All Episodes

Ep 208. General Ben Hodges: 25 years after 9/11 — can the West relearn strategy?

Ep 207. Is Europe's 80-Year Order Finally Collapsing?

Ep 206. The Ancient Linguistic Order with Laura Spinney

Ep 206. The Ancient Linguistic Order with Laura Spinney

Ep 205. Arthur Snell Returns: Iran, Burnham, Bond Markets and Climate Disorder

Ep 204. Part 2: The Making of the Modern Middle East with Simon Sebag Montefiore

Ep 203. The Making of the Modern Middle East--Part 1 with Simon Sebag Montefiore

Ep 202. The spy who duped me - Charles Cumming reveals all

Ep 201. Rerun: Why Backgammon Can Help us Order the Disorder

Ep 200. Is more devolution in Britain the answer or a spreader of Disorder?

Ep 199. Rerun: NATO: A Model for Ordering the Disorder?

Ep 198. Tomorrow's Disorder — Florence Gaub on Our Flawed Relationship with the Future

Ep 197. Re-Run: The Rise of the Neo-Populists

Ep 196. Rule of Lies—the origin story of Putin’s Russia with Jamison Firestone

Ep 195. Trump, Iran, and the Epstein Files

Ep 194. Farage vs Count Binface, reflections on the NATO Summit and America

Ep 193. America’s 250th and a Reformed drug smuggler on how to tackle the narcotics industry and Epstein

Ep 192. Who is funding the Houthis?

Ep 191. Why Can’t Western governments get anything done? What do we do about trillionaires? Is the US missing out on the World Cup dividend?

Ep 190. An Orderly British transition is underway and the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara

Ep 189. The Armenian election and the Disorderly Caucasus

Ep 188. Disorder LIVE @ UNA-UK: The Disunited Kingdom, the disordered dynamics of U.S.-Iran talks, and how Hormuz affects Nigerian politics

Ep 187. Iran War restarted? And Is Latin America moving to the right?

Ep 186. How to oust Netanyahu, and give the UAE tough love

Ep 185. Is Ukraine Winning? And how has the Iran war reshaped the Middle East? With David Tafuri

Ep 184. How Ryan Cornelius Was Trapped in Dubai Jail With Chris Pagett

Ep 183. Trump Visits China, the world order is broken - With Leslie Vinjamuri

Ep 182. Reform win big in England: are they Disorderers or Orderers? with Alan Mendoza

Ep 181. Corrupted: The entrapment of Former Prince Andrew, with Andrew Lownie

Ep 180. Is the Iran War on or off? Is Hormuz open or closed? Is Orban’s fall the end of neo-populism?

Ep 179. What is Zionism and is it still relevant today? Israel’s Independence Day with Phil Rosenberg

Ep 178. Elemental: The Geopolitics of Climate Change with Arthur Snell

Ep 177. Iran War: Could Europe play Orderers? Or will China fill the void?

Ep 176. What’s next in Iran? Is NATO Doomed? And how do we tackle global inequality?

Ep 175. How should we use peacekeepers in a world of conflict?

Ep 174.  Could Trump’s Iran War tank the global economy?

Ep 173. What is Strategy? And how do we stop democracies backsliding into autocracy?

Ep 172. Looking beyond the headlines of the Iran War; do the arrests of Mandelson and Andrew show the UK justice system works?

Ep 171. The Wars of Epic Epstein Distraction: RIP Dictator Khamanei

Ep 170. Why the Mainstream media is partially to blame for Epstein coverup - Jason Pack on KeenOn

Ep 169. Could Europe set up the democratic board of peace?

Ep 168. How can Epstein’s victims get closure? With civil rights attorney Lisa Bloom

Ep 167. Epstein survivor Rina Oh on getting justice

Ep 166. Epstein, the Disorderer of 2026; and McSweeney has gone

Ep 165. Why Another World is Possible with Sir Geoff Mulgan

Ep 164. The UN’s Last Chance to Save the World? With Lord Robertson & Antonio Patriota

Ep 163. Greenland, Iran, International Law, and where has decency gone? RIP Greg Merriman—Real Life Mega-Orderer

Ep 162. Venezuelization and What Disorder Will 2026 Bring? Disorder Live @ RUSI

Ep 161. What does warfare look like in smartphone age? Matthew Ford

Ep 160. What Disorder can we expect in 2026? With KeenOn

Ep 159. Wishing Our Listeners A Mega Ordering Christmas!

