Francis Fukuyama on the War in Ukraine, Authoritarianism, and Liberal Democracy
Eleven months into the war, where do things stand in Ukraine? What does the West need to do to help Ukraine win? What lessons can we draw from the war about the ambitions of authoritarians, the resolv...
24 Jan 202356min
James Carville: Biden, Trump, Our Parties, and 2024
Where do things stand two years into Biden's presidency? Should he seek reelection? What other prospective Democratic candidates might emerge in the months ahead? What are the odds Trump will be the R...
10 Jan 20231h
Harvey Mansfield on Locke, Aristotle, and the Spirit of Liberalism
What is liberalism? How did political thinkers like Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, and Montesquieu pave the way for modern liberal societies? To discuss these questions, we are joined again by Harvard go...
20 Dec 20221h 21min
Royal Hansen: Cybersecurity and National Security in the Digital Age
What is cybersecurity? How has cybersecurity become integrally connected to our national security? What has the War in Ukraine taught us about the vulnerabilities we face? What kinds of cyber threats ...
9 Dec 20221h
Whit Ayres: The Republican Party, Donald Trump, and the Road to 2024
What did the midterm elections reveal about Donald Trump’s strength in the Republican Party? What are the central tensions in the GOP as we head into 2023—and what are Trump's chances to win the nomin...
29 Nov 20221h
Ronald Brownstein: After the 2022 Midterms, What’s Next?
What happened in the midterms? What can explain why the 2022 midterm elections defied expectations and countered the trends of recent history? Will Trump be challenged successfully for the Republican ...
11 Nov 20221h 16min
Frederick Kagan on Ukraine: Where Things Stand—and the Stakes for the Future
Eight months into the war, where do things stand in Ukraine? According to Fred Kagan, director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute, Ukraine’s stunning battlefield achi...
26 Okt 20221h 4min
Ray Takeyh on Iran: Are We Witnessing a Revolution?
Iran today is in some kind of revolutionary stage…. All social classes are united behind the idea that they want the extinction of the regime, and all social classes seem to be united on the propositi...
14 Okt 202258min
