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Russia and Ukraine: On the Brink of War
Episode 103
Vladimir Putin is threatening to erase the sovereignty, independence, and self-determination of Ukraine.
What caused this crisis? What are the likel…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Worst of Times
Episode 102
The media have changed a lot in recent years – not for the better. The New York Times certainly isn’t the newspaper it used to be.
Ashley Rindsberg …
4 years, 2 months ago
The Unruly and Not-So-Orderly Rules-based International Order
Episode 101
John Bolton has had quite a few challenging jobs. Among them: presidential national security advisor, ambassador to the United Nations, and several s…
4 years, 2 months ago
Biden’s Moment of Truth in Iran
Episode 100
Negotiations between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran have not gone well. President Biden may soon have to choose between two unapp…
4 years, 2 months ago
H.R. McMaster, the Warrior Ethos, and the Wars Against the West
Episode 99
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) H.R. McMaster is a soldier and a scholar and, these days, a commentator – one might even say a pundit.
His recent essay for National …
4 years, 3 months ago
Chinese Communism 101: Beijing’s Campus Strategy
Episode 97
In recent years, it’s become apparent that the People’s Republic of China intends to eat America’s lunch. No one is more responsible for revealing th…
4 years, 3 months ago
Biden’s Democracy Summitry
Episode 96
On December 9th and 10th, President Biden hosted what he called the Summit for Democracy – a virtual conference to which he invited 110 governments. …
4 years, 3 months ago
Strategic Surprise: A Conversation on Nuclear and Missile Threats with Rep. Mike Turner
Episode 95
The People’s Republic of China recently tested an advanced new hypersonic glide vehicle that circles the Earth and is designed to evade U.S. defenses…
4 years, 4 months ago
King George, America‘s Founders, and the World Shaped by Both
Episode 94
Andrew Roberts has been described as one of Britain’s greatest historians. That’s not true. He’s one of the world’s greatest historians, as his biogr…
4 years, 4 months ago
Willful Blindness: Revisiting the 2021 Gaza War
Episode 93
In 2005, Israelis withdrew from Gaza – every soldier, every farmer, every synagogue, every grave. It was an historic land-for-peace experiment – and …
4 years, 5 months ago