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Episode 185
It is the opinion of your Foreign Podicy host, Cliff May, that Andrew Roberts is the world’s greatest living historian.
In recent years, he has writte…
2 years, 5 months ago
Penetrating the Fog of Israel’s War
Episode 184
Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel has led to war. We have to think that’s what Hamas and its patrons in Tehran expected and very likely wanted.
Is tha…
2 years, 5 months ago
The 10/7 War
Episode 183
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, 5 months ago
Ukraine in the Balance: A Conversation with Assistant Secretary of Defense Celeste Wallander
Episode 182
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, 6 months ago
News Bulletin From Iran, 70 Years Late
Episode 181
“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, 6 months ago
Guests of the Ayatollah
Episode 180
“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, 6 months ago
The Polish Perspective
Episode 179
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, 7 months ago
Mexico Is Going South
Episode 178
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, 7 months ago
“No Freebies For Dictators” and other Abrams Doctrines
Episode 177
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, 7 months ago
Ukraine: What comes next?
Episode 176
"It's not a sprint, it's a marathon."
That was the reported assessment of a Ukrainian battalion commander recently describing Kyiv's counteroffensive …
2 years, 8 months ago