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
William Baude: On the Supreme Court after Dobbs
After the historic Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, what should we look for as the Supreme Court begins a new term? How will the Court handle controversial subjects such as affirmative action a...
29 Sep 202259min
William Galston: The Politics of Abortion after Dobbs, the 2022 Midterms, and Beyond
How has the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade affected the course of the 2022 midterm elections? How has it affected the standing of the two political parties? To discuss these question...
9 Sep 202257min
