COP26: climate goals at stake in Glasgow

Gideon Rachman speaks to historian and author Simon Sebag Montefiore about his new book, The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East. They discuss the forces that shaped the region, from the Ottoman Empire and Ataturk to the ongoing tensions between the US, Israel and Iran ...  Afficher plus

Gideon talks to Vali Nasr, author of Iran’s Grand Strategy and professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, about how the balance of power in the Middle East is changing. After six months of on-off hostilities, Nasr argues, Iran’s core aims are unchanged ...  Afficher plus

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With so much at stake globally, Yahoo News’ own David Knowles and Ben Adler discuss what to expect during the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland as well as what to look forward to in this new podcast series. See acast.com/privacy for privac ...  Afficher plus

As delegates from almost two hundred nations gather in Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference, the stakes couldn't be higher. But can the conference succeed if the leaders of some of the world's biggest polluting nations haven't even turned up?This podcast was brought to you th ...  Afficher plus

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

https://www.ft.com/content/42928696-226a-4d50-9a49-4ee16f8b107f

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