麻豆社

Introducing The Explanation

On a mission to make sense of the world

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Unspun World: Is Ukraine's counter-offensive a turning point?

Ukraine prepares a renewed offensive. Plus, what is a pangenome and how will it help us?

• 27 mins

Unspun World: Could AI outsmart humanity?

Reporting from Ukraine's battlefields. Plus, how worried should we be about AI?

• 27 mins

Unspun World: Can the US transform the world's economy?

President Biden puts America first. So will he succeed in reshaping the global economy?

• 27 mins

Unspun World: What's it like reporting on the war from inside Russia?

Steve Rosenberg on the challenges for journalists still in Russia

• 27 mins

Unspun World: Who can challenge Trump?

The race for the 2024 Republican White House nomination is about to heat up

• 27 mins

What is the Wagner Group?

The mercenary organisation's operations have extended to many nations, but who are they?

• 19 mins

Unspun World: Xi Jinping: President or emperor?

What do the growing ambitions of China's leader mean for the rest of the world?

• 27 mins

Unspun World: Is Putin's time up?

The editor of the 麻豆社鈥檚 Russian service, Famil Ismailov, analyses Vladimir Putin's future

• 27 mins

How Lebanon鈥檚 economy collapsed

Protests, the port explosion and power cuts 鈥� what鈥檚 next for Lebanon?

• 17 mins

Haiti's gang crisis

How competing gangs are carving up Haiti鈥檚 capital, Port-au-Prince

• 18 mins

Unspun World: Is it time to return looted art?

What should we done with stolen treasures? Katie Razzall confronts colonialism's legacy

• 27 mins

What is a war crime?

Even war has rules, so what happens when they are broken?

• 17 mins

Who are the Rohingyas?

How the Rohingyas fled Myanmar to become the world鈥檚 largest stateless population

• 17 mins

The EU

How the European Union evolved from a six-nation club to a major global player

• 18 mins

Venezuela crisis

With more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia, how is Venezuela so poor?

• 18 mins

What is Nato?

Will Nato continue to expand?

• 18 mins

Kosovo鈥揝erbia relations

Will Serbia ever recognise Kosovo?

• 17 mins

Could Puerto Rico become America's 51st state?

麻豆社 Mundo鈥檚 Ronald Avila-Claudio discusses what the future might hold for his homeland

• 17 mins

The Global Jigsaw: Grain deal special

Russia and Turkey failed to reach an agreement to bring Ukrainian grain to the world

• 27 mins

Unspun World: What has changed for women in Iran, a year after Mahsa Amini's death?

Iranian women are still fighting for freedom, despite government crackdowns

• 27 mins

The Global Jigsaw: Wagner after Prigozhin

What next for the notorious group after the plane crash that wiped out its leadership?

• 40 mins

Unspun World: Can anyone in Russia challenge Putin now?

Now Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead, can anyone in Russia challenge the president鈥檚 power?

• 27 mins

Unspun World: Are democracies hindering the fight against climate change?

Short-term politics gets in the way of dealing with an ever-warming planet

• 27 mins

Unspun World: Israel declares war on Hamas after deadly attack

Israel starts 'a prolonged and powerful campaign' in Gaza. What will be the consequences?

• 27 mins

The Global Jigsaw: Who鈥檒l be Argentina鈥檚 next president?

After a shock primary win, a far-right libertarian economist is in pole position

• 23 mins

Unspun World: Will Israel invade Gaza?

Will Israel launch a ground assault in Gaza and, if they do, what's at stake?

• 27 mins

Unspun World: Tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border

What are the chances that Lebanon will get involved in the Israel-Gaza conflict?

• 27 mins

Unspun World: What's Israel's endgame in Gaza?

What's Israel's endgame in Gaza? Security correspondent, Frank Gardener, gives his take

• 27 mins

The Global Jigsaw: Israel and Gaza special

The war of narratives reflecting power tilts in the Middle East

• 40 mins