Best Significant Others Uk Podcasts (2024)

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How Israeli universities deny Palestinian freedom w/ Maya Wind 48:23

23m ago48:23

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Israeli universities have long enjoyed a reputation as liberal bastions of freedom and democracy and they enjoy warm relationships with their counterparts in north America and Europe - including the University of Columbia. However, as Maya Wind explains in today's episode, contrary to the depiction of Israeli universities as centres of pluralism an…

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Excerpt - Richard Seymour responds to listener's questions (part two) 3:48

1d ago3:48

3:48

In today's PTO Extra! Richard Seymour responds to some more excellent listener's questions. We talked about the protests against Israel's genocidal war on Gaza taking place at American universities and the extremely repressive response from university authorities. We went on to discuss the situation regarding Iran and Israel, and Richard responded …

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Week ahead: US data and Fed rates dominate 6:46

2h ago6:46

6:46

We’re looking at another busy week ahead. FX traders will have the best opportunity to make money, although earnings are still high on the agenda. By the end of the week, we’ll have a good idea on how the US jobs market is going with payrolls from both the private sector ADP release and labour department numbers with non-farm payrolls. There are al…

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How ‘diabesity drugs’ could change the investment landscape 9:27

2d ago9:27

9:27

Trial results from Eli Lilly add to a growing body of evidence that suggests GLP-1 drugs, which include treatments like Lilly’s Mounjaro and Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy have medical benefits beyond diabetes and weight loss. Tematica CIO Chris Versace explains how these so-called ‘diabesity drugs‘ could affect healthcare and why their impact, positive and…

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Iran and Israel - stepping back from the brink? w/ Paul Rogers 23:31

5d ago23:31

23:31

Paul Rogers returns to PTO to talk about Iran's attack on Israel on the 13th of April - the first such direct operation carried out by Iran. We discussed whether the operation was a failure or a qualified success, and the role of the United States, Britain, France, and Jordan in the downing of Iranian missiles and drones. We also talked about the p…

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Week ahead: A packed earnings list and significant economic data 8:56

5d ago8:56

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It’s a week where earning dominate with plenty of stocks on the IG list of all-sessions coverage. Some of the big US companies include Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOG), Tesla (TSLA) Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), Intel (INTC) and Ford Motor (F) to name just a few. Then in Europe Shell Oil (SHEL), Barclays (BARC), Lloyds Banking Gp (LLOY), NatWe…

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Is the Fed on hold for now, June cut no longer in view? 8:27

10d ago8:27

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With almost every US data point from jobs to manufacturing and commodities prices showing upward price pressures remain, should there be an interest rate hike instead of a cut? Tematica CIO Chris Versace says he thinks the Fed can sit and wait on rates for now, without having to cut until the risk of rising inflation has truly eased. Any opinion, n…

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Israel and the history of imperial feminism w/ Sophie Lewis 47:36

9d ago47:36

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Since October 7th Israeli politicians, spokespeople, and Israel's supporters have mobilised feminist narratives in defence of the state's genocidal actions in Gaza and sought to portray Palestinian resistance to Israel as suffused with religiously inspired misogyny. In a recent article in Salvage, Sophie Lewis wrote about the way in which Zionist f…

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Week ahead: UK inflation China GDP & US earnings 5:55

12d ago5:55

5:55

It’s back, front and centre, US quarterly earnings. Following the release on Friday of Q1 numbers from JP Morgan (JPM), Citigroup (C) and Wells Fargo (WFC), it’s the turn this week of Goldman Sachs (GS), Bank of America (BAC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, Procter & Gamble (PG) and Netflix (NFLX) amongst others. Watchout out for all these as they all tra…

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Excerpt - Richard Seymour on the US right's partial disenchantment with Israel 4:13

15d ago4:13

4:13

In part one of a two-part episode Richard returns to give his thoughts on an apparent turn against Israel on parts of the American right, the significance of the protests against Netanyahu within Israel, the role of students in the Palestine solidarity movement, and his view of post-Marxist thought.To get access to the full episode become a £5 PTO …

