Facing Coming Storms: Talking International Defence
Peter Apps & Urban PodcastsFacing Coming Storms is the new international defence podcast from the British Army’s Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research and the Project for the Study of the 21st Century. From confrontation to conflict, join Peter Apps each Monday for insightful discussions, conversations, and expert analysis. Facing Coming Storms is produced by Urban Podcasts.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 47 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | PoliticsNewsGovernment | |||
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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. What starts as a discussion about Iran quickly turns... more
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 turned defence industry adviser also as a mentor f... more
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 Facing Coming Storms, I bring together Major Gene... more
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 slightly sideways from our usual focus on geopolitics... more
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This show centers on international defense, geopolitics, and security policy, featuring in-depth debates with military analysts, scholars, and practitioners. Recent episodes cover the Ukraine conflict, NATO and European security, U.S. strategic posture, information operations and cognitive warfare, drone warfare and modernization, and Indo-Pacific dynamics with Australian perspectives. Across episodes, discussions frequently return to how technology, great-power competition, and alliance politics shape contemporary defense considerations, making it a practical resource for policymakers, defense professionals, and researchers seeking current, nuanced analysis. A notable strength is the mix of practitioners and academics, including frontline ... more
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