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Mohamed Guhaad's podcast
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Mohamed Guhaad's podcastThe Peking order: Xi meets Putin after Trump
Within the space of a week Chinese president Xi Jinping has welcomed both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to Beijing. Our correspondent explains the…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastBibi, one more time? Israel’s election launches
Is Binyamin Netanyahu’s time up as Israel’s prime minister? As a vote in parliament triggers the election campaign, our correspondent – and Netanyahu’s…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastSpread too thin: West Africa’s next Ebola outbreak
The latest Ebola emergency is different from previous ones: there is no vaccine, and the kind of community-level work that stops the spread has been thinned by…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastEqual before the law? Transitional justice in Syria
Atef Najib, a former security chief, is the highest-profile member of the Assad regime to go on trial. We ask why the speed, uneven spread and murky legal…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastTop dog-whistler: Tommy Robinson and Britain’s far right
Tommy Robinson is an influencer who has shaped views on Britain, particularly among his American supporters and funders. A rally this weekend will show how his…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastFired alarm: AI hype versus labour-market history
Perhaps the AI “boomers” are right about a sweeping labour-market revolution. But a careful look at history shows just how unprecedented their bullish…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastDuo’s lingo: what to watch for in Trump-Xi summit
The meeting between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will set the tone for three more this year. We examine what and what not to…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastApocalypse soon? AI could hasten bioweapons
Artificial intelligence could help terrorists develop new dangerous pathogens. Our correspondent asks how humanity can protect itself from machine-assisted…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastKeir hunters: will Britain’s PM go?
After catastrophic local-election results, Britain’s prime minister Sir Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life. One airline has folded and others may…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastDrone team: Russia’s plan to arm Iran
The Kremlin planned to provide Iran with unjammable drones, plus training in how to use them, according to leaked documents seen exclusively by The Economist…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastA hatred normalised: antisemitism in Britain
An egregious attack in a Jewish neighbourhood in London is just the latest example of a troubling trend. We investigate the claim that antisemitism is becoming…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastTrailer: Checks and Balance
Unlock American politics with The Economist’s John Prideaux, Charlotte Howard and James Bennet. Taking one big theme every week, they dig into the data, the…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastOn the off chancellor: Friedrich Merz, one year in
Germany’s chancellor came to office making big promises. A year later they are unfulfilled, his government is squabbling and he has drawn President Donald…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastNaval piercing: strait shooting in Iran war
The Trump administration’s “Project Freedom” has done and will do little to boost traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. We examine an unsustainable standoff. A…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastSpoils of war: money flows into defence tech
In Iran, America is using expensive weaponry against cheap local drones. Can upstart tech companies change the economics – and nature — of conflict? As part of…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastBeirut watch: can Lebanon subdue Hizbullah?
Can peace hold in Lebanon while Hizbullah remains? Our correspondent weighs the balance of power between government forces and the Iran-backed militia. The…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastDrill pickle: oil prices still misjudge shock
Oil prices are at their highest since 2022, as a swift end to the Iran conflict proves elusive. Yet, our commodities editor says, markets do not yet yet…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastPower ranges: AI faces supply crunch
Artificial Intelligence is becoming ubiquitous, but the industry that powers it is struggling to keep up with demand. The host of our award-winning podcast…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastThe regal has landed: can Charles boost US bond?
The “special relationship” between Britain and America is at its weakest since the Suez crisis of 1956. Will a state visit by King Charles III to America…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastSecurity banquet: queries over Trump protection
After a gunman stormed Donald Trump’s dinner with the press, questions are being revived about the president’s security. Germany’s top general explains the…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastAn explosion still echoing: Chernobyl at 40
We go deep inside the Chernobyl nuclear-power plant and the surrounding exclusion zone, recounting the history of the accident on April 26 1986, and speaking…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastBringing the House down: our American midterms model
We examine what our forecast model predicts so far—and consider what might change its confident prediction for one house of Congress and toss-up call for the…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastWhite hat, black box: AI’s next chapter
The decision of Anthropic, an AI giant, to keep its Mythos model sequestered surely makes for good press. But there seems to be more to it than that—and it…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastMac daddy: Apple’s new boss
Tim Cook is stepping down after overseeing 15 years of spectacular growth. We take a look at his successor. Japan’s rural women are disproportionately heading…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastNow boarding: America seizes an Iranian ship
This week’s peace talks are endangered after American forces fired on and boarded a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. We visit Chernobyl’s ruined reactor to…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastInside Caracas: Venezuela after Maduro
When America seized Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro in January, it left the rest of his regime intact. Three months on, our correspondent finds optimism…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastTalks of life: can Israel and Lebanon find peace?
After six weeks of Israel’s offensive against Hizbullah, Lebanon’s president and Israel’s prime minister are due to talk today. What can they achieve?…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastFood awakening: Iran’s ripple effect
The Iran conflict and blockades in the Strait of Hormuz are slowing supply not just of fuel, but food and fertiliser. Geophysics could worsen the approaching…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastShipping forecast: will America’s blockade work?
