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Is 2026 the New 1914?

2

Foreign Policy and the 2026 Midterms

3

The Iran War and the Midterms

4

Will There Be Meddling in the Midterms?

5

The Seven Questions Every Military Strategist Must Ask

6

Trump Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Xi

7

Elbows Up: How Canada Is Fighting Trump’s Tariffs

8

What the U.S. Got Wrong in the War on Terrorism

9

The CIA Director’s Not-So-Secret Trip to Moscow

10

Six Months of War With Iran, With Steven Cook

11

Washington’s Missile Shortage, With Michael Horowitz

12

Maximum Pressure on Cuba, With Will Freeman

13

U.S.-India Relations Under Stress, With Sadanand Dhume

14

The Myth of the AI Race, With Alvin Wang Graylin

15

Lessons From 250 Years of U.S. Foreign Policy, With Robert Kagan

16

Women in Power, With Linda Robinson

17

Ukraine Turns the Tide, With Liana Fix

18

America’s Ebola Preparedness, With Thomas Bollyky

19

America at 250: The Marshall Plan, With Benn Steil

20

Why the U.S. Needs an Africa Strategy, With Michelle Gavin

21

What Trump and Xi Didn't Settle in Beijing, With Nicholas Burns

22

Trump and Xi in Beijing, With Rush Doshi

23

The Spillover: Are Prediction Markets Forecasting Tools or Virtual Casinos?

24

How to Build an American Foreign Policy, With Michael Mandelbaum

25

America at 250: The Spanish-American War, With H.W. Brands

26

What Comes Next After Failed U.S.-Iran Talks, With Elliott Abrams

27

Russia’s Stakes in the Iran War, With Thomas Graham

28

Gulf States Under Fire, With Mina Al-Oraibi

29

Why Allies Aren’t Following on Iran, With Kristi Govella and Constanze Stelzenmüller

30

The Strategy Gap in Iran, With Max Boot

31

America at 250: The Lend-Lease Act, With Lynne Olson

32

SPECIAL EPISODE | Trump Chooses War With Iran, With Dalia Dassa Kaye

33

Cuba on the Brink, With Michael Bustamante

34

America at 250: Nixon Goes to China, With Jeremi Suri

35

The New Saudi Strategy, With F. Gregory Gause III

36

Canada Hedges Against the United States, With Jonathan Berkshire Miller

37

Trump’s Greenland Ambitions, With Heather Conley and Rebecca Pincus

38

America at 250: The Best and Worst U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions, With Mary Dudziak and Christopher Nichols

39

Trump Foreign Policy at One Year, With Matthew Kroenig

40

Washington’s Venezuela Strategy After Maduro, With Will Freeman

41

Listener Mailbag: 2025 in Review, With Carla Anne Robbins and Matthias Matthijs

42

Are We Ready? | America’s Crumbling Defense Industrial Base, With Kathleen Hicks

43

Are We Ready? | Trump’s National Security Strategy, With Rebecca Lissner

44

Are We Ready? | The Economic Security Challenge, With Jonathan Hillman

45

Are We Ready? | China's Campaign to Reshape the Global Order, With Hal Brands and Michael Kuiken

46

Are We Ready? | The U.S.-China Chip War, With Chris McGuire

47

Are We Ready? | AI, Espionage, and Influence, With Jessica Brandt

48

Are We Ready? | The New Weapons of War, With Michael Horowitz

49

Are We Ready? | America's Next Battlefield, With Thomas Shugart

50

Are We Ready? | The China Reckoning, With Rush Doshi

51

Civil-Military Relations Under Trump, With Kori Schake

52

Two Years Since October 7, With Elliott Abrams and Ed Husain

53

The Legality of Trump's Drug-Boat Strikes, With Matthew Waxman

54

Russia Violates NATO Airspace, With Liana Fix

55

The Golden Dome Missile Defense System, With Todd Harrison

56

Africa’s Urban Youth Revolution, With Michelle Gavin

57

Brewing Troubles in Colombia, With Roxanna Vigil

58

A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for a Realist Foreign Policy, With Stephen Walt

59

The Trump-Putin Summit, With Michael Kimmage

60

TPI Replay: The Eurasia Challenge, With Hal Brands

61

The Thai-Cambodian Border Clash, With Joshua Kurlantzick

62

Donald Trump’s Russia Ultimatum, With Liana Fix

63

Brazil and the BRICS, With Oliver Stuenkel

64

The Future of U.S. Foreign Aid, With William Henagan

65

The Elusive Ceasefire in Gaza, With Elliott Abrams

66

TPI Replay: The Fourth of July, With Jack Rakove

67

SPECIAL EPISODE | Answering Your Questions on the U.S. Airstrikes on Iran, With Erin Dumbacher

68

A New U.S. Grand Strategy: A Return to Spheres of Influence, With Sarang Shidore

69

Israel Strikes Iran, With Steven Cook

70

Zbigniew Brzezinski, With Edward Luce

71

The China-Philippines Standoff, With Derek Grossman

72

The United States and South Africa, With Reuben Brigety

73

The India-Pakistan Crisis, With Šumit Ganguly

74

The Iran Nuclear Talks, With Karim Sadjadpour

75

The U.S.-China Trade War, With Zoe Liu

76

Trump's First 100 Days, With Carla Anne Robbins and Matthias Matthijs

77

Climate Change Realism on Earth Day 2025, With Varun Sivaram

78

Trump’s Plan for the Panama Canal, With Will Freeman

79

Confronting the China Challenge, With Dmitri Alperovitch

80

Germany's Rearmament, With Sophia Besch

81

The New Era of Economic Warfare, With Edward Fishman

82

Conflict in Eastern Congo, With Mvemba Dizolele

83

U.S. Space Policy, With Nina Armagno and Jane Harman

84

Reporting from China, With Jane Perlez

85

Trump’s Peace Plan for Ukraine, With Liana Fix and Charles A. Kupchan

86

Modi Meets Trump, With Tanvi Madan

87

New Podcast Spotlight: The Interconnect

88

A New U.S. Grand Strategy: A World in Permanent Crisis, With Robert Kaplan

89

DeepSeek Upends AI Competition, With Adam Segal

90

The Gaza Cease-Fire, With Steven Cook

91

A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Eurasia Challenge, With Hal Brands

92

Trump's Immigration Policy, with Edward Alden (Transition 2025, Episode 9)

93

Iran Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Ray Takeyh (Transition 2025, Episode 8)

94

TPI Replay: The Case for Multipolar Pluralism, With Stephen Heintz

95

TPI Replay: The Case for Liberal Realism, With Charles A. Kupchan

96

China Reacts to Trump’s Election, With Zoe Liu (Transition 2025, Episode 7)

97

Japan Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Sheila Smith (Transition 2025, Episode 6)

98

Latin America Reacts to Trump’s Election, With Will Freeman (Transition 2025, Episode 5)

99

Europe Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Liana Fix and Matthias Matthijs (Transition 2025, Episode 4)

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Trump’s National Security Appointees, With Christopher M. Tuttle (Transition 2025, Episode 3)