All Episodes

Fault Lines Episode 614: Drones and Diplomacy

Fault Lines Episode 613: After the Earthquake — Venezuela and the Limits of American Soft Power

Fault Lines Episode 612: Engines of Alliance: A Defense Deal for Turkey?

Fault Lines Episode 611: El Tigre and Rainbow Face: Picks for Latin America and the Wizards

Fault Lines Episode 610: Murky Waters and Muddied Deals

Fault Lines Episode 609: MOU: Hormuz Confuz

Fault Lines Episode 608: Deal or No Deal: The Upcoming U.S.-Iran Nuclear Agreement

Fault Lines Episode 607: FISA and FIFA

Fault Lines Episode 606: North Korea: Juche or Joining the Authoritarian Bloc?

Fault Lines Episode 605: Iran Hits Israel: 100 Days and Escalating

Fault Lines Episode 604: Round Two for Tariffs

Fault Lines Episode 603: Trump’s AI Exec Order: The Next Phase of the AI Arms Race?

Fault Lines Episode 602: Reframing Asian Alliances: Hegseth at Shangri-La

Fault Lines Episode 601: Losing the Plot in Iran?

Fault Lines Episode 600: Full Circle to Tehran

Fault Lines Episode 599: Epic Fury, No Exit Strategy?

Fault Lines Episode 598: Containment Under Pressure: Ebola and Global Security

Fault Lines Episode 597: Starmer’s Stormy Sturm and Drang

Fault Lines Episode 596: Peloponnesian Warning: Xi, Trump, and Taiwan

Fault Lines Episode 595: Iran Reloads as the Gulf Strikes Back

Fault Lines Episode 594: The Beijing Summit's Fine Print

Fault Lines Episode 593: Cracks in the Kremlin

Fault Lines Episode 592: The Art of the One Pager

Fault Lines Episode 591: A New Hope: America's Fight for the Final Frontier

Fault Lines Episode 590: Germany, Trump, and the Transatlantic Rift

Fault Lines Episode 589: The Oil Order Unravels: UAE leaves OPEC

Fault Lines Episode 588: Chaos at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Fault Lines Episode 587: Satellites, Drones, and Deniability: China’s Hand in Iran

Fault Lines Episode 586: Schrödinger's Ceasefire: Iran's Deal That Isn't (Yet)

Fault Lines Episode 585: Ceasefire in Name Only: Iran, the Strait, and What Happens Wednesday

Fault Lines Episode 584: An Ancient Rivalry Returns: Tensions between Church and State

Fault Lines Episode 583: Breaking the Silence: Israel and Lebanon's Historic Talks

Fault Lines Episode 582: Hungary Turns the Page: The Fall of Orbán

Fault Lines Episode 581: China’s Unsinkable Aircraft Carriers

Fault Lines Episode 580: Whiplash on the Strait: Ceasefire or Capitulation?

Fault Lines Episode 579: Behind Enemy Lines

Fault Lines Episode 578: Artemis II: Space Race or New Fantastic Four?

Fault Lines Episode 577: Tankers and Tehran: Russia Fills the Gap

Fault Lines Episode 576: Moscow's Iranian Gambit

Fault Lines Episode 575: Pakistan, the Resurgence No One Saw Coming

Fault Lines Episode 574: Who will be the Persian Delcy Rodriguez?

Fault Lines Episode 573: Missiles and Mixed Signals

Fault Lines Episode 572: Make Ammunition Great Again?

Fault Lines Episode 571: Trump and NATO: Friends or Frenemies?

Fault Lines Episode 570: A New Chapter for Cuba?

Fault Lines Episode 569: AI in the Crosshairs: Anthropic vs the DoD

Fault Lines Episode 568: Trump and Xi: A Summit Without a Plan?

Fault Lines Episode 567: Iran Into Week Two

Fault Lines Episode 566: One Week of War: What Comes Next?

Fault Lines Episode 565: Strikes, Retaliation, and the Risk of a Wider War

Fault Lines Episode 564: Epic Fury: Iran After Khamenei

Fault Lines Episode 563: Caribbean Crossfire

Fault Lines Episode 562: State of the Union: Substance or Show

Fault Lines Episode 561: More Than Medals: The Politics of the Winter Games

Fault Lines Episode 560: The Board of Peace: A New Model for Gaza?

Fault Lines Episode 559: Nigeria: Security Support or Strategic Signal?

Fault Lines Episode 558: Olympic Curling Scandal and Rubio Speech: This Week in Europe

Fault Lines Episode 557: Fueling the Regime: Oil, Sanctions, and Security in Cuba

Fault Lines Episode 556: Netanyahu in Washington: The Iran Calculus

Fault Lines Episode 555: Japan's New Mandate

Fault Lines Episode 554: A New New START?

Fault Lines Episode 553: Backyard Reset: Panama, Colombia, and Washington’s Regional Reboot

Fault Lines Episode 552: Sudan, Regional Rivals, and U.S. Interests

Fault Lines Episode 551: Between Rhetoric and Reality: What’s Going on in Iran

Fault Lines Episode 550: Inside the New National Defense Strategy

Fault Lines Episode 549: Chinese Military Purges: Fault Lines or Pacman?

