The World Unspun

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After more than 50 years of award-winning global justice journalism, New Internationalist could be forced to shut down. We need your help to survive. Donate today at newint.org/give This episode was brought to you by Big Solar Coop. ** The threat of nuclear weapons being used is the highest it’s been since the Cold War. Nuclear-armed states have been ploughing money into modernizing their arsenals and their leaders are abandoning arms control agreements as they continue to ramp up political tensions. In this episode, co-editor Amy Hall speaks to South Korean policy analyst Dae-Han Song of the International Strategy Center about why the US is fuelling this crisis – and what the international community needs to do bring the world back from the brink. Dae-Han Song is also part of the No Cold War Collective, and is an associate at the Korea Policy Institute. Further reading from this episode: The New Nuclear Arms Race (New Internationalist, January-February 2026) Flashpoints to fall out (Amy Hall in New Internationalist) Security or death (Dae-Han Song in New Internationalist) Subscribe to New Internationalist today to get our next issue on the centenary of the 1926 British General Strike! Use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print and/or digital subscription.

This episode was brought to you by Big Solar Coop. Subscribe to New Internationalist and use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print and/or digital subscription. The Beirut-based journalist provides his analysis on why Israel is able to impose a one-way 'ceasefire', its broader war aims in South Lebanon, and the people caught in the middle. Further reading from this episode: Please note this episode was recorded prior to the extension of the 'ceasefire' announced on 23 April 2026. Gaza: Genocide and Resistance (New Internationalist, November/December 2025) Read all our Lebanon coverage on newint.org Mat Nashed is an award-nominated journalist who has covered the MENA region since the Arab Spring. He was previously the feature's print correspondent for Al Jazeera English and has written and reported for various other platforms, including Newlines Magazine, The New Humanitarian, The Committee to Protect Journalists, the Carnegie Endowment, and many others. He has extensively covered politics and conflict in the Nile Basin and the Levant.You can follow him at @matnashed on X and Instagram.

Subscribe to New Internationalist today to get our next issue on the centenary of the 1926 British General Strike! Use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print and/or digital subscription. This episode was brought to you by Big Solar Coop. Tori Tsui is an environmental campaigner, author and advisor from Hong Kong. She is a senior advisor for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Follow her on Instagram @toritsui Further reading from this episode: A new treaty promises to end fossil fuel extraction (Danny Chivers, New Internationalist) Stepping back from the climate brink (Danny Chivers, New Internationalist) To end the Gaza genocide, the Global South takes justice into its own hands (Kate McMahon, New Internationalist) It's Not Just You: How to navigate eco anxiety and the climate crisis (Tori Tsui) Follow the Fossil Fuel Treaty on Instagram @fossilfueltreaty

Subscribe to New Internationalist today to get our next issue on the centenary of the 1926 British General Strike! Use the code THEWORLDUNSPUN for 20% off your first year of a print and/or digital subscription. This episode was brought to you by Big Solar Coop. Molly Crabapple is an award-winning artist, writer and author whose work has appeared in past issues of New Internationalist including the cover of our 2015 issue Democracy in the digital era. Her forthcoming book, Here Where we Live is our Country, tells the little-known story of the revolutionary Jewish Labour Bund movement. The party aimed to build a socialist alternative to zionism while fighting violent anti-semitism in Eastern Europe in the early 20th century. Further reading from this episode: Singing in dark times: Cultural resistance in Palestine (Decca Muldowney in New Internationalist) Gaza: Genocide and Resistance (New Internationalist, Issue 558) Pre-order Here Where We Live is Our Country from Bloomsbury New Internationalist is an award-winning global justice magazine. Proudly reader-owned.