Episode #120 - Alastair Crooke and the Dysfun...

Santiago Capital's Brent Johnson returns to the podcast for a forward-looking chat about where we are in the flow of economic and politcal history on the eve of the mid-term elections in the US. Brent's got an insightful take on the tug of war going on between the Fed and the US ...  Show more

Ret. General and host of Dangerous Intellectuals Blaine Holt joins author EM Burlingame me for a open forum discussion on the current state of play as we head into the end of September and the eve of the escalatory season for the US mid-terms. Note: this episode was recorded on t ...  Show more

Today, we look at the tensions rising across the globe. Adam is joined by former head of the Foreign Office Sir Simon Fraser and the Sunday Times Chief Foreign Correspondent Christina Lamb. They discuss the shipping crisis in the Red Sea, the war in Ukraine and the possible retur ...  Show more

Is Western hegemony on the decline? Join our candid discussion with Alistair Crook on how global narratives are shifting and what this means for future power structures. #WesternSupremacy #InternationalRelations

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How important is the role of the international community in resolving conflict? Is peace possible in the Middle East? How relevant is the United Nations today? Rory and Alastair are joined by CEO of the Crisis Group, Dr Comfort Ero, to discuss all this and more in today's episode ...  Show more

Join Rory and Alastair as they discuss British scandals, moments of madness, civil service interventions, Starmer on Brexit, technocracy, global economic recession, tech bubbles, China and Taiwan, Xi Jinping, Britain's dwindling military, Lebedev, Elvis, Jimmy Carter and a tribut ...  Show more