Beste Decoding Geopolitics Podcasts (2025)

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#84 Estonia’s Ex-Air Force Chief Jaak Tarien: This Is How You Really Deal With Russian Violations 34:57

20h ago34:57

34:57

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#83 Francis Farrell: The New Ukrainian Fighting Strategy That Could Decide War 36:23

6d ago36:23

36:23

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#82 Patrick McGee: How China Is Using American Companies to Trap the West 39:05

12d ago39:05

39:05

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#81 Nick Hare: World's Top Forecaster Predicts How Will the Ukraine War End and If China Will Invade Taiwan 48:23

19d ago48:23

48:23

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#80 Sergey Radchenko: What Really Drives Russia’s Foreign Policy – From the USSR to Putin 36:04

24d ago36:04

36:04

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#79 Robert D. Kaplan: The Fall of the American Empire and The Coming Era of Chaos 24:29

1M ago24:29

24:29

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#78 Greg Smith: Rise and Fall of Nations - How Superintelligence Will Reshape Geopolitics 39:25

1M ago39:25

39:25

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#77 Anne Applebaum: What Putin Really Wants & How Ukraine War Will End 34:54

2M ago34:54

34:54

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Anne Applebaum - a historian focusing on Russia and Eastern Europe a…

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#76 Jakub Jajcay: NATO Soldier Who Fought in Ukraine on Why This War Isn’t What You Think 33:58

2M ago33:58

33:58

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#75 John Dotson: Why Taiwan Is Preparing for the Wrong Kind of War 50:11

2M ago50:11

50:11

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with John Dotson, director of the Global Taiwan Initiative, former U.S. Na…

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#74 Ali Ansari: Iran Is Collapsing from Within: This Is What Comes Next 33:22

2M ago33:22

33:22

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Ali Ansari, a professor and a founding director of the Institute for …

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#73 Szabolcs Panyi: Why Viktor Orban's Era Is Coming To An End 32:57

2M ago32:57

32:57

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#72 Fabian Hoffmann: "Russia Is Stockpiling Missiles For War With NATO. Europe Is Shockingly Unprepared" 44:09

2M ago44:09

44:09

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#71 Sir Lawrence Freedman: How the War in Ukraine Will End 33:36

3M ago33:36

33:36

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Intelligence Brief: So, Has the Iran-Israel War Actually Achieved Anything? 14:22

3M ago14:22

14:22

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Most Replayed Moment: Sarah Paine - What Is China's Grand Strategy? 11:31

3M ago11:31

11:31

Watch the full episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4vQiQmqq38Ymia0LYZiAzs?si=qkL_PYGkTvSYzVz98wZTNw ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ Sarah Paine discussess what is actually China's Grand Strategy - and what it means for the rest of the world.

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#70 George Barros: The Real Problem Behind Russia’s 1 Million Casualties - And How It Changes the War 44:08

3M ago44:08

44:08

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Sarah Paine Interview Part 2: Avoiding WW3, War Over Taiwan & Future of Europe 32:22

3M ago32:22

32:22

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#69 Ed Arnold: What No One Dared To Say At The NATO Summit 27:23

3M ago27:23

27:23

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#68 Zineb Riboua: Iran’s Project Has Already Collapsed. It’s Weaker Than Ever and It’s Gonna Get Worse 37:17

3M ago37:17

37:17

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#67 Christopher Kirchhoff: How Pentagon Forgot How To Innovate & What War Will Look Like in 2035 36:36

3M ago36:36

36:36

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Intelligence Brief: Is China Running out of Time To Invade Taiwan? 9:22

3M ago9:22

9:22

The theory goes: China’s in decline, so if it ever wants to invade Taiwan, it has to do it soon. But what if that theory depends on the wrong assumption? And who does Beijing actually see as the declining power?

