# Global Security Briefing A podcast by The Royal United Services Institute. Global Security Briefing provides regular insights from leading international experts to help you make sense of the far-reaching changes affecting international security around the globe. Hosted by analysts from RUSI's International Security Studies team, the podcast looks at how the UK can best shape its foreign and security policies in an increasingly dynamic international environment. The Global Security Briefing channel is also host to a back-catalogue of episodes from the concluded RUSI podcasts 'Bridging the Oceans' and 'Mind the Gulf'. Running from 2020 to 2023, 'Bridging the Oceans' aimed to create a platform to discuss the key defence and security questions of the world's most dynamic region: the Indo-Pacific. Hosted by Veerle Nouwens, it explored what the Indo-Pacific is, where its limits lie, and what the fast-evolving defence and security issues are in this dynamic part of the world. Running from January to May 2022, the 'Mind the Gulf' Podcast Series explored how the Iranian nuclear programme – and international diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon – interacts with regional security dynamics and the wider Middle East. 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[The Future of War: How Autonomous Systems Are Reshaping Conflict](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/66faa5ff7a68) (2026-09-09, 24 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260909_GSB_128_General_Petraeus_v2.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Great Power Diplomacy: How to Prevent a Third World War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/d804b870975b) (2026-08-26, 32 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260826_GSB127_Tobias_Ellwood_WWIII.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Energy on the Frontline of European Security](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/4874fab35843) (2026-08-12, 47 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260804_GSB_The_Energy_Frontline_V2_.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Japan's Intelligence Reforms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/b24d8649b685) (2026-07-29, 44 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260720_GSB_Japanese_Intelligence_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [After Ankara: First Reflections on the 2026 NATO Summit](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/d40e44c47525) (2026-07-10, 46 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260709_GSB_NATO_Summit_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Geopolitics, Statecraft and the Changing Face of Organised Crime](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/3fa628a567f6) (2026-07-01, 39 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260629_GSB_Organised_Crime_Cathy_H_V2.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Inside Russia's Wartime Economy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/0dd9dce9fffc) (2026-06-17, 38 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260608_GSB_Ep122_Russian_Economy_Charles_Hecker_Natia_S.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [No Easy Off-Ramp: Iran, the US and the Search for a Deal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/fb4a48fd9b73) (2026-06-03, 42 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260602_GSB_E121_Ali_Ansari_Burcu_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [President Trump in Beijing: The Future of US-China Relations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/db0acc5834f4) (2026-05-21, 50 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260518_GSB_Trump_in_China_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [How is International Security Changing?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/d84b666a3d61) (2026-05-15, 52 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260513_GSB_Neil_Final_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [What is Driving Turkey's Foreign and Security Policy Agenda?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/486d3ecd4f88) (2026-03-25, 49 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260324_GSB_Turkey_V1_.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [The Regional and Global Significance of the US-Led Attack on Iran](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/d172149f1df7) (2026-03-04, 55 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260302_GSB_Iran_Middle_East_March_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Is Ukraine Any Closer to Peace After Four Years of War?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/a6c235819620) (2026-02-25, 20 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260225_GSB_Bonus_Ukraine_4Yrs_Event.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Is the Trump Administration's 'Donroe' Doctrine Transforming Relations with Latin America?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/7d672448cc72) (2026-02-18, 54 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260213_GSB_S_America_Carlos_and_Brian_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Greenland: A Flashpoint in Transatlantic Relations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/a0d6f5740e9b) (2026-01-28, 15 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260127_GSB_Bonus_Greenland_Rachel.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Can the Transatlantic Alliance Survive the Trump Presidency?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/2f51d7535c40) (2026-01-21, 57 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250120_GSB_Sir_David_Lidington_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [How Will German Rearmament Shape European Security?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/217495bf0e5c) (2026-01-14, 54 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/260108_GSB_Claudia_Major_Germany.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [The View from Doha 2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/0053f1e6d5db) (2025-12-10, 57 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/251209_GSB_Doha_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [A New US Approach to the Caspian Region?