Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė

In Episode 9, Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė, our Co-founder (Strategy), and Paul Mason, journalist, author and our Adjunct Fellow, are joined by Andy Start, acting National Armaments Director and Chief Executive of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), and Air Vice Marshal (Rtd.) Gary Waterfall, DSEI senior military adviser.

In Episode 8, Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė, our Co-founder (Strategy), and Paul Mason, journalist, author and our Associate Fellow, are joined by Robert Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Defence, Security, and Resilience Bank, and Aimie Stone, Chief Economist, ADS Group.

In Episode 7, Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė, our Co-founder (Strategy), and Paul Mason, our Associate Fellow, are joined by Kevin Craven, CEO of ADS Group, and Air Mashal (rtd.) Edward Stringer CB CBE, Director iJ7.

In Episode 6, Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė, our Co-founder, and Paul Mason, our Associate Fellow, are joined by Lt. Col. Dan Sawyers, Head, jHub, UK Strategic Command, and Rob Merryweather, Group Technology Director, BAE Systems.

In Episode 5, Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė, our Co-founder (Strategy), and Paul Mason, journalist, author and our Associate Fellow, are joined by Iain Martin, Director, London Defence Conference, and Dr Hillary Briffa, Senior Lecturer in National Security Studies, King’s College London.

In episode 4 of season 2, Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė speaks to Gen. (Rtd.) Philippe Lavigne, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (2021 - 2024), and Prof. Sir Hew Strachan, Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews.

In episode two of season three, hosts Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė, our Co-founder (Strategy), and Paul Mason, journalist and author, are joined by Prof. Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London, and James Rogers, our Co-founder (Research).

In episode two of season two, hosts Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė, Co-founder and Director of Strategy, Council on Geostrategy, and Paul Mason, journalist and author, are joined by Nathan Mathiot, Head of Policy at ADS Group.

In episode one of season two, hosts Viktorija Starych-Samuolienė, Co-founder at the Council on Geostrategy, and Paul Mason, journalist and author, are joined by Angus Lapsley, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning.

We discuss the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington DC and the challenges that lie ahead for the alliance with David Quarrey and Sir Stuart Atha