Doomsday Watch with Arthur Snell Podcast
1) Trump, Venezuela and 2026 – A new era of chaos
Trump’s New Year attack on Venezuela and the capturing of President Maduro shocked the world. In the first of a series of episodes assessing the biggest security issues in 2026, Gavin Esler talks to ...Show More
2) 2025 has already shaken the world. What’s next?
The geopolitical shocks of 2025 have the potential to reverberate for decades to come. Trump’s America first agenda and the new US national security strategy risk European unity, security and the rise...Show More
3) Critical Mass – The new battle for energy supremacy
Critical minerals and rare earths are essential elements of clean energy technology, and vital for a range of products from the tech we use every day to solar panels and even weapons. As demand for e...Show More
4) Russia-Ukraine deal – Can anyone force Putin to change course?
Trump’s push for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine looks as far away as ever after failed talks this week – can anyone move Putin closer to a realistic agreement? To make sense of the US-le...Show More
5) Trump on the world stage – Deal maker or faker?
Donald Trump claims a record of peace agreements spanning from Asia to the Americas. Do these claims hold up? What can we learn about Trump’s efforts to resolve conflicts, and can his deals hold and...Show More
6) War on the world – Are conflicts leading us to climate oblivion?
As conflicts and tariff wars disrupt the global order, is political division preventing urgent action to protect the planet?A decade ago world leaders gathered at COP 21 in Paris to discuss the climat...Show More
7) Can we stop the fall of Europe?
The European Union has some hard choices to make. It’s faced with an aggressive Russia on its borders, a US administration with limited enthusiasm for the NATO alliance and political divisions in its ...Show More
8) Europe's drone wall – Could it hold back Russia?
A series airspace violations by Russian jets and drones have increased tensions over European skies – could a new ‘drone wall’ now protect Europe’s Eastern flank? With plans announced for a new aer...Show More
9) Big Tech, A.I. and the dictators – Inside the future of authoritarianism
What will happen when dictators realise just how useful big tech and the data it gathers could be for them? How is this already happening – and how could it expand, as A.I. ramps up the way draconian ...Show More
10) The populist playbook - how the right wing connects globally
The rise of right-wing populism has changed politics across the world. From the proliferation of CPAC conferences across the globe to attacks on institutions and political rivals, does a populist pl...Show More