Murder in Helmand
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.uk...
17 Mai 202549min
Yemen, the UK, the US and the transatlantic alliance
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...
10 Mai 20251h 6min
Ukraine and America: the great betrayal
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...
5 Mai 20251h 1min
The Geopolitics of Climate: how Tuvalu is thinking about possible extinction
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, ...
21 Apr 202548min
RUSI/Disorder Partnership: Ransomware in our Age of Disorder
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 Rea...
15 Apr 202550min
The Crisis in The Atlantic Alliance ep 2
The impact on Central and Eastern Europe, with Jonathan TerraCheck out our Bookshop.org affiliate site behindthelines and please sign up for my substack at arthursnell.substack.com and/or follow me on...
6 Apr 202553min
The Crisis in the Atlantic Alliance
The Transatlantic Alliance is coming to an end. I discuss this with academic and journalist Jonathan Terra. Check out our Bookshop.org affiliate site behindthelines and please sign up for my substack ...
28 Mar 20251h 2min
Blood, toil, tears, and sweat: the plight of migrant labourers in the Gulf
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 en...
24 Mar 202557min