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#66 Elizabeth Wishnick: The Limits of Russia-China “No-Limit Friendship” & Why 'Reverse Nixon' Will Fail 30:22

4M ago30:22

30:22

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Intelligence Brief: The End of the Human Soldiers Is Closer Than You Think 12:33

4M ago12:33

12:33

The age of human infantry is slowly inching to its end. And it's closer than you might think. Ukraine is already running drone-only assaults. Commercial sector is quickly ramping up development and production of sophisticated humanoid robots. And when the next major war breaks out, the first thing to disappear might be human soldiers on the front l…

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#65 Seth Jones: Why The West Is Losing The Global Shadow War with Iran, Russia and China 32:52

4M ago32:52

32:52

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Intelligence Brief: The Coming Fall of Hungary's Viktor Orbán 9:23

4M ago9:23

9:23

Viktor Orbán, Hungary's Prime Minister, has a big problem. After dominating Hungary for the past 15 years, unchallenged, unbothered, and admired by populists everywhere, polls now show that he’s losing to a new opponent, with elections less than a year away. And it looks like his challenger found a strategy that - if successful - many European poli…

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#64 Janis Kluge: How Long Can Russia Afford The War & Can Russia Afford Peace? 45:37

4M ago45:37

45:37

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#63 Mujtaba Rahman: Europe’s Leaders See Trump As Predatory and Destructive. This Is Their Plan for Ukraine 30:21

4M ago30:21

30:21

This is a conversation with Mujtaba Rahman. Mij is what you would call an insider of European politics. He leads the European section of the Eurasia Group and a big part of his job is to know what is going on behind the scenes, not just what you can read in the news but what European leaders really think, say and do when there are no cameras. And s…

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#62 Anshel Pfeffer: Israel’s Existential Crisis & Its Dangerous Quest for Regional Domination 34:24

5M ago34:24

34:24

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#61 Justin Bronk: Why America Is Rethinking Air Power 43:37

5M ago43:37

43:37

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#60 Sarah C.M. Paine: How Superpowers Self-Destruct: Russian, Chinese & American Grand Strategy 33:30

5M ago33:30

33:30

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#59 Mark Galeotti: Putin’s Strategy Will Backfire. 2026 Will be Russia’s Toughest Year Yet 36:06

5M ago36:06

36:06

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#58 Ed Arnold: Could Europe Defend Itself Without the US? 31:49

6M ago31:49

31:49

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#57 Keir Giles: Why Europe Isn't Ready For What's Coming 30:19

6M ago30:19

30:19

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#56 Kate Bondar: The Futuristic Military Tech That's Changing The War in Ukraine 35:20

6M ago35:20

35:20

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#55 Franz Stefan Gady: Why Trump Will (Accidentally) Make Europe Great Again 30:56

6M ago30:56

30:56

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#54 Tim Mak: Why Zelensky Can't Accept a Bad Deal & What The Minerals Deal Is Really About 30:36

7M ago30:36

30:36

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Yes, Europe Can Survive Without America - Here's How 10:31

7M ago10:31

10:31

This is a teaser of a Patreon-exclusive geopolitical analysis—normally available only to my Patreon members.➡️ Join the community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/…

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#53 Michael Beckley: China’s Rise Is Over. Things Are Gonna Get A Lot Worse - Fast 34:08

7M ago34:08

34:08

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3 Questions That Will Decide The Future of Europe 11:02

7M ago11:02

11:02

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#52 Ronen Bergman: This Is How Israel's Secret Assasination Program Really Works 43:11

7M ago43:11

43:11

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Q&A: Can Europe Survive On Its Own? 14:58

7M ago14:58

14:58

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#51 Anne Applebaum: Why Europe’s Security Strategy Is Failing & How the War in Ukraine Will End 29:13

7M ago29:13

29:13

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#50 Soner Cagaptay: Is Turkey Building a New Ottoman Empire? 34:12

8M ago34:12

34:12

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#49 Hal Brands: 'We’re Living In a Pre-War World. Great power war is no longer unthinkable.' 39:01

8M ago39:01

39:01

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#48 Mike Kofman: The War Is Slowly Killing Russia’s Military. Here’s How Long They’ll Need to Recover 50:04

8M ago50:04

50:04

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#47 Jeremy Shapiro: What's Trump's Plan for Ukraine and Will He Defend Taiwan? 47:23

8M ago47:23

47:23

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#46 General Ben Hodges: Russia’s Failing Strategy, Ukraine and the West’s Fear of Escalation 45:51

8M ago45:51

45:51

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#45 Lennart Maschmeyer: How Ukraine Avoided a Cyber-Apocalypse & Why Cyberwarfare Isn't What You Think 42:05

9M ago42:05

42:05

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#44 Justin Bronk: F-35 Critics Are Completely Wrong. F-16s for Ukraine Were Over-Hyped. 52:14

9M ago52:14

52:14

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