Antony Blinken on the Future of Central Asia
A few weeks ago, Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Brookings for a public address on the current priorities and future prospects for U.S. engagement in Central Asia. With the draw-down ...
17 Huhti 20151h 4min
Oula Abdulhamid Alrifai: A Syrian's Story and a Country's Tragedy
When Oula Abdulhamid Alrifai was nearly 19, her family fled Damascus for Washington under death threats from the Bashar Assad regime. Since she left, she has watched as her country has fallen apart. S...
10 Huhti 201531min
Who is Vladimir Putin?
With a tenuous ceasefire holding in Ukraine, we asked Fiona Hill onto the show to discuss the man behind the unrest: Vladimir Putin. Fiona is the co-author of Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin, and ...
2 Huhti 201544min
ISIS: The State of Terror
This week, Brookings hosted a book launch with Jessica Stern and co-author Brookings Fellow J.M. Berger for their new book, ISIS: The State of Terror. The panel, which also featured Brookings Fellow W...
27 Maalis 20151h 31min
General Michael Lehnert on Closing GITMO
This week, we invited Major General Michael Lehnert (Ret.), the first commander of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, onto the show. In January 2002, General Lehnert deployed to Guan...
20 Maalis 201541min
The (Very Bright) Future of Violence
This week, Brookings hosted a book launch with Harvard Law Professor Gabriella Blum and co-author Benjamin Wittes for their new book, The Future of Violence: Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones—Confr...
13 Maalis 20151h 33min
Natan Sachs on Bibi's Visit to Washington
This week, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a controversial address to a joint session of Congress over US President Barack Obama's objections. The speech, repeatedly interrupted b...
6 Maalis 201527min
HASC Hearing: Outside Perspectives on the AUMF
On Thursday of this week, Lawfare’s Benjamin Wittes and Bobby Chesney, along with General Jack Keane, appeared before the House Armed Services Committee to provide “Outside Perspectives on the Preside...
27 Helmi 20151h 38min
