Global Security Briefing

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What is Driving Turkey's Foreign and Security Policy Agenda?
25/03/2026 | 48 min
As the Middle East is facing grave uncertainty against the backdrop of what is being called the 'Third Gulf War', Ankara is managing an uneasy relationship with Iran.
Turkey is projecting itself as a more consequential regional actor across a variety of regional security spaces and is often described as a 'middle power'. In this episode of Global Security Briefing, Dr Neil Melvin is joined by Dr Burcu Ozcelik, RUSI Senior Research Fellow, to analyse Turkey's relationship with Iran and the main limits of Turkey's regional approach to diplomacy.
This episode explores:
· How Turkey approaches peacebuilding in the Middle East.
· What Turkey's regional role is across different theatres in the Caucasus, Somalia and Iran.
· The limits of eastern Mediterranean security architecture that excludes Turkey.
· What British and European policymakers should learn from Turkey's approach to diplomacy.
This podcast episode is part of a policy series for the 'Turkey's Peacebuilding in a Disordered Middle East' project of the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) network.
The Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) in Berlin is funded by Stiftung Mercator and the Federal Foreign Office. CATS is the curator of the CATS Network, an international network of think-tanks and research institutions working on Turkey.
The Regional and Global Significance of the US-Led Attack on Iran
04/03/2026 | 54 min
The US and Israel have launched major strikes on Iran, triggering retaliation across the region and raising fears of wider war.
As tensions escalate around the Strait of Hormuz and across the region, the implications extend far beyond the Middle East. In this episode of Global Security Briefing, Neil Melvin is joined by Dr Burcu Ozcelik, RUSI Senior Research Fellow, and Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian, a specialist on Iranian and regional politics and an Associate Fellow with RUSI, to analyse the regional and global significance of the crisis.
This episode explores:
What the US and Israel are seeking to achieve, and how Iran is responding.
Whether the strikes could threaten the survival of Iran's political system established in 1979.
The risks of escalation and miscalculation across Iraq, Lebanon, the Gulf, and the Red Sea.
The prospects for leadership disruption, succession dynamics, and elite cohesion inside Iran.
The potential roles of Russia and China as diplomatic or strategic actors.
The UK's response and whether it has adopted the right approach.
Key scenarios for how the conflict may evolve in the coming days.
Is Ukraine Any Closer to Peace After Four Years of War?
25/02/2026 | 19 min
Ukraine, its European backers and the United States have drawn closer to agreeing a blueprint for peace, but various questions remain. Can anyone accept Russian sincerity? How to treat Moscow's demands for territory in the Donbas, and beyond? And what is to be made of Russia's attitude towards security guarantees for Ukraine? In this bonus episode of GSB, we hear from a panel of experts on the prospects for peace, four years on from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Their remarks were recorded during a RUSI event on Tuesday 24 February 2026: Recording: Ukraine: Prospects for Peace, Four Years After Russia's Invasion | Royal United Services Institute. In an hour-long discussion, the RUSI panellists, including Dr Neil Melvin, Director of International Security, Matthew Savill, Director of Military Sciences, Dr Maryna Vorotnyuk, Associate Fellow and Dr Jonathan Eyal, Associate Director, tackled a wide range of questions relating to:

What a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine might look like.

The role of the rest of Europe in supporting Ukraine and applying pressure to Russia.

Key challenges and opportunities for rebuilding Ukraine's post-war infrastructure.

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Is the Trump Administration's 'Donroe' Doctrine Transforming Relations with Latin America?
18/02/2026 | 53 min
Following Washington's emphasis on the Western Hemisphere in its 2025 National Security Strategy, this episode examines Cuba, Venezuela and the intensifying US-China competition in Latin America.
In this episode, Neil Melvin is joined by Dr Brian Fonseca, Director of the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy at Florida International University, and Dr Carlos Solar, Senior Research Fellow for Latin American Security at RUSI, to assess how the Trump administration's 'America First' strategy is reshaping security and geopolitics across the Americas, and what the shift means for regional stability and US global priorities.
This discussion explores:
· The elevation of the Western Hemisphere to the top tier of US national security priorities.
· Cuba's re-emergence as a strategic concern, including energy pressure, migration controls and intelligence considerations.
· Venezuela's uncertain transition following US intervention and the risks of proxy competition.
· The expansion of bilateral security agreements and US military deployments in the Caribbean basin.
· The implications of this hemispheric focus for US alliances and global commitments.
· Whether Latin America is becoming an arena for US-China strategic rivalry.
Greenland: A Flashpoint in Transatlantic Relations
28/01/2026 | 14 min
The Greenland crisis has damaged goodwill and trust between the US and Europe and has undermined perceptions of US reliability and trustworthiness.
Following the 2026 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, should Europe now pursue independence and begin to decouple from the US?
In this bonus episode of Global Security Briefing, we hear from RUSI's Director-General Rachel Ellehuus as she discusses the state of the US-Greenland-Denmark discussions, and the potential lasting impact on the transatlantic relationship and NATO.
Rachel's remarks were recorded during a RUSI webinar on Friday 23 January 2026: https://my.rusi.org/resource-library-search.html?information_type=members-event-recordings
In an hour-long discussion, the panellists, including Rachel Ellehuus, the Director General of RUSI, Oana Lungescu, a RUSI Distinguished Fellow and former long-serving NATO spokesperson and Ed Arnold, Senior Research Fellow for European Security at RUSI, focus on the diplomatic, military and geopolitical fallout from the Greenland crisis for the transatlantic relationship. Become a RUSI member today to access the full recording: https://my.rusi.org/membership.html

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Global Security Briefing provides regular insights from leading international experts to help you make sense of the far-reaching changes affecting international security around the globe. Hosted by analysts from RUSI's International Security Studies team, the podcast looks at how the UK can best shape its foreign and security policies in an increasingly dynamic international environment. The Global Security Briefing channel is also host to a back-catalogue of episodes from the concluded RUSI podcasts 'Bridging the Oceans' and 'Mind the Gulf'. Running from 2020 to 2023, 'Bridging the Oceans' aimed to create a platform to discuss the key defence and security questions of the world's most dynamic region: the Indo-Pacific. Hosted by Veerle Nouwens, it explored what the Indo-Pacific is, where its limits lie, and what the fast-evolving defence and security issues are in this dynamic part of the world. Running from January to May 2022, the 'Mind the Gulf' Podcast Series explored how the Iranian nuclear programme – and international diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon – interacts with regional security dynamics and the wider Middle East. The views or statements expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by RUSI employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the view of RUSI.

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