Fault Lines Episode 548: Groundhog Day in Ukraine: Is Peace Any Closer?

Fault Lines Episode 547: Tilting at Windmills in Greenland?

Episode 546: Fun Friday: America’s Best (and Worst) Foreign Policy Calls

Episode 545: The U.S. Weighs It’s Iran Options

Episode 544: Iran on the Edge: Protest, Pressure, and Power

Episode 543: Trump, Greenland, and the Arctic Scramble

Episode 542: Promises and Peace: Can Security Guarantees End the War in Ukraine?

Episode 541: Operation Maximum Resolve - Regime Tailoring?

Episode 540: The Holiday Special - Unwrapping 2025

Episode 539: Live from RNDF: Ambassador Yui

Episode 538: Live from RNDF: Mina Faltas and Dmitri Alperovitch

Episode 537: Live from RNDF: Congressman Don Bacon

Episode 536: Live from RNDF: Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster

Episode 535: Live from RNDF: Dan Jablonsky

RNDF Special Series: Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy

Episode 533: Five Hours in Moscow: Diplomacy, Dead Ends, and What Comes Next

Episode 532: After the Strike, Venezuela, Oversight, and Escalation

Episode 531: Written in Red? The Peace Plan Raising Alarms

Episode 530: The Ukraine Peace Plan — Ceasefire or Capitulation?

Episode 529: Saudi Arabia Returns to the White House

Episode 528: A House of Dynamite — How Real Is Netflix’s New Nuclear Thriller?

Episode 527: Baghdad at the Ballot Box: What Iraq’s Election Means for the U.S.

Episode 526: Power Projection or Overreach? U.S. Fleet Heads to the Caribbean

Episode 525: Anchors Away? U.S. Sinks Global Shipping Tax Vote

Episode 524: Sanctions to State Visit: Syria’s Trip to Washington

Episode 523: Tanzania’s Turning Point?

Episode 522: Guns Ablazing - Trump Signals Possible Troop Move to Nigeria

Episode 521: Here Today, Gone To-Mali

Episode 520: Critical Minerals, Critical Allies: The U.S.-Japan Minerals Deal Explained

Episode 519: Talks in Transition: Can the U.S. and China Cool the Conflict?

Episode 518: Russia Round Up: Sanctions, Strategy, and the Next Phase of Pressure

Episode 517: Rare Earths and Realpolitik: Inside the U.S. Australia Deal

Episode 516: Bogotá or Bust?

Episode 515: Tomahawks and Tensions: Trump’s Next Move on Ukraine

Episode 514: Madagascar in Motion: Gen Z’s Push for Change

Episode 513: Shaking Up America — Trump, Gaza, and the Ripple Effects of Peace

Episode 512: Breaking Ground: Israel, Hamas and the First Phase of Peace

Episode 511: Prague at a Crossroads: Czech Elections and Europe’s Populist Wave

Episode 510: Hostages, Hardlines, and Hope in Egypt

Episode 509: Pentagon Under Pressure

Episode 508: Gaza Peace Plan: Real Deal or Repeat?

Episode 507: Iran: Sanctions Snap Back

Episode 506: The F-35, the S-400, and the Future of U.S.–Turkey Defense Relations

Episode 505: Showmanship or Strategy? Trump’s UN Address

Episode 504: Probes and Provocations: Russia Tests Estonia – and NATO

Episode 503: Pageantry or Progress? Trump’s UK State Visit

Episode 502: Sinking Cartels: The U.S. Takes on Narco-Traffickers

Episode 501: In the Danger Zone: Russia’s Drones Cross NATO Lines

Episode 500: Defining the Next Era of National Security

Episode 499: Operation Summit of Fire: Israel Strikes in Doha

Episode 498: Russia’s Biggest Strike Yet—What’s Next for Ukraine and the U.S.?

Episode 497: Salt Typhoon — China’s Cyber Blitz

Episode 496: FAFO Doctrine: Israel’s Strike on the Houthis

Episode 495: Axis on Parade: Kim, Xi, and Putin in Beijing

Fault Lines 494: Seoul Searching in Washington

Episode 493: Intelligence Under Fire: The DIA Shakeup

Episode 492: From Cartels to Caracas: U.S. Priorities in Latin America

Episode 491: Euros Take Their Turn in the Center Ring

Episode 490: Alaska Fallout: Trump, Putin, and Ukraine’s Fight for Survival

Episode 489: Exporting Risk? Trump Greenlights Chip Sales to China

Episode 488: Tariff Timeout: Trump’s 90-Day Pause with China

Episode 487: Cold Front Diplomacy: Trump, Putin, and the Ukraine Question

Episode 486: Moonshot or Moon Mirage?

Episode 485: Taiwan: Recall, Rejection, and Regional Tension

Episode 484: Unconfirmed and Unprepared?

Fault Lines 483: Tariff Truce or Temporary Fix?

