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.
Zawahiri is dead, Pelosi's in Taiwan
Introducing: Another Russia
China picks a fight with Pelosi
A fist bump to remember
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s assassination
Boris Johnson Brexits
Why Brexit still sucks
Jesus take the wheel (before Trump does)
Inside Navalny’s operation
Worldo Mailbag!
Justin Trudeau is in studio!
Ukraine and the global food crisis with Samantha Power
Biden (sort of?) pledges to defend Taiwan
The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
Raining on Putin's Victory Day parade
Bill Gates on preventing the next pandemic
Au revoir Le Pen (for now)
The digital war in Ukraine
A chemical weapons attack in Ukraine?
War crimes in Ukraine
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