Power Players is a narrative-led series from Sibylline, researched and voiced by our regional experts. Each episode explores a major actor shaping the global landscape - from individuals, governments, militias and intelligence agencies to political movements, criminal networks and multinational corporations. Blending geopolitical analysis, historical context and strategic insight, Power Players examines how influence is built, exercised, and contested behind the world’s most consequential events. Designed to go beyond the headlines, the series gives listeners the context, motivations and power dynamics needed to better understand the forces shaping today’s geopolitical environment.
In this episode of Power Players, Senior Editor Leo Collins explores the narrow waterways that quietly underpin the global economy and the immense geopolitical influence they provide to any actor that controls them.
From the Strait of Hormuz and the Strait of Malacca to the Bab al-Mandeb and the Panama Canal, Leo examines how a handful of strategic corridors have shaped empires, fuelled economic growth and become critical pressure points in an increasingly contested world.
The episode traces the history of these vital routes, the states and non-state actors that wield influence over them and the growing efforts by major powers to develop alternative trade corridors. It also explores the risks posed by conflict, climate change and infrastructure vulnerabilities, revealing how disruption in a few key locations can reverberate across global energy markets, exacerbating the risks facing supply chains and food security.
As nations race to build new routes and reduce their dependence on maritime bottlenecks, this episode examines why the future of global power may belong not to those who control the chokepoints, but to those who can bypass them.
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15 May 2026
The Assassination That Changed Executive Security | Power Players
In this episode of Power Players, Threat Intelligence Analyst James Barrett examines how the assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson reshaped conversations around executive protection and elevated the risks facing high-profile business leaders.
The episode explores the alleged motivations behind the attack, the rise of online support networks surrounding Luigi Mangione and the broader social and political grievances driving hostility towards corporate executives. James also examines how lone actor threats are evolving and why businesses are struggling to detect warning signs before incidents occur.
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13 Apr 2026
BRICS | Power Players
In this episode of Power Players, Sibylline’s Senior Editor, Leo Collins, explores the evolution of BRICS from an economic concept into a growing geopolitical counterweight to the Western-led order.
Leo unpacks the bloc’s expansion, its push towards local currency trade and sanction-resistant financial infrastructure, and the strategic importance of its growing membership across key regions and trade routes.
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