Our guests Lynne O’Donnell and Charles Hecker assess the reemergence of Iraq’s former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, and whether it’s worth the damage to relations with the Trump administration. Plus: what did Syria’s president get out of Vladimir Putin?

‘The Washington Post’ cuts and the role of the foreign correspondent
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The latest Ukraine-Russia-US trilateral and the UAE as diplomatic host
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Should the UK join Europe’s defence fund?
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