Behind the Lines with Arthur Snell is a geopolitics podcast. Every week we give the listener access to the best informed people to help you understand this turbulent world and get a feel for the things that will matter in the future.
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Professor Klaus Dodds has been studying Arctic security for decades, long before it had addled the mind of Donald Trump. He is the author of Unfrozen - the Fight for the Future of the Arctic and he sp...
The Post Western World and the Trump Regime (00:51:04)
Dr Samir Puri works at Chatham House and has written a brilliant book called Westlessness.
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Everything, everywhere all at once: what 2026 might hold, with Dan Kaszeta (00:47:01)
I spoke to Dan about many things. Better to have a listen. If you are looking for the chart about AI financing that he mentioned, it's here. You can find Dan on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/dankas...
Iran in Crisis: Charlie Gammell on the protests (00:47:11)
Charlie Gammell is one of Britain's leading Iran experts and he joined me in a conversation recorded on 13 January about the rapidly evolving situation in Iran. You can find Charlie's work here on Sub...
EMERGENCY EPISODE: Maduro, Chavez, Delcy Rodriguez and where we're going in Venezuela (00:45:43)
Catherine Royle was Britain's Ambassador to Venezuela, making one of very few people to have met and worked with all of Nicolas Maduro, his predecessor Hugo Chavez and Maduro's (perhaps temporary) suc...
A Storm of Princes: Saudi Arabia and the UAE fight over South Yemen (00:41:31)
A struggle over who controls South Yemen might not seem particularly important, but it's a proxy for a far bigger conflict that has been bubbling for years between two of the key countries in Gulf reg...
The New Total War: Bob Seely on Russia's Strategy (00:39:17)
From the revolutionary use of drones to staged coups, child abduction and psychological warfare, the war in Ukraine is like no other. It is a new form of total war, combining traditional military forc...
America First: A New Era in Foreign Policy with Jonathan Terra (01:02:39)
In this episode, Arthur Snell and Dr. Jonathan Terra delve into the Trump administration's National Security Strategy, exploring its ideological underpinnings, rejection of globalism, and implications...
Crisis in the Sahel: the end of Western intervention and the collapse of Mali (00:38:08)
Mali, a vast country larger than most of Western Europe added together is a country whose central authority has largely collapsed and whose capital city Bamako is surrounded by radical Islamist milita...
Ukraine Crisis: Will Trump Force Moscow's Deal on Zelenskyy? (00:54:36)
I spoke to Quiet Riot regular Alex Andreou as well as Iuliia Osmolowska, former senior Ukrainian diplomat now running the GLOBSEC think tank office in Kyiv about the so-called 28-Point Peace Plan as w...
From Abu Ghraib to the White House - How Ahmad Al-Shara'a is Ruling Syria (00:46:20)
I spoke to Orwa Ajjoub about the remarkable rise of Syria's new ruler, Ahmad Al-Shara'a, from wanted terrorist to White House visitor. His ruthless pragmatism is his signature and we discussed this in...
Are we living in an age of competitive authoritarianism? (00:47:13)
Sara Dorman of Edinburgh University spoke to me about the rising tide of authoritarianism around the world, and particularly the form of competitive authoritarianism.
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Emily Thornberry on British Foreign Policy (00:56:16)
As Behind the Lines formally announces joining the Cooler Heads podcast family, making us now the little brother to the massive success that is Quiet Riot - the brilliant politics podcast with Alex A...
Classic Behind the Lines: Disinformation in the Trump Era with Nina Jankowicz (01:01:30)
Back in January I spoke to Nina Jankowicz, a disinformation expert, about what the Trump era would portend. Her views proved remarkably prescient and I thought it would be of further interest now.
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Gaza - where are we now? with Michael Stephens (00:48:52)
The Trump deal for Gaza, announced with great pomp and ceremony appeared to lead very quickly to a resumption of hostilities. Has Trump or even his administration got a plan for seeing this through, o...
Emma Briant on the Age of Disinformation (00:52:51)
Professor Emma Briant is a prolific and important researcher on disinformation and information warfare, some of the most things in our age. She has frequent been asked to give evidence to parliaments ...
Crossing the Line: an Israeli - Palestinian love story (00:47:45)
Two years on from the devastating events of October 7, 2023, Gaza lies in ruins and numerous hostages are still held by Hamas. The destruction and losses, both in human terms and to the idea of peace ...
Migration - the real facts in an age of alarmism (00:56:16)
As countries all over the world, but particularly liberal democracies in the West, turn themselves inside out over the issue of migration and in the process empowering the far right, it was my great p...
Can Ukraine Arm Europe? (00:38:44)
Check out Olena's work at https://ukrainesarmsmonitor.substack.com/
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Whatever happened to the Tories? (00:54:53)
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The War in Sudan, and role of the UAE (00:53:14)
I speak to Jan Pospisil of Coventry University about the war in Sudan, its roots and its current trajectory.
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The Baltic States in the Twentieth Century and their security now (01:12:59)
Dan Kaszeta is the author of two books on the Baltic States, as well as being world renowned expert on chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. He talked to me about the Baltic States in the twentiet...
Understanding Trump's authoritarianism (00:52:40)
Professor Christina Pagel is responsible for the excellent website https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/? in addition to her work in public health and public policy. Here, she explains how she is track...
How Technology is Transforming Warfare, with Matthew Savill (00:51:23)
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The Spy and the Devil (00:51:20)
Professor Tim Willasey-Wilsey is author of The Spy and the Devil. We spoke about the remarkable subject of his book, Baron Bill de Ropp and the story of Britain's secret operations against Nazi German...
