In the space race and the arms race, only a human could determine an outcome. But what happens to warfare when AI, and not a human, takes the decision to pull the trigger? If AI can equal human cap...

Xi Jinping has effectively removed the last remaining rival power-base in Beijing. Until this weekend, Zhang Youxia was the highest ranking general in the Chinese armed forces and second only to Xi...

In a week that's marked an inflection point in European history and transatlantic relations, Tom and Patrick discuss whether the two continents' world views are, finally, irreconcilable. And, were ...

While President Trump ponders when, whether and how to take action against Tehran, Tom and Patrick discuss the options available to him, ranging from cyber attacks to assassinations, and ask whethe...

With Maduro gone and Venezuela seemingly bending to Trump’s will, the world is now asking who will be next and where will it stop? General Jack Keane knows the President well and has his ear. In ...

Europe is rearming at a pace not seen in decades, from the Baltics to France, where President Macron has called for a new era of “mobilisation,” short of conscription but aimed at readying the ...

The largest deployment of US naval assets since the Cold War has been sent steaming across the Atlantic for the Venezuelan coast. The CIA has reportedly been given the green light to operate inside...

Journalist Annie Jacobsen joins Tom to discuss her bestselling and harrowing book Nuclear War: A Scenario, which maps out in minute-by-minute detail what would happen if a single nuclear missile we...

For three and a half years, BBC correspondent James Waterhouse was the face of the Ukraine war, reporting nightly from Kyiv through air raids, blackouts, and breaking news. In this episode, he join...

While Nato looks up at the skies to Russian drones buzzing its airspace, a far more serious threat lurks below, on our ocean beds. And evidence is mounting that Moscow is already mapping the frontl...

This week Tom is joined by award-winning war correspondent Anthony Loyd for a special “Journalist & Journalist” edition. Together, they explore why some wars capture global attention while othe...

The Story · Episode

Until November 5 this year, Donald Trump’s first presidential term looked like a populist blip amid decades of American liberalism. Since the US election, it looks like Biden was the liberal blip in a...

More than a dozen of those the president-elect wants in his top team hail from his adopted home state. What will this ‘best friends’ club’ mean for the new White House?

The conservative community used to simply pray for better presidents — until the Tesla boss spent millions to help swing Pennsylvania