Ukraine Special Episode: John Sweeney on four years of war and heroism
John Sweeney, veteran war correspondent - the man in the orange hat - spoke to me about four years of Russia's war on Ukraine, the heroism, the tragedy and the importance of it for all of us. If yo...
24 Feb 56min
South Yemen and the reshaping of the Middle East
With the dramatic events in Yemen leading to a breakdown in relations between the UAE and Saudi Arabia, I took the chance to speak to Amr Al-Beidh of the STC - the Southern Yemeni separatist movement ...
18 Feb 59min
Cryptocurrency and Political Money Laundering - the threat to the UK with Neil Barnett
I spoke to Neil Barnett about his recent work researching political money laundering and the role played by cryptocurrency. You can find his report here https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publi...
10 Feb 48min
Conflict in the Arctic: the reality
Professor Klaus Dodds has been studying Arctic security for decades, long before it had addled the mind of Donald Trump. He is the author of Unfrozen - the Fight for the Future of the Arctic and he sp...
3 Feb 55min
The Post Western World and the Trump Regime
Dr Samir Puri works at Chatham House and has written a brilliant book called Westlessness. If you would like to support this podcast please consider taking out a paid subscription to my Substack arth...
27 Jan 51min
Everything, everywhere all at once: what 2026 might hold, with Dan Kaszeta
I spoke to Dan about many things. Better to have a listen. If you are looking for the chart about AI financing that he mentioned, it's here. You can find Dan on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/dankas...
20 Jan 47min
Iran in Crisis: Charlie Gammell on the protests
Charlie Gammell is one of Britain's leading Iran experts and he joined me in a conversation recorded on 13 January about the rapidly evolving situation in Iran. You can find Charlie's work here on Sub...
14 Jan 47min
EMERGENCY EPISODE: Maduro, Chavez, Delcy Rodriguez and where we're going in Venezuela
Catherine Royle was Britain's Ambassador to Venezuela, making one of very few people to have met and worked with all of Nicolas Maduro, his predecessor Hugo Chavez and Maduro's (perhaps temporary) suc...
4 Jan 45min
