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Today every nation wants their very own nuclear programme. The Islamic Republic of Iran claimed to be developing nuclear energy for peaceful means whereas many Western nations thought otherwise. However, everything was running smoothly until a certain American president came along.

Stories of Conflict

Iran's Nuclear Programme

Crimea has changed hands many times over the centuries. And under President Putin, it has had its last, perhaps definitive, switch. But this has huge consequences for the West and neighbouring countries. Not since World War Two have national boundaries been redrawn using force.

Crimea has changed hands many times over the centuries. And under President Putin, it has had perhaps its last switch.

Russia, Ukraine and the Future of Crimea

Today, China is the second largest economic power in the world. But China's ambition doesn't seem to be global conquest: instead, it wants to ensure the submission of its neighbours.

Today, China is the second largest economic power in the world. What does that mean for its neighbours?

China Takes Centre Stage

The United Nations, on paper, was a great idea: bringing all the states of the world together to ban war was daring. But in practice, things are very different. Power is concentrated in just five countries, with the 188 others having little say. Is the UN fit for purpose?

Is the UN in its Death Throes?

You might think that North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un is just a crazy overweight man with glasses. But there is method to Rocketman’s madness and its running rings around the United States.

Why Rocketman Builds Them

Terrorism has been around much longer than radical Islam with nation states having always struggled to define what it is and how to tackle it. This episode will try just that in five minutes.

Terrorism has been around much longer than radical Islam with nation states having always struggled to define what it is and how to tackle it.

Terrorism - Our Old Friend

Tweeting has become a communication shortcut, disrupting traditional diplomacy. But does a free-tweeting Donald Trump represent a threat to world peace?

Does a free-tweeting Donald Trump represent a threat to world peace?

Trump: Let’s Tweet Again

After 40 years of rule by Colonel Gaddafi, the military intervention by France, Britain and the USA in 2011 led to his downfall. What followed did not exactly go to plan. Or rather, there was no plan.

Libya: Sons of Anarchy

Tensions between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran are nothing new. For starters, there's the religious differences, with Sunni Saudis on one side and Shiite Iranians on the other. And now, as they vie for regional influence, proxy conflicts are fought in other lands.

The relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran are an ongoing source of tension in the region. Here's your five minute recap  

Saudi Arabia Versus Iran

Everyone agrees that war is terrible and yet somehow conflicts continue and soldiers around the world are sent off to kill and be killed. How do governments convince their electorates that war is a necessary evil? One word: PR.

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Iran's Nuclear Programme - Stories of Conflict

Russia, Ukraine and the Future of Crimea - Stories of Conflict

China Takes Centre Stage - Stories of Conflict

Is the UN in its Death Throes? - Stories of Conflict

Why Rocketman Builds Them - Stories of Conflict

Terrorism - Our Old Friend - Stories of Conflict

Trump: Let’s Tweet Again - Stories of Conflict

Libya: Sons of Anarchy - Stories of Conflict

Saudi Arabia Versus Iran - Stories of Conflict

The Manufacturing of Consent - Stories of Conflict

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