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Episode 15: Performative Strikes and a New Forever War
Conversation with Nikolas Gvosdev. Are we heading toward endless wars or can we pull back? In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, Nikolas Gvosdev joins us to dissect 2025’s conflicts — from Ukraine and Gaza to Houthi attacks and India-Pakistan tensions. We explore “performative strikes” risking escalation and depleted arsenals,… Listen ⇢
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Episode 14: Storm Proofing. Preparing Armies for a Future War
Conversation with Leo Blanken & JP Clark. How do armies adapt as tech surges and geopolitics destabilise? Leo Blanken from the US Naval Postgraduate School and JP Clark from the US Army War College, contributors to Storm Proofing: Preparing Armies for a Future War from CHACR, out this week, share… Listen ⇢
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Episode 13: A World in Turmoil with The Great British Defence Podcast
Conversation with Anna-Joy Rickard. What’s the world look like through a global defence lens today? On this special episode of Facing Coming Storms, we team up with Anna-Joy Rickard, host of The Great British Foreign Affairs Podcast. Peter takes the hot seat, quizzed by Anna-Joy on massive global shifts—Washington’s focus on… Listen ⇢
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Episode 12: How Wars End
Conversation with Major General Andrew Sharpe, Matthias Strohn & Andrew Stewart. In this Facing Coming Storms episode, as we approach the 80th anniversary of VE Day, with conflicts like Ukraine still raging, we’re diving into the complex question of how wars truly end. Joined by Major General Andrew Sharpe, director of CHACR,… Listen ⇢
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Episode 11: Navigating the Corridors of Power
Conversation with Ari Ratner, Liisa Past & Brigadier Robbie Boyd . Curious about the world of government, military, and global decisions, where power weighs a ton yet slips away? In this Facing Coming Storms episode, we’re joined by Ari Ratner, ex-Obama State Department insider turned D.C. sceptic; Liisa Past, Estonia’s former cybersecurity… Listen ⇢
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Episode 10: The Baltics at the Crossroads of History
Conversation with Oliver Moody, Liis Mure, Aliide Naylor, and George Barros. In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, we explore the Baltic states — Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia — as NATO’s frontline amid Russia’s growing shadow. Joined by Oliver Moody, Liis Mure, Aliide Naylor, and George Barros, we unpack the… Listen ⇢
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Episode 9: Simulating Modern Combat with the United States Marine Corps
Conversation with Captain Nicholas Royer. How are the U.S. Marines getting ready for a chaotic, brutal battlefield? In this episode, we sit down with Captain Nicholas Royer, a simulation officer from the Second Marine Expeditionary Unit, to talk about “Downrange”—a tabletop war game that’s changing how Marines train. Using 3D-printed… Listen ⇢
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Episode 8: NATO and Beyond in a Time of Uncertainty
Conversation with Professor Sten Rynning. Can Europe hold its ground if the U.S. pulls back? This week, we’re talking with Professor Sten Rynning, a NATO expert from the Danish Institute of Advanced Study and a lecturer at the NATO Defence College. We’re talking Donald Trump’s impact, the state of European… Listen ⇢
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Episode 7: What Next for Ukraine and Its Wider Lessons
Conversation with George Barros, Iuliia Osmolovska & ex-British Army officer Nicholas Drummond Ukraine’s war is shifting fast—US support’s vanishing, Russia’s tank losses are staggering, and Europe’s resolve is wobbling. In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, we unpack it all with George Barros (Institute for Study of War), Iuliia Osmolovska (Globsec Kyiv), and ex-British Army officer Nicholas Drummond.… Listen ⇢
Executive Director, Peter Apps.
Peter Apps is executive director of the Project for Study of the 21st Century (PS21), a global defence columnist for Reuters and presenter of the “Facing Coming Storms” global defence podcast from PS21 and the British Army’s think tank the Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research (CHACR).
