meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Politics Unpacked

The Changing Face of War

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News, Politics, News & Politics

4.11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

As the world faces another major conflict, Matt takes a look at the history and changing nature of warfare since 1945 with former director of the CIA General David Petraeus and historian Andrew Roberts.


Plus: Columnists Tom McTague and Jane Merrick discuss British influence in the Middle East, whether Sir Patrick Vallance's Covid-19 diaries should be kept private, and the tree-felling that brought down a Conservative council.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This episode of Red Box is brought to you in association with SSE,

0:04.7

a leading clean energy champion, accelerating the transition to net zero.

0:10.8

SSE is investing over £9 million a day in cleaner, more secure, homegrown energy.

0:17.7

That includes transforming networks across the country to connect renewable energy,

0:22.4

households and businesses to a greener grid, pioneering low carbon flexible technologies,

0:28.5

such as carbon capture and storage, and building the world's largest offshore wind farm,

0:33.6

a doggar bank off the coast of Yorkshire. When complete, doggar bank will be capable of

0:39.2

powering over £6 million a year with clean renewable energy, a major step towards the UK

0:46.3

achieving net zero carbon emissions. And all this is creating thousands of sustainable green jobs

0:53.9

in communities right across the UK. Find out more about what SSE are doing at SSE.com slash change.

1:06.9

Hello, this is the Red Box podcast. I'm Matt Chorley, bringing you the best of my time to show

1:11.1

politics without the boy bits Monday to Friday, 10 till 1. On your DAB radio, on your smart speaker,

1:16.2

or download the Times Radio app, coming up on today's episode as the world faces another

1:23.9

major conflict. I've been looking at the history, the shape, the changing nature of warfare with

1:30.6

General David Patrice, former head of the CIA, oversaw operations in Iraq and Afghanistan,

1:35.2

and the historian Andrew Roberts has got a new book out looking at conflict since the second world

1:40.4

wall, really fascinating chat with them, giving some sense of the shape of how conflicts unfold,

1:45.1

particularly our focus was on Ukraine. That's coming up in just a moment. But first, let's take a look

1:50.0

at a smorgasbord of news with today's columnist panel.

1:57.3

The columnists on Times Radio.

2:03.5

The new independent on Sunday. Are you getting the full story?

2:08.6

Yes, nice for joining us. Another independent on Sunday reunion, former employees of Britain's

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Anna Covell, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Anna Covell and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.