The Inside Story Podcast

Bosnia says it is struggling to cope with the influx of thousands of people fleeing war and poverty and taking the new Balkan route to Europe.

No running water or electricity. Portable toilets that are rotting. Flimsy, leaking tents. And rubbish everywhere.

Built on an old landfill site, next to a minefield, migrants at the Vucjak camp say it’s a nightmare.

Conditions are appalling…and about to get even worse, with the onset of the Balkan winter.

Fifty-thousand people have arrived in Bosnia Herzegovina in two years.

Many get stuck at the border with Croatia, and now tough new measures are in place to restrict their movements.

Bosnia’s emerged as a new transit point to Europe after northern Balkan routes were shut following the 2015 refugee crisis.

Rights groups are now warning of a new humanitarian crisis.

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Peter Van Der Auweraert Bosnia Representative, International Organization for Migration

Gerald Knaus Founding Chairman, European stability Initiative

Nidzara Ahmetasevic Independent Journalist in Bosnia Herzegovina

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It's almost a month since protests erupted across Lebanon. Yet a solution to the political crisis hasn't been reached.

There's some hope for a new government, after three parties nominated the former finance minister to be the next leader.

But that decison's led to people protesting outside Mohammad Safadi's house, calling him a thief.

And demonstrators are still blocking roads in Beirut. They want the political system overhauled and the economy, and their lives, to improve.

So, is a new government the answer?

And what about the calls to change the entire political system?

Presenter: Dareen Abughaida

Guests:

Kamel Wazne, political analyst and economist.

Jamil Mouawad, political lecturer at the American University of Beirut.

Habib Battah, independent journalist and founder of news website Beirut Report.

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Bolivia's leadership is in turmoil.

The president has quit and fled and his replacement doesn't have the government's full approval.

Senate leader Jeanine Anez has declared herself interim president - but is fiercely opposed.

Backers of former President Evo Morales boycotted the vote, making congressional approval impossible.

Anez claimed the post anyway. Her critics are calling it a coup, but the U.S. is supporting her.

So, is this the beginning of another crisis in Bolivia?

And how's it being seen across Latin America?

Presenter: Sami Zidan

Guests

Wim Kamerbeek-Romero, political analyst and adviser to the left-leaning Chuquisaca Somos Todos party in Sucre.

Dimitry Babich, political analyst at Russian news agency Rossiya Sevodnya.

Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network, a political and social justice think tank in Bolivia.

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Just a few months ago Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez refused to form a government with the Podemos party.

Sanchez said he would have trouble sleeping at night if there were Podemos ministers in his government.

But he's now performed a political U-turn and agreed to partner the hard-left party to form the country's first coalition cabinet in modern times.

The breakthrough comes after Sanchez emerged as the weakened winner of Sunday's general election.

Spain’s ruling socialist party once again fell short of a majority, while the far-right Vox party became the third-most powerful political force.

The preliminary coalition deal could put an end to the political deadlock that followed April's inconclusive elections.

But in a fragmented political landscape, can it solve the country's many challenges?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Miguel-Anx Murado, political commentator and contributor to New York Times and the Guardian.

Enric Ucelay Da-Ca, senior professor emeritus at Pompeo Fabra University.

Carlos Conde Solares, senior lecturer at Northumbria University.

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NATO is experiencing brain death, says French President Emmanuel Macron.

Many of his European partners in the alliance certainly don't agree and call his words 'drastic and dangerous'.

In an interview with the Economist magazine, the French President blamed the US, saying its commitment to NATO is weakening.

Macron cited the US' failure to consult it before pulling its forces out of northern Syria,

and questioned whether the alliance is still committed to collective defence.

And he called on Europe to think of itself as a geopolitical power and ensure it's in control of its destiny.

Macron's remarks come ahead of a summit in the UK early next month to mark NATO's 70th anniversary.

So is the alliance weakening?

And can Europe create an alternative?

Presenter: Sami Zeidan

Guests

John Laughland, author and consultant on International Law and a specialist on East-West relations.

