Inside a World Glowing Red: Xi’s Purges, Ukraine’s Reality & Iran's Options (With General Petraeus)

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A first! For the first time since our inception 6 years ago, we welcome back a guest for their third visit. General David Petraeus, once described by Simon Sebag Montefiore as the ultimate soldier-scholar, is Chairman of the KKR Global Institute. Prior to this, David had a distinguished US military career and was CIA Director during the Obama administration. Starting with the Indo-Pacific he assesses President Xi’s removal of his top Generals, what this might mean, and why peace must prevail despite the undercurrent of tensions. Having returned recently from Ukraine, he then gives some fresh perspectives which challenge stale narratives and describes the immense scale of loss of Russian lives and the technological prowess of Ukraine manufacturing and know-how. He then weights Iran’s options; the US’s potential moves and the perspective of other Middle Eastern nations. Finally he offers advice for leaders in an environment where “just in time” has morphed into “just in case”. TOPICS: 00:02:19 US–China strategic competition and deterrence 00:13:30 Ukraine war outlook, sanctions, and military innovation 00:28:00 Iran, regional deterrence, and GCC perspectives 00:44:26 Alliances, NATO burden-sharing, and gray-zone threats 00:59:00 Business leadership in a geopolitically driven economy RECORDING DATE: *February 10th 2026* SPONSORS: - Schroders is a global investment and wealth manager, with a purpose to provide excellent investment performance to clients, through active investment management. Find out more: https://www.schroders.com/en/global/individual/ - IFM Investors are a global institutional asset manager whose purpose is to invest, protect and grow the long term retirement savings of working people. They manage investments across infrastructure, debt, listed equities and private equity assets. Find out more: https://ifminvestors.com/en-gb/ - The World Gold Council is membership organisation that champions the role gold plays as a strategic asset, shaping the future of a responsible and accessible go