Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl

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Decoding Geopolitics is a podcast that tries to make sense of today's dangerous world by talking with real experts on international relations, strategy and security.

Episode Date
Reinier von Lanschot: Europe Has Reached a Breaking Point. The Race to Build a European Army Has Begun.
Jun 01, 2026
Henrietta Levin: Something Huge Just Shifted Between The U.S. And China - And It's Very Bad News For The West
May 23, 2026
Yale History Professor: We Are Sleepwalking Into The Next World War - And We’re Running Out Of Time To Stop It
May 16, 2026
Ben Hodges: Russia's War Is Collapsing. They’re Running Out of Men and Bleeding Everywhere
May 09, 2026
CIA Russia Expert on What the West Gets Wrong About Putin's Russia | Sean Wiswesser
May 03, 2026
Kate Bondar: Russia Is Quietly Building a New Army - And NATO Is Completely Unprepared
Apr 26, 2026
Jack Watling: The Next Great War Is Already Taking Shape. What Happens Next Decides Everything
Apr 20, 2026
Michael McFaul: America Is Burning Down Everything It Built. Its Enemies Can't Believe Their Luck
Apr 11, 2026
NATO Information Warfare Chief: Russia's Plan to Defeat Europe Without Firing a Shot | Janis Sarts
Apr 06, 2026
John Bolton: Trump Is Heading For Failure in Iran. This Could Be a Disaster For American Power
Apr 01, 2026
#115 Ali Ansari: Iran Has Nothing Left To Lose. And They'll Burn the World Down With Them
Mar 27, 2026
#114 Janis Kluge: Russia Can't Afford This War Anymore. And The Real Crisis Is Just Beginning
Mar 21, 2026
#113 General H.R. McMaster Warns: The Wars Are Just Getting Started. And Time Is Running Out
Mar 18, 2026
#112 Nigel Gould-Davies: Something Is Breaking Inside Russia's War Machine - And It's Quickly Getting Worse
Mar 14, 2026
#111 Mujtaba Rahman: Why Iran War Exposed Europe’s Biggest Weakness
Mar 09, 2026
#110 Jeremy Schapiro: The Real Reason Why Trump Attacked Iran - And Why It Won’t End Well
Mar 06, 2026
#109 James D. Boys: Trump's Controversial Strategy That Explains His Craziest Foreign Policy Decisions
Feb 28, 2026
#108 Dalibor Rohac: Europe Doesn’t Trust America Anymore - And It’s Bigger Than Trump
Feb 21, 2026
#107 John Foreman: Russia’s Military Is Not What You Think
Feb 14, 2026
#106 Max Bergmann: Something Finally Broke Between the U.S. and Europe
Feb 07, 2026
#105 Yun Sun: Something Has Changed in Beijing. Xi Believes Now Is His Final Chance on Taiwan
Jan 31, 2026
#104 Andrew Monaghan: The West Still Doesn’t See Russia’s Real Plan. Ukraine Is Just the Beginning
Jan 28, 2026
#103 Carlo Masala: What if Russia Wins - And NATO Falls Apart?
Jan 24, 2026
#102 Rory Cormac: Coups, Assassinations and Covert Wars Are Back - And the Rules Have Changed
Jan 17, 2026
#101 EU Defence Chief: “We Need a European Army. This Is What Happens If the US Takes Greenland” | Andrius Kubilius
Jan 10, 2026
#100 Olivier Schmitt: Europe’s Security Order Is Breaking Down – And It's Only the Beginning
Jan 03, 2026
#99 Andrew Badger : Inside China’s Epic Campaign To Obtain America’s Secrets
Dec 29, 2025
#98 Shashank Joshi: Why America Attacks Europe and Appeases Russia - And Why It’s Only Getting Worse
Dec 20, 2025
#97 Steven Everts: Why Europe Is Stuck in a “Psychology of Weakness” - And How to Get Out
Dec 13, 2025
#96 Chun Han Wong: China Is Entering a New Phase - And Nobody Knows Where It Leads
Dec 06, 2025
#95 Linas Kojala: This Is How The Baltics Are Preparing For War with Russia
Nov 29, 2025
#94 Gabrielus Landsbergis: Europe Is Being Humiliated By Everyone. This Might Be Our Last Warning.
