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Episode Date
The Military Balance 2026
Feb 24, 2026
IISS Manama Dialogue 2025: Reflections
Nov 14, 2025
IISS Prague Defence Summit 2025: Reflections
Sep 16, 2025
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2025: Reflections
Jun 06, 2025
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2025
May 23, 2025
From pledges to capabilities: Europe’s defence spending and Germany’s strategic shift
Mar 27, 2025
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: three years on
Feb 20, 2025
IISS Manama Dialogue 2024: Reflections
Dec 17, 2024
IISS Prague Defence Summit 2024: Reflections
Nov 15, 2024
One year after 7 October: the Middle East’s regionalised war
Oct 04, 2024
Blast from the past: the return of long-range US missiles to Europe
Aug 14, 2024
NATO's strategic pivot: defence spending and future challenges
Aug 02, 2024
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2024: Reflections
Jun 07, 2024
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2024
May 24, 2024
Long-range strike in the Indo-Pacific defence landscape
Apr 30, 2024
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2023: Reflections
Jun 08, 2023
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2023
May 30, 2023
Australia's security in China's shadow
Apr 14, 2023
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: one year on
Feb 23, 2023
Strategic Survey 2022
Dec 13, 2022
The Armed Conflict Survey 2022
Nov 16, 2022
Xi Jinping and China’s 20th Party Congress
Nov 09, 2022
Taiwan: a new normal for cross-strait relations?
Oct 11, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: six months on
Aug 31, 2022
NATO’s new Strategic Concept
Jul 15, 2022
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2022: Reflections (part two)
Jun 30, 2022
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2022: Reflections (part one)
Jun 28, 2022
It's Back: IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2022
Jun 01, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: one month on
Apr 01, 2022
Europe in the Indo-Pacific: Common ground?
Dec 13, 2021
IISS Manama Dialogue 2021: Reflections
Dec 07, 2021
Strategic Survey 2021
Oct 28, 2021
The Armed Conflict Survey 2021
Sep 21, 2021
IISS–Europe in Berlin
Sep 06, 2021
Technology and security in urban landscapes
Aug 23, 2021
Belarus one year on
Aug 09, 2021
40th Fullerton Lecture: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III
Jul 29, 2021
The Chinese Communist Party at 100
Jul 26, 2021
How does climate change impact global security?
Jul 12, 2021
Measuring state cyber power
Jun 28, 2021
Latin America’s engagement with external powers
Jun 15, 2021
The UK’s naval presence in the Indo-Pacific
Jun 02, 2021
Asia's regional security order
May 17, 2021
What next for Suga's Japan?
May 05, 2021
NATO and artificial intelligence
Apr 19, 2021
Reviving the Iran nuclear deal: prospects and challenges
Apr 06, 2021
The changing defence-industrial landscape
Mar 22, 2021
Fragility and global (dis)order: lessons from North Africa
Mar 08, 2021
Global defence developments: 2020 and beyond
Feb 25, 2021
Security on the Korean Peninsula after Trump: a new era?
Feb 08, 2021
Democracy prevails: what next for the US at home and abroad?
Jan 25, 2021
Dangerous Decade: Taiwan’s security and crisis management
Jan 11, 2021
Et tu 2021? Assessing the geopolitical challenges of the coming year
Dec 21, 2020
The potential for hybrid warfare in the Asia-Pacific
Dec 07, 2020
Great power competition in the Middle East
Nov 30, 2020
NATO's China challenge
Nov 23, 2020
Kyrgyzstan’s political future: Ambassador Edil Baisalov
Nov 16, 2020
Biden’s foreign-policy priorities in Russia, Eurasia and Latin America
Nov 11, 2020
Biden’s foreign-policy priorities in China and the Middle East
Nov 10, 2020
Trump, Biden and the future of America
Oct 26, 2020
Will there be a NEW START for arms control?
