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The View from Doha 2025
Dec 10, 2025 56 min

The View from Doha 2025

Dr Burcu Ozcelik and Nicholas Hopton join Neil Melvin to discuss key insights from the Doha Forum and the shifting Middle East security landscape. In this episode, recorded at the Doha Forum 2025, ...

A New US Approach to the Caspian Region?
Nov 26, 2025 48 min

A New US Approach to the Caspian Region?

Dr Eric Rudenshiold joins Neil Melvin to examine regional change, great-power competition and Washington's renewed engagement within the Caspian region. The Caspian region is being reshaped by new ...

Taiwan's Strategic Balancing Act Amid US-China Tensions
Oct 15, 2025 44 min

Taiwan's Strategic Balancing Act Amid US-China Tensions

Can Taipei maintain stability amid great power competition? Taiwan is facing rising Chinese pressure and increasingly uncertain US backing. As cross-strait tensions intensify, the central question ...

Trump's Stalled Peace Push and the Future of the Ukraine War
Oct 01, 2025 44 min

Trump's Stalled Peace Push and the Future of the Ukraine War

As the end of the fourth year of the Russia-Ukraine war approaches, questions mount over President Trump's peace efforts and shifting international dynamics. In this episode of Global Security Brie...

Have the Recent Conflicts Transformed the Middle East?
Jul 09, 2025 55 min

Have the Recent Conflicts Transformed the Middle East?

Open warfare has crossed the Middle East, and in its wake came an erosion of the norms of statesmanship and the power of international law to avert conflict. What are the implications for deterrenc...

How Should the UK Approach European Security?
Jun 25, 2025 48 min

How Should the UK Approach European Security?

How is the UK's Labour government approaching European security, and how does this compare to the Conservatives? In this episode of Global Security Briefing, host Neil Melvin is joined by Professor...

Can Russia-Ukraine Negotiations to End the War Succeed?
Jun 11, 2025 40 min

Can Russia-Ukraine Negotiations to End the War Succeed?

Is there a real near-term prospect of an end of Russia's war against Ukraine? RUSI experts explain four and a half months of the Trump Administration's approach to the war. In this episode of Globa...

Can Illiberal Peace Bring Stability to the Middle East?
May 28, 2025 48 min

Can Illiberal Peace Bring Stability to the Middle East?

Can Peace Without Democracy Work? RUSI experts discuss the rise of illiberal peacebuilding in the Middle East and what it means for UK foreign policy. In this episode of Global Security Briefing, h...

The Rise of a Fragmented and Contested World
May 14, 2025 40 min

The Rise of a Fragmented and Contested World

GSB turns 100: RUSI experts look back on key security shifts and explore what's next for the UK in a rapidly changing global landscape. In this special 100th episode of Global Security Briefing, ho...

Can Europe Rearm – and Might this be in Time?
Apr 23, 2025 59 min

Can Europe Rearm – and Might this be in Time?

As Europe races to rearm, can it do so fast enough to deter looming threats? We explore this question with Shashank Joshi and Dr. Daniel Fiott. In this episode of Global Security Briefing, host Nei...

Can Taiwan Resist China's Campaign of Grey Zone Coercion?
Apr 09, 2025 49 min

Can Taiwan Resist China's Campaign of Grey Zone Coercion?

As China increases its 'grey zone' pressure, can Taiwan defend its sovereignty without sparking open conflict? In this episode of Global Security Briefing, host Neil Melvin speaks with Dr. Philip S...

The Future of Transatlantic Security
Mar 26, 2025 47 min

The Future of Transatlantic Security

How have the initial weeks of President Trump's second term of office impacted the transatlantic relationship, and will it survive his administration? In this episode of Global Security Briefing, h...

Japan's Defence Industry Revival
Feb 26, 2025 40 min

Japan's Defence Industry Revival

Is Japan's evolving national security profile altering its role in global security? Prof. Chris Hughes & Hirohito Ogi discuss this strategic shift.            &nbs...

New 'Great Power' Competition in the Middle East
Feb 12, 2025 50 min

New 'Great Power' Competition in the Middle East

Shifting alliances and global power struggles are redefining the Middle East's future. Neil Melvin, Burcu Ozcelik and Michael Stephens explore who will ultimately hold the power.  This epis...