Best Stefan Arnold Podcasts (2025)

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

2d ago43:37

43:37

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

9d 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

15d ago36:06

36:06

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

23d ago31:49

31:49

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

30d ago30:19

30:19

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

1M ago35:20

35:20

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

2M 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

2M ago30:36

30:36

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

2M ago10:31

10:31

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

2M ago34:08

34:08

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

2M ago11:02

11:02

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

2M ago43:11

43:11

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

2M 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

2M ago29:13

29:13

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

3M 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

3M 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

3M 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

3M 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

4M 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

4M 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

5M ago52:14

52:14

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#43 Syria Expert (Aron Lund): 'Things Could Get Much Worse. Here’s Who the Real Winner Is.' 58:52

5M ago58:52

58:52

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#42 Eliot Cohen: Why Experts Failed to Predict Russia's Invasion of Ukraine? 42:57

5M ago42:57

42:57

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#41 Michael Sobolik: This is China’s Plan for Global Domination - And Its Biggest Weakness 50:27

5M ago50:27

50:27

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#40 Kenneth M. Pollack: Why Arab Militaries Lose Wars? 51:21

5M ago51:21

51:21

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#39 Ryan McBeth: Endgame in Ukraine, WW3 and What Trump's Win Means For the World 52:41

6M ago52:41

52:41

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Britain's Shrinking Army and Broken Military: What Happened? | Ep. 38 Matthew Savill 47:48

6M ago47:48

47:48

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Prof. Ali Ansari (#37): Iran Can't Afford a War. It's Out of Options and Running Out of Time 43:45

6M ago43:45

43:45

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Tim Marshall (#36): Why Geography Explains the Ukraine War, China's Expansion and Everything Else 47:54

6M ago47:54

47:54

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War In Space Is Already a Reality. Here's How It Works | Ep. 35 Juliana Suess 48:36

7M ago48:36

48:36

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#34 Zbigniew Pisarski: How Poland Prepares for War & Why It's Europe's New Superpower 50:03

7M ago50:03

50:03

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Ankit Panda (#33): Why We Might See a “Limited” Nuclear War and Why The Nuclear Arms Race Is Back 49:18

7M ago49:18

49:18

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Q&A Special Episode 29:47

8M ago29:47

29:47

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#32 Admiral Mike Studeman: There's a 60% Chance of War with China. Chinese Military Build-up is Fastest in History. 51:08

8M ago51:08

51:08

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General Petraeus on Ukraine War, Russian Mistakes and Lack of Western Strategy | Ep. 31 36:43

8M ago36:43

36:43

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Intelligence Brief: Ukraine's Kursk Offensive 15:41

9M ago15:41

15:41

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#30 Dmitri Alpetrovitch: 'We're on a Path To War with China: We Just Haven't Realized It Yet.' 46:38

9M ago46:38

46:38

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#29 Kirill Shamiev: Russia is Running out of Men, Tanks and Time. Putin Has a Painful Decision to Make 43:43

9M ago43:43

43:43

➡️ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Kirill Shamiev. Kirill is a Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations where he primarily focuses on the Russian military - and that's exactly what we talked about. We discussed what…

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#28 Yusuf Unjhawala: Why India-China War Is More Likely Than Invasion of Taiwan 50:13

10M ago50:13

50:13

➡️ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics This is a conversation with Yusuf Unjhawala - a defence analyst from a leading Indian think-tank the Takshashila Institution.In this interview, I wanted to better understand India's foreign policy and security challenges and how India actually sees the world from its own perspective. And so we…

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Is North Korea Preparing for War & North Korean-Russian Alliance | Ep. 27 Jean H. Lee 49:45

10M ago49:45

49:45

➡️ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics Jean H. Lee is a journalist and foreign policy analyst renowned for her expertise in covering North Korea and Northeast Asian affairs. She is co-host of the award-winning Lazarus Heist podcast for the BBC World Service and a former Pyongyang bureau chief for the Associated Press news agency. J…

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#26 Dr. Jack Watling: Russia's War Machine Is Peaking. Next Year, It Runs Out of Steam 50:27

10M ago50:27

50:27

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#25 Jake Broe: 'This War Will End With a Russian Collapse. Donald Trump Will Leave NATO.' 41:51

11M ago41:51

41:51

➡️ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics This is a conversation with Jake Broe, a former Nuclear and Missile Operations Officer and one of the biggest Youtubers providing daily updates on the war in Ukraine. We talked about why Jake thinks Donald Trump will leave NATO, why the war will end with a political and economic collapse of Ru…

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#24 Mykola Bielieskov: This Is Not Working Anymore - What Ukraine Really Needs to Win 49:14

11M ago49:14

49:14

➡️ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics This is a conversation with Mykola Bilieskov, a Ukrainian analyst and a research fellow at the National Institute for Strategic Studies of Ukraine institute under the Ukrainian presidential administration. We talked about why Ukrainians are hesitant to join the military, why Western model of s…

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#23 Minna Ålander: How Finland Joining NATO Checkmates Russia & Why Is It Ready For War 40:30

12M ago40:30

40:30

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#22 Thomas Van Linge: Why Myanmar's Military Junta Is On The Verge of Collapse 41:58

12M ago41:58

41:58

This is a conversation with Thomas Van Linge - a freelance journalist and a researcher covering the world's forgotten conflicts, including the civil war in Myanmar. Recently, he came back from a research trip to the rebel-held areas in Myanmar where he stayed with the rebels, visited the frontlines and saw up close what the war looks like. In this …

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#21 General Ben Hodges: Retaking Crimea, NATO in Ukraine and Russian Collapse | Ep. 21 Gen. Ben Hodges 45:14

12M ago45:14

45:14

➡️ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Ben Hodges, a retired three star general of the US army, the former Commander of US Army Europe and someone who spent more than three decades as a military officer and achieved one of the hig…

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#20 Lukas Milevski: This Is What Happens If Russia Invades The Baltics 54:12

1y ago54:12

54:12

➡️ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Lukas Milevski, a professor at Leiden University and an expert on strategy and defense and security of the Baltic countries. In this interview, we talk about what would happen if Russia invad…

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#19 Brian Hart (CSIS): How Strong Is China's Military & Is It Prepared for War? 54:06

1y ago54:06

54:06

➡️ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics This is a conversation with Brian Hart - a researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and an expert on China's military and its foreign and security policy. We talked about what is the real capability of China's military, whether it's a paper tiger or if it's prepa…

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#18 David Gioe: CIA Officer on Outsmarting the Russians, Chinese Spies and the Ukraine War 57:47

1y ago57:47

57:47

➡️ Sign up to my geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with David Gioe. David has two decades of experience as an intelligence officer, starting his career in the FBI and then joining the CIA, first as an analyst and later as an field-qualified operations officer. He deployed a number of times overseas and…

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#17 Mark Galeotti: Putin's Growing Problems & Why Russia Is More Fragile Than It Seems 1:03:59

1y ago1:03:59

1:03:59

➡️ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics This is a conversation with Mark Galeotti - an honorary professor at UCL, a senior associate fellow at Royal United Services Institute, director of Mayak Intelligence and one of the most renowned experts on Russia and Russian politics. We talked about the attacks in Moscow - whether he thought…

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