Joe Trippi: The Biden Administration, the Parties, and Looking Ahead to the Midterms
Eight months into his presidency, how is Joe Biden doing politically? How should we understand the current dynamics in the Democratic and Republican parties? What key things should we look for as we h...
21 Sep 20211h 3min
Donald Kagan: War and Human Nature
Donald Kagan (1932 - 2021), who passed away this summer, was a preeminent historian of both the ancient and modern worlds. In 2015, we were privileged to host Professor Kagan for a wide-ranging Conve...
8 Sep 20211h 20min
Aaron Friedberg: On US-China Relations and the Threats We Face
How will the American withdrawal from Afghanistan influence US-China relations? How should we understand China’s geostrategic ambitions—and the threat to Taiwan in particular? How is America dealing w...
3 Sep 20211h 41min
Eric Edelman: The Crisis in Civil-Military Relations
Civilian control over the military, and a non-partisan military, have been bedrock principles of American government since the founding of the country. In recent times, however, significant strains ha...
26 Aug 20211h 3min
David Epstein: The Political Ideas of The Federalist
Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to defend the ratification of the Constitution, The Federalist has long been recognized as a fundamental text in American political thought. ...
12 Aug 20211h 18min
Ashish Jha: On the Delta Variant, Vaccines, and Where We Stand
Where do things stand with Covid-19? How has the emergence of the Delta variant changed the situation? How might things look in the US as we had into the fall? To discuss these questions, we are joine...
28 Juli 20211h 9min
Harvey Mansfield: On Political Philosophy
First released in June 2014, this Conversation is the first in our series of Conversations with Harvard government professor Harvey Mansfield, one of the leading students of political philosophy. In i...
16 Juli 20211h 23min
Eric Edelman: On the Consequences of Withdrawal from Afghanistan
The Biden Administration has announced that all American troops will withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of August. This would, in Biden’s words, bring to end America’s longest war. In this Conversat...
9 Juli 20211h 1min
