Podcast Episodes

A Successful Failed Summit: Episode 39

Season 1 Episode 39

This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass look ahead to the Trump-Xi summit and ask whether, in this instance, an uneventful meeting…

2 days, 8 hours ago

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Diplomacy Backwards: Episode 38

Season 1 Episode 38

This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass consider a world in which old assumptions no longer hold. They begin with 9/11, what it di…

1 week, 2 days ago

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Deja Vu All Over Again: Episode 37

Season 1 Episode 37

This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass ask whether declaring the Iran war over makes it so. Haass is skeptical: a blockade remain…

2 weeks, 3 days ago

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What Went Wrong? Episode 36

This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass mark six months of the Iran war and ask: what went wrong? Many things is their answer. The…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Who Blinks? Episode 35

Season 1 Episode 35

This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass examine a world discovering that technology, politics, and war are moving faster than inst…

1 month ago

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The Hormuz Dilemma: Episode 34

Season 1 Episode 34

This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass assess a world in which imperfect outcomes may be the best available ones. They begin with…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Overreach: Episode 33

Season 1 Episode 33

This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass assess a world in which overreach has become policy. They begin with Iran, where the Unite…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

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Plan C for Iran: Episode 32

Season 1 Episode 32

This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass ask whether Washington has anything resembling a Plan C for Iran. Haass offers one: First,…

2 months, 1 week ago

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Tehran, Taiwan, & The Knicks: Episode 31

Season 1 Episode 31

This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass take stock of a world long on ceasefires and short on strategy. They begin with the U.S.-I…

3 months ago

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Tehran, Pyongyang, Los Angeles...and MSG: Episode 30

Season 1 Episode 30

John Ellis and Richard Haass take up a world in which problems are less solved than managed. Iran remains unfinished business, with the future of the…

3 months, 1 week ago

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