Battle Lines
by The Telegraph
Across the world, from Europe to Asia, the Americas to the Middle East, tensions are rising between nation states. Traditional alliances and alignments are constantly evolving in the 21st century. An understanding of defence and security policy and the tides of political, social and economic changes is crucial for any informed understanding of our world.
2024 sees war in Europe and Israel, and elections in major economies, including the US, the UK, Taiwan, South Africa, and many others. Insurgencies flare in Yemen and Burma, tensions escalate in East Africa, and all around the world the international security architecture buckles under increasing pressure.
With expert and experienced reporting on the ground from across the globe, Battle Lines combines on the ground reporting with analytical expertise to aid listeners to better understand the course of world politics and wars as the fault lines of global history grind and slip in an increasingly dangerous, and confusing, multipolar world.
Battle Lines is the best of The Telegraph’s defence, security, and foreign reporting in one place.
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Episodes
Inside the 'Oasis of Peace' in Israel
23m · PublishedIn this bonus episode of Battle Lines, Senior Foreign Correspondent Sophia Yan speaks to two friends, Adam Ben-Shabbat and Nadim Tali, who grew up in a village known as the 'Oasis of Peace'. This village, situated between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, is the only village in Israel where Palestinians and Jewish Israelis choose to live together. Adam and Nadim's friendship faced challenges after Adam decided to join the Israel Defence Force as a reservist in the wake of the October 7th attacks. Nadim meanwhile has had family members killed in Gaza. Despite the tensions, Adam and Nadim remain close friends.
Contributors:
Sophia Yan (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @sophia_yan on X.
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Dispatch: Inside the only place in Israel where Jews and Arabs choose to live together by Sophia Yan
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Israel rejects ceasefire, how Iranian drones changed warfare, and what's going wrong for China's economy
42m · PublishedIn this episode of Battle Lines, Middle East Correspondent Natalia Vasilyeva bring us updates from the war in Gaza as Israel rejects peace talks. Plus Berlin Correspondent James Rothwell details the drone missile developed by the Iranians set fire to the Middle East. Finally, we go to our Economics Correspondent Melissa Lawford, who tells us about the causes of the economic slowdown in China.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host) @djknowles22 on X.
Nataliya Vasilyeva (Middle East Correspondent) @Nat_Vasilyeva on X.
James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent) @JamesERothwell on X.
Melissa Lawford (Economics Correspondent) @MelissaLawford on X.
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How the ‘AK-47 of Tehran’ changed warfare and set fire to the Middle East by James Rothwell
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Israel wants security buffer zone in Gaza, Thai farmer taken hostage by Hamas, complexities of civil war in Sudan
1h 3m · PublishedIn this episode of Battle Lines, Middle East Correspondent Nataliya Vasilyeva gives us the latest from Israel with reports of a buffer zone being secretly built by Israel, Global Health Security Correspondent Sarah Newey tells us about a Thai farmer in Israel who was taken hostage by Hamas on the October 7th attacks, and David Knowles speaks to Professor Alex DeWaal about the unraveling civil war in Sudan.
Contributors:
Roland Oliphant (Host, Senior Foreign Correspondent) @RolandOliphant on X
David Knowles (Host) @djknowles22 on X.
Nataliya Vasilyeva (Middle East Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on X.
Sarah Newey (Global Health Security Correspondent) @sneweyy on X
Professor Alex DeWaal @WorldPeaceFdtn on X
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Revealed: Israel's new Gaza border by Natalie Vasilyeva
Fifty days in chains: The Thai hostage who survived Hamas by Sarah Newey
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Army chief says public face call-up if UK goes to war with Russia & hostage families protest in Israel
40m · PublishedIn this episode of Battle Lines, Defence Editor Danielle Sheridan discusses her agenda setting front page story about how a top British General believes the British Army is too small and that the government may need to ‘mobilise the nation’ in the event of conflict with Russia. Then we hear from Middle East Correspondent Nataliya Vasilyeva and Senior Foreign Correspondent Sophia Yan about the latest news from Israel and the region. Finally, Economics Reporter Melissa Lawford gives us her take on the impact of the attacks in the Red Sea on global trade and the economy.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on X.
Nataliya Vasilyeva (Middle East Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on X.
Sophia Yan (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @sophia_yan on X.
Melissa Lawford (Economics Correspondent). @MelissaLawford on X.
Danielle Sheridan (Defense Editor) @SheridanDani on X.
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Sunak forced to rule out conscription as Russia war threat rises by Danielle Sheridan
World faces second wave of disruptions from Red Sea crisis, warns shipping giant by Melissa Lawford
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Iran & Pakistan trade airstrikes, Myanmar's civil war & who are the Houthis?
52m · PublishedIn this episode of Battle Lines, Senior Foreign Correspondent Sophia Yan and Middle East Correspondent Natalia Vasilyeva bring us updates from the region as Iran and Pakistan trade missile strikes and the war in Gaza continues.
Plus Senior Foreign Correspondent Roland Oliphant looks at the Houthi rebel movement in Yemen, and explains where they come from and who their friends are.
