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The World Unpacked — 280 episodes

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Iran Will Probably Still Get Nukes – Here’s How

2

How a U.S.-China War Would Unfold

3

The Real Middle East Crisis Hasn't Started Yet

4

Is Silicon Valley Corrupting Stanford?

5

Putin Is Losing His Grip on Russia

6

What to Know Before Trump Attacks Cuba

7

How Humans Take Back the Internet From AI Bots

8

Elon Musk Is Reinventing Capitalism

9

Why Orbán Lost and What Happens Next

10

Inside the Hidden World of Think Tanks

11

What Trump Really Wants From China

12

Inside the Pentagon’s AI War Machine

13

Did Trump Kill International Law – Or Was It Already Dead?

14

Who’s Running Iran?

15

Trump’s Two-Front Battle With Europe and Iran

16

Epstein’s America: How Modern Corruption Works

17

How a Progressive POTUS Would Change the World

18

How Economists Failed America

19

How Smart Bombs Enable Dumb Wars

20

The Global Race to Reinvent Meat

21

Every War Is Now a Drone War

22

Testing the Case for Regime Change in Venezuela

23

Decoding Trump’s Foreign Policy Blueprint

24

AI’s Biggest Skeptic Sees a Bubble

25

Why Information Refuses to Be Controlled

26

Trump’s $200 Billion Tariff Showdown at the Supreme Court

27

"A House of Dynamite” Writer on How Nuclear War Works

28

Inside MS-13, the Gang That Swallowed a Country

29

Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts Aren’t What You Think

30

Did the Bolsonaro Trial Really Save Brazil's Democracy?

31

Will AI Kill us All? Nate Soares on his Controversial Bestseller

32

Trump’s Greenland Fixation and the China-Russia Strategic Opportunity in the Arctic

33

The New Geopolitics of Subsea Cables

34

Party-State Capitalism: China's Communist Party and Rule by Market

35

Why We All Need to Care About Nukes Again

36

How China Is Reshaping International Security Cooperation

37

Outposts of Influence: Great Power Competition and Overseas Military Bases

38

Can the U.S. Rebuild Its Maritime Power? Competing with China and Cooperating with Korea

39

Latin America and Trump 2.0: Deportations, Trade Wars, and China's Rising Influence

40

Gaza's Ceasefire in Limbo: U.S. Policy, Regional Plans, and What's Next

41

Abandoning Ukraine? Trump's Policy and Europe's Challenge

42

Power Ball on the Korean Peninsula

43

A New Housing Bubble? How Climate Change Could Destabilize the Global Economy

44

How Will AI Export Policies Redefine U.S. Global Influence?

45

Biden, Trump, and a Foreign Policy That’s Gone Off Course

46

Navigating the 2025 World: Advanced AI, Economic Competition, and Power Shifts

47

Can the U.S. Win the Clean Energy Race Against China?

48

Was 2024 the Year Democracy Faltered—or Fought Back?

49

Fixing Global Trade: Why Tariffs and Trade Wars Aren’t Enough

50

Europe Inside Out: Is Europe Ready for Trump 2.0?

51

Maritime Power Plays: The U.S. and China in the Indian Ocean

52

Will America’s Next President Bring Real Change in Foreign Policy?

53

Can Tunisia’s Democracy Survive Saied’s Second Term?

54

The Geopolitics of Climate Engineering: A Climate Lifeline or Pandora’s Box?

55

Inside the U.S.-China Rivalry: Great Power Competition in the Middle East and North Africa

56

Macron’s Election Gamble: What’s Next for France and Europe?

57

Ukraine at the NATO Summit

58

Winners and Losers: The 2024 European Parliamentary Elections

59

The Politics of Biden's Latest Tariffs

60

China: Rising Tensions in the South China Sea

61

Ukraine Aid: Will It Be Enough?

62

Iran Strikes Israel - Here's What Might Happen Next

63

Barbecue Earth, Episode 6: Food Security Reimagined

64

Barbecue Earth, Episode 5: Consider the Lobster

65

Barbecue Earth, Episode 4: Uncle Sam and the Magic Beanstalk

66

Barbecue Earth, Episode 3: How to Launder a Cow

67

Barbecue Earth, Episode 2: The Farmers Strike Back

68

Barbecue Earth, Episode 1: Hog Country

69

Behind Closed Doors, Episode 3: Trouble in the Blue House

70

Behind Closed Doors, Episode 2: Seeing the Monster

71

Behind Closed Doors, Episode 1: If Men Were Angels, We Wouldn't Need Government

72

The State of World Hunger

73

Evading Sanctions 101

74

Moldova’s Moment

75

Türkiye’s Election: The End of Erdoğan?

76

Could Solar Climate Intervention Buy the World Some Time?

77

Israel in Turmoil

78

The End of TikTok?

79

The Future of Nigeria: Africa's Wounded Giant

80

The China-Russia Bromance: A Year Later

81

Lula’s Brazil: Encore Edition

82

Ukraine's Silver Tank?

