What lessons should the UK learn from the current conflict in the Middle East?
FASI’s Baroness Dr @sophyantrobus.bsky.social joins #DefenceTalks with @congeostrategy.bsky.social to discuss the strategic and operational implications for UK defence.
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Balancing high-end missile defence with low-cost interceptors for drones is shaping the future of #airpower
🎙️ Dr Sophy Antrobus MBE (@fasikcl.bsky.social) joins @shashj.bsky.social(@economist.com) and hosts @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social
🔗 youtu.be/Rti0gpU-4QE
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🎙️ ‘We've not seen a war on this scale or scope since 🇺🇸 operations of the post-9/11 era.’
@shashj.bsky.social, @economist.com, speaks to @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social on the impact of the 🇺🇸-🇮🇱-🇮🇷 conflict on 🇬🇧 defence
🔗 youtu.be/Rti0gpU-4QE
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@shashj.bsky.social, @economist.com joins #DefenceTalks with Baroness Dr Sophy Antrobus PhD, Co-director, @fasikcl.bsky.social, and hosts @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social to unpack the implications of 🇺🇸-🇮🇱-🇮🇷 conflict on 🇬🇧 defence
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What lessons should 🇬🇧 learn from the conflict in the Middle East?
Baroness Dr Sophy Antrobus, @fasikcl.bsky.social, joins @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social in the latest episode of #DefenceTalks alongside @shashj.bsky.social, @economist.com
Watch now: youtu.be/Rti0gpU-4QE
How does escalation in the Middle East impact 🇷🇺 ability to wage war against 🇺🇦?
@shashj.bsky.social, Defence Editor, @economist.com speaks to @paulmason.bsky.social on #DefenceTalks
Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/Rti0gpU-4QE
@baesystems.com
🚨 NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY🚨
@paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social sit down with @shashj.bsky.social, Defence Editor, @economist.com, and Baroness Dr Sophy Antrobus MBE, Co-Director, @fasikcl.bsky.social, to unpack the impact of the 🇺🇸-🇮🇱-🇮🇷 conflict on 🇬🇧 defence
#DefenceTalks
Unless we start investing more in defence, we will face increased competition from adversaries, and our allies will not take us seriously.
🎙️ @james-rogers.bsky.social joins #DefenceTalks alongside @peterfrankopan.bsky.social
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‘In 🇬🇧, we spend more on pet food, beauty products, and takeaways than we do on defence’ 👇
🎙️ @peterfrankopan.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk, joins #DefenceTalks to unpack the threat landscape in 2026
▶️ Watch the episode now: youtu.be/EV8k5k3YJgw
@baesystems.com
🎙️The 🇷🇺 challenge is anti-systemic while 🇨🇳 is counter-systemic
@james-rogers.bsky.social, our Co-founder, joins @peterfrankopan.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk, on #DefenceTalks to discuss geopolitics in 2026
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@baesystems.com @paulmason.bsky.social @starychsam.bsky.social
Did you catch the latest episode of #DefenceTalks?
@peterfrankopan.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk, and @james-rogers.bsky.social, our Co-founder (Research), join @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social to unpack the geostrategic outlook for 2026 👇
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What to expect from geopolitics in 2026 👇
🎙️ @peterfrankopan.bsky.social, Professor of Global History, @ox.ac.uk, and @james-rogers.bsky.social, our Co-founder, join #DefenceTalks to unpack the critical challenges facing 🇬🇧 and its allies
@paulmason.bsky.social @starychsam.bsky.social
New #DefenceTalks episode with historian Prof. Peter Frankopan and my co-founder James Rogers and my co-host Paul Mason looking at what 2026 might bring to the world 🌍 and the challenges, risks and opportunities to seize for the 🇬🇧UK.
Defence Talks: Securing UK Advantage
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🚨 New episode of #DefenceTalks coming soon!
🎙️ @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social join @peterfrankopan.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk, and @james-rogers.bsky.social, our Co-founder (Research), to discuss the biggest geopolitical threats to 🇬🇧 in 2026.
