Decoding Geopolitics

Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl

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Decoding Geopolitics is a podcast that tries to make sense of today's dangerous world by talking with real experts on international relations, strategy and security.

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#110 Jeremy Schapiro: The Real Reason Why Trump Attacked Iran - And Why It Won’t End Well 06.03.2026 38:55

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Jeremy Schapiro - the research director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, focused on US foreign policy. We...

#109 James D. Boys: Trump's Controversial Strategy That Explains His Craziest Foreign Policy Decisions 28.02.2026 43:39

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with James D Lindsay, a Research Fellow at University College London and an author of a book on what’s called a Madman theo...

#108 Dalibor Rohac: Europe Doesn’t Trust America Anymore - And It’s Bigger Than Trump 21.02.2026 34:12

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Dalibor Rohac - a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a long-time observer of European and transatlant...

#107 John Foreman: Russia’s Military Is Not What You Think 14.02.2026 28:07

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with John Foreman - someone with a fairly unique background to talk to on the Russian war in Ukraine. John spent several de...

#106 Max Bergmann: Something Finally Broke Between the U.S. and Europe 07.02.2026 39:04

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Max Bergmann, the director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and...

#105 Yun Sun: Something Has Changed in Beijing. Xi Believes Now Is His Final Chance on Taiwan 31.01.2026 34:52

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Dr. Yun Sun, a Senior Fellow and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center. Yun is one of the most experienc...

#104 Andrew Monaghan: The West Still Doesn’t See Russia’s Real Plan. Ukraine Is Just the Beginning 28.01.2026 37:56

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Andrew Monaghan , a longtime Russia analyst and one of the most interesting – and contrarian – voices in the Western d...

#103 Carlo Masala: What if Russia Wins - And NATO Falls Apart? 24.01.2026 37:31

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Carlo Masala, a professor of international politics at the Bundeswehr University Munich and author of a book that got...

#102 Rory Cormac: Coups, Assassinations and Covert Wars Are Back - And the Rules Have Changed 17.01.2026 41:00

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Rory Cormac, a professor at the University of Nottingham who’s professional is on a very particular subject - how stat...

#101 EU Defence Chief: “We Need a European Army. This Is What Happens If the US Takes Greenland” | Andrius Kubilius 10.01.2026 30:52

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Andrias Kubilius - the European Union’s Commissioner for Defense and Space. For those not that familiar with the Euro...

#100 Olivier Schmitt: Europe’s Security Order Is Breaking Down – And It's Only the Beginning 03.01.2026 32:13

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com This is a conversation with Olivier Schmidt, head of research at the Institute for Military Operations at the Royal Danish Defence College and expe...

#99 Andrew Badger : Inside China’s Epic Campaign To Obtain America’s Secrets 29.12.2025 40:19

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/This is a conversation with Andrew Badger - a former human intelligence officer at the DIA - the United States Defense Intelligence Agency, a lectu...

#98 Shashank Joshi: Why America Attacks Europe and Appeases Russia - And Why It’s Only Getting Worse 20.12.2025 38:30

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Shashank Joshi, the chief Defence Editor at the Economist and one of the best geopolitical and defence analysts out th...

#97 Steven Everts: Why Europe Is Stuck in a “Psychology of Weakness” - And How to Get Out 13.12.2025 42:51

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Steven Everts, a former EU diplomat and the director of the EU Institute for Security Studies. Steven recently wrote a...

#96 Chun Han Wong: China Is Entering a New Phase - And Nobody Knows Where It Leads 06.12.2025 41:19

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Chun Han Wong, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal, author of the book Party of One covering how Xi Jinping transfor...

#95 Linas Kojala: This Is How The Baltics Are Preparing For War with Russia 29.11.2025 35:27

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Linas Kojala - the director of the Geopolitics and Security Studies Center - and an associate professor of internation...

#94 Gabrielus Landsbergis: Europe Is Being Humiliated By Everyone. This Might Be Our Last Warning. 24.11.2025 28:53

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Gabrielus Landsbergis. Gabrielus is a visiting fellow at the Stanford University’s Institute for International Studies...

#93 Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Is West’s “Tragic Hero”. He's Bad News for Russia and a Hope for Europe. 22.11.2025 37:00

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Victor Davis Hanson - a classics professor, military historian, a Senior Fellow at the Stanford’s University Hoover In...

#92 Francis Fukuyama: Why the “End of History” Never Happened - And Why Global Order Is Breaking Down 15.11.2025 29:30

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Francis Fukuyama, a professor and research fellow at Stanford and one of the most famous and influential scholars of p...

#91 Nigel Gould-Davies: Why Russia Is Running Out of Time in Ukraine 10.11.2025 39:01

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ You can access Nigel's analysis at: https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/online-analysis/2025/10/the-russiaukraine-war-has-entered-a-new-phase...

#90 Marcel Dirsus: Why Dictators Always Seem Unstoppable - Until They’re Not 01.11.2025 40:15

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#89 Paul Scharre: The Real Life ‘Slaughterbots’: We're Building a Battlefield From Hell 25.10.2025 36:22

➡️ Watch the full interview ad-free, join a community of geopolitics enthusiasts and gain access to exclusive content on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingGeopolitics ➡️ Sign up to my free geopolitics newsletter: https://stationzero.substack.com/ This is a conversation with Paul Scharre - a senior researcher at Center for Naval Analyses and probably the world’s number one expert on the incr...

#88 John Bolton Warns: The System Is Breaking Down - And The World’s Out of Control 19.10.2025 31:56

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Intelligence Brief: Why Taiwan Is Losing Its Only Way to Stop China 15.10.2025 13:24

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#87 Ben Hodges: Russian Collapse Is Coming. They’re Bleeding Out Fast And Their Time Is Running Out 11.10.2025 32:14

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