Finally, we go to our Asia Correspondent, Nicola Smith, who analyses the continuing civil war in Myanmar as a rebel alliance pushes back the military junta's troops.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on X.
Nataliya Vasilyeva (Middle East Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on X.
Sophia Yan (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @sophia_yan on X.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.
Nicola Smith (Asia Correspondent). @niccijsmith on X.
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Pakistan cuts ties with Iran after missile attack kills two children, by Sophia Yan
The Houthis: inside the powerful militia’s enigmatic mindset, by Roland Oliphant, Nataliya Vasilyeva and Sophia Yan
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Blow to Beijing as Taiwan chooses candidate Xi fears the most
29m · PublishedIn this bonus episode of Battle Lines, we take a look at the Taiwanese election, and what it means for the region, with Asia Correspondent Nicola Smith and Senior Foreign Correspondent Sophia Yan.
Taiwan, which the Chinese Communist Party claims as its own territory, represents one of the world’s most dangerous flashpoints, with the potential to ignite a global war.
The general election is one of the most consequential of the 70+ polls being held around the world this year, determining how the island of 23.5 million people will manage its ties with China over the next four years.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on X.
Sophia Yan (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @sophia_yan on X.
Nicola Smith (Asia Correspondent). @niccijsmith on X.
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China must ‘win the hearts’ of the Taiwanese, says Xi, by Nicola Smith
Nauru cuts ties with Taiwan as China accused of bribery, by Nicola Smith
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UK & US strike Houthi positions in Red Sea barrage and Ecuador in state of emergency after drug boss’s prison break
57m · PublishedIn this episode of Battle Lines, Defence Editor Danielle Sheridan and Telegraph writer Tom Sharpe bring the latest news and analysis from the Red Sea, as Britain and America strike Houthi positions after months of attacks on civilian and military vessels.
Then Middle East Correspondent Nataliya Vasilyeva updates us from Israel as the IDF continues to battle Hamas across Gaza, and Senior Foreign Correspondent Sophia Yan describes how the Chinese state forced ethnic Kazakhs to round up Muslim families in Xinjiang who were then never seen again.
Finally, journalist and academic Mathew Charles speaks about the internal conflict in Ecuador, where government forces battle drug gangs for control of the country.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on X.
Danielle Sheridan (Defence Editor). @SheridanDani on X.
Tom Sharpe (former Royal Navy officer). @TomSharpe134 on X.
Nataliya Vasilyeva (Middle East Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on X.
Sophia Yan (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @sophia_yan on X.
Mathew Charles (Foreign Reporter and academic). @mat_charles_ on X.
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The Telegraph's Live Blog on the Red Sea
West is united against Houthi threat, says Biden as Britain and US launch air strikes in Yemen, by Danielle Sheridan
‘We did it to our own people’: How China forced Kazakhs to implement its ethnic crackdown, by Sophia Yan
How Ecuador’s 36-year-old leather jacket-wearing president took on the drug cartels – and lost, by Mathew Charles
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Drones, missiles and warships: the battle for the Red Sea
22m · PublishedFor months, Iranian backed Houthi rebels have been attacking merchant shipping in the Red Sea. In response, an international task force patrols the waters to protect the civilian vessels. In this episode of Battle Lines we speak to former warship commander and Telegraph writer Tom Sharpe about operation Prosperity Guardian, naval strategy and life at sea.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on X.
Tom Sharpe, former Royal Navy officer, @TomSharpe134 on X.
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Israel continues Gaza assault, confrontation in the Red Sea & Taiwan goes to the polls
47m · PublishedIn this episode of Battle Lines, we hear from Foreign Correspondent Lizzie Porter in Jerusalem, who brings up to date on the war in Gaza. Then we look South, with The Telegraph’s Defence Editor Danielle Sheridan, at the tensions rising in the Red Sea as Houthi rebels continue to target a busy shipping lane with missiles and drones.
Finally, with our Asia Correspondent Nicola Smith, we travel to Taiwan a week ahead of presidential election in the embattled island nation that could have profound consequences for the country, the region and the world.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on X.
Lizzie Porter (Foreign Reporter). @lcmporter on X.
Danielle Sheridan (Defence Editor). @SheridanDani on X.
Nicola Smith (Asia Correspondent). @niccijsmith on X.
Read: Navy has so few sailors it has to decommission ships, by Danielle Sheridan
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'The children ask me, Santa, are you coming, despite the war?'
22m · PublishedIn this episode of Battle Lines, Middle East Correspondent Nataliya Vasilyeva joins us from Israel to give us this week's update on the fighting, the diplomacy, and the unprecedented events in the Red Sea as Houthi rebels target international shipping.
Then we stay with Nataliya for a special dispatch from Jerusalem, as she interviews the only licensed Santa in the city, ahead of a Christmas full of worry for the region's Christian population.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on X.
Nataliya Vasilyeva (Middle East Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on X.
Read: Jerusalem’s only accredited Santa Claus vows to keep entertaining children despite war, by Nataliya Vasilyeva
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Battle Lines has 46 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 26:56:56. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on October 22nd 2023. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 27th, 2024 21:10.
