Podcast Episodes

China’s Strategy for Trump (w/Kurt Campbell)

President Trump heads to Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping at a moment of growing instability in the Middle East and rising anxiety ac…

5 hours ago

Iran War & Trump’s Europe Troop Drawdown: What Comes Next?

Iran war developments, including new signs of a potential deal, UAE’s withdrawal from OPEC, and what weeks of conflict have revealed about U.S. lever…

6 days, 17 hours ago

China’s Engineering State vs. America’s Lawyerly Society (w/Dan Wang)

Dan Wang, author of Breakneck, breaks down the divide between China’s “engineering state” and America’s “lawyerly society” and what that means for th…

2 weeks ago

Debating the War in Iran and U.S. Strategy (w/H.R. McMaster and Matt Pottinger)

H.R. McMaster and Matt Pottinger, former National Security Adviser and Deputy National Security Adviser to President Trump in his first administratio…

3 weeks ago

John Kerry on Iran, Israel, and Diplomacy

Former Secretary of State John Kerry, who has spent more time negotiating with Iranian leaders than anyone, joins Jake and Jon to discuss the maratho…

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Iran Ceasefire Explained: Winners, Losers, and What Comes Next

Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer break down the ceasefire between the United States and Iran, announced Tuesday evening. 

They walk through how the deal c…

1 month ago

Trump's Iran Speech & Debating the Deal

One month into the war with Iran, President Trump addressed the nation in prime time — but instead of clarity, the same big questions remain about ho…

1 month, 1 week ago

"Chasing the Dragon" In Iran (with Sen. Ruben Gallego)

Senator Ruben Gallego, a Marine veteran of the Iraq War and U.S. Senator from Arizona, joins Jake and Jon to discuss the war in Iran and Congress’s r…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Iran War Energy Crisis Is Here (with Helima Croft)

Helima Croft, Head of Global Commodity Strategy at RBC Capital Markets and former CIA economic analyst, joins Jake and Jon as the war with Iran trigg…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

America Doesn’t Understand Iran And It Shows (with Danny Citrinowicz)

Former Israeli Defense Intelligence officer Danny Citrinowicz joins the show to assess where the war with Iran stands following the killing of Suprem…

2 months ago