Striking a Balance --- Whistleblowing, Leaks, and Security Secrets
This week, following the New York Times revelation of the purported identities of three covert CIA agents, the Johns Hopkins University Center for Advanced Governmental Studies, along with the James M...
1 Maj 20151h 56min
A Lecture on "The Future of Violence"
This week, Benjamin Wittes spoke at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas on his and Gabriella Blum's new book, The Future of Violence. Robert Chesney introd...
25 Apr 20151h 13min
Antony Blinken on the Future of Central Asia
A few weeks ago, Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Brookings for a public address on the current priorities and future prospects for U.S. engagement in Central Asia. With the draw-down ...
17 Apr 20151h 4min
Oula Abdulhamid Alrifai: A Syrian's Story and a Country's Tragedy
When Oula Abdulhamid Alrifai was nearly 19, her family fled Damascus for Washington under death threats from the Bashar Assad regime. Since she left, she has watched as her country has fallen apart. S...
10 Apr 201531min
Who is Vladimir Putin?
With a tenuous ceasefire holding in Ukraine, we asked Fiona Hill onto the show to discuss the man behind the unrest: Vladimir Putin. Fiona is the co-author of Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin, and ...
2 Apr 201544min
ISIS: The State of Terror
This week, Brookings hosted a book launch with Jessica Stern and co-author Brookings Fellow J.M. Berger for their new book, ISIS: The State of Terror. The panel, which also featured Brookings Fellow W...
27 Mars 20151h 31min
General Michael Lehnert on Closing GITMO
This week, we invited Major General Michael Lehnert (Ret.), the first commander of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, onto the show. In January 2002, General Lehnert deployed to Guan...
20 Mars 201541min
The (Very Bright) Future of Violence
This week, Brookings hosted a book launch with Harvard Law Professor Gabriella Blum and co-author Benjamin Wittes for their new book, The Future of Violence: Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones—Confr...
13 Mars 20151h 33min
