Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell
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The Cockroach Revolution: the Gen Z political movement upending…
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Behind the Lines with Arthur Snell is a geopolitics podcast. Every week we give the listener access to the best informed people to help you understand this turbulent world and get a feel for the things that will matter in the future.
I am on Bluesky here and you can read some of my thoughts on world affairs here https://arthursnell.substack.com/
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- BTL Exclusive: George Osborn on how authoritarians are exploiting the world of video games to geopolitical advantage. · 1 h 0 minIt was my pleasure to speak to George Osborn, expert on video games, about how this artform, which is used by over 3 billion people worldwide, has been weaponised and exploited…
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