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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1
America, China and Russia all face crises. What...
31 min
2
What Trump’s midterm humiliation means for glob...
What Trump’s midterm humiliation means for global conflict
24 min
3
How Putin is playing Trump’s chaotic Ukraine “d...
31 min
4
Cold War – The new battle for the Arctic
23 min
5
What Trump’s latest gift to Putin means for Ukr...
26 min
6
Russia’s Drone War on Europe has begun
22 min
7
The Middle East’s new choke point – How the Hou...
26 min
8
Chaos, rare earths and ethnic cleansing – The m...
30 min
9
New Weapons for New Wars – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGE...
41 min
10
New Weapons for New Wars – DEFENCE SYSTEMS get ...
36 min
11
New Weapons for New Wars – MISSILES: The next g...
31 min
12
New Weapons for New Wars – How DRONES change ev...
41 min
13
New Weapons for New Wars - trailer
1 min
14
Space, Russia and China – How war is expanding ...
24 min
15
Putin is running out of soldiers – but that won...
31 min
16
Xi outsmarts Trump – How America’s Iran failure...
27 min
17
Reign of Tehran – Inside the new Iranian regime
23 min
18
Inside Zelenskyy’s military turmoil
22 min
19
Is the “True European Army” coming? – Macron, ...
21 min
20
Inside the NATO conference – A breakdown from A...
26 min
21
Expensive Lessons – What America vs Iran taught...
30 min
22
Ukraine Strikes – Is Russia’s war machine falte...
29 min
23
Trump’s Iran deal — Does it reveal a US divide ...
30 min
24
Germany braces for war – Can rearmament secure ...
24 min
25
Xi and Putin – What do they really want from ea...
19 min