Are we stumbling into World War Three?
Are we entering a new age of war? The number of violent conflicts in the world is increasing, and they’re lasting longer. Wars in Ukraine and Israel/Palestine threaten to merge into wider conflagratio...
6 Dec 202343min
Ukraine in stalemate: What Kyiv needs in order to win – with Oz Katerji
Why did Ukraine’s much-discussed counter-offensive of summer 2023 fail to turn the tide of the War? What’s really happening on the ground, and how might the third year of this historic conflict take s...
29 Nov 202341min
The Israel/Hamas War: Netanyahu’s crisis, Iran’s opportunity
The Hamas atrocities of 7th October and Israel’s overwhelming retaliation have plunged the region into its worst chaos in 50 years. How deeply involved was Iran in the Hamas attacks? Did Netanyahu’s p...
22 Nov 202350min
New Series: Twelve months to save American democracy?
Welcome to This Is Not A Drill – the new name for Doomsday Watch, with new host Gavin Esler. In our first episode: It’s one year to the US Presidential election. If Donald Trump is the victor he will ...
15 Nov 202348min
This Is Not A Drill – the new name for Doomsday Watch
Welcome to This Is Not A Drill, the brand new weekly show about geopolitical threats, where they come from and how to fight them. We’re building on the legacy of Doomsday Watch to look even more widel...
13 Nov 20233min
On the Edge At the NATO Summit
This week, for the second time since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, world leaders met to discuss the challenges facing the NATO security alliance. With two previously isolationist nations, F...
13 Juli 202358min
Chaos in the Kremlin
After an astonishing seven days in Russia, Doomsday Watch is back to answer some of the biggest questions following the aborted Wagner rebellion. How will Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short-lived insurrection...
30 Juni 202343min
Emergency Bulletin - Götterdämmerung: Wagner’s Coup
The slow-motion breakdown of relations between Wagner boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin and Russia’s military has now accelerated into a fast-forward coup. Wagner mercenaries have taken control of Rostov - a Ru...
24 Juni 202339min
