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This Means War

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.

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98 episodes

  1. The Great Game 2.0? 46:06
  2. What might the US midterm elections mean for Allies? 47:02
  3. Financing Deterrence 52:32
  4. Land Power and contemporary conflict 35:31
  5. The DIP: It's not about national security 40:04
  6. Parliamentary Scrutiny of the Military: Society deserves better 40:20
  7. How Resilient or Prepared is Enough? 32:41
  8. Defending MDO 42:31
  9. MDO: It's a terrible concept 40:09
  10. What has Moscow got in store for 2026? 34:20
  11. Show me the money! The DSR Bank 1:01:15
  12. Mountain Warfare 44:56
  13. Battlefield AI 44:15
  14. The State and The Soldier 41:19
  15. Training is credibility 59:25
  16. Debriefing the latest UK Strategic Defence Review 41:43
  17. The Russian Meat Grinder 23:22
  18. Air combat power vs IAMD 40:48
  19. SDR Threat series: How to deter Russia? 32:29
  20. SDR Threat series: National Security without US guarantees 38:19
  21. SDR Threat Series - Trust and Honesty 41:52
  22. SDR Threat Series – The Politics of a Defence Review 41:19
  23. SDR Threat series – Buying Silver Bullets 32:43
  24. SDR Threat series - Missile Defence (you can't defend everything) 43:51
  25. The Threat Landscape with Peter Frankopan 34:52
  26. SDR Threat Series: Misunderstanding Adversaries and Inconvenient Threats 34:36
  27. SDR Threat Series: Weapons, Systems, and the promise of AI 39:58
  28. SDR Threats Series: Styles and Themes of Contemporary Warfare 39:49
  29. NATO finale: Friends and Enemies (Question Time) 18:03
  30. The real heroes of NATO 27:17
  31. NATO's Successes and Unsuccesses 39:51
  32. NATO isn't perfect (but it isn't going badly either) 43:43
  33. A Cautionary Tale from 1973 44:32
  34. Norms and Forms of Warfare 34:59
  35. AUKUS – a reality check 40:27
  36. Future War, Technology and Strategy 33:50
  37. Balancing and regional players 34:59
  38. Fortification 33:26
  39. DPRK in an era of Great Power realignment 27:12
  40. On Taiwan – strategic ambiguity, operational clarity? 35:55
  41. Investing in a War Zone 25:30
  42. Ending wars - a primer 34:30
  43. What if the deep battle doesn't matter? 34:57
  44. Manoeuvre theory is in a coma 37:02
  45. Is manœuvre a myth? 33:28
  46. NATO structural issues unresolved at Vilnius 46:00
  47. Japan Security Dilemmas 31:47
  48. A Middle East Without America 42:07
  49. China's Machiavellian Mindset 33:16
  50. Fiscal Reality and Strategic Autonomy 47:28