Episodes

  • Pacific Navies: Australia, Japan and Taiwan
    Jun 29 2023

    In this episode David and Winston continue their conversation concerning the fleets of Pacific nations. The questions under investigation include: Are light carriers effective at power projection? Are frigates genuinely effective in modern naval warfare, or are they inferior to destroyers? Is the Taiwanese Navy disadvantaged through it's reliance on patrol boats? What is the quality of these Navies like? How well would these three nations be able to cooperate in a conflict?

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    34 mins
  • Pacific Navies: Comparing The Naval Power Of America and China
    Jun 25 2023

    Winston and David evaluate and compare the Navies of America and China (with some focus on other aspects of their respective military capabilities). Within the episode a myriad of questions are explored: How would the USN negate missile attacks from mainland China during a conflict? What would be the outcome of a prolonged naval war in the Pacific? What does the shipbuilding capacity of America and China mean for a possible future war? What does the future of naval warfare look like?  What is the effect of extended lines of communication in a Western Pacific American war effort? 


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    30 mins
  • Ukraine: An Update On The War
    Jun 6 2023

    In this first episode of Season 4 David and Winston discuss developments in the situation on the ground in Ukraine. This includes possibilities for a summer offensive as well as the current state of the conflict. The discussion expands to include the wider geopolitical situation and the countries from which both Russia and Ukraine are deriving their main support.

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    27 mins
  • Taiwan, Ukraine and Sino-Russian Relations
    Sep 16 2022

    In this episode,  David and Winston briefly go over the changing situation of Ukraine as well as future predictions for that conflict. The main topic of discussion, however, is Taiwan and the possibilities of conflict in the Pacific Basin between it and China, as well as the political  consequences of such a conflict for the wider region. Finally, David and Winston examine the strengthening ties between China and Russia and the repercussions of this close relationship on the West.

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    33 mins
  • Ukraine: What's The Situation?
    Aug 30 2022

    In the first episode  of the new season David and Winston pay a visit once more to the pressing topic of Ukraine. The situation on the ground in Ukraine at the time of publication is discussed, as is the position of President Putin in his political stronghold. David and Winston also go over the importance, and danger, of tactical nuclear weapons and their possible role in the future of the conflict.

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    25 mins
  • Britain's Response To The Russo-Ukrainian War And The Changing Nature Of Tank Warfare: The Russo-Ukrainian War Part 4
    Mar 21 2022

    David and Winston discuss the European response to the war with a special focus on the British response in the aftermath of Brexit. They move on to discuss recent developments in Ukraine as well as the nature of tank warfare on the modern battlefield.

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    24 mins
  • The Inside View on Russia, It's Future and War Crimes: The Russo-Ukrainian War Part 3
    Mar 5 2022

    David and Winston are joined in this episode by Billy Franklin, an undergraduate student studying History and Russian who has very recently returned to the UK as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War. He talks us through his views on the Russian population in this crisis, his experience with them and state control. David builds on this and discusses what is in store for Russia in the future and what it will take to stop war crimes being perpetrated.

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    This episode was recorded 04/03/2022. 

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    26 mins
  • Putin's Trap, Western Energy And The Past: The Russo-Ukrainian War Part 2
    Mar 3 2022

    David and Winston discuss Putin's Trap, the consequences of the war on Western Energy and what could have been done differently to avoid the war.

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    This episode was recorded 03/03/2022. 

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    26 mins