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Episode
Former Head of MI6: How The Ukraine War Will End & What If China Invades Taiwan? (Sir Alex Younger)
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827K
3.9× the show’s average
Episode827K
Show avg212K
Published
17mo ago
May 5, 2025
Length
1h 04m
show avg 1h 04m
From the show
Chapters
What is the real job of a spy? What is the role of the UK’s intelligence community in Trump’s new world order? How does the relationship between politicians and intelligence services work?
- 0:00Putin's mindset and Russia's posture toward the West
- 0:28Introduction to Alex Younger and career overview
- 2:22How the world has changed since the Cold War
- 4:06MI6 secrecy and a story about telling his mother
- 6:34Motivation and idealism in joining MI6
- 8:10How MI6 officers work today: fieldwork vs. digital
- 9:36Shift to counterterrorism post-9/11
- 13:14The Iraq War and intelligence failures
- 15:02Speaking truth to power and the role of spies
- 20:01Afghanistan and the political nature of insurgency
- 22:57Gaza, Israel, and the intelligence agency's role
- 24:08October 7 attacks and Israeli intelligence failure
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