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Bomb Fordow, Announce Ceasefire, Headline NATO: Trump's Five Fast Days
NATO summits are usually dry and wonky affairs. This one was different.
To unpack what was said, what wasn’t, and what actually matters, host Cliff Ma…
1 year, 1 month ago
How Goes the War?
Israel and Iran are at war. To break down what’s happening and what could come next, host Cliff May is joined by Admiral (Ret.) Mark Montgomery and B…
1 year, 1 month ago
War Tour d’Horizon
Host Cliff May is joined by his FDD colleagues H.R. McMaster and Brad Bowman to assess the growing cooperation among adversaries like China, Russia, …
1 year, 2 months ago
China Since Tiananmen
Thirty-six years ago this week, the Chinese Communist Party crushed pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square with tanks and bullets. The death toll…
1 year, 2 months ago
Iran on the brink — or is the West getting played?
Is Iran on the brink, or is the West getting played again? Filling in for host Cliff May, Behnam Ben Taleblu is joined by Andrea Stricker and Saeed G…
1 year, 2 months ago
No Pain (for Putin), No Gain
President Trump’s May 19 phone call with Vladimir Putin does not appear to be two hours well-spent. According to readouts, the Russian ruler agreed t…
1 year, 2 months ago
A Hundred Years of Holy War
Following the Oct. 7, 2023 invasion of Israel and the pogrom carried out by terrorists from Hamas and affiliated Islamist organizations, and some Gaz…
1 year, 2 months ago
Melanie Phllips on Who Built the West and Who Can Save It
Melanie Phillips is a British journalist, broadcaster, and author.
Her weekly column currently appears in The Times of London. She’s a regular panelis…
1 year, 3 months ago
Bombers and Ballistic Missiles with Gen. Bussiere
China is conducting what a top US military officer called a breathtaking expansion and modernization of its nuclear and conventional forces. An Octob…
1 year, 3 months ago
Dealing with Tehran
Last week, Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said that talks with the Trump administration appear to be going wel…
1 year, 3 months ago