What happens when “the unstoppable force of President Trump meets the immovable object of America’s national security establishment?”
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Fintan O’Toole: Brexit and The Politics of Pain
If you’re feeling lousy about the state of politics in America, now might be the time to surround yourself with some Brits. As they surely must ask about us: What in the world is going on over there?
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LTC Alexander S. Vindman: Opening Statement to US House Impeachment Investigators
For this podcast, I read the opening statement of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander S. Vindman to the US House Impeachment Investigators on October 29.
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Amb. William B. Taylor: Opening Statement to US House Impeachment Investigators
For this podcast, I read the opening statement of Amb. William B. Taylor, the senior US diplomat in Ukraine, who testified behind closed doors before the US House Impeachment Investigators on Oct. 22.
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Isaac Stone Fish: Where Do US-China Relations Go Next?
As the 2020 campaign heats up, several key questions will be asked and debated, including: How did we get here – and where do China and Chinese-U.S. relations go next?
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Philip Mudd: Trump & the Attack on U.S. Intelligence + Discussion of “Black Site”
Philip Mudd explains the state of our national intelligence and law enforcement agencies — and revisits the CIA’s Black Sites, where our debates on torture, counterterrorism & the responsibility to prevent another attack were born
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Angela Stent: Explaining Putin’s World
How is today’s polarized, disrupted world one in which Russia can thrive? That’s what Angela Stent explains through history and analysis in her remarkable new book, “Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest.”
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Richard Clarke: “Democracy is on the Ballot”
Richard Clarke, national security analyst and host of the Future State podcast, joined me for a discussion on the future of our country. Subscribe via
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Amb. Nicholas Burns: What Happened This Week
Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and current professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government Nicholas Burns helps explain what happened in Helsinki (and since), the damage
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Bill Browder: Putin’s Public Enemy No. 1?
If you know his story already, you surely won’t mind hearing it again. It’s extraordinary. If you haven’t heard it before, get ready. Bill Browder
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Gen. Michael V. Hayden: The Assault on Intelligence
General Michael Hayden, former Director of CIA and National Security Agency — and author of “The Assault on Intelligence” — joined me for a conversation
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Ronan Farrow: War on Peace
Ronan Farrow, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence, talked with me about
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