Oct 12, 2020
NATO and the US pivot to Asia
Sep 28, 2020
Policing in the developing world
Sep 14, 2020
Remembering the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Aug 31, 2020
‘We’re all diplomats now’: managing political risk in the modern era
Aug 17, 2020
How to understand China, its ambitions and potential
Aug 03, 2020
Free to choose? How Southeast Asian nations view the US–China rivalry
Jul 27, 2020
Future warfighting: placing doctrine before technology
Jul 20, 2020
Divided we stand: the EU’s domestic- and foreign-policy agenda
Jul 13, 2020
China’s growing presence in the Gulf
Jul 06, 2020
Japan’s delicate dance for influence in the Asia-Pacific
Jun 29, 2020
The future of European defence spending in a post-COVID world
Jun 22, 2020
Caught in shifting tides: ASEAN, Australia and the geopolitics of the South China Sea
Jun 15, 2020
The end of US supremacy at sea? China and Russia’s naval ambitions and how to counter them
Jun 08, 2020
The World Bank’s strategy for fragility, conflict and violence
Jun 01, 2020
Armed Conflict Survey 2020: identifying major trends in modern armed conflict
May 21, 2020
COVID-19 in South Asia: India and Pakistan’s responses and China’s regional ambitions
May 14, 2020
COVID-19 in Brazil: political crisis and state responses
May 07, 2020
Episode 37 - COVID-19 in fragile states: fighting conflict in the midst of a pandemic
Apr 30, 2020
Episode 36 - COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: regional challenges and geopolitical implications
Apr 23, 2020
Episode 35 - COVID-19 and the global economy: shutdown but not out?
Apr 17, 2020
Episode 34 - COVID-19 in Russia: Can Putin turn a crisis into an opportunity?
Apr 09, 2020
Episode 33 - COVID-19 in the Middle East: Iran in crisis and the risks for countries in conflict
Apr 02, 2020
Episode 32-The rise of urban conflict, future concepts of war and threats to peace in Afghanistan
Mar 19, 2020
Episode 31 - China's naval modernisation and measuring effective military capabilities
Mar 05, 2020
Episode 30: Understanding the history that Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan ignores
Feb 20, 2020
Episode 29: President Xi’s terrible year: Taiwan, Hong Kong and the coronavirus
Jan 31, 2020
Episode 28: Will China become the new Japan?
Jan 10, 2020
Episode 27: The beginnings of a new bipolar world?
Dec 19, 2019
Episode 26: Understanding the new political geography of the Middle East
Nov 29, 2019
Geopolitical unease in the Middle East and diversity in policymaking - #IISSMD19 Special Episode
Nov 25, 2019
Episode 25: Perfect asymmetry: Iran’s networks of influence in the Middle East
Nov 21, 2019
Epsiode 24: The geopolitical impacts of China's cybersecurity and espionage
Nov 07, 2019
Episode 23: The rise of China, technology and a Sino-centric world order
Oct 24, 2019
Episode 22: A new era of transatlantic affairs and the evolution of political culture
Oct 10, 2019
Episode 21: Oil shocks in the Gulf and how to measure energy dependency
Sep 26, 2019
Episode 20: Countering violence in cities: human-centric security and bringing the state back in
Sep 12, 2019
Episode 19: Humanitarian crisis and regime survival in Venezuela
Aug 29, 2019
Episode 18: The politics of European defence cooperation
Aug 15, 2019
Episode 17: Chinese lending and debt-trap diplomacy
Aug 02, 2019
Episode 16: The UK–US ‘special relationship’ and ensuring credibility in international relations
Jul 18, 2019
Episode 15: The new primacy of economic power: how data is reshaping geopolitics
Jul 04, 2019
Episode 14: A European security perspective
Jun 20, 2019
Episode 13: Political change and foreign policy in Southeast Asia
Jun 06, 2019
Episode 12: Sounds Strategic at #SLD19
Jun 03, 2019
Episode 11: Iran's nuclear and security strategy
May 24, 2019
Episode 10: Humanitarian norms and civilian protection in armed conflict
May 09, 2019
Episode 9: The geopolitics of nuclear energy
Apr 25, 2019
Episode 8: Military capabilities and great power competition in the 21st century
Apr 12, 2019
Episode 7: Understanding the Middle East
Mar 28, 2019
Episode 6: How to think about China
Mar 14, 2019
Episode 5: From holiday destinations to vital nations? The new importance of South Asian islands
Feb 28, 2019
Episode 4: The INF Treaty and the future of arms control
Feb 14, 2019
Episode 3: Elections in the DRC and coercive radicalisation in armed conflict
Jan 30, 2019
Episode 2: A multidisciplinary approach to armed conflict and the myth of ‘ungoverned spaces’
Jan 30, 2019
Episode 1: NATO and the prospects of European strategic autonomy
Jan 30, 2019