The Red Line

Every month we seem to escalate the tensions with Iran, drawing Iran and the West closer and closer into large scale conflict. One that would likely drag in the rest of the nations in the Middle-East and then crash the world economy. This week we sit down with 4 expert witnesses to go through exactly how difficult an invasion of Iran will be, and what risks we would be taking on to do so.  www.theredlinepodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyrgyzstan stands at one of the most important decisions the country will ever make about its future, to look toward Moscow or to look toward Beijing.... The Kyrgyz people live upon some of the most important real estate in all of Asia, and now all the superpowers are beginning to compete for access to this vital crossroad. Guests are Chris Schwatz - (University of Leuven) Erica Marat - (National Defence University) Alexander Cooley (Columbia University) For more information please visit  >> www.theredlinepodcast.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2020 is set to be one of the most impactful years for human history, where we will make choices that will steer our future for a decade to come. With critical elections, wars, and crises set to shape the next 12 months, next year will be year will we discuss in history classes for generations. We sit down with three of the world's top experts to see what they think will be the biggest stories for 2020. This weeks guests are Andrew Hindmoor (University of Sheffield) Jake Hanrahan (Popular Front) and Brian Glyn Williams (CIA and NSA advisor) For more information please visit  >> www.theredlinepodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Between Moldova and Ukraine lies the breakaway republic of Transnistria the last nation to hold the hammer and sickle upon its flag, this unrecognized nation doesn't exist on any map but does hold the entire balance of power in Eastern Europe. This is the last barrier between the encroachment of the EU and the heartlands of Russia, so to better understand this breakaway republic we turn to 3 expert witnesses. The week we speak to  Tyrone Shaw (University of Northern Vermont) Dmitri Tokarev (University of Tiraspol) Kristaps Andrejsons (Host of the Eastern Border) For more information please visit  >> www.theredlinepodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The UK has been polarised and dragged to a stop over the biggest issue to face the country since WW2....Brexit. With the government paralyzed the mandate has been turned back to the people with an early election, son we sit down with 3 expert guests to analyze what each party stands for and what they offer to right the path of Britain.  Guests this week Peter Sloman (University of Cambridge) Imke Henkel (University of Lincoln) Alan Wager (Kings College London) For more information please visit  >> www.theredlinepodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yemen is currently the home to the worst humanitarian crisis of our time, with a civil war that has dragged in countries from all around the globe. This small desert country is now the 5-way battleground for the world's powers, with the world's oil routes at stake. Guests for this episode are Helen Lackner (Oxford University) Laura Kasinof (The New York Times) and Thomas Small (BAFTA award-winning documentary maker) For more information please visit  >> www.theredlinepodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Housing and shelter is one of the most basic needs a person has, but all around the world it is increasingly difficult for people to obtain a house of their own. The board is being stacked against many of us, and this may be the thing that brings the Australian economy down with it. Is there a recession coming in Australia? We pose this question to our expert guests. This shows guests are Graham Cooke (Finder.com.au) Alex Saunders (Nuggets News) Peter Tinley (Minister of Housing in WA) Jakob Madson (Professor of Macroeconomics) Hosted by Michael Hilliard For more information please visit www.theredlinepodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Only swimming distance from the borders of Australia lies the island of Guinea, where half the population is currently fighting to become free from an increasingly strict Indonesian government.  Its an issue we need to talk about with helicopters, phosphorus and corruption all throughout, with people dying every day at the hand of one of our closest neighbours. This week we chat to 3 expert witnesses about the West Papuan movement. Raki Ap (One of the leading voices on the West Papuan movement) Dr Janet Steele (The director for the institute of public diplomacy and global communication) Jason Macleod (Teaches civil resistance training and education for people in non democracies at the university of Sydney). For more info you can follow The Red Line at www.theredlinepodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It has been 18 years since NATO declared war on Afghanistan, and what do we have to show for it? Where is the war at today? Im joined by three expert witnesses who are going to give us Afghanistans past, present and likely future.  This weeks guests are  Brian Glyn Williams (CIA and NSA expert on Afghanistan) Thomas Barfield (Professor of Anthropology at Boston university) Suma Sayeed (Advisor to the State Department in Afghanistan) You can follow the show on Twitter >> @theredlinepod Facebook >> @theredlinepod www.theredlinepodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices