WATCH: what do current conflicts tell us about the way war is changing, and how do western militaries adapt fast enough not to fall behind? t.co/MzozAX248R

Don’t forget to listen before the weekend’s out - @mpolymer1.bsky.social Amber Rudd and I have a vigorous exchange of views about the Trump visit to UK! and we get an insider’s insight into the last days of Biden and the Harris campaign - just tap here @crisisroompod.bsky.social

🚨New episode alert! Trump’s back for day 2 of his historic second State Visit — but the pageantry’s over. As the politics kick in, all eyes are on Starmer. Can he hold his own? Listen to The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧 @mpolymer1.bsky.social @markurban.bsky.social #Trump #statevisit

My wonderful co-hosts do love triggering me about European groveling to Trump, and now it's King Charles turn! A rollicking @crisisroompod.bsky.social episode.... (and I'm live from Anchorage, Alaska too....field work, never ends.....)

As Trump visits the UK this week’s @crisisroompod.bsky.social is full of precious insights about Biden, the Kamala Harris campaign & how US foreign policy might look today if she’d won as @philgordondc.bsky.social joins @mpolymer1.bsky.social Amber Rudd & I www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

Saudi Arabia’s nuclear umbrella - the week’s big geopolitical news markurban.substack.com/p/saudi-arab...

As Israeli armour moves into Gaza City, Netanyahu prepares his people for international isolation markurban.substack.com/p/super-spar...

As Trump flies in listen to a brilliant account by French diplomat Gerard Araud of preparing Macron to meet the US president on our latest pod t.co/GnISskyhOP

Prior to Trump’s UK state visit today, @markurban.bsky.social asked Gérard Araud, former Ambassador of France to the United States, what advice he gave Macron ahead of his Bastille Day visit in 2017 Listen to The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧 #trump #starmer #macron

‘It didn’t look like Yvette Cooper could do it’ Amber & @markurban.bsky.social discuss Shabana Mahmood’s recent appointment to Home Secretary and the difficulties she faces Listen to The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧 #shabanamahmood #keirstarmer #reshuffle

On how to prepare for a #summit meeting with Trump #GI5052 #GI7037

🚨PSA: New Episode Alert Why is the Home Office a political graveyard? Amber, @markurban.bsky.social & @mpolymer1.bsky.social break down the chaos - plus ex-French Ambassador Gérard Araud on how to handle President Trump Listen to The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧 #keirstarmer #trump

Four takeaways from the huge defence trade show in London’s docklands this week t.co/bWtNVt0aRR

A belter of an episode this week @crisisroompod.bsky.social we talk to fmr French ambo to Washington Gerard Araud about he prepared Macron to meet Trump, this week’s collapse of the French government and why the world will not go back to ‘business as usual’ post Trump t.co/z0UaKUswD8

‘Unspun World’ is back for its autumn run on BBC Two, News Channel and World Service, getting BBC correspondents and editors to explain what’s really going on in this new world order.

‘You look at this and think, “Good Lord, what is this for?"’ In the wake of China’s recent military parade, @markurban.bsky.social & Amber discuss the possible uses for China’s new underwater drones Listen to The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧 #chinamilitaryparade #newyork #underwaterdrones

Japan's irrepressible ambassador markurban.substack.com/p/diplomacys...

What China's new tank tells us about the future of armoured vehicles. In the light of this week's appearance in the Beijing parade I've updated my blog on it markurban.substack.com/p/is-china-a...

🚨New Episode! Should Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, resign? Amber, @markurban.bsky.social & @mpolymer1.bsky.social discuss the tax scandal as well and whether the west should be afraid of China after its massive military parade this week Listen to The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧

This week’s @crisisroompod.bsky.social is packed with insights - from China’s military to America’s new drug war and how cabinet ministers reach the point of resignation. Get it while it’s fresh! www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

Hi All, Book deals on both sides of the Atlantic for War and Power: Who Wins Wars and Why--my latest book. If you want to buy a signed first edition from the UK bookseller Toppings, you can order it from this link. www.toppingbooks.co.uk/books/philli...

It's been quite the week in Beijing as Xi plays host to world leaders and rolls out a dizzying array of weaponry - here's my blog on rising China, and falling America markurban.substack.com/p/xis-week-i...

@markurban.bsky.social and former Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Nick Carter, discuss the size of the British military and whether urgent action is needed to restore its strength Listen to The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧 #army #britain #armedforces

Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released 6 November 2025 in the UK. Preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...

