International Intrigue Audio Edition

Welcome to the final edition of International Intrigue ‘1.0'. If you're a first time reader, or if you missed our announcement last Friday, things are about to change around here, and we couldn't be more excited about what's ahead. As promised, this week we bring you a very special Q & A edition. We received ~25 questions via email and Twitter, so we could only pick some of them to answer. Highlights include: What is the biggest mistake in foreign policy in the 21st century? What's the significance of expelling an ambassador? What's your most embarrassing moment as a diplomat? If you're wondering how you can support us, we have a simple answer: please tell everyone you know about International Intrigue. The more people who find our work, the more likely our big plans for the future will be a raging success!

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Hi hi hi! This week: Sadly, what's going on in Afghanistan right now is just too big to ignore. But instead of rehashing what you've no doubt read elsewhere, this week we've decided to cover two angles you might not have thought about:

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This week we take a look at how not to transfer power in a country:

This week: How the next world war could start: freedom of navigation under international maritime law. How the next world war could be avoided: is deep-sea mining the answer to our rare earth problems? Don't forget, you can read the newsletter on your phone, subscribe to the newsletter, and follow on John on Twitter!

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Apologies for the delay and the sound issues this week Intriguers! The technical gods were not our friends. Back to normal next week! Don't forget, you can read this edition on your phone, subscribe to the newsletter, and follow on John on Twitter! This week: Tanzania: Belt and Road and the Bagamoyo Port Did a Chinese spy catcher defect to the US in February?

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Happy Friday! As promised, a little bonus tidbit for you loyal friends of Intrigue. Helen spent three years as an Australian diplomat in Israel. In a very informal discussion, we discuss this week's Israel & Palestine newsletter that went out on Wednesday: Helen talks about living in Israel and what it was like to visit Gaza Israeli domestic politics, Jerusalem, and the life of Arab Israelis How she felt writing about these issues this week If you like this little bonus chat, let us know. We enjoyed recording it and we'd love to do more if people enjoy them! You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Please give us five stars on Apple Podcasts! (Apparently it helps new listeners find us). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/internationalintrigue/message

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Listen now | Will Scotland become independent for the first time since 1707? The CIA tries to predict the future through superforecasting. What is it? Get on the email list at internationalintrigue.substack.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/internationalintrigue/message

Listen now | Kyrgyzstan and Tajikstan go to war (sort of) and get reprimanded by Putin | Geopolitical analyst Dan Wang has very thoughtful things to say about the future of China Get on the email list at internationalintrigue.substack.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/internationalintrigue/message

Listen now | A build up of military equipment on the Russia Ukraine border, and the 'out there' idea of building a digital first country. Get on the email list at internationalintrigue.substack.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/internationalintrigue/message

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Listen now | The Iran nuclear deal under pressure & Intel's game-changing keynote Get on the email list at internationalintrigue.substack.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/internationalintrigue/message

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