Nov 24, 2025
#93 Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Is West’s “Tragic Hero”. He's Bad News for Russia and a Hope for Europe.
Nov 22, 2025
#92 Francis Fukuyama: Why the “End of History” Never Happened - And Why Global Order Is Breaking Down
Nov 15, 2025
#91 Nigel Gould-Davies: Why Russia Is Running Out of Time in Ukraine
Nov 10, 2025
#90 Marcel Dirsus: Why Dictators Always Seem Unstoppable - Until They’re Not
Nov 01, 2025
#89 Paul Scharre: The Real Life ‘Slaughterbots’: We're Building a Battlefield From Hell
Oct 25, 2025
#88 John Bolton Warns: The System Is Breaking Down - And The World’s Out of Control
Oct 19, 2025
Intelligence Brief: Why Taiwan Is Losing Its Only Way to Stop China
Oct 15, 2025
#87 Ben Hodges: Russian Collapse Is Coming. They’re Bleeding Out Fast And Their Time Is Running Out
Oct 11, 2025
#86 Dan Wang: Will China Rule the 21st Century?
Oct 04, 2025
#85 Michael Hirsh: The Dark Logic Behind America’s New Foreign Policy
Sep 28, 2025
#84 Estonia’s Ex-Air Force Chief Jaak Tarien: This Is How You Really Deal With Russian Violations
Sep 24, 2025
#83 Francis Farrell: The New Ukrainian Fighting Strategy That Could Decide War
Sep 19, 2025
#82 Patrick McGee: How China Is Using American Companies to Trap the West
Sep 13, 2025
#81 Nick Hare: World's Top Forecaster Predicts How Will the Ukraine War End and If China Will Invade Taiwan
Sep 06, 2025
#80 Sergey Radchenko: What Really Drives Russia’s Foreign Policy – From the USSR to Putin
Sep 01, 2025
#79 Robert D. Kaplan: The Fall of the American Empire and The Coming Era of Chaos
Aug 23, 2025
#78 Greg Smith: Rise and Fall of Nations - How Superintelligence Will Reshape Geopolitics
Aug 17, 2025
#77 Anne Applebaum: What Putin Really Wants & How Ukraine War Will End
Aug 08, 2025
#76 Jakub Jajcay: NATO Soldier Who Fought in Ukraine on Why This War Isn’t What You Think
Aug 02, 2025
#75 John Dotson: Why Taiwan Is Preparing for the Wrong Kind of War
Jul 27, 2025
#74 Ali Ansari: Iran Is Collapsing from Within: This Is What Comes Next
Jul 23, 2025
#73 Szabolcs Panyi: Why Viktor Orban's Era Is Coming To An End
Jul 19, 2025
#72 Fabian Hoffmann: "Russia Is Stockpiling Missiles For War With NATO. Europe Is Shockingly Unprepared"
Jul 14, 2025
#71 Sir Lawrence Freedman: How the War in Ukraine Will End
Jul 08, 2025
Intelligence Brief: So, Has the Iran-Israel War Actually Achieved Anything?
Jul 05, 2025
Most Replayed Moment: Sarah Paine - What Is China's Grand Strategy?
Jul 03, 2025
#70 George Barros: The Real Problem Behind Russia’s 1 Million Casualties - And How It Changes the War
Jul 02, 2025
Sarah Paine Interview Part 2: Avoiding WW3, War Over Taiwan & Future of Europe
Jun 27, 2025
#69 Ed Arnold: What No One Dared To Say At The NATO Summit
Jun 24, 2025
#68 Zineb Riboua: Iran’s Project Has Already Collapsed. It’s Weaker Than Ever and It’s Gonna Get Worse
Jun 20, 2025
#67 Christopher Kirchhoff: How Pentagon Forgot How To Innovate & What War Will Look Like in 2035
Jun 19, 2025
Intelligence Brief: Is China Running out of Time To Invade Taiwan?
Jun 14, 2025
#66 Elizabeth Wishnick: The Limits of Russia-China “No-Limit Friendship” & Why 'Reverse Nixon' Will Fail
Jun 10, 2025
Intelligence Brief: The End of the Human Soldiers Is Closer Than You Think
Jun 05, 2025
#65 Seth Jones: Why The West Is Losing The Global Shadow War with Iran, Russia and China
Jun 01, 2025
Intelligence Brief: The Coming Fall of Hungary's Viktor Orbán
May 28, 2025
#64 Janis Kluge: How Long Can Russia Afford The War & Can Russia Afford Peace?
