Caitlin Dickerson, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her journey to the Darién Gap – a stretch of land connecting South and North America – and the 800,000 migrants who will put their lives in danger this year to try to cross it.
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Craig Singleton joins guest host John McCaa to discuss the ways China has made end runs around the policies of the Biden, Trump and Obama presidencies and the troubling clashes we’re now seeing around Taiwan and the Philippines.
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Jeffrey A. Friedman, associate professor of government at Dartmouth College, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the rhetoric of presidential candidates and how voters are swayed by powerful stances.
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Jonathan Tepperman is a former editor-at-large at Foreign Policy magazine, and he joins us to talk about how the Biden administration might strengthen the relationship with American allies – and about the growing threat from Russia, China and other adversaries.
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Robert Zoellick joins us to talk about aligning U.S. policy decisions with a larger global purpose.
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Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and former senior Middle East advisor to President George H.W. Bush, joins us to give his 101 in foreign policy and how it strengthens—or weakens—our lives.
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Former national security adviser and UN ambassador Susan E. Rice joins us to talk about everything from her family’s history of enslavement, to her own privilege and power, to her headline-making policy decisions that still define America’s reach today.
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John Gans joins us to talk about how the National Security Council has evolved since 1947 – and about how President Trump has adjusted the mix of advisors during his time in office.
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Former diplomat William J Burns joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the continued importance of “soft power” in the wake of President Trump’s call for 23 percent cut in the State Department funding.
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Sharon Squassoni of the Center for Strategic and International Studies talks about the evolution of U.S. nuclear policy this year.
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President of Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass joins us to make the case for globalism and the important role the U.S. plays in keeping the world running smoothly.
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We often hear reports about the conditions our soldiers face in Afghanistan, but what is life like for Afghan civilians, many of whom have never known a life without war?
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