Will the Cease-Fire With Iran Hold? A Conversation With Suzanne Maloney
On Tuesday night, as the world held its collective breath, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a temporary cease-fire with Iran, just hours after warning that “a whole civilization will die” if the ...
8 Apr 30min
America in a World of Upheaval: A Conversation With William J. Burns
In 2024, when he was the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, William Burns wrote in an essay in Foreign Affairs about “the plastic moments that come along only a few times each century”—and a...
2 Apr 1h 8min
Are Europe and the United States Finally Heading For Divorce? A Conversation With Nathalie Tocci and Matthias Matthijs
Just a few weeks after its opening salvos, the war in Iran is already going global. Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, stranding oil tankers and causing energy prices to skyrocket. Dona...
26 Mars 1h 5min
How Strong Are Iran’s Strongmen? A Conversation With Stephen Kotkin
When the United States and Israel launched a joint war on Iran two weeks ago, U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iranians to rise up and rid themselves of their tyrannical rulers. He seemed buoyed by h...
19 Mars 1h 10min
Iran’s Tenacious Regime and the Future of the Gulf: Conversations With Afshon Ostovar and Sanam Vakil
For about two weeks, U.S. and Israeli forces have bombarded Iran. They have targeted Iranian military and nuclear sites. They have slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other top Iranian officials. Th...
12 Mars 1h 20min
America’s War of Choice on Iran: Conversations With Nate Swanson and Richard Haass
Over the weekend, U.S. and Israeli forces struck hundreds of sites across Iran and killed its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Large crowds of Iranians took to the streets, some to mourn, other...
5 Mars 1h 5min
America the Predatory Hegemon: A Conversation With Stephen M. Walt
President Donald Trump wields American power like few leaders in U.S. history ever have. By imposing tariffs, threatening territorial conquest, and ordering military intervention, he deploys the Unite...
26 Feb 56min
Bonus: Is There an Endgame in Ukraine? A Conversation With Michael Kofman
February 24 marks the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. After Moscow’s initial onslaught, Ukrainian counteroffensives, and slow Russian gains since, the war has settled in...
21 Feb 1h
