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Thinking Bigly at Foggy Bottom
Episode 72
Starting in 2019, and until the recent change of administration, Peter Berkowitz served as director of Policy Planning at the State Department. That’…
5 years, 2 months ago
Arms Control and the Man
Episode 71
Marshall Billingslea has worked on a range of significant and difficult national security issues.
He served as Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Fina…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Powers that Should Be
Episode 70
Robert Gates served as secretary of defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He also has served as director of the Central Intellige…
5 years, 4 months ago
The Rise of the Illiberal World Order
Episode 69
In theory, the United Nations and other international organizations express the will of something called “the international community,” while enforci…
5 years, 4 months ago
Sharansky’s Lives
Episode 68
Natan Sharansky grew up in the Soviet Union where he became an elite mathematician and chess whiz. But he also became a dissident, a human rights act…
5 years, 5 months ago
China’s German Connection
Episode 67
Chinese President Xi Jinping sees the United States as the primary adversary and rival of the People’s Republic of China. His intention is to end Ame…
5 years, 5 months ago
The U.S. Military’s Southern Exposure: Trouble in the Neighborhood
Episode 66
The U.S. Southern Command, SOUTHCOM, is one of six geographic combatant commands. It’s responsible for planning, operations and security cooperation …
5 years, 5 months ago
H.R. McMaster and the Fight to Defend the Free World
Episode 65
LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster is a soldier, scholar and strategist. A graduate of West Point, he served in the U.S. Army for 34 years, earning a doctorate…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Iraq-Iran War: An Unhappy 40th Anniversary
Episode 64
On September 22, 1980, Iraq and Iran went to war. The conflict dragged on for eight long years, taking an estimated half million lives. When it was o…
5 years, 6 months ago
Our Man in Geneva: The UN is bigger – but not better – than you think.
Episode 63
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in New York is often a high-profile figure. Think of Nikki Haley, John Bolton, Jeane Kirkpatrick — or, goin…
5 years, 6 months ago