Podcast: Mali on the Edge…again
30 April 2026 It’s been a busy week. Stewart and Chris unpack the history of the Tuareg rebellion since 2011 and offer insight on the direction of where things are…
Podcast: 8th Snap Bulgarian Election: New Orban? Or Friend of the EU?
30 April 2026 Stewart and Chris sit down to talk about something definitely in Chris’ wheelhouse – Bulgaria’s recent election, which saw the re-emergence of Rumen Radev. Some see him…
Podcast – Canadian Defence Procurement: F-35s, Gripens and Submarines – Oh My
21 April 2026 Stewart and Chris talk about a requested topic: Canadian Defence Procurement. Now, many wanted a show-off discussion between the F-35 and the Gripen, but we wanted to…
Podcast Post Orban & Boomer Despots: The Coming Void as Father Time takes hold
14 April 2026 With news that Péter Magyar took the Hungarian election, Stewart Webb and Chris Murray take a wider perspective on the legacy politicians – Putin, Xi, Erdogan, (forgot…
Podcast: Iran War: Repercussions on the Western Alliance
7 April 2026 Stewart Webb and Chris Murray take a step back from the Iran War and discuss the broader repercussions for the United States and its European and NATO…
Podcast: Iran’s Irregular Warfare
1 April 2026 Stewart Webb and Dr. Chris Murray discuss the lopsidedness of the current conflict in Iran. Iran is targeting civilian infrastructure, while the US and Israel are attempting…
Podcast: Iran: Inflection Point for Trump, Iran, and the West
Stewart Webb and Dr. Chris Murray discuss the inflection point occurring in the Middle East. Iran continues to fire missiles and drones at energy infrastructure and has closed the Strait…
Taking Kharg Island will be America’s Mistake
27 March 2026 The United States deployed two US Navy Amphibious Ready Groups and their embarked Marine Expeditionary Units to the Middle East. There are reports that the US will…
Iran is not Iraq, nor Venezuela, nor Libya – and that’s the scary thing
28 February 2026 *Article updated as Iran confirms the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, originally denied it The United States has declared war on Iran with Operation Epic Fury. President…
US-Iran War: Iran has one card to play – al-Qaeda
The United States has amassed the largest air force in the Middle East since the first Gulf War. The air power in that campaign was built on a coalition of…