Aaron Friedberg on Fallout from the China Summit
“China is aiming to enhance its power with respect to the United States in particular, and eventually to emerge as the dominant player in the international system, and it’s working towards that goal…....
20 Mai 48min
Phillips O’Brien on Ukraine v. Russia and the Future of Warfare
“The Ukrainians believe Putin’s now being faced with more dilemmas than they are.” So argues the distinguished historian and a leading analyst of the Ukraine War, Phillips O’Brien. Author of the indis...
8 Mai 1h 6min
A.B. Stoddard on Trump’s Psyche—and The Implications for 2028
“This branding binge [Trump] has been on: with everything he’s trying to have put his name on. To build the White House ballroom, the arch in front of Arlington Cemetery. And the war and military adve...
23 Apr 1h 4min
Mark Blitz on the Enduring Importance of Aristotle
“What is human happiness? What is political excellence? What is speech, and rhetoric? It’s always important to remind ourselves of that. But especially when you have artificial intelligence, and all o...
9 Apr 56min
Aaron Friedberg on the Iran War and the View from Beijing
“It’s hard for me to see how [the war] ends in a way that enhances our position in the world generally—and, in particular, enhances our position with relation to the country that I still think is our ...
19 Mar 1h 20min
Doug Sosnik on What to Expect in 2026—and Why 2028 Will Be Different
“Whatever happens in 2026, I think no one should take any interpretation of that as a precursor to what’s going to happen in 2028.” So argues Doug Sosnik, former political director for Bill Clinton a...
27 Feb 1h 12min
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick: Trump’s Mass Deportation Regime
“The US government wants to arrest, detain, and deport one in every 24 people in the country—4% of the US population. That cannot be done without fundamentally transforming who we are as a people and ...
12 Feb 1h 20min
