In this special episode, John Wight analyses the impact of the US and UK withdrawal from Afghanistan one year on. The Afghan people were just a pawn in their game. Now that the game is over, all that remains are the tears of the innocent.

The Conflict in Ukraine, Russia, China and the emerging multipolar world

Jul 27th, 2022 51m 57s

The conflict in Ukraine marks a major inflection point in human affairs, heralding as it does the onset of a new multipolar world in which China and Russia sit at the apex as strategic, economic, cultural and military counterweights to US-led W

The upcoming election in Bolivia and the current political landscape in Latin America with Fiona Edwards

Oct 15th, 2020 30m 30s

In this moment of pandemic, the eyes of most in the world are on the upcoming US presidential election on Nov 3. However another historically important election - and perhaps even more important given the stakes - is scheduled to take place in

The historical importance of the 2020 US presidential election with Ahmed Kaballo

Oct 12th, 2020 47m 55s

On November 3 2020 the American people go to the polls to vote in what is arguably, indeed demonstrably, the most important US presidential election since Abraham's election in 1861.Lincoln's election then was the catalyst for four brutal and

China's inexorable rise and the New Cold War with guest Carlos Martinez

Sep 21st, 2020 46m 59s

Carlos Martinez is an indispensable source for a serious understanding of China's rise economically, geopolitically and culturally, which is taking place much to the consternation of Western ideologues. On this episode of Solid Ground, we attem

Discussing Covid19, Covid19 denialism, and the wider geopolitical impact of the virus with Professor Tim Anderson

Aug 11th, 2020 37m 18s

Tim Anderson is one of the most insightful thinkers around today. His work on the conflict and crisis in Syria has been indispensable over the years, as has been his work on the events shaping Latin America. Tim has been superb in his analysis

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