All Episodes
Hold Your Fire! — 236 episodes
Special Episode: Will the Houthis Shut Down the Bab al-Mandab Strait?
Nuclear Deterrence in Europe (and another round of U.S. Ukraine-Russia diplomacy)
U.S.-Iran Diplomacy and Middle East Politics
Will “El Tigre” Colombia’s New President Launch Another War on Drugs?
What’s Happening in Afghanistan
Special Episode: U.S. and Iran Find an Off-ramp?
100 Days Later: Can Trump Find an Off Ramp in the Gulf?
India’s Kashmir and Manipur Conflicts and their Consequences
The Trump-Xi Summit: What Happened in Beijing?
A Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire and An Evolving Battlefield?
Jihadist and Separatist Rebels Gain Ground in Mali
Lebanon’s Uneasy Truce
What Hope for the U.S.-Iran Talks in Islamabad?
After Three Years of War in Sudan, What Hope for a Ceasefire?
From Bad to Disastrous: Will Trump Escalate in Iran?
Is Cuba Next?
Escalation or off-Ramp in the Gulf? And What Hope for a Ceasefire in Lebanon?
Operation Epic Folly? Trump’s and Netanyahu’s War on Iran
Special Episode: Regime Change or Regional War? U.S. and Israel Kill Iran’s Supreme Leader
Will Ethiopia and Eritrea Start a Regional War?
A Transport Route to Peace in the South Caucasus?
Phase Two in Gaza?
Norway’s FM Espen Barth Eide on Greenland, Iran, Trump’s Board of Peace and other crises
The Greenland Showdown and Board of Peace at Davos
What Next for Iran?
From Venezuela to Greenland? Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy
Special Episode: What Next for Venezuela?
Trump Brokers Rwanda-DR Congo Deal, Rwandan-backed Rebels Advance
Fighting on the Cambodia-Thailand Border
UN stamps Trump plan, Gaza in Limbo, Saudi Crown Prince in Washington
At Home and Away: President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Year in Power in Syria
Election Standoff Grips Cameroon and Jihadists Squeeze Mali’s Capital
Drug War or Regime Change? Trump’s Venezuela and Western Hemisphere Policy
Special Episode: What Does the RSF’s Seizure of El Fasher Mean for Sudan’s War?
What’s Next for the Houthis in Yemen?
Another South Asia Cross-Border Crisis: Afghan and Pakistani Forces Clash
Can a U.S.-Arab Roadmap Stop Sudan’s War?
Special Episode: Rob Malley on Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the wider Middle East
What to Make of Trump’s Gaza Plan?
What to Make of Trump’s Ukraine Diplomacy?
The UN’s Uncertain Future
The DR Congo-Rwanda Deal, Trump’s Mediation and African Politics
A Twelve-Day War, A New Middle East?
Special Episode: “Totally Obliterated”? Trump’s Iran Strikes and What Iran Might Do Now
Will he? Won’t he? The Trump Iran Show
Military Rulers and Jihadist Rebels in the Sahel
Special Episode: Israel Strikes Iran
Bomb the Cartels? Expel the Migrants? Reboot Monroe? Trump and Latin America
Bonus Episode: The New Scramble for Peace (and Minerals) in DR Congo
Netanyahu Against the World? Anger Mounts over Gaza’s Starvation
Until Next Time? The India-Pakistan Truce
Trump in the Gulf
What Hope Do the Ceasefire Proposal and Minerals Deal Offer Ukraine?
Will Myanmar’s Devastating Earthquake Impact its Civil War?
South Sudan on the Brink of Another War
Israel Goes Back to War in Gaza
Trump, France and European Security
What Does the PKK Ceasefire Mean for Türkiye, Iraq and Syria?
A Decisive Turn in Sudan’s War?
U.S. and Russia Start Ukraine Talks, Transatlantic Ties Unravel
How Will Trump Deal with Iran?
Trump’s Gaza Plan
Can Diplomacy Stop Rwandan-backed Rebels in the Eastern DRC?
What's Next for Syria?
Trump in Africa
North Korean Forces in Russia and North East Asia Security
Trump and the World
Strongmen and Geopolitical Jostling in Central Africa
The “Generals’ Plan”, Sinwar’s Death and a Year in Gaza
Can Either Trump or NATO Membership Help End the Ukraine War?
“Restoring Deterrence”: Dangerous Words in the Middle East
Will Israel’s Bombing Start an All-out War or Force Hizbollah Back from the Border?
The United Nations in a Divided World
What Hope for a Gaza Ceasefire and What Happens Without One?
