What a Stronger Europe Means for America: A Conversation With Celeste Wallander
For years, U.S. presidents have complained that European governments spend far too little on their militaries, leaving the United States to pick up a disproportionate share of the tab for the transatl...
3 Jul 202553min
How Weak Is Iran? A Conversation With Eric Edelman, Suzanne Maloney, and Andrew P. Miller
Donald Trump pledged not to entangle the United States in wars in the Middle East. But last weekend, he joined Israel’s air campaign against Iran, bombing three nuclear sites before claiming that Iran...
26 Jun 20251h 5min
Iran, Israel, and the Middle East in Tumult: A Conversation With Philip Gordon
Less than a week ago, on June 12, Israel launched a barrage of attacks against Iran, targeting nuclear sites, missile depots, and military and political leaders. Since then, the two countries have exc...
18 Jun 20251h 1min
What Trump Gets Wrong About the Global Economy: A Conversation With Adam Posen
U.S. President Donald Trump famously tweeted during his first term, “Trade wars are good, and easy to win.” But the record of the trade war that Trump started with his so-called Liberation Day tariffs...
12 Jun 202557min
Another China Is Possible: A Conversation With Rana Mitter
It has become a trope to lament and lambast the wishful thinking that shaped U.S. policy toward China in the two decades after the Cold War. That policy rested on a prediction about China’s future: th...
5 Jun 202556min
Sudan’s Intractable War: A Conversation With Mai Hassan and Ahmed Kodouda
The war in Sudan gets only a fraction of the attention that conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza and potential conflicts elsewhere get. But after two years of fighting, it has created the biggest humanitaria...
29 Mai 202546min
Can Trump Remake the Middle East? A Conversation With Dana Stroul
Donald Trump just finished his first tour of the Middle East since returning to the White House. The region has changed a lot since he was last there as president. There’s been Hamas’s attack on Israe...
22 Mai 202554min
Has the United States Gone Rogue? A Conversation With Michael Beckley
In a little more than 100 days, Donald Trump has set about dismantling much of the international order that has prevailed since World War II. That’s true of traditional U.S. approaches to trade, to co...
15 Mai 202547min