Episode 482: Temples, Tariffs, & Tensions: The Thai-Cambodian Conflict

Episode 481: Food Aid, Ceasefires, and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

Episode 480: AI Edge: Trump’s Bid for Tech Supremacy

Episode 479: Global Exit Strategy: The U.S. and UNESCO

Episode 478: Deals and Deportations: Trump’s Play in the Western Hemisphere

Episode 477: Trump's New Ukraine Strategy

Episode 476: War, Famine, and Displacement: Sudan on the Brink

Special Episode: Fault Lines Live from Prague!

Episode 475: Ceasefire Shattered – The Houthis Strike Again

Episode 474: Mixed Signals: Trump, Hegseth, and the Ukraine Aid Whiplash

Episode 473: Tariff Tactics: Trump’s Deadline Looms

Episode 472: Syria Reopened: U.S. Policy Shift on Syrian Sanctions

Episode 471: Missing in May: Xi Jinping’s Vanishing Act and Chinese Power Struggles

Episode 470: Losing Our Voice? Shutting Down VOA and the Future of U.S. Messaging

Episode 469: NATO’s Pivot: Defense, Deterrence, and Division

Episode 468: Operation Midnight Hammer

Episode 467: No Predictions, Just Pressure: U.S., Israel, and Iran

Episode 466: Escalation in the Gulf: Iran, Israel, and the U.S.

Episode 465: The ODNI Under Review

Episode 464: Red Lines Crossed: Israel’s Strike, U.S. Response, and Regional Risks

Episode 463: Gas, Gold, and Guns: Terrorism in West Africa

Episode 462: Hybrid Threats: Sabotage in Sweden

Episode 461: The Art of the Call

Episode 460: Operation Spiderweb: Ukraine Strikes Back

Episode 459: Shangri-La Signals: the Future of Indo-Pacific Strategy

Episode 458: Russia-Ukraine: Deadlines, Delusions, and Delay

Episode 457: Campus Crackdown: U.S. Innovation at Risk?

Episode 456: Crisis and Calculus—Israel, Iran, and a Region on Edge

Episode 455: Ukraine and a Diplomatic Dead End?

Episode 454: Weekend Ballot Results: Europe Votes Amid Russian Pressure

Episode 453: Syria's New Chapter—Sanctions, Strategy, Strategic Risk

Episode 452: Trump’s Middle East Trip—Deals, Deterrence, and Diplomatic Signals

Fault Lines 451: Crossfire and Ceasefires: India, Pakistan, and the Fragile Truce

Episode 450: Tariff Tensions—Trade Deals, Retaliation, and Resetting the Market

Episode 449: Smoke Signals – The Global Stakes of the Next Pope

Episode 448: Ukraine Updates – Drones, Deals, and Defense

Episode 447: Waltz Out, Rubio In: A National Security Shake Up

Episode 446: Trump 101: Promises Made; Promises Kept?

Episode 445: Fire, Fallout, and the Future of U.S.-Iran Policy

Episode 444: Ukraine Negotiations: Make Crimea Russia Again?

Episode 443: India, Terror, and Trade

Episode 442: Leaks, Loyalty, and the Pentagon’s Process Problem

Episode 441: Populists, Planets, and Potential Tariff Pivots

Episode 440: U-Turns and Uncertainty – The Trump Administration’s Iran Dilemma

Episode 439: Burn It Down—Marocco’s Exit and the Future of U.S. Foreign Aid

Episode 438: Shifting Lines—Reduced Troops, Heightened Tensions, and the Future of European Security

Episode 437: Cobalt, Conflict, and the Congo: A Test for U.S. Strategy

Episode 436: Friendly Fire – Tariffs, Allies, and Strategic Fallout

Episode 435: Chaos, Loyalty, and the NSC Shake Up

Episode 434: Liberation Day or Tax Day?

Episode 433: Greenland Gambit: Allies, Ambitions, and Arctic Tensions

Episode 432: Pulled Back, Pushed Aside: Stefanik, Power, and Political Trade Offs

Episode 431: Signal Gate – Leaks, Leadership, and National Security Risks

Episode 430: Erdoğan’s Power Play: The Arrest of Turkey’s Mayor

Episode 429: The Puck Stops Here: Trump, Trade, and Canada’s Political Shift

Episode 428: Ceasefire or Charade? Breaking Down the Trump-Putin Call

Episode 427: U.S. Strikes on the Houthis – Deterrence or Escalation?

Episode 426: Greenland Votes, Trump Provokes

Episode 425: Ceasefire or Stalemate? Ukraine, Russia, and the Trump Factor

Episode 424: Seas of Change? U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific

Episode 423: Make Europe Great Again? Trump’s Ukraine Policy and the Future of European Security

Episode 422: Trump’s Address: Foreign Policy, Tariffs, and Tough Talk

Episode 421: Deal or No Deal? Trump, Zelensky, and Ukraine’s Future

Episode 420: Ukraine’s Deal with the U.S.: Substance or Symbolism?

Episode 419: Undersea Sabotage: The Shadow War on Global Infrastructure

Episode 418: Germany’s Elections and Europe’s New Political Reality

Episode 417: McConnell’s Legacy: Strength, Strategy, and the State of the Senate

Episode 416: DeepSeek, TikTok, and the U.S.-China Tech Battle

Episode 415: Ukraine Negotiations

Episode 414: Trump, Modi, and the Power of Partnership

Episode 413: Trump’s Ultimatum: Hostages, Aid, and Middle East Power Plays

Episode 412: Sudan’s Struggle: War, Influence, and U.S. Strategy

Episode 411: Trump’s Gaza Gamble: A Plan with no Takers?

