Tommy and Ben talk about the drone strike by an Iranian-backed group on a US base in Jordan that killed three US service members, the pressure on Biden to retaliate against Iran directly, and the muddled politics of war. They also cover allegations that UN employees in Gaza participated in the October 7th Hamas attack, the International Court of Justice’s ruling about genocide charges against Israel, and Nancy Pelosi’s odd criticism of activists calling for a ceasefire. They also discuss NATO member fears about Russia, Trump floating major tariffs on China, a Kenyan court blocking the deployment of police to Haiti, and French farmers laying siege to Paris. Then, Tommy speaks with Ali Vaez, Iran Project Director at the International Crisis Group, about Iranian proxy groups, why Iran funds them, and the US conventional wisdom that Iran can only be deterred through military action.
Vaccine diplomacy and Kushner bashing
Oprah upends the British Empire
President Biden, Saudi Arabia and human rights
Bobi Wine’s fight against a military dictatorship
Biden confronts the war in Afghanistan
Why Rihanna cares about the farmers' protests in India (and you should too)
The coup in Myanmar, explained
Putin's plush palace
The world Biden inherits
Samantha Power’s point
New year, new strain
Barack Obama, Worldo-in-Chief
Biden's controversial pick to run the Pentagon
Assassinations in Iran & Biden’s foreign policy team
A very Worldo mailbag
One last war for the road?
Trump lost, the world won
How the world sees our election
A Biden foreign policy
Rudy Giuliani's disinformation expo
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