This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler
Exploring threats to global stability from Ukraine to China to the Middle East with host Gavin Esler – former BBC News presenter, Washington correspondent and host of Newsnight – plus Ukraine-based war reporter Oz Katerji and independent conflict analyst Emma Beals. This Is Not A Drill dives deep into the dangers, corruption, conflicts, disinformation, rivalries and ruthless realpolitik that are making our world ever more dangerous.Support This Is Not A Drill on Patreon from just £3 per month to...
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Episodes (223)
The Dictators’ Cartel and What It Wants – Anne Applebaum talks to Gavin Esler
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America’s crisis is the world’s crisis
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Can Europe’s centre hold?
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Volt Typhoon and the new cyber war
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The Battle for Kyiv and beyond
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Defence of the Realm – How will Britain’s next Government handle a new age of in...
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The Trump Legacy – How will the Felon President fit into the Republican story?
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Far Right on the march – What Europe’s populist surge means
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The Bear On The Doorstep – Poland, Georgia, and Eastern Europe’s fight against R...
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“China is now Putin’s master” – Ex-defence secretary Ben Wallace speaks
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Will technology kill democracy?
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What does Xi want?
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How America lost its New World Order… and what comes next
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Gold Wars, Russia’s Africa Corps… and the biggest mass migration of the 21st Cen...
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Emergency Edition: Iran attacks Israel – what next?
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Guns, Drugs and Crypto – Who’s funding the return of asymmetric warfare?
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Dangerous Waters – How the world shipping system became a new battleground
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Update: Russia after the Crocus Hall massacre
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The new Dark Age of Espionage
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Defeating Russia’s Information War Machine – with Peter Pomerantsev
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Iran and the US – Inside the Shadow War
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Ukraine two years on – Inside Ukraine’s defence.
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Ukraine two years on – Inside Russia’s state of terror
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New Power in the Gulf – The rise of “MBZ”
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Trump vs NATO: Could Europe survive alone?
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North Korea: Kim Jong Un’s journey to the edge
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The world rearms – Panel special with Gavin Esler, Emma Beals and Oz Katerji
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Ukraine vs Russia: Are “peace talks” just a Putin trap?
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Dire Straits – After Taiwan’s election, could China attempt a stealth takeover?
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🚨 UPDATE 🚨 Red Sea latest as airstrikes hit Yemen
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Iran, the Houthis and war in the Red Sea explained – Special edition with The Bu...
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The Final Countdown: Can anything stop Trump? – with Brian Klaas of UCL
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2024: A dangerous year ahead – with former National Security Adviser Peter Ricke...
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Putin wants to spread chaos in Europe. Here’s how he’ll do it
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Exodus and revelations: The truth about migration – with Prof Hein de Haas
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Are we stumbling into World War Three?
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Ukraine in stalemate: What Kyiv needs in order to win – with Oz Katerji
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The Israel/Hamas War: Netanyahu’s crisis, Iran’s opportunity
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New Series: Twelve months to save American democracy?
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This Is Not A Drill – the new name for Doomsday Watch
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On the Edge At the NATO Summit
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Chaos in the Kremlin
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Emergency Bulletin - Götterdämmerung: Wagner’s Coup
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The Ukraine War Ep. 8: The World At War
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The Ukraine War Ep. 7: New World Disorder
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The Ukraine War Ep. 6: Defiance
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The Ukraine War Ep. 5: Russia Humiliated
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The Ukraine War Ep. 4: Europe in Shock
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The Ukraine War Ep. 3: War Crimes
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The Ukraine War Ep. 2: Invasion
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