Take Five - 19 September 2025
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In our fortnightly feature, Director/CEO Juliet Dryden and Communications Intern Eve Harrison-Taylor bring you their top five IR-related podcasts and readings from the past two weeks. 'Take five' to explore our best of the best.
In this week's Take Five we are exploring the Middle East, Trump's involvement across the Globe and the future of AI.
- The Lies America Tells Itself About the Middle East by Hussein Agha and Robert Malley for Foreign Affairs.
- Can the UN’s new AI governance efforts weather the AI race? by Isabella Wilkinson for Chatham House.
- Trump Isn’t Interested in Competing With China By Thomas Wright for The Atlantic.
- Britain’s relationship with America endures, against the odds for The Economist.
- Israel’s strike on Qatar was a serious blow against diplomacy in the Middle East by M. Waqas Haider for The Conversation.
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