China's Growing Use of Private Military Companies. And More.

Inside Tanzania’s blackout: protesters defy Samia Hassan’s disputed landslide, deadly crackdowns mount, and a nation fights to be heard. What really happened—and what comes next? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a 500-day siege, Sudan’s El Fasher collapses to the RSF. Witness genocide, global silence, and a war visible from space. A haunting story of brutality and abandonment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside China’s global mercenary network — from Belt and Road security to proxy wars in Myanmar and Sudan. Plus: can democracies survive rising authoritarianism? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside Iran’s Shahed 136: the cheap, long-range kamikaze drone reshaping warfare. Why it terrifies budgets, powers swarm tactics, and forces US, Europe, and China to copy—and counter—fast. Lessons from Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the mountains of Afghanistan to attacks across the globe—this is the story of Al-Qaeda’s rise, ideology, and methods, and why the world’s most infamous terror group is far from gone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside Mozambique’s hidden war: Cabo Delgado burns as gas riches fuel insurgency. ISIS affiliates spread terror; civilians flee. Unpack causes, failures, and fragile paths to peace in an urgent explainer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside America’s drone-navy push: ghost fleets, stalled budgets, and hard lessons. Ghost Fleet Overlord, Orca delays, MQ-25 slips, Triton wins—what’s working, what’s failing, and why it matters now, today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Situation Room: Could a US-Venezuela war become Vietnam 2.0? Ireland’s risky neutrality, drone carrier warfare, and Armenia–Azerbaijan’s fragile peace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russia’s 2025 summer offensive is stalling. Pokrovsk hangs in the balance, casualties soar, drones reshape battlefields, Ukraine’s manpower crisis bites. We unpack the numbers, tactics, and what’s next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump’s revived Monroe Doctrine, drug-boat strikes, and rising tensions with Colombia and Venezuela—wins, blowback, and human costs. Dive into the strategy reshaping the hemisphere and people caught in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices