In this episode of KowaXtra MENA, we analyze how the delicate post-2022 UN-brokered truce in Yemen fractured, leading to the rapid Houthi advance along the Red Sea coast, the capture of Mocha, and the contested battle for Perim Island.
Connecting local ground dynamics to the broader geopolitical rivalry between the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, we apply Professor Robert Pape’s "Escalation Trap" framework to examine how limited military objectives spiral into multi-front regional crises. We also explore John Mearsheimer’s critique of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, the strategic vulnerability of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, and the devastating human cost of renewed displacement across Taiz and the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint.
Key Topics Covered:
BEFORE: The breakdown of the 2022 truce, the Sana'a airport strike, and the fall of Mocha and Perim.
BEHIND: Saudi Arabia’s containment limits, IRGC involvement, and the strategic weight of the Red Sea energy corridors.
THE ESCALATION TRAP: Applying Robert Pape’s model to military overreach and retaliatory loops.
MEARSHEIMER'S ARGUMENT: Realist perspectives on the June 2026 US-Iran MOU and coercive leverage.
BEYOND & WHAT NEXT: The humanitarian fallout in Taiz, global economic exposure for nations like Nigeria, and future regional pathways.

KOWA WEEKLY
Welcome to Kowa Weekly from Kowa Podcast. Kowa Podcast, the voice of the many, not just the few.
This week, Ibrahim Alkaitawi and Albaqir unpack three stories that define the moment Nigeria is living in.
First, we examine what happened in an Abuja courtroom last week, where a Federal High Court judge defied a Court of Appeal order to deliver a judgment deregistering five opposition political parties. The appellate court called it judicial rascality. We call it what it really is: a blueprint for one-party rule, with the fingerprints of the ruling establishment written all over it.
Second, we confront the blood that nobody in power is counting. Over ten thousand Nigerians killed in two years. Communities buried. Farmers chased off their land. Teachers beheaded. And a government that counts delegates while families count bodies. We ask the question that must be asked: why are we still dancing around the cycle instead of dismantling the entire criminal network? And we talk about what real kinetic and non-kinetic solutions must look like.
Third, we turn to the global stage, where Ghana's President Mahama stood at the United Nations and drove a historic resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity. While 123 countries voted yes and Ghana carried the flag for the entire Black race, Nigeria, the most populous Black nation on earth, whispered a quiet yes from the corner of the hall. We ask: where is the sleeping giant, and when will it lead?
Three topics. Three verdicts. One broadcast.
This is Kowa Weekly. The voice of the many, not just the few.
#KowaWeekly #KowaPodcast #NigeriaDecides2027 #JudicialRascality #NigeriaSecurity #Reparations #PanAfrica

One Year to Nigeria’s General Election
Twisdon360 TV New edition
Nigeria stands just one year away from another general election.
This episode examines Nigeria’s economic hardship, insecurity crisis, fiscal contradictions, and the deepening concerns around the direction of the political system.
From rising inflation and currency devaluation to insecurity across multiple regions, and from subsidy removal to questions of accountability, this analysis explores the widening gap between policy promises and lived reality.
This is #Twisdon360 #PoliticsUnplugged from #KowaPodcast.

Daga daftarin #TsokaciKadan, zuwa muryoyin Kowa Podcast Ibrahim Alkaitawi, ya kawo muku cikakken nazari kan babban zanga-zangar da shugabannin jam'iyyar ADC suka jagoranta zuwa hedikwatar INEC a Abuja. Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rabiu Kwankwaso, David Mark, Rauf Aregbesola da sauransu sun fito kan tituna a ƙarƙashin taken "Save Nigeria Democracy." Me zanga-zangar take nunawa? Ya halin dimokuradiyya a Najeriya? Kuma shin INEC za ta amsa wannan ƙalubale? Ku saurara a Kowa Podcast
#kowapodcast #tsokacilive #Zaben2027 #alkaitawi

2025 in Review: New Year, New Journey”
Kowa Podcast reviews 2025 — a year that exposed the violence, hypocrisy, and failures of the global order.
From the Sahel and ECOWAS to Gaza, Sudan, Venezuela, and Nigeria, this live session confronts imperialism, state failure, economic injustice, and the rising global arms race.
As we enter 2026, this is not a celebration — it is a reckoning.
A demand for sovereignty, justice, and people-centered liberation.
🎙️ Kowa Podcast — the voice of the many, not just a few.
Hashtags:
#KowaPodcast #2025InReview #2026 #NewYearNewJourney

#Bitar2025: Najeriya, Afirka, da Duniya Baki Daya

Fatan Sabuwar Duniya a Sabuwar Shekara

Wannan episode na #TsokaciLive da Kowa Podcast bita ce ta musamman kan shekarar 2025 da kuma hangen abin da 2026 zata kunsa.

Takardun Pandora, Sumud Flotilla da Rikicin kungiyar pengassan da Dangote TsokaciLive
A wannan shirin na TsokaciLive — Kowa Podcast mun duba manyan abubuwan da suka girgiza duniya: fallasar Takardun Pandora da yadda masu mulki da masu kudi ke tserewa biyan haraji,
kama jiragen Sumud Flotilla da gwagwarmayar kai agaji zuwa Gaza,
da kuma rikicin kungiyoyin kwadago da ma'aikata
zuwa goyon bayan ‘yan jari-hujja ga yan uwansu masu zuba jari maimakon ma’aikata. da tasirin hakan ga tattalin arziki, da bukatar gaskiya da
adalci a wurin sasanta rikicin.

Saurari cikakken sharhin , da nazari da kira ga sauyi.
Saurari: Spotify (Kowa Podcast) • YouTube (Twisdon360 TV) • Facebook (Kowa Podcast)
Daga ƙasa zuwa sama — muryar kowa da kowa, ba ‘yan tsiraru ba.

#FreedomRepublicBroadcast
Kowa podcast volunteer to join freedom Republic broadcast team and participated in the program and bring you some highlights as part of this episode thanks to comrade Chi-Chi seun suoz civic and all UFOs and the entire team
Of both #kowapodcast and #FreedomRepublicBroadcast

obi and one term tenure? Twisdon360 politics unplugged from kowa podcast