Pakistan’s Political Standoff and Surging Militant Violence
Finland’s President Alexander Stubb on NATO, Europe’s Security and its Relations with the Rest of the World
Houthi Strikes, Red Sea Shipping and Yemen’s War
Ukraine and European Security
Türkiye in its Neighbourhood: “Strong in the Field, Strong at the Table”?
A Big Week for Democracy: Elections in India, South Africa and Mexico
Ruto in Washington: Kenya’s State Visit and the U.S.’s Africa Policy
Iranian President Raisi’s Sudden Death and the ICC Case Against Israeli and Hamas Leaders
South China Sea: The World’s Most Treacherous Waters?
War and Hunger in Gaza and Darfur
Egypt and Gaza: Cairo Talks, Sinai Fears
Could a Competitive Vote Offer a Way out of Venezuela’s Crisis?
Bonus Episode: Polarisation, Political Violence and the U.S. Elections
Out of the Shadows: Exchanges of Fire Between Iran and Israel
What’s Left of Sudan After a Year At War?
The Moscow Attack, Afghanistan’s Islamic State branch and the Ukraine War
Conferences in Germany, India and Türkiye and the Demise of Peace Deals
Haiti in Freefall
Starving Gaza
Military Rule and Russian Mercenaries in the Sahel
Great Lakes Politics and the Fight for the Eastern DR Congo
“Axis of Resistance” versus U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria
The Red Sea and the Horn
War of Attrition in Ukraine
Ten Conflicts to Watch in 2024
A New Phase in the War in Gaza?
Iran: Gaza, “Axis of Resistance” and Nuclear Calculations
What Threat Does the Rebel Offensive in Myanmar Pose to the Junta?
Will There Be a Day After for Gaza?
Sudan’s Collapse and the Demise of Peacemaking
What Hope for a Ceasefire in Gaza
Gaza, Ukraine and An Inflection Point in World Politics?
War in Gaza: To What End and At What Cost?
No Going Back? Hamas’s Atrocities and Another Catastrophe in Gaza
A Long War Looming in Sudan
Bonus Episode: What Egypt Wants in Sudan
Is This the End? Wagner in Russia, Ukraine and Africa
Blinken in Beijing: Will the Secretary of State's Visit Calm China-U.S. Tensions?
Myanmar’s Forgotten War
Could Jihadists Seize Parts of Coastal West Africa?
Libya: Political Gridlock, Regional Politics and Sudan’s War
Riyadh and the World: What to Make of Saudi Arabia’s Recent Diplomacy
Fighting in Khartoum, Talking in Jeddah
What to Expect from Ukraine’s Counter-Offensive
What Can Stop Sudan’s Devastating War
War in Sudan
Drones and Diplomacy: Will Türkiye’s Elections Change its Middle-Power Activism?
Somalia’s Latest Battles Against Al-Shabaab
Iran: A Deal with Saudi Arabia, Closer Ties to Russia and the Looming Nuclear Crisis
Will the Ukraine War Blow U.S.-China Relations Further Off Course?
Another Year of War in Ukraine?
Insecurity and Identity Politics Ahead of Nigeria’s Vote
Mark Malloch-Brown on the Ukraine War and Challenges to Open Societies
Israel-Palestine’s Worsening Violence and Despair
Great Lakes Tensions Spike After Rwanda Nearly Downs a Congolese Fighter Jet
Bonus Episode: Eritrea’s Long Bitter Feud with Ethiopia’s Tigray
Ten Conflicts to Watch in 2023
Can Foreign Forces Tackle Haiti’s Gangs?
No End in Sight in Ukraine?
Football and Politics in the Gulf
Finland's FM Pekka Haavisto on the Ukraine War, European Security and Peacemaking Elsewhere
Ethiopia’s Tigray War: After the Cessation of Hostilities, What Next?
Lula and Latin America’s Leftward Lurch
After the Crackdowns, is Chad’s Transition Unravelling?
Can a New UN Envoy Help Resolve Libya’s Political Crisis?
An Escalatory Spiral in Ukraine?
Coup in Burkina, Russia in Mali and a New Chapter in the Sahel?
The U.S. and the Taliban after the Killing of al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
Back to War in Ethiopia
What to Watch at the UN General Assembly, plus Ukraine’s Kharkiv Offensive and the Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Clashes
Iraq’s Political Crisis, Moqtada al-Sadr and a Divided Shia House
Season Finale: Ukraine and an Unsettling Few Months in Global Politics
India’s Response to Russia’s War in Ukraine
Finland’s NATO Application, Western Policy in Ukraine and the War’s Global Fallout
Rollercoaster Politics Ahead of Kenya's August Elections
Peacemaking After Ukraine: A Look at Nagorno-Karabakh and Libya
Who is Rodolfo Hernández, Colombia’s “TikTok King”, and Can He Win the Presidency?
