This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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Subscribers: 416
Reviews: 7
Episodes: 169

Lars
 Jun 16, 2024
As a German I really like the international perspective I get from this podcast. Very informative and concise. Thank you and keep up the good work! :) 👍

5 to 1
 Jun 8, 2024
sorry Arthur, usually you are a five stars. but Mahler is a big no. never mind the cheap use. but it's a total distraction. Sadly, though i very much like Esler, the podcast is just a vehicle for advertising, big volume changes etc..

David Hopp
 Aug 16, 2022
Crisp insights into global affairs.

Barney
 Jul 27, 2022
Great podcast. A well balanced range of experts with informative views and insights on both the original Doomsday material and the Ukraine War updates.

Teri
 Mar 29, 2022
Very informative analysis of the threats our world faces. Highly recommend!

andrewbetts
 Dec 6, 2021
excellent podcast, really digs deep into the issues at hand


 Nov 22, 2021

Description

Exploring threats to global stability from Ukraine to China to the Middle East with host Gavin Esler – former BBC News presenter, Washington correspondent and host of Newsnight – plus Ukraine-based war reporter Oz Katerji and independent conflict analyst Emma Beals. This Is Not A Drill dives deep into the dangers, corruption, conflicts, disinformation, rivalries and ruthless realpolitik that are making our world ever more dangerous. Support This Is Not A Drill on Patreon from just £3 per month to get each episode early plus bonus material and exclusive merchandise. From Podmasters, the team behind Oh God, What Now?, Paper Cuts and The Bunker.

