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One Decision
Tough decisions rattle us all to the core. But for our guests on One Decision— the choices they are up against can also shape history. No pressure! They take us through all of their doubts, emotions and—sometimes unexpected--consequences. A fresh take on foreign policy. Hear the former head of Mi6, Sir Richard Dearlove alongside international journalists as they analyse, interview, and discuss.
Episodes
One DecisionTrump's Venezuela Raid. A Warning for Europe
In this episode of One Decision, host Kate McCann and co-host Sir Ben Wallace, former UK Defence Secretary, speak with former US National Security Advisor to…
One DecisionIn Brief: How Trump Captured Maduro
On this week’s One Decision In Brief, host Kate McCann is joined by co-host and former UK Defence Secretary Sir Ben Wallace to examine the fallout of the…
One DecisionEx-Spy Chiefs on What to Watch for in 2026
This week, Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision’s resident spymaster and former Chief of MI6, sits down for our annual Spy Chiefs roundtable. Tune into this…
One DecisionIn Brief: China’s National Security Law Explained
On this week’s One Decision In Brief, hosts Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dearlove, former MI6 Chief, examine the security risks posed by major Chinese companies…
One DecisionA Year in Review: Foreign Policy in 2025
In this special year-end episode of One Decision, host Sir Richard Dearlove, former Chief of MI6, welcomes a panel featuring Sabrina Singh, former Deputy…
One DecisionIn Brief: Havana Syndrome. What is it...And is it Real?
In this episode of One Decision In Brief, hosts Christina Ruffini and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of MI6, dive into a very controversial and perplexing…
One DecisionThe Threat To China's Superpower Status
This week on One Decision, guest host Mary Alice Parks and Sir Richard Dearlove, former Chief of MI6, sit down with Jon Czin, former Director for China at the…
One DecisionIn Brief: What Ukraine Is Sacrificing for Peace
In this episode of One Decision In Brief, hosts Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dearlove, former MI6 Chief, assess the most recent face-to-face talks between the…
One DecisionWhy The Arctic Is Russia's New Battleground
This week on One Decision, guest host Rosanna Lockwood and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6 sit down with Ambassador Mike Sfraga, the first…
One DecisionIn Brief: How An Ex-al Qaeda Fighter Became The Leader of Syria
In this episode of One Decision In Brief, hosts Christina Ruffini and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, take a deep look at the surprising…
One DecisionWill Maduro's Regime Survive Trump's Pressure?
This week on One Decision, hosts Christina Ruffini and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, are joined by Venezuela expert Phil Gunson, Senior…
One DecisionIn Brief: Will Trump's Moscow Mission Lead To a Peace Deal?
In this episode of One Decision In Brief, hosts Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, break down the latest meeting in Florida…
One DecisionIs Trump Scoring A Peace Deal for Ukraine... Or Putin?
This week on One Decision, hosts Christina Ruffini and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, are joined by Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador…
One DecisionIn Brief: Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan. What's at Stake for Europe?
In this episode of One Decision In Brief, hosts Christina Ruffini and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, break down President Donald Trump's…
One DecisionHow Ukraine's Drone Warfare is Weakening Putin's Army
In this week’s episode of One Decision, hosts Kate McCann and Sir Ben Wallce, former UK Defence Secretary, sit down for a conversation with Andriy Zagorodnyuk…
One DecisionIn Brief: What is Trump's Endgame in Venezuela?
In this episode of One Decision In Brief, hosts Kate McCann and Sir Ben Wallace, former UK Defence Secretary, break down President Donald Trump's latest moves…
One DecisionWill AI Upend The Global Economy?
In this episode of One Decision, hosts Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, sit down with Mohamed El-Erian, renowned economist…
One DecisionIn Brief: What's Going On Inside Putin's Inner Circle?
In this episode of One Decision In Brief, hosts Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, discuss the BBC's latest crisis after…
One DecisionAmerica Wants to Test Nuclear Weapons. How Would it Actually Work?
