All Episodes

Ex-CIA Analyst: America Is Choosing to Self-Destruct. And It Will Only Get Worse

Ukraine's Top Drone Expert: This War Is Not What You Think - And The Reality Is Far Worse

Military Intel Officer: Russia Is Losing Crimea - And There's No Way Out

This Is What Happens if Russia Invades the Baltics - And America Refuses to Help

Thomas Eder: China Doesn't Need to Fight America. It’s Preparing for Its Collapse Instead

Most Replayed Moment: Yale Historian on Why 2026 Is Eerily Similar to 1914

Eric Heginbotham: How China Could Take Taiwan Without Firing a Shot - And Why It Could Catastrophically Backfire

Most Replayed Moment: Ben Hodges Explains How Ukraine Turned the Tide of War

The Reporter Embedded with Zelensky: This Is His Real Plan to End the War

James Paterson: Why a New Islamic State Is Silently Rising in Africa - And Why Europe Will Pay the Price

Most Replayed Moment: Michael McFaul on Why the Iran War Is Such a Huge Blow to America’s Credibility

Mark Galeotti: Why Russia Is Finally Starting to Crack - And Kremlin Is Running Out of Options

Most Replayed Moment: John Bolton on The Real Reason Why the Iran War Became a Such a Disaster

Nigel Gould-Davies: Russia’s War Is Becoming Unsustainable. Now The Real Crisis Is About to Begin

Ravi Agrawal: The Iran War Is Trump's Biggest Failure Yet. The World Is Watching America Lose

Sam Greene: Why Russia’s Elite Is Growing Anxious - And Why Something Is About To Break

Reinier von Lanschot: Europe Has Reached a Breaking Point. The Race to Build a European Army Has Begun.

Henrietta Levin: Something Huge Just Shifted Between The U.S. And China - And It's Very Bad News For The West

Yale History Professor: We Are Sleepwalking Into The Next World War - And We’re Running Out Of Time To Stop It

Ben Hodges: Russia's War Is Collapsing. They’re Running Out of Men and Bleeding Everywhere

CIA Russia Expert on What the West Gets Wrong About Putin's Russia | Sean Wiswesser

Kate Bondar: Russia Is Quietly Building a New Army - And NATO Is Completely Unprepared

Jack Watling: The Next Great War Is Already Taking Shape. What Happens Next Decides Everything

Michael McFaul: America Is Burning Down Everything It Built. Its Enemies Can't Believe Their Luck

NATO Information Warfare Chief: Russia's Plan to Defeat Europe Without Firing a Shot | Janis Sarts

John Bolton: Trump Is Heading For Failure in Iran. This Could Be a Disaster For American Power

#115 Ali Ansari: Iran Has Nothing Left To Lose. And They'll Burn the World Down With Them

#114 Janis Kluge: Russia Can't Afford This War Anymore. And The Real Crisis Is Just Beginning

#113 General H.R. McMaster Warns: The Wars Are Just Getting Started. And Time Is Running Out

#112 Nigel Gould-Davies: Something Is Breaking Inside Russia's War Machine - And It's Quickly Getting Worse

#111 Mujtaba Rahman: Why Iran War Exposed Europe’s Biggest Weakness

#110 Jeremy Schapiro: The Real Reason Why Trump Attacked Iran - And Why It Won’t End Well

#109 James D. Boys: Trump's Controversial Strategy That Explains His Craziest Foreign Policy Decisions

#108 Dalibor Rohac: Europe Doesn’t Trust America Anymore - And It’s Bigger Than Trump

#107 John Foreman: Russia’s Military Is Not What You Think

#106 Max Bergmann: Something Finally Broke Between the U.S. and Europe

#105 Yun Sun: Something Has Changed in Beijing. Xi Believes Now Is His Final Chance on Taiwan

#104 Andrew Monaghan: The West Still Doesn’t See Russia’s Real Plan. Ukraine Is Just the Beginning

#103 Carlo Masala: What if Russia Wins - And NATO Falls Apart?

#102 Rory Cormac: Coups, Assassinations and Covert Wars Are Back - And the Rules Have Changed

#101 EU Defence Chief: “We Need a European Army. This Is What Happens If the US Takes Greenland” | Andrius Kubilius

#100 Olivier Schmitt: Europe’s Security Order Is Breaking Down – And It's Only the Beginning

#99 Andrew Badger : Inside China’s Epic Campaign To Obtain America’s Secrets

#98 Shashank Joshi: Why America Attacks Europe and Appeases Russia - And Why It’s Only Getting Worse

#97 Steven Everts: Why Europe Is Stuck in a “Psychology of Weakness” - And How to Get Out

#96 Chun Han Wong: China Is Entering a New Phase - And Nobody Knows Where It Leads

#95 Linas Kojala: This Is How The Baltics Are Preparing For War with Russia

#94 Gabrielus Landsbergis: Europe Is Being Humiliated By Everyone. This Might Be Our Last Warning.

#93 Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Is West’s “Tragic Hero”. He's Bad News for Russia and a Hope for Europe.