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‘Fierce competition not necessarily good for EV investors’ - Barkhordar 14:39

18d ago14:39

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‘The rising competition in the EV space is not necessarily good for investors in this space,’ says Abbas Barkhordar, Co-manager of the Schroder Asia Pacific Fund ‘because margins will be squeezed and this is likely to lead to a fall in profits’. Barkhordar also discusses AI and China investment themes with IG’s @AngelineOng. Any opinion, news, rese…

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Why investors need to get used to normalising interest rates 9:27

19d ago9:27

9:27

Recent strong jobs, manufacturing and consumption data from the US have meant that hopes of a first Fed rate cut in June are fading fast. Wind Shift Capital’s CEO and Shard strategist Bill Blain explains why this is a new era of normalising interest rates and how investors should be positioned for this new cycle. Any opinion, news, research, analys…

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Week ahead: FOMC minutes; ECB; RBNZ; BoC; US banks bonanza 6:43

21d ago6:43

6:43

Interest rate decisions from the eurozone, Australia, and Canada, plus FOMC minutes could make it interesting for FX traders in the coming week. Plus, Tesco, Delta along with Citi, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo kick off the earnings season. Watch out for a written US banks earnings preview from IG’s Shaun Murison on IG.com.…

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Late capitalism or technofeudalism? w/ Yanis Varoufakis 43:48

22d ago43:48

43:48

Yanis Varoufakis joins PTO to discuss his book, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism. We discussed why Yanis believes capitalism is no longer the appropriate term to describe contemporary economic and social relations. We also talked about the financial crisis, the Covid19 pandemic, and how central bank responses to both crises served to build t…

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Defence stocks with NATO at 75 years old 11:02

25d ago11:02

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Investing in the globally critical area of defence has never been so interesting. With the rise of technology as a driving force in security, the HANetf Future of Defence UCITS ETF is up 46% since the lows in October 2023. IGTV caught up with Tom Bailey, head of research at HANetf to discuss how the fund has developed as technology has become a mor…

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Week ahead: Second quarter starts with US jobs data dominating 5:24

28d ago5:24

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In what is a relatively quiet week, with the UK markets out on Monday and some not yet back from a 3-day weekend with Easter celebrations continuing, US jobs data will dominate. On Tuesday it kicks off with JOLTs – job openings, then Wednesday the private payrolls with ADP job creations and on Friday the Labor Department’s non-farm payrolls. All th…

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$5,500 is our 2024 year-end call for the S&P 500 - Stoltzfus 5:17

1M ago5:17

5:17

‘We are ramping up our year-end target price for the S&P 500 to $5,500 from $5,200’ says John Stoltzfus, Chief Investment Strategist, Oppenheimer Asset Management tells IG’s @AngelineOng. Stoltzfus also explains why much of this is linked to a shift in investor mindset and perception of the US economy. Any opinion, news, research, analysis, or othe…

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Excerpt - Richard Seymour on Israel's drift towards pariah status 4:24

1M ago4:24

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If you'd like to hear the rest of this episode of PTO Extra! Please consider becoming a £5 supporter at patreon.com/poltheoryotherRichard Seymour returns to discuss the likelihood of Israel launching its assault on Rafah (in the context of Israel's deliberate starvation of the Gazan population). We talked about the position of the United States and…

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Week ahead: BOJ minutes; GDP growth rates; inflation; consumer confidence; Kingfisher; H&M 4:32

1M ago4:32

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The minutes of the latest Bank of Japan meeting comes a week after the Fed signalled the economy was moving in the right direction for it to start cutting rates. Look out for the latest GDP growth rate print from the UK and Germany. France and the US release consumer confidence figures. Plus, Kingfisher and retailer H&M hand in their corporate repo…