The Beijing Putin/Xi/Modi love-in is drawing a lot of attention. Here’s a Times video I did on the collapse of the old rules based order substack.com/@markurban/not…

In the age of Donald Trump, has the rules-based order become redundant? This week, Amber, @markurban.bsky.social & @mpolymer1.bsky.social debate whether Trump is paving the way for more politicians to break the rules Listen to the Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧 #Trump #MAGA #politics

Big topics on this week’s @crisisroompod.bsky.social the collapse of international order + we’ve got former UK defence chief Gen Nick Carter to discuss whether UK & Europe are reacting fast enough to meet this new challenge 👇🏻 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

'The politics would be dangerous for Starmer’ Would Brits support sending troops to Ukraine's frontlines? @markurban.bsky.social & Amber discuss the possible public backlash if that happens Listen to The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧 #ukraine #keirstarmer #uksoldiers

Can the tank survive on the modern battlefield? China may have the answer - read my latest blog markurban.substack.com/p/is-china-a...

’The public are waking up’ Amber and @markurban.bsky.social discuss whether the government will be allowed to continue using hotels to house asylum seekers - and how radical Labour could be forced to get to find a solution Listen to The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com🎧 #asylumseekers

Is the international rules based order dead? And what even is it? My latest video for The Times youtu.be/4T6oSqazmlw?...

Zelenskyy emerged unscathed from his meeting with Trump - but has anything changed? Amber, @mpolymer1.bsky.social & @markurban.bsky.social discuss what Putin will make of the meeting and how Brits could react if UK troops are deployed to Ukraine Listen to The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧

A path to peace or diplomatic hot mess? This week @crisisroompod.bsky.social we dig in to the Ukraine peace plans discussed this week in Washington and consider next steps t.co/F6ZguuhSzh

The tank is dead, long live the tank!

Passers by in Kyiv may have noticed an unusual funeral for a fallen soldier yesterday. The mourners were a bohemian crowd, and anarchist flags were flown. Davyd Chychkan, a 39 year old artist was laid to rest. Why was he at war? He’d explained his reasons to me 18 months ago

I spoke to film maker and fmr special forces officer James Glancy who’s in Ukraine. He described frontline drone warfare unlike anything British troops have experienced markurban.substack.com/p/front-line...

Apologies - this live feed delayed until 18.30 UK time

Succinct and a better assessment than I have read or heard anywhere in the German media (yeah, I mean you, @faznet.bsky.social @investigativ.bsky.social ) The lack of buy-in to the UK/FR reassurance force and the German foreign minister yesterday ruling out any participation is especially galling.

We're back at the point where the Europeans are trying to stop Trump from pressuring Zelenskyy into a bad peace deal. I've been thinking about the factors that will condition the Ukraine war going forward markurban.substack.com/p/hard-truth...

I'm going to be chatting later to James Glancy, who's on the Ukrainian front line about the rapidly changing nature of that war - do join us open.substack.com/live-stream/...

One of the soldiers who took possession of an M3 told me when I was writing my book ‘The Tank War’ that the radial piston aero engine it used sucked air through the crew compartment, giving them desert air conditioning

No wonder Putin doesn't want a ceasefire right now - Russian forces are beginning to gain some qualitative as well as quantitive advantages and Ukrainian troops are stretched to the limit. My latest for the Sunday Times t.co/MKxAtwulXm

“He wings it, that’s his style” As Trump and Putin head to Alaska for talks on the Ukraine War, Fiona Hill - Trump's former Russia adviser - reveals how difficult it is to brief the US President, even for high stakes talks. @mpolymer1.bsky.social @markurban.bsky.social

🚨 New episode: Who is playing who? Trump, Putin and the Alaska 'Peace Summit' Will the leaders take a step towards a landmark peace deal, or will this go down as a diplomatic disaster? Listen now on Global Player or wherever you get your pods 🎧 @markurban.bsky.social @mpolymer1.bsky.social

The latest @crisisroompod.bsky.social has just dropped! Fiona Hill, once the president’s top Russia adviser & inside the room at the Helsinki Trump/Putin summit joins Amber Rudd @mpolymer1.bsky.social and I to discuss what’s about to happen in Alaska podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

What’s it like being in the room with Trump and Putin? This week we’ve got Fiona Hill to tell us just that @crisisroompod.bsky.social it drops later Thursday, be sure to listen

Excellent analysis. I wish you were still giving it to us on the BBC, Mark.

How Trump has stumbled, trying to deliver Middle East peace. A video I did for The Times youtu.be/fNYGPgV6Cp0?...

Journalists often hate covering summits - though who knows the Trump/Putin one might produce some real stories. I've written about why these events are so difficult to report well markurban.substack.com/p/why-summit...