Podcast Episodes

Murder in Helmand

Season 4 Episode 20

On this episode I discuss recent allegations of war crimes committed by UK Special Forces in Afghanistan. These featured in a recent BBC Panorama episode which can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.u…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Yemen, the UK, the US and the transatlantic alliance

Season 4 Episode 19

On this episode I speak to Iona Craig, the veteran Yemen expert and journalist about recent events, including the UK's decision to join the US in carrying out airstrikes against the Houthis.

Iona ment…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine and America: the great betrayal

Season 4 Episode 18

I spoke to Romeo Kokriatski, presenter of the Ukraine without the Hype podcast about recent events in his country, including the Trump betrayal.

We mentioned Operation Sky Shield, a plan which you can…

Published on 5 months ago

The Geopolitics of Climate: how Tuvalu is thinking about possible extinction

Season 4 Episode 17

What does the climate crisis mean for sovereignty in a world where certain countries face existential risk? I spoke to Taukiei Kitara, a native of Tuvalu, about the case of low-lying Pacific Islands,…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

RUSI/Disorder Partnership: Ransomware in our Age of Disorder

Season 4 Episode 16

Read RUSI piece The Rise of Ransomware as a National Security Threat: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/organised-cybercrime-rise-ransomware-national-security-threat

Read…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Crisis in The Atlantic Alliance ep 2

Season 4 Episode 15

The impact on Central and Eastern Europe, with Jonathan Terra

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Published on 6 months ago

The Crisis in the Atlantic Alliance

Season 4 Episode 14

The Transatlantic Alliance is coming to an end. I discuss this with academic and journalist Jonathan Terra.

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Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Blood, toil, tears, and sweat: the plight of migrant labourers in the Gulf

Season 4 Episode 13

Every year, tens of thousands of labourers in the wealth countries of the Gulf, most of them migrants from South Asia, die in unsafe working conditions on construction sites. As the GCC states pour e…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Myanmar: the Unfolding Civil War

Season 4 Episode 12

For the past 4 years, Myanmar has experienced an ever more serious civil war, which now threatens the ruling military junta in Naypyitaw. I spoke to Ronan Lee about this little-reported conflict.

You …

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

What does the collapsing global order mean for the world beyond the West?

Season 4 Episode 11

Samir Puri of Chatham House is the author of Westlessness, a book about the post-Western world. The book came out last year but the geopolitical setting that he examines is one that is rapidly emergi…

Published on 7 months ago