Nato’s Exercise Swift Response gets underway in Europe as China and Russia show off their military might in the Sea of Japan.

What’s behind the Taliban’s push into a former British stronghold in Afghanistan?

Can improved relations between the West and Iran help the Syrian crisis?

And how a little bit of Shakespeare is helping injured soldiers.

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PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Paua Middlehurst
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee & Tim Marshall, foreign affairs and international analyst.