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The Lands in Between
Episode 125
In addition to following Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine, host Cliff May has also been trying to understand what’s going on in "the lands between…
3 years, 8 months ago
Sic Semper Tyrannis
Episode 124
Professor Waller R. Newell is a political theorist and historian of ideas. He specializes in the history of tyranny from ancient times to the present…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Midway Measures Trap
Episode 123
Decades ago, Richard Bernstein opened Time magazine’s first bureau in Beijing. He was later New York Times bureau chief at the UN, in Paris, and in B…
3 years, 9 months ago
Turkey and America: Can This Marriage Be Saved?
Episode 122
Not so long ago, Turkey was widely regarded as the bridge between the Occident and the Orient, between Christian Europe and the Muslim Middle East. T…
3 years, 9 months ago
Nonproliferation, Biodefense, and National Security
Episode 120
Jackie Wolcott previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in Vienna and as U.S. representative to the International Atomic Energy…
3 years, 10 months ago
NATO and Its Discontents
Episode 119
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, better known by its acronym, NATO, was founded in 1949 to contain Soviet expansionism.
President Truman told …
3 years, 10 months ago
Deal or No Deal: Confronting the Islamic Republic of Iran the Reagan Way
Episode 118
FDD experts have worked for more than a decade on the threat posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
As part of a multi-pronged strategy, FDD has shar…
3 years, 10 months ago
Why They Fight
Episode 117
Russia's war in Ukraine underscores, among other things, the urgency of boosting Taiwan's military readiness. Meanwhile, many Americans remain bitter…
3 years, 10 months ago
An Israel Briefing
Episode 121
Russia ravages Ukraine. China eyes Taiwan. North Korea prepares a nuclear test. And negotiations for a new — and worse — iteration of President Obama…
3 years, 11 months ago
Why America Can’t Be Denmark
Episode 114
Can there be anyone not shocked and appalled by Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine – a war intended to extinguish Ukraine as an independent nation; a wa…
3 years, 11 months ago