83

Grading Biden's Foreign Policy

84

Humanity at Eight Billion

85

The Breaking Point: COP27

86

Europe's Energy Crunch

87

Frozen Diplomacy: Arctic Great Power Politics

88

On the Frontlines Fighting Disinformation

89

Nukes in Asia With Ashley J. Tellis

90

Top U.S. Diplomat Talks China

91

Biden, Oil, and a Crown Prince

92

Life in Putin's Russia

93

Uncovering Xinjiang's Mass Surveillance

94

Victory at Sea With Paul Kennedy

95

Showing Up in the Indian Ocean

96

The Great U.S.-China Tech Divorce

97

The Future of Warfare

98

Turkey in the Middle

99

China's Ukraine Propaganda with NPR's Emily Feng

100

Global Affairs and the World's Game with Roger Bennett

101

The Revenge of Power With Moisés Naím

102

Is the U.S. Done With the Middle East?

103

Top U.S. Diplomat Talks Ukraine

104

New Year, Same Problems: Biden's Foreign Policy 2022

105

Will Ukraine Get A Say In Its War With Russia?

106

Drugs, Guns, and Democracy in Mexico

107

Biden-Xi Summit and the Future of U.S.-China Relations

108

Will COP26 Matter?

109

More North Korean Missiles?

110

Cryptocurrency, Global Finance, and Digital Gucci Bags

111

German Elections: Replacing Angela Merkel

112

9/11's Legacy on U.S. Foreign Policy

113

"We Have Lost Hope" The Fall of Afghanistan

114

Does the Global Economic Recovery Depend on Southeast Asia?

115

Twin Crises: Haiti and Cuba

116

"What is That?!" UFOs and National Security

117

Is Ethiopia Coming Apart?

118

Iran's Election With Masih Alinejad

119

Biden-Putin Summit: A Preview

120

The Trouble with Governing Cyberspace

121

Can Democracy Make a Comeback?

122

The Road Back to the Iran Deal

123

Europe Under Pressure

124

The Indo-Pacific’s Moment

125

Beyond Arms Sales: Recalibrating US Security Assistance in the Gulf

126

Is This the End for Democracy in Myanmar?

127

Poison, Protests, and Putin

128

Elections and Democracy in Africa

129

The Arab Spring at 10: Tunisia’s Unfinished Revolution

130

2020 Unpacked

131

A Crossroads for US-Latin America Relations

132

The Future of US-China Relations

133

How Do Americans View Foreign Policy?

134

Russian Disinformation and the Media: One Journalist’s Story

135

What Do the Abraham Accords Mean for Middle East Peace?

136

Europe’s Post-Pandemic Trajectory

137

The Day After: A Post-Pandemic Middle East

138

Human Rights at Home and Abroad

139

The Shock to Hong Kong

140

Lebanon: On the Brink

141

The Global Fight for Racial Equity

142

The Eternal Putin?

143

Saudi Arabia's Perfect Storm

144

Protests, Polarization, and the Pandemic

145

On the Front Lines With America's Ambassadors

146

Is Violence Sometimes the Answer?

147

Saudi Arabia and Iran: The Defining Rivalry of the Middle East

148

Bill Burns on Coronavirus, The Back Channel, and the Future of U.S. Diplomacy

149

What's Next For Germany?

150

The Show Goes On

151

Jen Psaki on Foreign Policy and the 2020 Election

152

Putin is Remaking Russia's Presidency (Again)

153

How Coronavirus is Cutting China Off from the World

154

Surviving Aleppo

155

The Death of the Two State Solution

156

The Terror in Xinjiang

157

Iraq: Caught in the Crossfire

158

Iran's Revenge: A Dish Served Cold

159

What the Afghanistan Papers Taught Us

160

Does NATO Still Matter?

161

Iran's Deadly Protests

162

Happy Thanksgiving!

163

The Eruption of Protests in South America

164

Freedom of Foreign Press in China

165

What Baghdadi's Death Means for ISIS

166

"Get Rid of Everyone": Lebanon's Arab Spring 2.0

167

How a Poet Defied El Salvador's Death Squads

168

Fixing Interpol with Matt Apuzzo

169

Mohammad Bin Salman's Recklessness and Saudi Arabia's Future

170

Indonesia's Youth Are Trying to Save the Country

171

How UNGA Happens

172

How the Hong Kong Protests Look from Beijing

173

The Fight Over Kashmir

174

Making Peace with the Taliban

175

Summer Break

176

Moscow Takes to the Streets

177

Fighting White Supremacist Terrorism (Reposted)

178

Arms Control Meets Politics

179

Iran's Cyber War

180

Boris' Brighter Brexit

181

Facial Recognition and the Surveillance State

182

Trump's North Korea Gamble

183

Hong Kong's Protesters Aren't Going Anywhere

184

Sudan's Revolution in Progress

185

White Supremacist Terrorism Has Gone Global

186

How to Negotiate With the Taliban

187

"White, Male, and Yale"? How Women of Color are Changing National Security

188

Is Washington Blundering Into War With Iran?

189

The End of ISIS?

190

What Just Happened in Venezuela?

