The Inside Story Podcast

How has Israel’s war on Gaza shaped the Middle East? This year, the Al Jazeera Forum discusses the regional implications of the war. With new realities on the ground, how has the conflict changed the geopolitics in this volatile region? This show was produced on the sidelines of the Al Jazeera Forum in Doha.
In this episode:
Mustafa Barghouti, General Secretary, Palestinian National Initiative.
Abdullah Al Shayji, Professor, International Relations and Political Science, Kuwait University.
Ziad Majed, Professor, Middle Eastern Studies, The American University of Paris.
Host: Sami Zeidan
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Armed groups have killed more than 200 people in several attacks in Nigeria in recent days. The Christian worshippers abducted from churches last month have been released. How serious is Nigeria's security situation -- and what progress is being made?
In this episode:
James Barnett -- Non-resident research fellow at the Hudson Institute, specialising in armed groups in Nigeria
Oluwole Ojewale -- Regional Coordinator for West and Central Africa at the Institute for Security Studies.
Melvin Foote -- founder and president of the Constituency for Africa and a specialist on U.S.-Africa policy
Host: Adrian Finighan
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For more than five decades, nuclear arms control treaties were enforced between Russia and the US until this week. The last agreement has been allowed to lapse without a new one to replace it. So, why has this happened, and what are the dangers?
In this episode:
Thomas Countryman, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation under the Obama administration
Rebecca E Johnson, Co-founder and first President of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Nikolai Sokov, Senior Fellow at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Host: Tom McRae
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Talks brokered by the US seek to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. Many civilians in Ukraine are suffering in freezing temperatures after Russian attacks on heating and energy supplies. Negotiations are to continue, despite big divisions. But what are those sticking points? And could an end come soon?
In this episode:
Alexander Bratersky, Independent Analyst and journalist in Moscow
Oleksiy Goncharenko, Ukrainian opposition member of Parliament and a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for The New York Times
Host: Tom McRae
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India and the US announce a trade deal, with relief from some of President Donald Trump's harshest tariffs. He says India will stop buying Russian oil and open up to American business. So, why is the deal getting a mixed reaction in India?
In this episode:
Ajay Chhibber, visiting scholar at George Washington University
Biswajit Dhar, trade economist and former professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Harry Broadman, former Chief of Staff at the President's Council of Economic Advisers
Host: Rishaad Salamat
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