After the failure of talks at the weekend, America is now stopping all ships from using Iranian ports and coastal areas. Our correspondent analyses the…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastTo Viktor, no spoils: Hungary’s new start
In a momentous election, Viktor Orban has lost power in Hungary after 16 years of increasingly autocratic rule. Our correspondent explains how the country’s…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastBibi on board? Iran, America and Israel’s campaign in Lebanon
Also on the daily podcast: what the Artemis Moon mission really accomplished and remembering a brave Soviet psychiatristSHOW-NOTES TEXT (60ish wds)Binyamin…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastNATO’s dialogues: America’s (next) threat to go
President Donald Trump has long threatened to pull America out of the alliance. We examine why the Iran war has made this time look significantly more serious…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastOvernight cessation: a two-week pause in Iran
With little time to spare before a threatened civilisation-ending attack, America agreed a pause in fighting with Iran. We ask how the temporary deal was…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastOver troubled waters: Trump’s bridge-and-plant plot
President Donald Trump’s rhetoric has grown yet more bellicose—and sweary. His stated ploy to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants would be ruinous for…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastHungary for change? A challenger to Orban
Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister, is an idol to the global nationalist conservative right. Losing the next election would have far-reaching consequences…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastXi says: who will succeed him?
A giant leadership reshuffle is underway in China, but one job will stay the same: Xi Jinping is almost certain to secure another five-year term at next year’s…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastOver the moon: Artemis II launches
NASA has successfully launched its first manned space mission in over a decade. Our correspondent explains why America wants to build a moonbase. AI models…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastDrone wolf: Ukraine’s missile mastermind
Ukraine’s resistance to Russia relies on the clever use of drones. Much of that strategy is down to a single person, a former grain trader with a great idea…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastRefine and dandy: Iran’s war bounty
An Economist investigation reveals that Iran is profiting from the war as it evades sanctions and oil prices surge. India’s government has promised to crush…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastThe bog of war: week five begins
The Iran conflict is escalating with little prospect of an end in sight. Our correspondent explains why a US ground invasion is likely. In an ongoing history…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastHasta la victoria, quizás: Cuba’s broken economy
Even before America crimped Cuba’s oil, the country was teetering. We ask what is to blame for the Cuban people’s plight, and whether anything better is in…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastAlgorithm and blues: a watershed social-media verdict
A jury in California agreed with a plaintiff who argued that Meta and Google, two social-media giants, designed their platforms to be addictive. That opens the…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastOn goal difference: are America and Israel diverging on Iran?
In the daily tea leaves one might read that President Donald Trump would prefer a deal with Iran to a continuing military campaign. Where would that leave…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcast(Another) all-out war: Afghanistan and Pakistan
Air strikes and border raids have turned cross-border tensions into hot conflict. We ask what raised the temperature, and whether the Iran war may act to lower…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastFrom bad to awful: Trump’s four options in Iran
As the war in Iran progresses, none of the options available to Donald Trump looks good. We examine each of them. Thailand’s Buddhist monks are implicated in…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastWho will deal the final blow? Israel, Lebanon and Hizbullah
As attention has focused on war in Iran, Israel sees an opportunity to crush a weakened Hizbullah in Lebanon. Our correspondent says it would be far better for…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastAn act of self-harm: Trump’s latest war might be his undoing
A rash entry into a war of choice exposes President Donald Trump in a number of ways—and he may prove more dangerous as he becomes weaker. Turkey’s foreign…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastFlagging carriers: war shuffles the Gulf-airline flight deck
Cancelled flights, longer routes, higher prices: the war in Iran is taking its toll on the airline industry. The conflict may force lasting change on the big…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastBarrel vault: a Nigerian refining giant rises
Nigeria sorely needed the enormous oil refinery built by Aliko Dangote, who was already Africa’s richest man. We ask what that new capacity means for him, for…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastLet me get this strait: the Iran-war escalation risk
Control of the Strait of Hormuz has become the focus of the war in Iran. The options available point to an acute risk of a broadening regional conflict. China…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastLone goals: will US-Israel war aims diverge?
As Israel continues to pound Iran and expands its offensive against Hizbullah in Lebanon, there are rumblings of disunity with America over the path and goal…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastBlood from a drone: Iran’s deadly arsenal
Iran continues to retaliate against attacks with ferocity. Though many of its ballistic missile facilities have been razed, its vast drone armoury is powerful…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastStrait of shock: Iran economic fallout
Overnight, the Pentagon said it “eliminated” 16 Iranian mine-laying ships, raising further jitters about the global impact of the war in Iran. Fifteen years…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastOil rise: Trump gets the jitters
After oil prices climbed to nearly $120 a barrel yesterday, Donald Trump signalled a possible abrupt end to the conflict in Iran. Markets calmed, but the…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastFollow the leader: Iran picks the son
After Iran appoints a new supreme leader, what does the choice tell us about the resilience of the regime and how the war will progress? Scientific research in…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastThe third Gulf war: one week on
After a momentous week, our editors reflect on how uncertainty about the goals of the war in Iran will affect its course. Iran’s retaliation has been fierce…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastSpars and strikes: Who backs Iran war?
As America continues to batter Iran, what are the domestic implications of the war for Donald Trump? The widening conflict has prompted some European countries…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastCrude awakening: Iran oil shock
As America and Israel continue to bombard Iran, much of Iran’s retaliation is directed against energy infrastructure. With tankers blocked and oil prices…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastEscalation: Middle East war widens
The war in Iran has entered its fourth day with further American and Israeli strikes, and Iranian retaliation across the region. Now Israel’s prime minister…
Mohamed Guhaad's podcastTrailer: Money Talks
Join The Economist’s Mike Bird, Alice Fulwood and Ethan Wu for award-winning reporting and discussion on the stories that move markets. They speak to top…