The Irish Times World View Podcast
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The Irish Times World View Podcast
The Irish Times' unrivalled foreign affairs coverage, now brought to you in weekly podcast form. Hosted by Chris Dooley with regular contributors Patrick Smyth, Denis Staunton, Lara Marlowe, Suzanne Lynch, Derek Scally, Tom Hennigan, Clifford Coonan and Ruadhan Mac Cormaic.
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432 EpisodenA ceasefire in the Middle East?
Mark Weiss reports from Jerusalem where there is a possibility of a ceasefire between Hamas militants in Gaza and Israel. What needs to happen to make...
UK election: can things get better for Labour?
Are the UK's Labour Party facing an existential crisis? Is there a way back to power for the party - for example, by following the advice of its last...
Looking back at Biden’s first 100 days
Joe Biden has spent his first 100 days as US president powering through an ambitious agenda and tackling issues on the economy, coronavirus and climat...
India's covid catastrophe
In the Indian capital of New Delhi, one person is reportedly dying of Covid-19 every four minutes. With a population of 1.3 billion, the surge in new...
Could Welsh Independence actually happen?
Recent polls of Welsh voters show growing support for the idea. To find out what's behind the trend and what it would take for it to become a reality,...
Merkel succession battle threatens CDU/CSU alliance
Angela Merkel is on her last lap as German Chancellor and will stand down when September’s federal election ends her fourth and final term in office....
Why is Russia sending troops to the border with Ukraine?
Dan McLaughlin explains the background to a new flare-up in the war in eastern Ukraine between the government in Kiev and Russian-backed separatists,...
Brazil's health and democracy are both on the brink
Brazil's Covid-19 case numbers and deaths have hit staggering new highs in the past month: over 60,000 died in March alone. Now it is facing a politic...
Israel's election leaves Netanyahu needing unlikely allies
Voters in Israel went to the polls this week in a bid to free the country of the political stalemate that has seen it hold four elections in two years...
Will Lula's return to Brazilian politics end Bolsonaro's reign?
Brazil's often chaotic political scene got even more complex recently when former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's conviction for corruption was...
How Andrew Cuomo went from Covid hero to pariah
Suzanne Lynch on the fall from grace of New York State governor Andrew Cuomo, whose early handling of the pandemic won him praise but is now subject t...
Life after Merkel, Sturgeon survives but scandal may leave scars
When voters elect a new government in Germany this year, it will bring the curtain down on the 16 year chancellorship of Angela Merkel. In parliament...
Can Mario Draghi turn Italy around?
Italy's new prime minister Mario Draghi, a compromise choice asked to lead a national unity government after the collapse of the previous coalition, h...
The path to Scottish independence, Spain's free speech problem
The issue of Brexit and the popularity of SNP leader and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon have put the idea of Scottish independence back on the agenda....
Donald Trump's impeachment trial
Suzanne Lynch reports from former president Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial. Under attack from a well-organised prosecution, Trump's own legal...
Who is Alexei Navalny?
A few months ago Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was lying in hospital in Berlin, recovering from being poisoned with the nerve agent Novicho...
Corruption, dysfunction and scarce oxygen: Brazil's response to Covid-19
Today on the podcast: Tom Hennigan on the dire Covid-19 situation in Brazil, where the second-highest number of people have died of the disease. A mor...
Biden's inauguration, and the meaning of January 6th
Our Washington correspondent Suzanne Lynch was one of the lucky few to attend President Joe Biden's inauguration yesterday. She talks to foreign edito...
EU Vaccine Rollout: Who is doing well and who is lagging behind?
The race is on to roll out the coronavirus vaccine across the European Union. Denmark is sitting proudly in first place, with 2% of their population a...
Pro-Trump rioters storm the US Capitol
Yesterday the world watched on in disbelief as a group of pro-Trump protesters stormed the US Capitol, in a violent display of loyalty to the presiden...
The challenges facing the Biden administration - with Thomas Wright
In this week's podcast, Chris Dooley speaks to foreign policy expert Thomas Wright about the incoming Joe Biden administration and the issues that the...
Our correspondents pick their moments of the year
To mark the end of the year with something a little different, we asked a handful of our regular contributors - Denis Staunton, Naomi O'Leary, Sally H...
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Last month Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed a peace deal after six weeks of fierce fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Tens of thousands...
Rebuilding Notre Dame - with Lara Marlowe
Paris correspondent Lara Marlowe on the destruction and salvation of the city's iconic Notre Dame cathedral, destroyed by fire in April 2019. Lara has...
US election: A month on, still no concession
A month after the US election, President Donald Trump has yet to concede to President-elect Joe Biden and continues to cry foul over the process.
Sally Hayden on an escalating conflict in Ethiopia
Sally Hayden recently visited Ethiopia, just before the outbreak of a conflict between the central government and a region in the east African country...
Infighting, departures and gaffes: An eventful week in British politics
A power struggle at Downing Street, Dominic Cummings out and a damaging gaffe by the Prime Minister to do with Scottish devolution, all while the Labo...
US election: why won't Trump concede?
Our hard-working Washington correspondent Suzanne Lynch is back to discuss President Trump's failure to concede the election battle he has clearly los...
US election: counting continues as Trump tries to undermine the process
Suzanne Lynch with the latest from the US presidential election on Thursday, November 5th. Biden is on course to win, but doubts remain over whether v...
US Election: final polls and last-ditch campaign stops
Suzanne Lynch is back with one last report before polling day in the 2020 US presidential election. What do the final polls tell us, what what final m...
Covid resurgence exposes Europe's flawed response
As many EU countries reenter lockdown, we ask Naomi O'Leary what went wrong with Europe's Covid-19 response.
Plus, Suzanne Lynch on what...
US Election: swing states in focus as voting day draws near
Suzanne Lynch on the swing state battles that will decide the election, Lindsey Graham's battle to save his seat and Barack Obama's return to the camp...
US Election: five key contests to watch on November 3rd
Suzanne Lynch and Chris Dooley dig into five election battles to watch for seats in the US Senate and House of Representatives, in Texas, Maine, South...
US Election: a defining week in the race and in Trump's presidency
Even by the standards of the Trump administration, the past week has been remarkable.
The outbreak of Covid-19 in the White House and Pr...
US election: after a dreadful debate, what comes next? With Suzanne Lynch
Suzanne Lynch on how Tuesday night's ill-tempered debate between President Trump and Joe Biden is affecting the race.
Plus, the Democrat...
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg upends the US presidential race - with Suzanne Lynch
Washington correspondent Suzanne Lynch on the extraordinary life and consequential death of US supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
There is still a narrow path to a Brexit deal - with Denis Staunton
Hope springs eternal, even when it comes to Brexit. London editor Denis Staunton tells Chris Dooley how a post-Brexit trade deal could still be negoti...
Charlie Hebdo trial: five years on, France relives a dark chapter - with Lara Marlowe
Back in 2015, Lara Marlowe reported on what turned out to be just the first of many terror attacks in Europe: the Charlie Hebdo massacre. Now Lara is...
US election: the race tightens as Trump's "law and order" message makes an impact
With the Democratic and Republican party primaries over, the US presidential election is now entering the final straight, and the real battle between...
The biggest story of our lives, part two
This is the final instalment of the Confronting Coronavirus podcast series. For part two of the final two-part episode, we’ve asked a handful of Irish...