World Review from the New Statesman
312 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago -World Review is the global affairs podcast from the New Statesman, hosted by Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin and Emily Tamkin in Washington D.C.
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All-American Fascism
August 14, 2020 17:20 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBOn this week's episode of World Review, Emily Tamkin is in Washington DC and Ido Vock is in Tbilisi, and they're joined from London by Professor Sarah Churchwell, author of Behold America: A History of America First and the American Dream and a upcoming piece in the New Statesman, titled 'All-American Fascism'. They discuss the ongoing debate about Trump's administration and its historical context, and, in You Ask Us, take your (morbid) questions on the Presidential candidates' line of succe...
What it Means to Be a Hero
August 07, 2020 16:03 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBOn this week's episode, Emily Tamkin in Washington DC and Ido Vock in Tbilisi are joined from New York by the New Statesman's Sophie McBain to discuss what heroism looks like in the age of Covid. Then, in You Ask Us, they take your questions on new forms of nationalism and what a Biden presidency would mean for American troops in the Middle East. Send us your You Ask Us questions at youaskus.co.uk. If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstatesman.com/subscribe to purchase your subscriptio...
Bonus: The Evolution of Anglo-German Relations
July 31, 2020 14:23 - 33 minutes - 31 MBOn this bonus episode of World Review, Jeremy Cliffe speaks to Mark Damazer, former controller of BBC Radio 4, about his personal history with Germany, and the evolution of Anglo-German relations since the Second World War. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers. Send us your You Ask Us questions at youaskus.co.uk. If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstatesman.com/subscribe to purchase your...
Macron's Balancing Act
July 30, 2020 09:58 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBOn this week's episode of World Review, Jeremy Cliffe is in London and Emily Tamkin is in Washington D.C. and they're joined by the New Statesman's International Correspondent, Ido Vock, from Tbilisi to discuss Macron's balancing act, Merkel's success, and the future of the Franco-German relationship. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers. Send us your You Ask Us questions at youaskus.co.uk. ...
The End of Cosmopolitan Turkey
July 24, 2020 17:12 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBOn this week's episode of World Review, Jeremy Cliffe, in Berlin, and Emily Tamkin, in Washington DC, are joined from London by British-Turkish novelist, journalist and activist Elif Shafak to discuss President Erdogan's controversial changes to the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, and the role of nationalist strongmen across the globe. Then, in You Ask Us, they take your question on what British can do to aid the Uighur and Rohingyas. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get adve...
Russia's Disinformation War
July 17, 2020 17:01 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBOn this week's World Review podcast, Jeremy Cliffe, in Berlin, and Emily Tamkin, in Washington DC, are joined by Nina Jankowicz, author of How To Lose The Information War, to discuss the role of Russia in disinformation. Then, in You Ask Us, they take your questions on what a post-Trump GOP looks like, and whether it might be too late to take a stand against China. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssub...
White America's Wake-Up Call
July 10, 2020 15:18 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBOn this week's episode of World Review, Jeremy Cliffe is in Berlin and Emily Tamkin is in Washington DC, and they dial in with CNN national political writer Brandon Tensley to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement and the extent to which norms are changing in the United States, Germany and around the world. Then, in You Ask Us, the team take your questions on the unconscious bias training and the Polish presidential election. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get adver...
Exceptionalism vs the Coronavirus
July 03, 2020 18:37 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBOn this week's World Review, Jeremy Cliffe dials in from Rome and Emily Tamkin from Washington DC to discuss the history making events of the week. Then they're joined by Fintan O'Toole to discuss how British, American and Swedish exceptionalism has exacerbated the coronavirus crisis. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers. Send us your You Ask Us questions at youaskus.co.uk. If you haven't si...
Exceptionalism vs the Coronavirus
July 03, 2020 18:37 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBOn this week's World Review, Jeremy Cliffe dials in from Rome and Emily Tamkin from Washington DC to discuss the history making events of the week. Then they're joined by Fintan O'Toole to discuss how British, American and Swedish exceptionalism has exacerbated the coronavirus crisis. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers. Send us your You Ask Us questions at youaskus.co.uk. If you haven't si...
The India-China-US Triangle
June 26, 2020 15:33 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBOn this week's World Review, Jeremy Cliffe and Emily Tamkin dial in from Berlin and Washington D.C. to discuss the big events in global current affairs, and this week they're joined by Tanvi Madan, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute and author of Fateful Triangle: How China Shaped US-India Relations During the Cold War. Together, they discuss the border dispute between India and China and how that's impacting the region's geopolitics, before taking your questions on how America factors...
Hello, World
June 19, 2020 16:03 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBOn this week's World Review – the first ever episode! – hosts Jeremy Cliffe and Emily Takin dial in from Berlin and Washington D.C. to discuss the events this week that might one day fill the pages of history books. Then they're joined by Benjamin Haddad, Director of the Future Europe Initiative, to discuss foreign policy in the age of Trump. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers. Send us your...
World Review – coming soon!
June 12, 2020 09:05 - 1 minute - 1020 KBWorld Review is the brand new global affairs podcast from the New Statesman. Each week, Jeremy Cliffe and Emily Tamkin will dial in from Berlin and Washington D.C. respectively to discuss the biggest international stories, and they'll be joined by a selection of the best correspondents from around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.