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Sounds Strategic

We are a world-leading authority on global security, political risk and military conflict. We were founded in 1958, and have offices in London, Washington, Singapore and Bahrain. Hosted on Acast. See ... Read more

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Dangerous Decade: Taiwan’s security and crisis management

Dangerous Decade: Taiwan’s security and crisis management

In the first IISS Sounds Strategic podcast of 2021, to coincide with the audiobook release of Brendan Taylor’s Adelphi S... Read more

11 Jan 2021

35mins

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Episode 8: Military capabilities and great power competition in the 21st century

Episode 8: Military capabilities and great power competition in the 21st century

Henry Boyd, IISS Research Fellow for Defence and Military Analysis, joins Dr Kori Schake for this episode of Sounds Stra... Read more

12 Apr 2019

33mins

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Episode 23: The rise of China, technology and a Sino-centric world order

Episode 23: The rise of China, technology and a Sino-centric world order

Nigel Inkster, IISS Senior Adviser, joins Dr Kori Schake for this episode of Sounds Strategic.With the rivalry between t... Read more

24 Oct 2019

38mins

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Episode 31 - China's naval modernisation and measuring effective military capabilities

Episode 31 - China's naval modernisation and measuring effective military capabilities

James Hackett, Senior Fellow for Defence and Military Analysis, and Tom Waldwyn, Research Associate for Defence and Mili... Read more

5 Mar 2020

41mins

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Episode 27: The beginnings of a new bipolar world?

Episode 27: The beginnings of a new bipolar world?

Bill Emmott, Chairman of the IISS Trustees, joins Dr Kori Schake for this episode of Sounds Strategic.From President Tru... Read more

19 Dec 2019

32mins

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Episode 26: Understanding the new political geography of the Middle East

Episode 26: Understanding the new political geography of the Middle East

In this special episode, Kori Schake, Deputy Director-General of the IISS, leads a panel of experts to reflect on the ma... Read more

29 Nov 2019

27mins

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Episode 25: Perfect asymmetry: Iran’s networks of influence in the Middle East

Episode 25: Perfect asymmetry: Iran’s networks of influence in the Middle East

In this special episode of Sounds Strategic, John Raine, Senior Adviser for Geopolitical Due Diligence, and Kori Schake ... Read more

21 Nov 2019

29mins

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Episode 17: Chinese lending and debt-trap diplomacy

Episode 17: Chinese lending and debt-trap diplomacy

Nicholas Crawford, Research Associate for Conflict, Security and Development, joins Dr Kori Schake for this episode of S... Read more

2 Aug 2019

25mins

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Episode 6: How to think about China

Episode 6: How to think about China

Meia Nouwens, IISS Research Fellow for Chinese Defence Policy and Military Modernisation, joins Dr Kori Schake for this ... Read more

14 Mar 2019

20mins

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Epsiode 24: The geopolitical impacts of China's cybersecurity and espionage

Epsiode 24: The geopolitical impacts of China's cybersecurity and espionage

Dr Greg Austin, Senior Fellow for Cyber, Space and Future Conflict, joins Dr Kori Schake for this episode of Sounds Stra... Read more

7 Nov 2019

25mins

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Episode 12: Sounds Strategic at #SLD19

Episode 12: Sounds Strategic at #SLD19

In this special edition of Sounds Strategic, Dr Kori Schake is joined by a variety of guests at the 18th IISS Shangri-La... Read more

3 Jun 2019

30mins

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Episode 28: Will China become the new Japan?

Episode 28: Will China become the new Japan?

In her final episode as host of Sounds Strategic, Kori Schake is joined by the new director of the IISS Geo-economics an... Read more

10 Jan 2020

33mins

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Episode 13: Political change and foreign policy in Southeast Asia

Episode 13: Political change and foreign policy in Southeast Asia

In this episode of Sounds Strategic, Dr Kori Schake catches up with Aaron Connelly, IISS Research Fellow in Southeast As... Read more

6 Jun 2019

17mins

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Geopolitical unease in the Middle East and diversity in policymaking - #IISSMD19 Special Episode

Geopolitical unease in the Middle East and diversity in policymaking - #IISSMD19 Special Episode

In this special episode recorded at the IISS Manama Dialogue 2019, Kori Schake is joined by Tamara Cofman Wittes, Senior... Read more

25 Nov 2019

32mins

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Episode 15: The new primacy of economic power: how data is reshaping geopolitics

Episode 15: The new primacy of economic power: how data is reshaping geopolitics

John Raine, IISS Senior Adviser for Geopolitical Due Diligence, speaks with Dr Kori Schake in this episode of Sounds Str... Read more

4 Jul 2019

32mins

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Episode 10: Humanitarian norms and civilian protection in armed conflict

Episode 10: Humanitarian norms and civilian protection in armed conflict

Dr Francesca Grandi, IISS Senior Fellow for Conflict, Security and Development and Editor of the Armed Conflict Survey 2... Read more

9 May 2019

35mins

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Episode 11: Iran's nuclear and security strategy

Episode 11: Iran's nuclear and security strategy

Dr Mahsa Rouhi, Research Fellow for the Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Policy Programme, joins Dr Kori Schake for this ep... Read more

24 May 2019

26mins

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Episode 32-The rise of urban conflict, future concepts of war and threats to peace in Afghanistan

Episode 32-The rise of urban conflict, future concepts of war and threats to peace in Afghanistan

In this episode of Sounds Strategic, Antonio and Meia are joined by David Kilcullen, Professor of International and Poli... Read more

19 Mar 2020

38mins

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Episode 34 - COVID-19 in Russia: Can Putin turn a crisis into an opportunity?

Episode 34 - COVID-19 in Russia: Can Putin turn a crisis into an opportunity?

This week, Meia and Antonio are joined by Nigel Gould-Davies, the new IISS Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia and Edit... Read more

9 Apr 2020

31mins

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Episode 30: Understanding the history that Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan ignores

Episode 30: Understanding the history that Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan ignores

Sir Tom Beckett, Executive Director of IISS−Middle East, joins podcast hosts Meia Nouwens and Antônio Sampaio for this e... Read more

20 Feb 2020

43mins

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