May 23, 2025
#63 Mujtaba Rahman: Europe’s Leaders See Trump As Predatory and Destructive. This Is Their Plan for Ukraine
May 14, 2025
#62 Anshel Pfeffer: Israel’s Existential Crisis & Its Dangerous Quest for Regional Domination
May 07, 2025
#61 Justin Bronk: Why America Is Rethinking Air Power
Apr 30, 2025
#60 Sarah C.M. Paine: How Superpowers Self-Destruct: Russian, Chinese & American Grand Strategy
Apr 23, 2025
#59 Mark Galeotti: Putin’s Strategy Will Backfire. 2026 Will be Russia’s Toughest Year Yet
Apr 17, 2025
#58 Ed Arnold: Could Europe Defend Itself Without the US?
Apr 09, 2025
#57 Keir Giles: Why Europe Isn't Ready For What's Coming
Apr 02, 2025
#56 Kate Bondar: The Futuristic Military Tech That's Changing The War in Ukraine
Mar 24, 2025
#55 Franz Stefan Gady: Why Trump Will (Accidentally) Make Europe Great Again
Mar 14, 2025
#54 Tim Mak: Why Zelensky Can't Accept a Bad Deal & What The Minerals Deal Is Really About
Mar 10, 2025
Yes, Europe Can Survive Without America - Here's How
Mar 09, 2025
#53 Michael Beckley: China’s Rise Is Over. Things Are Gonna Get A Lot Worse - Fast
Mar 05, 2025
3 Questions That Will Decide The Future of Europe
Mar 02, 2025
#52 Ronen Bergman: This Is How Israel's Secret Assasination Program Really Works
Feb 24, 2025
Q&A: Can Europe Survive On Its Own?
Feb 18, 2025
#51 Anne Applebaum: Why Europe’s Security Strategy Is Failing & How the War in Ukraine Will End
Feb 17, 2025
#50 Soner Cagaptay: Is Turkey Building a New Ottoman Empire?
Feb 11, 2025
#49 Hal Brands: 'We’re Living In a Pre-War World. Great power war is no longer unthinkable.'
Feb 05, 2025
#48 Mike Kofman: The War Is Slowly Killing Russia’s Military. Here’s How Long They’ll Need to Recover
Jan 29, 2025
#47 Jeremy Shapiro: What's Trump's Plan for Ukraine and Will He Defend Taiwan?
Jan 22, 2025
#46 General Ben Hodges: Russia’s Failing Strategy, Ukraine and the West’s Fear of Escalation
Jan 17, 2025
#45 Lennart Maschmeyer: How Ukraine Avoided a Cyber-Apocalypse & Why Cyberwarfare Isn't What You Think
Jan 06, 2025
#44 Justin Bronk: F-35 Critics Are Completely Wrong. F-16s for Ukraine Were Over-Hyped.
Dec 18, 2024
#43 Syria Expert (Aron Lund): 'Things Could Get Much Worse. Here’s Who the Real Winner Is.'
Dec 11, 2024
#42 Eliot Cohen: Why Experts Failed to Predict Russia's Invasion of Ukraine?
Dec 08, 2024
#41 Michael Sobolik: This is China’s Plan for Global Domination - And Its Biggest Weakness
Dec 02, 2024
#40 Kenneth M. Pollack: Why Arab Militaries Lose Wars?
Nov 24, 2024
#39 Ryan McBeth: Endgame in Ukraine, WW3 and What Trump's Win Means For the World
Nov 17, 2024
Britain's Shrinking Army and Broken Military: What Happened? | Ep. 38 Matthew Savill
Nov 09, 2024
Prof. Ali Ansari (#37): Iran Can't Afford a War. It's Out of Options and Running Out of Time
Nov 03, 2024
Tim Marshall (#36): Why Geography Explains the Ukraine War, China's Expansion and Everything Else
Nov 01, 2024
War In Space Is Already a Reality. Here's How It Works | Ep. 35 Juliana Suess
Oct 13, 2024
#34 Zbigniew Pisarski: How Poland Prepares for War & Why It's Europe's New Superpower
Oct 11, 2024
Ankit Panda (#33): Why We Might See a “Limited” Nuclear War and Why The Nuclear Arms Race Is Back
Sep 29, 2024
Q&A Special Episode
Sep 09, 2024
#32 Admiral Mike Studeman: There's a 60% Chance of War with China. Chinese Military Build-up is Fastest in History.
