How Interpol Works | With Interpol Secretary General Jurgen StockInterpol is an international organization with very high name recognition. But few people, even in the foreign policy community, have...
Joseph Nye on Soft Power Competition Between China and the United StatesThe Aspen Security Forum last week was a target rich environment for collecting excellent interviews for the podcast. This is one of...
Ten Days Ago, Mali’s Military Junta Made A Terrible Decision To Kick Out UN Peacekeepers and Turn to Prigozhin’s Wagner GroupOne week before Yevgeny Prigozhin’s foiled rebellion against Vladimir Putin, the military Junta that leads Mali made a fateful decision...
A Political Earthquake in Thailand and What Comes Next for Thai Foreign PolicyOn May 14th, Thailand held general elections. The results were a shock to the Thai political system. Since a 2014...
What Would Happen if China Invades Taiwan?The year is 2026, and China has just launched an invasion of Taiwan. What happens next was the subject of...
Hostage Diplomacy and Russia’s Arrest of Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan GershkovichOn March 29th, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia and charged with espionage. The charges are...
A Seismic Geopolitical Shift is Underway in the Middle EastOver ten years ago, most Arab countries in the Middle East cut ties with the Syrian government during the civil...
Why Xi Jinping Went to MoscowXi Jinping spent spent three days in Russia in a highly touted visit that included hours of direct talks with...
Why Did the USA Invade and Occupy Iraq 20 Years Ago and What are the Iraq War’s Legacies Today?It was twenty years ago this month that the George W Bush administration began its ill-fated invasion and occupation of...