nov 18th, 2023 28m 5s

Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah – all of whom operate out of Beirut’s southern suburbs – have coordinated their positions in various ways for years in pursuit of what they see as the greater good.John Jenkins, former British ambassador to Saudi Arabi

NEW: Will the Israel Gaza war spread to the wider Middle East?

Oct 17th, 2023 27m 23s

**NEW EPISODE**As Israel prepares a ground attack on Gaza, Katie Stallard is joined by Alona Ferber and Professor Lina Khatib to explore the wider geo-political situation in the Middle East - including mounting violence on Israel's west bank an

A message to World Review listeners

Aug 21st, 2023 1m 14s

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World Review is on hiatus

Jun 8th, 2023 46s

We won't be releasing regular World Review episodes any more. Interviews about the biggest foreign affairs stories will now be included as part of a rotation of interviews on the New Statesman podcast, available wherever you listen to podcasts.

Are China and the EU headed for a trade war? With Bruno Maçães

Jun 5th, 2023 25m 51s

As the European Union weighs new sanctions on Chinese companies, which could be announced later this week, Katie Stallard speaks to Bruno Maçães, a former Portuguese Europe minister andthe New Statesman's foreign affairs correspondent,about his

Is the war coming home to Russia?

Jun 1st, 2023 23m 50s

On Tuesday (30 May), several drones damaged buildings in Moscow in by far the largest attack on the Russian capital since the war in Ukraine began. Kyiv denies carrying out the strikes – at least one of which affected Rublyovka, a wealthy subur

How the Russia’s war on Ukraine will change the world, with Serhii Plokhy

May 29th, 2023 32m 26s

This week our guest is the historian Serhii Plokhy, a professor and the director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard and the author of a number of books, including his latest, The Russo-Ukrainian War. He speaks to Megan Gibson about

Is the National Conservatism conference a glimpse into Britain’s future?

May 25th, 2023 24m 20s

Last week British adherents – including several prominent ministers – of a traditionalist political movement with origins in post-Trump US politics attended the National Conservatism conference in London. It is a major influence in America but

How can Putin be put on trial? With Philippe Sands

May 22nd, 2023 21m 47s

With international arrest warrants now active against Vladimir Putin, Ido Vock speaks to Philippe Sands, professor at UCL, about his attempts to force a prosecution of the Russian president. They discuss the crime of aggression, whether interna

What is at stake in Ukraine’s counter-offensive?

May 18th, 2023 21m 41s

The Ukrainian army this week announced gains around Bakhmut, its first substantive advances in about six months. That progress has prompted analysts to ask: has Ukraine’s much-vaunted counter-offensive already begun? Not yet, perhaps. But it is

The shifting geopolitics of Central Asia – with Raffaello Pantucci

May 15th, 2023 24m 6s

Fourteen months into Russia’s war against Ukraine, Katie Stallard speaks to Raffaello Pantucci, senior fellow at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore and the co-author of Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire, about how

The power politics of Victory Day

May 11th, 2023 27m 45s

Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, oversaw a muted parade in Moscow for Victory Day on 9 May, which celebrates the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany. Where in previous years there have been grand shows of military might, this year th

The new space race – with Tim Marshall

May 8th, 2023 1h 20m

With a new era of great-power competition taking shape on Earth, Katie Stallard speaks to the journalist and author Tim Marshall about his new book The Future of Geography and the next geopolitical battleground: space. They discuss how the Cold

The US is running out of money: what happens next?

May 4th, 2023 27m 44s

Republicans in the US House of Representatives passed legislation last week that would increase the US debt ceiling only in exchange for significant spending cuts, and the repeal of some of Joe Biden’s key legislative achievements. The presiden

Noam Chomsky: Don't underestimate the risk of nuclear war

May 1st, 2023 33m 43s

Ido Vock speaks to the American linguist Noam Chomsky, one of the world’s most prominent commentators on international politics since the Vietnam War. A trenchant critic of American foreign policy, Chomsky explains what he thinks the US is gett

The roots of the conflict in Sudan

Apr 27th, 2023 26m 52s

A three-day ceasefire has allowed some countries to evacuate their citizens from Sudan, where rival military factions have been fighting since 15 April. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan’s de facto leader, has long been in a bitter power st

Should we call Giorgia Meloni a fascist? With David Broder

Apr 24th, 2023 35m 2s

Six months after Giorgia Meloni, leader of the post-fascist Fratelli d’Italia party, became prime minister, Megan Gibson speaks to the historian and author David Broder about how Meloni has governed. They discuss whether she has confounded expe

Xi and Putin: are there limits to the “no limits” friendship?

Apr 20th, 2023 34m 37s

Since the start of the war in Ukraine last year, there has been a strong focus on the China-Russia relationship – and on whether Xi Jinping might be preparing to distance himself from Russia, or, as Emmanuel Macron hopes, to pressure Putin to e

Why Russia arrested Evan Gershkovich, with Pjotr Sauer

Apr 17th, 2023 17m 7s

Nearly three weeks ago Russia arrested the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, accusing him of spying. Ido Vock speaks to Pjotr Sauer, a reporter on Russia for the Guardian who worked with Gershkovich at the Moscow Times, about the a

What should Europe’s position on Taiwan be?

Apr 13th, 2023 28m 17s

Returning from a trip to Beijing, Emmanuel Macron, the French president, attracted international criticism when he told reporters that when it comes to Taiwan, Europe should resist becoming “America’s followers”.Megan Gibson in London and Ido V

What we get wrong about Taiwan, with Paul Huang

Apr 10th, 2023 21m 23s

Last week Tsai Ing-wen, president of Taiwan, and Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, met in California. Katie Stallard speaks to Paul Huang, a research fellow at the Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation and a journalist,

The people of the state of New York vs Donald Trump

Apr 6th, 2023 34m 50s

On Tuesday, the former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records, amid allegations that he orchestrated hush-money payments to two women before the 2016 election. Katie Stallard in Washington DC,