In this episode of One Decision, hosts Christina Ruffini and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, are joined by Corey Hinderstein, former deputy…
One DecisionIn Brief: Why Trump Is Threatening Military Action in Nigeria
In this episode of One Decision In Brief, hosts Christina Ruffini and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, unpack President Donald Trump's…
One DecisionInside China's Chokehold on Rare Earth Minerals
This week on One Decision, hosts Christina Ruffini and former MI6 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove are joined by Liza Tobin, former China Director at the National…
One DecisionIn Brief: Why Trump Is Targeting Venezuela
In this week’s One Decision In Brief, hosts Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of MI6, break down the latest developments in Latin America…
One DecisionWhen Will Putin's War Machine Break Down?
This week on One Decision, hosts Kate McCann and former MI6 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove sit down with Russian military scholar Mark Galeotti to examine a war…
One DecisionIn Brief: Trump's Tomahawk Turnaround
In this episode of One Decision In Brief, hosts Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, break down the recent meeting in Washington…
One DecisionWhy Is Trump Feuding With India?
In this week’s episode One Decision, hosts Christina Ruffini and former MI6 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove sit down with former Los Angeles Mayor and U.S…
One DecisionIn Brief: What Comes After the Israel-Gaza Peace Deal?
In this week’s One Decision In Brief, hosts Kate McCann and former MI6 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove unpack President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace deal—what…
One DecisionWill America’s Tariff Policy Backfire?
In this week’s episode of One Decision, hosts Christina Ruffini and former MI6 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove sit down with Pascal Lamy, former Director-General of…
One DecisionBonus: Is This Europe’s Wake-Up Call?
At the Warsaw Security Forum, former MI6 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove and Christina Ruffini speak with UK Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel and former…
One DecisionTop Defense Leaders on How Ukraine Can Win
From cyberattacks to drones over NATO skies, defense leaders believe Russia is probing for weakness. At the Warsaw Security Forum, Estonian Defense Minister…
One DecisionIn Brief: Why Ukraine Can Help Counter Russian Drones
In this week’s One Decision In Brief, Christina Ruffini and former MI6 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove report from the Warsaw Security Forum, where Poland has…
One DecisionInside Palantir: The Future of Global Security and AI
Is Palantir a sinister surveillance giant — or the gold standard in mission-critical software? In this episode of One Decision, hosts Christina Ruffini and…
One DecisionIn Brief: Why Does Putin Keep Violating NATO Airspace?
In this week’s One Decision In Brief, Christina Ruffini and former MI6 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove assess Russia’s latest gray-zone provocations — from fighter…
One DecisionWhy Robert Reich Thinks He Failed America
In this episode of One Decision, hosts Christina Ruffini and former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta sit down with Robert Reich, former Labor Secretary…
One DecisionIn Brief: What to Expect from Trump's Visit to the UK
In this week’s One Decision In Brief, hosts Kate McCann and former MI6 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove assess the stakes behind President Donald Trump’s historic…
One DecisionEx-Israeli PM on Netanyahu's Motives in Gaza, Qatar Fallout
This week on One Decision, host Kate McCann welcomes Sir Ben Wallace, former UK Defence Secretary, to the podcast as a co-host. They discuss the recent Israeli…
One DecisionIn Brief: Is Trump Driving Modi Closer to Xi & Putin?
In this episode of One Decision In Brief, hosts Christina Ruffini and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, unpack how the latest strike on…
One DecisionWhy Putin's War Economy is Soon to Crack
How fragile is the state of Russia’s economy? In this episode of One Decision, hosts Christina Ruffini and Sir Richard Dearlove, former MI6 Chief, sit down…
One DecisionIn Brief: How Israel’s AI Warfare is Changing the Battlefield
In this week’s One Decision In Brief, hosts Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dearlove, former MI6 Chief, discuss how Israel is deploying AI on the battlefield and…
One DecisionWhy This Israeli Security Expert Abandoned the Two-State Solution
In this episode of One Decision, Sir Richard Dearlove, former MI6 chief, and journalist Christina Ruffini speak with Professor Chuck Freilich, Israel’s former…
One DecisionIn Brief: What the John Bolton FBI Search Reveals About Handling Intel Secrets
This week on One Decision In Brief, hosts Christina Ruffini and former MI6 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove explore what the FBI search of former National Security…
One DecisionInside Negotiations to End the War in Ukraine
In this week’s episode of One Decision, host Sir Richard Dearlove, former MI6 Chief, is joined by former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst to assess the…
One DecisionIn Brief: Why Trump Cut an AI Chip Deal For China
Why is Donald Trump letting Nvidia sell chips to China, and what does it mean for global power politics? In this episode of One Decision In Brief, hosts Kate…
One DecisionTwo Spy Chiefs on What to Expect at the Trump-Putin Summit
In this episode of One Decision, former MI6 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove and former CIA Director Leon Panetta bring a level of insight into the Trump–Putin…
One DecisionIn Brief: What Europe Fears Most From Trump's Meeting with Putin
President Donald Trump is set to meet Vladimir Putin in Alaska. But Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky won’t be in the room. On this week’s One Decision In Brief…
One DecisionAre Tech Barons Amassing Too Much Power in America?
