Ethiopia Is Sliding Fast Toward Major War
Ethiopia is on the brink of a war that could turn into a major regional conflagration. Over the past several weeks, military forces have been moving into position across the region in a conflict that ...
25 Feb 30min
Board of Peace v United Nations | US To Attack Iran? - To Save Us From Hell
It was an odd juxtaposition: Trump's inaugural Board of Peace gathered in Washington, D.C. as the U.S. appeared to be readying for war with Iran. In this week's To Save Us From Hell episode, Mark and ...
23 Feb 20min
Why Has the United States Deployed Gunboats to Haiti?
On February 3, the United States deployed a warship and Coast Guard vessels off the coast of Haiti, near Port-au-Prince. The move came amid political wrangling within Haiti's Transitional Presidential...
19 Feb 34min
The Last Nuclear Arms Control Agreement Between the US and Russia Just Expired. What's Next?
The New START treaty, signed by the United States and Russia in 2010, limited both countries to 1,550 deployed strategic warheads, placed restrictions on how those weapons could be deployed, and inclu...
16 Feb 27min
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Is Rewriting the Political Playbook
Donald Trump doesn't much like Pedro Sánchez — and the Spanish prime minister is perfectly fine with that. Unlike other European leaders who reflexively genuflect to the American president, Pedro Sánc...
12 Feb 26min
The Secretary General Race Heats Up — And the Epstein Files Hit the UN | To Save Us From Hell
For the first time in history, multiple countries have jointly nominated a candidate for UN Secretary General. Earlier this week, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico endorsed Michelle Bachelet—a former presiden...
9 Feb 18min
What Americans Really Think About Foreign Policy
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs has been tracking American views on foreign policy since the end of the Vietnam War. Last week, it released its 2025 survey—and the results point to a widening pa...
5 Feb 24min
Civil War Has Returned to South Sudan
For the past year and a half, South Sudan has been on the brink of a new civil war. A 2018 peace deal that ended the last civil war has been faltering, while the war across the border in Sudan has thr...
2 Feb 29min