Sep 04, 2024
General Petraeus on Ukraine War, Russian Mistakes and Lack of Western Strategy | Ep. 31
Aug 27, 2024
Intelligence Brief: Ukraine's Kursk Offensive
Aug 12, 2024
#30 Dmitri Alpetrovitch: 'We're on a Path To War with China: We Just Haven't Realized It Yet.'
Aug 02, 2024
#29 Kirill Shamiev: Russia is Running out of Men, Tanks and Time. Putin Has a Painful Decision to Make
Jul 23, 2024
#28 Yusuf Unjhawala: Why India-China War Is More Likely Than Invasion of Taiwan
Jul 18, 2024
Is North Korea Preparing for War & North Korean-Russian Alliance | Ep. 27 Jean H. Lee
Jul 10, 2024
#26 Dr. Jack Watling: Russia's War Machine Is Peaking. Next Year, It Runs Out of Steam
Jun 26, 2024
#25 Jake Broe: 'This War Will End With a Russian Collapse. Donald Trump Will Leave NATO.'
Jun 16, 2024
#24 Mykola Bielieskov: This Is Not Working Anymore - What Ukraine Really Needs to Win
Jun 03, 2024
#23 Minna Ålander: How Finland Joining NATO Checkmates Russia & Why Is It Ready For War
May 21, 2024
#22 Thomas Van Linge: Why Myanmar's Military Junta Is On The Verge of Collapse
May 12, 2024
#21 General Ben Hodges: Retaking Crimea, NATO in Ukraine and Russian Collapse | Ep. 21 Gen. Ben Hodges
May 05, 2024
#20 Lukas Milevski: This Is What Happens If Russia Invades The Baltics
Apr 28, 2024
#19 Brian Hart (CSIS): How Strong Is China's Military & Is It Prepared for War?
Apr 21, 2024
#18 David Gioe: CIA Officer on Outsmarting the Russians, Chinese Spies and the Ukraine War
Apr 11, 2024
#17 Mark Galeotti: Putin's Growing Problems & Why Russia Is More Fragile Than It Seems
Apr 02, 2024
#16 Ulrike Franke (ECFR): Why Germany Won't Give Ukraine Taurus & Why It Struggles To Fix Its Military
Mar 27, 2024
#15 Alex Vatanka: Iran's Dangerous Geopolitical Strategy & Why The U.S. Can't Stop It
Mar 21, 2024
#14 Mick Ryan: Australian General on What a War With China Will Look Like
Mar 08, 2024
#13 Szabolcs Panyi: Why Hungary Supports Russia & Orban's Grand Strategy
Mar 01, 2024
#12 Vlad Vexler: Navalny, War and the Future of Russia
Feb 23, 2024
#11 David Rennie (Drum Tower): Is China Getting Ready for War?
Feb 16, 2024
#10 Anders Puck Nielsen: Military Analyst on Ukraine's Strategy to Defeat Russia
Feb 09, 2024
#9 Richard Shirreff: The General Who Predicted The Russian Invasion on What's Next
Feb 01, 2024
#8 George Barros (ISW): Is Russia Learning From Its Mistakes & Could It Attack NATO?
Jan 24, 2024
#7 Francis Farrell (Kyiv Independent): Ukraine's Plan for 2024 and Why It Can Still Lose the War
Jan 16, 2024
#6 Mark Cancian (CSIS): This is What Happens When China Invades Taiwan
Jan 11, 2024
#5 Robert Ward (IISS): How Japan Is Once Again Becoming a Military Powerhouse
Jan 01, 2024
#4 Christian Mölling: Why Europe Has 6 Years to Prepare For War With Russia
Dec 14, 2023
#3 Mark Galeotti: Why Putin's Downfall Has Already Started
Dec 07, 2023
#2 Jade McGlynn: How Russia rewrites history and why Russians support the war
Nov 17, 2023
#1 Maximilian Hess: Who's Winning The Economic War Between Russia and the West?
Nov 12, 2023