Iran: The Latest

Iran: The Latest

Author: The Telegraph Language: English Episodes: 100
For those trying to understand the complex and rapidly shifting landscape of the Middle East, Iran: The Latest offers essential context. This Telegraph podcast moves beyond the headlines to examine the military, diplomatic, and strategic forces shaping the ongoing tensions between Iran, the United States, and Israel. Hosted by veteran foreign correspondents Roland Oliphant and Venetia Rainey, each episode synthesizes frontline reporting from the paper's award-winning journalists with insightful conversations. You'll hear from specialists in areas like regional security architecture, covert operations, and geopolitical theory, providing a clearer picture of the stakes involved. The analysis considers historical grievances, economic pressures, and potential flashpoints, from proxy conflicts to direct confrontations. It’s a resource for anyone who wants to grasp not just what is happening, but why it matters and what might come next. By drawing on deep sourcing and expert commentary, this podcast delivers a nuanced perspective that is both timely and thoroughly researched, making sense of a critical and often misunderstood arena of global affairs.
Episodes
'Copy Ukraine's defence model and reduce China dependency to survive' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:17
Was Peter Mandelson's appointment as UK ambassador to the US a national security risk? Should the US and UK bomb Iran to spark regime change? Will Nato survive Trump? And how should European countries deal with the threa…
'No limits': Russia, China and US enter new nuclear arms race [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:06
This week, the New START treaty expires, ending the last remaining major nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. With no binding limits on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals and China r…
Trump masses 'large armada' to force Iran into nuclear deal [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:35
The United States appeared poised for a major military confrontation with Iran after Donald Trump ordered a powerful naval force into the region in response to the killing of thousands of Iranian protesters. The expected…
America's Kurdish betrayal: has ISIS been given a second chance? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:42
For more than a decade, Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria were America's most trusted ally, spearheading the war against Isis, taking responsibility for guarding thousands of jihadi prisoners of war, and in the proces…
'Trump is damaging Nato': ex-commander speaks out on Greenland threats [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:31
With tariffs aimed at Europe over Greenland, Nato teetering on the brink and Donald Trump flexing military muscle like never before, this is geopolitics as a personal power play.Venetia and Roland are joined by the Allia…
Trump wants to conquer Greenland. This is how Europe can stop him [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:07
President Trump’s talk of taking Greenland isn’t a joke, that much is now clear. His ambition to "conquer" the autonomous Danish territory is a direct challenge to the EU, Nato, and the post-Cold War security order - so…