Episode Date
Israel-Gaza – Will anybody stop Netanyahu?
May 29, 2025
Eastern flank – Why Poland is crucial to Europe's defence push
May 22, 2025
Trump's Syria shift – A pivotal moment for Damascus and the Middle East?
May 15, 2025
Kashmir crisis – Can India and Pakistan come back from the brink?
May 08, 2025
Ukraine mineral deal – What it means for Kyiv's fightback
May 05, 2025
A taster of CRIME SCENE, our new podcast – Episode 1: Guns of London
May 02, 2025
Trump vs. the global order – How can the world rebuild without America?
May 01, 2025
Ukraine peace talks – What happens if Trump walks away? – with Luke Harding
Apr 24, 2025
Bottom dollar – How Trump gave up America's grip on the global economy
Apr 17, 2025
Trump and Five Eyes – Will he break global intelligence?
Apr 10, 2025
Cruel World – What happens when the West walks away?
Apr 03, 2025
Germany rearms - Can Europe go it alone?
Mar 27, 2025
Peace talks deadlock – Can Putin stare Trump down?
Mar 20, 2025
Can Britain win its race to rearm? – with Mike Martin MP
Mar 13, 2025
Trump’s Greenland grab – A great power contest in the Arctic?
Mar 09, 2025
Trump vs. Zelenskyy: With friends like this...
Mar 05, 2025
How will Europe defend itself without America? – with Air Marshal Edward Stringer
Feb 26, 2025
Peace talks – Is Trump throwing Ukraine to the wolves?
Feb 20, 2025
Trump vs. NATO: Could the military alliance survive without America?
Feb 13, 2025
The Decider? Trump’s plan for Ukraine
Feb 06, 2025
Deep Waters - Russia’s undersea information war
Jan 30, 2025
How Iran’s plans fell apart
Jan 23, 2025
The Israel/Hamas Ceasefire – Can it hold?
Jan 16, 2025
2025: Trump’s Year of Living Dangerously
Jan 10, 2025
Meet the Climate Conmen – How fossil fuel’s fixers created a new age of disinformation
Dec 18, 2024
“It’s Syria’s future now”
Dec 11, 2024
Islamic State – How global chaos is bringing terror back
Dec 04, 2024
Trump's trade war: How risky a game is he playing?
Nov 27, 2024
Trump against the world – Can diplomats handle him?
Nov 20, 2024
Europe’s wake-up call – The coming war with Putin
Nov 13, 2024
Ukraine-Russia update: Has Zelenskyy’s Kursk gamble paid off?
Nov 06, 2024
Kleptocracy Now – How the Global Corruption Machine is seizing power
Oct 30, 2024
Taster – ‘Why do people join cults?’ – from the new series of Why? with Emma Kennedy
Oct 24, 2024
How one island shapes the US-China rivalry
Oct 23, 2024
Can democracies trust the Tech Titans?
Oct 16, 2024
Israel/Iran: Can America Stop A Regional War?
Oct 10, 2024
Israel / Iran: What the escalation means
Oct 02, 2024
Israel and Hezbollah latest: Netanyahu's deadly gamble
Sep 25, 2024
Are we facing a new nuclear arms race?
Sep 18, 2024
How to take down the tyrants
Sep 11, 2024
The A.I. Trap
Sep 04, 2024
Israel and Hezbollah: Is all-out war inevitable?
Aug 28, 2024
Hotter Seas, Higher Tensions
Aug 21, 2024
Ukraine’s Gamble: The Invasion of Russia
Aug 14, 2024
Putin is beating our sanctions. Here’s how to stop him.
Aug 07, 2024
The West in retreat?
Jul 31, 2024
The Dictators’ Cartel and What It Wants – Anne Applebaum talks to Gavin Esler
Jul 24, 2024
America’s crisis is the world’s crisis
Jul 17, 2024
Can Europe’s centre hold?
Jul 10, 2024
Volt Typhoon and the new cyber war
Jul 10, 2024
The Battle for Kyiv and beyond
Jun 26, 2024
Defence of the Realm – How will Britain’s next Government handle a new age of insecurity?
Jun 19, 2024
The Trump Legacy – How will the Felon President fit into the Republican story?
Jun 12, 2024
Far Right on the march – What Europe’s populist surge means
Jun 05, 2024
The Bear On The Doorstep – Poland, Georgia, and Eastern Europe’s fight against Russian power
May 29, 2024
“China is now Putin’s master” – Ex-defence secretary Ben Wallace speaks
May 22, 2024
Will technology kill democracy?
May 15, 2024
What does Xi want?
May 08, 2024
How America lost its New World Order… and what comes next
May 01, 2024
Gold Wars, Russia’s Africa Corps… and the biggest mass migration of the 21st Century
Apr 24, 2024
Emergency Edition: Iran attacks Israel – what next?
Apr 15, 2024
Guns, Drugs and Crypto – Who’s funding the return of asymmetric warfare?
Apr 10, 2024
Dangerous Waters – How the world shipping system became a new battleground
Apr 03, 2024
Update: Russia after the Crocus Hall massacre
Mar 28, 2024
The new Dark Age of Espionage
Mar 27, 2024
Defeating Russia’s Information War Machine – with Peter Pomerantsev
Mar 20, 2024
Iran and the US – Inside the Shadow War
Mar 13, 2024
Ukraine two years on – Inside Ukraine’s defence.
Mar 06, 2024
Ukraine two years on – Inside Russia’s state of terror
Feb 28, 2024
New Power in the Gulf – The rise of “MBZ”
Feb 21, 2024
Trump vs NATO: Could Europe survive alone?
Feb 14, 2024
North Korea: Kim Jong Un’s journey to the edge
Feb 07, 2024
The world rearms – Panel special with Gavin Esler, Emma Beals and Oz Katerji
Jan 31, 2024
Ukraine vs Russia: Are “peace talks” just a Putin trap?
Jan 24, 2024