Ep 158. Rising Islamic militancy in Bangladesh?

Ep 157. Dalia Dassa Kaye: Will Iran and the US always be enemies?

Ep 156. Philip Coggan--The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump; And will the UK restore budgetary order?

Ep 155. Can Canada become the world’s mega orderers? With Marci Surkes

Ep 154. Is it in Israel’s interest to recognize Palestinian Statehood? A conversation with former Israeli Ambassador Ilan Baruch

Ep 153. Is wealth inequality the greatest global danger? U-turns on a U-Turn: Reeve’s Budget, and why is Trump suing the BBC?

Ep 152. How do we still get people to believe in Democracy?

Ep151. Jason loses his city: the disordering pitfalls of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in NYC

Ep 150. Why can’t the US justice system hold the powerful to account?

Ep 149. Is an alliance with Israel geostrategically useful to the US? Plus sanctions on Russia and the UN’s Role

Ep 148. Is there a path to lasting peace in Palestine and Israel?

Ep 147. From Gaza ceasefire and Hostage release and to Post-War State Building? With Sam Bahour (Commemorating October 7th Part 2)

Ep 146. Commemorating October 7th Part 1: Phil Rosenberg, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews

Ep 145. How has Trump changed the UN?

Ep 144. Is Free Speech Dead in America (plus announcing Mega Orderers Club)?

Ep 143. Can The Politics Guys Help us Order the Disorder?

Ep 142. Why are stock markets not crashing? With the FT’s Katie Martin

Ep 141. Trump Visits UK, Starmer on verge of Recognising Palestinian Statehood

Ep 140. Could Britain Lead on Migration, Rule of Law, and Public Health?

Ep 139. Bangladesh and The Great Game for South Asia

Ep 138. Are we prepared for global disasters?

Ep 137. To Recognise a Palestinian State

Ep 136. Trump's High Summer of Disorder: Can Big Global Government actually regulate AI?

Ep 135. Are Drones replacing Air Forces; and is NATO ready for it?

Ep 134. Why Spying is vital in our age of Disorder

Ep 133. Could Epstein Bring Down Trump?

Ep 132. Why Backgammon Can Help us Order the Disorder

Ep 131. Have You Got What It Takes to Become British?

Ep 130. Is International Diplomacy Dead? With Stephanie Williams

Ep 129. What Does British Foreign Policy Actually Mean?

Ep 128. The Decline of American Leadership

Ep 127. How To Navigate Our Disordered World

Ep 126. 12 Day War Restarts? Can Trump Impose Peace on Iran and Israel?

Ep 125. As wars rage, can Trump be seen as a peacemaker?

Ep 124. How Does the Iran Israel War End? My Kingdom for a Bunker-Buster

Ep 123. Israel’s attack on Iran - The Wars of Disorder Commence

Ep 122. Can NATO Survive? With Sten Rynning

Ep 121. Could Project Russia Destroy the West? with David Troy

Ep 120. Could Nationalism Save Germany? With Will Wilkes

Ep 119. The Danger of Complete Anarchy with Robert Kaplan

Ep 118. Ordering the Global Financial Disorder

Ep 117. Ukraine’s Resilience in the Face of War

Ep116. Do Russia's Domestic Politics make it a Disorderer?

Ep115. Is the American Dream Dead?

Ep114. Trump’s True Goals and Trench Warfare in the Courts

Ep113. What’s America Without Allies? With Kori Schake

Ep112. Tariffs and The Divergence of US and Europe

Ep111. Crypto Corruption: Trump 2.0 with Frank Vogl

Ep110. Ransomware in our age of Disorder with RUSI’s Jamie MacColl

Ep109. Sir Bill Browder, Stephanie Baker, and Jason LIVE from the Frontline Club

Ep108. (Part 2) How to Combat Extreme Ideas with Julia Ebner

Ep107. (Part 1) The Hidden Logic of Extremist Conspiracy Theories with Julia Ebner

Ep106. Europe’s Role In the Battle For an Orderly World - Disorder LIVE SHOW

Ep105. Neoliberalism: The Ultimate Disorderer? With George Monbiot

Ep104. Trump and Putin - the Bromance reignited: with Sir Bill Browder

Ep103 Navigating Political Backlash and Keir Starmer's Mega Ordering Opportunity

Ep102 An All-American constitutional crisis?

