The Red Line

Fortnightly podcast. Next episode on Saturday, April 19.

Three experts, one Story. Each fortnight we host a panel of international experts diving into the biggest geopolitical stories shaping the news both here and overseas.

Hosted by Michael Hilliard

137 episodes • 0 archived •

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130 - EXCLUSIVE: We Acquired Blueprints for Russia’s Next-Gen Artillery System

S6 E3·

March 31

16 mins

S6 E2

129 - Frozen Flashpoints: Greenland, Svalbard, and the Next Arctic Standoff

S6 E2·

March 11

1h 30m

S7 E1

128 - Timor Leste: Oil, Occupation and Obstruction

S7 E1·

January 30

1h 18m

S6 E15

127 - Sunk Cost: The US. Navy's Shipbuilding Crisis

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Dec 23, 2024

2h 1m

S6 E15

The Armed Forces of Central Asia - Part 2 : Wargaming Regional Conflicts

S6 E15·

Nov 28, 2024

2h 21m

S6 E14

126 - Armenia’s Changing Relationship with Russia

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Oct 24, 2024

1h 29m

S6 E13

125 - The Economics of Conscription

S6 E13·

Sep 17, 2024

1h 3m

S6 E12

124 - The Rise of Chinese Private Security Companies (PSCs and PMCs)

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Aug 26, 2024

1h 5m

S6 E11

123 - What the Venezuelan Election Means for Essequibo

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Jul 31, 2024

1h 24m

S6 E10

122 - South Africa: Comeback or Collapse?

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Jul 8, 2024

1h 27m

S6 E9

121 - Rare Earth Elements: The Futile Fight Against China

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Jun 17, 2024

1h 9m

S6 E8

The Armed Forces of Central Asia - Part 1 : Tajikistan and Regional Command Structures

S6 E8·

May 17, 2024

1h 8m

S6 E7

120 - The Forced Friendship: Russia's Uneasy Alliance with China

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May 4, 2024

1h 7m

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119 - Indonesia's Defence Dilemma

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Apr 15, 2024

1h 11m

S6 E5

118 - Wargaming: San Marino vs. Italy

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Mar 31, 2024

17 mins

S6 E5

117 - Equipping Your Insurgency: A Guide to the Small Arms Market

S6 E5·

Mar 25, 2024

1h 8m

S6 E4

116 - Haiti: Cauldron of the Caribbean

S6 E4·

Mar 7, 2024

1h 23m

S6 E4

115 - The Future of Nuclear Warfare

S6 E4·

Feb 22, 2024

1h 12m

S6 E3

114 - Poland: Europe's Eastern Shield

S6 E3·

Feb 9, 2024

1h 11m

S6 E2

113 - Can India Replace China in the Global Supply Chain?

S6 E2·

Jan 23, 2024

1h 23m

S6 E1

112 - Russia's Six Fleets: A Sinking Superpower

S6 E1·

Jan 9, 2024

1h 16m

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111 - The Splintering of Sudan

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Dec 26, 2023

1h 11m

S5 E26

110 - Wargaming: Argentina Reinvades the Falklands

S5 E26·

Dec 11, 2023

52 mins

S5 E25

109 - A Second Arab Spring: Imminent or Impossible?

S5 E25·

Nov 26, 2023

1h 8m

S5 E24

108 - Extrajudicial Killings and Targeted Assassinations

S5 E24·

Nov 13, 2023

1h 10m

S5 E23

107 - The Hollowing of Hong Kong

S5 E23·

Oct 30, 2023

1h 4m

S5 E22

106 - Wargaming: Moldova vs Transnistria

S5 E22·

Oct 16, 2023

1h 5m

S5 E21

105 - Iran: Crises on Every Front

S5 E21·

Oct 2, 2023

1h 12m

S5 E20

104 - El Salvador: The Price of Security

S5 E20·

Sep 18, 2023

59 mins

S5 E19

103 - Wargaming: India vs Pakistan

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Sep 3, 2023

1h 19m

S5 E20

102 - The Economic Feasibility of Nuclear Power

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Aug 20, 2023

57 mins

S5 E16

101 - UUV's: Underwater Drones and Seabed Warfare

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Aug 6, 2023

1h 13m

S5 E16

100 - Scoring Every Prediction by The Red Line (100th Episode Special)

S5 E16·

Jul 23, 2023

1h 11m

S5 E15

99 - Equatorial Guinea: The North Korea of Africa

S5 E15·

Jul 9, 2023

59 mins

S5 E13

98 - The Geopolitics of Estonia

S5 E13·

Jun 26, 2023

1h 4m

S5 E12

97 - The Death of Françafrique: Africa's Rebalancing Act

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Jun 11, 2023

1h 8m

S5 E11

96 - Democracy in Central Asia?