Dire Straits – After Taiwan’s election, could China attempt a stealth takeover?
Jan 17, 2024
🚨 UPDATE 🚨 Red Sea latest as airstrikes hit Yemen
Jan 12, 2024
Iran, the Houthis and war in the Red Sea explained – Special edition with The Bunker
Jan 12, 2024
The Final Countdown: Can anything stop Trump? – with Brian Klaas of UCL
Jan 10, 2024
2024: A dangerous year ahead – with former National Security Adviser Peter Ricketts
Jan 04, 2024
Putin wants to spread chaos in Europe. Here’s how he’ll do it
Dec 20, 2023
Exodus and revelations: The truth about migration – with Prof Hein de Haas
Dec 13, 2023
Are we stumbling into World War Three?
Dec 06, 2023
Ukraine in stalemate: What Kyiv needs in order to win – with Oz Katerji
Nov 29, 2023
The Israel/Hamas War: Netanyahu’s crisis, Iran’s opportunity
Nov 22, 2023
New Series: Twelve months to save American democracy?
Nov 15, 2023
This Is Not A Drill – the new name for Doomsday Watch
Nov 13, 2023
On the Edge At the NATO Summit
Jul 13, 2023
Chaos in the Kremlin
Jun 30, 2023
Emergency Bulletin - Götterdämmerung: Wagner’s Coup
Jun 24, 2023
The Ukraine War Ep. 8: The World At War
Jun 14, 2023
The Ukraine War Ep. 7: New World Disorder
Jun 07, 2023
The Ukraine War Ep. 6: Defiance
May 31, 2023
The Ukraine War Ep. 5: Russia Humiliated
May 24, 2023
The Ukraine War Ep. 4: Europe in Shock
May 17, 2023
The Ukraine War Ep. 3: War Crimes
May 10, 2023
The Ukraine War Ep. 2: Invasion
May 03, 2023
The Ukraine War Ep. 1: The Eve of the War
Apr 26, 2023
SPECIAL: Who is the real Zelenskyy?
Jan 27, 2023
BONUS: What have we learned? Arthur Snell Q&A on Putin, Iran, Trump and more
Jan 20, 2023
A taster of JAM TOMORROW with Ros Taylor – our new documentary podcast
Jan 20, 2023
SPECIAL: Who's burning Russia? Secrets of a covert ops offensive
Jan 12, 2023
Season finale: Will Ukraine save the world?
Dec 28, 2022
The Next Pandemic
Dec 21, 2022
Black Ops and Secret Wars
Dec 12, 2022
War in the Arctic
Dec 07, 2022
Desert Flashpoint: Crisis in the Sahel
Nov 30, 2022
Doomsday Weapons
Nov 23, 2022
Saudi vs Iran: The Rivalry That Shapes The World
Nov 16, 2022
The Man Who Blew Up The World
Nov 09, 2022
The Death of American Democracy?
Nov 02, 2022
After Ukraine: Into the Age of Anarchy
Oct 26, 2022
BONUS PODCAST: Doomsday Watch Live in London
Oct 14, 2022
🇺🇦 Putin’s Mobilisation Gamble
Oct 01, 2022
🇺🇦 Is Russia Winning the Economic War?
Sep 22, 2022
🇺🇦 War Update: Mike Martin
Sep 16, 2022
🇺🇦 Ukraine’s Breakthrough Offensive
Sep 12, 2022
🇺🇦 Live from Ukraine with John Sweeney - #2
Sep 07, 2022
🇺🇦 The Fate of the Donbas
Aug 26, 2022
🇺🇦 How Putin Weaponises History
Aug 16, 2022
🇺🇦 Surviving Putin's Energy War
Aug 09, 2022
🇺🇦 How China Went “All In” on Russia
Aug 02, 2022
🇺🇦 Where Will the War Go Next?
Jul 26, 2022
🇺🇦 War Update: Dr Jack Watling
Jul 21, 2022
🇺🇦 Live from Ukraine with John Sweeney
Jul 15, 2022
🇺🇦 The Fall of the Neoliberal Order
Jul 12, 2022
🇺🇦 The End of the Long Peace
Jul 05, 2022
🇺🇦 What Could Russian Escalation Look Like?
Jun 30, 2022
🇺🇦 The War You Don’t See
Jun 24, 2022
🇺🇦 War Update: Shashank Joshi
Jun 18, 2022
🇺🇦 Mind Control — Why Millions Think Russia is Winning
Jun 14, 2022
🇺🇦 Turkey — NATO’s Disruptive Ally
Jun 07, 2022
🇺🇦 Europe’s Energy Conflict
Jun 01, 2022
🇺🇦 NATO – An Alliance Revived?
May 26, 2022
🇺🇦 Inside Russia’s Eastern Offensive
May 23, 2022
🇺🇦 How Russia's Money Corrupts the West
May 20, 2022
🇺🇦 Russia’s State of Mind
May 17, 2022
🇺🇦 Inside the Warrior Mindset
May 13, 2022
🇺🇦 Germany’s Dereliction of Duty
May 10, 2022
🇺🇦 Live Zoom with Dr Alex Clarkson
May 06, 2022
🇺🇦 The Battle for the Black Sea
May 04, 2022
🇺🇦 Putin’s High Stakes Game
Apr 29, 2022
🇺🇦 Surviving Putin's Wrath with Bill Browder
Apr 26, 2022
🇺🇦 What Russia’s Invasion Means For France
Apr 22, 2022
🇺🇦 Could Chemical Warfare Occur?
Apr 19, 2022
🇺🇦 The Truth about Russia's War Crimes
Apr 15, 2022
🇺🇦 Where Does China Stand?
Apr 11, 2022
🇺🇦 Could the Conflict go Nuclear?
Apr 08, 2022
🇺🇦 The View from Japan
Apr 03, 2022
🇺🇦 How Real is Russia’s Retreat?
Mar 31, 2022
🇺🇦 Trouble for the Oiligarchs?
Mar 28, 2022
🇺🇦 Ukraine’s Foreign Volunteer Legion
Mar 23, 2022
🇺🇦 Does Finland Need NATO?
Mar 19, 2022
🇺🇦 India's Deadly Dilemma
Mar 16, 2022
🇺🇦 Where Russia’s War Went Wrong
Mar 13, 2022
🇺🇦 Putin’s Disastrous Miscalculation
Mar 09, 2022
🇺🇦 How Far Can NATO Go?
Mar 06, 2022
🇺🇦 “High treason”: Belarus’s Tyrant Stands By Putin
Mar 04, 2022
🇺🇦 Ukraine’s Courage Stuns the World
Mar 03, 2022
Emergency Edition: The Ukraine Crisis
Feb 02, 2022
Season Finale: Where Do We Go From Here?
Jan 26, 2022
The War On Truth
Jan 19, 2022
The War in Your Living Room
Jan 12, 2022
McJihad - How Terror Became a Global Franchise
Jan 05, 2022
Why Can’t The West Win Its Wars Any More?
Dec 29, 2021
Hydropocalypse Now
Dec 08, 2021
Twilight Of The Oiligarchs – The end of petrochemical power?
Dec 01, 2021
What Putin Wants
Nov 24, 2021
World War Xi
Nov 17, 2021
America’s Next Civil War?
Nov 08, 2021