Episode 4: Belarus: the last Soviet state in Europe?
We know Belarus as the home of Europe's last dictator, 'weaponising' of migrants, suppression of dissidents, but how much do we understand of the wider context? Dr Donatas Kupciunas joins Ali and Suza...
8 Des 202135min
Episode 3: Five days that changed the world?
Professor Brendan Simms and Dr Charlie Laderman introduce their latest book, Hitler's American Gamble, which shows mistrust and uncertainty in decision-making between allies and adversaries in the fiv...
24 Nov 202132min
Episode 2: Ungoverned Spaces, with Lt General Sir Graeme Lamb
Convention holds that the world is organised into nation states, but this is challenged by the existence of "ungoverned space": non-state actors are on the rise both in areas of conflict and instabili...
10 Nov 202140min
Episode 1: Afghanistan and the legacy of Khorasan
In this inaugural episode of our new series, Suzanne Raine and Ali Ansari discuss Afghanistan and look in detail at the historical and cultural significance of the Khorasan, a historical territory who...
27 Okt 202138min
Does Germany still do it better? With John Kampfner
Philipp Hirsch asks John Kampfner, author of the best-selling 2020 book “Why the Germans do it better”, about his observations on where Germany stands after Angela Merkel’s time as chancellor and what...
28 Jul 202132min
The Secret Pigeon Service and an Untold Story of WW2 Resistance, with Gordon Corera
Suzanne Raine talks to Gordon Corera, BBC Security Correspondent, about a story of bravery, belief, hope, patriotism, loyalty and pigeons.
20 Jul 202132min
Responsibility or restraint? German security policy in 2021, with Ulrike Franke
Philipp Hirsch and Ulrike Franke from the European Council on Foreign Relations talk about current debates on German security policy in Berlin as well as on the role of defence questions in the Septem...
13 Jul 202137min
Berlin, Brussels and Brexit, with Nicolai von Ondarza
Philipp Hirsch and Nicolai von Ondarza from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs discuss the role and importance of Europe for German politics as well as German perspectives on ...
30 Jun 202136min
