with Amil Khan

The man in the lucky orange hat

With Mike Martin MP

Revisiting an episode from November 2023

With Gaia Vince

Can geo-engineering help manage climate change?

<p>How would the Gulf countries transition to a post oil economy? Could they do so and what happens if they don't? I spoke to Dr David Roberts, author of <a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/security-politics-in-the-gulf-monarchies/9780231205252#" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Security Politics in the Gulf Monarchies</a> about this complex future.</p><p>Check out our Bookshop.org affiliate site <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/behindthelines" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">behindthelines</a> and please sign up for my substack at <a href="https://arthursnell.substack.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">arthursnell.substack.com</a> and/or follow me on Bluesky</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/snellarthur.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@snellarthur.bsky.social</a>. You can sometimes find me on other podcasts - most often <a href="https://disordershow.com/home" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Disorder</a> which I am involved with in partnership with RUSI, the <a href="https://www.rusi.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Royal United Services Institute</a>, the world's oldest think tank.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Co-host with the Disorder Podcast

with Bill Wiley of CIJA

with Thom Reilly

Constitutional crisis in Tbilisi as Georgia has two presidents

What does the fall of Assad mean for the Mullahs?

<p>Miguel Delaney, Chief Football Writer at the Independent is the author of states of play, a book about the geopolitics of football. You can find him on Bluesky and Twitter.</p><br><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/migueldelaney" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">migueldelaney</a></p><p>Check out our Bookshop.org affiliate site <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/behindthelines" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">behindthelines</a> and please sign up for my substack at <a href="https://arthursnell.substack.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">arthursnell.substack.com</a> and/or follow me on Bluesky</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/snellarthur.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@snellarthur.bsky.social</a>. You can sometimes find me on other podcasts - most often <a href="https://disordershow.com/home" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Disorder</a> which I am involved with in partnership with RUSI, the <a href="https://www.rusi.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Royal United Services Institute</a>, the world's oldest think tank.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

with Orwa Ajjoub

With James Barr

The struggle for freedom in the Caucasus, with Marika Mariashvili

Thomas van Linge on the extraordinary events in Syria

<p>Christopher Steele needs almost no introduction. But if you are interested in learning more about him you can buy his new book, <em>Unredacted</em>, here <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unredacted-Russia-Trump-Fight-Democracy/dp/0063373432/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VZCQ114PBRZX&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qv6Zf5VhmrCD7zu54PyFEawg2dYzrTOT0sYgpY4o3jI.poSf3-HXXCfxlQwgK_vy6Xubh-BXVRLmOA0iPDWXVhc&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=unredacted+christopher+steele&amp;qid=1732891790&amp;sprefix=unredac%2Caps%2C201&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Unredacted-Russia-Trump-Fight-Democracy/dp/0063373432/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VZCQ114PBRZX&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qv6Zf5VhmrCD7zu54PyFEawg2dYzrTOT0sYgpY4o3jI.poSf3-HXXCfxlQwgK_vy6Xubh-BXVRLmOA0iPDWXVhc&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=unredacted+christopher+steele&amp;qid=1732891790&amp;sprefix=unredac%2Caps%2C201&amp;sr=8-1</a></p><p>Check out our Bookshop.org affiliate site <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/behindthelines" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">behindthelines</a> and please sign up for my substack at <a href="https://arthursnell.substack.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">arthursnell.substack.com</a> and/or follow me on Bluesky</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/snellarthur.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@snellarthur.bsky.social</a>. You can sometimes find me on other podcasts - most often <a href="https://disordershow.com/home" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Disorder</a> which I am involved with in partnership with RUSI, the <a href="https://www.rusi.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Royal United Services Institute</a>, the world's oldest think tank.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

with Charlie Gammell

Eastern Europe in the world of Trump

with Mike Martin

<p>In this episode I spoke to Jason Pack of the excellent Disorder podcast (<a href="https://x.com/DisorderShow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/DisorderShow</a>) about conspiracy theories and how they are affecting the 2024 US presidential election. We also spoke about the state of the race which remains on a knife edge. </p><br><p>You’ll be interested to look at Jason’s article in The New European on conspiracy theories here <a href="https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/a-lizard-persons-guide-to-us-election-conspiracy-theories/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/a-lizard-persons-guide-to-us-election-conspiracy-theories/</a></p><p> and also an article Jason mentioned by Jonathan Winer on how Trump’s people might try a coup in this election <a href="https://washingtonspectator.org/endgame-the-risk-of-a-trump-coup-and-how-to-prevent-it/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://washingtonspectator.org/endgame-the-risk-of-a-trump-coup-and-how-to-prevent-it/</a></p><p>Check out our Bookshop.org affiliate site <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/behindthelines" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">behindthelines</a> and please sign up for my substack at <a href="https://arthursnell.substack.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">arthursnell.substack.com</a> and/or follow me on Bluesky</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/snellarthur.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@snellarthur.bsky.social</a>. You can sometimes find me on other podcasts - most often <a href="https://disordershow.com/home" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Disorder</a> which I am involved with in partnership with RUSI, the <a href="https://www.rusi.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Royal United Services Institute</a>, the world's oldest think tank.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

How a Swedish bank helped Russian kleptocrats

The smartphone has become a key element of warfare, from Europe to Africa

Help charities doing essential work in Ukraine