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Nation States Update: Iran Terror Threats, America’s AI Edge & the China Challenge
Steve Yates delivers a Nation States weekend update on the major national security and geopolitical developments shaping the U.S. competition with Ir…
14 hours ago
Nation States: Grading the Trump-Xi Summit After Washington
Season 1 Episode 42
A state dinner and red-carpet diplomacy made headlines, but Steve Yates focuses on the real scorecard after Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington. From th…
1 day, 12 hours ago
Nation States: Why Trump Rejected Iran’s Seven-Day Hormuz Deal
Season 1 Episode 41
Iran offered a seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but the price was steep: sanctions relief, unfrozen assets, and an end to economic pres…
3 days, 12 hours ago
Nation States: What Main Street Gets From the United Nations
Season 1 Episode 40
As world leaders gather for the United Nations General Assembly, Steve Yates examines a question most Americans rarely ask: what does the United Nati…
1 week, 1 day ago
Nation States: Xi’s Washington Visit and the Test of U.S. Leverage
Season 1 Episode 39
As Xi Jinping heads to Washington for another summit with President Trump, the real question is not what gets announced, but what gets delivered. Ste…
1 week, 3 days ago
Nation States: China’s AI Playbook and America’s Red Line
Season 1 Episode 38
China’s top security officials have laid out their biggest fears about artificial intelligence and the roadmap they believe will keep the Chinese Com…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Nation States: Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong, and China's Defining Test
Season 1 Episode 37
Jimmy Lai's imprisonment has become a measure of far more than one man's fate. Steve Yates examines how the jailed Hong Kong publisher's story challe…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Nation States: Are We at War? The Constitution, Iran, and Presidential Power
Season 1 Episode 36
When does a military conflict become a war, and who gets to decide? Steve Yates examines the constitutional, legal, and political debate surrounding …
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Nation States: Canada, China, and the Future of North America
Season 1 Episode 35
A surprising question at a Canadian security conference sparks a bigger conversation about the future of the U.S.-Canada relationship. Steve Yates lo…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Nation States: Adoption and the American Idea of Belonging
Season 1 Episode 34
America adopts more children into permanent families than any other wealthy nation, and Steve Yates argues that fact reveals something deeper about t…
4 weeks, 1 day ago