What’s it like to live next to the world’s worst neighbour: Vladimir Putin’s Russia? In 2024, pro-democracy Georgians are beaten for resisting their pro-Moscow government from enacting a Putinesque “foreign agents” law. Poland is rearming against the Russian threat, and the Baltic states of the former USSR are subjected to hybrid warfare from their former oc ... Show More
Jan 7
Trump, Venezuela and 2026 – A new era of chaos
Trump’s New Year attack on Venezuela and the capturing of President Maduro shocked the world. In the first of a series of episodes assessing the biggest security issues in 2026, Gavin Esler talks to former UK national security adviser Peter Ricketts about the year to come, the co ... Show More
35m 25s
Feb 2021
Putin vs. Navalny and the geopolitics of the Russia Protests [E201]
Russia has been headlining the past week with massive unrest, riots, the arrest of thousands due to the arrest of Navalny. Everyone is picking sides . . . but the story is far more complex that it would seem. It isn't a clear "good vs evil" story. It is more of a, "what came firs ... Show More
48m 24s
Mar 2022
Fiona Hill on the War Putin Is Really Fighting
<p>Vladimir Putin was looking for a swift invasion that would halt Ukraine’s drift toward the West, reveal NATO’s fractures and weaknesses and solidify Russia as a global power. In response, the West threatened moderate sanctions, but ultimately showed little interest in stepping ... Show More
58m 36s
Mar 2022
How Putin’s war is reshaping Europe’s alliances
<p>Europe has been united by opposition to Putin’s war in Ukraine, but will this new found unity last and will Russia be permanently isolated? Gideon talks to Alexander Stubb, former prime minister of Finland, about how the conflict is reshaping Europe’s alliances with the rest o ... Show More
18m 51s
Jun 2023
Les citoyens russes dans la tourmente
La société russe, ballotée par de nombreux bouleversements, dont le dernier en date et non des moindres, cette rébellion de la milice Wagner et de son chef Evgueni Prigojine. Nous allons analyser à chaud quel impact peut avoir cette défiance envers le pouvoir. Les troupes rebelle ... Show More
48m 29s