{"podcast":{"title":"Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters","slug":"global-dispatches-world-news-that-matters-1060314","podcast_index_feed_id":1060314,"rss_url":"https://undispatch.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.globaldispatches.org/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/9/a/7/c9a7a5a9fa3f6a5227a2322813b393ee/gloaaldispath.jpg","author":"Global Dispatches","episode_count":1169,"summary":"The longest running independent international affairs podcast features in-depth interviews with policymakers, journalists and experts around the world who discuss global news, international relations, global development and key trends driving world affairs. Named by The Guardian as \"a podcast to make you smarter,\" Global Dispatches is a podcast for people who crave a deeper understanding of international news.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T08:20:50.304960+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-dispatches-world-news-that-matters-1060314"},"episode":{"title":"A Surprise Attack in Mali Puts the Government  -- and Russia --  on the Defensive","slug":"a-surprise-attack-in-mali-puts-the-government-and-russia-on-the-defensive","published_at":"2026-05-18T01:50:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-dispatches-world-news-that-matters-1060314/a-surprise-attack-in-mali-puts-the-government-and-russia-on-the-defensive","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-dispatches-world-news-that-matters-1060314","url":"https://www.globaldispatches.org/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/undispatch/GD_Mali_Video_05162026.mp4?dest-id=125334","summary":"In late April, an unlikely alliance of Islamist militants and separatists from the Tuareg ethnic group launched a series of surprise attacks against government forces in Mali. They attacked the capital, Bamako; killed Mali's defense minister; and even evicted Russian forces from a key city they were defending on behalf of the government of Mali. Mali has been beset by instability since a 2012 coup, a revolt by separatist groups in the north of the country, and the establishment of several jihadist groups. In this episode, Norman Sempijja, an associate professor of governance, economics, and social sciences at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco, Norman Sempijja, explains what this new alliance of jihadists and separatists suggests about the trajectory of the crisis in Mali — and what the international community can do to end this spiraling conflict.","meta_description":"In late April, an unlikely alliance of Islamist militants and separatists from the Tuareg ethnic group launched a series of surprise attacks against gover…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1926,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-dispatches-world-news-that-matters-1060314/episodes/a-surprise-attack-in-mali-puts-the-government-and-russia-on-the-defensive/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-dispatches-world-news-that-matters-1060314/a-surprise-attack-in-mali-puts-the-government-and-russia-on-the-defensive.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}