Ep101 Munich Security Conference 2025 – What does it mean for European Security?

Ep100. Britain's Military: A Tool for Global Ordering?

Ep.99 The New Age of Political Influence

Ep.98 Disorder Emergency cast – Tariffs, Impoundment, Gaza, AID Freeze, and plane crash

Ep97. Does Diplomatic Secrecy actually Work? And What’s Next for Centre-Left Politics?

Ep96. Saved by God to Make American Great Again

Ep95. Fox News, Elon, and Neo-populists: Engines of Deliberate Disorder?

Ep94. Gaza Ceasefire: What’s Next?

Ep93. Africa in the Age of Disorder

Ep92. Trump 2.0: A Shift Away from Neoconservatism?

Ep91. An Orderly or Disorderly New Year?

Ep90. A Disorderly Christmas Special

Ep89. Canada: 2025’s stealth mega orderers?

Ep88. Syria: New Order or Fresh Chaos?

Ep.87 Syria, Georgia, South Korea, France, Ireland, Hunter Biden, oh my

Ep86. Is Democracy Dead? Or actually alive and kicking?

Ep85. Thanksgiving Special: Taiwan, Identity Politics, and Can Taylor Swift Order the Disorder?

Ep84. Through the Looking Glass: Trump’s Appointments and Can Starmer do Global Leadership?

Ep83. Trump Derangement Syndrome with the Two Matts

Ep82. Fool me twice: Shame on me

Ep81. Disorder Trumped Order

Ep80. What does the Post-Election Future hold?

Ep79. Trick or Treat? Spooky Trump or Visionless Harris?

Ep78. China’s Economic Disorder: Overproduction, Oversupply, Overcapacity, oh my!

Ep.77. The System is Rigged: Conspiracy theories and the revenge of the losers

Ep76. Can Sanctions help us Order the Disorder?

Ep75. What can Backgammon teach us about Ordering the Disorder?

Ep74. Part2: The Case for Palestinian Statehood

Ep73. Part1: Commemorating the October 7 Massacre

Ep72. JD Vance vs Tim Walz: A gentlemanly Disorderer in a crisp suit vs a folksy Midwestern Orderer

Ep71. Nasrallah Killed in Lebanon – What’s Next?

Ep70. Peak Disorder in Bangladesh

Ep69. Life in North Korea, Kidnapping Stories, and Why Symbolism Matters with Dictators -- Jordan Harbinger on Tyrants and Disorderers

Ep68. Disorder’s One Year Anniversary

Ep67. Dictators’ Disordering Quest for Internal Security

Ep66. Harris taunts Trump; the Disorderer implodes, Order appears to prevail

Ep65. Why is Harris not appealing to middle - aged white men? Plus listener questions on migration, the NHS, and Ukraine

Ep64. Part 2: Nationalism – Can it be reclaimed for Order?

Ep63. Part 1: Does our biology facilitate our Global Disorder?

Ep62. Celebrating ONE MILLION Downloads

Ep61. Could AI help us Order the Disorder?

Ep60. Question Time: The ICC, Unelected Disorderers, and why Ukraine should not be forced to make peace

Ep59. Part 2: Could a new global institution help Order the Disorder?

Ep58. Part 1: Will the Burgeoning Bioeconomy be a force for Order or for Disorder?

Ep57. Tunisia’s Postponed Presidential elections

Ep56. Nothing became his presidency like the leaving of it

Ep55. NATO Summit 2024 – Did it help Order the Disorder?

Ep54. If you come for the King, best not miss

Ep53. NATOs 75th Summit – Where the real Ordering happens?

Ep52. Suburban Lib Dem Mums and Centrist Starmer Dads take back control

Ep51. UK Elections: A lone bright spot for global Order?

Ep50. The Emperor has no clothes - Biden’s disorderly debate performance

Ep49. Did WWI start our era of Disorder?

Ep48. Hotter or Poorer? Should Gulf States care about global warming?

