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How wars start, how they are won and what they leave behind.
General Patrick Sanders and Tom Newton Dunn first met in a war zone. Drawing on their real-life experience of armed conflict, they bring you the latest from Ukraine, Gaza and the dozens of other bitter struggles being fought across our increasingly divided planet.
From interviews with those on the frontlines to discussing the future of nuclear weapons and where Russia might next attack, the podcast also faces up to the biggest question - How ready are we for war right now, if we have to fight one?
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- Is Britain ready for war in space? · 40 min.Space is becoming a new military frontline. The US has acknowledged having weapons in orbit, the UK has launched its first dedicated RAF space squadron to counter hostile threats…
- Israel’s election: Could Netanyahu finally lose power? · 42 min.Israel votes next week and Benjamin Netanyahu faces a defining election as former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot challenges his grip on power. After three years of war, Israel faces…
- Q&A: Trump’s Russia deal, Taiwan’s future, and new global alliances · 18 min.In this month's Q&A, Patrick and Tom examine Donald Trump’s controversial deal to buy Russian diesel, the shifting world order, and the threats facing Western security. Plus…
- Havana Syndrome: Did a secret weapon derail US-Cuba relations? · 43 min.For a decade, US spies and diplomats have reported mysterious symptoms including strange noises, sudden pressure and debilitating neurological symptoms… but no one has…
- How Iran helped turn the Houthis into a global threat · 30 min.The Houthis have advanced along Yemen’s Red Sea coast threatening one of the world’s most important shipping routes through Bab al-Mandab. Yemeni government forces are fighting…
- Will Putin attack NATO? Former MI6 chief on Russia’s next move · 35 min.As Russia steps up sabotage, interference and intimidation across Europe, how far is Vladimir Putin prepared to go? Former MI6 chief Sir John Scarlett joins Tom and Patrick to…
- EXPLAINER: How America's aircraft carrier crisis reveals a military decline · 9 min.America has 11 aircraft carriers. So why is the US Navy struggling to deploy more than three at once? In this bonus video explainer, The Sunday Times’s Mark Urban examines the…
- Is the future of the SAS at risk? · 38 min.More than 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement, Britain remains bitterly divided over how to resolve legacy cases from the Troubles. The government’s new Northern Ireland…
- Russia’s war “will last as long as Putin lives” · 37 min.Russia is holding its first State Duma election since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but the Kremlin has worked to ensure the outcome is never truly in doubt. Nina…
- Who really blew up the Nord Stream pipeline? · 44 min.It was one of the most audacious acts of sabotage in modern history - in September 2022, explosions ripped through the Nord Stream pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia…
- EXPLAINER: Could Russia Attack NATO by 2030? · 8 min.Across Nato’s eastern flank, defence planners are increasingly focused on one date: 2030. War games, military assessments and troop deployments are being shaped around a stark…
- The new Middle East: Can a ‘NATO of the East’ work? · 38 min.Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have signed the Mecca Pact, a new defence alliance built around the promise that an attack on one is an attack on all. Together they bring…
- The new Middle East: The battle to shape a region · 45 min.For more than a century, the Middle East has been made and remade by collapsing empires, colonial borders, revolutions, wars and powerful rulers. Now, Iran is weakening, Gulf…
- EXPLAINER: Why Russia Is Burning Through 35,000 Soldiers A Month · 8 min.Ukraine’s drone campaign is reaching deeper into Russia than ever before, striking oil terminals, ships and targets around Moscow and St Petersburg. As casualties rise and…
- How Putin made North Korea richer – and more dangerous · 42 min.North Korea has supplied Russia with millions of artillery rounds, thousands of troops and workers for its drone factories to support its war in Ukraine. In return, Russian…
- Inside Mossad: How Israeli spies penetrated Iran · 30 min.Mossad has spent decades building intelligence networks inside Iran, using spies, cyber operations and covert technology to penetrate the regime at the highest levels. Yossi…
- EXPLAINER: Britain's £5 billion drone gamble · 9 min.Could Britain replace billion-pound warships with fleets of uncrewed vessels – and what happens when the technology fails? In this bonus audio explainer, The Sunday Times’s Mark…
- Is Pete Hegseth’s macho culture fit for the military? · 35 min.Pete Hegseth has turned the Pentagon into a stage for warrior bravado – renaming it the Department of War, ordering testosterone screening for troops over 30, and cheering on a…
- How Ukraine’s leadership crisis impacts the war · 35 min.President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked his defence minister and army chief after a bitter struggle over Ukraine’s military strategy triggered widespread street protests. Natia…
- Can Trump force open the Strait of Hormuz? · 37 min.The collapse of the Iran ceasefire has pushed oil prices higher and left Tehran using the Strait of Hormuz as its most powerful leverage. With American casualties rising and…