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/85e6d638ce0b) (2025-11-26, 49 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/251124_GSB_Central_Asia_Eric_Rudenshiold_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [The UK in a Changing World: A Conversation with Professor John Bew](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/f566eab71c2d) (2025-11-12, 53 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/251110_GSB_John_Bew_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [The Return of America First: US Power and Influence in Latin America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/859eb6160a74) (2025-10-29, 47 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/251024_GSB_US_Latin_America_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Taiwan's Strategic Balancing Act Amid US-China Tensions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/11410df9d044) (2025-10-15, 45 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/251013_GSB_Taipei_Security_Dialogue_V2.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Trump's Stalled Peace Push and the Future of the Ukraine War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/1f32f87fc3be) (2025-10-01, 45 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250930_GSB_Ukraine_Andriy_Zagorodnyuk_V2.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Turkey's Balancing Act: Prospects for Stabilisation in Syria and Iraq](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/5a5a2831006c) (2025-09-17, 59 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250916_GSB_Illiberal_Peace_V1_.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [The UK's 2025 Carrier Strike Group Deployment and Britain's Indo-Pacific Tilt.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/21bd373c044d) (2025-09-03, 49 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250831_GSB_Japan_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Does the Trump Administration Have an Indo-Pacific Security Strategy?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/1369453f1a2a) (2025-07-23, 49 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/GSB_250717_GSB_US_Asia_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Have the Recent Conflicts Transformed the Middle East?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/0b73446d9081) (2025-07-09, 56 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250707__GSB_Middle_East_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [How Should the UK Approach European Security?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/ed29f5cf70f6) (2025-06-25, 49 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250617_GSB_UK_EU_Relations_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Can Russia-Ukraine Negotiations to End the War Succeed?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/b536085f8a6a) (2025-06-11, 41 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250606_GSB_Ukraine_June_2025_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Can Illiberal Peace Bring Stability to the Middle East?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/56d4115a513e) (2025-05-28, 49 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250522_GSB_Illiberal_Peace_Buildng_Pt1_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [The Rise of a Fragmented and Contested World](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/1a115a476b0e) (2025-05-14, 41 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250508_GSB_100th_v1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Can Europe Rearm – and Might this be in Time?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/aa1b3c1b762e) (2025-04-23, 60 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250416_GSB_European_Rearmament_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Can Taiwan Resist China's Campaign of Grey Zone Coercion?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/9e69fbb715fc) (2025-04-09, 50 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250331_GSB_Taiwan_Greyzone_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [The Future of Transatlantic Security](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/ea72463e0538) (2025-03-26, 47 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250321_GSB_Trump_Liana_Fix_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Security Trends and the Role of Think Tanks, With Rachel Ellehuus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/a5f93232ab7b) (2025-03-12, 47 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250306_GSB_Rachel_Ellehus_v1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Japan's Defence Industry Revival](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/5bfe221b70ec) (2025-02-26, 41 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250217_GSB_Japan_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [New 'Great Power' Competition in the Middle East](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/1b08d1489df4) (2025-02-12, 51 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250210_GSB_Middle_East_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [New Year Special Part Two: The Indo-Pacific and Latin America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/0a6402e1f35d) (2025-01-29, 49 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250113_GSB_New_Year_Special_Part_2__V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [New Year Special Part One: Europe, Eurasia and the Middle East](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/6dcfdc626284) (2025-01-15, 49 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250113_GSB_New_Year_2025_pt1_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [Is Stability in the Middle East Possible?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/a0145335c9a1) (2024-12-18, 55 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/241218_GSB_Middle_East_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [The Imminent End of the Ukraine War?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/200b7c347ccb) (2024-11-27, 50 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/241122_GSB_Russia_Ukraine_Nov_24_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [North Korea's Emergence as an International Security Actor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1564065871/cef01d3d4e9c) (2024-11-13, 46 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/241111_GSB_N_Korea_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395 - [A New World Disorder? 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