What happens when the West stops writing the rules and every middle power starts playing its own game at the same time? Peter Apps reunites with Samir Puri, Director of the Centre for Global Governance and Security at Chatham House. From Trump’s transactional peace pushes to China’s mineral land-grab and the growing power of… Listen ⇢

We talk with neurologist Dr Nicholas Wright – adviser to the Pentagon Joint Staff and US nuclear strategists amongst others on the functioning of the brain – about his new book “Warhead”, which dissects modern conflict and military history from the perspective of spent their career studying how our brain… Listen ⇢

As winter grips Ukraine’s frontlines and Chinese warships circle Taiwan, the shadows of escalation stretch across two hemispheres, testing alliances and resolve. In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, Peter Apps convenes experts from the Institute for the Study of War – George Barros (Russia & GEOINT Team Lead) on Moscow’s grinding… Listen ⇢

What if the UK’s defence future hinges not on its own capabilities, but on bridging gaps in an unpredictable US partnership? In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, Peter Apps speaks with Matthew Savill, Director of Military Sciences at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), about his two decades in… Listen ⇢

What if the real frontline of modern conflict isn’t on the battlefield, but in the minds and screens of everyday people? In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, Peter Apps is joined by Simon Paterson, former British Army Intelligence officer and head of strategic partnerships at Boone Global, and Margot… Listen ⇢

Power without a plan: what happens when the world’s strongest military hits pause? In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, Pete Apps sits down with Nikolas Gvosdev, Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and Professor of National Security Studies at the U.S. Naval War College, to unpack the geopolitical and… Listen ⇢

As the balance shifts beneath our feet, new maps are drawn – not on paper, but in power itself. In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, Peter Apps is joined by Dr Peter Layton, retired Royal Australian Air Force officer and visiting fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute, to unpack how changing power dynamics… Listen ⇢

What happens when an army built for the past must face an uncertain future? In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, Peter Apps sits down with Ben Barry – Senior Fellow for Defence and Military Analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and author of The Rise and Fall of the British… Listen ⇢

What if the wars of the future look nothing like the wars of the past? In this live edition of Facing Coming Storms, recorded at the Hereford Military History Festival, Pete Apps is joined by two leading voices on conflict: Sir Antony Beevor, Britain’s most acclaimed military historian, and Patrick… Listen ⇢