Ep.290: Xi da Putin: amici come prima

Ep.932: La Repubblica Islamica è un sistema sofisticato, costruito per sopravvivere alla morte di un singolo uomo. Ma la morte di Khamenei non è una successione, è la fine di un’era. Da presidente prima e da Guida suprema poi, Khamenei ha preso tutte le decisioni che contano in 4 ...  Show more

Ep.931: Gli iraniani che speravano in un intervento straniero contro il regime erano spinti a chiedersi: è più letale un regime capace di uccidere migliaia di noi in 48 ore o una campagna di bombardamenti americani che non sai quanti civili uccide? Nelle prime ore dell’attacco al ...  Show more

As Xi Jinping, China’s leader, meets with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow this week, Chinese officials have been presenting his trip as a mission of peace. But American and European officials are watching for something else altogether — whether Mr. Xi will add ...

Last week, the Chinese leader Xi Jinping completed a three-day visit to Moscow, his first since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Before the war, Xi and Vladimir Putin had famously announced a “friendship without limits”. But it is unclear whether that relationship is pure ...  Show more

Day 310. Today, as Putin announces that China's leader Xi Jinping will be visiting Russia in the New Year, we discuss what this meeting means for the war in Ukraine. Plus, we reflect on the 100 year anniversary of the birth of the Soviet Union and what it can tell us about the cu ...  Show more

Ben and guest host Max Fisher talk about the latest headlines on the Russia/Ukraine war, including Putin’s refusal to sign a new grain deal with Turkey’s Erdogan, a rumored visit by Kim Jong Un, more drones in Russian airspace, and a rise in pro-Russian disinformation in Europ ...