Episode 410: USAID Under Fire

Episode 409: Tariff Turmoil: Trump’s Trade War and Its Global Fallout

Episode 408: Russia’s War, Putin’s Problem

Episode 407: Just Push Pause: Trump’s Halt on Federal Programs

Episode 406: Trade Threats and Triumphs: Trump’s Colombia Deal

Episode 405: Full Steam Ahead: Trump’s Bold Moves on Clearances and Protection

Episode 404: TikTok Tug-of-War: Divestment, Security, and Trump’s China Play

Episode 403: Hostages, Politics, and Peace: Gaza's Fragile Ceasefire

Episode 402: Confirmations and Controversies: Breaking Down Trump’s Nominees

Episode 401: Trump, Greenland, and the Panama Canal: Rhetoric or Real Talk?

Episode 400: Nine Years Later - Trudeau’s Resignation and Canada’s Future

Episode 399: Yesterday’s Shocks, Tomorrow’s Stakes

RNDF Special Series: Sharon Weinberger - The Future of U.S. Global Leadership

RNDF Special Series: Michèle Flournoy The Future of U.S. Global Leadership

RNDF Special Series: Vibhav Altekar - The Future of U.S. Global Leadership

RNDF Special Series: Amb. Robert O’Brien - The Future of U.S. Global Leadership

RNDF Special Series: Representative Jim Himes (D-CT-4) - The Future of U.S. Global Leadership

RNDF Special Series: Senator Cramer - The Future of U.S. Global Leadership

RNDF Special Series: Chairman John Moolenaar - The Future of U.S. Global Leadership

Episode 391: South Korea Is … Was… Under Martial Law!

Episode 390: The Enemy of my Enemy is my…

Episode 389: China, Can You Hear Me Now?

Episode 388: The ICC - Is Justice Blind?

Episode 387: Courting Investors, Crushing Dissent in Hong Kong

Episode 386: ATACMS in Ukraine - Biden Goes the Distance?

Episode 385: Climate COP-out

Episode 384: Trump’s NatSec Draft Picks

Episode 383: Germany’s Traffic Light Coalition Flashes Red

Episode 382: Trump 2.0: What’s in Store for U.S. National Security

Episode 381: America Chooses; Russian Ruses

Episode 380: What's Xi up to?

Episode 379: Russian Interference in Georgia - No, Not the State

Episode 378: Israel Strikes Back

Episode 377: Losing From Behind

Episode 376: BRICS by Brick: A Growing House

Episode 375: Moldova Looks West, Despite Russian Threats

Episode 374: The Architect of Oct 7 is Gone, Is it Time for Peace?

Episode 373: Is Biden’s Middle East Messaging Ethical?

Episode 372: Littering on Both Sides of the DMZ

Episode 371: Chagos Islands - a win for Mauritius … and China?

Episode 370: Not Quite James Bond

Episode 369: Not Quite Deadliest Catch

Episode 368: Japan’s New Prime Minister Dreams of a NATO for Asia

Episode 367: Iran Strikes - What Happens Next?

Episode 366: After Nasrallah, What’s Next?

Episode 365: UNGA - What is it Good For?

Episode 364: Lebanon: Biden Doctrine Revealed?

Episode 363: Ayatollah's Algorithm for U.S. Elections

Episode 362: Pagers and Radios - a Call for Escalation?

Episode 361: Trilateral Triennial

Episode 360: Biden Treks for Tracks in Angola

Episode 359: Starmer Storm Shadow Missiles Provoke Russian Ire

Episode 358: NSI Reflects on 9/11

Episode 357: Iraq - Withdrawal Dejavu?

Episode 356: Africa goes to Beijing - What Did We Learn?

Episode 355: All is Not Quiet on the Eastern Front

Episode 354: Ballot Boxes from Paris to Tehran

Episode 353: Kenya - is the Beacon of Stability Flickering?

Episode 352: Julian Assange - Justice Served?

Episode 351: Houthis and Hezbollah – Ongoing Proxy Pressure

Episode 350: The Axis of Upheaval Deepens

Episode 349: All Aboard the Ukrainian Peace Train?

Episode 348: Port Call in Cuba

Episode 347: The Old World Tilts Right

Episode 346: Sudan - From Bad to Worse

Episode 345: Lessons from D-Day

Episode 344: Mixed Messages from the White House

Episode 343: 999 Trash Balloons

Episode 342: Biden’s Yellow (or Green) Light for Ukraine

Episode 341: An Icy Reception to the ICC

Episode 340: Biden's Kenyan Courtship

Episode 339: A Nickel for Democracy

Episode 338: Ebrahim Raisi Is Dead

Episode 337: Putin Bows to Xi in Beijing

Episode 336: Heavy Metal: Strategic Competition Persists

Episode 335: China and Hungary: Europe’s New Storm Front?

