Putin: Tsar or Commissar? A Conversation with Dr. Fiona Hill
In this special conversation with Fiona Hill, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow and former senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council from 2017 to 2019, we div...
28 Jun 202148min
What in the World? (06/25/21)
In this week's episode, A'ndre and Ryan discuss Biden's plan to grant visa's to Afghan interpreters and recent developments in the U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal. They also talk about the discovery of ma...
25 Jun 202134min
Defense Hacks: National Security Innovation and Creating a Civil-Military Alliance with Steve Blank
In this episode, A'ndre and Ryan speak with Steve Blank, serial entrepreneur (often referred to as the 'Father of Modern Entrepreneurship') and Silicon Valley guru, about his thinking on defense innov...
21 Jun 202146min
Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The History of the Palestinian People with Professor Rashid Khalidi
In the latest episode of our miniseries focusing in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we speak to Dr. Rashid Khalidi, a Palestinian American historian who currently is the Edward Said Professor of ...
19 Jun 202144min
What in the World?: Biden Meets Putin, Unveiling the Domestic Terrorism Strategy, and New Escalations in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
In this week's episode, A'ndre and Ryan are joined by Javed Ali to discuss the Biden-Putin Summit, the White House's National Domestic Terrorism Strategy, and the House vote to repeal the 2002 Iraq W...
18 Jun 202132min
The Alliance of Democracies: Reimagining International Institutions with Ash Jain and Ambassador (ret.) Daniel Fried
In this week's episode, A'ndre and Ryan talk with Ash Jain and Ambassador (ret.) Daniel Fried about the importance of democratic multilateralism. Ash and Amb. Fried advocate for expanding the G-7 into...
14 Jun 202141min
What in the World? (06/11/21)
In this week's episode, A'ndre and Ryan discuss President Biden's trip to Europe where he will participate in the G7 before heading off to Geneva to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They al...
11 Jun 202123min
Flashpoints: A Conversation with Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta
In this special episode of The Burn Bag Podcast, we speak to former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (2011-2013) about a range of national security 'flashpoints' that stand to affect the United ...
7 Jun 202157min