S5 E11·

May 29, 2023

1h 34m

S5 E10

95 - The Death of the US Dollar?

S5 E10·

May 15, 2023

1h 14m

S5 E9

94 - Egypt's Economic Crisis: A Perfect Storm?

S5 E9·

Apr 30, 2023

1h 13m

S5 E8

93 - Satellite Surveillance: The New Orbital Arms Race

S5 E8·

Apr 16, 2023

1h 12m

S5 E7

92 - Narco-Economics: Inside the Mexican Drug Trade

S5 E7·

Apr 3, 2023

1h 45m

S5 E6

91 - Bulgaria: Russia's Backdoor into Europe?

S5 E6·

Mar 19, 2023

58 mins

S5 E5

90 - East Asian Rearmament

S5 E5·

Mar 5, 2023

1h 16m

S5 E4

89 - European Rearmament (Are We Preparing for the Wrong War?)

S5 E4·

Feb 19, 2023

1h 37m

S5 E3

88 - Venezuela's Return to the West?

S5 E3·

Feb 5, 2023

1h 20m

S5 E2

87 - How Strong is the Chinese Economy?

S5 E2·

Jan 22, 2023

1h 24m

S5 E1

86 - Russian Operations in Syria

S5 E1·

Jan 8, 2023

1h 33m

S4 E31

85 - Could the US Conquer North Korea?

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Dec 26, 2022

1h 19m

S4 E30

84 - Is the CSTO Facing Collapse?

S4 E30·

Dec 11, 2022

1h 23m

S4 E29

The Winners and Losers of Energy Transition - The Green Line - Ep 5

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Dec 4, 2022

1h 40m

S4 E28

83 - Does Foreign Aid Actually Work?

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Nov 27, 2022

1h 25m

S4 E27

D.R.Congo: Dirty Metals for Clean Energy - The Green Line - Ep 4

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Nov 20, 2022

1h 39m

S4 E26

82 - Saudi Arabia: A Global Economic Powderkeg

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Nov 13, 2022

1h 36m

S4 E25

Water Wars - The Green Line - Ep 3

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Nov 6, 2022

1h 35m

S4 E24

81 - The Geopolitics of Microchips and Semiconductors

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Oct 30, 2022

1h 25m

S4 E23

How the Chinese Military is Preparing for Climate Change - The Green Line - Ep 2

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Oct 23, 2022

1h 13m

S4 E22

80 - Mozambique: The Campaign Against Cabo Delgado

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Oct 16, 2022

1h 20m

S4 E21

How the US Military is Preparing for Climate Change - The Green Line - Ep 1

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Oct 9, 2022

1h 29m

S4 E20

79 - Myanmar's Crumbling Coup

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Oct 2, 2022

1h 22m

S4 E19

78 - Turkey's Strategic Goals in the Middle East (The Death of Kemalism?)

S4 E19·

Sep 18, 2022

1h 37m

S4 E18

77 - The Cyber War in Ukraine

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Sep 4, 2022

1h 33m

S4 E17

76 - Are Aircraft Carriers Becoming Obsolete?

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Aug 21, 2022

1h 24m

S4 E16

75 - Human Trafficking: An Industry Lacking Conviction

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Aug 7, 2022

1h 23m

S4 E15

74 - The Black Market for Nuclear Weapons

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Jul 24, 2022

1h 34m

S4 E14

73 - Balochistan and the Breaking of Belt-and-Road

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Jul 10, 2022

1h 19m

S4 E13

72 - Can Europe Survive Without Russian Gas?

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Jun 26, 2022

1h 22m

S4 E12

71 - The New Arms Race for the Indian Ocean

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Jun 12, 2022

1h 17m

S4 E11

70 - Romanian and Moldovan Reunifaction (A Defence Against Russia?)