Episode 334: Continental Drift? The EU Goes the Polls

Episode 333: Xi’s European Tour – An Olympic Truce?

Episode 332: No End In Sight for the Gaza War?

Episode 331: Troubling Signs in Paradise

Episode 330: Israeli Policy on Campus and in the Courts

Episode 329: The Sahel Gives America the Boot

Episode 328: Fools Gold - China’s Olympic Cheating

Episode 327: Secretary Blinken Enters the Dragon’s Den

Episode 326: The Largest Democracy Goes to the Polls!

Episode 325: One for One, is Everyone Done?

Episode 324: Speaker Johnson's Aid Package Gambit

Episode 323: Tehran Strikes Out

Episode 322: Capitol Hill Shakeup Over Spy Powers

Episode 321: Will Johnson Be Ukraine’s Savior?

Episode 320: Mexican - Diplomatic - Standoff

Episode 319: Secretary Yellen Take 2

Episode 318: Havana - or Moscow - Syndrome

Episode 317: The Four Horsemen Visit Sudan

Episode 316: West Philippine Sea Clashes

Episode 315: The U.S. Breaks with Israel?

Episode 314: Terror Strikes the Heart of Moscow

Episode 313: China Has Its Trade and Houthi Terror Too

Episode 312: Local Elections - Geopolitical Impact

Episode 311: Is Niger Giving America the Boot?

Episode 310: Appeasement at Home and Abroad?

Episode 309: President Duda in Washington

Episode 308: Haiti on the Brink

Episode 307: Fault Lines on the State of the Union

Episode 306: Benny in the Dog House

Episode 305: Guyana and Cuba - a Diplomatic Dance?

Episode 304: Protecting Americans - From Chinese EV’s?

Episode 303: The Talk of Europe - Troops and Nukes?

Episode 302: Hard Truths from Poland

Episode 301: Ukraine’s Ongoing Struggle: Reflections on Two Years of Conflict

Episode 300: The End of the Line for Julian Assange?

Episode 299: Subs, Planes, and Proxies: Iran on the Move

Episode 298: Will Russian Nukes in Space get Congress to Act?

Episode 297: Pakistan Elections - A Coalition of the Minorities

Episode 296: Last Week’s Backpfeifengesicht

Episode 295: Ukraine and the Future of Warfare

Episode 294: Zut Alors! What is up in West Africa?

Episode 293: The U.S. Strikes Back, Kinda

Episode 292: What do New Hampshire Voters Think About National Security?

Fault Lines Special Episode - NSI on the Ground: The New Hampshire Primary

Episode 291: Americans Murdered by Iran-Backed Drones in Jordan

Episode 290: The Border Deal Kerfuffle

Episode 289: One Down, One to Go - Sweden’s Membership into NATO

Episode 288: What do Americans Think About National Security?

Fault Lines Special Episode - NSI on the Ground: The Iowa Caucus

Episode 287: Walking the Fine Line on the Red Sea

Episode 286: A Conflict Brewing in Our Backyard?

Episode 285: The Middle East - A Lingering Specter of Escalation?

Episode 284: Need to Know? Or Need to Share? Secretary of Defense Austin’s Hospitalization.

Episode 283: Baghdad Drone Strike: Is the Biden Administration Getting Tough on Iran Proxies?

Episode 282: Turbulent Tides: The Houthi Threat in the Red Sea

RNDF Special Series: Trae Stephens – Understanding The Future of Tech Innovation and National Security

RNDF Special Series: Shannon Clark – Understanding The Future of Tech Innovation and National Security

RNDF Special Series: Mara Rudman – Confronting the New Alliance of Global Repressors

RNDF Special Series: Secretary Leon Panetta - Confronting the New Alliance of Global Repressors

RNDF Special Series: Ambassador Eric Edelman – Confronting the New Alliance of Global Repressors

RNDF Special Series: Matthew Pottinger: Confronting the New Alliance of Global Repressors

Episode 281: Announcing Fault Lines: RNDF Global Repressors Series

Episode 280: West Africa's Democratic Woes: Sierra Leone's Failed Coup

Episode 279: Javier “Mad Man” Milei - What’s Next for Argentina?

Episode 278: DoD Breaks with Biden Over Deterrence

Episode 277: Are Pandas and Fentanyl Enough?

Episode 276: The U.S. Strikes Back in the Middle East - Is It Enough?

Episode 275: Beijing-Biden Bay Area Showdown

Episode 274: Pandas, Ports, and Competing with China’s BRI

Episode 273: Zelensky Wants to Wage war, Not a Presidential Campaign

Episode 272: Democratic Fault Lines on Israel

Episode 271: Arms Control Talk - a Mushroom Cloud or a Fizzle?

Episode 270: Biden Gives Africa's Dictators the Boot

Episode 269: Can Anyone Here Play This Game? Biden Stumbling into China Fail

Episode 268: Naming and Shaming our Nearest and Dearest

Episode 267: Five Eyes: Are They Actually Watching...?

Episode 266: Pakistan’s Prodigal Prime Minister Returns

Episode 264: Fact vs. Fiction in the Israel-Hamas War

Episode 263: Biden’s Middle-East Diplomacy Put to the Test

Episode 262: Israel-Hamas War: What's Next?