@baesystems.com
Richard Berthon: Having a combat air system that can...genuinely impose threat and risk to an adversary is critically important for deterrence in Europe
🎙️ Watch #DefenceTalks now: youtu.be/VfWeGHGQJYc
@paulmason.bsky.social @starychsam.bsky.social @baesystems.com
The newest episode of #DefenceTalks is out! @paulmasonnews and I speak with ✈️ Richard Berthon, Director Future Combat Air, @DefenceHQ and ✈️ Herman Claesen, Managing Director, @BAESystemsplc and explore 🇬🇧 #FCAS, #GCAP and the future of flight capability. The newest episode is here: lnkd.in/dZ4wbERn
‘We have the opportunity to make #GCAP the backbone of #NorthAtlantic and #IndoPacific defence’
🎙️ Herman Claesen, @baesystems.com, joins Richard Berthon, Ministry of Defence, on #DefenceTalks to discuss #sixthgeneration air power
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#GCAP #FCAS
🎙️ On #DefenceTalks, Richard Berthon, MoD, explores the future of flight and #sixthgeneration capabilities, alongside Herman Claesen, @baesystems.com, with hosts @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social
🔗 www.britainsworld.or...
#GCAP #FCAS
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
@starychsam.bsky.social and @paulmason.bsky.social sat down with:
🎙️ Richard Berthon, Director Future Combat Air, MoD
🎙️ Herman Claesen, Managing Director, Future Combat Air Systems, @baesystems.com
to discuss delivering 6-gen flight capability for 🇬🇧 defence
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Did you catch the latest episode of #DefenceTalks?
Tune in for discussion on the:
📝 New #DefenceHousingStrategy
🔑 Key challenges for military families
🏘️ Impact of housing and infrastructure on service families
Watch the episode now: www.britainsworld.or...
@baesystems.com
Did you catch the latest episode of #DefenceTalks?
🎙️ Dr Tanya Suarez, IoT Tribe, and John Ridge, NATO Innovation Fund, join @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social to explore accelerating innovation across #NATO!
▶️ Watch now: www.britainsworld.or...
@baesystems.com
John Ridge, Adoption Lead, NATO Innovation Fund, sets out how moving towards framing problem sets for innovators is unlocking creativity and speeding up innovation across #NATO
▶️ Watch the full episode here: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/strengthen...
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🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
🎙️Dr Tanya Suárez, CEO and founder of IoT Tribe, and Brigadier (rtd.) John Ridge, Adoption Lead, NATO Innovation Fund, join @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social on #DefenceTalks to discuss accelerating innovation across #NATO
@baesystems.com
🚨 New #DefenceTalks episode 🚨
@msalexbaker.bsky.social joins @starychsam.bsky.social and @paulmason.bsky.social to unpack the contribution of defence to local communities and spreading #socialvalue across the whole of 🇬🇧
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🚨 New #DefenceTalks episode out now!
💡 @msalexbaker.bsky.social, MP for Aldershot, discusses the contribution of defence to local communities across the UK with @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social.
👉 Watch now: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/social-val...
Find the #DefenceTalks podcast on YouTube now 👇
🚨Watch the latest episode on emerging technologies in defence now
#AI #QuantumComputing #Autonomy #Drones #EngineeringBiology
@baesystems.com
🚨New episode of #DefenceTalks
👉 Dr Paul Hollinshead, DSTL, sets out the defence applications of engineering biology
👉 Finbar O’Keeffe, baesystems.com, argues that progress in different #emergingtechnologies is interlinked
▶️ www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/emerging-technologies-...
New #DefenceTalks episode! 👇
💡 Dr Paul Hollinshead OBE, DSTL, outlines how #emergingtech is reshaping #defence
🚨 Finbar O'keeffe, baesystems.com, argues that industry must embrace disruptive tech
Watch now: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/emerging-technologies-...
🚨 New episode of #DefenceTalks
🗣️ Dr Paul Hollinshead OBE, DSTL
🗣️ Finbar O’Keeffe, Head of Future Software Capability, @baesystems.com
With hosts @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social
They unpack:
🧠 #AI
🖥️ #Quantum computing
✈️ Autonomous drone tech
🧬 Engineering biology
🚨 How are #AI, #quantum & #autonomy changing defence?
🎙️ Dr Paul Hollinshead OBE, #dstl, and Finbar O’Keeffe, @baesystems.com, join @paulmason.bsky.social and @starychsam.bsky.social in a new #DefenceTalks out next week!
🔗 www.britainsworld.or...