Apr 30, 2017
In this episode we cover:
Somalia,
Rwanda,
Yugoslavia,
Sergei Lavrov,
Iraq and oil-for-food,
Kofi Annan's election,
UNSC expansion,
The International Criminal Court,
&
Kosovo.
Apr 24, 2017
In this episode I cover 60 years of history for OPEC - a tale of oil and power
Covering its founding
How its membership expanded
The oil embargoes of 1967 and 1973
A kidnapping ft. Carlos the Jackal
Oil prices instability in the late 70s and 80s
How OPEC made a $1 trillion in one year
Apr 24, 2017
In today's episode the UN gets out of it's funk. I cover:
The Iran-Iraq war
The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
How the USSR became the Russian Federation
Yugoslavia and Somalia interventions
Apr 16, 2017
No. 10 Downing Street, and the rest of the street actually, are today's topic. I'll cover:
Why Downing Street is famous,
How Downing Street was built,
Who built Downing Street and why,
Cocks and the Germans,
Sir Robert Walpole's contribution,
How No. 10 was a merger of various houses
How PMs have used 10 Downing...