Episode 261: Spooky, Suspicious, and… Russian Sabotage?

Episode 260: Iran's Role in the Israel-Hamas War

Episode 259: Beginnings of the Israel-Hamas War

Episode 258: McCarthy's Historic Oust

Episode 257: U.S. Prescribes a Fentanyl Intervention

Episode 256: Poland Heads to the Polls

Episode 255: African Stability Flies the Coup

Episode 254: Choppy Waters in the South China Sea

Episode 253: Haiti Revisited: Blinken Pledges to Help UN Peacekeeping Mission

Episode 252: Biden's Not-So-Secret Iran Nuclear Deal

Episode 251: Sikh and Destroy: Canada Calls Out India Over Assassination

Episode 250: UNGA in the Big Apple

Episode 249: Breaking Barriers: DOD & the AI Revolution

Episode 248: Breaking Barriers: Will Hurd Sounds Off on AI

Episode 247: Breaking Barriers: The AI Race to 2030

Episode 246: Breaking Barriers: AI: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Episode 245: Breaking Barriers: We MITRE Be Ready For AI Security

Episode 244: Breaking Barriers: Is AI a NatSec Threat or Opportunity for the DoD?

Episode 243: Breaking Barriers: NSC and the AI Machine

Episode 242: Breaking Barriers: The Evolution of the Defense Industry

Episode 241: Breaking Barriers: Deep Fakes - Pandora’s Box?

Episode 240: Breaking Barriers: Exploring the Basics and Benefits of AI Part II

Episode 239: Breaking Barriers: Exploring the Basics and The Benefits of AI

Episode 238: Beijing’s Exploits South of the River

Episode 237: All Wagner, All the Time

Episode 236: Russia, Russia, Russia!

Episode 235: Modi Comes to Dinner

Episode 234: Tony’s China Conundrum

Episode 233: China & the Palestinian Authority: An Alliance of Convenience, Necessity, or Boredom?

Episode 232: UNESC...nO: Does the U.S. Need a Seat at the Table?

Episode 231: We Will Always Have Havana

Episode 230: LIV, Laugh, Love

Episode 229: Alien Pilots: The Truth is Out There

Episode 228: Top Gun China Policy

Episode 227: Hey Siri: Is AI Taking Over?

Episode 226: Uganda Loses Its Mind

Episode 225: China Attempts Guam Tip-Over

Episode 224: Let’s Make A Deal: Saudi Edition

Episode 223: Gaga at G7

Episode 222: Harvard in Bangkok?

Episode 221: The Khan Kerfuffle

Episode 220: Turkey Votes

Episode 219: South Africa Gets in Warm Water

Episode 218: The Biden Doctrine: Let’s Go Backwards Pt. 2

Episode 217: The Biden Doctrine: Let’s Go Backwards

Episode 216: The Kremlin’s Dodged Drones

Episode 215: Haiti Somehow Gets Worse

Episode 214: Sudan Crisis: Americans Remain At Risk

Episode 213: Is Nuclear Diplomacy as Easy as American Pie? 🥧

Episode 212: Hanging Chad

Episode 211: Let’s Go to Syria

Episode 210: Corruption and Collective Security

Episode 209: The New Peace Club

Episode 208: Civil War in Sudan?

Episode 207: Spying Amongst Friends

Episode 206: Macron Unscripted

Episode 205: Classified Document Discord

Episode 204: Chip Wars Heat Up in China

Episode 203: Saudi’s Broken Nuclear Light Switch

Episode 202: AUMF: Repealing from the Middle East?

Episode 201: Nukes in Belarus: Return of The 80s?

Episode 200: The Week-long Bandaid

Episode 199: Fighting in Syria!

Episode 198: Doubling Down on No Limits

Episode 197: Neighborly Election Meddling

Episode 196: I(don’t)C Putin’s Arrest

Episode 195: TikTok Don’t Stop?

Episode 194: Dunkin' Drones

Episode 193: China Brokers Peace!

Episode 192: Global Threats: What’s Real and What’s Not

Episode 191: Kidnapping Aftermath: A Militarized Mexico?

Episode 190: Havana Syndrome: More than Coincidence?

Episode 189: North Korea Starves. Again.

Episode 188: The House Tackles China

Episode 187: A Deepening China-Russia Alliance

Episode 186: New START of Arms Race?

Episode 185: Wildlife vs. Oil

Episode 184: The Ukraine War Turns One Year Old

Episode 183: Twin Quakes in Syria and Turkey Highlight Relief Challenges

Episode 182: Putin’s Playbook Turns its Page to Moldova

Episode 181: From Balloons to Arms Control?

Episode 180: DeathStar Link: Russian Bots Celebrate

Episode 179: Russia-Iran: An Explosive Relationship

Episode 178: The Balloon That Popped

Episode 177: Middle East Tensions Boiling Over?

Episode 176: South Korea’s Security Jitters

Episode 175: China Concerns

Episode 174: Protests in Peru: More than Machu Picchu

Episode 173: Turkey Toppling NATO’s Future?

