The Bottom Line

By Al Jazeera

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A weekly take on US politics and policies and how they affect the world.

Episode Date
What role do US tech giants play in powering Israeli war crimes? | The Bottom Line
Apr 28, 2024
US calls for ‘de-escalation’, but tensions rise in the Middle East | The Bottom Line
Apr 21, 2024
Does Israel twist humanitarian law to justify Gaza carnage? | The Bottom Line
Apr 11, 2024
How credible is US rhetoric on ‘policy change’ towards Israel? | The Bottom Line
Apr 07, 2024
Biden’s 'double talk' on Gaza: Cynical election politics? | The Bottom Line
Mar 31, 2024
Does Israel need to be forced by the US to end the war in Gaza? | The Bottom Line
Mar 24, 2024
Professor Jeffrey Sachs: ‘US is complicit in Israeli genocide’ | The Bottom Line
Mar 17, 2024
Will Israel be allowed to continue its Gaza starvation strategy? | The Bottom Line
Mar 10, 2024
Will Biden reconsider his unconditional support for Israel? | The Bottom Line
Mar 03, 2024
What happens when Gaza’s health system collapses? | The Bottom Line
Feb 25, 2024
Why are Israel and its Western allies targeting UNRWA? | The Bottom Line
Feb 18, 2024
Why does the US refuse to call for a ceasefire in Gaza? | The Bottom Line
Feb 11, 2024
US presidential candidate Cornel West: 'Biden is a war criminal' | The Bottom Line
Feb 04, 2024
How is the White House spinning the media on Gaza war? | The Bottom Line
Jan 25, 2024
Why does the US act as Israel’s lawyer? | The Bottom Line
Jan 18, 2024
French historian: Israel destroyed 4,000-year-old culture in Gaza
Jan 11, 2024
Former US general: Israel may win in Gaza, but fail in the region | The Bottom Line
Jan 06, 2024
How do Palestinians factor into Israel’s vision for the Middle East? | The Bottom Line
Dec 30, 2023
Why do evangelical Christians support Israel? | The Bottom Line
Dec 26, 2023
Ex-Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad: ‘PLO should expand to include Hamas’ | The Bottom Line
Dec 23, 2023
Why the war on Gaza is not making Israel safer | The Bottom Line
Dec 20, 2023
John Mearsheimer: Israel is choosing 'apartheid' or 'ethnic cleansing' | The Bottom Line
Dec 16, 2023
Are Biden’s warnings to Israel sparked by fears of 2024 election? | The Bottom Line
Dec 14, 2023
Gaza war unleashes anti-Palestinian, anti-Muslim sentiment in the US | The Bottom Line
Dec 09, 2023
Are Israel’s attempts to demoralise the Palestinians backfiring? | The Bottom Line
Dec 07, 2023
On Palestine, the gap between the US right and left is huge | The Bottom Line
Dec 02, 2023
Is Biden's two-state plan for Israel and Palestine a fantasy? | The Bottom Line
Nov 29, 2023
US General Petraeus: Israel's war on Gaza to last for ‘months, not weeks’ | The Bottom Line
Nov 22, 2023
Is Biden's stance on Israel out of sync with mainstream America? | The Bottom Line
Nov 18, 2023
Can the US have an honest debate about Palestine and Israel? | The Bottom Line
Nov 15, 2023
Should Israel learn from US mistakes in Iraq and Afghanistan? | The Bottom Line
Nov 11, 2023
Should Palestinians, Israelis live equally in one state? | The Bottom Line
Nov 03, 2023
Is the US in trouble in the Middle East? | The Bottom Line
Oct 28, 2023
Why does the US not support a ceasefire in Gaza? | The Bottom Line
Oct 21, 2023
Stephen Walt: US, Israeli strategy on Palestine has failed | The Bottom Line
Oct 12, 2023
Is this the end of large-scale support for the war in Ukraine? | The Bottom Line
Oct 05, 2023
How worried are Americans about their choices in the 2024 vote? | The Bottom Line
Sep 28, 2023
Andrew Yang: Americans are fed up with both Republicans and Democrats | The Bottom Line
Sep 21, 2023
The Oslo peace accords: Historic achievement or historic tragedy? | The Bottom Line
Sep 14, 2023
Is it time for a ‘reset’ of the US strategy in Africa? | The Bottom Line
Sep 07, 2023
Jaron Lanier: Artificial intelligence is not a threat to humans | The Bottom Line
Aug 31, 2023
After the first US Republican debate: Who’s up, who’s down? | The Bottom Line
Aug 25, 2023
Does artificial intelligence pose a risk to humans? | The Bottom Line
Aug 17, 2023
Is an overheated planet the ‘new normal’? | The Bottom Line
Aug 10, 2023
Does Trump face any serious competition in the Republican Party? | The Bottom Line
Aug 03, 2023
