Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl

Tim Snyder: America Has Chosen to Self-Destruct - And Russia’s Real Problem Is Just Beginning

294K views · 6d ago · 26:42

Guests: Tim Snyder, Timothy Snyder

This is a conversation with Timothy Snyder - a historian working on Central and Eastern Europe, politics of Russia and Ukraine and democracy and the threats it faces. We talk about the spectacular shift of the United States to align with Russia against Ukraine, about what is real reason behind it, how far it can go and what it can lead to or about the future of Russia, Europe and the United States - and much more.

Iran Expert: The Next Round of War Is Coming - And It Will Be Far Worse This Time

280K views · 1w ago · 31:10

Guest: Dr. Vali Nasr

This is a conversation with Dr. Vali Nasr, a Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University, specializing in Iran’s foreign policy and grand strategy. Seven months in we are at a strange point of the war that Vali calls a holding pattern and which seems like things are kind of stuck.

Margaret MacMillan Warns: The World Order Is Collapsing - And What's Coming Is Far Worse

310K views · 2w ago · 29:03

Guest: Margaret MacMillan Warns

This is a conversation with Margaret MacMillan, a historian and emeritus professor at the University of Oxford, whose latest work is focusing on the changing of the world order - the collapse of the rules based order that we used to live in and its replacement with something much more chaotic, unstable and dangerous.

Ex-CIA Covert Ops Expert: What Europe Gets Wrong About Russia’s Hybrid War

74K views · 3w ago · 38:44

Guests: Ex-CIA Covert Ops Expert, David Gioe

This is a conversation with David Gioe - a Professor of Intelligence and International Security at King’s College London and a former member of the US intelligence, serving in the CIA and specializing in clandestine operations and covert action.

Russia Expert: The Real Reason Why Putin Needs the War - And Why It Won't Stop in Ukraine

152K views · 1mo ago · 34:24

Guest: Michael Kimmage

This is a conversation with Michael Kimmage, a Russia expert, the director of the Kennan Institute who previously served at the US Department of State, where he was responsible for the Russia/Ukraine policy planning. And although he is a big supporter of Ukraine, he has quite a different view of the war and where it is going than most Western analysts.

Imperial Collapse Expert: The Real Reason Empires Fall - And Why America Is Next

60K views · 1mo ago · 39:22

Guests: Imperial Collapse Expert, Peter Heather

This is a conversation with Peter Heather - a professor of history at the King’s College London and the world’s leading authority on the fall of the Roman Empire. Now this might sound a bit random since this is a podcast about contemporary geopolitics but Peter has recently written a book that takes his expertise much further. He makes an argument that all great empires of history go through the exact same cycle of rise and fall - including the present day American empire.

NATO's Ex-Military Chief: War Is Coming - And We're Running Out of Time

468K views · 1mo ago · 38:29

Guests: NATO's Ex-Military Chief, Admiral Rob Bauer

This is a conversation with Admiral Rob Bauer, a former Chief of Defence of the Dutch Armed Forces and until last year, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee - the most senior military officer role in NATO and one of the leading roles in the organisation.

Ukraine War Expert: The War Just Entered a New Phase - And It's About to Get Really Dangerous

320K views · 1mo ago · 38:03

Guest: George Barros

This is a conversation with George Barros, director at the Institute for Study of War and a long time Russia analyst with a deep insight into the war in Ukraine. He and his team believe that over the past 3 years, the war has essentially looked exactly the same with only minor changes - but that has now changed and after 3 years, we have now entered a new and very different phase of the war.

Something has changed about America. It Will Reshape the World - And There’s No Going Back

37K views · 2mo ago · 32:08

Guest: Dalibor Rohac

This is a conversation with Dalibor Rohac - former fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, now Director of Research at Globsec, and the author of a new book called Unshackled - in which he puts out a pretty serious warning about the future of America, of its geopolitical power and its foundations - and what it means for the world.

The Professor Who Predicted the Iran War: This Is How America's Era Ends - And It’ll Only Get Worse

413K views · 2mo ago · 35:26

Guest: Robert Pape

This is a conversation with Robert Pape, a political scientist at the University of Chicago who spent the bulk of his career studying exactly the kind of wars that the United States is now waging against Iran, including why they usually fail and what they typically lead to - which makes him one of the most important people to listen to today.

Ex-CIA Analyst: America Is Choosing to Self-Destruct. And It Will Only Get Worse

140K views · 2mo ago · 34:07

Guests: Ex-CIA Analyst, Julia Curlee

This is a conversation with Julia Curlee, who spent 25 years in U.S. national security, including 20 years as a CIA analyst, serving at the National Security Council and briefing senior U.S. officials. She recently left government and is now speaking publicly about what she believes is happening inside the system she spent her career working in.

Philip Ingram: Russia Is Now Losing Crimea - And There’s Nothing It Can Do About It

80K views · 2mo ago · 6:40

Guest: Philip Ingram

Philip Ingram: The Real Reason Behind Ukraine’s Attacks on Wildberries

34K views · 2mo ago · 7:23

Guest: Philip Ingram

Ukraine's Top Drone Expert: This War Is Not What You Think - And The Reality Is Far Worse

113K views · 2mo ago · 35:23

Guest: Illya Sekirin

This is a conversation with Illya Sekirin and in my view, one of the most unique conversations I’ve had on the podcast so far. Illya is Ukrainian-Canadian who in 2022 joined the Ukrainian military and served in the war, first in infantry and later as a drone pilot, operating drones in combat in countless operations and campaigns throughout the war.

Military Intel Officer: Russia Is Losing Crimea - And There's No Way Out

102K views · 3mo ago · 33:41

Guests: Military Intel Officer, Philip Ingram

This is a conversation with Philip Ingram, a former high ranking officer in the British military intelligence. In his career, Philip has planned and executed countless operations around the globe and that’s why he’s the perfect person to talk about the recent changes in the war in Ukraine.