Episode 172: Who’s at Home in Haiti?

Episode 171: Is the U.S. Tanking on Ukraine Military Aid?

Episode 170: China Changes?

Episode 169: Big Trouble in Big Brazil

Episode 168: The Diplomatic Race to Africa

Episode 167: The Return of the MBS?

Episode 166: 11 Degrees of Kevin McCarthy

Episode 165: The Taliban’s Ban on Women Working for NGOs

Episode 164: 2022 Holiday Edition

Episode 163: PATRIOTism - More Missiles for Ukraine; But is There an Endgame?

Episode 162: Can the U.S. Depoliticize Detained Americans?

Episode 161: Reagan National Defense Forum Pt. 4 - Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky

Episode 160: Reagan National Defense Forum Pt. 3 - Ellen Lord

Episode 159: Reagan National Defense Forum Pt. 2 - Dr. Nadia Schadlow

Episode 158: Reagan National Defense Forum Kick-off - Rep. Elissa Slotkin

Episode 157: The EU, Russian Oil, and Rising Prices: The Biden Dilemma

Episode 156: UN - Cuba Embargo

Episode 155: Return of the Bibi

Episode 154: Haiti - Neighbor in Crisis

Episode 153: Iran Goes After the Kurds

Episode 152: North Korean Missiles

Episode 151: Kerry, Maduro, and U.S. Policy Towards Venezuela

Episode 150: Biden meets Xi

Episode 149: Brittney Griner

Episode 148: Foreign Interference in America Elections – How Worried Should We Be?

Episode 147: Olaf Scholz Goes to China

Episode 146: Grain Wars or Grain Wins?

Episode 145: Iranian Protests

Episode 144: COP27

Breaking Chains: Series Finale - The Islamic Republic of Iran

Special Episode: Afghanistan - One Year On

Breaking Chains: North Korea – It’s All About Survival

Breaking Chains: Democracy’s Role in Countering Authoritarianism

Breaking Chains: How the United States Tackles Religious Persecution Abroad

Breaking Chains: Russia's War Crimes In Ukraine

Special Episode: Building a Safer Cryptoverse

Breaking Chains: Inside the PRC’s Surveillance State

Special Episode: Sri Lanka - A Country in Free Fall

Episode 134: Exploring Boundaries with Taiwan, IPEF, and War Crimes

Episode 133: On the Ground in Ukraine

Special Episode: Energy: An Abundant Fuel for Geopolitics

Episode 132: Vikings Join NATO and Xi's IP Dilemma

Episode 131: The Economic War Over Ukraine

Episode 130: Sending the Right Signal: Ukraine, Japan and New Zealand

Episode 129: Is India the Linchpin of the Evolving World Order?

Episode 128: Overton Windows & Lockdown

Episode 127: Public Diplomacy and Great Power Competition

Episode 126: Ukraine, Cyber Threats and Wither Honiara?

Episode 125: Battlestar Galactica

Fault Lines 124: A Golden Bridge?

Episode 123: Crypto is Having a Moment

Episode 122: Unspooling the Russian Invasion

Episode 121: What’s New Cyber Cat?

Special Episode: Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Episode 119: Russia Invades Ukraine & Who’s Bombing the Moon?

Episode 118: China’s Wolf Warriors with Peter Martin

Episode 117: Chips and Missiles!

Episode 116: Improbable Political Prisoner: the Case of Paul Rusesabagina

Episode 115: Some Week: Eruption, Arrest and Invasion!

Episode 114: The New 'Great Game'?: Assessing U.S.-China Competition in Africa with Morgan Viña and Lester Munson

Episode 113: An Emboldened Russia?

Episode 112: Putin's Maneuvers with Fred Kagan

Special Episode: Mandatory Cyber-Reporting - A Debate

Episode 111: 2021 Festivus Edition

Episode 110: Biden-Putin Call and Iran Talks

Episode 109: Beijing Olympics and Sports Diplomacy with Capt. Corey Ray

Episode 108: Russian Threat to Ukraine and Hypersonic Missiles

Special Episode: Escalation on the Ukraine Border - A Debate

Episode 107: Changing the Zero-Sum Victory with Chris Kolenda

Episode 106: Pyongyangization

Episode 105: Gender and National Security with Gina Bennett

Episode 104: Sudan Coup and SolarWinds Redux

Episode 103: Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace with Michael Krepon

Episode 102: Taiwan Test and Supply Chain Scares

Episode 101: NSI’s Past, Present, and Future with Jamil Jaffer, Founder and Executive Director

Episode 100: Future Challenges

Episode 99: Ford v. Harman: A NatSec Debate

Episode 98: Little Problems in Big China

Episode 97: Rescue, Recovery, and Refugees: Afghanistan with Congressman Seth Moulton