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‘Copper likely to stay above $9,000‘ – Meyer 12:50

1M ago12:50

12:50

‘I would be disappointed if copper prices fell below support levels of around $8,860.’, said analyst and partner at SP Angel, John Meyer, ‘In fact, due to the current mood music out of China, I expect copper to stay above $9,000 per metric ton in the coming week’. Meyer also speaks to IG’s @AngelineOng about his outlook for gold and iron ore. Any o…

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Week ahead: BoJ, RBA, Fed and BoE rate decisions 7:26

2M ago7:26

7:26

Big week for rate decisions across four central banks; the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Bank of Japan (BoJ), Federal Reserve (Fed) and Bank of England (BoE). Only the BoJ could move with markets expecting at least some loosening of its long held yield curve control, of course the Japanese central bank go for a rise in its 0% rate policy, that c…

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‘Nvidia is like Ford in the automotive revolution’ - Stoltzfus 7:56

2M ago7:56

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‘Nvidia is very much like Ford in the automotive revolution,’ John Stoltzfus, Chief Investment Strategist at Oppenheimer Asset Management tells IG’s @AngelineOng, ‘and the chip giant’s growth is likely to continue as it changes the playing field for almost every industry.’ Any opinion, news, research, analysis, or other information does not constit…

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The seventies and us w/ Michael Hardt 1:02:06

1M ago1:02:06

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The 1970s is often depicted straightforwardly as the moment when the radical movements of the 1960s fractured, failed, and radicalised in ways that were self-destructive. In The Subversive Seventies Michael Hardt argues that not only is that a much too simplistic understanding of the decade, but that it serves to prevent us from drawing important l…

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Week ahead: US CPI & retail sales and UK monthly GDP 3:50

2M ago3:50

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With the dollar now having seen three weeks of losses, will the US data out next week continue to push the greenback down? Outside of this the government in the UK is desperately seeking evidence that the recession in Q3 and Q4 of last year is over, will the GDP data on Wednesday prove this? GBPUSD is now at high levels not seen since December 2023…

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Investment opportunities in defence 7:11

2M ago7:11

7:11

Recent comments from US Republican election hopeful, Donald Trump suggest that not enough is being done in Europe especially, to assist NATO in its defence spending. Owing to the war in Ukraine, demand for weapons in Europe has soared, but there remains potential upside for traditional arms companies as well as new technology businesses in the cybe…

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The crisis is permanent - MENA after the Arab Spring w/ Gilbert Achcar 43:30

2M ago43:30

43:30

Thirteen years have passed since the Arab Spring and the great hopes aroused in 2011 have been overwhelmed by counter-revolution and civil war. And yet, the region is anything but restabilised: Instead of the events of 2011 heralding a brief period of democratic transition akin to earlier developments in East Asia and Eastern Europe they instead, G…

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Week ahead: ECB rates, UK budget and non-farm payrolls 5:43

2M ago5:43

5:43

There is unlikely to be any move in rates from either the Bank of Canada (BoC) or the European Central Bank (ECB) but the interesting angle will be the commentary. Will both signal their intention to cut rates? Two-thirds of economists polled by Reuters recently suggest that the ECB will begin cutting rates in June. The BoC has its benchmark rate a…

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Key changes to stocks and shares ISAs in 2024 6:40

2M ago6:40

6:40

With the end of the tax year fast approaching, IG’s Portfolio Manager, Martin Harris, sat down with IGTV’s Angeline Ong to run through the three key changes to ISA’s for 2024 and which IG products are available.By IG Group

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Week ahead: Kiwi rate decision and China PMI data 6:49

2M ago6:49

6:49

The most volatile event of the week ahead is likely to be the New Zealand rate decision on Wednesday morning. With the Kiwi dollar at a nine-month low against the Aussie, if the Reserve Bank of New Zealand continues with its hawkish rhetoric, there’s a possibility of a short AUD/NZD winning on the day. The other event will be the Caixin and NBS PMI…

