The Explanation
By BBC World Service
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Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin. Exploring the important questions about long-running stories and the latest global news. An honest, unvarnished, explanation of the world. Episodes from The Explanation, Unspun World, The Global Jigsaw and The Media Show.
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The Media Show: Full-time for Lineker at the BBC
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May 22, 2025 |
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Unspun World: What's next for Gaza?
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May 16, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Misinformation and the India-Pakistan Standoff
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May 15, 2025 |
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Unspun World: Vladimir Putin’s game plan
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May 09, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Tina Brown on her fight for quality journalism
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May 08, 2025 |
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The Global Jigsaw: The Kurdish issue: Part three
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May 03, 2025 |
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Unspun World: What part did Trump play in Canada’s election?
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May 02, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Piers Morgan’s YouTube bet
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May 01, 2025 |
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The Global Jigsaw: The Kurdish issue: Part two
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Washington leak culture
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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The Global Jigsaw: The Kurdish issue: Part one
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Britain's steel crisis and SNL’s leap across the Atlantic
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Trump's tariffs explained
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Trade wars, tariffs, and Trump’s media strategy
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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The Media Show: What teenage boys are watching online
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Unspun World: How might Gaza be governed in the future?
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Are pirated books powering AI?
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Unspun World: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin negotiate over a ceasefire in Ukraine
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Investigating Michael Jackson
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Can Germany's ailing economy get back on track?
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Revealing Facebook
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Unspun World: How will Donald Trump’s tariffs affect global markets?
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Unspun World: Can Ukraine continue to rely on US support?
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Jeff Bezos' Washington Post shift
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Unspun World: Is Russia’s war in Ukraine nearing an endgame?
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Mehdi Hasan on journalism, opinion, and independence
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Diplomacy and the media and 100 years of The New Yorker
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Unspun World: Is Western support for Ukraine holding firm?
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Understanding the attention economy
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Unspun World: Donald Trump’s whirlwind start to his second term
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Bill Gates on tech and politics
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Unspun World: How will Trump's second presidency affect the war in Ukraine?
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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The Media Show: China’s AI rise
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Mindu Hornick: Interview with an Auschwitz survivor
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Unspun World: What's behind the growing tensions between China and Taiwan?
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Prince Harry’s legal victory and TikTok’s future
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Reporting the LA fires
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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The Media Show: Meta drops fact-checkers and Grand Theft Auto 6 hype builds
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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The Media Show: media trends in 2025
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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The Global Jigsaw: The language of war: Ukraine
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Jeans, cars, deodorant
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: The language of war: Russia
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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The Media Show: CNN’s Syria report controversy
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Reporting Syria and reaction to Luigi Mangione
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Reddit's rise
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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The Media Show: BBC presenter defection
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Could Russia's war with Ukraine escalate?
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Jake Paul v Mike Tyson
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Unspun World: What can the world expect from a second Trump term?
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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The Media Show: US Election and its impact on media
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Unspun World: What does the US election tell us about America?
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Trump's winning media strategy
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Russia’s “special demographic operation”
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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Unspun World: What will Iran do now?
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Ballots, bias and big tech
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Turkey’s anti-LGBT drive
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Unspun World: The Middle East: The regional perspective
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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The Media Show: The king of reality TV
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Israel's Middle East strategy
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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The Media Show: ISIS Prisons Museum
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Yemen: A frozen conflict
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Unspun World: The Middle East, a year on from the October 7th attacks
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Reporting from inside Gaza
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Unspun World: What will Iran's strategy be?
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Secrets of The Sidemen
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Yemen: A tale of three cities
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Reporting the Predator at Harrods
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Trump’s Pet-eating Conspiracy Theory
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Russia’s alleged influencer propaganda plot
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Why Korean TV rules the world
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Telegram founder arrested
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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The Media Show - TV’s Hidden Dilemma
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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US Supreme Court
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Social media as crime scene
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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What is the United Nations?
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: The Taliban’s war on women
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Online rumours and real-world consequences
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Big Tech – too big to hide from?
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Who will inherit the Murdoch empire?
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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The global arms trade
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Can memes win the US election?
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Why is the Gulf Stream and AMOC so important to our climate?
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Reporting from the scene of the Trump shooting
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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What makes a good peace mediator?
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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The Media Show: The war reporter who stopped to help
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Reporting Biden’s Health
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Unspun World: The UK election
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Julian Assange - journalist or activist?
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Is Ukraine preparing for a deal?
