Contested waters: Crimea

How water is used as a weapon of war following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

• 28 mins

Contested waters: Helmand

How the waters of the Helmand river have driven tensions between Afghanistan and Iran

• 26 mins

Moscow attack: Disinfo wars

Who is behind the Crocus City Hall attack? We track the blame game.

• 32 mins

Deconstructing Iran’s 'Axis of Resistance': Part one

The origins of the Iran-cultivated alliance of like-minded states and groups

• 29 mins

Sudan: A year of war

Sudan faces the largest humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world

• 39 mins

How drones have changed war

Drones have reshaped the battlefield in Ukraine - and created new challenges

• 31 mins

Deconstructing Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’: Part two

The loose coalition of allies and proxies, sworn against Israeli and US influence

• 51 mins

Turkey's foothold in Africa

Ankara is touting itself as a “non-colonising” alternative to Western powers

• 39 mins

How China sees itself in Africa

Beijing says it is building, not buying, Africa. Do people in Nairobi agree?

• 41 mins

How China sees itself in Africa

Beijing says it is building, not buying, Africa. Do people in Nairobi agree?

• 26 mins

Monitoring Africa

What does it take to track media on a continent where radio is king?

• 33 mins

The evolution of the Islamic State Group

After a lull in activities, in 2024 IS claimed to be behind several major attacks

• 37 mins

The Sahel’s coup contagion

The geopolitical tectonic shifts in Africa that could be felt in Europe too.

• 36 mins

The Taliban’s war on women

The group’s return to power in Afghanistan has seen the erasure of women from public life

• 36 mins

Yemen: A tale of three cities

Sanaa, Aden and Taiz - stuck in a “no war, no peace” limbo

• 30 mins

Yemen: A frozen conflict

Ten years on, where do the warring parties in Yemen stand?

• 39 mins

Russia’s “special demographic operation”

Why is the Kremlin worried about population decline?

• 39 mins

Culture wars: Turkey’s anti-LGBT drive

What’s behind the evolution of the Turkish president's anti-LGBT narrative?

• 29 mins

The rebels who retook Aleppo

A shock offensive turned Syria’s forgotten conflict into hot war

• 26 mins

Russia’s gateway to Africa in jeopardy

What would the potential loss of Syrian bases mean for Russia?

• 42 mins

The language of war: Russia

Decoding the Kremlin’s warspeak

• 28 mins

The language of war: Ukraine

Kyiv’s answer to the Kremlin’s warspeak

• 36 mins

Life in occupied Ukraine: Crimea

Looking at the world through the lens of its media

• 26 mins

Life in occupied Ukraine: Donbas

Moscow’s efforts to assert itself in the east of Ukraine

• 26 mins

Life in occupied Ukraine: Kherson and Zaporizhzhia

The uncertainty over what Ukraine calls “temporarily occupied territories” grows bigger

• 32 mins

The Kurdish issue: Part one

What does the future hold for Kurdish people?

• 32 mins

The Kurdish issue: Part two

What does the future hold for Kurdish people?

• 29 mins

The Kurdish issue: Part three

What does the future hold for Kurdish people?

• 30 mins

The Trump effect on global media

Exploring the changes to media around the world caused by cuts to USAGM and USAID

• 34 mins