Ranked #1
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
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35mins
Ranked #2
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
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33mins
Ranked #3
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
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38mins
Ranked #4
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
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41mins
Ranked #5
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
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32mins
Ranked #6
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
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27mins
Ranked #7
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
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29mins
Ranked #8
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
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25mins
Ranked #9
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
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20mins
Ranked #10
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
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25mins
Ranked #11
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
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30mins
Ranked #12
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
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33mins
Ranked #13
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
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17mins
Ranked #14
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
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32mins
Ranked #15
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
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32mins
Ranked #16
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
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35mins
Ranked #17
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
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26mins
Ranked #18
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
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38mins
Ranked #19
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
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31mins
Ranked #20
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
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43mins