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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The Media Show: How podcasts took over the world
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: The evolution of the Islamic State Group
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Israel's war cabinet fragments
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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The Media Show: How to interview a Prime Minister
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Unspun World: The new threats to global peace and security
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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The Media Show: The Business of News
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Will the UK's election change its place in the world?
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May 31, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Is this the TikTok election?
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May 30, 2024 |
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Unspun World: How has the Russia-China relationship changed?
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May 24, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Reporting ringside at Usyk v Fury
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May 23, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Why are US-Israel relations at an historic low?
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May 17, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Netflix and the Baby Reindeer Fallout
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May 16, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: How China sees itself in Africa
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May 11, 2024 |
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Unspun World: What is Israel's plan for Gaza?
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May 10, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Reporting the US campus protests
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May 09, 2024 |
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What is the dark web?
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May 07, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Turkey's foothold in Africa
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May 04, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Behind the information iron curtain
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May 02, 2024 |
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Goodbye to the International Space Station
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Deconstructing Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’: Part two
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Secrets of the Celebrity Interview
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Nuclear weapons - which countries have them?
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: How drones have changed war
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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The Media Show: How Taylor Swift conquered the media
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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How does the New York Stock Exchange work?
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Sudan: A year of war
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Building Trump's social media app
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Deconstructing Iran’s 'Axis of Resistance': Part one
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Fear, threats and intimidation
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Moscow attack: disinfo wars
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Contested waters: Helmand
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Unspun World: What's next for President Putin after winning re-election?
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw - Contested waters: Crimea
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Has Russia turned the tide in its war in Ukraine?
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: What hope for Haiti?
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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Unspun World: What's life like on the ground in Gaza and the West Bank?
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Is a ceasefire in Gaza within reach?
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Unspun World: What Alexei Navalny's death means for Vladimir Putin's grip on Russia
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Can Israel win its war in Gaza?
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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Unspun World: How Russia's economy has survived despite sanctions
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Is Ukraine losing Western support?
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Is the war in Gaza slipping away from Israel?
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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Unspun World: What's the West's strategy for the Houthis?
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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What does the World Bank do?
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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What is sportswashing?
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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What is BRICS?
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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How does the World Health Organization work?
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Can anything break the stalemate in the Ukraine war?
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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What is Five Eyes?
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Unspun World: How migration is changing European politics
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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Unspun World: A pause in fighting in Gaza
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Global perspectives on the Israel Gaza war
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Can the US and China get along?
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Israel and Gaza special
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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Unspun World: What's Israel's endgame in Gaza?
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Will Israel invade Gaza?
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Who’ll be Argentina’s next president?
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Israel declares war on Hamas after deadly attack
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Are democracies hindering the fight against climate change?
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Can anyone in Russia challenge Putin now?
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Wagner after Prigozhin
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Unspun World: What has changed for women in Iran, a year after Mahsa Amini's death?
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Grain deal special
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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Could Puerto Rico become America's 51st state?
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Kosovo–Serbia relations
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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What is Nato?
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Venezuela crisis
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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The EU
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Who are the Rohingyas?
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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What is a war crime?
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Is it time to return looted art?
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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Haiti's gang crisis
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Is Putin's time up?
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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How Lebanon’s economy collapsed
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Xi Jinping: President or emperor?
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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What is the Wagner Group?
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Who can challenge Trump?
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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Unspun World: What's it like reporting on the war from inside Russia?
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Can the US transform the world's economy?
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Could AI outsmart humanity?
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May 27, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Is Ukraine's counter-offensive a turning point?
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May 20, 2023 |
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Introducing The Explanation
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May 17, 2023 |
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How the Good Friday Agreement helped bring peace to Northern Ireland
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Ethiopia, Eritrea and border wars
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Sudan’s journey from independence to revolution
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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How Yemen has been engulfed by civil war
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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Who are the Uyghurs and why are they being persecuted?
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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Cuba–United States relations
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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Roe v Wade and abortion in America
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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How Syria's peaceful uprising became a civil war
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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Understanding the long history between Russia and Ukraine
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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Understanding South Africa’s continuing quest for equality
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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Understanding the power that Saudi Arabia wields
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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Understanding relations between Taiwan and China
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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Understanding the rise of Boko Haram
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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Understanding North Korea and the Kim dynasty
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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Understanding the Islamic State group
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Dec 25, 2021 |
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Understanding how Russia has changed under Putin
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Dec 18, 2021 |
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Afghanistan: Women, girls and their rights
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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Understanding Iran: Reconciling religion and democracy
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Dec 04, 2021 |
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Israeli-Palestinian relations
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Nov 27, 2021 |
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Understanding democracy in Hong Kong
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Nov 20, 2021 |