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  • Mearsheimer & Maté: Iran & Houthis strike back | Tom Switzer

    October 11, 2026 · 56 min

    President Donald Trump has turned up the pressure on Ukraine, calling for Volodymyr Zelensky to be replaced as president and urging Kyiv to halt its attacks on Russian oil refineries. The intervention raises fresh questions about…

  • Mary Dejevsky: Silencing of dissent over Ukraine war | Tom Switzer

    October 10, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    Mary Dejevsky spent decades at the heart of British journalism, including many years as a columnist for The Independent. But in June she stepped down from her weekly column, in part because she had become increasingly frustrated by the…

  • Max Hastings: What History Tells Us About Trump and the West | Tom Switzer

    October 6, 2026 · 48 min

    On this episode of Switzerland, Tom Switzer is joined by Sir Max Hastings, one of the world's leading journalists and historians, to ask what a lifetime of studying war and history can tell us about the extraordinarily unsettled world of…

  • Trita Parsi | China could break the US-Iran diplomatic deadlock | Tom Switzer

    October 4, 2026 · 41 min

    Iran’s economy is under extraordinary pressure. Oil exports are being squeezed, sanctions are expanding and Tehran says it is fighting an “economic war”. Is the regime beginning to crack?  Or does Iran still hold considerable leverage…

  • Steve Hanke: Is America Heading for Economic Catastrophe?

    September 30, 2026 · 42 min

    Steve Hanke, the veteran and acclaimed free-market economist, discusses America’s cost-of-living crisis, persistent inflation, the $40 trillion national debt and the warning signs coming from the bond market. Professor Hanke also explains…

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  • Mearsheimer & Cockburn | Trump warns he will resume bombing after midterms

    September 27, 2026 · 45 min

    President Trump has rejected Iran’s seven-day plan proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and has told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran after the November midterms.  Tehran’s proposal would have reopened the Strait of Hormuz within a…

  • Why Is the Populist Right Rising Across Europe? | Simon Heffer

    September 22, 2026 · 41 min

    Right-wing populist parties are surging across Europe -- and Germany is at the centre of the upheaval. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has made major gains in recent state elections, challenging the dominance of Germany’s established…

  • John Mearsheimer: Trump’s Mideast morass deepens

    September 20, 2026 · 45 min

    The most revealing development in Donald Trump’s war with Iran may not be taking place in Tehran at all. It is happening hundreds of kilometres away, on Yemen’s Red Sea coast. In the past week, the Iran-backed Houthis have seized…

  • Is Ukraine winning the war? Lieven

    September 16, 2026 · 34 min

    Is Ukraine really turning the tide against Russia? Western media coverage has increasingly focused on Ukraine’s drone strikes, Russia’s economic difficulties and mounting battlefield losses, prompting claims that Vladimir Putin is under…

  • Robert Pape: Iran Is Escalating — Is Trump Losing Leverage?

    September 13, 2026 · 44 min

    Iran is escalating its war with the United States — not only through direct attacks, but through its Shia allies and proxies across the Middle East. The Iran-backed Houthis have seized key territory on Yemen’s Red Sea coast, including the…

  • Jeffrey Sachs: 911, Iran & Ukraine

    September 11, 2026 · 39 min

    This week on Switzerland, Tom Switzer is joined by Professor Jeffrey Sachs from Columbia University. Subjects include the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks: what did America learn –- and what did it fail to learn? How much of…

  • Has Iran lost? Trita Parsi & Stephen Wertheim

    September 6, 2026 · 44 min

    It’s been more than six months into the war with Iran, and the question that matters is becoming harder to avoid: who is actually losing this war?   The conventional wisdom has been that Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran was a…

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A new program about politics, modern history and international relations with host Tom Switzer.