GeoStrategy360°

In the twenty-sixth episode of Geostrategy360, Viktorija speaks with Giedrimas Jeglinskas, the Assistant Secretary General for Executive Management at NATO. They discuss the challenges NATO will face in the next decade, what the year ahead might bring for the alliance and what NATO's strategic priorities are.

In the twenty-fifth episode of Geostrategy360, Viktorija speaks with The Right Honourable John Whittingdale MP, previously Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, about the importance of soft power for Britain's foreign policy and how it could be enhanced further.

In the twenty-fourth episode of Geostrategy360, Viktorija speaks to the Chair of our Advisory Council and Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Algeria and Lebanon, Lord Risby. They discuss the year ahead and potential geopolitical flashpoints, covering what might become of Russia’s military build-up on Ukraine’s border and whether or when China might invade Taiwan.

In the twenty-third episode of Geostrategy360, Viktorija talks to our Associate Fellow in Indo-Pacific Geopolitics, Matthew Henderson. They discuss the reasons several countries have decided to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics, the case of Peng Shuai, and how China has reacted so far.

In the twenty-second episode of Geostrategy360, Viktorija speaks with Lieutenant General (retired) Ben Hodges, formerly of the US army, about the growing tensions in Ukraine and the Black Sea region. They discuss why Russia is interested in Ukraine and what the West can do to deter further Russian military aggression.

In the twenty-first episode of Geostrategy360, Viktorija speaks to our Ernest Bevin Associate Fellow in Euro-Atlantic Geopolitics, Dr. Alexander Lanoszka, and James Rogers, our Director of Research. The co-authors of our recent Policy Paper on the Black Sea region discuss the recent NATO Foreign Ministers meeting and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's comments.

In the twentieth episode of Geostrategy360, Viktorija speaks to Alexander Stafford MP and William Young about the Council's most recent Environmental Security policy paper. They discuss the importance of critical minerals to Britain's net zero targets and what can be done to reduce our reliance on Chinese processing.

In the nineteenth episode of Geostrategy360, Viktorija speaks with Alicia Kearns MP about the ongoing tensions and political instability in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Balkans region more generally, and what Britain and its allies could be doing to restore stability.

In the eighteenth episode of Geostrategy360, Viktorija speaks with His Excellency Renatas Norkus, Lithuanian Ambassador to the United Kingdom. They discuss the current border crisis between Belarus and Poland - and how it might impact Lithuania - as well as the likelihood of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In the seventeenth episode of Geostrategy360, Viktorija talks to Dr Bill Hayton and Dr John Hemmings about their new report, ‘Enhancing British-Vietnamese relations in a more competitive era’. John and Bill discuss the contents of the report, the burgeoning relationship between Britain and Vietnam and the security context in South East Asia that prompted the Indo-Pacific tilt.