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PTO Extra! - Richard Seymour answers listeners questions 4:35

2M ago4:35

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In the latest PTO Extra! Richard Seymour returns to answer your questions on the impact of the Gaza protest movement, Israel's eroding international support, what a Trump presidency might lead to in US domestic politics, and where the late Christopher Hitchens' would have positioned himself in the current conjuncture.To listen to this episode becom…

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Investing in the renaissance in uranium 9:04

2M ago9:04

9:04

2023 was a big year for uranium, confirming that we are indeed seeing a nuclear renaissance. There has been a commitment to nuclear energy coming from environmental concerns, with COP28 seeing nuclear energy taking centre stage with 22 countries pledging to triple their nuclear energy capacity by 2050. Big producers are also signalling lower produc…

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Week ahead: Flash PMI data & UK bank earnings 4:08

2M ago4:08

4:08

After a week of GDP data, comes flash PMI numbers for many of the world’s largest economies. This will give us a more thorough understanding of how economies are faring bearing in mind the recent recession in the UK and Japan. Earnings across the week are dominated by UK banks where we see FY numbers from HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays and St…

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‘Fed does not need to cut rates early spring’ – Versace 5:48

3M ago5:48

5:48

‘The US Federal Reserve does not need to cut interest rates in March or even in early spring,’ Chris Versace, Tematica CIO tells IG’s @AngelineOng ‘because the economic data coming through indicates the US economy is still at risk of rising inflation’. Versace also explains why chip stocks, especially those related to AI and data centres, could hav…

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Settler colonialism and doppelganger politics w/ Naomi Klein 1:01:28

2M ago1:01:28

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Naomi Klein joins PTO to talk about her book, 'Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World'. In the first part of our conversation we talked about why at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, parts of the anti-vaccine movement started to adopt the garb and the language of participants in struggles against racism and the historic crimes of settler col…

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Week ahead: UK CPI GDP jobs & retail sales, Japan GDP and Australia confidence 6:15

3M ago6:15

6:15

In a week when many Chinese markets are out for the celebration of the year of the dragon, earnings begin to tail off from the recent flurry. There are still some areas of interest as UK banks begin to surface, beginning with NatWest on Friday. This will be followed by HSBC, Barclays and Lloyds Banking the following week. In the US there are still …

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‘Oil prices to slip further, driven by weak demand’ - Rizvi 6:05

3M ago6:05

6:05

Brent and US crude futures may continue to be volatile, says Osama Rizvi, Energy market analyst, Primary Vision Network, but the overarching trend for prices is down, due to sluggish demand from the world’s biggest consumers of oil. Rizvi explains why, all things being equal, $70 a barrel could be in sight. Any opinion, news, research, analysis, or…

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IG’s week ahead: RBA rate decision; BP, McDonald’s, Disney, Ford earnings 7:07

3M ago7:07

7:07

Earnings for the fourth quarter continue with all-sessions stocks including McDonald’s (MCD), Walt Disney (DIS), and Ford (F). In the UK BP comes out with its Q4 earnings as does TotalEnergies. Will they both follow Shell in its $3.5 billion share buyback? On the economic agenda there’s a rate decision from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) where…

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Excerpt - Sai Englert on BDS and economic democracy 2:45

3M ago2:45

2:45

In today's episode of PTO Extra! Sai Englert, author of Settler Colonialism: An Introduction returns to the show to answer listeners' questions. We talked about whether Zionism is distinct from other forms of settler colonialism, how struggles against settler colonial projects can tie together with socialist demands for the democratisation of the e…

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‘’US elections, earnings, rate cut expectations to drive mood of the markets‘’ – Versace 6:14

3M ago6:14

6:14

‘If we see the Republicans take the presidency back, it could be positive for the stock markets, says Chris Versace, CIO of Tematica. Versace explains what the potential stock market outcomes might be, given the strength seen in the recent US data, to IG’s @Angeline Ong.By IG Group

