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Tehran’s Nuclear Secrets
Episode 82
David Albright is a physicist, a former nuclear inspector for the International Atomic Energy Agency, an expert on nuclear weapons and nuclear prolif…
4 years, 9 months ago
Eleven Days in May: The Latest Battle in the Long War Against Israel
Episode 81
The Islamic Republic of Iran provides Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad with rockets and other weapons, technology, training, and funding. Over 11 …
4 years, 10 months ago
Biden’s Mission to Realign the Middle East
Episode 80
President Biden has been eager to rejoin the deal that President Obama concluded with Iran’s rulers in 2015 and from which President Trump withdrew t…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Middle East Muddle
Episode 79
Here’s a riddle for you: Name something Presidents Obama, Trump, and Biden have in common? Here's one answer: None has appeared to understand the the…
4 years, 11 months ago
Palestinians Head for the Polls – or Not
Episode 78
In the West Bank and Gaza, elections are not frequent occurrences. The last one was in 2006. Hamas, a terrorist organization opposed to a two-state s…
4 years, 11 months ago
Beijing, the WHO, and the Pandemic
Episode 77
In January, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on the World Health Organization to fully investigate the possibility that the COVID-19 virus …
4 years, 11 months ago
Putin vs. the Press
Episode 76
In the Soviet Union, all media were controlled by the state, and foreign correspondents were severely restricted. Those who hoped — and perhaps belie…
5 years ago
The Thin Red Line: Joby Warrick on the U.S. Response to this Century’s Worst War Crimes
Episode 75
Joby Warrick is a distinguished journalist, a longtime Washington Post national security reporter, and a Pulitzer Prize-winner. His latest book is: “…
5 years ago
The UN and the Illiberal International Order
Episode 74
With the defeat of the Axis Powers in 1945, the United States emerged as the strongest nation on earth. But rather than emulate hegemons of the past,…
5 years, 1 month ago
Iran’s Road from Monarchy to Islamist Theocracy and Empire
Episode 73
February 11, 2021 is the forty-second anniversary of the revolution that transformed Iran from a Western-aligned monarchy to an anti-Western Islamist…
5 years, 2 months ago