New President in Somalia, New Opportunity for Reconciliation
Shades of Jihad in Syria
A Perilous Free-for-all in the Eastern DR Congo?
Taliban Rule in Afghanistan
Is the Danger of a NATO-Russia War Growing?
European Security and France’s Election in the Shadow of Russia’s War in Ukraine
Pakistan After Imran Khan’s Ouster: Tests at Home and Away
Can a Truce and New Government Help End Yemen’s War?
Can a “Humanitarian Truce” Help End Ethiopia’s Civil War?
Decoding Russia’s Nuclear Threats over Ukraine
The Fallout from Ukraine: Iran Talks Stalled; U.S. Woos Caracas?
France’s Troop Withdrawal from Mali
International Women’s Day Special Episode: Can War Be Feminist?
The Ukraine War: A View from Moscow
Any Hope Left For Diplomacy Over Ukraine?
Russia’s War in Ukraine
Can Western Diplomacy Still Avert War in Ukraine?
Turkey's Foreign Relations Balancing Act
Another Coup in West Africa: The Burkina Faso Military Seizes Power
Special Episode: Ten Conflicts to Watch in 2022
Will the Iran Nuclear Deal Survive and What Happens if Not?
Can the U.S. Address Migration’s “Root Causes” in Central America?
Russia in Africa
Will Russia Invade Ukraine?
Western Policy and Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Devastation
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte: Populist or Peacemaker?
Bosnia Unravelling?
Will Tigrayan Rebels Attack Ethiopia’s capital?
The Military’s Dangerous Power Grab in Sudan
U.S.-China Tensions and Beijing’s Show of Strength in the Taiwan Strait
Cameroon's Forgotten Anglophone Conflict
Lebanon is Falling Apart
Could Talking to Mali's Jihadists Bring Peace?
Avoiding Another Afghanistan: Could Al-Shabaab Seize Power in Somalia?
License to Kill: Lawyering in the War on Terror
Al-Qaeda and ISIS Twenty Years after 9/11
Afghanistan: the Islamic State, still no Taliban government and a looming humanitarian catastrophe
Special Episode: What Will the Taliban Do Next?
Iraq: Protests, Iran’s Role and an End to U.S. Combat Operations
The Taliban’s Advance in Afghanistan
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Ten Years of South Sudanese Statehood
A Dramatic Turn in Ethiopia’s Tigray War
Biden in Europe
Iran: the Vote and the Bomb
COVID-19, Inequality and Protests in Colombia
The Insurrection in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado
What Does Hamas Want?
Another War: Views from Israel/Palestine
UN Security Council Crankiness and Antonio Guterres' Re-election
Delayed Palestinian Polls, Israeli Politics and U.S. Middle East Policy
What Déby’s Death Means for Chad and the Region
Rising Russia-Ukraine Tensions and the West
Is The Gulf Dispute Actually Over?
How Afghanistan Views the U.S. Troop Drawdown
Tshisekedi Consolidates Power in DR Congo
Ethiopia’s Tigray Crisis and Horn of Africa Politics
Good News in Libya?
The War on Drugs in Colombia’s Countryside
Special Episode: Gender and Conflict
A Dangerous New Turn in Yemen’s War
The War in the Sahel
The Coup in Myanmar
Latin America’s Tough Year Ahead
Africa in 2021
Syria’s Frozen Conflict
U.S. Sanctions: An Overused Foreign Policy Tool?
Social Media and the U.S. Capitol Events
10 Conflicts to Watch in 2021
Trump’s Morocco-Israel Transaction
Michael Kovrig: Two Years in Arbitrary Detention in China
Regime Change Re-examined
Afghanistan's Peace Process
Ethnicity and Conflict in Myanmar
“First, Do No Harm”: A New U.S. Foreign Policy under Biden?
Protests against Police Brutality Shake Nigeria
Can the U.S. Avoid an Election Crisis?
What Makes Peace? Colombia’s Ex-President Santos Says It’s Harder than War
Turkey Flexes Its Foreign Policy Muscles
What’s Behind the Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh
President Trump’s Off-the-Rails Foreign Policy
Libya's Proxy War
Ethiopia's Political Crisis
Afghan Peace Talks: Dealing with the Taliban
Israel, the UAE, and Normalisation