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Losing Gaza
“We cannot know what sort of human beings will emerge from this.”
Following Hamas’s deadly attack on 7 October 2023, Israel’s military r...
Susan Neiman: "It's not about being pro-Israel or pro-Palestine, but pro-human rights"
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 conferenc...
How will elections shape the world in 2024?
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...
What does it mean to be Jewish and on the left today?
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...
Iran's interest in Israel, with former ambassador John Jenkins
Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah – all of whom operate out of Beirut’s southern suburbs – have coordinated their positions in various ways for years in pursu...
NEW: Will the Israel Gaza war spread to the wider Middle East?
**NEW EPISODE**
As Israel prepares a ground attack on Gaza, Katie Stallard is joined by Alona Ferber and Professor Lina Khatib to explore the wi...
A message to World Review listeners
Listen to Katie Stallard and Megan Gibson's discussion on Russia's war on the future here: https://shows.acast.com/newstatesman/episodes/russias-war-o...
World Review is on hiatus
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 r...
Are China and the EU headed for a trade war? With Bruno Maçães
As the European Union weighs new sanctions on Chinese companies, which could be announced later this week, Katie Stallard speaks to Bruno Maçães, a fo...
Is the war coming home to Russia?
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. Ky...
How the Russia’s war on Ukraine will change the world, with Serhii Plokhy
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 nu...
Is the National Conservatism conference a glimpse into Britain’s future?
Last week British adherents – including several prominent ministers – of a traditionalist political movement with origins in post-Trump US politics at...
How can Putin be put on trial? With Philippe Sands
With international arrest warrants now active against Vladimir Putin, Ido Vock speaks to Philippe Sands, professor at UCL, about his attempts to force...
What is at stake in Ukraine’s counter-offensive?
The Ukrainian army this week announced gains around Bakhmut, its first substantive advances in about six months. That progress has prompted analysts t...
The shifting geopolitics of Central Asia – with Raffaello Pantucci
Fourteen months into Russia’s war against Ukraine, Katie Stallard speaks to Raffaello Pantucci, senior fellow at the S Rajaratnam School of Internatio...
The power politics of Victory Day
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 Naz...
The new space race – with Tim Marshall
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 Th...
The US is running out of money: what happens next?
Republicans in the US House of Representatives passed legislation last week that would increase the US debt ceiling only in exchange for significant s...
Noam Chomsky: Don't underestimate the risk of nuclear war
Ido Vock speaks to the American linguist Noam Chomsky, one of the world’s most prominent commentators on international politics since the Vietnam War....
The roots of the conflict in Sudan
A three-day ceasefire has allowed some countries to evacuate their citizens from Sudan, where rival military factions have been fighting since 15 Apri...
Should we call Giorgia Meloni a fascist? With David Broder
Six months after Giorgia Meloni, leader of the post-fascist Fratelli d’Italia party, became prime minister, Megan Gibson speaks to the historian and a...
Xi and Putin: are there limits to the “no limits” friendship?
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 p...
Why Russia arrested Evan Gershkovich, with Pjotr Sauer
Nearly three weeks ago Russia arrested the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, accusing him of spying. Ido Vock speaks to Pjotr Sauer, a re...
What should Europe’s position on Taiwan be?
Returning from a trip to Beijing, Emmanuel Macron, the French president, attracted international criticism when he told reporters that when it comes t...
What we get wrong about Taiwan, with Paul Huang
Last week Tsai Ing-wen, president of Taiwan, and Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, met in California. Katie Stallard speaks...
The people of the state of New York vs Donald Trump
On Tuesday, the former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records, amid allegations that he orchestrated...
Why the Russian Orthodox Church supports the war in Ukraine, with Katherine Kelaidis
As the Ukraine war continues, one of the strongest supporters of Vladimir Putin has been Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church. Kather...
Israel chaos: has Benjamin Netanyahu lost control?
On Monday, after protests swept the country and trade unions threatened major strikes, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced that he...
Are the Israeli protests the end of Benjamin Netanyahu?
Protests continue in Israel and many trade unions have called immediate strikes over Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed reforms to the judiciary, which cri...
Best friends forever? What we learned from Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin’s meeting in Moscow
On Wednesday Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin signed a joint statement in Moscow promising to deepen their strategic partnership and stressing the import...
Macron’s pensions gamble, with Georgina Wright
The French president Emmanuel Macron’s government narrowly survived a confidence vote after it invoked a contentious article of the constitution to ov...
Will the Iranian protesters succeed? With Dina Nayeri
As protests against the Iranian regime continue, Megan Gibson speaks to the award-winning writer Dina Nayeri, whose latest book is Who Gets Believed W...
Why did Silicon Valley Bank collapse?
Over the weekend, Silicon Valley Bank, a lender to some of the biggest names in the technology world, became the largest bank to fail since the 2008 f...
How Russian propaganda works, with Jade McGlynn
One year into Russia's war against Ukraine, Katie Stallard speaks to Jade McGlynn, an expert on Russian propaganda and memory politics, about how the...
French strikes: will pension reform undo Emmanuel Macron?
On Tuesday (7 March), hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to protest Emmanuel Macron’s attempts to raise the retirement age. Workers i...
How China lost Europe – with Andrew Small
Following a flurry of Chinese diplomatic efforts in Europe, culminating in a visit to the Munich Security Conference on 18 February by Wang Yi, the co...
Axis of Autocrats: Putin, Xi and Lukashenko
The president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko met with China’s leader Xi Jinping in Beijing this week. A staunch ally of Vladimir Putin, Lukashenko wo...
The big consultancy con, with Mariana Mazzucato
Megan Gibson speaks to the economist and author Mariana Mazzucato, professor at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. The Big Con is he...
Kyiv stands, Putin doubles down, China talks peace
Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday (20 February) to demonstrate what he called America’s “unwavering support” for Ukraine’s war effort....
War in Ukraine – one year on. A World Review roundtable
As Ukraine marks one year since Russia’s invasion, Ido Vock is joined by Ukrainian journalist and broadcaster Maria Romanenko, military expert Mark Ga...