From Bolsonaro to Orbán, what drives leaders who reject democratic norms—and what keeps them in power? One Decision hosts Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dealove…
One DecisionIn Brief: Can Trump's Envoy Make a Deal in Moscow?
This week on One Decision In Brief, Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dearlove, former MI6 Chief, analyze how an Israeli minister’s visit to Temple Mount and Hamas’s…
One DecisionWhat a Nuclear Physicist in Congress Thinks of Trump's AI Strategy, Iran's Bomb Threat
In this week’s episode of One Decision, Congressman Bill Foster — the only Ph.D. physicist in Congress — joins hosts Christina Ruffini and Sir Richard Dearlove…
One DecisionIn Brief: Trump’s EU Trade Deal, Gaza's Hunger Crisis Deepens
In this episode of One Decision In Brief, hosts Sir Richard Dearlove, former MI6 Chief, and Christina Ruffini unpack Donald Trump’s new trade deal with the…
One DecisionThe AI Threat No One Knows How to Stop
In this episode, “The Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton joins One Decision hosts Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dearlove to discuss the growing global race to…
One DecisionIn Brief: Israel Strikes Syria, Britain's Data Leak
In this week’s One Decision In Brief, hosts Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dearlove examine Israel’s expanding operations in Syria and its backing of the Druze…
One DecisionIf Ukraine Falls, Is Global Security At Risk? A Republican Congressman Weighs In
In this week’s episode, Congressman Don Bacon, a self-described “old school Reagan Republican,” joins hosts Sir Richard Dearlove and Christina Ruffini to…
One DecisionIn Brief: America's Diplomatic Shakeup, France Bolsters Military
This week on One Decision In Brief, hosts Christina Ruffini and Sir Richard Dearlove unpack the latest shifts in diplomacy, notably U.S. Secretary of State…
One DecisionWhat a Nuclear Expert Told Us About Iran's Next Moves
In this week’s episode of One Decision, Laura Holgate, the former U.S. Ambassador to the Vienna Office of the United Nations and the International Atomic…
One DecisionIn Brief: Trump & Bibi Meet, UK-EU Shift
This week on One Decision In Brief, Sir Richard Dearlove and Kate McCann upack the high-stakes meeting between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu as the world…
One DecisionEx-Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on China, Trump & UK's Future
In this week's episode, hosts Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dearlove, former chief of Britain's MI6, sit down with Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt, who has served as…
One DecisionIn Brief: What's Next for the Iranian Regime?
In this edition of One Decision In Brief, hosts Christina Ruffini and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, explore the opening of Greenland to…
One DecisionUK Defense Minister on Ukraine After NATO Summit
In this week's episode, hosts Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, wrap up their on-the-ground reporting at the NATO summit in…
One DecisionAt NATO Summit: Senior US Senator on Peace Prospects for Iran, Ukraine
In this bonus episode, hosts Kate McCann and Sir Richard Dearlove are on the ground in The Hague, Netherlands where they're reporting from the NATO Summit…
One DecisionFormer Ambassador to Israel, Spy Chief on Iran’s Next Moves
In this week's episode, host Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, is joined by Sir David Manning, a former colleague and friend. Manning is…
One DecisionIn Brief: What's at Stake for the Gulf States in the Israel-Iran Conflict
In this edition of One Decision In Brief, hosts Christina Ruffini and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6, sit down to break down the ongoing…