Ep47. Has the essence of Warfare changed?

Ep46. Is a truly progressive foreign policy compatible with Ordering the Disorder?

Ep45. Part 2: Is Britain in the Moral Superiority Industry?

Ep44. Part 1: Are Corruption and Kleptocracy at the very heart of the Enduring Disorder?

Ep43. Are we having enough babies? And listeners questions

Ep42. Britain's True Independence (from Neopopulists) Day

Ep41. Iran’s Disorderer-in-Chief Dies; and as Russia Advances, Is Kharkiv at risk of being turned into Mariupol?

Ep40. What’s next for Georgia and its 'foreign agent’ law?

Ep39. What Role, if any, is there for Empathy in Ordering the Disorder?

Ep38. Could Germany and South Korea go nuclear?

Ep37. (Part II) Former Armenian President Sarkissian on: Can a Club of Small States Order the Disorder?

Ep36. (Part I) Former Armenian President Sarkissian on: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

Ep35. Israel Strikes Back: Foolish Revenge or Calculated De-escalation?

Ep34. The Battle for Taiwan

Ep33. Iran attacks Israel: Start of the Wars of Gog and Magog or an opportunity for regional cooperation and de-escalation?

Bonus Episode: Oh Yeah-Woman: who is winning the narrative battle in Yemen, the Red Sea, and Gaza?

Ep32. The Caribbean: Global Enduring Paradise or crossroads of the Global Enduring Disorder?

Bonus Episode: Which country is more Disorderly – The UK or US?

Ep31. Is India a neopopulist Disorderer or a potential Orderer?

Ep30. Is there Order in the universe? Or are we all the playthings of chance?

Ep29. Freedom in the world is measurably declining… what can we do?

Ep28. The Rematch of the Disorderer-in-Chief vs Joseph Robinette Status-Quo Jr.

Ep27. Can we Order the entire cosmos – along with our alien friends?

Ep26. Was Alexei Navalny a Martyr for Democracy?

Bonus Episode: How should the West respond to Navalny’s murder: Can the Munich Security Conference help order that response?

Ep25. Could Artificial Intelligence-powered disinformation campaigns cause electoral mayhem?

Bonus Episode: What has sixty years on planet earth taught Alex? Plus, listener questions.

Ep24. What does South Africa stand to gain from accusing Israel of Genocide in Gaza?

Ep23. Is the democratic world morally responsible for allowing Putin's rise? With Evgenia Kara-Murza

Bonus Episode: Can the Two Matts Help Us Order the Disorder?

Ep22. What are Iran’s and Egypt’s roles in the evolving Middle East crisis?

Ep21. Is the EU a trade giant, but a political dwarf?

Bonus Episode: Oh Yeah, Man, why are the Houthis disordering global shipping in the Red Sea?

Ep20. Corruption in Plain Sight

Ep19. Water Wars – myth or reality?

Ep18. Can the non-West Order the Disorder? BRICs and the future of global institutions

Ep17. What novel disorder lies ahead in 2024? And how do we bring the holiday spirit into diplomacy?

Ep16. The Struggle for Leadership of the Islamic World

Ep15. NATO: an alliance for the future? With Kurt Volker

Bonus Episode: The moral and military dynamics at play in Ukraine and Gaza with David Patrikarakos

Ep14. Is Disinformation Destroying Democracy?

Ep13. It’s getting hot in here

Bonus Episode: NATO, Europe, China, and the Israel-Hamas War

Ep12. Neo-Populism in the US with Tom Malinowski

Ep11. The Psychology of Chaos

Ep10. How international actors can stabilize the ongoing Israel-Hamas War and prevent a regional escalation

Ep9. The 2023 Israeli - Hamas war: Could the Qataris help us order the disorder

Ep8. Rules for the Ungoverned

Ep7. Dirty money is everywhere, as Wall St and St Petersburg are on the same page

Bonus Episode: The 2023 Israeli-Hamas war: A Symptom of our era of Disorder?

Ep6. NATO: A Model for Ordering the Disorder?

Ep5. Migration, climate, and our era of disorder

Ep4. Who is leading the disorder?

Ep2. Who Referees Cyberspace?

Ep3. The Rise of the Neo-Populists

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