01. Episode 1: The Yugoslav Wars
Throughout the 1990s a series of wars were waged across the Western Balkans as the former state of Yugoslavia collapsed.
02. Episode 2: The Darfur Genocide
From 2003 through 2005, the first legally defined genocide of the 21st-century took place in the Darfur region of Sudan.
03. Episode 3: French Intervention in Mali
The 2013 French military intervention into Mali, and the ensuing decade-long counterinsurgency operation.
04. Episode 4: The 2023 Ukraine Counteroffensive
Analysis of the 2023 Ukraine counteroffensive and what went wrong for the Ukrainian side.
05. Episode 5: The India-China Border Battles
In 2020 & 2021, thousands of Indian & Chinese troops engaged in fights along the disputed border in Jammu & Kashmir.
06. Episode 6: The Return of the Taliban
How the Taliban shocked the world by re-conquering Afghanistan in only a matter of months over the summer of 2021.
07. Episode 7: Origins of al-Qaeda & the Road to 9/11
Al-Qaeda's evolving strategy fighting the US from the 1980's up until 9/11.
08. Episode 8: The War on Terror & bin Laden Manhunt
America's Global War on Terror, and the manhunt for al-Qaeda's leadership.
09. Episode 9: The October 7th Attacks
Hamas’s attack on October 7 and Israel’s intelligence failure in preventing it.
10. Episode 10: The Troubles
The Troubles in Northern Ireland, the peace process, and questions in the present day.
11. Episode 11: The Rwandan Genocide
The origins of Rwanda’s ethnic conflict and the genocide that occurred from April to June 1994 and what followed afterwards.
12. Episode 12: The Battle of Avdiivka
After unsuccessful attempts to break through Avdiivka’s powerful, fortress of defenses, Russia tried again in October of 2023.