# This Means War A podcast by Peter Roberts. Conversations about contemporary warfare and what it means for the future of fighting. Each episode will look at how wars are being fought around the world today, whether (and why) this is important, and what it all might mean for militaries and national security in the coming decades. Feed: https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/420071/destinations/3488567.xml ## Latest episodes - [The Great Game 2.0?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/9668a696e585) (2026-10-25, 47 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/260929_TMW_Ivana_Strander.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [What might the US midterm elections mean for Allies?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/d08ca2506b1c) (2026-10-07, 48 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/260821_TMW_John_Hemmings_V1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Financing Deterrence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/321113e40723) (2026-09-07, 53 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/260820_TMW_Robbie_Boyd_DSRB_update.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Land Power and contemporary conflict](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/3093a739546f) (2026-08-10, 36 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/Jack_W_July_2026_V1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [The DIP: It's not about national security](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/fd116066364e) (2026-07-27, 41 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/260708_TMW_Ewan_Lawson_V1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Parliamentary Scrutiny of the Military: Society deserves better](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/2ac05c64d2d0) (2026-05-17, 41 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/260512_TMW_Mike_Martin_V2.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [How Resilient or Prepared is Enough?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/f055e7c48188) (2026-04-15, 33 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/260408_Lord_Toby_Harris_v1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Defending MDO](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/b060f55d88f4) (2026-03-18, 43 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/260309_MDO_Rich_Creed.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [MDO: It's a terrible concept](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/9ca2168e71cb) (2026-02-18, 41 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/260203_MDO_Amos_Franz.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [What has Moscow got in store for 2026?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/72bc8c067478) (2026-01-12, 35 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_260105_Keir_Giles_V1_.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Show me the money! The DSR Bank](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/fd7a68d8e061) (2025-12-03, 62 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Robbie_Boyd_DSR_Bank__V1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Mountain Warfare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/dd257b68abb9) (2025-11-03, 45 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Mountain_Warfare_V1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Battlefield AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/5b22506924d5) (2025-10-02, 45 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_-_Rob_Wilson_AI_V1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [The State and The Soldier](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/b32efb7d1bca) (2025-08-12, 42 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Kori_Schake.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Training is credibility](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/68bac5e6777b) (2025-07-07, 60 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Chris_Barry.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Debriefing the latest UK Strategic Defence Review](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/af2dccc17c35) (2025-06-09, 42 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Paul_Cornish_SDR_V1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [The Russian Meat Grinder](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/f2c34a370f68) (2025-05-12, 24 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_-_Amelie_Tolvin_V2.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Air combat power vs IAMD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/ffef12e8b729) (2025-04-07, 41 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Justin_Bronk_V1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [SDR Threat series: How to deter Russia?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/f6dbe61ee672) (2025-03-17, 33 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Keir_Giles_V1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [SDR Threat series: National Security without US guarantees](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/65df1c4c44f3) (2025-03-11, 39 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Ed_Arnold_V1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [SDR Threat Series - Trust and Honesty](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/2578607c0822) (2025-02-21, 42 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Simon_Kings_v3.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [SDR Threat Series – The Politics of a Defence Review](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/b36a657f5764) (2025-01-29, 42 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_James_Heappey_V3.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [SDR Threat series – Buying Silver Bullets](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/40bad0d2e634) (2024-12-27, 33 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Andrew_Curtis.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [SDR Threat series - Missile Defence (you can't defend everything)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/014184253fab) (2024-12-18, 44 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_-_Tom_Karako_V1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [The Threat Landscape with Peter Frankopan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/82f85d91b70f) (2024-12-11, 35 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Peter_Frankopan_V1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [SDR Threat Series: Misunderstanding Adversaries and Inconvenient Threats](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/2078618b1bc0) (2024-12-04, 35 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Maria_de_Groeij_Reid.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [SDR Threat Series: Weapons, Systems, and the promise of AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/a81a6a7cc36d) (2024-11-12, 40 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Tony_King.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [SDR Threats Series: Styles and Themes of Contemporary Warfare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/b0c9eee6c238) (2024-11-03, 40 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Paul_Cornish.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [NATO finale: Friends and Enemies (Question Time)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/2b22570495c5) (2024-08-14, 19 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_NATO_pt4.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [The real heroes of NATO](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/9b77154bc7c0) (2024-07-31, 28 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_NATO_pt3.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [NATO's Successes and Unsuccesses](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/71259be64b1b) (2024-06-20, 40 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_NATO_pt2.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [NATO isn't perfect (but it isn't going badly either)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/14f1fd742ed0) (2024-05-14, 44 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/HTTM_NATO_pt1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [A Cautionary Tale from 1973](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/c74bab747716) (2023-12-21, 45 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_-_Nate_Jennings.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Norms and Forms of Warfare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/761579f00354) (2023-12-07, 35 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Paddy_Walker_V1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [AUKUS – a reality check](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/a31ee2700762) (2023-11-30, 41 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_AUKUS_NOV23_V1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Future War, Technology and Strategy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/0f1516281ec2) (2023-11-23, 34 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_JLF_1123.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Balancing and regional players](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/2276cc3a1612) (2023-11-09, 35 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_-_Burcu_Ozcelik_V1.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Fortification](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/54d720916ae6) (2023-10-19, 34 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_David_Betz.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [DPRK in an era of Great Power realignment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/537b457b57eb) (2023-10-12, 28 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_DPRK_Ankit_Panda_1023_Master.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [On Taiwan – strategic ambiguity, operational clarity?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/615d036e0063) (2023-10-05, 36 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_-_Ralph_Cossa_Taiwan.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Investing in a War Zone](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/48b89c34420e) (2023-09-28, 26 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_-_Mike_Longstaff_Master.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Ending wars - a primer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/f9ba8b5d7539) (2023-09-21, 35 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Beatrice_Heuser_0923.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [What if the deep battle doesn't matter?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/d900741c8d2e) (2023-09-14, 35 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_-_Franz_Stefan_Gady_Master.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Manoeuvre theory is in a coma](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/579584a3f940) (2023-08-31, 38 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Tony_King_0823_Master.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Is manœuvre a myth?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/dce0c0256990) (2023-08-24, 34 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Amos_Fox_0823_MASTER.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [NATO structural issues unresolved at Vilnius](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/3e2070a2ac66) (2023-07-13, 46 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_Julian_LF_0723.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Japan Security Dilemmas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/311531c5ba86) (2023-07-06, 32 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_-_John_Hemmings_0623_Master.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [A Middle East Without America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/fd014e1b7df5) (2023-06-22, 43 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_-_Mike_Stephens_Master.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [China's Machiavellian Mindset](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/f1d4f61fd3ff) (2023-06-15, 34 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_-_Peter_Layton_0623.mp3?dest-id=3488567 - [Fiscal Reality and Strategic Autonomy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1629454648/b421581f36f9) (2023-06-08, 48 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/1d3ee4e1-aea2-400a-97ff-4dfe5531067c/TMW_-_Michael_Shurkin_MASTER.mp3?dest-id=3488567 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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