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May 29, 2022

1h 18m

S4 E10

69 - Chinese Influence in South America

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May 15, 2022

1h 18m

S4 E9

68 - How Effective are Economic Sanctions?

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May 1, 2022

1h 21m

S4 E8

67 - Oman: A Looming Crisis

S4 E8·

Apr 17, 2022

1h 14m

S4 E7

66 - Why are Military Coups on the Rise in Africa?

S4 E7·

Apr 3, 2022

1h 15m

S4 E6

65 - The Feasibility of an EU Army

S4 E6·

Mar 20, 2022

1h 18m

S4 E5

64 - Bougainville, Papua New Guinea and the Battle for Melanesia

S4 E5·

Mar 6, 2022

1h 10m

S4 E4

63 - Can Syria Be Rebuilt?

S4 E4·

Feb 20, 2022

1h 40m

S4 E3

62 - The Geopolitics of Suriname

S4 E3·

Feb 6, 2022

1h 3m

S4 E2

61 - Turkish Influence in Central Asia

S4 E2·

Jan 23, 2022

1h 32m

S4 E1

60 - How Terrorist Groups are Funded

S4 E1·

Jan 9, 2022

1h 28m

S3 E26

59 - Russia's Pacific Strategy: The Forgotten Front

S3 E26·

Dec 26, 2021

1h 4m

S3 E25

58 - Bosnia: A Peace in Pieces

S3 E25·

Dec 12, 2021

1h 15m

S3 E24

57 - Sri Lanka: The End of Neutrality

S3 E24·

Nov 28, 2021

55 mins

S3 E23

56 - Could NATO Defend the Baltic States Against Russia?

S3 E23·

Nov 14, 2021

1h 17m

S3 E22

55 - The Privatisation of Warfare: Russian PMC Operations in Africa

S3 E22·

Oct 31, 2021

1h 18m

S3 E21

54 - Algeria: The Powderkeg of North Africa

S3 E21·

Oct 17, 2021

1h 24m

S3 E20

53 - Vietnam: Frontline of the South China Sea

S3 E20·

Oct 3, 2021

1h 2m

S3 E19

52 - The Future of Space Warfare

S3 E19·

Sep 19, 2021

1h 23m

S3 E18

51 - Belarus: The Next Crimea?

S3 E18·

Sep 5, 2021

1h 12m

S3 E17

50 - The Splitting of Cyprus: Turkey vs Greece

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Aug 22, 2021

1h 12m

S3 E16

49 - Brazil's War in the Favelas

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Aug 8, 2021

1h 21m

S3 E15

48 - The Shattering of Ethiopia (The War in Tigray)

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Jul 25, 2021

1h 32m

S3 E14

47 - The Resurgence of Africa's Conflict Diamonds

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Jul 11, 2021

1h 7m

S3 E13

46 - The UAE's Red Sea Strategy

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Jun 27, 2021

1h 12m

S3 E12

45 - Japan and the Quad

S3 E12·

Jun 13, 2021

1h 9m

S3 E11

44 - The Geopolitics of Uzbekistan (and the Island of Anthrax)

S3 E11·

May 30, 2021

1h 17m

S3 E10

43 - The Next Phase in Cyber Warfare

S3 E10·

May 16, 2021

1h 27m

S3 E9

42 - The Battle for Western Sahara (Africa's Last Colony)

S3 E9·

May 2, 2021

1h 22m

S3 E8

41 - Who Controls the Caribbean?

S3 E8·

Apr 18, 2021

1h 12m

S3 E7

40 - Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia (A War for the Crossroads)

S3 E7·

Apr 4, 2021

1h 35m

S3 E6

39 - Pakistan's Two Front War

S3 E6·

Mar 21, 2021

1h 39m

S3 E5

38 - Iraq: What Went Wrong?

S3 E5·

Mar 7, 2021

1h 47m

S3 E4

37 - The Geopolitics of Rare Earths

S3 E4·

Feb 21, 2021

1h 34m

S3 E3

36 - Lake Chad (Boko Haram and the French Foreign Legion)

S3 E3·

Feb 7, 2021

1h 6m

S3 E2

35 - Ukraine and the War in the East

S3 E2·

Jan 24, 2021

1h 24m

S3 E1

34 - Could China Conquer Taiwan?

