Russia, Ukraine, and Great Power Conflict with Robert M. Gates
“Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has ended America’s thirty-year holiday from history,” Robert Gates opined in the Washington Post last month, referencing the United States’ reentry into great-po...
15 Apr 202245min
Diplomacy on the Front Lines With Marie Yovanovitch
Across nearly four decades in the U.S. Foreign Service, Marie Yovanovitch has served in far-flung outposts from Mogadishu to Moscow to her last post in Kyiv as the ambassador to Ukraine—a position fro...
8 Apr 202245min
A Conversation on the War in Ukraine With Clarissa Ward
Truth is said to be the first casualty of war, leaving journalists to play an indispensable role on the front lines and convey the grim reality of conflict. Nowhere has that been more clearly demonstr...
1 Apr 202243min
China, Russia, and Ukraine With Kevin Rudd
Although not on the battlefield, China figures as a central player in the Ukraine crisis. The strength of China-Russia relations was clearly a factor for Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, a...
23 Mars 202240min
A Conversation With Ken Burns
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has emerged as one of America’s most gifted and prolific storytellers. From baseball to country music and his upcoming film on Benjamin Franklin, Burns explor...
14 Mars 202243min
U.S. Intel and the Ukraine Crisis With Beth Sanner
The U.S. Intelligence Community has played a critical role in predicting Putin’s invasion and countering Moscow’s disinformation campaign as the Biden administration purposefully released intelligence...
9 Mars 202242min
Understanding Putin and Ukraine With Dmitri Trenin
After willfully provoking the crisis in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin seems strangely uncertain about what to do with it. Despite preparing both conventional and hybrid military options, he also seems open ...
22 Feb 202247min
A Conversation With Brett McGurk
In a recent interview, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan spoke on President Biden’s foreign policy one year into the administration and yet made no mention of the Middle East. What is Biden's fo...
28 Jan 202245min
