As 2025 gathers pace, we reflect on security challenges from the previous year and look at what to expect in the coming months.

What was foreseen and what was unexpected in last year's global security developments? And how have security events altered the trajectory of various regions? In the second episode of this two-part special, host Neil Melvin is joined by colleagues in RUSI's International Security team, Philip Shetler-Jones and Carlos Solar, to examine the year that has passed and to look at what's coming next in the Indo-Pacific and Latin America.