Attacks and Rigged Elections in Serbia

Today we speak to deep-politics researcher Robert Skvarla. We discuss "Warhound", a $200 million startup developing genetically engineered military dogs. No joke. They want to clone elite military canines, modify their DNA, potentially enhance their senses with wolf genes (!), an ... Show More

Today we speak to investigative journalist Florian Flade about a scandal at the centre of Germany's former spy chief August Hanning. He's at the centre of an explosive espionage scandal. Once one of the most powerful figures in German intelligence, he's been accused of betraying ... Show More

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Can anti-corruption protests in Serbia take down a populist president? Democracy activist Maja Stojanovic joins the show from Belgrade. Then we go to Gaza, where the end of the ceasefire could also mean ending any chance of an education for hundreds of thousands of children there ... Show More

Huge protests following <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/08/15/belaruss-election-was-a-sham-the-wests-response-has-been-feeble?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_bl ... Show More

Over the summer, a mysterious Twitter persona published details of over 14,500 social media accounts - all of them controlled by real-life Serbian citizens, it's claimed. They stand accused of posting… whatever the President’s party tells them to.It’s long been rumoured that Serb ... Show More

<p>The country remains <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2023/01/30/political-turmoil-is-tearing-peru-apart?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listen ... Show More

How did Serbia’s students prompt a national movement for change? They’re leading countrywide protests after a railway station collapse killed 15 people last November. The protests have grown beyond demands for resignations, calling for structural change. Will they pull it off? In ... Show More