How strong is the Islamic State?

Life in Europe's coronavirus hotspots: Foreign affairs columnist Gideon Rachman discusses how the coronavirus epidemic has been handled in Italy and Spain with the local FT correspondents, Miles Johnson in Rome and Daniel Dombey in Madrid. How are citizens reacting to the lockdow ...  Show more

In this special episode from Hong Kong, Gideon Rachman talks to Regina Ip, a member of the territory's Executive Council and Legislative Council, and to student activist Joshua Wong about the continuing protests and what happens next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo ...  Show more

So-called Islamic State is on the run. Caught in a pincer movement in Syria and Iraq, the group has lost large swathes of territory over the past year. With its revenues and numbers of fighters also dwindling, the demise of the caliphate appears all but unavoidable. And yet many ...  Show more

On this week's episode, Director of MEI's Syria and Countering Terrorism and Extremism Programs Charles Lister speaks with MEI Editor-in-Chief Alistair Taylor on the resurgence of the Islamic State, or ISIS, in Syria and Iraq. This episode is the first in a several-part series lo ...  Show more

Fears abound in the Middle East that the crisis there may intensify as the US re-designates Yemen's Houthis as a global terrorist entity. Of course, all roads lead back to Israel and Gaza, where, according to the health ministry in Gaza, more than 1% of the enclave's population h ...  Show more

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What a brazen Islamic State prison break reveals about the strength of the terrorist group. Plus, amid uncertainty over the future of </span>Roe v. ...