Is it time for the West to double down on the Ukraine war? | The Bottom Line
Jul 28, 2023
Are Iran and the US on the verge of a new agreement? | The Bottom Line
Jul 20, 2023
Why Ukraine won’t be joining NATO anytime soon | The Bottom Line
Jul 13, 2023
Why are Americans stuck with a choice between two major parties?
Jul 06, 2023
Did COVID change the way we think about relationships and money? | The Bottom Line
Jun 29, 2023
Cornel West is running for president to dismantle the US empire | The Bottom Line
Jun 22, 2023
What's the connection between Special Olympics and social change?
Jun 15, 2023
The US drug epidemic is killing 300 Americans a day | The Bottom Line
Jun 08, 2023
How corrupt is the United States Supreme Court? | The Bottom Line
Jun 01, 2023
On China and Ukraine, does the G7 have the world’s support? | The Bottom Line
May 25, 2023
What will the next race to the White House look like?
May 18, 2023
Can the media regain people's trust? | The Bottom Line
May 11, 2023
How much influence has France lost in Africa? | The Bottom Line
May 04, 2023
How much debt can the US government handle? | The Bottom Line
Apr 27, 2023
What do the leaked Pentagon papers tell us about the Ukraine war?
Apr 20, 2023
Are fears about a dying dollar exaggerated? | The Bottom Line
Apr 13, 2023
What’s next for Trump and the Republican Party? | The Bottom Line
Apr 06, 2023
What is the US doing about its citizens detained abroad?
Mar 30, 2023
Does the United States owe Iraq an apology? | The Bottom Line
Mar 23, 2023
What lessons does Florida offer for Republicans and Democrats? | The Bottom Line
Mar 16, 2023
How has work changed in the post-pandemic world? | The Bottom Line
Mar 09, 2023
'Dr Doom': World headed for dark times in the next 20 years | The Bottom Line
Mar 02, 2023
Ukraine war: Is more war the only solution? | The Bottom Line
Feb 24, 2023
Can racism be rooted out of US law enforcement? | The Bottom Line
Feb 16, 2023
Does the US support France’s idea for ‘strategic autonomy’?
Feb 09, 2023
Is it too late for the US to contain China? | The Bottom Line
Feb 02, 2023
Why is the US worried about Israel’s new government? | The Bottom Line
Jan 26, 2023
Are the US and Europe uniting or drifting apart?
Jan 19, 2023
What’s the Republican Party agenda in Congress? | The Bottom Line
Jan 12, 2023
Who’s to blame for the 'broken' US immigration system?
Jan 05, 2023
Why there won’t be a ‘Hollywood ending’ to the Ukraine war | The Bottom Line
Dec 29, 2022
Does Trump have anything to fear from his legal troubles?
Dec 22, 2022
Why is Africa turning away from the United States? | The Bottom Line
Dec 15, 2022
Elon Musk and Twitter: How not to lead a business
Dec 08, 2022
Will the new world order be less American? | The Bottom Line
Dec 01, 2022
Is this the beginning of the end of the 'woke' movement? | The Bottom Line
Nov 24, 2022
Can anything be done about the collection of our online data?
Nov 17, 2022
What lessons will both parties take away from US election?
Nov 10, 2022
US midterm elections: Which way will America go? |The Bottom line
Nov 03, 2022
Do relations with Saudi Arabia still serve US interests? | The Bottom Line
Oct 20, 2022
Could the Ukraine war go nuclear? | The Bottom Line
Sep 29, 2022
Is a Trump endorsement a golden ticket, or kiss of death?
Sep 01, 2022
Is US involvement in the Middle East slowly fading away?
Aug 25, 2022
What’s the future of China-US relations? | The Bottom Line
Aug 18, 2022
How Democratic left and right came together to pass climate bill | The Bottom Line
Aug 11, 2022
Will China and the US avert a showdown over Taiwan?
Aug 04, 2022
What’s next for the January 6 investigation - and for Democrats? | The Bottom Line
Jul 28, 2022
Where did the US go wrong with COVID-19? | The Bottom Line
Jun 23, 2022
Why is the US not pushing for an end to the Ukraine war?
Jun 16, 2022
What are the prospects for Afghan-US relations?
Jun 09, 2022
Can anything be done about mass shootings in the US?
Jun 02, 2022
NATO’s unity in the war in Ukraine: Real or an illusion? | The Bottom Line
May 26, 2022
How does Poland view the war in Ukraine? | The Bottom Line
May 19, 2022
Individuality vs religion: How is abortion dividing the US?
May 13, 2022
Can NATO avoid direct confrontation with Russia? | The Bottom Line
May 05, 2022