Episode 147: Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Linda Thomas-Greenfield grew up the oldest of eight children in a small segregated town outside of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They were poor. Her father was not literate. Despite these circumstances, she...
14 Apr 201753min
What Political Science Can Teach Us About the Syria Strikes
Micah Zenko has researched whether or not limited airstrikes -- like the kind Donald Trump ordered on Syria last week -- actually achieve their stated political and military objectives. His book B...
12 Apr 201728min
What's Next for the US-China Relationship?
Xi Jinping is headed to Mar-a-Lago for his first big meeting with Donald Trump. The US-China relationship is arguably the most consequential bi-lateral relationship in the world so naturally this trip...
5 Apr 201722min
These Are the Smugglers Who Make Mass Migration Possible
Despite wide attention to the global refugee and migrant crisis, there has been little research of one key group that facilitates the movement of migrants: the smugglers themselves. In brand new book...
29 Mars 201734min
Episode 144: James Goldgeier
--Go Premium! Support the Show! Unlock Bonus Episodes! Earn Rewards! --- James Goldgeier is the dean of the school for international service at American University. He's spent a career trying to bridg...
24 Mars 201757min
What North Korea Wants
---Go Premium! Support the Show! Unlock Bonus Episodes! Earn Rewards! --- Over the past several months, North Korea has engaged in a series of provocative nuclear and missile tests. It conducted nucle...
22 Mars 201729min
Is Torture Making a Comeback?
---Go Premium! Support the Show! Unlock Bonus Episodes! Earn Rewards! --- Elizabeth Arsenault is a professor at Georgetown University out with the new book How the Gloves Came Off: Lawyers, Policy M...
15 Mars 201727min
Episode 143: Julie Smith
---Go Premium! Support the Show! Unlock Bonus Episodes! Earn Rewards! --- Julie Smith is Senior Fellow and Director of the Strategy and Statecraft Program at the Center for a New American Security. re...
10 Mars 201742min
