Iran, Venezuela and the new age of instability, with Frank Furedi

The Brendan O'Neill Show

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News, Society & Culture, Government, Politics

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Frank Furedi – author of the upcoming book, In Defence of Populism – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss the unravelling of the US-led world order, the ‘Don-roe’ doctrine, and why states need to rediscover the national interest. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/ 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters:https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0	What becomes very, very clear is that we live in a world where there really isn't an established
1:06.0	table bounds of power.
1:08.0	They're not just simply punishing Maduro. They're also claiming to act as
1:12.6	overloads to Venezuela. They've unleashed a chain of events whose consequences is very difficult to
1:19.2	predict. And what Trump is very good at is posturing, not subject to any restraint. It's a way of
1:26.3	intimidating opponents. It's a way of intimidating opponents.
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