The Lede
The Lede
New Lines Magazine
How Europe’s Hinterlands Became Its Front Line
45 minutes Posted Jun 15, 2026 at 10:23 am.
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On this week's episode of the podcast, journalist Hannah Lucinda Smith joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss the rival geopolitical blocs reshaping the world, how Europe's margins — from Transnistria to the Balkans — became the front line of a conflict the West refuses to see, and her new book, “Hinterlands: Journeys Through Europe’s Unfinished Frontiers.”
Produced by Finbar Anderson