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Podcast: The National Security Podcast
Episode: Plotting a through line: February 2026 geopolitics update
Description: Is there a strategic through line or an explanatory logic behind the Trump Administration’s actions in Venezuela, Greenland and Iran?What is the current state of the Transatlantic Alliance?What are the implications of cross-theatre linkages for the idea that Europe and the Indo-Pacific are separate security arenas?With rising tensions in the Middle East, what factors will most strongly influence whether tensions between the US and Iran escalate into a broader regional conflict?Are there any potentially optimistic geopolitical signals that deserve amplification?In this episode, Ju...