Episode 96: After Afghanistan

Episode 95: The Road Ahead: A Further Discussion on Afghanistan with Ryan Browne

Episode 94: Afghanistan Airlift

Episode 93: The Caribbean with Caleb McCarry

Special Episode: The National Security Implications of Afghanistan

Episode 92: Special Sports Edition - Beijing, Boycotts, and Beyond

Episode 91: Principled Conservatism with Dr. Christopher Ford

Episode 90: Cuban Unrest, Chinese Hacks, and the Biden Response

Episode 89: Chinese Hacking and Ransomware with Dmitri Alperovitch

Episode 88: Assassination, Afghanistan, and the Atmosphere

Episode 87: China and the U.S. Education System with Dan Currell

Episode 86: Iranian Elections, Missile Ejections, and Democracy Around the Globe

Episode 85: The Techlash with Zach Graves

Episode 84: Biden's First Trip and Kleptocracy

Episode 83: National Security and the FCC with Brendan Carr

Episode 82: Belarus and the Global Fight Against COVID-19

Episode 81: The Intersection of Faith, Civilization, and Foreign Policy with Sada Cumber

Episode 80: Violence in Israel and Corruption in the Northern Triangle

Episode 79: Opportunities and Challenges in Africa with Ambassador Cindy Courville

Episode 78: Return of the Ottomans?

Episode 77: Diversity in National Security with Lenora Gant

Episode 76: The Great Game All Over Again

Episode 75: Isolationism with Charles Kupchan

Episode 74: Revising the JCPOA and AUMF

Episode 73: China 2034 and Tech Policy with Admiral James Stavridis

Episode 72: Anchorage Summit and the Pandemic Year

Episode 71: Transforming Our World with Andrew Natsios and Andy Card

Episode 70: Supply Chains and Relationship Strains

Episode 69: Foreign Policy and the Middle Class with David Gordon

Episode 68: This is How They Tell Me The World Ends with Nicole Perlroth

Episode 67: JCPOA Redux and FacePlant in Australia

Episode 66: The Africa Challenge with Morgan Vina

Episode 65: Now It Matters

Episode 64: Deepfakes and China at the UN

Episode 63: Interview with Bob Corker

Episode 62: The Intellectual Underpinnings of Biden's Foreign Policy

Episode 61: From Trump to Biden with David Adesnik and John Hannah

Episode 60: Are We Bangui? - Continued Crisis on Capitol Hill

Episode 59: Insurrection Aftermath

Episode 58: Pandemics, Warning, and the IC with Jim Danoy

Episode 57: The NDAA, the Industrial Base, and the Future of Acquisitions

Episode 56: The Iron Butterfly with Megan Jaffer

Episode 55: Trump's Administration Wrapped

Episode 54: Who Writes Tech Standards - Government or Private Sector? with Megan Brown

Episode 53: The Empire Strikes Back or a New Hope?

Episode 52 “What to Keep?” - Conservatism and Foreign Policy with Rachel Bovard

Episode 51: Closing Time at the Trump Administration

Episode 50: The First 100 Days with Max Bergmann

Episode 49: Election Spectacular

Episode 48: The Indo-Pacific with Ambassador Atul Keshap

Episode 47: Bipartisanship in NatSec

Episode 46: The Kill Chain with Chris Brose

Episode 45: The United Nations at 75

Episode 44: Becoming Kim Jong Un with Dr. Jung Pak

Episode 43: The Eastern Mediterranean and North Korea

Episode 42: China and Trade with David Dollar

Episode 41 - Good News From Sudan; Bad News From Russia

Introducing Iron Butterfly

Episode 40: Podcast Free Europe

Episode 39: Diplomatic Ties, Belarusian Lies, and a Coup

Episode 38: Do Morals Matter with Dr. Joseph Nye

Episode 37: The Middle East Goes Nuclear

Episode 36: The Intelligence Community in Exile

Episode 35: Pipelines, the Arctic and Crimes Against Humanity - Global Leadership Dilemmas!

Episode 34: Aristotle and Hypersonic Weapons - The Future of Arms Control

Episode 33: Beijing and America's Broken Immigration System

Episode 32: U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger and the View from Congress

Episode 31: Bounties and Berlin - Turmoil with Russia

Episode 30: Systemic Racism and National Security

Episode 29: A House Divided

Episode 28: Syria and Libya - Clone Wars?

Episode 27: TREATIES - What are they good for?

Episode 26: INL - Better Know a State Department Bureau

Episode 25: Attempted Coups and Virus Crackdowns in Latin America

Episode 24: The Solarium and the Private Sector with Ron Gula and Megan Brown

Episode 23: Is the Middle East Getting Messier?

Episode 22: The Cyber Solarium with Dr. Samantha Ravich

Episode 21: WHO to blame?

Episode 20: The Race to 5G with Andy Keiser

Episode 19: Aid in the time of CoVid

Episode 18: Combating Extremism with Farah Pandith

Episode 17: Foreign Policy Quarantined

Episode 16: Maximum Pressure

Episode 15: Peace in Our Time?

Episode 14: Can the U.S. Solve Foreign Crises Before They Start?

Episode 13: China's Big Bet In Africa

Episode 12: Hot Topics in the Arctic

Episode 11: Gobsmackingly Apparent

Episode 10: War and Peace, or: How Do You Solve a Problem Named Putin?

Episode 9: Soleimani Fallout

Episode 8: The Empire Strikes Out?

Episode 6: Return of the Founder

Episode 5: Groundhog Day All Over Again?

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