It’s the Corruption, Stupid

About this episode

Phillips O'Brien joins Charlie Sykes to discuss Trump's corruption and his position in global politics.

Phillips O'Brien is a historian and Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. In this episode, he joins Charlie to discuss Trump's corruption, his desperate Iran's gambit, and his weak position in global politics.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Charlie Sykes

Guest: Phillips O'Brien

Topics covered

• corruption
• Trump
• global politics
• Iran
• strategic studies

Keywords

• corruption
• Trump
• Iran
• global politics
• strategic studies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of St Andrews

Places: Scotland, Iran

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