In this episode, James discusses the recent controversial Cass Review into trans healthcare for under-18s. He brings on special guest, Georgia, to provide her opinion based on her experience with NHS trans healthcare. Afterwards, Josefine will discuss the recent escalation between Iran and Israel, what this means for the region, and the potential for further escalation between the two regional powers.
In this episode, Buster will examine the recently held Turkish local election, the opposition party's victory, Turkey's economy, and what it might mean for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Afterwards, Dolo will discuss the upcoming presidential election in Venezuela, why it is being held, how Nicolás Maduro is oppressing the opposition, and how the conflict over Essequibo ties into it.
In the latest episode of the Intelligence Espresso, Buster will discuss the donation of F-16s by several NATO countries to Ukraine, why the delivery of the aircraft are delayed, and how they might shape the war in Ukraine. Afterwards, Johanna will talk about the EU’s newly released European Defence Industrial Strategy, why it was created, and which potentially contentious debates might lie ahead.
In this episode of the Security Distillery Podcast, hosts James, Josefine, and Costanza analyze the events of the past two years of conflict. They compare expert predictions with the realities witnessed on the battlefield, and analyze how the war has altered Russian foreign policy to its south and east. Additionally, our hosts comment on the current status and potential future of European and American support to Ukraine, the perseverance of Ukrainians and life in Russia today. Tune in!
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Editor/Producer: Josefine Paulsen.
Hosts: James Shephard, .Josefine Paulsen, Costanza Balmer
In the latest episode of the Intelligence Espresso, Angus will discuss the ongoing civil war in Myanmar in light of the military regime's recent announcement that they will enforce a conscription of civilians into the armed forces, following significant gains made by rebel militia groups. Next, Josefine shall discuss the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Alexei Navalny, and what this may mean for the opposition to Vladmir Putin's regime in Russia. Then, Dolo shall consider the controversial reforms introduced by the president of El Salvador: Nayib Bukele and his rise in popularity amid accusations of human rights violations.
Check out the first episode in our new series election special podcast. In this Pakistani election special of the Security Distillery Podcast, we sit down with our colleague Fatima to discuss the upcoming election in Pakistan. Amongst others, we cover the following topics during the episode:
Why the election has been postponed into 2024.
How the Pakistani military has yet again influenced the election, especially with the imprisonment of former prime minister Imran Khan.
The return of three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif to Pakistani politics and how this might shape Pakistani foreign policy.
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Editor/Producer: Buster N. Hartvigsen.
Hosts: Buster N. Hartvigsen.
In the first episode of the Intelligence Episode of 2024, James will be discussing the latest test of the British military’s Dragonfire laser and how the development of military-grade lasers might impact the battlefield of the future. Afterwards, Johanna will look at the upcoming European Council meeting and how Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán might interfere with the approval of the Ukraine Facility. Lastly, Buster will talk about the largest NATO exercise since the end of the Cold War, Steadfast Defender 2024, and what its purpose and implications might be.
In this festive special of the Security Distillery Podcast, James talks about the origins of the NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) Santa Tracker, and Buster discusses whether it is possible to track Santa with our current technology. Does Santa get compared with Saddam Hussein? Well, we couldn't possibly spoil that.
In this weeks episode we will update you on the intensified Israel-Palestine conflict, as Israel prepares for a potential land invasion of Gaza. We speak about the explosion at al-Ahli Arab Hospital and the dispute over its cause and death toll. We speak once more about the failure of Israel’s Intelligence apparatus as more comes to light on the events of 7th of October. Finally we reflect on the 10th anniversary of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, highlighting its achievements and challenges.
This week’s episode will discuss the escalating tensions between Israel, Palestine and Hamas since 2007, Hamas’ sophisticated and coordinated attack by land, sea and air, killing at least 1,300 people in just 1 day, the Israeli intelligence service being taken by complete surprise leaving officials, researchers and scholars to speculate and contribute this intelligence failure to a myriad of reasons and the fallout of the attacks including bombings in Israel and Gaza, hostages, a blockade and possible war crimes, a mass evacuation of 1.1 million people and an estimated death toll of over 3,000.
This week's episode will discuss Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s rapid tour of Europe, the escalating conflict in Sudan and how it is emblematic of a modern-day ‘scramble for Africa’ among Eastern and Western powers. Finally, the outcomes and consequences from the recent Turkish and Thai elections.
In the previous episode, we introduced the history and scientific part of the DART project and explored different approaches to defend the earth. In this episode, we keep on the conversation with astronomer Po Yen Liu about the issues within space security, and push further to discuss the ethical problem about space development.
This week's episode will discuss what shape the scramble for Africa takes in the 21st century, the unauthorised Chinese Police Outpost in New York, an update on the current Sudan Civil War and the recent diplomatic tensions between Poland and Russia over the seizure of a building linked with Warsaw's Russian embassy.
This week’s episode will discuss the Israeli security forces attacking worshipers in Al Aqsa, the visit of Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen to the United States, the first official visit of Volodymyr Zelensky to Warsaw and the transparency of Twitter’s open-source algorithm and their recommendation system.
This week’s “Intelligence Espresso’ is presented and produced by our Dublin Team in DCU. On it, our team looks at: The arrival of Xi Jinping in Moscow, a meeting between Japanese PM Fumio Kishida and President Zelensky, the protests in France and tech companies' accountability of their platforms and algorithms in spreading terrorist content.
This week our team looks at an escalating banking crisis following the implosion of the U.S.-based Silicon Valley Bank, the massive arms deal among AUKUS allies, chaos in France over President Macron’s new retirement age legislation and boldness from the ICC as they issue an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.
This week in the maiden ‘Intelligence Espresso’ briefing our team look into the ongoing situation in Georgia, the carnage facing Russian forces in Ukraine and the finger-pointing around the ‘revelations’ of the Nord Stream 2 attacks as well as a shocking reversal of diplomatic relations in the Middle East and growing unrest in Tunisia.
