Podcast Episodes

How Weak Is Iran?

Donald Trump pledged not to entangle the United States in wars in the Middle East. But last weekend, he joined Israel’s air campaign against Iran, bombing three nuclear sites before claiming that Ira…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Iran, Israel, and the Middle East in Tumult

Less than a week ago, on June 12, Israel launched a barrage of attacks against Iran, targeting nuclear sites, missile depots, and military and political leaders. Since then, the two countries have ex…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

What Trump Gets Wrong About the Global Economy

U.S. President Donald Trump famously tweeted during his first term, “Trade wars are good, and easy to win.” But the record of the trade war that Trump started with his so-called Liberation Day tariff…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Another China Is Possible

It has become a trope to lament and lambast the wishful thinking that shaped U.S. policy toward China in the two decades after the Cold War. That policy rested on a prediction about China’s future: t…

Published on 3 months ago

Sudan’s Intractable War

The war in Sudan gets only a fraction of the attention that conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza and potential conflicts elsewhere get. But after two years of fighting, it has created the biggest humanitari…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Can Trump Remake the Middle East?

Donald Trump just finished his first tour of the Middle East since returning to the White House. The region has changed a lot since he was last there as president. There’s been Hamas’s attack on Isra…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Has the United States Gone Rogue?

In a little more than 100 days, Donald Trump has set about dismantling much of the international order that has prevailed since World War II. That’s true of traditional U.S. approaches to trade, to c…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Understanding How Trump Sees the World

Donald Trump’s first National Security Strategy, released at the end of 2017, announced the start of a new era for American foreign policy—one that put great-power competition at its center and focus…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Planning for a Post-American Future in Ukraine

Donald Trump famously promised to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of returning to the White House. But he is just over 100 days into his presidency, and the war is certainly not over.

With Kyi…

Published on 4 months ago

Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Fix Global Trade

Donald Trump’s embrace of tariffs should come as no surprise. For decades, he has claimed that other countries are ripping Americans off—and promised to use tariffs to remake a global trade system th…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago