{"podcast":{"title":"Global Security Briefing","slug":"global-security-briefing-3268408","podcast_index_feed_id":3268408,"rss_url":"https://globalsecuritybriefing.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.rusi.org/projects/global-security-briefing-podcast-series","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/2/c/0/e2c01b74559da505e55e3c100dce7605/RUSI_013-Global-Security-Briefing-Square_2000x2000px_v1.png","author":"The Royal United Services Institute","episode_count":100,"summary":"Global Security Briefing provides regular insights from leading international experts to help you make sense of the far-reaching changes affecting international security around the globe. Hosted by analysts from RUSI's International Security Studies team, the podcast looks at how the UK can best shape its foreign and security policies in an increasingly dynamic international environment. The Global Security Briefing channel is also host to a back-catalogue of episodes from the concluded RUSI podcasts 'Bridging the Oceans' and 'Mind the Gulf'. Running from 2020 to 2023, 'Bridging the Oceans' aimed to create a platform to discuss the key defence and security questions of the world's most dynamic region: the Indo-Pacific. Hosted by Veerle Nouwens, it explored what the Indo-Pacific is, where its limits lie, and what the fast-evolving defence and security issues are in this dynamic part of the world. Running from January to May 2022, the 'Mind the Gulf' Podcast Series explored how the Iranian nuclear programme – and international diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon – interacts with regional security dynamics and the wider Middle East. The views or stateme…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T22:20:21.392704+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-security-briefing-3268408"},"episode":{"title":"Have the Recent Conflicts Transformed the Middle East?","slug":"have-the-recent-conflicts-transformed-the-middle-east","published_at":"2025-07-09T14:14:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-security-briefing-3268408/have-the-recent-conflicts-transformed-the-middle-east","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-security-briefing-3268408","url":"https://globalsecuritybriefing.libsyn.com/have-the-recent-conflicts-transformed-the-middle-east","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/globalsecuritybriefing/250707__GSB_Middle_East_V1.mp3?dest-id=2784395","summary":"Open warfare has crossed the Middle East, and in its wake came an erosion of the norms of statesmanship and the power of international law to avert conflict. What are the implications for deterrence, diplomacy, and the future of UK, US, and regional strategy? In this episode of Global Security Briefing, host Neil Melvin is joined by RUSI experts Burcu Ozcelik and Michael Stephens to assess whether the Middle East is on the cusp of fundamental transformation or simply entering another volatile chapter. With the region rocked by Hamas' October 2023 attacks, a devastating war in Gaza, direct military strikes between Iran and Israel, and renewed US intervention, long-held assumptions about deterrence, regional power balances, and the limits of escalation have been upended. As Prime Minister Netanyahu meets President Trump in Washington, the episode explores how far the region has shifted and whether latest confrontations mark the end of 'grey-zone' conflicts and the emergence of a new order shaped by overt state-to-state warfare. Has Iran's deterrence crumbled? Can Israel claim strategic success? Are Gulf states and the US recalibrating their roles? And what does all this mean for the future of Gaza, the Arab-Israeli process of diplomatic normalisation, and UK foreign policy?","meta_description":"Open warfare has crossed the Middle East, and in its wake came an erosion of the norms of statesmanship and the power of international law to avert confli…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3349,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-security-briefing-3268408/episodes/have-the-recent-conflicts-transformed-the-middle-east/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-security-briefing-3268408/have-the-recent-conflicts-transformed-the-middle-east.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}