Hinterlands: Europe's Unfinished Frontiers, with Hannah Lucinda Smith
About this episode
The episode explores the overlooked conflicts and political dynamics at Europe's borders, featuring insights from correspondent Hannah Lucinda Smith.
Long before Putin's invasion of Ukraine, conflict was simmering on Europe's borders. In overlooked territories in eastern Europe, the eastern Mediterranean and the Caucasus - from the Balkans and Cyprus to Abkhazia on the fringes of Georgia - local disputes spiral into regional crises, global alliances are forged and broken, and power is brokered while the West looks elsewhere. In Hinterlands, acclaimed correspondent Hannah Lucinda Smith draws on vivid first-hand encounters with politicians, spies and ordinary people caught in the crosshairs to paint a gripping portrait of Europe at its edges - and the struggles that will define its future. If you would like to support this podcast please consider taking out a paid subscription to my Substack arthursnell.substack.com or if you don't want the hassle of a subscription you can buy me a coffee! ko-fi.com/snellarthur If you want to buy any of the books talked about in this show, please support independent bookshops by using Bookshop.org with this link: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/behindthelines Thanks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Arthur Snell
Guest: Hannah Lucinda Smith
Topics covered
- European conflicts
- regional crises
- political alliances
- local disputes
- geopolitics
- Eastern Europe
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Ukraine, eastern Europe, eastern Mediterranean, Caucasus, Balkans, Cyprus, Abkhazia, Georgia
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