The Global Gambit

Trump’s Fight for Survival Is Becoming America’s Greatest Danger | Robert Pape

Donald Trump’s war with Iran is colliding with a growing political struggle at home. With the midterms approaching, the prospect of electoral defeat could increase the te

Trump’s Ego Is Putin’s Strongest Asset | Tina Fordham

Weeks after signing a sweeping sanctions law against Russia’s energy revenues, Donald Trump has struck a deal to buy Russian diesel, announced while his envoys sat down w

Putin Has Trapped Himself in a War He Cannot Win | Lawrence Freedman

Ukraine has transformed Russia’s vast geography from a source of strategic depth into a growing vulnerability. Its long-range drones are striking oil refineries, supply l

Turkey Could Be Entering the Nuclear Arms Race | Gönül Tol

Russia’s war in Ukraine has done more than redraw Europe’s security map. It has exposed the limits of military alliances—and triggered a potentially dangerous chain react

Putin Is Already at War With Europe | General Ben Hodges

General Ben Hodges says Russia is already at war with Europe. Not with missiles striking NATO cities, but through drones, sabotage and attacks designed to frighten popula

Iran and Ukraine Have Changed Everything We Know About War | David Petraeus

Iran has been militarily devastated — and yet, six months on, it may be winning. General David Petraeus argues that Tehran's control of the Strait of Hormuz has become a

Secrets, Mysteries, and Spies: A Former CIA Officer on Predicting Russia

Description: Intelligence failures make headlines. Intelligence successes rarely do — which is exactly the problem when trying to understand how the West actually predic

Trump's Iran War Was Meant to Break the Regime. It Broke America's Middle East Instead

Summary Iran's regime survives. The Strait of Hormuz is under threat. Gulf allies are furious. And the United States, further from its goals than when the war began, ha

Will China Annex Siberia? General H.R. McMaster on the Real Threat to Russia

Description: Former US National Security Advisor Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster joins The Global Gambit to examine why China, Russia and Iran have become the defining

What Everyone Gets Wrong About NATO, Ukraine & European Defence

In this episode, Pyotr Kurzin hosts Dr. Bence Nemeth to explore Europe's strategic autonomy, defense capabilities, and the evolving landscape of NATO and EU military coop

The Real Reason Trump's Iran Deal Feels So Strange | Ian Bremmer

Trump says he has secured a major breakthrough with Iran, but is the deal even worse than many are already claiming? And are details taking so long to release? Joining m

Something Big is Happening Over Crimea | Mark Kelly

Senator Mark Kelly just returned from Odessa. His verdict: Ukraine has effectively shut down the Russian Navy in the Black Sea — Russia can't operate there anymore. Crim

Why the Ukraine War Won't End the Way You Think

Ukraine just struck Putin's hometown during the St Petersburg Economic Forum. Is this a genuine shift in momentum or another false dawn in a war that keeps defying predic

America Doesn't Know What It Is Anymore | Tom Nichols

America is in a moment of self-inflicted crisis — and the man responsible may not be able to find a way out. Trump has started a war he promised he wouldn't, fractured hi

What Everyone Gets Wrong About Iran's Negotiating Strategy

The ceasefire may have slowed the fighting - but according to former JCPOA adviser Alan Eyre, the underlying dynamics between the United States, Iran, and Israel have bar

General Mick Ryan on What Trump's Iran War Tells Us About America’s Future

Donald Trump's war with Iran is the reflection of something much bigger, perhaps much worse, happening with the USA, its foreign policy and its standing in the evolving w

The Real Hormuz Crisis Is Still Coming

The US-Iran ceasefire may still technically be holding — but experts worry and warn that it is already beginning to rot. In this conversation, we break down why Iran is t

Something Huge is Happening to Global Democracy

Global democracy is changing and Hungary’s election may signal more than just a political shift — it could mark the beginning of a broader democratic rebound. In this ep

What Trump’s Blockade Really Means for the Iran War

The collapse of US–Iran negotiations highlights a deeper structural problem: escalation is now outpacing diplomacy. Following a high-level meeting in Islamabad that faile

How Israel is Threatening Iran and US to Restart War

While Trump's fragile ceasefire with Iran continues to hold, Israel is now going after Hezbollah in Lebanon, putting the entire Middle East on edge. We are joined by Davi