Battle Lines is The Telegraph’s defence, security and foreign affairs podcast. It offers expert analysis and on-the-ground reporting from around the world, everywhere from China and the United States to the Middle East and Europe.Three times a week, veteran foreign correspondents Roland Oliphant and Venetia Rainey bring you on-the-ground dispatches from the world’s most volatile regions and informed analysis from world-class experts.Every Wednesday on Battle Lines x Global Health Security they’re joined by Arthur Scott-Geddes to look at the intersection between health and security, from bioweapons to warzone diseases to frontline medicine. You can watch these episodes here.Whether it’s the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Gaza conflict, Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific, tensions between India and Pakistan, or the civil war in Sudan, Battle Lines covers the world’s most critical flashpoints with depth and clarity.When will China invade Taiwan? Can Donald Trump bring peace to the Middle East? What should Europe do to help Ukraine beat Russia? Is Iran building a nuclear bomb? What is the point of NATO? Can the United Kingdom still defend itself? Created by David Knowles, Battle Lines answers all these questions and more, bringing together the best of The Telegraph’s international, geopolitical, and conflict reporting in one place.Don’t forget to follow and leave a review to stay updated on the latest in global conflict and foreign affairs.Battle Lines: Global Health Security is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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‘UK's biggest post-war scandal' and the China-Russia threat: shadow defence sec James Cartlidge (01:02:17)
Was Peter Mandelson's appointment as UK ambassador to the US a national security risk? Should the US and UK bomb Iran to spark regime change? Will Nato survive Trump? And how should European countries...
'No limits': Russia, China and US enter new nuclear arms race (00:32:06)
This week, the New START treaty expires, ending the last remaining major nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. With no binding limits on the world’s two largest nuclear ...
Trump masses 'large armada' to force Iran into nuclear deal (00:38:35)
The United States appeared poised for a major military confrontation with Iran after Donald Trump ordered a powerful naval force into the region in response to the killing of thousands of Iranian prot...
Nuclear secrets leak or paranoia? Why Xi really purged China’s top general (00:43:51)
Xi Jinping is purging again. Generals once seen as untouchable are gone, rivals erased, loyalty enforced through fear. Is this the move of a leader under real threat or the paranoia of a man who has r...
Trump's Board of Peace signals a new world order. Gaza is its first test (00:34:16)
Gaza has entered the next phase of the peace process but is the ceasefire actually bringing peace?This week, Venetia Rainey and Arthur Scott-Geddes speak to Tess Ingram, UNICEF spokesperson who has ju...
America's Kurdish betrayal: has ISIS been given a second chance? (00:40:42)
For more than a decade, Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria were America's most trusted ally, spearheading the war against Isis, taking responsibility for guarding thousands of jihadi prisoners of wa...
'The old world order is dead': Trump, Canada and the battle for the West (00:38:54)
Donald Trump has abruptly backed down over the US takeover of Greenland. From the icy streets of Nuuk our correspondent James Rothwell reports from the centre of an unusual geopolitical spotlight as G...
China’s sham election: Why Beijing is propping up Myanmar’s brutal junta (00:35:55)
After five years of brutal civil war, Myanmar’s ruling military is holding an election that many say is a sham.But it has a major backer: China. So why is Beijing suddenly interested in democracy in t...
'Trump is damaging Nato': ex-commander speaks out on Greenland threats (00:39:31)
With tariffs aimed at Europe over Greenland, Nato teetering on the brink and Donald Trump flexing military muscle like never before, this is geopolitics as a personal power play.Venetia and Roland are...
Trump wants to conquer Greenland. This is how Europe can stop him (00:39:07)
President Trump’s talk of taking Greenland isn’t a joke, that much is now clear. His ambition to "conquer" the autonomous Danish territory is a direct challenge to the EU, Nato, and the post-Cold War ...
Iran ‘shooting to kill’: doctors fight back as Trump weighs intervention (00:36:56)
Iran is in crisis. The price of bread has more than doubled, the currency has collapsed to record lows, and protests have erupted across the country. As security forces respond with deadly force, doct...
Why Iran's regime is not finished (yet) and why Trump can't help (00:39:38)
Since late December, Iran has been gripped by a wave of protests that began in Tehran’s bazaars over economic collapse and rapidly spread nationwide. Cash handouts failed. Brutal force followed. Inter...
A US general on Trump, Greenland and Nato in crisis (00:49:13)
As Washington openly floats the idea of asserting control over Greenland, a dramatic naval operation unfolds in the freezing waters between Iceland and northern Scotland. A Russian flagged tanker is s...
How to deal with Trump, China and debt: the African country getting it right (00:25:47)
As Donald Trump reshapes global trade and cuts foreign aid, countries around the world are being forced to adapt fast - and some leaders are doing better than others. Among them is Zambia's President ...
Trump's Venezuela gamble: Why China, Russia and Iran just lost their foothold in Latin America (00:36:48)
Two days on from Donald Trump’s extraordinary capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, the dust has barely begun to settle.Maduro is appearing today in a New York court where he will be charged wi...
Trump captures Maduro and takes over Venezuela: 'Welcome to 2026, America is back' (00:14:18)
In the early hours of this morning, US President Donald Trump gave the order for the Pentagon to bomb Venezuela’s capital Caracas and capture Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, along with his wife. Tru...
Wargaming WW3: how and where the next global conflict could actually unfold (00:47:19)
From Taiwan to Estonia and Latvia, the prospect of World War Three feels closer than ever - that is unless you're one of those people who thinks it's already begun.Peter Apps, Reuters' Global Defence ...
Bird-flu, nukes and asteroids: what 2026 might have in store (00:39:07)
Bird-flu, bombs and asteroids: are we heading for disaster in 2026? What are the biggest threats to global health security in 2026? Is it bird flu? Or the rising threat posed by nuclear weapons? Could...
US vs China vs Europe: the race to build the fighter jet of the future (00:43:54)
This episode goes straight to the jugular of modern air power and asks a brutally simple question: has the last great manned fighter already been born?Roland is joined by Tom Withington of Royal Unite...
No limits partnership: Why 2025 was China and Russia's year (00:49:56)
This has been a year when the world lurched from crisis to crisis at breakneck speed. Trump back in power. America wavering on Europe and Ukraine. China strutting with new confidence. Russia grinding ...
Photographing war, disease and nuclear accidents with Simon Townsley (00:30:24)
On this week’s episode of Battle Lines Global Health Security, international photojournalist Simon Townsley joins Arthur Scott-Geddes and Sophie O’Sullivan to share his most memorable photographs of 2...
From Afghanistan to Everest: the double-amputee Gurkha veteran who made history (00:51:05)
In this special festive edition of Battle Lines, Roland Oliphant and Dominic Nicholls cut through the tinsel to tell a story that actually matters.In aid of, The Not Forgotten, a charity born out of t...
‘Russia-Ukraine deal impossible while Putin is alive’: ex-UK ambassador to Moscow (00:53:28)
Former UK ambassador Laurie Bristow speaks to Roland and delivers a blunt and unsettling warning about the state of the world and Britain’s place in it. Drawing on more than three decades at the heart...
Inside Sin City: Chinese gangs, scam centres and people trafficking (00:35:15)
Have you ever been scammed? If you have, the chances are that it happened somewhere in Asia. Often overseen by Chinese criminal gangs, the places where these scams are happening have become hubs for p...
'The frontline is everywhere': 10 surprising conflict hotspots for 2026 (00:38:48)
Today, Britain’s MI6 chief delivered a chilling message: the frontline is now everywhere.Look around the world and the evidence is overwhelming. From Ukraine to Gaza to Sudan, violence is spreading fa...
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