Podcast Episodes

The 10/7 War

Israel is at war with Hamas — a real war, not another “mow the grass” conflict.

Hamas is one of the terrorist groups funded, armed, trained and instru…

2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine in the Balance: A Conversation with Assistant Secretary of Defense Celeste Wallander

Americans, our elected officials in Congress, and individuals aspiring to be the next U.S. president are debating whether the United States should co…

2 years, 10 months ago

News Bulletin From Iran, 70 Years Late

“What’s past is prologue,” Shakespeare informed us. But what if the past is misunderstood? Or misrepresented?

 What if policy makers are making polici…

2 years, 10 months ago

Guests of the Ayatollah

“Hostage diplomacy” is a term you’ll frequently see in the media, but it's a misleading term. What we’re really talking about: Dictators kidnapping a…

2 years, 10 months ago

The Polish Perspective

Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is illegal, immoral, brutal, and barbarian. 

And if you agree that there is no good alternative to American leadership…

2 years, 11 months ago

Mexico Is Going South

Host Cliff May lived in Mexico in the late 1970s. Back then, there were reasons to believe Mexico was moving in the right direction. That’s no longer…

2 years, 11 months ago

“No Freebies For Dictators” and other Abrams Doctrines

Elliott Abrams has been in the foreign policy business for a rather long time. Years ago, he served on the staffs of Democratic Senators Henry “Scoop…

2 years, 11 months ago

Ukraine: What comes next?

"It's not a sprint, it's a marathon."

That was the reported assessment of a Ukrainian battalion commander recently describing Kyiv's counteroffensive …

3 years ago

The Game of War: Part II

In Part II of the Game of War, host Cliff May is again joined by Dr. Ben Jensen and RADM (Ret) Mark Montgomery to continue their discussion on wargam…

3 years ago

Pacific Overtures

China’s rulers gaze across the Taiwan Strait and see an island where people are free, prosperous, and choose their leaders. They don’t like that. The…

3 years ago