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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Israel and Hezbollah: Is all-out war inevitable?
42 min
127
Hotter Seas, Higher Tensions
40 min
128
Ukraine’s Gamble: The Invasion of Russia
33 min
129
Putin is beating our sanctions. Here’s how to s...
35 min
130
The West in retreat?
38 min
131
The Dictators’ Cartel and What It Wants – Anne ...
30 min
132
America’s crisis is the world’s crisis
46 min
133
Can Europe’s centre hold?
38 min
134
Volt Typhoon and the new cyber war
38 min
135
The Battle for Kyiv and beyond
43 min
136
Defence of the Realm – How will Britain’s next ...
40 min
137
The Trump Legacy – How will the Felon President...
34 min
138
Far Right on the march – What Europe’s populist...
33 min
139
The Bear On The Doorstep – Poland, Georgia, and...
35 min
140
“China is now Putin’s master” – Ex-defence secr...
36 min
141
Will technology kill democracy?
39 min
142
What does Xi want?
31 min
143
How America lost its New World Order… and what ...
35 min
144
Gold Wars, Russia’s Africa Corps… and the bigge...
42 min
145
Emergency Edition: Iran attacks Israel – what n...
21 min
146
Guns, Drugs and Crypto – Who’s funding the retu...
34 min
147
Dangerous Waters – How the world shipping syste...
35 min
148
Update: Russia after the Crocus Hall massacre
13 min
149
The new Dark Age of Espionage
37 min
150
Defeating Russia’s Information War Machine – wi...
39 min