#92 Francis Fukuyama: Why the “End of History” Never Happened - And Why Global Order Is Breaking Down

#91 Nigel Gould-Davies: Why Russia Is Running Out of Time in Ukraine

#90 Marcel Dirsus: Why Dictators Always Seem Unstoppable - Until They’re Not

#89 Paul Scharre: The Real Life ‘Slaughterbots’: We're Building a Battlefield From Hell

#88 John Bolton Warns: The System Is Breaking Down - And The World’s Out of Control

Intelligence Brief: Why Taiwan Is Losing Its Only Way to Stop China

#87 Ben Hodges: Russian Collapse Is Coming. They’re Bleeding Out Fast And Their Time Is Running Out

#86 Dan Wang: Will China Rule the 21st Century?

#85 Michael Hirsh: The Dark Logic Behind America’s New Foreign Policy

#84 Estonia’s Ex-Air Force Chief Jaak Tarien: This Is How You Really Deal With Russian Violations

#83 Francis Farrell: The New Ukrainian Fighting Strategy That Could Decide War

#82 Patrick McGee: How China Is Using American Companies to Trap the West

#81 Nick Hare: World's Top Forecaster Predicts How Will the Ukraine War End and If China Will Invade Taiwan

#80 Sergey Radchenko: What Really Drives Russia’s Foreign Policy – From the USSR to Putin

#79 Robert D. Kaplan: The Fall of the American Empire and The Coming Era of Chaos

#78 Greg Smith: Rise and Fall of Nations - How Superintelligence Will Reshape Geopolitics

#77 Anne Applebaum: What Putin Really Wants & How Ukraine War Will End

#76 Jakub Jajcay: NATO Soldier Who Fought in Ukraine on Why This War Isn’t What You Think

#75 John Dotson: Why Taiwan Is Preparing for the Wrong Kind of War

#74 Ali Ansari: Iran Is Collapsing from Within: This Is What Comes Next

#73 Szabolcs Panyi: Why Viktor Orban's Era Is Coming To An End

#72 Fabian Hoffmann: "Russia Is Stockpiling Missiles For War With NATO. Europe Is Shockingly Unprepared"

#71 Sir Lawrence Freedman: How the War in Ukraine Will End

Intelligence Brief: So, Has the Iran-Israel War Actually Achieved Anything?

Most Replayed Moment: Sarah Paine - What Is China's Grand Strategy?

#70 George Barros: The Real Problem Behind Russia’s 1 Million Casualties - And How It Changes the War

Sarah Paine Interview Part 2: Avoiding WW3, War Over Taiwan & Future of Europe

#69 Ed Arnold: What No One Dared To Say At The NATO Summit

#68 Zineb Riboua: Iran’s Project Has Already Collapsed. It’s Weaker Than Ever and It’s Gonna Get Worse

#67 Christopher Kirchhoff: How Pentagon Forgot How To Innovate & What War Will Look Like in 2035

Intelligence Brief: Is China Running out of Time To Invade Taiwan?

#66 Elizabeth Wishnick: The Limits of Russia-China “No-Limit Friendship” & Why 'Reverse Nixon' Will Fail

Intelligence Brief: The End of the Human Soldiers Is Closer Than You Think

#65 Seth Jones: Why The West Is Losing The Global Shadow War with Iran, Russia and China

Intelligence Brief: The Coming Fall of Hungary's Viktor Orbán

#64 Janis Kluge: How Long Can Russia Afford The War & Can Russia Afford Peace?

#63 Mujtaba Rahman: Europe’s Leaders See Trump As Predatory and Destructive. This Is Their Plan for Ukraine

#62 Anshel Pfeffer: Israel’s Existential Crisis & Its Dangerous Quest for Regional Domination

#61 Justin Bronk: Why America Is Rethinking Air Power

#60 Sarah C.M. Paine: How Superpowers Self-Destruct: Russian, Chinese & American Grand Strategy

#59 Mark Galeotti: Putin’s Strategy Will Backfire. 2026 Will be Russia’s Toughest Year Yet

#58 Ed Arnold: Could Europe Defend Itself Without the US?

#57 Keir Giles: Why Europe Isn't Ready For What's Coming

#56 Kate Bondar: The Futuristic Military Tech That's Changing The War in Ukraine

#55 Franz Stefan Gady: Why Trump Will (Accidentally) Make Europe Great Again

#54 Tim Mak: Why Zelensky Can't Accept a Bad Deal & What The Minerals Deal Is Really About

Yes, Europe Can Survive Without America - Here's How

#53 Michael Beckley: China’s Rise Is Over. Things Are Gonna Get A Lot Worse - Fast

3 Questions That Will Decide The Future of Europe

#52 Ronen Bergman: This Is How Israel's Secret Assasination Program Really Works

Q&A: Can Europe Survive On Its Own?

#51 Anne Applebaum: Why Europe’s Security Strategy Is Failing & How the War in Ukraine Will End

#50 Soner Cagaptay: Is Turkey Building a New Ottoman Empire?

#49 Hal Brands: 'We’re Living In a Pre-War World. Great power war is no longer unthinkable.'

