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 its European allies that have since been cemented ...
13 Feb 39min
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 examines the fallout and what it means for global hea...
11 Feb 37min
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, we look at Project Vault, America's bid to take ba...
9 Feb 41min
'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 Nato survive Trump? And how should European countries...
6 Feb 1h 2min
'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 binding limits on the world’s two largest nuclear ...
4 Feb 32min
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 response to the killing of thousands of Iranian prot...
2 Feb 38min
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 under real threat or the paranoia of a man who has r...
30 Jan 43min
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 speak to Tess Ingram, UNICEF spokesperson who has ju...
28 Jan 34min
