Europe

Rania Khalek is joined by journalist and political economist Ben Norton, editor of the ‪@GeopoliticalEconomyReport‬ to explain Trump’s threat to colonize Greenland.

As the world slides deeper into imperial rot — from Trump’s transformation of the U.S. into a Department of War state, to Europe’s political collapse, to global leaders shamelessly bowing to Washington — a socialist shockwave has erupted in New York City: Zohran Mamdani has just won the mayoral race...

Dr. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor at Birkbeck University, joins to discuss Jeremy Corbyn’s launch of a new left-wing party in the UK that’s poised to transform politics. As anger grows at the Labour Party over the genocide in Gaza and its failure to address the cost of living crisis, Corbyn...

The South Caucasus, a strategic crossroads where global and regional powers vie for influence, has undergone a dramatic realignment. Turkey and Israel have expanded their regional roles with Azerbaijan’s foreign policy growing more assertive. These shifts, aligned with U.S. efforts to isolate Iran, are eroding Tehran’s traditional foothold in the...

Glenn Diesen, Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway and author of The Ukraine War and the Eurasian World Order, discusses the upcoming Trump-Putin talks on Ukraine in Alaska – a meeting Ukrainian President Zelensky was not invited to. Trump recently acknowledged NATO’s role in starting the proxy war, and...

Khalid Abdalla, a British-Egyptian actor who starred in The Crown, joins the show to discuss Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the critical role of public figures in condemning it. Recently questioned by British police after attending a Palestine rally in London, Abdalla explains why this intimidation won’t silence him– or...

The European Union isn’t just complicit in the U.S. empire — it’s helping drive it. In this episode of Dispatches, Rania Khalek speaks with Marc Botenga, a Belgian Member of the European Parliament with the Workers’ Party of Belgium, about how Europe became a willing footsoldier for NATO’s wars, U.S....

Roger McKenzie, the International Editor of the Morning Star and author of The Rebirth of the African Phoenix, joins the show to discuss the significance of Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré attending Russia’s Victory Day celebrations in Moscow alongside world leaders, including China’s Xi Jinping. McKenzie argues that Traoré’s visit...

On today’s episode, Brian and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss Trump’s demands that European countries double their military spending, and the new German government has embraced the open remilitarization of Germany–a major shift in policy for Germany since the defeat of Hitler and Nazism in 1945. Professor Richard Wolff is an...

Germany’s election results reflect an increasing polarization; establishment political parties are losing ground, while the far-right and socialists are both gaining traction. Prof. Richard Wolff argues that this is a result of the “fundamental” shift in global geopolitics; the US empire’s decline and the rise of China and the Global...