This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler
Exploring threats to global stability from Ukraine to China to the Middle East with host Gavin Esler – former BBC News presenter, Washington correspondent and host of Newsnight – plus Ukraine-based war reporter Oz Katerji and independent conflict analyst Emma Beals. This Is Not A Drill dives deep into the dangers, corruption, conflicts, disinformation, rivalries and ruthless realpolitik that are making our world ever more dangerous.
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The Middle East’s new choke point – How the Hou...
26 min
2
Chaos, rare earths and ethnic cleansing – The m...
30 min
3
New Weapons for New Wars – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGE...
41 min
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New Weapons for New Wars – DEFENCE SYSTEMS get ...
36 min
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New Weapons for New Wars – MISSILES: The next g...
31 min
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New Weapons for New Wars – How DRONES change ev...
41 min
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New Weapons for New Wars - trailer
1 min
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Space, Russia and China – How war is expanding ...
24 min
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Putin is running out of soldiers – but that won...
31 min
10
Xi outsmarts Trump – How America’s Iran failure...
27 min
11
Reign of Tehran – Inside the new Iranian regime
23 min
12
Inside Zelenskyy’s military turmoil
22 min
13
Is the “True European Army” coming? – Macron, ...
21 min
14
Inside the NATO conference – A breakdown from A...
26 min
15
Expensive Lessons – What America vs Iran taught...
30 min
16
Ukraine Strikes – Is Russia’s war machine falte...
29 min
17
Trump’s Iran deal — Does it reveal a US divide ...
30 min
18
Germany braces for war – Can rearmament secure ...
24 min
19
Xi and Putin – What do they really want from ea...
19 min
20
Order vs. Chaos – Who is thriving in a world of...
31 min
21
All guns blazing – How the arms trade went into...
28 min
22
Drone masters – How Ukraine reinvented modern w...
32 min
23
Poison arsenal – The deadly return of bioweapons
21 min
24
Inside Russia’s web of terror – How Kremlin pro...
27 min
25
America against the World Part 4 – The New Normal?
35 min