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IG’s week ahead: Q4 earnings; BoE & Fed rate decisions 6:04

3M ago6:04

6:04

Another week of earnings where the headlines are expected around the tech sector with several all-sessions stocks in view including MSFT, AMZN, META, AAPL, PTON, AMD and GOOG. In other sectors other all-sessions stocks include PFE, CVX, XOM, GM, BA and others. European earnings are also expected to provide plenty of opportunities to trade including…

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‘The Bible is not “like any other book”’: Katherine Sonderegger and the Bible as Vestigium Trinitatis 59:01

3M ago59:01

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In this first episode for 2024, we discuss a slightly different article: Matthew Wilcoxen's own ‘The Bible is not “like any other book”’: Katherine Sonderegger and the Bible as Vestigium Trinitatis' (IJST, September 2023). This was an article which discussed Sonderegger's recent Systematic Theology Vol. 2 and was presented at a Book Forum at the Am…

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Israel in the dock w/ Noura Erakat 59:16

3M ago59:16

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Palestinian-American legal scholar Noura Erakat joins PTO to discuss South Africa's case at the International Court of Justice and the utility of international law in struggles for global justice. With its roots in providing justification for European settler colonialism in the Americas, can International law ever serve the cause of liberatory move…

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‘Geopolitics to drive investor positions in 2024’ – Bright 10:58

3M ago10:58

10:58

After a stock market comeback in 2023, investors are likely to become more cautious in 2024 due to rising geopolitical tensions, says IG Smart Portfolios’ Aaron Bright. He tells IGTV financial analyst @AngelineOng why he’s neutral equities and longer duration bonds are looking more attractive. Any opinion, news, research, analysis, or other informa…

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IG’s week ahead: Q4 earnings; BoJ, ECB, BoC rate decisions 9:05

3M ago9:05

9:05

Three central bank decisions are on the agenda in the coming week so FX traders could be in for some interesting opportunities. First the Bank of Japan (BoJ) is expected to leave rates ultra-loose, however start looking for tentative signs that the hawks are in the wings. Meanwhile, the Bank of Canada (BoC) and the ECB are also on the agenda, and w…

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Excerpt - Richard Seymour on Yemen, Gaza, and voting for "Genocide Joe" 2:40

3M ago2:40

2:40

Richard Seymour returns to answer listeners' questions on the history of Yemen and the emergence of the Houthi militia, comparisons made between Israel's actions in Gaza and the Nazi Holocaust, and on the way in which the Trump presidency has influenced the current situation in the Middle East.Listen to the full episode by becoming a £5 patron at h…

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‘Markets need to accept recalibration of rate cut expectations’ – Versace 8:33

4M ago8:33

8:33

There needs to be an acceptance that the US economy continues to be stronger-than-expected, says Tematica CIO, Chris Versace, and investors need to pare back their Fed rate cut timing expectations. IG financial analyst @AngelineOng also asks Versace how investors should position themselves amid rising tensions in the Middle East and an incoming US …

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Week ahead 15/1/24: UK & Japan CPI, China GDP & US earnings 6:22

4M ago6:22

6:22

There’s US market holiday on Monday for Martin Luther King day which means that there will be no cash session on Wall Street and no individual stocks trading. IG will, however, have 24-hour markets up and running as usual and we’ll look ahead to Tuesday’s corporate offering from Goldman Sachs (all-sessions) and Morgan Stanley. We’ll get better look…

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Interregnum - Gaza, regional war, and Israel in the dock 58:02

4M ago58:02

58:02

Richard Seymour on the possibility of Israel's assault on Gaza leading to broader escalation in the Middle East. We talked about the strategic calculations of Iran, Hezbollah, the Houthi militia, and Israel, the possibility of the United States increasing its involvement on Israel's side, and whether the attack on Gaza might destabilise Egypt. And …

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