Alexander Vershbow, former deputy secretary general of NATO and the former US Ambassador to NATO and Russia.

Pavel Felgenhauer, defence and military analyst and columnist for Novaya Gazeta.

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Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has silenced nearly all voices of dissent in recent years.

His government has shut down independent media and dissolved the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, CNRP.

The CNRP leader Kem Sokha has now been freed after a year of house arrest, but he still faces severe restrictions and is banned from leaving the country.

His colleagues, including party co-founder Sam Rainsy, are facing challenges of their own as they try to return to Cambodia from exile.

This is happening as the government faces international condemnation for undermining democracy and human rights.

Can they maintain the pressure despite a government crackdown?

Presenter: Nastasya Tay

Guests:

Sam Rainsy - Acting President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party

Graham Ong- Webb - Research Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam school of International studies

Benjamin Zawacki - Independent southeast Asia analyst and author

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The UN says countries are violating arms embargoes on Libya and worsening the eight-year civil war.

A draft report names Jordan, Turkey, Chad, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates among those supplying weapons and military support over the past year.

Both sides in the war the UN-recognised government in Tripoli, and forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar received foreign help.

And the experts say it's 'highly probable' that a jet from a Haftar ally launched the air strike that killed 53 refugees at a migrant centre in July.

How are outside powers redrawing the battle lines of the conflict?

And can they be stopped?

Presenter: Nastasya Tay

Guests:

Anas El Gomati - Founder and General Director of the independent think tank the Sadeq Institute

Elias Farhat - Retired Lebanese Military General

Emad Badi - Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute

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Hindus and Muslims have argued over a centuries-old religious site in the city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh state for decades.

Hardline Hindu groups tore down a mosque there nearly 30 years ago, triggering violence that killed 2,000 people.

India's highest court has now ruled unanimously that the land should be given to Hindus to build a temple.

Muslims will be provided with two hectares elsewhere in Ayodhya to build a mosque.

Will the verdict end the controversy, or inflame tensions further?

Presenter: Hazem Sika

Guests:

Sanjay Hegde - Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India

Valay Singh - Author of "Ayodhya: City of Faith, City of Discord"

Kamal Faruqui - Executive Member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Boar

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Delegates from more than 40 countries are in Russia, as concerns grow about the threat of nuclear war.

Talks for North Korea to give up atomic weapons in return for sanctions relief have stalled.

Russia and the US have abandoned a treaty on limiting nuclear missiles.

And, a year after America pulled out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Tehran is taking more steps to produce enriched uranium, which could be used for weapons.

Russia's foreign minister opened the conference in Moscow by saying Iran's latest move does NOT pose a threat to non-proliferation.

There are an estimated 14,500 nuclear weapons around the world, in the hands of nine countries. Five have signed on to the UN's non-proliferation treaty - the US, UK, France, Russia and China. The others India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea aren't restricted by the pact, which is meant to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.

So Is there the political will to limit and abolish nuclear weapons?

Inside Story Presenter:

Nastasya Tay

Guests:

Sahil Shah, a specialist on non-proliferation and disarmament.

Robert Kelley, distinguised fellow at SIPRI and former director at the IAEA.

Rebecca Johnson, Director, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy

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It was the single most important moment since the end of the Second World War. On the night of November 9th, 1989 - the Berlin Wall came down.

It drew to a close one of Europe's darkest chapters. Since 1961, the wall was a physical reminder of a divided East and West.

The Soviet Union on one side, and NATO and its Western allies on the other.

Hundreds of East Germans climbed on top of the wall, chipping away at the concrete with hammers. On the other side, their cousins came out in support in their thousands.

The East Germans were shouting for freedom and democracy after decades of Communist rule.

But did it bring about a new world order?

Presenter: Darren Jordon

Guests

Henning Meyer, Managing Director of Social Europe Publishing and Consulting.

Viktor Olevich, Lead Expert at the Center for Actual Politics.

Elisabeth Braw, Senior Research Fellow at the Modern Deterrence Project at RUSI

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