Episode 372: Who Controls Your Health Data? Palantir, the NHS and the Risks of Digital Dependency

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In this episode of The International Risk Podcast, Dominic Bowen speaks with Phil Booth, coordinator of medConfidential and a long-standing campaigner on medical confidentiality, patient consent and data governance, about what Palantir’s growing role in the NHS reveals about public trust, private technology companies and the data infrastructure increasingly underpinning the modern state. The conversation examines…

Can Patients Trust Palantir with Their Health Data?

Can Patients Trust Palantir with Their Health Data?

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The UK’s National Health Service says Palantir’s Federated Data Platform can reduce delays and improve patient care. But concerns over consent, confidentiality and digital dependency raise a deeper question about who controls Britain’s health infrastructure. Written by Edward Penrose – 08/06/26 For patients, the use of data within the NHS rests on an implicit bargain….

Phil Booth

Phil Booth

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Phil Booth is a leading British campaigner on medical confidentiality, patient consent, digital identity and the governance of personal data. He is the coordinator of medConfidential, an independent, non-partisan organisation campaigning for confidentiality and consent in the use of health and social care information. Through medConfidential, Phil has been closely involved in many of the…

Episode 370: The Global Race to Detect the Next Outbreak: Ebola, Hantavirus, and the Politics of Public Health Response with Professor Meru Sheel

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In this episode, we host Professor Meru Sheel to examine whether global health systems are prepared for the next major infectious-disease outbreak. Drawing on her work in infectious-disease epidemiology, vaccine research, emergency preparedness and global health security, Professor Sheel explores the difficult questions now facing governments, public-health agencies and international institutions: how quickly outbreaks can be detected,…

Episode 369: Reopening the Strait: Hormuz, Sea Power, and the Fragility of Global Trade with Dr Emma Salisbury

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This episode with Dr Emma Salisbury explores how the closure of the Strait of Hormuz exposed the vulnerabilities of the global maritime system, revealing how a regional conflict can rapidly become a global economic and security crisis. The conversation examines why critical maritime chokepoints remain central to international trade, energy security, and geopolitical competition, and…

Maritime Chokepoints and Global Shock: The Strait of Hormuz and the Fragility of Trade

Maritime Chokepoints and Global Shock: The Strait of Hormuz and the Fragility of Trade

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In this episode of The International Risk Podcast, Dominic Bowen speaks with Dr Emma Salisbury, a leading expert on maritime security and naval power, about the global implications of disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and what it reveals about the vulnerability of modern trade systems. The Strait of Hormuz is one of the narrowest…

Dr Emma Salisbury

Dr Emma Salisbury

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Dr Emma Salisbury is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow in the National Security Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and an Associate Fellow at the Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre. She researches and writes widely on maritime issues, with particular focus on the US Navy and Royal Navy. Listen to Dominic Bowen and Dr Emma…

Sam Goodman

Sam Goodman

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Sam Goodman is a leading expert on China, Hong Kong, UK-China relations, transnational repression, and the risks posed by authoritarian influence abroad. He is Senior Policy Director at the China Strategic Risks Institute, where his work examines the strategic, political, economic, and security challenges posed by the rise of the People’s Republic of China. He…

China’s Long Arm: Shadow Policing, Diaspora Fear and the New Face of Transnational Repression

China’s Long Arm: Shadow Policing, Diaspora Fear and the New Face of Transnational Repression

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Written by Edward Penrose – 29.05.26 When democratic governments talk about China’s global power, the conversation often turns to trade, technology, Taiwan, military modernisation and diplomacy. These are the familiar reference points of great-power competition. Yet a quieter and more intimate form of state power is increasingly shaping the lives of people far from Beijing…

Episode 368: Shadow Policing and Transnational Repression: China’s Global Campaign Against Critics with Sam Goodman

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In this episode, we host Sam Goodman to explore China’s global campaign of transnational repression, shadow policing, and pressure against critics abroad. Drawing on his work on Hong Kong, UK-China relations, sanctions, the BN(O) community, and economic transnational repression, Sam explains how Chinese and Hong Kong authorities project power beyond their borders through surveillance, diaspora intimidation, legal…