#48 Mike Kofman: The War Is Slowly Killing Russia’s Military. Here’s How Long They’ll Need to Recover

#47 Jeremy Shapiro: What's Trump's Plan for Ukraine and Will He Defend Taiwan?

#46 General Ben Hodges: Russia’s Failing Strategy, Ukraine and the West’s Fear of Escalation

#45 Lennart Maschmeyer: How Ukraine Avoided a Cyber-Apocalypse & Why Cyberwarfare Isn't What You Think

#44 Justin Bronk: F-35 Critics Are Completely Wrong. F-16s for Ukraine Were Over-Hyped.

#43 Syria Expert (Aron Lund): 'Things Could Get Much Worse. Here’s Who the Real Winner Is.'

#42 Eliot Cohen: Why Experts Failed to Predict Russia's Invasion of Ukraine?

#41 Michael Sobolik: This is China’s Plan for Global Domination - And Its Biggest Weakness

#40 Kenneth M. Pollack: Why Arab Militaries Lose Wars?

#39 Ryan McBeth: Endgame in Ukraine, WW3 and What Trump's Win Means For the World

Britain's Shrinking Army and Broken Military: What Happened? | Ep. 38 Matthew Savill

Prof. Ali Ansari (#37): Iran Can't Afford a War. It's Out of Options and Running Out of Time

Tim Marshall (#36): Why Geography Explains the Ukraine War, China's Expansion and Everything Else

War In Space Is Already a Reality. Here's How It Works | Ep. 35 Juliana Suess

#34 Zbigniew Pisarski: How Poland Prepares for War & Why It's Europe's New Superpower

Ankit Panda (#33): Why We Might See a “Limited” Nuclear War and Why The Nuclear Arms Race Is Back

Q&A Special Episode

#32 Admiral Mike Studeman: There's a 60% Chance of War with China. Chinese Military Build-up is Fastest in History.

General Petraeus on Ukraine War, Russian Mistakes and Lack of Western Strategy | Ep. 31

Intelligence Brief: Ukraine's Kursk Offensive

#30 Dmitri Alpetrovitch: 'We're on a Path To War with China: We Just Haven't Realized It Yet.'

#29 Kirill Shamiev: Russia is Running out of Men, Tanks and Time. Putin Has a Painful Decision to Make

#28 Yusuf Unjhawala: Why India-China War Is More Likely Than Invasion of Taiwan

Is North Korea Preparing for War & North Korean-Russian Alliance | Ep. 27 Jean H. Lee

#26 Dr. Jack Watling: Russia's War Machine Is Peaking. Next Year, It Runs Out of Steam

#25 Jake Broe: 'This War Will End With a Russian Collapse. Donald Trump Will Leave NATO.'

#24 Mykola Bielieskov: This Is Not Working Anymore - What Ukraine Really Needs to Win

#23 Minna Ålander: How Finland Joining NATO Checkmates Russia & Why Is It Ready For War

#22 Thomas Van Linge: Why Myanmar's Military Junta Is On The Verge of Collapse

#21 General Ben Hodges: Retaking Crimea, NATO in Ukraine and Russian Collapse | Ep. 21 Gen. Ben Hodges

#20 Lukas Milevski: This Is What Happens If Russia Invades The Baltics

#19 Brian Hart (CSIS): How Strong Is China's Military & Is It Prepared for War?

#18 David Gioe: CIA Officer on Outsmarting the Russians, Chinese Spies and the Ukraine War

#17 Mark Galeotti: Putin's Growing Problems & Why Russia Is More Fragile Than It Seems

#16 Ulrike Franke (ECFR): Why Germany Won't Give Ukraine Taurus & Why It Struggles To Fix Its Military

#15 Alex Vatanka: Iran's Dangerous Geopolitical Strategy & Why The U.S. Can't Stop It

#14 Mick Ryan: Australian General on What a War With China Will Look Like

#13 Szabolcs Panyi: Why Hungary Supports Russia & Orban's Grand Strategy

#12 Vlad Vexler: Navalny, War and the Future of Russia

#11 David Rennie (Drum Tower): Is China Getting Ready for War?

#10 Anders Puck Nielsen: Military Analyst on Ukraine's Strategy to Defeat Russia

#9 Richard Shirreff: The General Who Predicted The Russian Invasion on What's Next

#8 George Barros (ISW): Is Russia Learning From Its Mistakes & Could It Attack NATO?

#7 Francis Farrell (Kyiv Independent): Ukraine's Plan for 2024 and Why It Can Still Lose the War

#6 Mark Cancian (CSIS): This is What Happens When China Invades Taiwan

#5 Robert Ward (IISS): How Japan Is Once Again Becoming a Military Powerhouse

#4 Christian Mölling: Why Europe Has 6 Years to Prepare For War With Russia

#3 Mark Galeotti: Why Putin's Downfall Has Already Started

#2 Jade McGlynn: How Russia rewrites history and why Russians support the war

#1 Maximilian Hess: Who's Winning The Economic War Between Russia and the West?