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S1E49 Higher Standards? Military Values & Ethics
In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, we talk varying multinational approaches military ethics with CHACR director Major General Andrew Sharpe, Colonel Dennis Katolin of the US Marine Corps,…
S1E48 Special Operations: The Network Shaping Modern Warfare
We're recording this from Tampa ahead of Special Operations Forces Week, and it felt like the perfect moment to dig into a world that operates mostly in the shadows but plays a huge role in how…
S1E47 How Mideast Conflict Highlights a Changing World
Host Peter Apps is joined by US Naval War College Professor Nikolas Gvosdev and CHACR director Major General Andrew Sharpe to unpack “Operation Epic Fury” and what it tells us about modern warfare.…
S1E46 NATO 2026: Decisions, Divisions and Delivering Deterrence
In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, we are talking to NATO expert Sten Rynning, Professor of War Studies at the University of Southern Denmark and Eva Sula, a former Estonian government official…
S1E45 US, Allies Kick Off Unpredictable but Critical 2026
In our first episode of 2026, we couldn’t have asked for a stronger panel – three experts who’ve spent their careers wrestling with the grey-zone threats reshaping global security.In this episode of…
S1E44 What War Movies Really Tell Us
What do war films really teach us - not just about conflict, but about who we think we are, and what we believe we’d do when it matters?In this Christmas episode of Facing Coming Storms, we step…
S1E43 Defence Tech, Innovation and Institutional Inertia
What happens when the speed of modern warfare outpaces the systems designed to manage it?In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, we are joined by Eva Sula, Estonian defence advisor and mentor at…
S1E42 Inside Ukraine's Drone Revolution
From volunteering in March 2022 to whispering in the ear of Ukraine’s High Command and authoring the paper that birthed an entirely new branch of the military, Ukrainian-born Canadian national Illya…
S1E41 The Wider Struggle for the World
What happens when the West stops writing the rules and every middle power starts playing its own game at the same time?Peter Apps reunites with Samir Puri, Director of the Centre for Global…
S1E40 How the Human Brain Approaches Modern War
We talk with neurologist Dr Nicholas Wright – adviser to the Pentagon Joint Staff and US nuclear strategists amongst others on the functioning of the brain – about his new book "Warhead", which…
S1E39 "Blood in the Water": From Donbass to Taiwan
As winter grips Ukraine's frontlines and Chinese warships circle Taiwan, the shadows of escalation stretch across two hemispheres, testing alliances and resolve.In this episode of Facing Coming…
S1E38 UK Defence in a Changing World
What if the UK's defence future hinges not on its own capabilities, but on bridging gaps in an unpredictable US partnership?In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, Peter Apps speaks with Matthew…
S1E37 Information Operation: Navigating the New Battleground
What if the real frontline of modern conflict isn’t on the battlefield, but in the minds and screens of everyday people?In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, Peter Apps is joined by Simon…
S1E36 Inside U.S. Defence Uncertainty
Power without a plan: what happens when the world’s strongest military hits pause?In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, Pete Apps sits down with Nikolas Gvosdev, Senior Fellow at the Foreign…
S1E35 The View from Australia
As the balance shifts beneath our feet, new maps are drawn - not on paper, but in power itself.In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, Peter Apps is joined by Dr Peter Layton, retired Royal…
S1E34 Ben Barry: The Rise and Fall of the British Army
What happens when an army built for the past must face an uncertain future?In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, Peter Apps sits down with Ben Barry - Senior Fellow for Defence and Military…
S1E33 Preparing for Tomorrow’s Battles: Lessons from History
What if the wars of the future look nothing like the wars of the past?In this live edition of Facing Coming Storms, recorded at the Hereford Military History Festival, Pete Apps is joined by two…
S1E32 A New World of Naval Technology and Risk
What if the next great naval revolution was already underway?In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, Peter Apps speaks with Admiral Nils Wang - former head of the Danish Navy and Danish Defence…
S1E31 NATO in Flux: Sten Rynning on America, Europe and the New Divide
What if NATO's biggest threat wasn't Russia but America's retreat?In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, we welcome back Sten Rynning, Professor of War Studies at the Danish Institute for Advanced…
S1E30 Ukraine: The Bigger Picture with Bob Seely
The war in Ukraine is not just a regional conflict – it is a testing ground for the future of warfare and a frontline in the wider confrontation between authoritarian regimes and the West.In this…
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