Podcast Episodes

Frog poison, tear gas and Novichok: Inside Russia’s chemical weapons programme

Two years ago, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in a Siberian penal colony. There was an outcry and many suspected foul play, but nothin…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

North Korea 'names' 13-year-old nuclear heiress & inside Europe’s race to rearm

North Korea’s dynasty dictatorship has taken on a new leather clad, second-in-command. Reports from South Korea have suggested that Kim Jong Un’s dau…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Vance’s ‘Enemy Within’: How the US shocked Europe into rearmament

A year ago, JD Vance gave an explosive speech at the Munich Security Conference. It marked a fundamental shift in the relationship between the US and…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s 9 million death gamble: One year since he axed USAID

Nearly a year after Donald Trump shuttered USAID, the world is still reckoning with the consequences. But what really happened next?

Venetia Rainey ex…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Project Vault: Trump's battle to break China’s critical mineral stranglehold

Donald Trump has moved the war for critical minerals from the margins of policy to the heart of great power rivalry. In this episode of Battle Lines,…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Copy Ukraine's defence model and reduce China dependency to survive'

Was Peter Mandelson's appointment as UK ambassador to the US a national security risk? Should the US and UK bomb Iran to spark regime change? Will Na…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

'No limits': Russia, China and US enter new nuclear arms race

This week, the New START treaty expires, ending the last remaining major nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. With no…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump masses 'large armada' to force Iran into nuclear deal

The United States appeared poised for a major military confrontation with Iran after Donald Trump ordered a powerful naval force into the region in r…

2 months ago

Nuclear secrets leak or paranoia? Why Xi really purged China’s top general

Xi Jinping is purging again. Generals once seen as untouchable are gone, rivals erased, loyalty enforced through fear. Is this the move of a leader u…

2 months ago

Trump's Board of Peace signals a new world order. Gaza is its first test

Gaza has entered the next phase of the peace process but is the ceasefire actually bringing peace?

This week, Venetia Rainey and Arthur Scott-Geddes s…

2 months ago