191

Sanctions 101

192

Hasan Minhaj on the Battle for the Soul of India

193

How Saudi Arabia and Iran Shape the Middle East

194

The Largest Elections in History

195

Trump’s Golan Heights Gambit and Kushner’s Rumored Peace Plan

196

DiploPod Live: Bill Burns on American Diplomacy

197

Ukraine Five Years After Crimea

198

DiploPod Live is Coming!

199

What Happened Between India and Pakistan?

200

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Vietnam

201

Where is the U.S.-China Relationship Going?

202

The Future of the U.S.-Saudi Relationship

203

Eliot Engel on the Foreign Policy Priorities of the New Democratic Majority

204

How to Negotiate with Iran and North Korea

205

Erdoğan's Turkey

206

What's Next for Brexit?

207

Enemy of My Enemy: Why Russia and China Are Growing Closer

208

Can America Still Lead the World?

209

Holiday Roundup 2018

210

A Foreign Policy for the American Middle Class

211

NATO 101: NATO and the War on Terror

212

NATO 101: Does Europe Need NATO?

213

NATO 101: What is NATO?

214

The Women Changing Indian Politics

215

Trump's Trade War With China

216

What do the U.S. midterm elections mean for foreign policy?

217

John Kerry on Diplomacy, Russia, and the Middle East

218

Arms Race Redux

219

Jamal Khashoggi, Human Rights, and the Future of the Middle East

220

Sanctions 101: How are Sanctions Implemented?

221

Sanctions 101: How Powerful are Sanctions, Really?

222

Sanctions 101: How Do Sanctions Work?

223

A Peace Deal in the Balkans?

224

Francis Fukuyama on Identity Politics

225

Israel and Palestine: Is a Two-State Solution Still Possible?

226

Sanctioning Iran

227

(Twitter) War with Iran?

228

Reaction to the Helsinki Summit

229

Foreign Influence in Latin America

230

A Conversation with Michael McFaul

231

A Conversation with Daniel Ellsberg

232

Frederic Wehrey on the Battle for the New Libya

233

The Technical Aspects of Nuclear Diplomacy

234

Global Nuclear Threats from Russia

235

The Saudi-Iranian Rivalry

236

Julia Gurganus on the Russian Presidential Election

237

Douglas H. Paal on the Upcoming Meeting Between the U.S. and North Korea

238

Putin 4.0

239

Four Days in North Korea: An Interview with Jeffrey Feltman

240

What Is Happening With the Iran Deal

241

Interview with Nicholas Rasmussen

242

The North Korean Nuclear Threat: The View from the Intelligence Community

243

The North Korean Nuclear Threat: The View From Beijing

244

Avoiding Nuclear Collisions: The View from Russia

245

Denis McDonough on the Role of Chief of Staff

246

Chayes, Coll, and Suraju on Corruption in the Oil Industry

247

Moises Naim on the Global Outlook

248

Brown, Cammack, and Zomlot on Revitalizing Palestinian Nationalism

249

Michael Chertoff and Tim Maurer on Economic Cyber Security

250

Sullivan on the G20 Summit and the Future of U.S. Leadership

251

Livingston, Hagerman and Shah on the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy

252

Tellis and Emmott on the Challenges Facing Western States

253

Ülgen and Brattberg on Turkey's Future

254

Chayes and Teachout on Corruption

255

Tellis on Afghanistan’s Taliban problem

256

Sadjadpour on Iran's Presidential Election

257

Vaishnav, Kapur and Mehta on Rethinking Indian Public Insititutions

258

Youngs on Europe's Relationship with Russia and Ukraine

259

Brattberg and Vimont on the French Presidental Elections

260

Toby Dalton Reviews the 2017 Nuclear Policy Conference

261

Hamzawy on New Activism in Egyptian Politics

262

Andrew S. Weiss and Eugene Rumer on the U.S.-Russia Relationship

263

Michael Pettis on U.S.-China Trade Relations

264

Judy Dempsey on Europe in the Trump era

265

James M. Acton and Toby Dalton on the Global Nuclear Order

266

Muasher, Dunne, and Cammack on Arab Fractures

267

Paul Haenle on U.S.-China relations in the Trump Administration

268

Milan Vaishnav on Corruption in Indian Politics

269

James Schoff on U.S.-Japan Relations

270

Sarah Chayes on Corruption

271

Trenin on What a Trump Presidency Means for Russia

272

Paal on What a Trump Presidency Means for East Asia

273

Perkovich and Sadjadpour on What a Trump Presidency Means for Iran and Nonproliferation

274

Carothers and Kleinfeld on What a Trump Presidency Means for Populism and Rule of Law

275

Muasher, Dunne, and Bahout on What a Trump Presidency Means for the Middle East

276

Tim Maurer and David Brumley on Cyber Security

277

Debbie Gordon on Unconventional Oils and the Oil Climate Index

278

George Perkovich and Toby Dalton on India-Pakistan Relations

279

Doug Paal and Yukon Huang on G20

280

Karim Sadjadpour on Iranian Elections