Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell

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• Deep Connections: Kaja Bego on the undersea cables that underpin the global economy.

  October 5, 2026 · 54 min

  Katja Bego is a researcher at Chatham House and an expert on undersea cables. https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/katja-bego f you would like to support this podcast please consider taking out a paid subscription to my…

• Banned from Britain: One Man's Migration Story

  September 23, 2026 · 41 min

  Garth St Clair is a military veteran, former drug addict and - for the past few decades - a tireless worker and campaigner in the field of drug demand reduction. In his native Trinidad and Tobago he is a well-known figure and in more…

• The Houthis Strike Back - Iona Craig on the Red Sea and the Crisis in World Energy Markets

  September 17, 2026 · 50 min

  Follow Iona Craig on Bluesky here https://bsky.app/profile/ionacraig.com Her latest reporting on UK complicity in US war crimes is here: https://www.declassifieduk.org/starmer-complicit-in-trumps-yemen-massacre/ If you would like to…

• When the bad guys start using AI: David Wells on counter terrorism and AI

  September 1, 2026 · 50 min

  If you would like to support this podcast please consider taking out a paid subscription to my Substack arthursnell.substack.com or if you don't want the hassle of a subscription you can buy me a coffee! ko-fi.com/snellarthur If you want…

• Bytes and Bullets: Steve Feldstein on how tech is reshaping modern warfare

  August 3, 2026 · 54 min

  Steve Feldstein is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment and an expert on how technology is transforming warfare. If you would like to support this podcast please consider taking out a paid subscription to my Substa…

• Ukraine update: deep strikes on Russian oil and a shifting US position

  July 14, 2026 · 36 min

  I caught up with Kyiv-based correspondent Jimmy Rushton to discuss the latest in Ukraine and Russia as the NATO summit met and Trump appeared to have moderated his anti-Ukrainian stance (for now, at least). If you would like to support…

• International maritime policy: how far can a country control the seas?

  July 7, 2026 · 44 min

  Most of the times, the control of the seas empowers countries, logistically and economically, as well demontrated from Iran which now controls the strait of Hormuz. To discuss this further I spoke to Dr Ian Ralby, an American lawyer…

• Geopolitical Panel Discussion in Aid of Syrian Refugees

  June 30, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

  I was delighted to be invited by Will Wintercross of the Syrian Refugee Relief Fund to participate in a panel on geopolitics with Hannah Lucinda Smith, a distinguished foreign correspondent and author of the recent book, Hinterlands. If…