India the new giant: will it be forced to pick a side?
This week, Patrick and Tom turn their attention to India - the world’s most populous country, a rising military power, and a state determined to hold its ground between East and West. As President Xi ...
24 Sep 202544min
Whose wars do we care about and why, with war reporter Anthony Loyd
This week Tom is joined by award-winning war correspondent Anthony Loyd for a special “Journalist & Journalist” edition. Together, they explore why some wars capture global attention while others, equ...
17 Sep 202544min
China’s power: Is Xi's strategy to supplant the West working? (Part 2)
This week, Patrick and Tom turn from China’s military power to its less visible, but no less powerful, tools of economic dominance. Their guest, Sam Olsen is a geopolitical strategist with decades of ...
10 Sep 202540min
China’s power: The PLA vs the USA (Part 1)
The People’s Liberation Army put on one of the largest military displays in China’s modern history this week as the country marked the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in the Second World War. Ac...
3 Sep 202552min
The story of Ukraine's heroic 'Iron People'
This week, Tom and Patrick take you inside Ukraine’s railways, the country’s lifeline since the full-scale Russian invasion began. With over 20,000 kilometres of track, they’ve evacuated millions, fer...
27 Aug 202532min
Why Trump doesn't understand Putin, with Gen Sir Nick Carter
Sir Patrick's away this week, so Tom persuaded another four-star General, the UK's former Chief of the Defence Staff, Sir Nick Carter, to join him instead. They discuss whether, in the wake of the Ala...
20 Aug 202538min
What is the Israeli strategy for Gaza?
Tom and Patrick discuss Israel’s new Gaza strategy. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set a controversial new goal - the full occupation of Gaza, starting with Gaza City. His security cabinet has ...
13 Aug 202546min
The future of war, with U.S. General James Rainey
Patrick and Tom sit down with General James E. Rainey, the head of the United States Army Futures Command, to discuss what the wars of tomorrow will look like. Without doubt we are living through a pe...
6 Aug 202543min
