This Means War

Peter Roberts

Booking Overview

Interview-led military and national-security podcast focused on contemporary warfare, defense policy, military operations, and future conflict, with recurring guests from senior military, government, parliamentary, think-tank, and resilience leadership roles. Credible pitches include retired senior officers, defense and security researchers, national-resilience leaders, policymakers, and experts in cyber, land warfare, deterrence, or defense finance; booking is likely high difficulty because recent guests hold substantial institutional authority and public prominence.

Metrics

Episodes: 96

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: United Kingdom

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

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Host

Peter Roberts - Host and publisher covering contemporary warfare, defense, and national security.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Senior military officers or veterans, defense and national-security researchers, government and parliamentary figures, resilience leaders, and specialists with substantial expertise in warfare, deterrence, cyber operations, defense policy, or military technology.

Required Achievements:

Senior military command or government service, Leadership of a recognized think tank, commission, or national-security initiative, Established expertise in defense, warfare, resilience, or cyber operations, Public policy influence and experience advising institutions or governments

Recent Guest Discussions

Robbie Boyd - Defense Finance, Deterrence, Military Investment, And Funding For Weapons, Ammunition, And Defense Industry Capabilities.

Jack Watling - Land Power, Lessons From Ukraine, Battlefield Transparency, Dispersion, Counter-command-and-control Warfare, Logistics, And Drone Operations.

Ewan Lawson - The Uk's Defence Investment Plan, Missile And Air Defense, Societal Resilience, Cyber Operations, And The Uk-us Security Relationship.

Mike Martin - Parliamentary Scrutiny Of The Ministry Of Defence, Military Governance, Accountability, And Defense Oversight.

Toby Harris - National Preparedness, Resilient Infrastructure, Emergency Planning, Public Engagement, And Government Investment Priorities.

Recent Topics

Military, National Security, Warfare, Defense Policy, Military Technology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

This Means War

Financing Deterrence

September 07, 2026

The charter for the Defence, Security, and Resilience Bank (DSRB) has been signed and founding members – notably including both Canada and Luxenberg – are piling on the pressure to start making funding available to member states, industrial primes, and commercial SMEs. According for Brigadier General (retired) Robbie Boyd, this is the best and most significant piece of innovation to have happened to deterrence in the least 45 years. The DSRB has become as political as it is economic and offer...

Land Power and contemporary conflict

August 10, 2026

The reticence of Western governments to use Land Forces on operations has been notable of late. Dr Jack Watling, from RUSI in London, talks through the reasons for this, the lessons from Ukraine (and whether these are different from lessons from other theatres), whether both the battlefield is transparent and if dispersion is helping, the strategies being employed by various belligerents, counter C2 warfare (with specific emphasis on the IDF experiences), logistics, the human requirement when...

The DIP: It's not about national security

July 27, 2026

Despite all the diatribes written about the UK's 2026 Defence Investment Plan, the root of the issue wasn't identified; that the plan was about military hardware and not about the UK's National Security. Ewan Lawson talks about three aspects of the DIP that underline this. First, the UK's missile and air defence plans as an example of the military's attitude towards societal resilience and critical national infrastructure: Hybrid war is a Transition to War (in old money) and not a synonym for...

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