Trump's Disastrous Decision to Get Out of the Iran Deal Has Left Us with Only Bad Options
Once upon a time, the Israeli government urged the US to get out of the Iran deal. The American president at the time, Donald Trump, obliged. Now, Israeli officials are calling the decision the worst ...
29 Nov 202124min
A Pre-Thanksgiving Foreign Policy Smörgåsbord
While Americans are turning their attention towards the upcoming holiday, the news from Washington and around the world is not slowing down. Today, President Biden announced his intent to nominate Je...
22 Nov 202125min
Bannon, Rittenhouse, and Arbery: What this week's cases tell us about justice in America today
Steve Bannon was indicted for contempt of Congress but currently remains free awaiting trial. Kyle Rittenhouse stood trial in front of a judge who is barely trying to conceal his pro-defendant bias an...
18 Nov 202128min
Is Putin Making a Terrible Miscalculation?
Russian troops are building up along the Ukraine border. Russia's close ally Belarus has provoked a crisis on its European borders by directing refugee flows at its neighbors. Tensions are rising. Are...
15 Nov 202130min
Is America Too Dysfunctional to Remain a Superpower?
Gerald Seib wrote in a recent column in the Wall Street Journal that the greatest threat to American national security is our own divisions. However, that isn't the only existential threat that the U...
8 Nov 202128min
On Renewal: A Conversation with Anne-Marie Slaughter
Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of the New America Foundation, former head of policy planning at the State Department, has written a new book entitled "Renewal: From Crisis to Transformation in Our Lives, W...
8 Nov 202128min
The Sky may not be Falling... but it Certainly is on Fire
The Democrats had a bad night on Tuesday as Glenn Youngkin won the governorship in Virginia and Phil Murphy was barely able to hang on in New Jersey. However, what those results mean remains very uncl...
4 Nov 202134min
The Good, the Bad and the Obscene: An Economic Policy Conversation with Jason Furman
While in Europe and in Congressional negotiations, President Biden has brought the global minimum corporate tax closer to reality. Congressional Democrats are debating SALT cap repeal and taxing unrea...
3 Nov 202128min