S3 E1·

Jan 10, 2021

1h 27m

S2 E26

33 - The Geopolitics of Tajikistan

S2 E26·

Dec 27, 2020

1h 24m

S2 E25

32 - Colombia (FARC, Paramilitarios and Cocaine)

S2 E25·

Dec 13, 2020

1h 30m

S2 E24

31 - Nagorno Karabakh II (A Frozen Conflict Goes Hot)

S2 E24·

Nov 29, 2020

1h 44m

S2 E23

30 - The Geopolitics of Indonesia

S2 E23·

Nov 15, 2020

1h 14m

S2 E22

29 - Who Controls the Caspian Sea?

S2 E22·

Nov 1, 2020

1h 9m

S2 E21

28 - How to Manipulate an Election (Trump, Murdoch and Brexit)

S2 E21·

Oct 18, 2020

1h 22m

S2 E20

27 - The Geopolitics of Mongolia

S2 E20·

Oct 4, 2020

1h 2m

S2 E19

26 - Will the Afghan Peace Deal Actually Work?

S2 E19·

Sep 20, 2020

1h 13m

S2 E18

25 - Somalia (Al Shabaab, Pirates and Nuclear Waste)

S2 E18·

Sep 6, 2020

1h 17m

S2 E17

24 - Who is India's Biggest Strategic Enemy?

S2 E17·

Aug 23, 2020

1h 27m

S2 E16

23 - Thailand and the International Drug Trade

S2 E16·

Aug 9, 2020

1h 9m

S2 E15

22 - The Geopolitics of Kosovo

S2 E15·

Jul 26, 2020

1h 7m

S2 E14

21 - The Libyan Civil War II (The Tide Turns)

S2 E14·

Jul 12, 2020

1h 4m

S2 E13

20 - The Philippines (Duterte and the South China Sea)

S2 E13·

Jun 28, 2020

1h 16m

S2 E12

19 - Guyana (Cambridge Analytica and the Next Cuban Missile Crisis)

S2 E12·

Jun 14, 2020

1h 19m

S2 E11

18 - The Geopolitics of Turkmenistan

S2 E11·

Jun 1, 2020

1h 9m

S2 E10

Episode 17 - Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenia vs Azerbaijan)

S2 E10·

May 17, 2020

57 mins

S2 E9

Episode 16 - The Geopolitics of North Korea

S2 E9·

May 3, 2020

1h 13m

S2 E8

Episode 15 - The South Sudanese Civil War

S2 E8·

Apr 19, 2020

1h 13m

S2 E7

Episode 14 - War in the Arctic (Russia Hypersonic Missile Program)

S2 E7·

Apr 5, 2020

1h 10m

S2 E6

Episode 13 - Private Militaries (Wagner vs Blackwater)

S2 E6·

Mar 22, 2020

1h 10m

S2 E5

Episode 12 - Venezuela

S2 E5·

Mar 8, 2020

1h 13m

S2 E4

Episode 11 - The Libyan Civil War

S2 E4·

Feb 23, 2020

1h 8m

S2 E3

Episode 10 - Foreign Aid (Australia's Pacific Strategy)

S2 E3·

Feb 9, 2020

55 mins

S2 E2

Episode 9 - The implications of war with Iran

S2 E2·

Jan 26, 2020

57 mins

S2 E1

Episode 8 - Kyrgyzstan

S2 E1·

Jan 12, 2020

54 mins

S1 E7

Episode - 7 - Predictions for 2020

S1 E7·

Dec 29, 2019

53 mins

S1 E6

Episode 6 - Transnistria

S1 E6·

Dec 15, 2019

51 mins

S1 E5

Episode 5 - UK Election Special

S1 E5·

Dec 1, 2019

50 mins

S1 E4

Episode 4 - Yemen

S1 E4·

Nov 17, 2019

57 mins

S1 E3

Episode 3 - Housing Crisis in Australia

S1 E3·

Nov 3, 2019

58 mins

S1 E2

Episode 2 - West Papua

S1 E2·

Oct 20, 2019

41 mins

S1 E1

Episode 1 - Afghanistan

S1 E1·

Oct 7, 2019

45 mins

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