Dan Balz on Trump, Biden, the Media, and 2024
What are the prospects for Biden, Trump, DeSantis, and other potential candidates as we head to 2024? How will the media respond to the challenges of covering presidential politics in the current era?...
20 Apr 20231h 7min
Robert Kagan on American Foreign Policy Between World War I and World War II—and Beyond
The period between World War I and World War II has long been a reference point in foreign policy debates, yet much about the period remains in dispute. Why did the United States turn away from intern...
4 Apr 20231h 21min
Jason Furman on the Threat of Inflation, Prospects for the Economy, and Turmoil in the Banking Sector
How serious a threat to the economy is the current turmoil in the banking sector? What are the prospects for a soft landing—or more turbulence ahead? How should we think about the challenge of combati...
22 Mars 20231h
Aaron Friedberg on China, the War in Ukraine, and the Geopolitical Stakes
How has China responded to Russia’s War in Ukraine, and what lessons could the CCP draw from the course of the war? How has the war and other recent developments affected US-China relations—and how sh...
3 Mars 20231h 14min
Anne Applebaum on Ukraine: One Year Into the War
One year into the war, where do things stand in Ukraine? What have we learned about the character of Ukraine, Putin’s war aims, the fault lines in European politics, and America's resolve? Why should ...
15 Feb 202353min
Neil Rogachevsky on Israel’s Declaration of Independence
What were the major political and diplomatic issues that Israel’s founders faced in 1948? How did they inform the writing of Israel’s Declaration of Independence? What can Israel’s Declaration teach u...
2 Feb 20231h 14min
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
