Who Blinks? Episode 35
This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass examine a world discovering that technology, politics, and war are moving faster than institutions built to manage them. They begin with Iran...
15 Aug 34min
The Hormuz Dilemma: Episode 34
This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass assess a world in which imperfect outcomes may be the best available ones. They begin with Iran, where Haass sees a likely reopening of the S...
7 Aug 31min
Overreach: Episode 33
This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass assess a world in which overreach has become policy. They begin with Iran, where the United States and Tehran appear to be acting against the...
24 Jul 30min
Plan C for Iran: Episode 32
This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass ask whether Washington has anything resembling a Plan C for Iran. Haass offers one: First, accept that previous U.S. plans (first bombing our...
13 Jul 31min
Tehran, Taiwan, & The Knicks: Episode 31
This week on Alternate Shots, John Ellis and Richard Haass take stock of a world long on ceasefires and short on strategy. They begin with the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, the subject of Haa...
20 Jun 25min
Tehran, Pyongyang, Los Angeles...and MSG: Episode 30
John Ellis and Richard Haass take up a world in which problems are less solved than managed. Iran remains unfinished business, with the future of the Strait of Hormuz, nuclear limits on Iran, and sanc...
9 Jun 28min
Pope Leo, AI, and the Knicks: Episode 29
For years, artificial intelligence occupied the familiar territory of technological optimism: faster growth, greater efficiency, and the promise that innovation would solve more problems than it creat...
29 Mai 30min
